Posted by Deca Acalos December 3, 2021December 3, 2021Development UpdateTags: kensei, shop, testing

Hello Realmers,

The time is flying and 2021 is soon coming to an end. But that doesn’t mean that testing ends! You were already able to test the Kensei twice – well, it’s time to do it again. Third time’s the charm, right?

But this testing weekend includes more than just our new class! We are working on several features that we want you to test this time around.

This includes changes to the Kensei (You will also be able to test his campaign, a new shop, new dungeon mods, and more!

Kensei

Another batch of changes was done to Kensei, which will hopefully make it look close to what we are going to release.

We would like you to test it once again and share your opinions and feedback!

On this weekend’s testing, you can see changes to both Tiered Gear and UT’s, anywhere from small tweaks to more substantial changes.

New dungeon mods

New dungeon modifiers have been added to the game. We’ll explain them extensively at a later point, but please take a look at this recap. 

Dungeons by difficulty

Some Dungeon Mods are restricted to certain groups of dungeons, classified by difficulty. Take a look here:

Easy	Mid	Advanced	Hard
Pirate Cave Forest Maze Spider Den Forbidden Jungle The Hive Sprite World Snake Pit Magic Woods	Cave of A Thousand Treasures Ancient Ruins Candyland Hunting Grounds Undead Lair Manor of the Immortals Mad Lab Abyss of Demons Puppet Master's Theatre Toxic Sewers Cursed Library	Haunted Cemetery Davy Jones' Locker The Machine The Third Dimension The Crawling Depths Ice Cave Alien dungeons Woodland Labyrinth Ocean Trench Mountain Temple Parasite Chambers Deadwater Docks Cnidarian Reef Lair of Draconis Belladonna's Garden Tomb of the Ancients	Ice Tomb Secluded Thicket Heroic dungeons The Shatters Fungal Cavern The Nest Lost Halls

New Dungeon Mods

We are trying to improve the system so we can have more gameplay-affecting Dungeon Mods and more rewarding Dungeon Mods. We think that this batch is a step in that direction. We’ll be waiting for your feedback!

Dungeon Mod	Description	Dungeon Grade	Dungeon restrictions
Key Fairy I & II	Upon killing the boss, a Key Fairy has a chance (20%/33%) to spawn. The Key Fairy will drop 1 Mystery Key!· Rare Keys will drop in Easy dungeons.· Epic Mystery Keys will drop in Mid and Advanced dungeons.· Legendary Mystery Keys will drop in Hard dungeons.	A, S Grade	Any dungeon
Mystery Skins	Upon killing the boss, a Mystery Skin token will have a chance to drop. Collect 40 to receive a Mystery Skin consumable. The chance varies on the dungeon.	S Grade	Mid and above
Skin Hunter I & II	Boss enemies that can drop pet and player skins have better drop rates (x2/x3) applied.	A, S Grade	Any dungeon
Nildrop	Boss enemies drop a Nildrop on defeat. The quality depends on the dungeon.	D Grade	Any dungeon
Bonus Consumables	Bosses will drop additional consumables belonging to the dungeon upon defeat. Bosses that do not have unique consumables will drop additional Health Potions instead.	D Grade	Any dungeon
Mystery Tincture	Boss will drop a Tincture on defeat.	C Grade	Easy or Mid only
Mystery Effusion	Boss will drop an Effusion on defeat.	C Grade	Advanced and above
Exalted Banner I & II	Chance (15%/33%) for an additional exaltation complete to be granted upon completion.	A, S Grade	Advanced and above
Found Treasure! II & II	Treasure rooms will reveal themselves at the start of the dungeon if they exist.“Found Treasure! II” will also increase the droprate of UTs and STs in those Treasure rooms by x1.25	A, S Grade	Any dungeon that can have TRooms
Heroic Regeneration	Enemies will have a chance to drop Heroic Orbs on death, that grant Healing or Energized.	C Grade	Any dungeon
Spider Swarm	Enemies have a chance to split into multiple spiders that drop ichors on death.	C, B Grade	Any dungeon
Alexander’s Legacy I, II, III & IV	Thessal has an additional chance (25%/50%/75%/100%) at becoming wounded upon defeat.	C, B, A, S Grade	Ocean Trench
Crab Rave	The Calamity Crab is replaced with (4/6) mini-Calamity Crabs.	A, S Grade	Deadwater Docks
Haunted Halls	Additional chance for each room to contain a Spectral Sentry	B, A, S Grade	Lost Halls
Lingering Magi	The castle starts with one Magi Generator already active.	S Grade	The Shatters

New miniboss: The Wanderer

Dungeon Mod	Description	Dungeon Grade	Dungeon restrictions
The Wanderer	An unknown foe will appear after the Boss is defeated, with it’s own loot table.	S Grade	Any dungeon

We present you a new challenger from unknown lands: she’s The Wanderer. This optional miniboss will only appear in any S Grade dungeons that get ‘The Wanderer’ Dungeon Mod. 

