Duskruin Dig/saved posts
June 2016
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 3897
Author: SIMU-LIIA
Date: 6/14/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig!
Recently, adventurers discovered a lost temple beneath the streets of Bloodriven Village! We learned that a divine Arkati artifact, fashioned of amazing Moonshards, had shattered in a massive quake, its pieces scattered into the Sewers! But, the dwarven Archaeologist who shared his knowledge has more to say.
A NEW AREA of underground tunnels has been exposed! Bloodriven Village is a town always suspected to be a haven for those with roguish ways. And now it seems that these scoundrels of days gone by may have been caught in the quake, their troves of treasure lost beneath the streets!
Come to the Sunken Tomb beneath the village and help the archaeologist dig up lost treasure! Who knows what those mischief makers had hidden in their lairs! Spoils from a raid? A cache of weapons? Is it possible that some Artifact pieces didn't end up in the Sewers, after all?
Join the excavation when Duskruin Dig opens from June 17-26!
~Liia
APM, Gemstone IV
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 3900
Author: SIMU-LIIA
Date: 6/14/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig!
>>Just to confirm, will the arena and sewers not be open? This is like a variant run or in addition to?
No sewers/arena. This is a separate quest in the town.
>>Will bloodscrip be generated in the new area, or mostly not (perhaps the only creation from moonshard and some items to the archaeologist?
Only if you find moonshard stuff and sell it to the Archaeologist, if you don't want to complete a pendant (seriously, you want a pendant. They're amazing.) No new scrip otherwise.
>>And, to head off any possible outcry - this is not the only Duskruin run planned for the summer? A normal/full run will still happen? If so, could we have the month (Aug?), for proper planning and scheduling/greater attendance.
This is totally separate, and doesn't influence if/when we run Duskruin. We will get you dates as soon as we can, but the regular Duskruin run will not be announced 3 days ahead!
>>3 whole days! Killing me :)
You can't die in this event, so I had to do something, right?
>>Finally, can we get a prize list if that will be offered for this type of run?
There will be no "end of the event" type prize thing like Duskruin. All prizes will be things you find digging, similar to EG digging. There are all sorts of things that you can get, but you won't be getting tickets (like last EG) or the "throw away" super low level stuff (like in previous EGs). There's a whole lot of stuff in there!
~Liia
APM, Gemstone IV
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 3905
Author: SIMU-LIIA
Date: 6/14/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig!
Pickaxes will be sold in the SimuCoin store. You'll be able to buy 1, 10, 25, and 50 use pickaxes. The cost will be 10 SimuCoins per use.
~Liia
APM, Gemstone IV
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 3920
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/15/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig - Prizes
As Liia has mentioned, this event is not targeted toward the same audience as the arena or sewers. The system used is the exact system used at Ebon Gate, so if you're familiar with how it works there, this will be a cinch.
Pickaxes (shovels) will be for sale in the SimuCoin store and be priced at 10 SimuCoins a use. We'll have multiple use ones available, and you can play as little or as often as you'd like. The chance to find nothing or just a hidden treasure item (the kind you break/rub) has been removed for this event. So you will always find a container filled with various things. Coffins will also be here, as the area is a sunken tomb under the newly discovered temple.
Inside a container you have a chance to find silvers, gems, a souvenir, hidden treasure item, and a feeder item. Just like EG, there are 4 feeders. The feeders all have pieces of the moonshards. Segments are the rarest pull. The moonshards can still be sold off for bloodscrip, but this will be one of the only ways to really gain bloodscrip right now. The shops will be open in the village, so you're free to shop should you decide to sell moonshards or have some from a previous run. No shop inventory has been touch though. The high end store won't be available.
The feeders have some SimuCoin Store items inside at all levels. Lowest feeder has some single-use temporary enhancive potions for non-spell knowledge items and an encumbrance charm, both lasting 30 minutes. The next feeder from that has login bridges, Guild voucher packs, locker manifest contracts, and urchin guide contracts. From there we have Lumnis schedules, spellup pills, encumbrance potions that last a few days, moonshard pendants, and 100 use gold rings. And our unique feeder has a number of drops similar to special things you might find out hunting (altered weapons and such), but there are some jackpot finds as well. We have a +10 locker expansion contract, a +100 locker expansion contract, a prismatic ether for EG, amnesty parchments, culture resets, fixskill and fixstat potions, some forging slabs, and some stuff that you might have found at a Droughtman's Maze Challenge. I believe we have s spectral butterfly pouch and a scrying crystal ball which I know we did at DMC. But there are 100 items in there. We're doing some last glances over for mostly the lower feeders (not so much the unique one) before we roll this live though. Can't promise any suggestions make it, but if you're dying to suggest something, feel free.
The souvenir item will be something you'll more about at Duskruin's return in August. Hopefully I'm not forgetting anything. Event will run the same length as a Duskruin event runs.
