Hollow Realmers!
It’s time for Month of the Mad God 2025, Shadow of the Legion! Defeat increasingly brutal ranks of Oryx’s Legion to acquire powerful artifacts of Nightmatter and discover the dastardly plot that may put even Oryx himself at risk…
Shadow of the Legion
Legion Setpieces in Realm
To strengthen his control over the Realm, Oryx has sent many new forces of his Legion to actively control, survey, and harvest the Realm’s resources. You’ll find them spread out all across the Realm, with more powerful and complex forces appearing in higher difficulty Realm biomes.
- Rookie Biomes: Legion Survey Camp
- Adept Biomes: Legion Guard Checkpoint, Legion Excavation Site, Legion Scouting Party
- Veteran Biomes: Legion Watchtower, Legion Strategy Center, Legion Research Base
Inspector Stromwell
Looks like you’re not the only one trying to thwart Oryx’s operation! Sooner or later you’ll butt heads with the scheming Inspector Stromwell who has been hoarding Nightmatter shards to himself. If you can handle his special movement magic and resource-reducing rifts, great rewards await you….
Inspector Stromwell is a post-dungeon boss similar to the Syndicate Mercenaries that will spawn in all Chest Event dungeons during the Month of the Mad God. All three Rifts drop Vortex Sigils (Campaign) as well as Nightmatter Shards (Tinkerer).
- Stromwell’s Rift I drops in dungeons between Difficulty 4.0 to 5.5, and drops Agents of Oryx items.
- Stromwell’s Rift II drops in dungeons between difficulty 5.5 to 8.5, and drops Uncommon+ Agents of Oryx items and Legion Elite items.
- Stromwell’s Rift III drops in dungeons above difficulty 9.0, and drops Rare+ Agents of Oryx Items, Uncommon+ Legion Elite Items, the all-powerful Nightmatter Circlet, and an exclusive title for completion!
Legion Elite Gear
The Shadow of the Legion descends upon the Realm! Acquire powerful Legion Elite equipment equivalent to T13 Weapons, T13 Armors, and T6 Abilities. Power them up even further through their set bonuses and Awakened enchantments, and top it off with the all-new Nightmatter Circlet ST ring.
These items all act as tiered counterparts to the Agent of Oryx items, allowing you to mix and match whichever items you want to best suit your set. The new Nightmatter Circlet ring will provide powerful set bonuses for any worn pieces of either Legion Elite or Agent of Oryx sets. The old Agent of Oryx sets now also allow the new Legion Elite items to be used for their bonuses.
The Legion Elite and existing Agents of Oryx items also now can roll 4 new Awakened Enchantments, one for each slot. These all act as combinations of higher level modifiers exclusively available for these sets of items. During Month of the Mad God, a new artifact called the Nightmatter Core will also be available to boost the rate of acquiring these enchantments.
- Night’s Strength: Weapons gain 4.5% Fire Rate and Damage.
- Night’s Wisdom: Abilities gain 10% MP Cost Reduction, +3 WIS, and +3 DEF.
- Night’s Tenacity: Armors gain 5% Damage Reduction and +20 HP.
- Night’s Soul: AoO Rings and the Nightmatter Circlet gain +20 HP, +20 MP, +2 to other stats, and 2% Loot/Dust/XP bonus.
Nightmatter Shards
Collect Nightmatter Shards from our Chest Event dungeons and redeem them for rewards at the Tinkerer in the Daily Quest Room! The tokens will drop at the following rates:
Week 1 Dungeons (02-09-2025 – 09-09-2025):
- Mad Lab will drop 1 guaranteed.
- Toxic Sewers will drop 1 guaranteed.
- Crawling Depths will drop 2 guaranteed and another one at 50% chance.
- Davy Jones’ Locker will drop 2 guaranteed.
- The Nest will drop 4 guaranteed and another one at 50% chance.
- The Plagued Nest will drop 6 guaranteed.
- Moonlight Village will drop 7 guaranteed.and another one at 50% chance.
Week 2 Dungeons (09-09-2025 – 16-09-2025):
- Puppet Master’s Theatre will drop 1 guaranteed.
- Abyss of Demons will drop 1 guaranteed.
- Woodland Labyrinth will drop 2 guaranteed and another one at 50% chance
- Ocean Trench will drop 2 guaranteed
- Fungal Cavern will drop 4 guaranteed.
- Crystal Cavern will drop 1 guaranteed.
- Kogbold Steamworks will drop 6 guaranteed and another one at 50% chance
- Advanced Kogbold Steamworks will drop 8 guaranteed.
