Posted by Deca Acalos July 21, 2023July 21, 2023Development Update

Realmers! 

We are getting very close to the Month of the Mad God which starts on the first of August. So its now time to have a small look at what is coming up. Join our Testing Server and try out the second iteration of the Enchantment System. You can also jump in and have a look at the Advanced Nest! You will find Portals for the Dungeon in the Nexus.

We will only highlight the first week of the Echoes of Destiny Event! So more to come.

Enchantments

The full Enchantment system will be released with this update. It adds the ability to enchant Tiered equipment with abilities of your choice to better help them adapt to your playstyle.

This is not the full, final form which Enchantments will take. As people may remember, the initial version was Seasonal only, which meant that items at the end game could become more powerful as they would be in Seasonal mode only. As a result Enchantments will evolve as the end game progresses, adding more powerful options as well as new items which can be enchanted. So Tier 14 weapons, for instance, might have more powerful stat adds, greater range, or just 2 slots to enchant instead of 1. As a result, your powers will improve alongside the increased challenge of the content as the endgame moves into new territory.

Balancing and Slot Costs

As noted by people in the release of the Engravings system, the cost to unlock slots was quite high. We were trying to balance them between the fact that we want them to be available for players, without making them too common until more content of Difficulty 10 has been released to avoid significant power creep. As a result of feedback, all slot costs have been dropped to allow more enchantments to be utilised, and will be reviewed as more content, such as the Realm Rework, adds places where Engraved UT’s and Enchanted items are required for efficient farming.

Items

The following items will all gain a single Enchantment slot.

