You’ve been playing Realm for years, and you’re used to the same things. You run around the realm all day defeating enemies for fame, maybe the occassional good drop every year or so. It’s nice and all, but you’re getting tired of the same old things every day. You want something new and fresh, but familiar… you want a twist. You don’t want to do Lost Halls all day for a White Bag you’ll never get. You want to be able to get a greater chance not because of luck, but because… well, you’re the best.
Well, I have just the thing for you.
Boss Rush
The idea of a boss rush is something that you’ve pretty much guaranteed heard of before, because it’s in a lot of games, but… in Realm? Why would it be in Realm of all things? Just think about the idea in depth.
There are many dungeons in the game, ranging from no difficulty to extreme difficulty to downright being impossible to do alone. There are plenty of people that go out and do solo Shatters either just for the thrill or for the views on YouTube (COUGH) and that’s fun and all, but why not do it for something better? Why not do it for a chance at some good UTs for doing what Boss Rush is made for in games: speed?
Here’s the rules.
- You start out on any character that you want to use.
- There are two categories: Pets Allowed and Petless. They are judged separately.
- You can’t bring any consumables with you, not even Health or Magic potions.
- Upon defeating a boss, you will be transported to the next dungeon.
- Minions will despawn upon the boss dying, regardless of what the boss is. Other enemies do not count.
- No loot will drop from any boss.
- No experience is gained from dungeons unless specified.
- The Mini-Map of each dungeon will be provided as soon as you enter. Dungeons will be randomized unless specific, and no treasure rooms will spawn for any dungeon.
- You start out with the most basic dungeons, and work your way up.
- Upon entering the first dungeon, you will be unable to move or shoot, and no enemies will move or shoot either. A countdown will count down from 5, and after “1”, a timer will start. The timer counts how much time you’ve spent in each dungeon collectively. Under that first timer will be a second timer that is slightly smaller, telling you how much time you’ve spent in the current dungeon.
- Complete the dungeon as fast as you can.
Dungeon Order:
- Pirate Cave
- Forest Maze
- Spider Den
- Forbidden Jungle
- Sprite World
- Snake Pit
- Undead Lair
- The Hive
- Abyss of Demons
- Cave of a Thousand Treasures
- Manor of the Immortals
- Puppet Master’s Theatre
- Mad Lab (Both bosses; Horrific Creation will immediately open upon Dr. Terrible being defeated.)
- Toxic Sewers
- Haunted Cemetery
Now, here’s where things start to get interesting in this list. (Note: If a boss has lower Health, their phases will be shortened to take this into account as well, making them achieved faster.)
- Candyland Hunting Grounds
Rather than simply having it be endless, have every boss spawn in succession in a hall of boss rooms. The order will be completely random, but you will still fight them all, and minions will disappear once they are all gone. Gain 1 Fame for defeating all bosses in under 2 minutes. - Belladonna’s Garden
No Chest will spawn, and you will instead be taken right to the next dungeon. Gain 1 Fame from this fight. - Deadwater Docks
You will be required to do the first part of the dungeon, but there will be no Heroic Observer, considering that most classes cannot defeat it alone. Jon Bilgewater will not heal in the first half of the fight. Gain 1 Fame from this fight. - Woodland Labyrinth
Gain 1 Fame from this fight. - The Crawling Depths
Boss will not activate until all large Eggs are defeated. Son of Arachna will have 3/4 of original Health. Gain 1 Fame from this fight. - Battle for the Nexus
Only Oryx will give Fame. All bosses will spawn in succession much like the Candyland Hunting Grounds. - Davy Jones’ Locker
Keys will be in set locations and marked on the minimap, to make this less of a luck-based dungeon. Davy’s Health will be half of his usual Health. Gain 1 Fame from this fight. - Ice Cave
Layout of the dungeon will remain randomized, but there is no ice floor. Upon clearing all larger minions, you will be taken directly to the Inner Sectum. Esben the Unwilling has half the health he usually does, and there is no Chest drop. Gain 1 Fame from this fight. - Ocean Trench
Thessal will have her original 69000 Health rather than her current 96000 Health. Likelyhood of Ponies spawning is halved. Gain 1 Fame from this fight. - Oryx’s Castle
Janus will always spawn after you defeat the Stone Guardians with no statues required to access him, and you will have a set lane that is a straight shot. No HP-heavy walls will spawn, and no Living Floor will be present. Each Guardian will give 1 Fame, and Janus will give 1 Fame as well. Stone Guardians will not regenerate HP, and neither will Janus. No Chest will spawn, and you will be taken directly to the next dungeon. - Oryx’s Chamber
Oryx will have 75000 Health, rather than his original 85000 Health or his scaled Health. - Wine Cellar
You will spawn directly in the boss room with Oryx. He will have 85000 Health, rather than his original 75000 or his scaled Health. Minions will spawn at 1/3 the rate. - Tomb of the Ancients
There is no chance for a Treasure Sarcophagus to spawn, and upon defeating all Sarcophagi, you will be taken directly to the boss room, in front of Bes before he spawns. All bosses will have 2/3 of their original Health, and Nut will not have their original Armor Break arrows during their “rage” phase. Gain 1 Fame per Ancient. - Mountain Temple
Effects depend on your class.
