Realmers!
We are finally here, Easter is upon us! Biff went to the gym and trained hard to make sure he can show his new skills. Be careful though, as he is now full of surprises. Additionally, let’s welcome the newest dungeon to RotMG! Moonlight Village by Mizumi is now in the game. You don’t want to miss out on our Easter event, free campaign and more.
Moonlight Village
There are many discordant spirits in the Realm – beings that amass great amounts of power to cause great change in chaotic ways. However, there are also harmonious spirits – those that exist in the background in order to maintain a thin yet tangible balance between the forces in the Realm. Due to their mostly passive nature, they are seldom encountered by mortals – until very recently.
A great migration has occurred in the Realm, and thousands of wispy, floating lights descend upon the land, always traveling but with no cohesive destination. Some of the Realm’s denizens appreciate the unexpected beauty of this incident, while Oryx sees them as but a minor annoyance. With their seemingly endless numbers and a lack of a central source, removing these wisps was an act of futility for Oryx’s minions.
It serves as the border between the ethereal and the physical, linking to a distant land. Crossing would bring one to an old and seemingly abandoned eastern village. What lies here may be the spiritual remnants of a long, bygone culture of exquisite dance and cunning warfare. However, this village is not without its occupants – ethereal dancers of an ancient, yet strangely recognizable art. What you might not realize, is that their form of dance may be far more lethal than it seems.
Creator’s Notes
I am Mizumi, the lead creator of the Moonlight Village dungeon, and I will be your guide to tonight’s festival. This dungeon has been in development since the start of 2022 and I would like to give a massive thanks to everyone I’m about to mention as well as those who helped in little ways to get the dungeon to this point.
Lead – Mizumi
Design – stellalumi
Art – Zquidx
Special Thanks – MOONSHOOT, Toastrz
The Moonlight Village is an old eastern fishing village which lies far away from the grasps of Oryx’s rule. The peaceful village comes alive at night, as spirits gather to witness the spectacular festival!
The dungeon is set within a small fishing village at night, on the eve of celebrations. Unlike most dungeons in the game, this one has no minion clearing section and will instead consist purely of bosses. Three dancers will greet you at the festival as you make your way to the village center square!
The three dancers rotate throughout the festival to be the central performer. Once a dancer has performed, they won’t become the main dancer again but will act in a supporting role! The festival will end once all three dancers have performed and the closing act has finished.
Although their lively performances may appear welcoming at first, ensure you are able to keep up with their pace or you might end up joining the souls that have passed on! The core dungeon has varying levels of difficulty depending on the player’s choices, but it aims to hit an average difficulty of 8/10.
When in regular difficulty mode, the final dancer who concludes the festival will grant the following exaltations:
Sage Genji – LIFE Exaltation
Drummer Kaguya – MANA Exaltation
Dancer Miko – ATT Exaltation
The dungeon also has various unique mechanics that determine how you progress through the boss fights.
Unlike other boss fights in the game, the festival dancers will not use a health bar as an indicator for the progression of the fight. Instead, they will have a counter bar that signals to players how far they have advanced through a phase. Think of this as a timer!
However, it is possible to hasten the timer. Laying fire upon the main dancer during their normal phases will cause the timer to tick up faster. The higher the damage per second, the faster the phase will finish. On the other hand, not shooting at the bosses will cause the timer to tick much slower.
Other than the damage timer, there is also a second timer mechanic that you will encounter called the lantern timer. Between each ‘normal’ phase of the boss, there are survival sections known as danmaku phases.
During danmaku phases, the main dancer will be invulnerable. Instead, a lantern will manifest that players can follow. Similar to before, following the lantern will help speed up the progression of the phase. This is especially important during danmaku phases due to the presence of dancer specific status effect auras that will impede players. Being close to the lantern will also provide a healing buff and remove the bleeding status effect, which might be crucial for certain auras!
Rewards
The reward system for Moonlight Village is also quite different from regular dungeons. The better you ‘perform’ during the fights, the higher the quality and quantity of rewards!
In essence, the faster you are able to complete the dungeon the higher the grade of loot that is provided at the end of the festival. This means players must both be able to consistently deal damage to the bosses as well as follow the lantern closely if they want better chances at loot.
Event Boss
The Ethereal Shrine is a mysterious building that has appeared within the realm. It emanates a steady torrent of spiritual energy, spewing a sea of wisps across the land.
These wisps appear to be harmless, even giving off a feeling of warmth and happiness when touched! Although they may appear to be wandering aimlessly, they are in fact trying to find their way back home.
