On Wednesday, October 12 beginning at 11am PDT, WildStar Raid Designer Tyler “Tyrius” Fuchs will take over http://twitch.tv/WildStar to invade Bloodpact’s voice chat and spy on their progress through Redmoon Rising live. We’ll be chatting with the guild’s leadership team about their history and organization, as well as observing how they approach various boss encounters. We’ll also be sharing additional Redmoon Terror design insights and concept art during combat downtime—this is taking place live during Bloodpact’s regularly scheduled raid progression time, so whatever happens, happens!

But before we invite you to delve with us into this guild’s raiding machinations, we’d like you to get to know Bloodpact a little better. We probed their guild leader, Panzar, and officer and raid leader, Loui NaN, for the full scoop.


Tell us a little bit about Bloodpact’s formation and foundation.

Bloodpact is a Dominion raiding guild on Jabbit (EU) that formed out of the remains of Eugenic/Eugenified—a guild created prior to the release of WildStar and invested in testing raid content on the beta server, as well as participating at the race for world firsts in Datascape 40. Since then we’ve been raiding 3–4 nights a week for three hours each. We’re currently focused on progressing through Redmoon Rising while maintaining to clear Datascape once a week. On non-raid days we also have an alt raid that runs Datascape and Redmoon Rising, together with friends and picked-up players.

When did you first start actively raiding in WildStar and what drew you into its raid scene?

Bloodpact started raiding as a guild on the 21st of June 2015, but many of our members have raided in WildStar since before its release. We also have members that started with free-to-play launch. What drew people into the raiding scene of WildStar has many answers, but I believe it’s the game’s excellent combat system that is the main reason, along with the well-designed encounters you find in dungeons and raids.

As guild leader, how do you approach keeping members happy, choosing officers, maintaining a raid schedule/roster, making steady progress on new boss encounters, and so on?

The management of Bloodpact strives to treat every member equally. This of course comes with a certain cost, especially when progressing on new bosses and learning the encounters. On the other hand, by distributing loot equally and letting everybody raid we can ensure a healthy, flexible and—most importantly—lasting roster. We’re very happy to have chosen this path.

Officers, as well as Class and Raid Leaders, strive to listen to people's feedback and improve upon this feedback. We usually plan out our raid schedule and roster based on signups one week in advance, so that members always know when they are supposed to show up, and ask for changes and substitutions in time. Because of this we haven’t had to cancel a raid in over a year. :)

The guild bank supplies consumables, as well as runes and crafting materials to all our raid members. New officers just come naturally. It’s important to me as a guild leader to have varied opinions among guild management.

We love spreadsheets, and we use A LOT of them in order to track and manage things like raid attendance, rosters, schedules, loot distribution, strategies, and assignments, as well as any other important information—this way everything stays within reach and well-organized.

What is your most memorable boss kill and why?

Augmentors hard-mode has to be Bloodpact’s most memorable boss kill. It was the first boss we had to actually progress on as a guild. Nobody in our roster had killed it before. We had around 1000 pulls on it before we finally downed it.

According to http://wildstar-progress.com/ Bloodpact is 3/6 in Redmoon Rising, having killed Robomination, Swabbie Ski’li, and—most recently—Engineers. What do you think of this zone so far and what boss are you currently working on?

We just killed Engineers on October 6! We’re very happy with what we’ve seen so far from Redmoon Terror. The boss design is very refreshing and turned out to be not only challenging, but also a lot of fun. The amount of group coordination and individual skill and awareness required in order to overcome these new encounters seems to be a perfect continuation of what we’ve seen so far in Datascape. If Redmoon Rising can keep up this quality, we are in for a treat.

Do you consider Bloodpact a tight-knit guild of friends and family, or did you all largely meet in the game?

Largely we have all met in-game with some exceptions, but when spending so much time together you get to know each other very well over time—in some cases even too well! ;)

Some of our members from different countries have even met in real life as a result of time shared in Bloodpact.

Do you accept new members often (including casual players and non-raiders)? If so, what do you look for in candidates and how can one apply to become a member?

Depending on what classes/roles we need the most, we’re always looking for reliable and like-minded players, able to strengthen our existing roster. Recruits should have a proper understanding of the game and their class, and should be able to attend a majority of our raids.

