PM Wyrom’s Duskruin Updates:
- Arena’s clockwork golem OR an Automaton, golem drops extra golem parts,
- Sewers get more caches, golem parts, and the Legendary Bloodrune is back!
- CLAIM command replaces giftbox and event boxes,
- BATTLE VAULT is a special SimuCoin Package with 2 25ct booklets, 30 advanced spellup pills, and 2 special items – a Golem Chassis to build your own golem, and a golden scroll for 30 days of 2x experience.
Details:
Text of Discord Post follows:
PM Wyrom
[Official] Duskruin 2024 Updates
on 15 Feb 2024 1:58 PM
from the Official GemStoneIV Discord
on #forums/paid-events channel
Duskruin is just about here, and with it heralds a few changes! Some changes will be live in February and some will be waiting until August. I plan to talk about the projects I’m working all here in this thread for the year. Keep in mind, there are more staff members working the event than just me, so I’m just talking about the projects I’m lead on. This doesn’t represent Duskruin as a whole.
DUSKRUIN ARENA
The arena will feature a new boss that will randomly come around, an immense clockwork golem. It will take the place of an automaton should you get one to spawn in. The automatons will also spawn, but only one or the other will happen per entry. Like the automaton, the golem will have a special drop which I’ll explain in a bit. Endless will feature them, so it’s a good way to try to get one to spawn as bosses have a higher chance to happen after round 25.
SEWERS
The way caches spawn has changed a bit. The will have a bigger range in which they can be found, but the ceiling has been lowered. This means they should be seen a little more frequently. The announcement that comes after a cache is found will go to a queue and fire off at some point randomly after one is found. Golem parts are added in as a rare drop in the sewers as well and will take the place of a bloodrune stone for that search attempt. Bloodrunes will still drop, and we will be featuring a legendary bloodrune (more on this in another post).
GIFTBOX and EVENT BOX
Both GIFTBOX and EVENT BOX will be retired this run.
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And we will have CLAIM! The system will go live with a trial run in Platinum first that is outside of the Duskruin offerings! More on CLAIM will be announcement shortly in a separate post, but some changes are coming alongside it. CLAIM has a FREE and EVENT option, we will be offering 2 of each this run of Duskruin. Once in February and once in March. The EVENT option will cost silver. Both will contain a 25-entry booklet that can be used with the NPC. The price will be scaled to 25-entries vs 12-entries, so this EVENT option will be a little more expensive, but it will be the same in scope. The booklets will not be attuned, so they can be traded with other players just like before. I will continue to monitor to see what we can do there.
That means this run of Duskruin will have a 25-entry booklet in February and another in March for the same amount for the EVENT option, which is higher than what we’ve been doing last year. Like every event, CLAIM won’t be active until after the initial weekend, we usually try to get it live by the first Tuesday or Wednesday. Details on cost and what it all includes will be announced and placed in this thread once it goes live. The FREE option will be similar to what GIFTBOX offered, but double.
BATTLE VAULT
This run we will have a new item in the SimuCoin Store that will cost 6,500 SimuCoins. It will include two 25-count booklets, 30 Advanced Spellup Pills, and two special items that will be attuned to your character. You may only redeem one BATTLE VAULT per run of Duskruin per character. Because it is per character, you can redeem multiple per account if you wish to have the extras that come with it. The BATTLE VAULT itself is not attuned in any way, so you can trade them, hand them off, etc. But I’ll repeat, you can only redeem one per character though.
BATTLE VAULT: SPECIAL ITEMS
The first special item is an empty golem chassis! This item will be used to collect golem parts from the arena and sewer. You will be able to rebuild a golem. You will need the chassis to be able to start the build process, which means you will need a BATTLE VAULT to participate in the build-a-golem item. You will need a bunch of drops from the arena and/or sewers to complete it. The chassis is exclusive to February. In August, you will be able to bring your golem to life with the exclusive BATTLE VAULT item which will be a motor of sorts! Once you fully complete your golem in August, you will have a golem companion that will follow you around and do an assortment of actions! These golems are character attuned. BATTLE VAULTS that are purchased in February and March will always produce a chassis, even if redeemed in August.
The second special item is a golden scroll that will will award 2x base experience abosrption for 30 days. These scrolls can only be redeemed during the February/March run of Duskruin, afterwards, they will expire and will not work. You can wait to any point of this run of Duskruin to activate it and it will last 30 days from that point on. Start it right on Friday with Duskruin or wait until March 10th to have after! Maybe start it on March 1st? Choice is yours! Just don’t let it expire! These are character attuned, so the character who redeems the BATLLE VAULT is the only character that can redeem the golden scroll.
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