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 3922
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/15/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig - Prizes
The odds are juiced up. About 10x what you see at EG. And the lowest feeder has items valued at roughly the price of entry, and it scales in value from there. It won't mean everyone will find a unique pull though. But we'll have some jackpot finds that carry real dollar value (like fixstat and locker expansions).
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 3934
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/15/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig - Prizes
To be clear, as of right now, the majority of items in the unique feeder are similar to stuff you might find hunting that are GM made. There are a decent chunk of "jackpot" items though. And yes, their are segments.
You will find tons of moonshards for bloodscrip. They carry their own value.
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 3936
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/15/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig - Prizes
Depending on the success of the event, more items will need to get added to the unique. We do over 100 at EG. So, feel free to suggest. We'll probably sway away from massive mechanical stuff though.
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 3959
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/17/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig - Prizes
I added some alteration fodder to our souvenir feeder. Also, made a slight mistake. The pendants will be in the unique (T5) feeder. If in T4, we could be looking at over 5,000 being created should you guys go nuts. But there are a number of them in the feeder!
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4042
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/21/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig - Prizes
While I realize everyone wants to win something, and they want to win something big, that is not the focus of this event. It's priced cheap and it's priced around what you find in the lowest feeder. You always get some value returned that translates to what it would cost in the SC. If you don't like those items or feel this event isn't pushing out enough items all the time, you can stop at any time.
The unique feeder (i.e. T5) is mostly regular GM creations you might find in a box. There are big jackpot finds though, but it's not a 1:1 ratio by any means. A lot of awesome items have gone out. I was going to post a better highlight list last night, but I need to add more things, so I'd like to wait until I get through that.
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4052
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/21/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig - Prizes
Souvenirs pull from their own feeder. It has no bearing on any "tier" prize. You always get a tier prize plus the possibility of coins, note, gems, hidden treasure, and souvenir.
As for the wrotwood chests and the Duskruin/EG thing, we thought it would be enjoyed. We learned quickly that having an impact on building something to interact with and watch it walk around with a slight mechanical edge at the EG hunting grounds or Necropolis isn't something desired. This was an idea pushed onto us from management that is no longer with us. We won't be revisiting it. The totems will be more in line with the collectible system.
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 3960
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/17/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig - More Info
So we have some new additions at the Duskruin grounds. The wagons will be the same, as always. The shops are intact from last run, so if you want to buy something, you can. The dig area is a new area branching off from the temple inside the arena area. You head DOWN and the rooms there are where the action will take place. There is now a bank in the arena, upstairs in the observation stands above the entrance to the arena (NORTH GO STEPS SOUTH). The archaeologist NPC has a few new answers/questions. Pickaxes should be available soon the store. We added some bigger bundles in case you like the event and want big use pickaxes. Event will open around 9 bearing no weirdness.
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4007
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/18/2016
Subject: Trash Cans and Pickaxes (Shovels)
You can no longer throw a pickaxe or shovel away in the trash.
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4026
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/20/2016
Subject: New Pendant Materials
The four new materials that can be discovered are...
COMMON
Mithglin (dark blue-black)
Imflass (silvery blue-green)
Gornar (faint golden brown)
RARE
Urglaes (swirling black)
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4208
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 7/1/2016
Subject: Buggy Pendants and Duplicating Moons
Seems I have to post about a POLICY 7 issue that has come up.
It seems a few of the pendants that went out may have caused a bug that would leave the moon you tried to place inside it still in your hand. If this happened to you, please place an ASSIST and let us know, as well as turn over any moons that didn't physically go into the pendant. As of right now, we know there is one pendant that could still be completed. It's unclear as of right now if anyone used a buggy Makiri moon to complete a pendant. If you did, please tell us.
This also means people should be very leery of purchasing a Makiri moon from another player, should you be wishing to complete that final pendant that is out there. If you have the final Makiri moon and would like to confirm with me how legitimate it is, please email me (using the link to the left). If the golvern segment hasn't been combined, that would also be helpful to let me know.
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4066
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/22/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig - Prize Update
Sorry this has taken forever. I'm sure some of you can understand I was a little more distracted than usual with the recent announcement.
Okay, some highlights!
First, I added some hand buzzers to the T3 feeder, some prayer rugs and mediation mats to the T4 feeder. Nothing nuts, just something extra. Thank GM Haliste.
The T5 feeder has...
Many locker expansions. At least a couple large ones and plenty of small ones.
Cultural resets and society resets.
Fixstat and Fixskill potions.
Big containers (180lbs).
Prismatic ether.
Fireworks press.
Forging slabs.
Crystal orbs to see another room.
Butterfly pouch.
Coin pouches that hold silvers weightlessly.
Several X/day items.
Some interesting fluff.
There over 100 items still to be found.
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4100
Author: SIMU-LIIA
Date: 6/23/2016
Subject: A few new unique items!