Robe Classes: All phases involving Daichi shooting will come with Weak/Pet Stasis shots. Daichi will have 2/3 of his usual Health.
Leather Classes: All phases involving Daichi shooting will come with Weak/Pet Stasis shots, except for the last phase. Daichi will have 2/3 of his usual Health.
Armor Classes: No Weak/Pet Stasis shots will be fired, but Daichi will have his full original Health.
Gain 2 Fame from this Fight. - Parasite Chambers
You will only have to fight the boss, but the boss will have 2x the Health from its usual Health if you were to do it alone. Gain 10 Fame from this fight. - Lair of Draconis
Start off from any dragon you want and still do Ivory in the end. Feargus will not come with any eggs, as they are infuriating to deal with for any player. All dragons will have 90000 Health, and Feargus will not spawn minions. Upon defeating your fourth dragon, you will be taken to the Ivory Wyvern. Gain 1 Fame for each Dragon. No bosses will spawn a Chest, and instead, as each dragon dies, you will be immediately given access to the center podium. - Lair of Shaitan
Shaitan will have 2/3 of his usual Health. Gain 2 Fame from this fight. - Puppet Master’s Encore
Final phase will not fire Pet Stasis shots. Gain 2 Fame from this fight. - The Shatters
All enemy placement will be in a set pattern, and the Secret Switch before Twilight Archmage will not be an option for any class. The only enemy that will not be present is the Ice Mage, to prevent Ice Spheres magically ruining runs. Gain 2 Fame for each boss, and 1 Fame for defeating both Royal Guardians at the start of the Forgotten King fight. No bosses will spawn a Chest, and instead, as a boss dies, the next area will immediately be opened. For the King, you will be immediately transported to the next dungeon. - The Nest
A set path to the boss will be given, and no enemies will respawn. Killer Queen Bee will have 1/2 of her original Health, and all Status Effects will no longer be a part of her attack pattern(outside of Confused), instead replaced with Armor Pierce on every shot. Gain 3 Fame from this fight. -
Lost Halls
In Petless mode, all bosses will have half of their Health in the normal mode.
Cultist Hideout
You will be immediately spawned into the Cultist Hideout before anything else, where a set path will be given. Malus will have 2/3 of his original Health. Gain 5 Fame from this fight.
Lost Halls
A set path will be given. Commander of the Crusade will have half the likelyhood of spawning, and “Spooky Boi” will not appear ever. Marble Colossus will have 1/2 of his original Health. Gain 5 Fame from this fight.
The Void
This is the most unique change of all, as you will have to not only endure the Void Entity itself, but you will also have to endure two new survival phases of pure enemies that you must defeat, with the Void Entity taking no part in them. They will consist of 50 enemies each, all being the harder “thicc boi” entities that you must defeat by waiting them out, as they will drain health. After 1 minute, they will die and the next will spawn. 10 will spawn at a time until all are defeated, in which the next phase will begin of the Void Entity. No “Sonic Phase” will occur, instead being replaced by one of these survival phases. Upon defeating the Void Entity, you will have to face the second survival phase; once this is over, the timer will stop and he will go through his usual death phase, instead congratulating the player for making it through “Boss Rush” with this dialogue:
“Congratulations, mortal. You have endured the trials put in front of you, even by yourself with no extra help provided.”
