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Update 2.2.0.0 – Oryxmas

December 14

Ho ho ho, Realmers,

Oryxmas is here! And we are bringing a lot of additional things with it. From our new class, the Kensei, to our new dungeon mods, you name it. It’s Oryx’s birthday so we are bringing a lot of new exciting things to RotMG like a new Shop, Veteran Skins, Skin Ranks, new Campaigns and Quests and more. You also don’t want to miss out on our three Free Packs! So let’s start off this festive season with our new class.

The Kensei

In a temple deep in the Mountains, a school of disciples of the Samurai has been pursuing a path of grace and power. They perform elaborate rituals of war and spirituality, imbuing the Sheaths that house their honed blades with peculiar magic and enhancing both their prowess and their essence as warriors. Each student crafts their Sheath over years of training and journey, making it as much a part of themselves as their blade is. After years of arduous training, a select few of the school can claim the title of Kensei, Sword Saint. Each of them a legend in their own right, these warriors have perfected the art of the blade to a previously unthought-of extent. Thus a Kensei’s power lies between their immaculate control, their sage philosophy, and their magically empowered weapons. They now emerge from their hidden monastery on a quest for honor and justice.

Overview

Kensei is the 18th class in the game. He dashes and slashes enemies at close range to bolster his combat effectiveness.

In comparison to other classes, it’s riskier but more rewarding!

The Kensei uses the following gear:

• Weapon: Katana
• Ability: Sheath
• Armor: Heavy
• Any Accessory or Ring

Unique Ability – Sheath

To better understand the ability, we will separate it into four sections:

Channeling time + Dash Mode

Channeling is a short cast that Kensei has to complete successfully before he is allowed to dash.

The Sheath ability lets you perform a small channel, after which you enter Dash Mode. During this mode, you can dash X amount of times or it expires in Y seconds.

Trail

The trail is a unique quirk of the Kensei that will do both damage and increase his stats. While he dashes, Kensei spawns a line of particles behind him that deals damage to all enemies hit.

Multiplier

Is a new form of stat-buff we are introducing for Kensei. You will dynamically get a buff to your Attack (or any other stat), based on the number of enemies you hit with your trail (it’s addictive, but capped at 5). E.g. 5/15/30/50/75 % for 1/2/3/4/5 enemies hit.

Projectile

At the end of the dash, Kensei will emit a projectile in the corresponding direction.

How to Unlock

The unlock requirements are Trickster and Ninja at level 20.

Stats

Tiered Sheaths Showcase

UT Sheaths Showcase

Please note that they also drop from Quest Chests

Tidal Wave Kensei Set (ST Set) Showcase

Dungeon Mods

We keep making changes to Dungeon Mods! This time we have reworked our existing systems a little bit, trying to improve on the performance and several other “behind-the-curtains” aspects. Also, we have included a bunch of new Dungeon Mods we’d like to present to you!

Changes on existing Dungeon Modifiers

• We have adjusted “Bis”. It now has a 50% chance of dropping the portal to the same dungeon.
• Introduced the new bias for Dungeons spawned in the Realm. See info below.
• We have decided to remove ‘Battle for the Nexus’ from the dungeons that can apply Dungeon Modifiers. Keys for this Dungeon will work as usual but they won’t be able to be refined.

Dungeon Modifiers in the Realm

• As you know, almost all dungeons you can find in the Realm have a chance of spawning with Dungeon Mods.
• We have increased the chance of spawning with a higher Grade. This means that you will see that, on average, the Grade of the dungeons you get is higher than what it was. The harder the dungeon, the more noticeable this effect is.
• Particularly, dungeons that spawn once-per-realm will be affected by this more noticeably.
• These dungeons can spawn with Dungeon Mods 75% of the time
• Also, regardless of the Grade they spawn, they will tend to have “better” Dungeon Mods
• Keys are not affected by this “positive bias”. They can be rolled normally and the chances of re-rolling Dungeon Mods are the same as always. This change only affects dungeons spawned in the Realm.

New Dungeon Modifiers

We are closely listening to your feedback. You have also proposed awesome ideas and tweakings to existing Dungeon Mods, some of which inspired several of the Dungeon Mods you will see below. As always, the Design team is very happy and we want to thank you for your suggestions. All in all, we are trying to improve the system so we can have more gameplay-affecting Dungeon Mods and better rewarding Dungeon Mods. This batch is, we think, a step towards that direction. We’ll be waiting for your feedback!