The gate to the spirit realm is not so easy to approach however. Gather spirits from across the realm in order to activate the encounter and prepare for a fight! Similarly to the dungeon, you can follow the lantern in order to weaken the defenses of the shrine.
Concluding Thoughts
Thank you to everyone who has given feedback during the development of the dungeon, Moonlight Village would not have been well polished without your help! We encourage players of all levels of play to try out the dungeon with an open mind, as the dungeon might be difficult but is nowhere near as punishing as most endgame dungeons.
Enjoy your stay at the festival!
Biff Changes
Biff is now stronger!
We have reworked the Biff fight in order to be more in line with other event bosses in the game. To spawn it, you have to clear all the Ghost Kings in a new realm.
During the first phase, Biff rotates between two sub-attacks. These phases include shooting shots in a radial pattern and shooting rotating bullets.
In the second phase, he throws his egg baskets towards the edge of the arena and starts shooting grenades in the shape of carrots. The egg baskets shoot projectiles outwards and throw egg grenades inwards. In this phase players have to defeat the baskets to proceed.
In the third phase, the Buffed Bunny shoots an arc of slightly rotating bullets.
In the fourth phase, he throws eggs to the edge of the arena and starts walking randomly to them while shooting inwards. After he receives some damage, he goes to the center and starts shooting projectiles, while the eggs start rotating around him and shoot bullets slowly in circular shapes.
The drop table has been balanced around the changed complexity of the fight. He now drops a guaranteed stat potion and has a chance to drop the Incubation Mace.
Free Campaign
Time for another Campaign! This time around it’s free for everyone to take part in it. Go and hunt for Colorful Eggs and turn them in. Depending on the content you do, you will receive different amounts of Eggs. Every Egg gives you 5 Points in the Campaign progression. But now let’s have a look at the rewards.
- Rank 1: Backpack x2
- Rank 2: Lucky Clover x2
- Rank 3: Easter Basket (Token for Quests)
- Rank 4: Seasonal Potion Vault Expansion
- Rank 5: Roast Biff
- Rank 6: Seasonal Vault Expansion
- Rank 7: Easter Basket
- Rank 8: Lil’ Carrot Ninja Skin
- Rank 9: Ambrosia
- Rank 10: Easter Basket
- Rank 11: Schematic x50
- Rank 12: Char Slot Unlocker
- Rank 13; Easter Basket x2
- Rank 14: Elemental Beast Pet Skin
April Fools’ Reskins
The following bosses have their sprites changed in celebration of April Fools’!
- Skull Shrine
- Ghost Ship
- Grand Sphinx
- Hermit God
- Cube God
- Kogbold Expedition Engine
- Oryx the Mad God
Dungeon Events
Additionally to the events below, a Chest Event is running in Moonlight Village from the 20.04 until the 25.04.
On the following days we will have a 2x Realm Whites event active:
- 28.03 until 30.03
- 03.04 until 06.04
- 10.04 until 13.04
- 17.04 until 20.04.
The Glitch will be active in the Realm on the following Days: During this time you will be able to redeem special april fools quests.
