Nexus (Rev. 26)

Last updated: Release 25.0.3
Nexus Portal

Nexus is the realm’s town area, and a safe zone from Oryx’s minions. In the Nexus, you can interact and trade with other players, customize your options, purchase Realm Gold and items, and play the Alchemist minigame. It is also the gateway between Realms that also allows access to your Vault, Guild Hall, and Pet Yard, the Tinkerer, and the Arena.

Layout

The Nexus changes themes seasonally and during holidays and certain events. Following the hacking of Realm by SwatSec, the Nexus took on a devastated look that is echoed in the Battle for the Nexus.

As with the Vault, it is possible to teleport outside the Nexus walls.

Fall Nexus

Spawn Point

The Spawn Point

It is here that players go when they escape to safety by pressing the Nexus key (R by default), clicking the temple icon (Temple), or entering a nexus portal.

Name Change Statue

Golden Statue
The shiny gold statue in the northwest corner of the spawn platform allows you to choose a unique name for yourself. This name must contain no more than 10 characters, and only letters are allowed. Once you have your name, it will cost 1000 Realm Gold to change it again.

Guild Hall Portal

Guild Hall Portal
The brown door is a portal leading to the Guild Hall, where you can meet with members of your guild. You may only go through this door if you are in a guild.

Vault Portal

Vault Door
The Vault is a safe place, which allows you to store items that you don’t currently need or want to save from loss.

Pet Yard Portal

Pet Yard Portal

The Pet Yard is an area where pets can be hatched, fed, and upgraded.

Fountains

Fountain

Six fountains are placed around the Nexus: two by spawn and four by the Realm portals. They are not marked on the map but can easily found near the water.

The fountains will heal a nearby injured player at a rate of +100 HP every 1-2 seconds, though they only heal one person at a time.

Character Change Statue

Stone Statue
Two grey statues north of the spawn platform. These take you back to the character selection screen, where you can switch to a different character, switch to a different server, or log out of your current account.

Shops

Shops

The Nexus has eight shops, in which Realm Gold (and rarely, Fame) can be used to purchase items. They can have up to 12 items on display, which appear throughout the day. Prices remain constant until a few minutes before the item sales end, at which point they can be found at a discount. All current rates can be seen here.

Each shop deals in a particular type of goods:

Mystery Boxes

Bill the Wizard

The Mystery Box Shop is hosted in the northwest of the Nexus by Bill the Wizard (and formerly, his companion Ted). Opening his shop displays a selection of Mystery Boxes. Hovering over one displays its available rewards.

Purchasing a Mystery Box will cause one random item (or more, depending on the Box) out of the potential rewards to be deposited in your Vault’s Gift Chest.

Bill’s shop and the Alchemist sometimes sell equipment and keys before they are available normally in the Realm, and offer exclusive cosmetic items. For current Mystery Boxes, see here.

The Alchemist

The Alchemist

The Alchemist offers a broader variety of possible rewards than the Mystery Boxes, and can be played for free using Fortune Tokens from the Tinkerer. The Alchemist’s time in the Nexus varies, and Fortune Tokens evaporate when he disappears.

Purchasing Realm Gold

Gold Coin

Gold can be purchased at any of the shops. Available payment methods include Google Checkout, PayPal, and various credit cards. For more details, see here.

Daily Quest Portal

North of the Alchemist is the Daily Quest Portal, which leads to the Tinkerer’s workshop. Items can be traded in here for rewards, which can include Fortune Tokens to use with the Alchemist.

Cloth Bazaar Portal

Cloth Bazaar Portal

Two Cloth Bazaars are accessible from the Nexus’s east and west. (Each portal goes to a different Bazaar.) Within these are more item sales, as well as cloth and dye shops.

Realm Portals

Realm Portals

Once you’re ready to return to combat with Oryx’s minions, you come to the northernmost part of Nexus to enter a Realm portal.

The number of realms available changes often, depending on the population of the current server and which realms are sealed off. There can be up to 8 available at once, or there can be none at all (although having fewer than 2 is rare and temporary). Each is after a minion, usually a god.

Below each portal is some fraction, with a denominator of 85 and the numerator displaying the current number of players in that realm. All realms are instances of the identical game; there are no differences in difficulty, skill level, or guild inclusion.

Guild Book

Guild Book

After getting at least 1000 fame, you can come to the northwest Nexus to create a guild by interacting with the book. For this, you will need to have chosen a unique name.

If you have already joined a guild, you can come here to leave the guild.

The Arena

The Arena

Pay a fee to fight in the Arena. Battle waves of enemies from the realms and dungeons, and even some enemies exclusive to the Arena. You will get some reward every five waves. Death in the arena is not permanent.

Animals

Sheep

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–Sheep

The basic-theme Nexus is inhabited by sheep; other themes see different animals outside the walls. The Halloween Nexus contains bats, the Harvest Nexus turkeys, and the Winter Nexus snow hares.