Hello Mighty Realmers,
Big and exciting news: we are presenting reworked Sprite World and Deadwater Docks dungeons, the new Class, and a new notification system. You’ll be able to check it all out in this weekend’s public testing session (starting soon on T1). Please note that the new Dungeons will be accessed normally, through the regular Realm Loop. Some members of our tester group will be opening the reconstructed or modified dungeons from time to time, so stay alert.
You’ll also be able to “Choose your destiny” for the first time in the Realm history. And we will be updating you daily about the status of those choices.
Public Testing
During this weekend’s public testing session you will be able to check the following changes:
- Summoner
- Summoner Tiered Maces
- Summoner UT’s
- Summoner ST Set
- Sprite World (Reconstructed)
- Deadwater Docks (Reconstructed)
- Deadwater Docks Epic God “Corsair Crab”
- Fame cost adjustments on Tiered Items and Dyes, based on recent fame system changes
- Adjusted the Feed Power of tiered items
- We have adjusted the Feed Power of tiered items. We think it was inconsistent with our vision for Fame Rework and we need to make adjustments, mostly on the lower-rank items.
- Ingame Player Transparency Improvements
- New Redesigned Minimap icons
- Moved many system messages from Chat to Notifications
- Additional Camera Zoom steps
Alongside the Deadwater Docks reconstruction we took a look at the recently reconstructed Woodland Labyrinth and Crawling Depths and have applied a variety of changes to them to make sure all three dungeons are more in line with each other.
- Crawling Depths changes:
- Lowered amount of Crawling Spider Hatchling coming from egg sacs
- Lowered HP of Crawling Spider Hatchling, Crawling Grey Spider, Crawling Red Spotted Spider and Crawling Grey Spotted Spider
- Tweaked behaviors of multiple enemies to avoid them cluttering in unreachable spots for too long
- Reduced overall length of the dungeon
- Added a new type of rooms: narrow rooms
- Increased the amount of greater spiders and egg sacs per room
- Egg sacs activated by walking nearby now activate other ones within a few tiles. Killing egg sacs will still only activate that specific one.
- Increased the chance of the treasure room spawning
- Added a small chance for 1-5 Glowing Eggs to spawn in a normal room.
- The boss room now no longer contains egg sacs on the outskirts
- Son of Arachna’s web now covers a much bigger area giving players more space to dodge
- The web now have breaks between threads at all time rather than only during the red web phase
- Web spokes shots now have a lower shot speed
- Added a variety of grace periods and telegraphs to Son of Arachna
- Fixed an issue where Son of Arachna would not reverse properly if rotating counter-clockwise in the second phase
- Giant Egg Sacs no longer heal Son of Arachna
- Updated Son of Arachna tiered item distribution, with a higher chance at weapons.
- Sting Spider now drops tiered items as well as a Potion of Wisdom
- Woodland Labyrinth changes:
- Lowered minion spawn rate from the boss
- Once the minion cap has been reached, all minions need to be cleared before the boss gets to spawn some more
- Lowered the hard cap of minion spawn per phase
- Improved Micro Megamoth Sentinel behavior to protect the boss less
- Lowered Micro Megamoth Sentinel’s confuse shot speed and increased damage
- Lowered rate of fire and added a longer initial offset to Micro Megamoth Sentinel‘s attack
- Increased charge speed on Micro Megamoth Sentinel
- Added telegraph to Mammoth Megamoth’s jab during its orbit phase
- Lowered fire rate of Mammoth Megamoth’s attack during its orbit phase
- Lowered the average speed of Mammoth Megamoth during its orbit phase
- Added a slight delay before next step of Mammoth Megamoth’s wave phase and center phase
- Added various grace periods to a few attacks that missed it
- Fixed an issue where Murderous Megamoth would blink in and out of invulnerability if all nearby players were invisible
- Increased the size of the green projectile on Murderous Megamoth’s follow attack
- Increased the size of turrets
- Turrets should no longer generate close enough for their shot to reach the boss room
- Megamoth Larva and Murderous Megamoth should no longer be able to leave the boss room or get stuck in the hallway
- Updated sprite of Mecha Squirrel’s acorn grenade to be more visible, it now looks like an iron acorn.
- Minions in the boss room now die alongside the boss’ death
- Updated Murderous Megamoth tiered item distribution, with a higher chance at abilities.
- Great Owl now drops tiered items as well as a Potion of Vitality
The Summoning
For the next few days, from the 22nd, until the 29th of March, YOU will have the chance to choose the fate of all the players. By completing Quests you’ll be able to take sides in an epic clash that will only end on the last day of the campaign.
The Realm is crumbling.
Surreptitiously, the gears are set in motion once again. However strange, though, Oryx doesn’t seem to have noticed. Yet.
No, the powers that are awakening are of a different nature. They are subtle, and only the most sensitive creatures have yet sensed their effects. What is it? The Heroes of the Nexus were on the fence.
And then, an event without precedent happened.
Arachna’s Son
One day, in one of the infinite realities that form the Realm, the Son of Arachna stood against some adventurers. He was strangely talkative, and even though no hero would ever call this monster “friendly”, it did indeed reveal pretty concerning information.