Item Name	Type	Tier	Slot Unlock Cost
Bow of Covert Havens	BOW	T12	10
Bow of Mystical Energy	BOW	T13	140
Bow of Deep Enchantment	BOW	T14	900
Cloak of Ghostly Concealment	CLOAK	T6	140
Cloak of Nightmares	CLOAK	T7	900
Dagger of Foul Malevolence	DAGGER	T12	10
Dagger of Sinister Deeds	DAGGER	T13	140
Dagger of Dire Hatred	DAGGER	T14	900
Bloodshed Blades	DUALBLADE	T12	10
Moonstone Blades	DUALBLADE	T13	140
Soulforged Blades	DUALBLADE	T14	900
Celebrant Flail	FLAIL	T12	10
Divine Flail	FLAIL	T13	140
Gravelord’s Flail	FLAIL	T14	900
Acropolis Armor	HEAVY	T13	10
Dominion Armor	HEAVY	T14	140
Annihilation Armor	HEAVY	T15	900
Helm of the Great General	HELM	T6	140
Helm of the Tribune	HELM	T7	900
Masamune	KATANA	T12	10
Sadamune	KATANA	T13	140
Kusanagi	KATANA	T14	900
Hydra Skin Armor	LEATHER	T13	10
Wyrmhide Armor	LEATHER	T14	140
Leviathan Armor	LEATHER	T15	900
Longbow of the Endless Sky	LONGBOW	T12	10
Longbow of the Morning Spirit	LONGBOW	T13	140
Longbow of the Midnight Diamond	LONGBOW	T14	900
Skyward Lute	LUTE	T6	140
Nebular Lute	LUTE	T7	900
Sovereign Mace	MACE	T6	140
Grandmaster Mace	MACE	T7	900
Morning Star of Repentance	MORNINGSTAR	T12	10
Morning Star of Conjuration	MORNINGSTAR	T13	140
Morning Star of Reckoning	MORNINGSTAR	T14	900
Planefetter Orb	ORB	T6	140
Dimensiongate Orb	ORB	T7	900
Baneserpent Poison	POISON	T6	140
Necrofish Poison	POISON	T7	900
Prism of Apparitions	PRISM	T6	140
Prism of Reveries	PRISM	T7	900
Quiver of Elvish Mastery	QUIVER	T6	140
Quiver of the Autumn King	QUIVER	T7	900
Ring of Exalted Wisdom	RING	T5	140
Ring of Exalted Vitality	RING	T5	140
Ring of Exalted Speed	RING	T5	140
Ring of Exalted Magic	RING	T5	140
Ring of Exalted Health	RING	T5	140
Ring of Exalted Dexterity	RING	T5	140
Ring of Exalted Defense	RING	T5	140
Ring of Exalted Attack	RING	T5	140
Ring of Unbound Wisdom	RING	T6	900
Ring of Unbound Vitality	RING	T6	900
Ring of Unbound Speed	RING	T6	900
Ring of Unbound Magic	RING	T6	900
Ring of Unbound Health	RING	T6	900
Ring of Unbound Dexterity	RING	T6	900
Ring of Unbound Defense	RING	T6	900
Ring of Unbound Attack	RING	T6	900
Ring of Decades	RING	UT	900
The Forgotten Ring	RING	UT	900
Robe of the Grand Sorcerer	ROBE	T13	10
Robe of the Star Mother	ROBE	T14	140
Robe of the Ancient Intellect	ROBE	T15	900
Scepter of Storms	SCEPTER	T6	140
Scepter of the Firmament	SCEPTER	T7	900
Seal of the Blessed Champion	SEAL	T6	140
Seal of Invocation	SEAL	T7	900
Great Shinobi Sheath	SHEATH	T6	140
Sonic Wave Sheath	SHEATH	T7	900
Colossus Shield	SHIELD	T6	140
Shield of Orcish Regalia	SHIELD	T7	900
Doom Circle	SHURIKEN	T6	140
Dynastic Star	SHURIKEN	T7	900
Bloodsucker Skull	SKULL	T6	140
Mindwaster Skull	SKULL	T7	900
Elemental Detonation Spell	SPELL	T6	140
Burning Retribution Spell	SPELL	T7	900
Spellblade of the Sun	SPELLBLADE	T12	10
Spellblade of the Heavens Light	SPELLBLADE	T13	140
Spellblade of the Everlasting Death	SPELLBLADE	T14	900
Staff of the Cosmic Whole	STAFF	T12	10
Staff of the Vital Unity	STAFF	T13	140
Staff of the Fundamental Core	STAFF	T14	900
Sword of Acclaim	SWORD	T12	10
Sword of Splendor	SWORD	T13	140
Sword of Majesty	SWORD	T14	900
Skyslash Tachi	TACHI	T12	10
Sunset Tachi	TACHI	T13	140
Godslayer Tachi	TACHI	T14	900
Tome of Holy Guidance	TOME	T6	140
Tome of Hallowed Language	TOME	T7	900
Giantcatcher Trap	TRAP	T6	140
Depthchaser Trap	TRAP	T7	900
Royal Wakizashi	WAKIZASHI	T6	140
Virtuous Wakizashi	WAKIZASHI	T7	900
Wand of Recompense	WAND	T12	10
Wand of Evocation	WAND	T13	140
Wand of Retribution	WAND	T14	900

Dust

Dust will now be dropped from all Exaltation dungeons at differing rates based on the difficulty of the content, not just hard mode Steamworks. The only colour will remain Green for now, and the drop rate will be an average value. Seasonal players will receive a 15% bonus to the amount of dust dropped!

Enchantments

As there are a LOT of Enchantment options, here is a brief overview:

• Stats can be added to all items, although which stats can be applied to what items depends on the item.
  • Weapons can add damage boosting stats like Attack and Dexterity
  • Armour can add defensive options like Defence and Hitpoints.
• Weapons will have utility boosting options too, such as range, rate of fire, projectile size and so on.
• Armours provide on-hit bonuses and status conditions.
• Abilities provide large chunks of MP as well as Wisdom bonuses, and have on-hit effects which mimic the ability at no MP cost.
• Rings are versatile – allowing for all stat bonuses to be applied to them.

Applying Enchantments

Enchantments are applied at the Enchanter NPC, located in your vault.

The Enchanter will be able to apply Engravings to any items you have on you or in your backpack which have slots.