“Your time was (time here).“
If you got a record for a specific dungeon, he will also say:
“And congratulations again, as you have set a record in the following dungeon(s):”
”(Dungeon #1)”
"(Dungeon #2 if achieved)"
"(Dungeon #3 if achieved)"
And so on.
“Your results have been recorded for this week. At the end of the week, winners will be announced. Thank you for participating, mortal.”
After this, you will be transported back to the nexus, and you will be presented your times in comparison to the “World Record” of each dungeon for the class that you used. It would be unfair to compare a Priest to a Warrior, as well as your total time compared to the “World Record” for the class that you used, under the same premise. However, the overall times will be taken into account as well for all classes rather than a single class in the end result: the winner’s circle.
Winner Prizes
To whoever wins the “Top 3 Times” of the week, as well as the fastest time for the class that they chose, they will be given different “lotto tickets” for any whites or Lost Halls tops. To those that complete it the fastest on their class, they will recieve one ticket. To the “Top 3”, 3rd and 2nd place will recieve 1(on top of their original 1 if they got one), and 1st Place will recieve two tickets(on top of their original 1).
As well as these tickets, 3rd to 1st place will recieve new medals commemorating their success.
3rd Place:
3rd Place Trophy
A memento for placing third place in the contest of champions, the Boss Rush.
On Equip:
+180 Maximum HP
Fame Bonus: 6%
2nd Place:
2nd Place Trophy
A memento for being the runner-up in the contest of champions, the Boss Rush.
On Equip:
+190 Maximum HP
Fame Bonus: 6%
1st Place:
1st Place Trophy
A memento for asserting your dominance and being the winner in the contest of champions, the Boss Rush.
On Equip:
+60 Maximum HP
+60 Maximum MP
+3 Defense
+3 Attack
+4 Speed
+4 Dexterity
+5 Vitality
+5 Wisdom
Fame Bonus: 7%
Lotto Tickets
These tickets will be consumable items put into your Gift Chest, as an easily-distinguished golden strip. Upon consuming them, you will be presented a mini-game that’s a revival of the Alchemist, but with no chance to get a 2nd item. You will be shown your three items, they will be randomized, and you must choose accordingly. Once you get your choice, you will be given that, and it will be transferred to your vault. All “lower-tier” items will be put in pairs with another item from the same list.
Possible Items
Lower-Tier Items:
- Staff of Extreme Prejudice
- Cloak of the Planewalker
- Wand of the Bulwark
- Crystal Wand
- Crystal Staff
- Demon Blade
- Doom Bow
- Tome of Purification
- Resurrected Warrior’s Armor
- Plague Poison
- Murky Toxin
- Void Blade
- Prism of Dancing Swords
- Harlequin Armor
- Conducting Wand
- Scepter of Fulmination
- Robe of the Mad Scientist
- Edictum Praetoris
- Toga Picta
- Memento Mori
- Interregnum
- Etherite Dagger
- Ghastly Drape
- Mantle of Skuld + Spectral Ring of Horrors
- The Phylactery + Soul of the Bearer
- Soulless Robe
- Ring of the Covetous Heart
- Mini Hollow King Skin
- Mini Phylactery Skin
- Mini Skuld Skin
- Mini Stheno Skin
- Both Puppet Theatre Skins
High-Tier Items:
- Ancient Stone Sword
- Spiteful Scutum
- Ring of the Pyramid
- Tome of Holy Protection
- Ring of the Nile + Ring of the Sphinx
- Wand of Geb + Geb’s Ring of Wisdom
- Book of Geb
- Shendyt of Geb
- Leaf Dragon Hide Armor
- Fire Dragon Battle Armor
- Water Dragon Silk Robe
- Sullen Blade
- Midnight Star
- Indomptable
- Helm of Draconic Dominance
- Zaarvox’s Heart + Drakefyre Amulet
- Tome of Pain
- Recurring Terror Spell
- (parasite scepter)
- Pirate King’s Cutlass
- Leaf Bow
- Doku No Ken