“IT IS AWAKENING. I FEEL. POWER, I NEED. MOTHER’S CURSED. “
The Archivists of the Nexus got to work. They quickly put together the known history of Son of Arachna. The Realm Eye was consulted.
“Son of Arachna was exiled from his mother’s lair due to his unnatural strength. Arachna herself was said to be a very talented maiden of the old times. She was cursed by Oryx and, year after year, she lost all traces of her humanity. But it is possible that she might still have a slight of consciousness. Some hidden wisdom that might somehow serve the Heroes’ cause.”
Some Heroes were moved by the story of Arachna. Others empathized with her son, a powerful creature who, even though an Oryx ally in name, wanted to seize the opportunity of grabbing this new power that is awakening for the sake of her mother. Lastly, there were those who liked the idea of looking for this new awakening power that Oryx is still oblivious to, and investigate its possibilities.
The Crystal Prisoner
The Son of Arachna was not the only entity to feel the waves of the new power that are slowly permeating the Realm. The Crystal Prisoner, usually dazed in her own madness, became much more verbose too.
“Curse the hand that touches this magic, as it is only a trick of my Enemy to keep angering me and my people.”
In clear reference to Oryx, the Heroes of the Nexus were able to deduce that the Crystal Prisoner was somehow wary of this new power. Indeed it was a bit strange that Oryx himself had not uttered a single word about it. So a faction of the previously intrigued adventurers decided to side with the Crystal Prisoner. Is the new power a trick from Oryx? If so, what is he planning? Are new clues out there that can be used to discover his true intentions?
For the first time in years, the Heroes of the Nexus are split on what to do. The side of Arachna wants to push for investigating the power itself and grab it for their own use before the enemy does. The side of the Crystal Prisoner is wary of it and wants to look for clues that might tell them where it’s coming from and, if it’s Oryx’s fault, prepare for whatever trap the Mad God is scheming.
The Tinkerer
Always in the pursuit of profit and material gain, the unreliable and duplicitous Tinkerer has offered his support to both sides of this rivalry. How helpful this support is to anyone but the Tinkerer himself is something that those who deal with him need to decide for themselves…
The Summoning is an unprecedented event that will see you, Realmers, pitted against each other. From 03/22/21 until 03/29/21, you will be able to participate in a community campaign consisting of three quests. Your choice in the first quest (once-per-account, item of choice) will determine which of the other two (repeatable) you will be able to complete, and the total contributions towards either side will determine a community reward: Blueprint for the Summoner’s Mace of the Depths, or the Crystal Mace. In addition, players for each side will receive a unique pet skin based on their choice after the campaign is over – whether their side won or lost. And in addition to the addition, the total amount of Summoning quests completed will determine the contents of a free pack.
The Rewards
Winner determines that you will receive the Blueprint for one:
Depending on your choice, you will be able to get one:
Son of the Son of Arachna pet
Crystal Pony pet
Community contributions determine:
Tier 1 – 30 000 quests completed -> Winning Blueprint, Backpack x2, Adventurer’s Belt x2
Tier 2 – 58 000 quests completed -> Winning Blueprint, Backpack x2, Adventurer’s Belt x2, Mystery ST Chest x1
Tier 3 – 84 000 quests completed -> Winning Blueprint, Backpack x3, Adventurer’s Belt x3, Mystery ST Chest x1, Golden Lucky Clover x1
Tier 4 – 108 000 quests completed -> Winning Blueprint, Backpack x3, Adventurer’s Belt x3, Mystery ST Chest x2, Golden Lucky Clover x1
Tier 5 – 130 000 quests completed -> Winning Blueprint, Backpack x3, Adventurer’s Belt x3, Mystery ST Chest x3, Golden Lucky Clover x2
Tier 6 – 150 000 quests completed -> Winning Blueprint, Backpack x4, Adventurer’s Belt x4, Mystery ST Chest x3, Golden Lucky Clover x2, Vault Chest Unlocker x1
The Quests
Token of Allegiance
Once per account
Requirements: 1 Mark of Oryx
Rewards: Topaz Shard x 10 OR Sapphire Shards x 10
Aid the Spider
Repeatable
Requirements: 1 Mark of Oryx + Topaz Shard x 10
Rewards: Mystery Stat Pot + Shard of the Mad God x1 + Topaz Shard x 10
Aid the Prisoner
Repeatable
Requirements: 1 Mark of Oryx + Sapphire Shard x 10
Rewards: Mystery Stat Pot + Shard of the Mad God x1 + Sapphire Shard x 10
Choose your allegiance once, rally to their side and contribute to their cause with as much power as you’re willing or able to spare throughout the duration of the campaign. We will update your daily with the number of quests completed, as well as with information on who is currently winning. Choices in Token of Allegiance and contributions for the related repeatable quests will be counted to check who is winning, and all quests in total will be counted for the tiered rewards. Let the rivalry begin!
In addition, a 1.5x XP and loot event will be taking place in the Wine Cellar for the duration of the campaign.