IMPORTANT NOTE – Existing items from the list above will not have slots. Only items dropped or forged, gained from dungeon event chests & Tinkerer Quest Chests after this release can have a slot.

Opening the Enchanting menu will show the following:

Key	Description
1	Item List – all items which can be enchanted will appear here. Only items from your worn inventory or backpack will be displayed. Vault and gift chest items will not appear, for example, nor will items on your other characters.The currently selected item will highlight blue, as shown here.
2	Filters – when tiered items become enchantable, these will allow quick filtering and searching.
3	Currently selected items are highlighted in blue for ease of reference.
4	Dust – displays how much green dust you have available.
5	Slots – this shows how many available slots the item has for enchantments.This item has already had a slot unlocked, which is why it shows the word ‘empty’, and can be cleared if an enchantment is placed into the slot.
6	Enchantments – The list of enchantments which can be applied to this item will be shown here.
7	Enchantments you have yet to unlock will show the price in Dust it takes to unlock them. If you have unlocked an Enchantment, it can be dragged into a slot or the Apply button can be used to do so automatically.
8	If you want to know more details about an Enchantment, you can hover over it to see what the effect will be.

Enchantments are purchased per item. This means that if you have two weapons of the same type you will need to pay to unlock their slots and any individual Enchantments you want to apply to them one at a time. However, once you have bought them they are free to add, remove and swap as much as you like.

Advanced Nest

Introducing the Advanced Nest, Similar to the Advanced Steamworks this is a harder version of the Nest that has increased rewards and some new engravings.

In addition to damage and health multipliers across the dungeon, the Advanced Nest also features a fourth family of bees. The green bees you will find within will be slower but more durable than the normal bees, and they will inflict Unstable and rarely Sick.

The Killer Bee Queen also features some new attacks or changes to existing attacks in order to incorporate this fourth bee family.

Echoes of Destiny: A Hero’s Choice

This Month of the Mad God you will decide between four fighting disciplines. The first week will start with the Sniper Discipline and the next weeks will be decided based on voting on discord.

During this testing session you will be able to have a look at the events active during the first week of the event.

Active during PT:

Sniper – Kogbold Express realm event

• Kogbold Steamworks (8) [1.5x Loot and EXP]
• Advanced (Hard) Kogbold Steamworks (10) [Chest Event]
• Undead Lair (3.5) [Chest event with Construction Gear]
• Parasite Chambers (5.5) [1.5x Loot and EXP] – Echoes of a Mad God
• Deadwater Docks (5.5) [Chest event with Construction Gear]
• Mountain Temple (6) [Chest event with Construction Gear] – Echoes of a Mad God

Inactive during PT:

Stalwart

• Lost Halls/Cultist Hideout/The Void (8, 7, 8-5) [Chest Event] – Echoes of Antinomy
• Ancient Ruins (3) [1.5x Loot and EXP]
• Toxic Sewers (3.5) [Chest event with Construction Gear]
• Tomb of the Ancients (6) [Chest Event]
• The Crawling Depths (5.5) [Chest event with Construction Gear]
• Ocean Trench (5) [1.5x Loot and EXP]

Swiftblade – Echoes of Vindication in Hidden Interregnum Realm event

• Moonlight Village (9) [Chest Event]
• Fungal Cavern/Crystal Cavern (7, 7-5) [Chest Event]
• Manor of the Immortals (4) [1.5x Loot and EXP]
• Sulfurous Wetlands (6) [1.5x Loot and EXP]
• Lair of Draconis (6) [Chest event with Construction Gear]
• Davy Jones’ Locker (5) [1.5x Loot and EXP]

Magus

• The Shatters (10) [Chest event with Construction Gear]
• The Nest (7) [Chest Event]
• Sprite World (2.5)[Chest event with Construction Gear]
• Cursed Library (4) [1.5x Loot and EXP] – Echoes of Stone
• Puppet Master’s Theatre (4) [1.5x Loot and EXP] – Echoes of Stone
• The Third Dimension (6) [Chest Event]

During this time you will be able to receive Dicispline Tokens in those dungeon for this weeks active Discipline. This means for this testing, Sniper Tokens will drop. They have a 30% chance to drop. The Mastery Token drops in all of the above-mentioned Event Dungeons with a 100% chance. Those Tokens can be used at the Tinkerer for specific quests. Keep in mind they are only active during the weeks Discipline.

