Realmers!
It is time for yet another testing session! Season 23 is just around the corner, so we want to give you a first look at the upcoming features. Season 23 Heatwave will arrive soon, bringing you some hot events, a new battle pass, and missions, as well as the wizard class modernization!
Heat Wave Event
This season is split into two parts. The first part will run until the 2nd of September and you can have a first look at the Event and Items today.
Realm Events
Wooden totems appear throughout the Adept biomes of the Realm. Due to the intense summer heat, once the Realm Score reaches 30% and 60%, these totems begin to catch fire. The flames must be extinguished in order to obtain rewards.
To end the fire faster, use Water Balloons or one of the new reskinned T13 Weapons, which will release a water explosion every 3 seconds to extinguish the flames!
Increased Spawn Rates
During the event, the Beach Bum has an increased spawn.
Encounters in the Shipwreck Cove and Coral Reefs have a higher spawn chance during the event.
New Items
- Water Balloons (Drops in Dungeon & Realm Event)
Consumable that can be stored in a quick slot. When used, it is thrown away from the player, either in the direction the player is facing (if used via mouse click in the inventory) or toward the mouse cursor (if activated via hotkey). When it makes impact, it creates an explosion that heals nearby players and deals area damage. If a realm wood totem is within range, it takes additional damage and can be destroyed this way as well.
Reskinned Tiered Equipment (Drops in Dungeon & Realm Event)
6 Sub-Weapons (Tier 13 Reskin). The weapons will have an additional functionality. These reskinned weapons automatically release a water explosion every 5 seconds, dealing area damage. The explosion deals increased damage to the realm event totem when it is within range.
- Beach Shovel
- Dual Pops
- Water Pistol
- Beach Umbrella Weapon
- Flip-Flops
- Pool Noodle
- 3 Armors (Tier 13 Reskin)
- Life Jacket
- Summer Dress
- Swim Tube
- 1 Ring (Tier 6)
- Sun Hat
UT Reskins (Drops in Dungeon & Realm Event)
- Coral Soda (Reskin Of Coral Bow)
- Chocsicle (Reskin Of Pirate King’s Cutlass)
- Bottled Lemonade (Reskin Of Bottled Medusozoan)
Missions
Crucible
Quality of Life
- Skins found using the search bar in the shop are now giftable.
- Added a mission tree indicator. When a mission is completed, the mission tree icon is highlighted.
- Added a “Deposit All” option in potion vault. When this button is pressed, all stat potions in the player’s inventory are automatically stored in their corresponding slot.
- New Realm Beacons art.
- Pets UI Improvements:
- Add currency buttons in Pet and Pet Wardrobe screens.
- Added confirmation popups when there is an action that consumes any item or currency.
- Add a marker for current equipped pet.
- Updated headers and layout of the wardrobe sidebar.
- Added filters for pet skin library.
- Added filter and search bar for arcane styles library.
- Updated Pet Yard layout, while also adding a search bar for current player’s pets.
- Display items currently held in pet equipment, while also updating the inventory expansion option display.
- Feed section now has buttons on the left and scroll with all possible feed items on the right, with feed powers on their icons.
- Shiny Changes:
- Coral Venom Trap (Shiny) now uses shiny particle color.
- Trap of the Vile Spirit (Shiny) now uses shiny particle color.
- Brain Cube (Shiny) now uses shiny AoE particle color.
- Skull of Endless Torment (Shiny) now uses shiny AoE particle color.
- Wavecrest Concertina (Shiny) parrot now uses shiny AoE particle color.
- Fire Dragon Battle Armor (Shiny) now uses shiny AoE particle color.
- Esben’s Shaman Attire (Shiny) now uses shiny AoE particle color.
- Wand of the Fallen (Shiny) now uses shiny particle trail color.
- Key fairy now spawns after defeating the boss in the Abyss of Demons when the Key Fairy mod is active.
- Obstacles objects don’t spawn in the middle of the passages in the Forbidden Jungle.
Wizard Class Modernization
This season we will be doing another Class Modernization, and this time it’s the fan favorite glass cannon: WIZARD! Wizard has received statMod for all of his tiered abilities and a majority of his old ones. Additionally, in order to buff staves as a whole, the Wizard has had his base attack staff to 60.
Though a DPS loss should not feel noticeable and will likely feel even stronger now that staff classes as a whole fare better with def and scale better with attack!
To view a more detailed breakdown on Wizard spells and staff stat changes, visit this spreadsheet: Wizard Modernization