Armistice is the celebration that followed the end of the Pale Wars in the year 2031 – this year the celebration is bigger than ever!

Each week of this month long event will see the return of 3 previous holiday events from the past year running side by side! During these events, loot will be based on the active events each week.

March 6, 2017

• Solstice Strike
  
  
• Nuclear Winter
  
  
• Midsummer Mutiny

March 13, 2017

• Hulker Hell
  
  
• Neo Votanis Freebooters
  
  
• New Frontier Harvest

March 20, 2017

• Rolling Blackout
  
  
• Colony Courtship
  
  
• 99 problems

If that wasn’t enough, while each event is active, all lockboxes that correspond to that event will also be available in the Defiance store for 25% off!

Just in case you thought we couldn’t fit any more awesome into one month, think again - we’re just getting started!

Witness the return of Defiant Few Reputation Jackpots! Each box costs 1,000 DF Rep and will reward you with one, untradable, random Jackpot from any of the 9 previous events from the past year. Each Daily and Weekly Contract for Defiant Few will give a big batch of reputation.

Jackpot types in the Armament Lockbox: Mass Cannon, Big Boomer, Blast Rifle, Tachmag Pulser, Wolfhound, Invader, Stingray, Berserker, SAW, SS-2 Ranger, Fragger, Derailer, Mazu Blast Rifle, Heavy Scattergun.





Get your hands on a brand new lockbox from the Defiance store (only available during Armistice), the Premium Armament Lockbox. These boxes feature two new backpack synergies, 13 JP weapons, and 4 JP shields! They can be purchased directly from the Defiance Store. You can also pick up the non-premium version Armament Lockboxes for Reputation from every rep vendor but the Defiant Few!

New Backpack Synergies

Assault Armament
[1] On Dodge Roll, +30% Movement Speed for 5s (Cooldown: 15s)
[2] +15% Nano-Proc Chance / +10% Rate of Fire / +10% Damage
[3] On Kill, +5% Damage for 10s (Max Stacks: 5)

Guard Armament
[1] Being hit by an opponent reduces damage taken by 10% for 5s (Cooldown: 15s)
[2] +10% Nano Resistance / +15% Reload / +10% Lifesteal
[3] On Dodge Roll, gain 3 ablative armor and +15% Damage for 10 seconds (Cooldown: 15s)

If you remember our very popular Black Friday Bargain Box from last year, it’s back in action but with a new name – the Armistice Bargain Box. Get tons of loot for a super low price! The Jackpot pool has been updated with new Jackpots. 2 new weapons and 2 new shields replace the previous super rare loot.



The super rare weapons from the Armistice Bargain Box have to be seen to be believed. Seriously, these will blow your mind!

• Sol Destroyer is a highly modified BMG that fires an extremely powerful particle beam to deal MASSIVE DAMAGE!
  
• Apocalypse isn’t just a clever name. This is a Nuclear Rocket Launcher. We’ll let that sink in for a moment. You'll need to charge this weapon up to unleash the full fury of the mushroom cloud of destruction.

The Armistice Bargain Box is only available during the weekends so there are just 8 days during the month that you can pick these up.

Come celebrate Armistice with us and post your three favorite events down below! Let your voice be heard and help shape the festivities!

Armistice is the celebration that followed the end of the Pale Wars in the year 2031 – this year the celebration is bigger than ever!

Each week of this month long event will see the return of 3 previous holiday events from the past year running side by side! During these events, loot will be based on the active events each week.

March 6, 2017

• Solstice Strike
  
  
• Nuclear Winter
  
  
• Midsummer Mutiny

March 13, 2017

• Hulker Hell
  
  
• Neo Votanis Freebooters
  
  
• New Frontier Harvest

March 20, 2017

• Rolling Blackout
  
  
• Colony Courtship
  
  
• 99 problems

If that wasn’t enough, while each event is active, all lockboxes that correspond to that event will also be available in the Defiance store for 25% off!

Just in case you thought we couldn’t fit any more awesome into one month, think again - we’re just getting started!