Week 3 Dungeons (16-09-2025 – 23-09-2025):
- Snake Pit will have a 50% chance to drop one.
- Magic Woods will have a 75% chance to drop one.
- Deadwater Docks will drop 2 guaranteed.
- Mountain Temple will drop 2 guaranteed and another one at 50% chance.
- Cultist Hideout will drop 8 guaranteed.
- Oryx’s Sanctuary will drop 8 guaranteed.
Week 4 Dungeons (23-09-2025 – 30-09-2025):
- Sprite World will have a 50% chance to drop one.
- Undead Lair will have a 80% chance to drop one.
- Heroic Undead Lair will drop 2 guaranteed.
- Sulfurous Wetlands will drop 2 guaranteed and another one at 50% chance.
- Spectral Penitentiary will drop 5 guaranteed.
- Lost Halls will drop 5 guaranteed.
- The Shatters will drop 15 guaranteed.
Tinkerer Daily Quests
Week 1 (02-09-2025 – 09-09-2025):
| Name | Requirement | Reward | Restriction |
| The Legion’s Armaments I | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armaments | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Armaments II | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armaments | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Armory I | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armory | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary I | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary II | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary III | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| Nightmatter Circlet I | Nightmatter Shard x20 x4 | Nightmatter Circlet | Once per Account |
| Legion Uniforms I | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion of Oryx Collection Chest | Once per Account |
| Legion Uniforms II | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion of Oryx Collection Chest | Once per Account |
| Legion Uniforms III | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion of Oryx Collection Chest | Once per Account |
| Shadow Expressions I | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Unfazed Graveyard Guardian EmoteFired Up Hell Guardian EmoteStoic Colonel EmoteBig Crown Commissioner Emote | Once per account, Item of a choice |
| Legion Treasure | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion Treasure | Repeatable |
| Nightmatter Core | Nightmatter Shard x20 x1 | Nightmatter Core x5 | Repeatable |
Week 2 (09-09-2025 – 16-09-2025):
| Name | Requirement | Reward | Restriction |
| The Legion’s Armaments III | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armaments | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Armaments IV | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armaments | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Armory II | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armory | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary IV | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary V | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary VI | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| Shadow Expressions II | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Unfazed Graveyard Guardian EmoteFired Up Hell Guardian EmoteStoic Colonel EmoteBig Crown Commissioner Emote | Once per account, Item of a choice |
| Legion Uniforms IV | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion of Oryx Collection Chest | Once per Account |
| Legion Uniforms V | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion of Oryx Collection Chest | Once per Account |
| Legion Uniforms VI | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion of Oryx Collection Chest | Once per Account |
Week 3 (16-09-2025 – 23-09-2025):
| Name | Requirement | Reward | Restriction |
| The Legion’s Armaments V | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armaments | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Armaments VI | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armaments | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Armory III | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armory | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary VII | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary VIII | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary IX | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| Nightmatter Circlet II | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | Nightmatter Circlet | Once per Account |
| Shadow Expressions III | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Unfazed Graveyard Guardian EmoteFired Up Hell Guardian EmoteStoic Colonel EmoteBig Crown Commissioner Emote | Once per account, Item of a choice |
| Legion Uniforms VII | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion of Oryx Collection Chest | Once per Account |
| Legion Uniforms VIII | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion of Oryx Collection Chest | Once per Account |
Week 4 (23-09-2025 – 30-09-2025):
| Name | Requirement | Reward | Restriction |
| The Legion’s Armaments VII | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armaments | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Armaments VIII | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armaments | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Armory IV | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | The Legion’s Armory | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary X | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary XI | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| The Legion’s Reliquary XII | Nightmatter Shard x20 x3 | The Legion’s Reliquary | Once per Account |
| Shadow Expressions IV | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Unfazed Graveyard Guardian EmoteFired Up Hell Guardian EmoteStoic Colonel EmoteBig Crown Commissioner Emote | Once per account, Item of a choice |
| Legion Uniforms X | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion of Oryx Collection Chest | Once per Account |
| Legion Uniforms XI | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion of Oryx Collection Chest | Once per Account |
| Legion Uniforms XII | Nightmatter Shard x20 x2 | Legion of Oryx Collection Chest | Once per Account |
Advanced Dungeons
General Changes
Like with our latest changes to Plagued Nest and Advanced Steamworks, these dungeons will be getting their own names and themes. The abyss being known as the Infernal Abyss of Demons and the UDL borrowing the old name of Heroic Undead Lair.