Besides meeting our basic requirements, we want new recruits to become a suitable addition to our roster throughout the course of their trial period. We also have quite a few social members in our guild. These are mostly people with some connection to our existing members, looking for a cozy home without applying for a raid spot.

We encourage anyone interested to visit our website to learn more about our guild.

Thank you for your time and good luck with your continued Redmoon Rising progression this Wednesday. We’ll all be watching!


If you’re a guild leader interested in having the spotlight shone on your guild next, visit our official forums for more info on how to apply.

Everyone’s favorite hoverboard event is coming back to the near-future! Celebrate the Hoverboard zPrix Invitational from October 7 at 10:00am PDT until October 11 at 10:00am PDT the right way: by flying mere inches above the ground and completing insanely fun hoverboard courses (aka “zTracks”) for limited-time rewards!






Join the event by visiting the zemTech NPCs in Illium’s Conqueror’s Square or Thayd’s Champions Corner—where all high-quality event NPCs are found. There you’ll also find Dealer Dex, who sells a wide array of hoverboards found throughout Nexus, and a brand new hoverboard in the In-Game Store: the zBoard 83 Bumblebing!



Getting pumped? Check out the original Hoverboard zPrix Invitational deep dive by Morgan Brown for an event and zTrack overview!

Madame Fay has been communing with otherworldly entities, ready with new Fortunes (her own special antiquities). Her latest commodities so prime for the season—the terrifying tale of Jack Shade is the reason. His legend lives on in your children’s own nightmares, but remember that Shade’s Eve is mostly just jump-scares. This terrible season isn’t so terrible at all, it’s really just a party we throw in the fall. And Madame Fay’s new items aren’t reserved for the zealous; collect costumes and mounts to make all your friends jealous!




But, if you’re not yet ready to embrace the occasion, you must grab old Fortunes first before the Shade’s Eve invasion. On the twelfth of October your time will expire, as Madame Fay’s old Fortunes will finally retire. And she’ll have spooky new goodies for you to explore—ghastly costumes, décor, and oh so much more!

Don’t take these new rewards as just a seasonal fare, you can use them all-year-round! As long as the fashion police don’t care.




New are three bone-chilling mount variations, for you to collect on their two-week rotations. But combine the Skelocirex of copper, bone white, and chrome, and the ultra-rare tar version will be yours to take home. That’s four freaky flesh-less rides to score from the dear Madame, so stop reading these rhymes and go out there and get ‘em!*



*Available starting October 12, the Skelocirex mount variations in the Madame Fay Fortunes will be rotating approximately every two weeks; beginning with the bone white version, followed by chrome, then copper, and then all color variants will be available until the next Fortune inventory refresh. We’ll be providing updates on our @WildStar Twitter for when these rotations occur.

After collecting all three variants, you can purchase a Primordial Skelocirex Tar for 1 gold from the Madame Fay Far-Traders (found in Illium and Thayd) to consume the mounts and spit out a sleek tar version. It’s important to note that when turning in the color variants for the tar version, the unclaimed mount items must be in your inventory. If the mounts are claimed by a character to be used, they cannot then also be used with the Primordial Skelocirex Tar to create the tar version. Of course keep in mind there is a rare chance to win the tar version directly from a Fortune, and it isn’t on a rotating schedule like the other variants.

For a limited-time Protostar will match your experience point for point, which means you earn twice the XP every time you earn XP during this special event. The XP X-Plosion runs from October 4 at 2am PDT until 11:59pm PDT on October 17.

Keep in mind that the double XP from this Double XP X-Plosion! event stacks with the bonuses from Signature, and Signature offers a ton of other great benefits too—including new monthly login rewards!

We recommend maximizing Protostar’s very generous Double XP X-Plosion! by tackling adventures, expeditions, and dungeons, which you can queue for by using the Content Finder (N). Already level 50? During the event you can earn Elder Gems twice as fast to purchase items like Ability or AMP points. When you hit the weekly cap of 350 Elder Gems, your XP is converted to gold. It’s a good time to make good use of your time!



Don’t have any WildStar characters yet? The Double XP X-Plosion! event is the perfect time to start, and it’s completely free!