New reward Dungeon Mods

• These Dungeon Mods can appear only in certain Grades and could also be restricted to dungeons of a certain difficulty threshold.
• These Dungeon Mods give the players some kind of reward.

Gameplay-affecting Dungeon Mods

• We want to start making Dungeon Mods that affect the gameplay in a more tangible way than just enemy stats.
• These Dungeon Mods take some effort to implement and test carefully, so we need to deliver them in small batches. We will be listening to your feedback on them and they may endure adjustments!

The Wanderer

We present you with a new challenger from unknown lands: she’s The Wanderer, a new optional miniboss. She will only appear in any S Grade dungeons that get ‘The Wanderer’ Dungeon Mod. After you defeat the boss, The Wanderer will pop through a portal and challenge you instead of her original target, which you defeated. The duel will be intense, but fair. The Wanderer will adapt her abilities to the dungeon you are in. In Hard dungeons, she will try her best to duel you. If you win, her loot will be yours (but it’ll also depend on how difficult the dungeon you are in is).

Loot

The rarity, quantity, and probabilities depending on the difficulty of the dungeon you are in.

• Weapons (Easy: T8-10) / (Mid: T10-12) / (Hard: T11-13)
• Abilities (Easy: T3-4) / (Mid: T5-6) / (Hard: T5-6)
• Armors (Easy: T9-T11) / (Mid: T11-13) / (Hard: T12-14)
• Rings (Easy: T3-4) / (Mid: T4-5) / (Hard: T4-5)
• Mystery Keys
• Mystery Dyes & Cloths
• Potions & Utility consumables

New Shop

We renovated the Shop and added a new tab just for Skins! On the Deals tab you will be able to see all of the best promotions we have prepared for you. On the Skins tab you will find a selection of skins that will be available for individual purchase. You can switch between Character Skins and Pet skins by clicking on the toggle on the top-left corner:

You can filter by class or see all using the top row, under the two tabs in Shop:

You can also filter by Skin Rank using the buttons on the left, under toggle:

Skins Ranks – new and smoother animations

Since we migrated the game to Unity we’ve been wanting to improve the overall look of the game and now we have prepared some changes for you guys. First and foremost, you have new default skins for each of the classes. The old default skins will now be called Classic Skins and will be available for free in the Wardrobe and Character Creation screen.

Second, we have introduced Ranks for skins:

The skins that have been so far in the game will fall in either Basic, Greater, Superior or Paramount Ranks. The big news is that we have added the possibility to have more frames on animations, optional animations for the same animation (example: have more than one attack animation), and idle animation! New skins that will have this feature will either fall into Paramount or Exalted ranks.

Our goal is to eventually rank all skins and make the old skins (that used to be available only in the Legacy Boxes), available in the Shop. For now you will be able to find a collection of around 400 character skins and 200 Pet Skins in the Shop.

New Skins distribution

ased on the new Skins ranks we have adjusted the prices of skins and we hope there will be something for everyone. If you want early access to a skin, you will be able to get them through the box promotion, through the new skins quest or for their release price as an individual acquisition. This price will drop after 4 weeks. Here is what you can expect:

Quests for new skins will be available from their release day and up to 4 weeks.

As for Crystals of Fortune, we are not getting rid of them just yet. During the Oryxmas event, when we have a box promotion in the shop involving older skins it will be accompanying quests that will last the same duration as the promotional box. This should allow you to exchange Crystals of Fortune for a Skin that is in the box. The amount of Crystals would again be dependent on the rank of the skin.

Something to keep in mind is that this may be the last time Crystals of Fortune will be used in this manner as we want to have Crystals of Extreme Fortune to become the only variant of Crystals that is used to exchange for skins. The future of Crystals of Fortune is currently on the table and while we do have an idea on how we want to transform their usefulness we are open to your feedback and ideas on this.

In this release, we wanted to get the most out of the new animation features, therefore you might not have as many new low tier skins. Rest assured that it is in our plans for the future to have more Basic and Greater skins.