With these dungeon introductions the current Heroic UDL and Abyss will be made legacy dungeons, still able to be run via keys dropped from the Key Fairy dungeon mod.
These dungeons work very similarly to the other advanced dungeons, applying a 50% reduction to all healing you receive while within the dungeon. Alongside this change, both dungeons have gained new elite enemy variants to challenge the player and vastly changed boss fights remixing existing attacks into ones that can threaten even experienced players. These dungeons are aiming to fall in line with standard Veteran content at Difficulty level 6.
Both dungeons gain the normal 30% loot boost and 90% exp boost that all advanced dungeons get and will have their tiered drops increased to match the level of content they belong to. New artifacts have been added to both Undead Lair and Abyss of Demons and will also receive a 5x drop rate within the advanced variants like Nest and Steamworks. Finally, all advanced dungeons will start dropping minimum Uncommon rarity loot.
Heroic Undead Lair
In this world, Septavius has won the power struggle over souls in the Realm and has laid claim to the finest of souls to bolster his own personal forces. The halls of the Undead Lair grow sinister with necrotic energy which Septavius has drawn upon to substantially increase his power.
- Base enemies from the UDL have a 30-60% damage increase as many of them did extremely low damage values.
- Drops from the Death Knight setpiece in Dead Church and the Snow Troll enemy in Runic Tundra. The Death Knight’s drop of Cursed Library has been moved to the Shady Sect Leader.
- Spirit’s Bane, a brand new poison, scales heavily with WIS and boosts the user’s WIS on usage. This drops exclusively from the Heroic Undead Lair.
- Spectral Arrowhead, a brand new artifact, boosts WIS and DEX as well as Soulful Mastery and Necrotic Knowledge, a new Awakened Enchantment for the Ring of Skeletal Specters.
- Bow of the Morning Star now drops from Heroic Undead Lair.
Infernal Abyss of Demons
In this world, increased volcanic activity has uncovered vast veins of Adamantine and Mithril within the Abyss of Demons. The smiths of the Abyss have stoked their forges hotter than ever to process the new found ores equipping themselves and the other denizens with enhanced gear. The abyss burns hotter than ever and Malphas has crafted himself an Enchanted gold-alloy armor that makes him more durable and powerful.
- Features many new room types, some of which are added to the base Abyss of Demons. Infernal Abyss generates many more “fortress” rooms than a traditional Abyss.
- Drops from the Infernal Ironsmith setpiece in Risen Hell and the Sunflower Sentinel enemy in Floral Escape.
- Adamantine Helm, a brand new helmet ability, boosts the Warrior’s VIT and Healing.
- Berserker’s Plate, a brand new heavy armor, boosts your ATT as you lose health.
- Adamantine Ingot, a brand new artifact, boosts VIT and ATT as well as Hellfire Edge and Infernal Anger, a new Awakened Enchantment for the Berserker’s Breastplate.
- Sword of Illumination now drops from Infernal Abyss of Demons.
Agents of Oryx Refresh
Since our MotMG theme is adjacent to the Agents of Oryx and we have included them in the new sets, we have updated a number of the underperforming or hard to use items in this set.
Additionally, all Agents of Oryx items will be crafted in the Item Forge using the new Agents of Oryx Shard, and all old shards will be convertible to this new unified token.
- All weapons except Bounty Hunter’s Dagger have been reworked in terms of balance and patterns to be far more traditionally usable.
- Blacklight Artifice has been slightly reworked as its previous iteration did not fully work as intended. Its tooltip information has also been updated to better explain the items scalings and damage.
- Prism of Shattered Light now has its two modes triggered based on being above and below 50% HP instead of a flat 400 HP.
- Helm of Exalted Might’s attack penalty has had its duration reduced from 6 seconds to 5.
- Siege Scepter’s MP cost has been reduced from 110 to 100.
- Orb of Conquest deals 600 damage and curses for 5 seconds on all explosions instead of only the last one, and its MP cost has been reduced from 120 to 110.
- A number of Agents of Oryx abilities have had their passive stats improved.
- Squadron Sheathing has had its DEX increased from 5 to 7.
Judge’s Robe has had its ATT increased from 3 to 4 and WIS increased from 8 to 9.
Returning Events
Mad God Mayhem (Week 1) – Spawns at 15% and 50% Realm Score.
Trials of Cronus (Week 2) – Spawns at 33% and 66% Realm Score.