- 31.03 until 04.04
You will find the Keyper on the following days in the Realm:
- 28.03 until 30.04
- 13.04 until 18.04
You will find the Appetizer on the following days in the Realm:
- 06.04 until 11.04
- 20.04 until 25.04
| Date | Chest Event + Exaltation Banner Mod | x1.5 XP & Drop | Chest | x1.5 XP & Boost |
| 28.03.2023 | Nest | Sulfurous Wetlands | ||
| 29.03.2023 | Nest | Sulfurous Wetlands | Haunted Cemetery | |
| 30.03.2023 | Nest | Abyss of Demons | Sulfurous Wetlands | Haunted Cemetery |
| 31.03.2023 | Nest | Abyss of Demons | Sulfurous Wetlands | Haunted Cemetery |
| 01.04.2023 | Nest | Abyss of Demons | Sulfurous Wetlands | Haunted Cemetery |
| 02.04.2023 | Steamworks | Abyss of Demons | Haunted Cemetery | |
| 03.04.2023 | Steamworks | Abyss of Demons | The Crawling Depths | |
| 04.04.2023 | Steamworks | The Crawling Depths | ||
| 05.04.2023 | Steamworks | The Crawling Depths | Magic Woods | |
| 06.04.2023 | Steamworks | Davy Jones’ Locker | The Crawling Depths | Magic Woods |
| 07.04.2023 | Steamworks | Davy Jones’ Locker | The Crawling Depths | Magic Woods |
| 08.04.2023 | Shatters | Davy Jones’ Locker | Magic Woods | |
| 09.04.2023 | Shatters | Davy Jones’ Locker | Magic Woods | |
| 10.04.2023 | Shatters | Davy Jones’ Locker | Mountain Temple | |
| 11.04.2023 | Shatters | Mountain Temple | ||
| 12.04.2023 | Shatters | Mountain Temple | The Machine | |
| 13.04.2023 | Shatters | Undead Lair 1.5 | Mountain Temple | The Machine |
| 14.04.2023 | Fungal/Crystal | Undead Lair 1.5 | Mountain Temple | The Machine |
| 15.04.2023 | Fungal/Crystal | Undead Lair 1.5 | The Machine | |
| 16.04.2023 | Fungal/Crystal | Undead Lair 1.5 | The Machine | |
| 17.04.2023 | Fungal/Crystal | Undead Lair 1.5 | Deadwater Docks | |
| 18.04.2023 | Fungal/Crystal | Deadwater Docks | ||
| 19.04.2023 | Fungal/Crystal | Deadwater Docks | Sprite World | |
| 20.04.2023 | LH/Cult/Void | Toxic Sewers | Deadwater Docks | Sprite World |
| 21.04.2023 | LH/Cult/Void | Toxic Sewers | Deadwater Docks | Sprite World |
| 22.04.2023 | LH/Cult/Void | Toxic Sewers | Sprite World | |
| 23.04.2023 | LH/Cult/Void | Toxic Sewers | Sprite World | |
| 24.04.2023 | LH/Cult/Void | Toxic Sewers | Sprite World | |
| 25.04.2023 | LH/Cult/Void |
Chest Events
The Nest drops:
- Ambrosia
- Apiary Armor
- Backpack
- Basic Sulphur
- Beehemoth Armor
- Beehemoth Armor
- Beehemoth Armor
- Earth Elemental Knight Skin (Not in the image)
- Eggre Battle Armor
- Eternal Graved Great Sword
- Fallen One’s Blade
- Fire Elemental Sorcerer Skin (Not in the image)
- Flame Guard
- Grapes of Wrath
- Greater Sulphur
- Hivemaster Helm
- Hivemind Mace
- Honey Circlet
- Honeytomb Snare
- Killer Bee Queen Pet Skin
- Loot Drop Potion
- Loot Tier Potion
- Lucky Clover
- Mystery Cloth (Large)
- Mystery Cloth (Small)
- Mystery Dye (Accessory)
- Mystery Dye (Clothing)
- Mystery Stat Pot
- Nectar Crossfire
- Potion of Dexterity (SB)
- Potion of Life (SB)
- Potion of Max Level
- Power Pizza
- Queen’s Stinger
- Scarlet Nildrop
- Shard of the Advisor x1
- Spriteful Shield
- Superior Sulphur
- Sword Rune
- Teal Nildrop
- The Nest Key
- Tiara of Eggscellent Sturdiness
- Wine Cellar Incantation
- Young Earth Elemental Pet Skin (Not in the image)
Sulfurous Wetlands drops:
- Ambrosia
- Backpack
- Basic Sulphur
- Bogwood Crook
- Brambletooth Tachi
- Earth Elemental Knight Skin (Not in the image)
- Eggre Battle Armor
- Eternal Graved Great Sword
- Grapes of Wrath
- Greater Sulphur
- Loot Drop Potion
- Loot Tier Potion
- Lucky Clover
- Mystery Cloth (Large)
- Mystery Cloth (Small)
- Mystery Dye (Accessory)
- Mystery Dye (Clothing)
- Mystery Stat Pot
- Potion of Mana (SB)
- Potion of Max Level
- Potion of Wisdom (SB)
- Power Pizza
- Scarlet Nildrop
- Shard of the Advisor x1
- Spriteful Shield
- Sulfuric Stone
- Sulfurous Wetlands Key
- Superior Sulphur
- Swamped Panda Pet Skin
- Sword Rune
- Teal Nildrop
- Thistleleaf Necklace
- Tiara of Eggscellent Sturdiness
- Warped Mantle
- Water Elemental Summoner Skin (Not in the image)
- Wine Cellar Incantation
- Young Water Elemental Pet Skin (Not in the image)
Quests
Have a look at our quests down below. All of them end on the 27th of April at 12:00 UTC.