After you defeat the boss, The Wanderer will pop through a portal and challenge you instead of her original target, which you defeated. The duel will be intense, but fair. The Wanderer will adapt her abilities to the dungeon you are in. In Hard dungeons, she will try her best to duel you. If you win, her loot will be yours (but it’ll also depend on how difficult the dungeon you are in is).

Kensei Campaign

The first out of two upcoming Kensei-centric campaigns will be up on the Testing server this weekend. The second one will be coming later during Oryxmas. We are trying a more fair points distribution – the campaign will be easier and you might see some differences in point drops from monsters.

Events with Mods

We are happy to say that we can now use Mods for Events in the game and we plan to make the most out of it during Oryxmas! Here is a list of Events you will be able to try during Public Testing:

The Nest – Grade A – Exalted Banner I, Elite Boss I
Fungal and Crystal Cavern – Grade A – Exalted Banner I, Ferocious Boss I
Lost Halls, Cultist Hideout, The Void – Grade A – Exalted Banner I, Weak Boss I, Tame Boss II
The Shatters – Grade A – Exalted Banner, Weak Boss I, Tame Boss II
Ancient Ruins, Snake Pit, Sprite World and Battle for the Nexus – Wanderer Boss
Ice Cave, The Inner Sanctum – Grade  A – Ferocious Boss III, XP Boost (Minions) II, Guaranteed Stat Potion

Skins have new and smoother animations

Since we migrated the game to Unity we’ve been wanting to improve the overall look of the game and now we have prepared some changes for you guys. First and foremost, you have new default skins for each of the classes. The old default skins will now be called Classic Skins and will be available for free in the Wardrobe and Character Creation screen. 

A small note: since the last testing session, some tweaks have been made to the new default character sprites that did not make it into the session today. Behold, the future default sprites!

Second, we have introduced Ranks for skins. These can be:

The skins that have been so far in the game will fall in either Basic, Greater, Superior or Paramount Ranks. The big news is that we have added the possibility to have more frames on animations, optional animations for the same animation (example: have more than one attack animation) and idle animation! New skins that will have this feature will either fall into Paramount or Exalted ranks. In the future the skins will display the information of rank.

We want to encourage you to try them. Keep in mind that not all of these are in their last, most polished version, but will be in the official release! You will find a box in the Deals section called “New Skins” with:

1. Ice Skater Kensei Skin
2. Oryxmas Treeckster Skin
3. Cozy Blanket Sorcerer Skin
4. Oryxmas Caroler Bard Skin
5. Festive Sprite Pet Skin
6. Grandma Necromancer Skin
7. Grandpa Paladin Skin
8. The Giving One Priest Skin
9. Gift-wrapped Box Pet Skin
10. Ice King Knight Skin
11. Rain Flower Kensei Skin
12. Ugly Oryxmas Sweater Warrior Skin

You will be able to find these skins on the renovated Shop menu or in the Bazaar. We will give more details about skins distribution on the release day. We have few more surprises, but we are keeping them for Oryxmas release… 

New skins that fall into other ranks:

1. Supermodel of Swordsmanship Kensei Skin
2. Searing Itinerant Kensei Skin
3. Dahlia Flower Kensei Skin
4. Lady Ginger Archer Skin
5. Honourable Shiba Kensei Skin
6. Mini Tidal Wave Kensei Skin
7. Bunny Attendant Kensei Skin
8. Graceful Kensei Skin
9. Pearl Moon Kensei Skin
10. Oryxmas Shiba Pet Skin
11. Demon Mistress Pet Skin
    

Veteran Skins 

A new collection of skins will be available for the ones who have stayed with us for a long time! On Production, Veterans will be able to get this collection for 2555 Fame. This is our way to thank you for playing Realm for longer than 7 years. Special thanks go to NblankFour for his collection up to Summoner! On Public Testing everyone will be able to play with them:

New Shop

We renovated the shop and added a new tab just for Skins! We are doing the final touches on it so you will be able to see a list of 416 character skins and 238 Pet Skins. Overall, many changes can still come to the Skins tab. You have a toggle to switch between Character and Pet skins.