Free Oryx 3 (Week 3)
Keyper and Appetizer
The Keyper (Week 1, Week 3) – Spawns at 33% and 66% Realm Score.
The Appetizer (Week 2, Week 4) – Spawns at 33% Realm Score.
Double Event Whites Event
During the Appetizer events, the drop rate of Event Whites from Realm Encounters is doubled.
Dust Drop Event
During all of Month of the Mad God, Realm Encounters and Beacon Guardians will drop bonus Green, Red, and Purple Dust.
Forge Fire Bonus
During all of Month of the Mad God, the daily amount of Forgefire gained from login is increased from 500 to 600.
New Shiny UTs
A new wave awaits all collectors of rare and colorful items.
- Sprite Wand
- Snake Skin Armor
- Bottled Medusozoan
- Brewer’s Bangle
- Burial Blades
- Royal Guard’s Cuirass
Party XP Bonus
During all of Month of the Mad God, you will receive a +20% XP bonus when playing in a party with other players!
Oryx’s Presents in Dungeons
There is a chance in all Chest Event dungeon rooms for Oryx Presents to spawn, rewarding you with extra loot and counting towards special missions.
Increased Shiny Drop Rates
During all of Month of the Mad God, the drop rate of all Shiny items will be doubled!
Free Campaign
During all of Month of the Mad God, the bosses in Dungeons and all Realm Encounters will drop Vortex Sigils. Redeem these to progress in our Free Campaign.
Leaderboard Events
We have heard your feedback regarding leaderboard events, and will run new leaderboards that allow the top % of players to qualify for reward brackets. Have a look!
Oryx Castle Leaderboard
Aug 02 09:00:00 (UTC) to Aug 09 09:00:00 (UTC)
Kill Oryx the Mad God 1 in Oryx’s Chamber for 1 point on this leaderboard!
Top 5% Rewards:
- Mad-Blooded Title Unlocker (Prefix)
Top 15% Rewards:
- Medium Dust Chest
Top 30% Rewards:
- 5x Mystery Stat Potion
- Mystery ST Shard x5
- Lucky Clover
- Legion of Oryx Collection Chest
Community Goal: 100000 pts
If the Community Goal is met, all players will receive the following in a free pack:
- 5x Mystery Stat Potion
- Mystery ST Shard x5
- Adventurer’s Belt
- Backpack
Wine Cellar Leaderboard
Aug 09 09:00:00 (UTC) to Aug 16 09:00:00 (UTC)
Kill Oryx the Mad God 2 in Wine Cellar for 1 point on this leaderboard!
Top 5% Rewards:
- Oryx-Hunter Title Unlocker (Suffix)
Top 15% Rewards:
- Large Dust Chest
Top 30% Rewards:
- 10x Mystery Stat Potion
- Mystery ST Shard x10
- Golden Lucky Clover
- Legion of Oryx Collection Chest
Community Goal: 75000 pts
If the Community Goal is met, all players will receive the following in a free pack:
- 5x Mystery Stat Potion
- Mystery ST Shard x5
- Adventurer’s Belt
- Backpack
Oryx’s Sanctuary Leaderboard
Aug 16 09:00:00 (UTC) to Aug 23 09:00:00 (UTC)
Kill Oryx the Mad God 3 in Oryx’s Sanctuary for 1 point on this leaderboard!
Top 5% Rewards:
- Last God Standing Title Unlocker (Full Title)
Top 15% Rewards:
- Large Dust Chest
Top 30% Rewards:
- 15x Mystery Stat Potion
- Mystery ST Shard x15
- 2x Golden Lucky Clover
- Legion of Oryx Collection Chest
Community Goal: 50000 pts
If the Community Goal is met, all players will receive the following in a free pack:
- 5x Mystery Stat Potion
- Mystery ST Shard x5
- Adventurer’s Belt
- Backpack
Event Calendar
Misc Game Balance
- Boss / miniboss icons have been applied to all Veteran+ dungeon bosses.
- +100% Hitbox Size has been applied to all Veteran+ dungeon bosses.
- Blueprints now drop from all Veteran+ dungeon bosses.
- Notably, Moonlight Village and Spectral Penitentiary blueprints are now available.
- Numerous Veteran dungeons received tiered loot tables on large minions.
- T12/T6 tiered loot has been added to a variety of late Veteran dungeons to improve accessibility of this tier of loot.
- Class-biased loot should now function more consistently across all tiers of content.
- Bonus Consumables dungeon mod should now properly work in dungeons that have a special consumable item.