Witness the return of Defiant Few Reputation Jackpots! Each box costs 1,000 DF Rep and will reward you with one, untradable, random Jackpot from any of the 9 previous events from the past year. Each Daily and Weekly Contract for Defiant Few will give a big batch of reputation.

Jackpot types in the Armament Lockbox: Mass Cannon, Big Boomer, Blast Rifle, Tachmag Pulser, Wolfhound, Invader, Stingray, Berserker, SAW, SS-2 Ranger, Fragger, Derailer, Mazu Blast Rifle, Heavy Scattergun.





Get your hands on a brand new lockbox from the Defiance store (only available during Armistice), the Premium Armament Lockbox. These boxes feature two new backpack synergies, 13 JP weapons, and 4 JP shields! They can be purchased directly from the Defiance Store. You can also pick up the non-premium version Armament Lockboxes for Reputation from every rep vendor but the Defiant Few!

New Backpack Synergies

Assault Armament
[1] On Dodge Roll, +30% Movement Speed for 5s (Cooldown: 15s)
[2] +15% Nano-Proc Chance / +10% Rate of Fire / +10% Damage
[3] On Kill, +5% Damage for 10s (Max Stacks: 5)

Guard Armament
[1] Being hit by an opponent reduces damage taken by 10% for 5s (Cooldown: 15s)
[2] +10% Nano Resistance / +15% Reload / +10% Lifesteal
[3] On Dodge Roll, gain 3 ablative armor and +15% Damage for 10 seconds (Cooldown: 15s)

If you remember our very popular Black Friday Bargain Box from last year, it’s back in action but with a new name – the Armistice Bargain Box. Get tons of loot for a super low price! The Jackpot pool has been updated with new Jackpots. 2 new weapons and 2 new shields replace the previous super rare loot.



The super rare weapons from the Armistice Bargain Box have to be seen to be believed. Seriously, these will blow your mind!

• Sol Destroyer is a highly modified BMG that fires an extremely powerful particle beam to deal MASSIVE DAMAGE!
  
• Apocalypse isn’t just a clever name. This is a Nuclear Rocket Launcher. We’ll let that sink in for a moment. You'll need to charge this weapon up to unleash the full fury of the mushroom cloud of destruction.

The Armistice Bargain Box is only available during the weekends so there are just 8 days during the month that you can pick these up.

Come celebrate Armistice with us and post your three favorite events down below! Let your voice be heard and help shape the festivities!

Greetings Ark hunters!

We're bringing Defiance offline on Monday to release this year's massive Armistice event! Full patch notes posted below.

Downtime will begin at 11 AM PST (7PM GMT) on March 6, 2017.

This downtime should take about 3 hours, but we'll keep you updated if we come back before that, or need a bit more time.

Thanks!

NEW EVENT

The Armistice Festival is here for the 4th anniversary of Defiance! Paradise is flooded with events from the previous year. Many new rewards are in store, so celebrate the Armistice Celebration today!

Each week of this month long event will see the return of 3 previous holiday events from the past year running side by side! During these events, loot will drop from the same type as the previous year. In the fourth week we’ll bring back the 3 most wanted events as chosen by you!

March 6, 2017
Solstice Strike
Nuclear Winter
Midsummer Mutiny

March 13, 2017
Hulker Hell
Neo Votanis Freebooters
New Frontier Harvest

March 20, 2017
Rolling Blackout
Colony Courtship
99 problems

If that wasn’t enough, while each event is active, all lockboxes that were ever part of that event will also be available in the Defiance store for 25% off!

Finish the daily and weekly Defiant Few contracts to earn massively increased Defiance Few reputation. You Will be able to purchase the Armistice Jackpot Weapon Crate from the Defiant Few vendor. Each box costs 1,000 Defiant Few Reputation and will reward you with one, un-tradable, random Jackpot from any of the 9 previous events from the past year.

NEW LOCKBOX

Get your hands on a brand new lockbox from the Defiance store (only available during Armistice), the Premium Armament Lockbox. These boxes feature two new backpack synergies, 14 JP weapons, and 6 JP shields! They can be purchased directly from the Defiance Store. You can also pick up the non-premium version Armament Lockboxes for 210 reputation from ALL reputation vendors (excluding Defiant Few).