Permanent quests

Title	Requirements	Rewards	Type
Hero Mastery	Mastery Token x 20	Stalwart Token x2 Sniper Token x2 Swiftblade Token x2 Magus Token x2	Repeatable, Item of Choice
Kogbold Collection	Mastery Token x 40	Kogbold Collection Chest	Repeatable, Item of Choice
Gift of Combat	Mastery Token x 40	Hero’s Crate	Repeatable

Morphing Quests:

Title	Requirements	Rewards	Type
Garments of Mastery	Mastery Token x 60 + Discipline* Token x5	Aspirant’s Plate Aspirant’s Robes Aspirants Hide	Once Per Account, Item of Choice
Tools of the Trade I	Mastery Token x 40 + Discipline* Token x5	Hero’s Dagger Hero’s Bow, Hero’s Staff, Hero’s Wand, Hero’s Sword, Hero’s Katana	Once Per Account, Item of Choice
Tools of the Trade II	Mastery Token x 40 + Discipline* Token x5	Hero’s Blades Hero’s Longbow Hero’s Spellblade Morning Star of the Hero Hero’s Flail Hero’s Tachi	Once Per Account, Item of Choice
Engraved Discipline	Mastery Token x 60 + Discipline* Token x5	Path of the Stalwart Engraving Path of the Sniper Engraving Path of the Magus Engraving Path of the Swiftblade Engraving	Once Per Account, Item of Choice

* Discipline Token will change based on the focus week.

During the last week all disciplines will be on focus and the Discipline tokens will not be part of the requirements for these quests.

More quests will be active but depending on the current active Discipline. So go check out the TInkerer!

Heroes Weapon Set (T13 Reskin)

Each weapon type will get a thematic reskin, and will also grant players +8% XP when killing monsters.

• Dagger
• Bow
• Staff
• Wand
• Sword
• Katana
• Blades
• Longbow
• Spellblade
• Morning Star
• Flail
• Tachi

They will be available via different means during MotMG.

Returning Rewards

There are certain Skin Collections that a lot of you liked in the past but which were unavailable for quite some time. We are bringing back some of them!

You will be able to get skins from the Stone, Kingdom, Antinomy and Syndicate Collection via our new Chest System that allows you to pick your reward.

You need to gather specific tokens in order to create Collection Chests. 10 of them turn into 1 Chest.

Echoes of Stone
Echoes of a Mad God
Echoes of Antimony
Echoes of Vindication

You will be able to get Echoes of Stone from Chest Events in Cursed Library and Puppet Master’s Theatre, Echoes of a Mad God from the events in Parasite Chambers and Mountain Temple, Echoes of Antimony from the Void and last but not least, Echoes of Vindication from the Hidden Interregnum and the mercenaries during their respective event.

Aside from that, all Construction Gear except the Foreman’s Hard Hat will drop in some formerly reconstructed dungeons with Chest Events. While Foreman’s Hard Hat will be obtainable via Mad God Mayhem.

Free Campaign

During Month of the Mad God you will be able to take part in our Free Campaign to gather some free items! The Campaigns offers various Shop Items but also Skins of the Kobgold Collection, Aspirant Items and more! The Final Reward the Mystery Pet Skin is a placeholder. 

https://imgur.com/a/8P7x7WH

In order to participate in the Campaign, you have to beat Realm Boss Encounters and Dungeon Bosses which drop Campaign Tokens.

Campaign tokens:

• Whisper of Destiny (5pts)
• Voice of Destiny (20pts)
• Echo of Destiny (30pts)

Additional Mission

A new repeatable mission “Enchantment Essence” will be available in the currently active mission tree that will grant players another source of Green Dust. 

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*Check the Shop