Some claim that style is a way to say who you are without having to speak. Well, on Nexus, style can be a way to say where you’ve been—and what kinds of contagions you might spread—without having to speak. This is all too true with the Grimvault Violet Dye. Put a splash of this on your clothing as if to say, “The Strain epidemic never looked so good.”




A new breed of canine has been delivered to Nexus! These pint-sized pups are reportedly referred to as corgis, and we’ve got a particularly pleasant pooch seeking adoption that we colloquially refer to as Leelo. Your new best friend awaits you! And, while you’re at it, go ahead and celebrate these little guys by also picking up the Doggie Dasher hoverboard too—available together as a bundle. You’ll be howling with joy in no time!




Madame Fay is now offering all three Retrosaur color variants, for a limited time until the next full Fortune inventory refresh. If you’re missing the yellow, purple, or green mount and still want to score the gold variant, now’s the time! For a refresher on how to turn in the three color variants for a rare gold version, see the Madame Fay is Going Retro article.

• Launch the game
  
• Click on the Phineas icon on the bottom left, or press the letter “U” on your keyboard

Most everything on the store can be purchased using either OmniBits (a free currency earned in-game alongside XP) or Protobucks, so get your Protostar-approved items today!


All this icing looking pretty sweet? Then dive in today and get yourself a galaxy-sized slice of WildStar cake—no subscription required.

For the months of October, November, and December we’re kicking off a program to reward anyone with a Signature Membership with some special tokens of appreciation just for logging in each month.




When logging in during the month of October with a Signature-status account, players will receive a multi-redeem Preposterously Fancy Sack in their account inventory. The sack contains the aptly-named Fancy Blurple dye, and preposterously fancy Preposterous Silk Hat.




For logging in during the month of November as a Signature member, you’ll score a multi-redeem Empyrean Woolie. This peregrine plain strider is more than ready to make its debut, eagerly waiting to transport you on your wildest adventures across just about any terrain.




Signature holders who log in during the month of December will get to care for an adorable multi-redeem Sproutshell. The little thing doesn’t even have the intellectual capacity to understand what it is (plant-turtle-chicken?) but it’s ready to love and be loved in return. You could maybe try feeding it plants, though that might be considered cannibalism. In any event, cannibalism isn’t strictly policed on Nexus—use your best judgment!


If you don’t have Signature status and want to get your mitts on these rewards, it’s not too late! Sign up now and grab these perks while they’re around each month. You’ll still get all the other Signature benefits too!

Put on your game faces people. It's time to be a player versus other players! “Power, Prestige, and PvP!” is a limited-time bonus event that doubles the rate you earn Prestige. Which isn’t, like it may sound, indicative of your recognition among the local monocle-laden nobility—no, in WildStar Prestige is PvP currency.

From September 30 at 2am PDT until 11:59pm PDT on October 3, you’ll earn Prestige twice as fast.

You can queue for Battlegrounds starting at level 6 through the Content Finder (press the N key), or you can start an Arena team for practice or ranked matches, which begin at level 30 and 50 respectively. You can even take party in the most dangerous game of all: world PvP. Keep in mind that full social leadership options (such as the ability to invite others to social groups, like Guilds or Arena teams) require Signature status, or reaching the 1,600 Cosmic Point reward.

Be sure to keep an eye on your Prestige—it caps at 12,000 points until you spend some. Visit the vendor regularly in Thayd (for Exiles) or Illium (if you're with the Dominion) to spend your Prestige regularly and wisely, and you can keep dominating the unlucky chuckleheads that made the mistake of going toe-to-toe with you.

See you on the Nexus battlefield!

If you’ve ever wondered what that shiny chest is at the end of an instance, or shrugged it off because you didn’t have a key to peek inside, listen up!

Every savvy Nexus adventurer should know that Lockboxes provide a perfect means of padding your inventory with quality bonus items, after all other loot has dropped and been dealt. These chests spawn upon completing Veteran Expeditions, Veteran Adventures, and Veteran Dungeons, as well as defeating world bosses. In addition, you’ll earn a lockbox for completing any of the three Public Events in Star-Comm Basin, plus Siege of the Lightspire (the Defile), Guardians of the Grove (Blighthaven), and Hellrose Bowl and Containment R-12 (Malgrave).