NEW BACKPACK SYNERGIES

Assault Armament
[1] On Dodge Roll, +30% Movement Speed for 5s (Cooldown: 15s)
[2] +15% Nano-Proc Chance / +10% Rate of Fire / +10% Damage
[3] On Kill, +5% Damage for 10s (Max Stacks: 5)

Guard Armament
[1] Being hit by an opponent reduces damage taken by 10% for 5s (Cooldown: 15s)
[2] +10% Nano Resistance / +15% Reload / +10% Lifesteal
[3] On Dodge Roll, gain 3 ablative armor and +15% Damage for 10 seconds (Cooldown: 15s)

Jackpot weapon types: Mass Cannon, Big Boomer, Blast Rifle, Tachmag Pulser, Wolfhound, Invader, Stingray, Berserker, SAW, SS-2 Ranger, Fragger, Derailer, Mazu Blast Rifle, Heavy Scattergun.

All of the jackpot weapons have names picked by YOU, the Defiance community!



ARMISTICE BARGAIN BOX

If you remember our very popular Black Friday Bargain Box from last year, it’s back in action but with a new name – the Armistice Bargain Box. Get tons of loot for a super low price! The Jackpot pool has been updated with new Jackpots. 2 new weapons and 2 new shields replace the previous super rare loot. The chances of getting rare gear has been increased!



NEW WEAPON TYPES

Sol Destroyer: Highly modified BMG. Linking technology has been removed in order to fire a concentrated particle beam. *In addition, the healing unit has been adjusted to provide damage reduction and movement speed which persists for a short time after the connection is severed.

Apocalypse: Fires a nuclear rocket which deals massive damage over a large area in addition to burning and irradiating enemies. *Requires time in aim mode to charge the rocket's propellant.

NEW ELITE LOCKBOX JACKPOT

Oblivion has been replaced with the new Jackpot "Hand of God", a Mazu Blast Rifle!



ELITE AND PREMIUM ELITE LOCKBOX

The Elite and Premium Elite Lockbox has been overhauled. It will now drop loot more consistently across all weapon types, and has had its legendary and epic drop rates increased! The Premium Elite has been increased even further as well!

The Armistice Elite and Premium Elite Lockboxes are back for Armistice only! These boxes will contain a possible drop for ALL of the previous Elite jackpots!

WEAPON UPDATES

• All BMG damage increased by 10%

Greetings Ark hunters!

We're bringing Defiance offline on Monday to release this year's massive Armistice event! Full patch notes posted below.

Downtime will begin at 11 AM PST (7PM GMT) on March 6, 2017.

This downtime should take about 3 hours, but we'll keep you updated if we come back before that, or need a bit more time.

Thanks!

NEW EVENT

The Armistice Festival is here for the 4th anniversary of Defiance! Paradise is flooded with events from the previous year. Many new rewards are in store, so celebrate the Armistice Celebration today!

Each week of this month long event will see the return of 3 previous holiday events from the past year running side by side! During these events, loot will drop from the same type as the previous year. In the fourth week we’ll bring back the 3 most wanted events as chosen by you!

March 6, 2017
Solstice Strike
Nuclear Winter
Midsummer Mutiny

March 13, 2017
Hulker Hell
Neo Votanis Freebooters
New Frontier Harvest

March 20, 2017
Rolling Blackout
Colony Courtship
99 problems

If that wasn’t enough, while each event is active, all lockboxes that were ever part of that event will also be available in the Defiance store for 25% off!

Finish the daily and weekly Defiant Few contracts to earn massively increased Defiance Few reputation. You Will be able to purchase the Armistice Jackpot Weapon Crate from the Defiant Few vendor. Each box costs 1,000 Defiant Few Reputation and will reward you with one, un-tradable, random Jackpot from any of the 9 previous events from the past year.

