It's that time of the week again! Time to have a look at our upcoming events and what you can expect. We also have a small update for you regarding the ongoing problem with animations of skins. There are also going to be changes to the Shattered King Necromancer Skin. So let's get started!
During the week of Valentine’s, the atmosphere of love pervading the Realm (with your help!) has led to the ultimate reunification of a King and a Queen. Not alone anymore, the Shattered King will forever court his lost lady in his idle animation from next update on.
With that update, the speed and frame skipping issues that were plaguing longer idle animations will be fixed, and they will play much slower and in the right order. Events
Starting on the 18th of February at 12PM UTC, a chest event is going to start in the Ocean Trench! Additionally we also activated the Alexander’s Legacy Mod! The event ends on the 21th of February at 12PM UTC.
At the same time on the 18th of February, a tasty chest event is going to start in the Candyland! It also ends on the 21th of February at 12PM UTC.
Ocean Trench drops:
Adventurer's Belt Backpack Beryl Nildrop Candy Apple Chocolate Bonbon x1 Coral Bow Coral Ring Coral Silk Armor Coral Venom Trap Grapes of Wrath Hazel Nildrop Hearticles Loot Drop Potion Loot Tier Potion Lovey Teddy Pet Skin Lucky Clover Mini Thessal Skin Mystery Cloth (Large) Mystery Cloth (Small) Mystery Dye (Accessory) Mystery Dye (Clothing) Mystery Stat Pot Ocean Trench Key Oceanic Apparel Potion of Mana (SB) Potion of Max Level Potion of Speed (SB) Queen Of Hearts Sorcerer Skin Sea Slurp Skin Unlocker Seraphim's Guard Shard of the Intern x1 Staff of Adoration Tideturner Trident Wand of Budding Romance Wine Cellar Incantation
Candyland drops:
Adventurer's Belt Backpack Beryl Nildrop Candy Apple Candy Ring Candy-Coated Armor Chocolate Bonbon x1 Diamond-Bladed Katana Fairy Plate Grapes of Wrath Hazel Nildrop Hearticles Loot Drop Potion Loot Tier Potion Lucky Clover Mini Rototo Pet Skin Mystery Cloth (Large) Mystery Cloth (Small) Mystery Dye (Accessory) Mystery Dye (Clothing) Mystery Stat Pot Candy Key Pixie-Enchanted Sword Potion of Attack (SB) Potion of Max Level Potion of Wisdom (SB) Ring of Pure Wishes Seal of the Enchanted Forest Shard of the Intern x1 Sweet Chocolatier Assassin Skin The Flamingo Wizard Skin Valentine Cupcake Pet Skin Vinesword Wine Cellar Incantation
Yey! This is not a classic testing weekend. Apart from the Speedrun, we are testing two things that will have a big impact on your game: a fix for the Kensei and a Captcha system designed to keep the pesky bots away. Shoo!
Please note that you’ll need to download the Testing Launcher so that you can join this session. Also, as usual, your regular production account won't work here. If you don’t have one already, you’ll need to create a Testing one. And don’t forget to remove it when you are finished testing or speedrunning. Doing so will avoid issues with the actual production launcher when we update the game.
Now for the speedrun competition: we already mentioned in this blog post but it’s never too much to remind you that the competition will take place on the Testing servers over two weekends: from Friday, the 11th at 17:00 UTC, until Monday, the 14th, at 08:00 UTC, and from Friday, the 18th, 17:00 UTC until Monday the 21st, 08:00 UTC. You can submit your entries until Wednesday the 23rd, 12:00 UTC.
This update brings you the (almost complete) new shop experience. While we will still add new features to it, this is pretty much the new UI we wanted to present you with. Please let us know in the comments what are your thoughts on it. You may be pleased to know that the bugs that affected the Kensei should be fixed. You can swoosh and slash at ease again. Also the new STs for the Bard, Summoner, and Kensei have started dropping. Check out the locations down below.