| Quest Name | Quest Requirements | Rewards | Quest Type |
| Knight of the Easter Armoury | Egg Basket x1 | Eternal Graved Great Sword Spriteful Shield Eggre Battle Armor Tiara of Eggscellent Sturdiness | Repeatable, Item of Choice |
| E.G.G.S. | Colorful Egg x60 | Eternal Graved Great Sword | Once per account |
| Defend Spritefully | Colorful Egg x60 | Spriteful Shield | Once per account |
| Eggregious! | Colorful Egg x60 | Eggre Battle Armor | Once per account |
| Cult of Breakfast | Colorful Egg x60 | Tiara of Eggscellent Sturdiness | Once per account |
| Biff’s Private Weapon Stash | Egg Basket x1 | Sunny Side Bow Sakura Wakizashi Botany Book | Once per account, Item of Choice |
| Eggad! | Colorful Egg x100 | Sunny Side Bow | Once per account |
| Flowery Deliverance Starts on the 4th of April at 12:00 UTC | Colorful Egg x100 | Sakura Wakizashi | Once per account |
| Flower Education Starts on the 11th of April at 12:00 UTC | Colorful Egg x100 | Botany Book | Once per account |
| Power of Air | Colorful Egg x120 | Amulet of Elemental Air | Once per account |
| Power of Earth | Colorful Egg x120 | Amulet of Elemental Earth | Once per account |
| Power of Fire | Colorful Egg x120 | Amulet of Elemental Fire | Once per account |
| Power of Water | Colorful Egg x120 | Amulet of Elemental Water | Once per account |
| Elemental Equilibrium | Amulet of Elemental Air Amulet of Elemental Fire Amulet of Elemental Earth Amulet of Elemental Water | Elemental Equilibrium | Once per account |
| Bunny Enthusiasts I | Colorful Egg x20 x8 | Bunny Trickster Skin Bunny Summoner Skin Little Bunny Necromancer Skin Bunny Attendant Kensei Skin | (Once per account), Item of Choice |
| Bunny Enthusiasts II Starts on the 4th of April at 12:00 UTC | Colorful Egg x20 x8 | Rabbit Warrior Skin Bunny Sorcerer Skin Lunatic Bunny Trickster Skin Bunny Magician Skin | (Once per account), Item of Choice |
| Bunny Enthusiasts III Starts on the 11th of April at 12:00 UTC | Colorful Egg x20 x8 | Bunny Trickster Skin Bunny Summoner Skin Little Bunny Necromancer Skin Bunny Attendant Kensei Skin Rabbit Warrior Skin Bunny Sorcerer Skin Lunatic Bunny Trickster Skin Bunny Magician Skin | (Once per account), Item of Choice |
| Egg Cracking | Colorful Egg x20 x2 | Easter Mystery Gift | Repeatable |
Free Packs
Until the 4th of April you will be able to claim those Free bundles!
The April Fools’ Pack will be available on the first of April.
Battle Pass & Mission Changes
We heard your feedback and additionally had a look at our own data. We agree that the amount of BXP needed right now in order to finish the Battle Pass is too high. We have decided to reduce the required BXP by ~25%. In order to complete it now, you will need to gain 615k BXP. You will also find a free BP Booster in the Shop.
Additionally, we have added BXP to two of our repeatable seasonal missions.
Purify Evil 1: 2250 BXP per repeat
A Neverending Evil: 2500 BXP per repeat
New Status Effect: Drought
This new Status Effect “Drought”, represented by an empty potion icon, will temporarily disable consumable items for the player, causing you to be unable to use them for its duration. You will see this new status effect implemented for the first time in Moonlight Village, Interregnum, and Shatters sick phases.
This includes all things marked as consumables, blueprints, keys, skins, will all be unable to be used or consumed during the effect duration.
Veteran Skins
They are back in the shop! If your account is older than 7 years you will be able to purchase them for Fame! This pack will not show up in the Shop if you already claimed them in the past.
Other fixes
- Fixed a case where the cooldown for procs were not working correctly in items with different uses.
- Fixed attack pattern problems when using any Tachi with an Invocation Scroll.
- Fixed sprites for Katalund and Forax Augmented Keys.
- Fixed minor errors in item tooltip descriptions.
- Fixed a bug in Shatters for an infrequent crash.
- Fixed a bug in Secluded Thicket for an infrequent crash.
- Fixed wrong projectile for Treasure Hunter Archer once the full set is equipped.