The Dig's unique feeder now contains the following items:
~An adorable hedgehog
~A voucher for a custom spell prep
~A voucher for a custom swear
~A voucher for a custom verb
~A voucher for a custom log phrase
As stated on the vouchers, PLEASE email me at my gs4-liia@play.net if you find one of these vouchers, no later than the end of this month. If you want to sell or give it away, the person who redeems it has to do so by that date, as well. These are delayed services, so they'll have to go through QC, and we want to get them set up for the winner ASAP.
~Liia
APM, Gemstone IV
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4106
Author: SIMU-LIIA
Date: 6/23/2016
Subject: A few new unique items!
How about one more?!
There is now a voucher for a 2016 Ebon Gate festival ticket in the feeders! Good luck!
~Liia
APM, Gemstone IV
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4111
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/24/2016
Subject: jade sarcophogas
Coffins, caskets, and sarcophagi can never be T5 finds.
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4124
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/25/2016
Subject: Dig Up Some ** REAL GEMS **
Some real gems have been added to both Prime and Platinum inside the T5 (unique) feeder! Good luck! Digdigdigdigdig!
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4134
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 6/25/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig - Final Prize Update
Here is the final update!
One set of pieces to make one more pendant.
Two rolaren slabs.
A signature verb.
Two coin pouches (weightless and enhancive).
A fixstat.
A fixskill.
A magical box to make imbeds.
A number of magic items.
A number of weapons.
Two small locker expansion contracts.
Two writable books with quills.
A firework press.
Some prismatic ether.
A few big containers and fluff items.
Good luck to everyone digging!
Wyrom, APM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4191
Author: SIMU-LIIA
Date: 6/29/2016
Subject: Crates in the Duskruin Dig
... are now bins.
~Liia
APM, Gemstone IV
December 2016
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4912
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 11/25/2016
Subject: Duskruin Dig
New, exclusive bloodrune. Next full run of Duskruin will have some new features for the completed pendants.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4923
Author: GS4-HALISTE
Date: 11/30/2016
Subject: Dig Away
Teasers, huh? No one likes teasers.
5x flaring weapons
2-ring gold ring holder
Locker expansion contracts
Fix Stat Potion
5x krolvin skull longsword
Magic items!
x/day items!
Piercing kits!
A Wyrdling Ring!
A new, legendary bloodrune!
What does the bloodrune do, you ask? Well, it's a secret. How about a snippet, though?
"...Massive ivory teeth stained with traces of crimson protrude from his darkened leathery lips."
Countdown: 2 days.
~ Haliste ~
The Forest Gnome of Silverwood Manor
ASGM, Events
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4927
Author: GS4-HALISTE
Date: 12/1/2016
Subject: Dig Away
>It's very close now, need some hype to convince the undecided among us to make time for digging.
The wyrdling ring is in the jackpot tier. As for what kind? I guess you'll have to dig it up to find out!
3x/day mass blurs, self-mana (jackpot)
Praying statue with custom messaging (jackpot)
An elven mask (what the heck might this do??) (jackpot)
Chaos jewelry (T3) (jackpot)
Some max-deepened containers, variety of worn locations (unique)
Rare slabs (white ora and eonake) (unique)
Get your dig on!
~ Haliste ~
The Forest Gnome of Silverwood Manor
ASGM, Events
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4929
Author: GS4-HALISTE
Date: 12/1/2016
Subject: Dig Away
/hum
I'm not saying a word.
Oh, I forgot to mention that the material fodder that you can find has also changed up a bit!
And there's a nifty chest of clothes in the unique feeder, too. Actually, a couple.
~ Haliste ~
The Forest Gnome of Silverwood Manor
ASGM, Events
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4944
Author: GS4-HALISTE
Date: 12/2/2016
Subject: Shops at Duskruin Dig
Shops will be open (though, not the scrip shop), but these are the same as the last time they were open. Shops won't see a revamp until the next run of Duskruin Arena.
~ Haliste ~
The Forest Gnome of Silverwood Manor
ASGM, Events
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4949
Author: GS4-HALISTE
Date: 12/2/2016
Subject: Ice Caverns
Pickaxes will now work within the ice caverns area!
~ Haliste ~
The Forest Gnome of Silverwood Manor
ASGM, Events
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4963
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 12/3/2016
Subject: Quality vs. Quantity
Just like last time, the majority of items that can be found are the equivalent of what you'd find in the normal feeders of GM-created items in the game (box founds). The jackpot tier allows us to further refine the items into a specific tier now, so something like the 6x armor you described would be in our jackpot tier this time around.
The Dig's main appeal is a different way to earn pieces to the moonshard pendant, with an all new legendary bloodrune available for this run alone. Everything else is what we consider incidental treasure. The unique and jackpot tiers have some very decent stuff though.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 4966
Author: GS4-HALISTE
Date: 12/4/2016
Subject: The Fate of the Mountaineers
A report of a group of mountaineers who disappeared off the icy cliff has surfaced. Last report is that they were delivering a batch of pickaxes to Bloodriven. They took a wrong turn somewhere.
There is a snowdrift at the Icy Cliff, and players can grab a single-use pickaxe from here. One per character, limited availability (about 24 hours)!
Enjoy - go dig up a prize!