New Skins added to the game

• Exalted Kensei Skin
• Antinomy Kensei Skin
• Emergent Sage Kensei Skin
• Construction Kensei Skin
• Oryxmas Kensei Skin
• Slime Kensei Skin
• Stone Kensei Skin
• Veteran Kensei Skin
• Graceful Kensei Skin
• Dahlia Flower Kensei Skin
• Pearl Moon Kensei Skin
• Supermodel of Swordsmanship Kensei Skin
• Rain Flower Kensei Skin
• Oryxmas Treeckster Skin
• Cozy Blanket Sorcerer Skin
• Lady Ginger Archer Skin
• Oryxmas Caroler Bard Skin
• Honourable Shiba Kensei Skin
• Searing Itinerant Kensei Skin
• Bunny Attendant Kensei Skin
• Ice Skater Kensei Skin
• Ice King Knight Skin
• Grandma Necromancer Skin
• Grandpa Paladin Skin
• Demon Mistress Pet Skin
• Ice Skating Penguin Pet Skin
• Oryxmas Tanuki Pet Skin
• Festive Sprite Pet Skin
• Gift-wrapped Box Pet Skin
• Oryxmas Shiba Pet Skin
• The Giving One Priest Skin
• Ice Queen Summoner Skin
• Ugly Oryxmas Sweater Warrior Skin
• Mini Tidal Wave Kensei Skin

Wardrobe and new Customization Panel

Try your skins in the Wardrobe and customize your character with the new animated textiles for the most unique look. You will find a new button under your character’s thumbnail. Click on it to open the customization panel.

You will be able to preview your character’s look and try as many outfits as you want (from different dyes to textiles). On the right side, you will find accessories and on the left side of the panel, you can pick your clothes. The price is displayed under the two squares under your character’s thumbnail in the customization panel. Press the Buy button to instantly change your character’s appearance.

If you want to remove them look for the Clothing Dye Remover and Accessories Dye Remover in the list.

More animated clothes and accessories will be released in the future, for now, you will be able to see small and large versions of:

• Falling Snowflakes Cloth
• Rain Cloth
• Ahead Cloth
• Hypnotic Cloth
• Barber Pole Cloth
• Tie Dye Cloth
• Galactic Cloth
• Snowflake Vortex Cloth

Some players might experience some issues accessing this window.

Campaigns

We prepared two campaigns this Oryxmas season! The first one, Slashing through the Snow, starts today and will see the lightning fast arrival of the skilled Kensei, and introduce his abilities – as well as get the festive mood going with a set of Ornaments. Slashing through the snow will end on December 28, 12 PM UTC but will have a Grace period until December 31, 12 PM UTC during which you can claim rewards, but not points.

Slashing through the Snow

The second campaign, called States of Water, starts on December 31, 12 PM UTC and will let you ruminate on the contrast between the gentle Oryxmas snowfall and the roaring arrival of the Tidal Wave Kensei. Aside from the ST set, you can grab its associated Mini Tidal Wave Kensei Skin. Tiered and untiered Winter weapons will also be under the Oryxmas tree, as well as a small and friendly pet. States of Water will end on January 15, 12 PM UTC but will have a Grace period until January 18, 12 PM UTC during which you can claim rewards, but not points.

States of Water

And here is how and where you will be getting Campaign points:

Realm Events and Dungeon Mod Events

We are happy to announce that we are now able to use Dungeon Mods for in-game events! From today until the 18th of January you will have many events happening in dungeons and in the Realm. You can find more information in this blog post. Events details will be posted every week, so stay tuned and have fun.

Oryxmas Quests

Here are the Oryxmas Quests that start now and will end on the 18 of January at 12:00 UTC:

S and S+ Blueprints now Dropping

The following Blueprints have been added as drops to the respective monsters with this update:

Kensei Competition

During Oryxmas 2021 we are going to run a ranking for our new campaigns!

The first competition starts on the 14th of December and ends on the 30th of December, 12 PM UTC.
The second competition starts on the 31st of December and ends on the 17th of January, 12 PM UTC.

The Ranking is based on your consumed campaign tokens, which means the player with the most consumed tokens is going to be on top. You are still going to be able to consume tokens, even after finishing the campaign. They are still going to count for the ranking.