Here are the changes you can expect with this update:
Story of Love Campaign
This Valentine’s Day, we dream of the untold story of the King and Queen of the Shattered Kingdom. Their unfortunate fates are known today, but is anything recorded of their courtly life at the height of the Kingdom before Oryx the gladiator made his grab for power? The historians who unearthed the scrolls that told the tale of the Kingdom’s descent claim to have reason to speculate that life in the Court of the doomed Kingdom was a happy one and that the love the King and Queen had for each other may linger still… somewhere, in what remains untainted of their psyches. And, around this Festival of Love, the more romantic of these historians, mainly Knights and Paladins by trade, compose wistful poems and songs of what could’ve been. And of what remains. The Story of Love Campaign is an early experiment towards an actual Battlepass, where the real thing will of course be longer, more varied, and have free and purchased progression. Read more about it in our blog post.
Shop and Wardrobe Improvements
We continued our improvements in the UI/UX of RotMG and we are moving all purchasable items, either with Gold or with Fame, to the Shop menu, so they are easy to access and all in one place. For now, we will keep the items exposed in the Nexus and Bazaar but this might change in the future. The tabs should be very self explanatory and you can easily distinguish Mystery Boxes from Packages via the chest icon on the top-right.
To find out more about the full changes, have a look at our blog.
Romantic Realmers, This Valentine’s Day, we dream of the untold story of the King and Queen of the Shattered Kingdom. Their unfortunate fates are known today, but is anything recorded of their courtly life at the height of the Kingdom, before Oryx the gladiator made his grab for power? The historians who unearthed the scrolls that told the tale of the Kingdom’s descent claim to have reason to speculate that life in the Court of the doomed Kingdom was a happy one and that the love the King and Queen had for each other may linger still… somewhere, in what remains untainted of their psyches. And, around this Festival of Love, the more romantic of these historians, mainly Knights and Paladins by trade, compose wistful poems and songs of what could’ve been. And of what remains.
We wish you a most excellent Year of the Water Tiger. May it be a happy one. In honor of the Tiger, let’s go slay some Dragons.
As mentioned on Wednesday, today starts the next Community Campaign! While you might already know some of the details, here is a full rundown of everything you need to know!
Your goal during this event, which will last from January 28th until February 3rd (12 PM UTC), will be to slay 2000 Ivory Wyverns! Or the same Ivory Wyvern 2000 times, based on your perception of realmity… Depending on your prowess as a community in dragon-slaying, everyone will get a free Lunar New Year present at the end of the event. Should you manage to beat a total of 2000 Ivory Wyverins, your reward pack will contain:
Here is a breakdown of all of the tiers of rewards:
Tier 1: Community killed 400 Wyverns: Backpack, Adventurer's Belt, Lucky Clover Tier 2: Community killed 800 Wyverns: Backpack, Adventurer's Belt, 2 Lucky Clovers, 5 Mystery Stat Pots Tier 3: Community killed 1200 Wyverns: Backpack, Adventurer's Belt, 2 Lucky Clovers, 5 Mystery Stat Pots, Mystery Pet Skin, Mighty Quest Chest Tier 4: Community killed 1600 Wyverns: 2 Backpacks, 2 Adventurer's Belts, 3 Lucky Clovers, 10 Mystery Stat Pots, Mystery Pet Skin, 2 Mighty Quest Chests Tier 5: Community killed 2000 Wyverns: 2 Backpacks, 2 Adventurer's Belts, 3 Lucky Clovers, 10 Mystery Stat Pots, Zodiac Tiger Kensei Skin, Mystery Pet Skin, 3 Mighty Quest Chests
As always on Wednesdays, we are here to present to you our upcoming events and competitions. There is no better time than now to start celebrating the Year of the Water Tiger! On Friday we are going to reveal our small upcoming Community Campaign. The goal? Slay enough Ivory Wyverns as a community to receive a reward pack. This pack is going to contain the following items:
But keep in mind. You only receive those items when beating enough flying chickens. In case you don't, we still have other rewards ready for you all. More on that on friday!
Events
Something we can already tell you in detail is our upcoming event in the Lair of Draconis. (Which might also be related to the campaign… FRIDAY!)