~ Haliste ~
The Forest Gnome of Silverwood Manor
ASGM, Events
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 5007
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 12/6/2016
Subject: The Duskruin Dig - Feeder Talk
I know there is some controversy surrounding the feeders. Anytime there is a random element to prizes, we get similar feedback, and every year that passes the expectations are harder to manage. I do want to explain the feeders a bit more to everyone, so you can make a better decision on whether you want to participate in events with these elements currently and going forward.
With digging, we have (now) 7 feeders:
Souvenir
Gem
Common (T2)
Uncommon (T3)
Rare (T4)
Unique (T5)
Jackpot (T6)
There are some issues with the player naming scheme that has been transposed to digging. For one, T5 and T6 aren't linear feeders. T1 doesn't quite exist as a feeder, but you could name the hidden treasure item as this, since I believe T1 comes from the naming of "nothing found" from games. You always get "something" in digging. Each box can have silvers/note, gem, souvenir, and a prize. At the very least, every box has a prize. Prizes in the common feeder currently have a value of ~10 SC each. This means that every box found carries around the value of the pickaxe use. The bigger the SimuCoin package purchased, the obvious more value retained.
The Duskruin Dig is completely balanced around the "incidental" treasure, as we'll call it. That's the common through rare feeders. The dig is also focused on the MoonShards still. This is everything you earn on the majority of your digs. If these aren't very interesting to you, or you find no value, the dig really won't be a big draw. At this point, I'd highly recommend not participating because you will be left feeling disconnected from the event.
Moving to the Unique and Jackpot feeders, where most the controversy lies. The unique feeder is equivalent to our normal game feeders in value and properties. The term "boxfound" was once a universal term that everyone grasped. I'm not sure if that's the case these days. The typical feeder limitations are 5x, but other properties will weigh down the enchant of a weapon. For example, heavy crit weighting will cause a weapon to have the enchant dropped when we place it into a feeder. There are exceptions to this rule, but I'm offering the gist of it.
Prior to the Jackpot tier, everything was all tossed into the Unique tier, and it made up around 5% of the loot there. This is the stuff that is worth the most, but the RNG doesn't favor this loot. This is sort of a given, but it's obviously the one thing that people want to win. But because there was such an imbalance between "boxfound" loot and "jackpot" loot, we needed to make that separation to paint a clearer picture of what to expect. This is true for the entire digging mechanics now, hence why the Duskruin Dig was updated to use the new tier.
Managing expectations is one of the hardest tasks of being a GM. When the Dig shifted to the new tiers, we wanted to make sure the Unique tier had a lot to gain still, when comparing to EG's feeders. Things like the golvern segment, large locker expansions, fixstat potions, and some of the bigger items like the scroll portfolio all should go into the Jackpot feeder, but we didn't want to shift these things into too rare of a find. Those type of items were at the root of the Dig.
With this all said, I want to offer you all a comparison in items from last (June) Dig. I'm not going to show you every item that's in the dig currently, but I'm going to show you the items that were in the Unique feeder last time. I didn't include quantity here, as many items were in multiples. These are the items that were found. Sorry that the formatting isn't all the same on the list in advance.
| a blackened faewood case decorated with ruby and obsidian runes | mech container, contained 4 items inside |
| a braided invar and alum bracelet | lockpick harness, lockpick inside, +5 lockpick bonus |
| a circular black glaes brooch wrapped with a braid of rolaren | +3 spell aim, +1 mana recovery; 25 charges; Gold ring holder |
| a circular faceted crystal amulet | crystal amulet |
| a crimson lotus blossom | +5 max mana, 25 charges |
| a cultural registration document | Culture reset |
| a cylindrical ceramic cookie jar painted with dark blue swirls | Recharging cookie jar |
| a dark blue potion | Fixskills potion |
| a dark grey dwarven tower shield | 5x, +5 TD, max light, show |
| a deep crimson vultite xiphos with a gold pommel | 5x |
| a dimpled granite band | +5 max stamina, 30 charges |
| a dusky black vruul skin sack | Belt-worn sack; 70 capacity, max light |
| a faenor-nocked silvery sephwir longbow | 5x, +10 sighting |
| a flowing maroon greatcloak sewn with soft silver-threaded accents | max light, 180 capacity |
| a folded dark golvern wakizashi | 6x, fully unlocked Two-Weapon fluff script, unbalance crits |
| a four-ringed metal pendant | Moonshard Pendant |