- Janus the Doorwarden’s keys now have 2500 HP (26% less) and 20 DEF.
- Janus the Doorwarden now has 60000 HP (20% less) and 25 DEF.
- Janus the Doorwarden’s death animation can no longer be skipped.
- Oryx 1 now has 80000 HP (78% more) and 45 DEF.
- Oryx 1’s Quiet effects are replaced with a same-duration Silenced.
- Oryx 1 no longer uses 8.0s Weak nova attacks.
- Infested Oryx 1 retains its Sick novas.
- Oryx 2 now has 100000 HP (25% more).
- Court of Oryx was changed.
- Deep Sea Beasts in Ocean Trench now have 10000 HP (33% less) and 20 DEF but now HP scale.
- Deadwater Docks, Woodland Labyrinth, and Crawling Depths now have a chance to drop Life or Mana potions.
- Ring of the Nile no longer drops disproportionately more often than other Tomb rings.
- Davy Jones should no longer be immune to Mystic orbs.
- All artifact weight modifiers have been buffed by 50%
- Tarot cards can now be crafted in the forge by exchanging one stack of 10 tarot cards (and some forgefire) for a stack of 5 of another tarot card
- A new awakened enchantment has been added that can roll on Snake Skin Armor, Ancient Artifacts, which is now boosted by the Ascension Ankh.
- Bow of the Morning Star no longer disconnects users with Soulful Mastery enchantment.
- Sword of Illumination can now roll Hellfire Edge enchantment.
Ability Balance
The modernizations we have released in recent times have been pushing the power of many abilities up, while this is generally healthy for the game some of these have gone too far. This patch we will be dealing with a few of the largest outlier abilities so they don’t keep overwhelming the meta. We will be reviewing other items in the future to see what may need buffs or nerfs but for now we are just addressing these few and even these will be looked at again in an upcoming balance patch if needed.
Penetrating Blast Spell:
Shots: 6 -> 8
Shot Scaling: 1 shot every 67 HP -> 1 shot every 200 HP
Slurpian Sea Scroll
The speed buff provided by this item no longer stacks, this does lower the amount it can get to but should make it play more smoothly as there are no diminishing returns that you need to wait to expire.
Blast Count: 1 -> 2
Damage scaling: 8 per SPD -> 7 per SPD
Sporous Spray Spell
The radius scaling on this spell was just a little too high for wizard who generally is a single target class.
Radius Scaling: 1 Tile per 20 Wis -> 1 Tile per 28.5 Wis
Huntsman’s Volley
Main Shot Scaling: 3 -> 10
Small Shot Scaling: 3.5 -> 1
Wakizashi of Crossing Fires
Shot count Scaling Removed
Shots: 4 -> 6
Damage Scaling: 0 -> 4.5 per ATT
Kogbold Multitool
Strike mode ATK Scaling: 7 -> 4
Shield Mode Damage: 300-350 ->
Ghastly Drape
Lethal Strike duration: 5 seconds -> 3 Seconds
Lethal Strike base damage: 20 -> 30
Legion Elite Skins
Take on the appearance of the Legion Elite with our FREE Legion Elite skin line, available to collect from quests and missions during MOTMG.
Missions
A new Mission Tree has arrived with the Month of the Mad God! Complete them to receive some of the following rewards:
- Legion Elite tiered reskins
- Seasonal Combo Blueprints
- Enchantment Dust
- Quest Chests
- Emotes
- Pet Food
- Skins
- and more..!
New Battle Pass
The new Battle Pass — Path of the Mad God — will launch on September 2nd, featuring the Mad God Oryx Knight Skin, the Musical Elf Bard Skin, and 3ST-related items
New Skins & Rotation
We have exciting new skin offers this month so check Shop every week. Tinkerer will also have biweekly Celestial Stones Quests with new skins to exchange.
Legacy Skins Rerun
Collect the MotMG Legacy Oryx Token and redeem these for the ability to earn skins from previous Month of the Mad Gods, such as Stone skins, Kingdom skins, Construction skins, and more!
Free / Fame Promos
During the event, we’ll have a Fame Box tied to each week of the event, along with a Free Pack:
Free Pack
Available from release day (September 2nd)
Contents:
• Nightmatter Shard x20
• Vortex Sigil x20
• Candy of Extreme Attack x1
• Candy of Extreme Defense x1
• Candy of Extreme Speed x1
• Candy of Extreme Dexterity x1
• Backpack x1
• Golden Lucky Clover x1
• Account Dust Chance Day x1