NEW LOCKBOX

Get your hands on a brand new lockbox from the Defiance store (only available during Armistice), the Premium Armament Lockbox. These boxes feature two new backpack synergies, 14 JP weapons, and 6 JP shields! They can be purchased directly from the Defiance Store. You can also pick up the non-premium version Armament Lockboxes for 210 reputation from ALL reputation vendors (excluding Defiant Few).

NEW BACKPACK SYNERGIES

Assault Armament
[1] On Dodge Roll, +30% Movement Speed for 5s (Cooldown: 15s)
[2] +15% Nano-Proc Chance / +10% Rate of Fire / +10% Damage
[3] On Kill, +5% Damage for 10s (Max Stacks: 5)

Guard Armament
[1] Being hit by an opponent reduces damage taken by 10% for 5s (Cooldown: 15s)
[2] +10% Nano Resistance / +15% Reload / +10% Lifesteal
[3] On Dodge Roll, gain 3 ablative armor and +15% Damage for 10 seconds (Cooldown: 15s)

Jackpot weapon types: Mass Cannon, Big Boomer, Blast Rifle, Tachmag Pulser, Wolfhound, Invader, Stingray, Berserker, SAW, SS-2 Ranger, Fragger, Derailer, Mazu Blast Rifle, Heavy Scattergun.

All of the jackpot weapons have names picked by YOU, the Defiance community!



ARMISTICE BARGAIN BOX

If you remember our very popular Black Friday Bargain Box from last year, it’s back in action but with a new name – the Armistice Bargain Box. Get tons of loot for a super low price! The Jackpot pool has been updated with new Jackpots. 2 new weapons and 2 new shields replace the previous super rare loot. The chances of getting rare gear has been increased!



NEW WEAPON TYPES

Sol Destroyer: Highly modified BMG. Linking technology has been removed in order to fire a concentrated particle beam. *In addition, the healing unit has been adjusted to provide damage reduction and movement speed which persists for a short time after the connection is severed.

Apocalypse: Fires a nuclear rocket which deals massive damage over a large area in addition to burning and irradiating enemies. *Requires time in aim mode to charge the rocket's propellant.

NEW ELITE LOCKBOX JACKPOT

Oblivion has been replaced with the new Jackpot "Hand of God", a Mazu Blast Rifle!



ELITE AND PREMIUM ELITE LOCKBOX

The Elite and Premium Elite Lockbox has been overhauled. It will now drop loot more consistently across all weapon types, and has had its legendary and epic drop rates increased! The Premium Elite has been increased even further as well!

The Armistice Elite and Premium Elite Lockboxes are back for Armistice only! These boxes will contain a possible drop for ALL of the previous Elite jackpots!

WEAPON UPDATES

• All BMG damage increased by 10%

Save 25% on the Mutagenic Gestation Supply Crates from now until 11:59 AM PST (7:59 PM GMT) on Monday, March 6th. EVO is a powerful new weapon manufacturer. EVO manufactured weapons reduce incoming damage taken by 5%!

Synergy: Mutagenic Gestation
[1] Being hit by an opponent increases your movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds. (Cooldown:10s)
[2] +20% Mag
[3] +10% Life and Shield Steal
[4] On hit, +20% damage and rate of fire for 5s. Also triggers a random hellbug nano chain eruption (Cooldown: 10s)

Act now, these Supply Crates are gone Monday!

Save 25% on the Mutagenic Gestation Supply Crates from now until 11:59 AM PST (7:59 PM GMT) on Monday, March 6th. EVO is a powerful new weapon manufacturer. EVO manufactured weapons reduce incoming damage taken by 5%!

Synergy: Mutagenic Gestation
[1] Being hit by an opponent increases your movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds. (Cooldown:10s)
[2] +20% Mag
[3] +10% Life and Shield Steal
[4] On hit, +20% damage and rate of fire for 5s. Also triggers a random hellbug nano chain eruption (Cooldown: 10s)

Act now, these Supply Crates are gone Monday!

Update - We're back online, folks! Thanks!

Hey all,

We're coming offline to roll out the Colony Courtship Patch at 11AM PST (7PM GMT) on Monday.Patch notes found below.