| a gleaming ora footman's hammer | 5x, disintegrate crits |
| a gnarled fireleaf runestaff inset with pearl slivers | +22, heat crits |
| a gold vultite sai with an oiled leather grip | 5x, heat crits |
| a gold-chased silver telescope | Fully unlocked telescope |
| a gold-on-green arabesque silk pack | 180 capacity, fully lightened |
| a gold-runed black marble tablet | Dachre displayer |
| a gold-stitched black spidersilk backpack | max light, 180 capacity |
| a gold-trimmed white leather satchel | Belt-worn container; max light, 75 capacity |
| a half-melted bronze gear | Spirit Guard (1712), 20 charges, rechargeable, persist |
| a haon-framed faenor leaf amulet | Whispering Willow (605), 20 charges, reimbeddible, persists, rechargeable. |
| a hazy green potion | Stat reallocation potion |
| a heavy eahnor slab | 25 pounds |
| a heavy golvern slab | 25 pounds |
| a heavy rolaren slab | 25 pounds |
| a heavy vultite halberd with a mossbark shaft | 4x, damage weighted +10 |
| a large locker expansion contract | +100 locker space |
| a massive black mithril claidhmore | +5, fluff script |
| a painted mistwood hat box | scripted hat inside |
| a pair of crimson eahnor bracers inlaid with golden hawks | arm greaves, +18, unbalance flares, +3 strength, +3 combat maneuver ranks, +3 stamina recovery; 25 charges |
| a pair of Felcour duelling gauntlets inlaid with faceted firestones | dueling gauntlets |
| a pair of silver wire-rimmed spectacles with thick lenses | +5 perception, 25 charges |
| a pear green amber teardrop | Phoen's Strength (606), 40 charges, rechargeable, persists |
| a polished crystal ball with a carved glowbark base | scrying ball |
| a reticulated golvern segment | Makiri moon piece for Moonshard Pendant |
| a rugged dwarven mining pack clasped with a small invar anvil | 180 capacity, fully lightened |
| a ruic-stemmed dark glaes pipe with a faceted firestone bowl | Lights/fills itself |
| a rune-carved golvern target shield | Shield resizer script, 6x |
| a sanded driftwood jewelry box inlaid with mother-of-pearl | Jewelry creating jewelry box |
| a sanguine suit of leathers overlaid with blackened iron mesh detailing | +15, +10 crit padding |
| a sapphire silk gift cloth | Gift cloth with fully unlocked engagement/wedding rings |
| a sapphire-set red mithril chest | Automated alterer - weapons, shoes/belts, wearable containers |
| a sharp-toothed bent faenor cog | Melgorehn's Aura (913), 20 charges, rechargeable, persists |
| a silver-bound faewood case decorated with jagged lapis lazuli runes | mech container, contained 4 items inside |
| a slender silvery lor runestaff | 5x, fully unlocked wand staff, acuity flares +20/+12 |
| a slim verdant faenor bracer inset with a lens of intensely glowing smoky glimaerstone | Glimaerstone jewelry |
| a small enruned tanik chest banded with scallop-edged vultite strips | Message Box |
| a small fireworks press | Fireworks press |
| a small locker expansion contract | +10 locker space |
| a small silver-backed oval flower coral brooch | +4 max mana, 25 charges |
| a smoky glaes helm adorned with a plume of green-blue parrot feathers | +20 |
| a solid iron orb covered in rust | Empathic Focus, 40 charges, persists |
| a steel-banded pale rowan staff | 5x, Xojium staff (10 verbs) |
| a swan-embossed indigo oilcloth case | Instrument case; +3 mental lore/manip; +5 harness power -- has a swan-necked zebrawood lute inside, master instrument |
| a thin green leather portfolio | scroll combining book |
| a tiny gossamer pouch | Spectral butterfly pouch |
| a torn white paper package with a large bloody fingerprint on the crease | contained knife belt with knife |
| a tube of coconut frosting | perma frosting; flippable |
| a twilight-hued long satin cloak | 180 capacity, light |
| a twisted willow anklet | Mobility (618), 20 charges, persists, rechargeable |
| a vaalin-banded golden ora chest | Automated alterer - shoes/belts |
| a vine-engraved verdant faenor scabbard | Sheath noise script with a razern-edged dark green kelyn wakizashi with a silk-wrapped handle (2x, +10 crit weighting) |
| a warped white gold gear | Phoen's Strength (606), 40 charges, persists, rechargeable |
| a white vaalin gardenia embraced by wrought faenor leaflets | Foresight (1204), 40 charges, rechargeable, persists |
| a white-runed twisted mithril warlance | 5x, vacuum flaring; unlocked vacuum flare script, holy |
| an amnesty parchment | Society Reset |
| an embossed leather-bound tome | Several prep phrases |
| an emerald green serpent pin | Cloak of Shadows (712), 20 charges, rechargeable |
| an emerald silk gift cloth | Gift cloth with glimaerstone inside (an opalescent silvery vaalin geldaralad dangling a bar-cut radiant ultramarine glimaerstone) |
| an engraved blued steel medallion | 20 charges, Heroism |
| an enruned rainbow glaes wand | 2x/day floating disk (511) |
| an icy blue imflass coat-of-plates | +22, cold flares, 10% fire resistance |