Starting Friday, 28th of January at 12PM UTC, you have a chance for some festive items in the Lair of Draconis! The Dungeon will also spawn with the Weak Boss II and XP Boost (Boss) III modifiers. The Event ends on the 3rd of February at 12PM UTC.
Lair of Draconis Drops:
Amulet of Drakefyre Backpack Celestial Blade Chinese Dress Trickster Skin Draconis Key Fire Dragon Battle Armor Grapes of Wrath Helm of Draconic Dominance Indomptable Large Green Dragon Scale Cloth Large Ivory Dragon Scale Cloth Large Midnight Dragon Scale Cloth Large Red Dragon Scale Cloth Leaf Dragon Hide Armor Loot Drop Potion Loot Tier Potion Lucky Clover Midnight Star Mini Nikao Pet Skin Mystery Stat Pot Potion of Max Level Power Pizza Shard of the Doorwarden Small Green Dragon Scale Cloth Small Ivory Dragon Scale Cloth Small Midnight Dragon Scale Cloth Small Red Dragon Scale Cloth Superburger Water Dragon Silk Robe Wicked Dragon Wizard Skin Wine Cellar Incantation Zaarvox's Heart Zodiac Dog Pet Skin Zodiac Ox Pet Skin Zodiac Pig Pet Skin Zodiac Rat Pet Skin
During the same time, Rock Dragon will have the chance to drop:
Amulet of Drakefyre Chinese Princess Warrior Skin Helm of Draconic Dominance Indomptable Mini Chinese Dragon Pet Skin Mini Paper Lantern Pet Skin Zaarvox's Heart
It’s the end of Oryxmas and the Nexus is now celebrating the Lunar New Year. Apart from removing everything related to Oryxmas, we are taking the chance to make a few tweaks on Dungeon Modifiers and Item forge and fix some bugs. These are the changes you can expect:
Item Forge
A Blueprint that was before allowed to craft Fractured Gemstone Wakizashi, Star of Enlightenment, and Sporous Spray Spell will now only unlock Sporous Spray Spell. It is still dropped by Crystal Worm Mother and is also eventually available through the Schematics system. Dungeon Modifiers We have adjusted the frequency at which the S-Grade tier appears in naturally-spawned dungeons that appear very frequently in the realm (like Pirate Cave, Snake Pit, etc.). Of course, they are still possible, but they have an adjusted drop rate more adequate to the frequency in which they can be found.
‘Generous’ Dungeon Mod in Shatters was not functioning properly and it spawned the quest chest directly instead of the item, this has been fixed.
Fixes
Moon Nildrop had a problem where it didn’t buff your nearby allies, it behaves correctly now
Tweaked the time with idle animations on the skins Grandma Necromancer; Cozy Blanket Sorcerer; Oryxmas Treeckster and Grandpa Paladin
Fixed alignment for the idle animations of Grandma Necromancer, Grandpa Paladin and Cozy Blanket Sorcerer, as well as for their sprites in places in the UI
Fixed a bug that caused changes not to take place immediately when the player tried to change options such as "Enemy Damage Text".
Fixed a bug where, on rare occasions, Exalted Oryx would not transition correctly to his final phase if too much damage was applied during the Tornado phase.
Fixed an issue that caused the tooltip to remain on the cursor until the player hovered over a new item when hovering over rewards in the campaign and trying to close by pressing the ESC key.
Lady of Locks Ninja, Miss Shamrock Wizard, and Cozy Blanket Sorcerer are now displaying correctly in the down attack animation.
Small fixes on some of the skins:
The dye mask of Pearl Moon Kensei Skin now appears properly in attacking downwards and upwards animations
Dye/cloth mask now applies to the Lil' Carrot Ninja and Season Spring Huntress skins
One hair pixel was overridden by a dye/cloth mask on Red Prismed Trickster skin
Shortened Supermodel of Swordsmanship Kensei Skin's name
Other Changes
Added information on how much time is left until the end of event quests
Maxed stat should be displayed properly in all cases
Some stability and performance improvements
Defeating The Forgotten King in Shatters dungeon with Generous mod active is spawning the quest chest directly instead of dropping it in a bag.