And—coming to Nexus with the 1.6.1 game update Wednesday, September 28—there’s also a chance for a lockbox to drop for your Raid group each time you kill a boss in Genetic Archives and Datascape. It’s up to your team to determine how to dole these Raid caches out when they drop from a boss, as they can be traded or even sold on the Auction House.


Standard (non-Raid) lockboxes are guaranteed to contain gear and foci for all levels of players. Level 50 players will always receive a piece of ilvl 100 gear and a cosmetic item, as well as variable amounts and qualities of rune set foci. If you’re not yet level 50, the drops will be scaled down to your level.

Raid lockboxes contain class set gear correspondent with the Raid in which they drop, variable amounts and qualities of class foci, as well as the potential for some assortment of rune foci and cosmetic items from the same sets found in standard lockboxes.

Ultimately, lockboxes are there to give you an extra shot at significantly boosting your character’s power, as well as a chance at bonus OmniBits, Service Tokens, and a plethora of cosmetic items.


Of course, a lockbox wouldn’t be very useful without a key! You can collect keys in a number of different ways to ensure you always have one handy before warping into the fray. Signature subscribers receive one free Lockbox Key per week as a perk of membership. In addition, anyone can purchase Lockbox Keys from the In-Game Store using OmniBits (a free currency earned in-game alongside XP) or Protobucks.

Ready to jump into WildStar and start unlocking some Lockboxes? You can unleash these treasures—and a ton more—totally for free!


Update: An earlier version of this article implied that the changes to standard lockboxes and addition of raid lockboxes are already live. They'll be implemented with the 1.6.1 game update currently slated for release Wednesday, September 28.

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If dreams are the vehicle to our wildest adventures, then the new Dream Woolie mount is a luxury sedan rocketing off to planet Nap Time in the Zzz System. If you want to view paradise, roam the world in style on the physical manifestation of pure imagination.




We’ve got another retro offering for your consideration. Climb up on the Trans Nex Phoenix Hoverboard and live perfectly in the past. Just don’t get in the way of your parents’ first dance while you’re there. If they can’t dance they can’t kiss, and if they can’t kiss they can’t fall in love, and then you’re history.




Everyone needs the perfect attire, whether out for a thriller night or up for a little moonwalking. This Safety Dance Costume comes equipped with just the right amount of jacket zippers, shoe buckles, and glove sequins. And the whole world has to answer right now just to tell you once again…




It’s time again for Madame Fay to swap up her available mounts, and the green variant of the Retrosaur is now in stock and available to the fortunate among you. As a reminder, this update replaces the purple variant in the Madame Fay Fortunes. In approximately two weeks all three color variants will be available until the next full Fortune inventory refresh.
Check out the Madame Fay is Going Retro article for an overview on the Retrosaur mount schedule and turn-in details and limitations.

• Launch the game
  
• Click on the Phineas icon on the bottom left, or press the letter “U” on your keyboard

Most everything on the store can be purchased using either OmniBits (a free currency earned in-game alongside XP) or Protobucks, so get your Protostar-approved items today!


All this icing looking pretty sweet? Then dive in today and get yourself a galaxy-sized slice of WildStar cake—no subscription required.

Nexus is full of nefarious baddies and intergalactic space monsters—so many things better witnessed, experienced, survived, and slain for loot while in the company of dear friends (or even just a few strangers). There’s never a better time to group up than during the Nexus with Friends event!

Renown is a currency you earn from completing multiplayer PvE content, and during the Nexus with Friends event you’ll earn double Renown when grouping up for expeditions, adventures, and dungeons. Is friendship magic? Who knows, but there’s safety—and Renown—in numbers.

Once you’ve saved up enough Renown and are ready for a shopping spree, visit Renown Vendors Agent Tetch at Fates Landing in Illium, or Sergeant Syrrus at Academy Corner in Thayd. These vendors are also beamed directly to your housing plot via hologram for instant access and gratification. With the right amount of Renown you can buy costumes, dyes, décor, mounts, pets, toys, and more.

Your Guild can also unlock access to Flasks that will increase your rate of XP or Reputation gains, or even boost your Run Speed (to name a few). Check the Guild Perks tab in your Social panel for details.



Nexus with Friends runs from September 16 at 2:01am PDT until 11:59pm PDT on September 19. So group up and get ready to maximize your Renown!