| an invar-banded dark faenor chest | Automated alterer - weapons |
| an iron-banded black imflass chest | Automated alterer - wearable containers |
| an ironwood and eonake tetsubo | 4x, crit weighted +5, holy |
| an opalescent deformed vaalin cog | Spell Shield (219), 20 charges, rechargeable, persists |
| an over-sized rat fur cloak with an embalmed rat head clasp | max light, 180 capacity |
| some chocolate stout lipbalm | unlimited lipbalm |
| some forest green leathers embroidered with twisting vines | +20, 20% nature resist |
| some prismatic ether | black ora heart uncurse |
| some silvery sephwir dice | Dice of Fate, Ranger themed |
| some whipped cream lipbalm | unlimited lipbalm |
| an adorable hedgehog | pet |
| a voucher | for a custom spell prep |
| a voucher | for a custom swear |
| a voucher | for a custom verb |
| a voucher | for a custom logon/off |
| a 2016 Ebon Gate festival ticket | admit 1 |
| a moss-covered leather book | scripted book |
| a thick green towel with ivy-embroidered borders | Tintrel Towel, fully unlocked |
| a fluffy brown towel with a rat hair fringe | Tintrel Towel, fully unlocked |
| an elegant white silk gown dappled with fiery opal cabochons | Fully unlocked RainboWear |
| some pleated red cotton trousers | Fully unlocked RainboWear |
| a ribbon-tied mulberry silk cape | Fully unlocked Sprite Cloak |
| a brown conch shell | Fully unlocked Conch Shell |
| a ruby-eyed jackal head brooch | Heroism, 20 charges, non-recharge, crumbly |
| a small leather pouch | piercing kit |
| a light elm box | Jack in the box - Prayer (313), 20 charges; crumbly, non rechargeable |
| a dark elm box | Jack in the box - Cloak of Shadows (712), 20 charges; crumbly, non rechargeable |
| a tiny gossamer silk pouch embroidered with colorful thread | butterfly pouch |
| a weathered leather coin pouch stitched with strands of veniom thread | Coin storing pouch - 20k silvers storage |
| a faded canvas case with tattered edges | Fluff potion holder/case. |
| a lithe blonde mesille bow with a carved black walnut riser | ZestyBows script, unlocked; 3x, +10 sighting |
| a fitted black silk shirt with ornately carved kelyn buttons | Revolving images script; 4x, disruption flares, cloth armor |
| a jet silk column gown with a daring kelyn-threaded side slit | Revolving images script; 4x, disintegrate flares, cloth armor |
| a mother-of-pearl inlaid scalloped pewter barrette | Veola |
| some tan suede gloves with brown leather padded palms | 3x/day foraging |
| a pair of faded tan suede boots with oval faenor buckles | FluffyUCSE - fully unlocked; 4x disruption flares |
| a pair of faded tan suede gloves traced with faenor thread | FluffyUCSE - fully unlocked; 4x disruption flares |
| some tall black leather boots with kelyn reinforced toes | FluffyUCSE - fully unlocked; 4x unbalance flares |
| some black leather gloves reinforced with kelyn grommets | FluffyUCSE - fully unlocked; 4x unbalance flares |
| a helical faewood staff traced with fine silver filaments | NerveStave; fully unlocked |
| a silver-traced burnt aubergine velvet pouch | mech closing pouch with 20 runestones |
| a worn tawny leather hat with a faded green silk band | Veola |
| a red enameled iron pin inset with a small onyx scimitar | Revolving images script; V'Tull's Fury (1718), 20 charges, rechargeable, non-crumbly |
| a small white moonstone cube pin | Magic item; Martial Prowess (1705); 40 charges; rechargeable, non-crumbly |
| a large rough-cut iolite set in a braided black willow ring | Magic item; Martial Prowess (605); 40 charges; rechargeable, non-crumbly |
| a small silver mirror stamped with an elaborate floral motif | Mirror; Locate Person (116); 20 charges, non-crumbly, rechargeable |
| a simple coiled silver pin cradling a large pearl | Magic item; Dauntless (1606); 40 charges; rechargeable, non-crumbly |
| an ornate gold sunburst pin framing a large sunstone | Magic item; Phoen's Strength (606); 40 charges; rechargeable, non-crumbly |
Our current pile of items are a lot better than last run, but at some point, there must have been more hype on the dig than we anticipated. Because we're seeing a lot of "is this really a T5 item?" And you can compare your questionable find with last run and see it falls into a similar category. So where did we go wrong? Frequency and people only sharing the good leads to these false expectations.
But given the above list, you can make an educated assumption that the Digs are comparable, and with that knowledge, you can decide if this is something for you. Obviously, people are going to value different items. Each find gives you a value of roughly what you put in at the bare minimum. If you're into the thrill of finding things, take a look at the list. Yes, there are better items this time around, but it's still very similar. And if you're not interested in the whole MoonShard components, remember, you can sell them for bloodscrip. The shops are all open, so you can use it while the dig is open and not have to hoard a thing.