Magic potions cannot be consumed while a player is under Quiet effect or when they use the ability.
Volcanic Sheath, Spider Shuriken, and Davy's Sheath are now tradable.
Axolotl Pet Skin is now appearing under Exotic family in the pet wardrobe
Snowman's Sheath and Great Shinobi Sheath now both cost 125 mana
Added the Wand of the Fallen and the Orb of Aether to the Mountain Temple treasure room.
New Mystery Skin item
We gave a new meaning to Crystals of Fortune so you can get a chance to get a random skin from Basic to Exalted for cheaper. The Mystery Skin item will give you an equal chance to get one skin from all skins in the game( excluding ones deemed exclusive). You will be able to exchange 3 X 20 Crystals of Fortune at the Tinkerer for a Mystery Skin and try your luck again.
We are planning to update the Mystery [Class] Skins pool soon, so you can also exchange Crystals of Fortune for your preferred class Mystery Skin or some selected skins that will rotate from time to time. Also, we are working on a system to make usage out of repeatable skins. Let’s know if you have any ideas or feedback.
While Oryxmas is slowly coming to an end and you just have some time left to finish your endeavors, here is a quick reminder on our events that are currently running or coming up. Events We have a chest event currently running in Davy Jones' Locker! The event ends at 12PM UTC on the 15th of January.
The Oryxmas spirit is still going strong. Oryx's Sanctuary is still going to be unlocked until the 18th of January, 12:00 PM UTC.
Did someone say “Chest Event” in the Cursed Library with Oryxmas Mystery Pet Skins? The event ends at 12PM UTC on the 15th of January.
Starting on the 13th of January 12PM UTC until the 18th of January, 12:00PM UTC we are running another Chest Event! But this time in O3!
Davy Jones Locker drops:
Adventurer's Belt Amaranth Nildrop Aquarius Pet Skin Archer Mystery Skin Azure Nildrop Backpack Captain's Ring Christmas Tree Cupcake Christmas Turkey Leg Davy's Key Ghostly Prism Glazed Apple Loot Drop Potion Loot Tier Potion Lucky Clover Mini Whale Pet Skin Mystery Cloth (Large) Mystery Cloth (Small) Mystery Dye (Accessory) Mystery Dye (Clothing) Mystery Stat Pot Naval Uniform Necro of Christmas Yet-to-Come Skin Potion of Attack (SB) Potion of Max Level Potion of Wisdom (SB) Quartermaster Scabbard Quiver of Shrieking Specters Revenant Ring Shard of the Doorwarden x1 Spectral Cloth Armor Spirit Dagger Swashbuckler's Sickle Wine Cellar Incantation
Cursed Library drops:
Adventurer's Belt Amaranth Nildrop Armored Orc Pet Skin Azure Nildrop Backpack Celtic Spearwoman Paladin Skin Christmas Tree Cupcake Christmas Turkey Leg Corruption Cutter Cursed Library Key Deathless Crossbow Glazed Apple Loot Drop Potion Loot Tier Potion Lucky Clover Mystery Cloth (Large) Mystery Cloth (Small) Mystery Dye (Accessory) Mystery Dye (Clothing) Mystery Stat Pot Necronomicon Oryxmas Mystery Pet Skin Playful Spirit Summoner Skin Potion of Attack (SB) Potion of Max Level Potion of Wisdom (SB) Ronin's Wakizashi Scholar's Seal Shard of the Doorwarden x1 Wine Cellar Incantation Wizard Mystery Skin Wraith's Brigandine
Oryx’s Sanctuary drops:
Angel's Fanfare Avarice Backpack Ballistic Star Battalion Banner Centaur's Shielding Chancellor's Cranium Chaotic Scripture Collector's Monocle Diplomatic Robe Divine Coronation Divinity Enforcer Exalted God's Horn Gambler's Fate Genesis Spell Gladiator Guard Greater Potion of Life Greater Potion of Mana Harmonious Harp Heavenly Halo Helmet Rune Large Plate Cloth Large Sanctuary Cloth Large Steel Cloth Legendary Mystery Skin Loot Drop Potion Loot Tier Potion Lucky Clover Lumiaire Mystery Cloth (Large) Mystery Cloth (Small) Mystery Dye (Accessory) Mystery Dye (Clothing) Mystery Stat Pot Night Elf Summoner Skin Oryx's Escutcheon Potion of Max Level Shard of the Doorwarden x1 Shield Rune Small Plate Cloth Small Sanctuary Cloth Small Steel Cloth Superior Sword Rune Turncoat Cape Vesture of Duality Wine Cellar Incantation Wings of Sanctity
Realmers, This weekend we are opening the gates of the Sanctuary and placing them in the Nexus (of the testing server) for you to practice your O3s. Why practice? Because next week, starting on Tuesday, the 11th, at 12 PM UTC, and until the 18th at the same time, you won’t need runes to enter the Sanctuary on production.