Our expected downtime is approximately 2 hours. If we need more time, or come back online early, we'll update you here.

Thanks!

NEW EVENT

Colony Courtship is back, and love is in the air! Hellbugs are everywhere, tearing Paradise apart. Take to the fight and slay every Hellbug you see, including the infamous Matron!

Finish the daily and weekly contracts to get your weekly reward. The reward will contain a guaranteed Legendary EVO weapon and an epic mod with the chance to be legendary (chance at a jackpot weapon).

A new pursuit has been added called "Cull the Swarm". Complete this pursuit during the Colony Courtship event to receive a special reward: epic jackpot weapon "Parasite" (Fragger) and the title "Mutated".



NEW SYNERGY

The Mutagenic Gestation Supply Crate is now available on the Defiance store until March 6th! A brand new synergy has been added, which will drop from the supply crates and the Colony Courtship event arkfalls:

Mutagenic Gestation
[1] Being hit by an opponent increases your movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds. (Cooldown: 10s)
[2] +20% Mag
[3] +10% Life and Shield Steal
[4] On hit, +20% damage and rate of fire for 5s. *Also triggers a random hellbug nano chain eruption (Cooldown: 10s)

Included weapon types: Blast Rifle, Blaster, Tachmag Pulser, Chango Fragger, Mazu Disruptor, Canker, and Blast Bolter (NEW triple shot charge sniper rifle)

Chance at one of 7 all new jackpots. These Jackpot weapons will have BRAND NEW SKIN TEXTURES. Harness the power of a Hellbug, with these new Hellbug based skins. Each skin EVOLVES, and changes color based on which nano it has! Converter mods will alter the color of each weapon:





ALL EVO manufactured weapons (dropping from both the event and lock boxes) will have an additional effect: +5% damage reduction! This is in addition to the synergy and bonuses.

NEW VANITY BUNDLE

B-Squad Pack:

• RM Renegade "B-Squad" Van
  
• Epic EVO Nano Fragger with Mutagenic Gestation synergy
  
• Bubblegum Killer outfit
  
• “B-Squad” Title

BUG FIXES

• The Bio nano effect in PvP has been adjusted. When any player receives a Bio nano effect from another player, they will be immune to further Bio effects for 15 seconds. This does not apply to Bio grenades.
  
• The 4 set for the Sustained Suppression synergy has been changed. It now reads: [4] +8% damage and fire rate. This change is retroactive.
  
• The damage of the VOT bolter weapon type has been updated to match other sniper rifle types

Update - We're back online, folks! Thanks!

Hey all,

We're coming offline to roll out the Colony Courtship Patch at 11AM PST (7PM GMT) on Monday.Patch notes found below.

Our expected downtime is approximately 2 hours. If we need more time, or come back online early, we'll update you here.

Thanks!

NEW EVENT

Colony Courtship is back, and love is in the air! Hellbugs are everywhere, tearing Paradise apart. Take to the fight and slay every Hellbug you see, including the infamous Matron!

Finish the daily and weekly contracts to get your weekly reward. The reward will contain a guaranteed Legendary EVO weapon and an epic mod with the chance to be legendary (chance at a jackpot weapon).

A new pursuit has been added called "Cull the Swarm". Complete this pursuit during the Colony Courtship event to receive a special reward: epic jackpot weapon "Parasite" (Fragger) and the title "Mutated".



NEW SYNERGY

The Mutagenic Gestation Supply Crate is now available on the Defiance store until March 6th! A brand new synergy has been added, which will drop from the supply crates and the Colony Courtship event arkfalls:

Mutagenic Gestation
[1] Being hit by an opponent increases your movement speed by 30% for 3 seconds. (Cooldown: 10s)
[2] +20% Mag
[3] +10% Life and Shield Steal
[4] On hit, +20% damage and rate of fire for 5s. *Also triggers a random hellbug nano chain eruption (Cooldown: 10s)

Included weapon types: Blast Rifle, Blaster, Tachmag Pulser, Chango Fragger, Mazu Disruptor, Canker, and Blast Bolter (NEW triple shot charge sniper rifle)

Chance at one of 7 all new jackpots. These Jackpot weapons will have BRAND NEW SKIN TEXTURES. Harness the power of a Hellbug, with these new Hellbug based skins. Each skin EVOLVES, and changes color based on which nano it has! Converter mods will alter the color of each weapon:





ALL EVO manufactured weapons (dropping from both the event and lock boxes) will have an additional effect: +5% damage reduction! This is in addition to the synergy and bonuses.