I hope this allows people a better understanding on this event and other events of this nature. By all means, we're not twisting any arms to go to these things. We send out a few marketing emails with marketing language, we post on the forums, we hit up social media, and we announce it on the website. But you can skip it all. The best way you can determine the type of events you want to see is by participating. We always appreciate the feedback, whether positive or negative.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 5079
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 12/11/2016
Subject: Duskruin Update: An Adventurer Buys Incidental Treasure
A new NPC is wandering around inside Duskruin Arena, a young elven adventurer. She will buy most the SimuCoin items from the Dig. The only item from the Dig she won't buy right now is the gold ring. I don't have any plans on adding that either. This also doesn't include the bigger finds from the unique and jackpot feeders.
Now that she is out, I will look to add some of the Delirium Manor items too, but I'm not sure if I'll get that done before it's too late. I just wanted to make sure this was out before we closed.
The bloodscrip that she offers is comparable to the moonshards pricing. The bloodscrip value will scale if you've been bundling or pouring to combine items.
With this change, she will ALSO buy items you buy from the SimuCoin store. It's obviously not cost effective to do that, but it means you could accidentally sell similar items if you're not paying attention. So try to make sure you know what you're selling before spamming the commands over and over. The mechanics are similar to the archaeologist and rat catcher.
If you have any issues, post them here. Enjoy!
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 5086
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 12/11/2016
Subject: Duskruin Update: An Adventurer Buys Incidental Treasure
The adventurer buys birthday/age potions/certificates and Chromomage Spheres. This will conclude what she buys for now. Death salve is possible to add, but I feel the market for that with the bundle mechanics is all we need there.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 5106
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 12/11/2016
Subject: Duskruin Update: An Adventurer Buys Incidental Treasure
I knew I forgot something. Locker manifest contracts are now added. Lumnis schedules are worth a bit more and were a rarer T4 find, so I'd rather not add them.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 5093
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 12/11/2016
Subject: The Yeti Bloodrune
Now that the bloodrunes have been found by attentive players finally... There are two, and both have different descriptions!
Wyrom, PM
February 2018
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 8515
Author: GS4-HALISTE
Date: 1/17/2018
Subject: February Run: Tentative Dates
Duskruin Dig will be returning to Bloodriven Village beginning February 16th at 9:00 PM. The Sewers beneath the village will also be open for adventurers to explore, and the Village Shops will be open for business so that you can see the exciting wares offered by the many shop owners.
Two new legendary bloodrunes will be added to the mix -- I won't spoil anything now, but I'll tell you that these will go all Steve Miller on you.
New gem descriptions (as well as the previous run's gems) will be available in the Dig feeders.
Some shops will see updates, and the High End Script Shop (HESS) will also be open. Details on the contents of HESS will be forthcoming. In addition, some shops may not be open for this run of Duskruin Dig, but more information will be given as we get closer to the event.
The unique and jackpot feeders are chocked full of new items for you to discover (no teasers at this time). Items found in the feeders cannot be exchanged for other items.
~ Haliste ~
SGM, Events
Auntie H, Forever
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 8547
Author: GS4-HALISTE
Date: 2/11/2018
Subject: Who's ready for the Dig?
Duskruin Dig, with Sewers and Bloodriven Village, is just around the corner! Duskruin Arena, the combat portion of Bloodriven, will not be available with this run of the Dig but will be open during a later run in 2018. Here's some information to help you enjoy this event.
- To enter the sewers, you will need a "rat" token or a "rat token jar". These are available in a gold token (single use), bronze (10-use), silver (25-use), and gold (50-use) jars. These are available in the SimuCoin store.
[Note: Arena slips will also work here if you have some from previous runs, or if you purchase the wrong item.]
- To dig in the Dig area, you will need a "pickaxe". The following are available in the SimuCoin store.
- rusted iron: single use
- pitted iron: 10-use
- rusted steel: 25-use
- pitted steel: 50-use
- invar: 100-use
- mithril: 250-use
- The Old Farmhouse, home to the NerveStave, will be closing after the February Duskruin Dig. It may reopen at a later date, but it's time to shut these doors.
- The archaeologist has received a very large request for Moonshard Pendants and hopes to dry up that resource after February. Bloodrunes will still be plentiful, and plans to further research their many uses will continue.
- A Moment In Time (easels) will not be open for February, but it will re-open during the full run of Duskruin Arena later in the year.
- High End Scrip Shop - information is forthcoming on this. Stay tuned!
- Spellbound has been expanded to make room for incoming inventory. While the shop is largely the same for this February, additions will make their way through its door later this year. For February, more spell preps have been added, and the exciting Shimmer Trinket -- along with an unlock certificate to add more uses -- has been placed on the wooden shelf. Enjoy!
- Khloake and Dagger's inventory will be retired after the February event.
- Bolt From The Blue: This shop has seen a bit of construction and is slightly larger. Items within containers have been rearranged to place like-bolts together and help with ease of browsing and selection.
- Numerous shops have had inventory updates including (but not limited to) Cacographic Critters (with some new stuff for you to enjoy), Bloodriven Bowery, Gamac's Goods, Crosswinds and Crosshairs, Autumnal Den, and more.