Yes, a whole week of “free” O3s on production is coming. So start training now on the testing server. All you need to do is to select “Testing” from the upper right launcher menu. Remember: if you don’t have a Testing account you’ll need to create one. Your regular production account will not be of any use there.
Here’s a list of the changes you’ll see on the testing server:
Maxed stat should be displayed properly in all cases
Some stability and performance improvements
Removing Oryxmas event
Enemy Damage Text on NPC and XP Gain on user should appear correctly (Realm and dungeons) at all times.
Mana potion cannot be consumed while a player is under Quiet effect or when they use the ability
New Cosmetics
Check out the blog to see the new cosmetics available for testing.
A new year has started and it is time for us to tell you about our upcoming events in January. While we have already announced and told you some stuff about them, here is a quick reminder regarding next week's events. Go check out our event calendar to stay up to date.
Events
Starting on January 10th, we have a chest event coming up in Davy Jones' Locker! The event starts at 12 PM UTC and ends on the 15th of January at the same time.
The Oryxmas spirit hasn’t left the building yet, so we decided to start the year with a treat: unlocking Oryx's Sanctuary from the 11th of January, 12:00 PM UTC until the 18th of January, 12:00 PM UTC.
The Cursed Library is going to have another Chest Event with Oryxmas Mystery Pet Skins. The event starts at 12 PM UTC on the 13th and ends on the 15th of January at the same time.
Davy Jones Locker drops:
Adventurer's Belt Amaranth Nildrop Aquarius Pet Skin Archer Mystery Skin Azure Nildrop Backpack Captain's Ring Christmas Tree Cupcake Christmas Turkey Leg Davy's Key Ghostly Prism Glazed Apple Loot Drop Potion Loot Tier Potion Lucky Clover Mini Whale Pet Skin Mystery Cloth (Large) Mystery Cloth (Small) Mystery Dye (Accessory) Mystery Dye (Clothing) Mystery Stat Pot Naval Uniform Necro of Christmas Yet-to-Come Skin Potion of Attack (SB) Potion of Max Level Potion of Wisdom (SB) Quartermaster Scabbard Quiver of Shrieking Specters Revenant Ring Shard of the Doorwarden x1 Spectral Cloth Armor Spirit Dagger Swashbuckler's Sickle Wine Cellar Incantation
Cursed Library drops:
Adventurer's Belt Amaranth Nildrop Armored Orc Pet Skin Azure Nildrop Backpack Celtic Spearwoman Paladin Skin Christmas Tree Cupcake Christmas Turkey Leg Corruption Cutter Cursed Library Key Deathless Crossbow Glazed Apple Loot Drop Potion Loot Tier Potion Lucky Clover Mystery Cloth (Large) Mystery Cloth (Small) Mystery Dye (Accessory) Mystery Dye (Clothing) Mystery Stat Pot Necronomicon Oryxmas Mystery Pet Skin Playful Spirit Summoner Skin Potion of Attack (SB) Potion of Max Level Potion of Wisdom (SB) Ronin's Wakizashi Scholar's Seal Shard of the Doorwarden x1 Wine Cellar Incantation Wizard Mystery Skin Wraith's Brigandine