Rewards

Competition 1: Slashing through the Snow:
Place 1: Ornaments of Unity, Bard ST Set, 4000g, Bard ST Mini Skin
Place 2: Ornaments of Unity, Bard ST Set, 2000g, Bard ST Mini Skin
Place 3: Ornaments of Unity, Bard ST Set, 1000g, Bard ST Mini Skin

Place 4-10: Ornaments of Unity, Bard ST Set
Place 11-100: Ornaments of Unity, 5x Mystery ST Crate
Place 101-500: Ornament of Unity, 3x Mystery ST Crate

Competition 2: States of Water
Place 1: Ornaments of Unity, Summoner ST Set, 4000g, Summoner ST Mini Skin
Place 2: Ornaments of Unity, Summoner ST Set, 2000g, Summoner ST Mini Skin
Place 3: Ornaments of Unity, Summoner ST Set, 1000g, Summoner ST Mini Skin

Place 4-10: Ornaments of Unity, Summoner ST Set
Place 11-100: Ornaments of Unity, 5x Mystery ST Crate
Place 101-500: Ornaments of Unity, 3x Mystery ST Crate

Veteran Skins

A new collection of skins is available for the ones who have stayed with us for a long time! Players with accounts created before 2014-12-14 08:00:01 will be able to get this collection for 2555 Fame. This is our way to thank Veterans for playing Realm for longer than 7 years. Special thanks go to NblankFour for his collection up to Summoner! This Package will be available from today until the end of the Oryxmas event and will be back during other big events next year. Here they are:

Holidays gifts – Free Packs

We start distributing presents today with the Welcome To Kensei Free Pack! This pack will be available until the 19th of December and contains:

• 1 x Labyrinth Dweller’s Sheath
• 1 x Oryxmas Kensei Skin
• 1 x Gingerbread Cookie
• 3 x Evergreen Branch
• 1 x Cocoa Mug x2
• 1 x Candy of Extreme Mana
• 1 x Candy of Extreme Dexterity
• 1 x Candy of Extreme Life
• 1 x Candy of Extreme Defense
• 2 x Loot Drop Potion
• 2 x Loot Tier Potion

On Christmas Eve until the 29th of December you can collect your present and complete your Antinomy skin collection with the Oryxmas Free Pack:

• 1 x Antinomy Kensei Skin
• 1 x Char Slot Unlocker
• 1 x Backpack
• 1 x Adventurer’s Belt
• 1 x Santa Workshop Key
• 1 x Christmas Turkey Leg
• 1 x Christmas Tree Cupcake
• 1 x Lucky Clover
• 2x Greater Sulphur
• 2x Greater Ore

On the 31st of December, we have a pack to get you started in 2022 – New Years Free Pack – and you will have until the 5th of January to collect it. You will find there:

• 1 x Construction Kensei Skin
• 1 x Gingerbread Cookie
• 3 x Evergreen Branch
• 2x Cocoa Mug x2
• 1x Candy of Extreme Attack
• 1x Candy of Extreme Vitality
• 1x Candy of Extreme Speed
• 1x Candy of Extreme Wisdom
• 3x Large Firecracker
• 3x Small Firecracker

Fixes & Balance

Treasurer Gemsbok

• Covered the safe spot in his spiral attack phase with long-range bombs and tweaked his spiral to not attack with the exact same angles each time
• Added an anti-decoy system to most phases
• Revised the status effects of his primary shotgun to be less punishing for the most part
• Changed his counter status effect from weak to slowed
• Counter can no longer be activated repeatedly in a loop
• Fixed his death animation to use properly sized coins, instead of massively oversized ones

The Shatters

• Fixed some teleportation issues in the castle segment
• Fixed an area in the village marsh which would sometimes generate a full barrier of trees at the connection of a plank bridge
• Fixed an unintended vulnerability where the Archmage could take damage from stationary shots as soon as he appears
• Fixed a rare softlock possibility at the beginning of the Archmage fight

Secluded Thicket

• The Bird Tribesman can now start by moving to any corner (thrilling stuff, we know!)
• Xolotl’s rage safe spot is now inconsistent and should be less reliable or desirable.

Others

• Updated the credits section
• Now certain gameplay-affecting particles are visible regardless of your visibility settings. So you can both have particles transparent but the “important” particles for gameplay will still be visible.
• Fixed an issue that caused the equipment hotkey to stop working when the player switched from a character with a backpack to a character without a backpack

Note: We’re aware of a small issue with Graceful Kensei Skin’s mask when attacking facing up. It will be fixed with our next release.