- Both the unique and jackpot feeders (available in the Dig side of the event) have been "locked and loaded" and are ready for you to find all the goodies! Want some things from the jackpot feeder to whet your whistle? How about...
> Shocklance
> Permablessed UAC
> Adamantine armor accessories
> Weight reducing container
> Elemental Circlet
> Legendary Bloodrune Cloak (brand new item)
> Watering Can (from the 2016 Auction items)
> Weighted Katana with Plasma Flares
> +5 Defender Runestaff
> Tier 2 Parasite Weapon
> And much more!
- Two new legendary bloodrunes have been sighted -- a storm griffin and a war griffin. If you've ever wanted a bit of avian flair, these bloodrunes are for you. And, if you're lucky, you might find the new legendary bloodrune cloak which will help you settle more comfortably into your new "skin". These cloaks, which also work with previous legendary bloodrunes in a unique and wonderful way, can be found if you dare to dig amongst the rubble of the Underground Temple.
Duskruin Dig will run from Friday, February 16 at 9:00 PM through February 25 at 11:59 PM. See you there!
~ Haliste ~ SGM, Events Auntie H, Forever
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 8556
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 2/12/2018
Subject: Who's ready for the Dig?
There are no pendants at the dig or in the sewers. Those are an arena drop. Last year, over 100 pendents were found with only ~20% used, so there are a lot out there. They can be sold for a lot of bloodscrip though, but I didn't see many being sold.
The dig is the only thing that has a feeder, so that's where GM-created drops are. Moonshards, pendants, and bloodrunes are hard coded into the other systems, but we put moonshards into the feeders. We also only put the legendary bloodrune in the dig. Random treasure drops are in the sewers. The dig does not have that either.
Both pieces of the event cater to different players. Bloodscrip is the main appeal in the sewers. Digging will have GM created items. There is no combat this run.
Wyrom, PM
Topic: Duskruin Arena
Message #: 8709
Author: SIMU-WYROM
Date: 2/18/2018
Subject: Common, Uncommon, and Rare Feeders
What is commonly called the T2, T3, and T4 feeders, are what we call the incidental loot of an event. We have named them Common, Uncommon, and Rare. We also have T5 and T6 which on the GM side are unique and jackpot. Unique is a bit unclear because it doesn't mean the item is 100% unique, it means it moves the item out of the feeder, where Common, Uncommon, and rare duplicate the items inside. Copies are generally made in the Unique and Jackpot, though we try to offer some variations where we can. That all said, I am going to post the contents of the lower feeders to help everyone make better decisions on participating. We will do this at events that use this sort of feeder system moving forward. As an example, Delirium does NOT use the same system, where Ebon Gate does.
| Common Feeder | |
|---|---|
| a jagged white sunstone shard | Common moonshard |
| a black opal fragment | Common moonshard |
| a white dreamstone sliver | Common moonshard |
| a broken white opal sphere | Common moonshard |
| a twisting blue-green potion | Temporary enhancive charge (1800 seconds) |
| a blue feather-shaped charm | -100 encumbrance for 1800 seconds |
| Uncommon Feeder | |
| a cracked ur-barath stone | Uncommon moonshard |
| a thin platinum strip | Uncommon moonshard |
| a coarse grey moonstone shard | Uncommon moonshard |
| a blood red garnet chunk | Uncommon moonshard |
| an Adventurer's Guild voucher pack | 5 reassignment vouchers |
| an Elanthian Guilds voucher pack | 5 guild task trades |
| a stability contract | 1 login bridge |
| Rare Feeder | |
| a golden glimaerstone nugget | Very rare moonshard |
| a sharp golden topaz shard | Very rare moonshard |
| a lopsided moonstone sphere | Rare moonshard |
| a thin kakore strip | Very rare moonshard |
| a splintered fire agate shard | Rare moonshard |
| a broken fire opal chunk | Rare moonshard |
| a thin iron strip | Rare moonshard |
| an enruned gold ring | 100 use gold ring |
| a silvery blue potion | -100 encumbrance points for 5 days |
| a squat pale grey crystal bottle | 5 spellup pills |
| a blood-infused white crystal | Bloodrune crystal |
You can sell the majority of items in the feeders for bloodscrip, keep that in mind.
We won't give a list of all the T5s and T6. But how about some more teasers? For Platinum, I'll post over there in a little bit.
Unique Feeder
Feature changing masks
Large enhancives
Ice cream maker
Shimmer trinket certificates (for more charges)
Resistance armors
Special cloak clasps
Lapidary boxes
Pinata-creating boxes
Hair quirk mirrors
Forging slabs
Countless weapons
..and over 300 other items.
Jackpot Feeder
A magical boot of legend
Capsules loaded with SimuCoin Store items
An orc coin hand
Auction-quality ice cream maker
Alter wand
Wyrdling ring (an etched gold ring)
Weight reduction cloak
Skinning knife
Flaring katana
Shock lance (spear)
Watering can
Hedgehog
Recharging crystal
2x a day 425 periapt
...and over 100 other items.
Wyrom, PM