- Any Battle for the Nexus drop
- Spirit Dagger
- Ghostly Prism
- Coral Bow
- Coral Trap
- Staff of Esben + Skullish Remains of Esben
- Kageboshi
- Wand of the Fallen
- Skull of Endless Torment
- Thousand Shot
- Prism of Dire Instability
- Pixie-Enchanted Sword
- Seal of the Enchanted Forest + Ring of Pure Wishes
- Fairy Plate
- Sword of the Mad God
- Onyx Shield of the Mad God
- Almandine Armor of Anger
- Almandine Ring of Wrath
- Mini Nut Skin
- Mini Geb Skin
- Mini Oryx Skin
- Mini Swarming Huntress Skin
- Mini Dragon Tamer Skin
- Ray Katana
Rare High-Tier Items:
- Queen’s Stinger Dagger
- Hivemaster Helm
- Nectar Crossfire
- Honeytomb Snare
- Apiary Armor + Honey Circlet
- Bracer of the Guardian
- The Twilight Gemstone
- The Forgotten Crown
- Sentient Staff + Ancient Spell: Pierce
- The Robe of Twilight + The Forgotten Ring
- Sword of the Colossus
- Marble Seal
- Breastplate of New Life
- Magical Lodestone
- Staff of Unholy Sacrifice
- Skull of Corrupted Souls
- Ritual Robe
- Bloodshed Ring
- Bow of the Void
- Quiver of the Shadows
- Armor of Nil
- Sourcestone
- Ring of Omnipotence
- Carved Golem Remains
- Brain of the Golem
- Golem Garments + Rusty Cuffs
- Mini Golem Skin
- Mini Twilight Archmage Skin
- Helm of the Juggernaut
- Shield of Ogmur
- Beehemoth Quiver
- Quiver of Thunder
- Orb of Conflict
- Dirk of Cronus
- Trap of the Vile Spirit
- Tablet of the King’s Avatar
- Cloak of Bloody Surprises
- Seal of Blasphemous Prayer
Special Drops: (These will appear as a question mark, to make them a mystery!)
- Entire Paladin ST Set
- Entire Necromancer ST Set
- Entire Rogue ST Set
- Entire Trickster ST Set
- Entire Huntress ST Set
- Entire Wizard ST Set
- Entire Priest ST Set
- Entire Mystic ST Set
- Entire Knight ST Set
- Random bundle of 6 low-tier items
- Random bundle of 3 high-tier items
- Random pair of 2 rare high-tier items
- Entire Marble Colossus Set
- Entire Void Entity Set
- Entire Malus Set
- All 3 “Epic Dungeon” Items
- All Lost Halls tops
- All 3 Shatters rings
- All 3 Lost Halls rings, excluding Omnipotence
- Random bundle of 3 High-Tier Mini Skins
- Another Lotto TIcket
- A choice of whatever item you want, but only one! (Rarest drop, 10% as likely as any other option.)
There is also a chance that there will be an additional item added to one of your drops!
Possible Drops:
- A random Unbound ring.
- 5 random high-tier dungeon keys. (Deadwater Docks, The Crawling Depths, The Nest, The Shatters, Ocean Trench, Tomb of the Ancients, etc.)
- 3 Lost Halls keys
- A random Limited item that is not a reskin of a tiered item
- 8 Mystery Potions
- 5 Lucky Clovers
- An additional random item! (1%, can be a Low-Tier, High-Tier or Rare High-Tier, following same rates. No Special drops.)
Drop Rates
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Low-Tier: 20%
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High-Tier: 65%
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Rare High-Tier: 10%
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Special: 5%
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Additional Drop: 5%
“World Record” Holder Rewards
Since the “World Record” of each dungeon and category will be tracked individually, there will be different rewards given for each for both Petless and With Pet. These rewards will be given at the end of each month rather than each week.
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Individual Dungeon:
One “Lotto Ticket” per holder -
3rd Place Overall:
One “Lotto Ticket” per holder -
2nd Place and 1st Place Overall:
Two “Lotto TIckets” per holder -
1st Place Overall:
One Item of Choice (excludes Admin items) -
1st Place Consecutive Holder:
One additional “Lotto Ticket” per month