NEW VANITY BUNDLE

B-Squad Pack:

• RM Renegade "B-Squad" Van
  
• Epic EVO Nano Fragger with Mutagenic Gestation synergy
  
• Bubblegum Killer outfit
  
• “B-Squad” Title

BUG FIXES

• The Bio nano effect in PvP has been adjusted. When any player receives a Bio nano effect from another player, they will be immune to further Bio effects for 15 seconds. This does not apply to Bio grenades.
  
• The 4 set for the Sustained Suppression synergy has been changed. It now reads: [4] +8% damage and fire rate. This change is retroactive.
  
• The damage of the VOT bolter weapon type has been updated to match other sniper rifle types

Ark hunters,

We're coming offline for a patch on Tuesday at 10 AM PST (6 PM GMT). In addition to the Cyber Rig Crate patch) we're also installing Windows updates to the servers.

With the patch, maintenance, and Windows updates this will be a longer downtime than normal with a window of about 3 hours.

If we come back early, or need more time, we'll update this announcement.

NEW STORE LOCKBOX

• The Jackpot Chip and Rig in the Cyber Rig Supply Crate have been changed!
  
• The new Cyber Rig Lockbox, "Nanophagus Cyber Rig Supply Crate" is now available on the Bit Store for a limited time!
  
• It contains 1 epic or better Overclocked Cyber Rig, 1 Epic+ Cyber Chip, 2 Rare+ Cyber Chips and is guaranteed to have a Premium Currency reward (Arkforge, Hunter Requisitions, Chip Pullers, or Ark Keys).
  
• It also has a rare chance to win the jackpot Nano-Specialist keystone Cyber Chip or Nanophagus Cyber Rig!

Nanophagus Cyber Rig

• [70] Perforator
  
• +10% Armor Penetration
  
• [120] Ravager
  
• +10% Health Damage
  
• [170] Disruptor
  
• +10% Shield Damage
  
• [220] Nano Extortion
  
• +10% Damage for 5s after damaging a nano-effected enemy (Cooldown: 5s)

Nano-Specialist Keystone (Will always drop Supreme)

• +18% Nano-Effect Chance

Ark hunters,

We're coming offline for a patch on Tuesday at 10 AM PST (6 PM GMT). In addition to the Cyber Rig Crate patch) we're also installing Windows updates to the servers.

With the patch, maintenance, and Windows updates this will be a longer downtime than normal with a window of about 3 hours.

If we come back early, or need more time, we'll update this announcement.

NEW STORE LOCKBOX

• The Jackpot Chip and Rig in the Cyber Rig Supply Crate have been changed!
  
• The new Cyber Rig Lockbox, "Nanophagus Cyber Rig Supply Crate" is now available on the Bit Store for a limited time!
  
• It contains 1 epic or better Overclocked Cyber Rig, 1 Epic+ Cyber Chip, 2 Rare+ Cyber Chips and is guaranteed to have a Premium Currency reward (Arkforge, Hunter Requisitions, Chip Pullers, or Ark Keys).
  
• It also has a rare chance to win the jackpot Nano-Specialist keystone Cyber Chip or Nanophagus Cyber Rig!

Nanophagus Cyber Rig

• [70] Perforator
  
• +10% Armor Penetration
  
• [120] Ravager
  
• +10% Health Damage
  
• [170] Disruptor
  
• +10% Shield Damage
  
• [220] Nano Extortion
  
• +10% Damage for 5s after damaging a nano-effected enemy (Cooldown: 5s)

Nano-Specialist Keystone (Will always drop Supreme)

• +18% Nano-Effect Chance