Special System Preview: Item Awakening

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Introducing: Item Awakening System!

After the defeat of Jadis Gearloose and the Cryostar, Arlorians have begun to prepare for the future. New enemies will one day appear, and Arlor will need never before seen strength to combat these foes. Based on similar concepts that powered the Cryostar and Ashral Heart, Nott Scholars began researching ways to tap into previously unknown powers inside of our weapons. That research led to the development of what is known as the Awakening Elixir, allowing weapons to be enhanced beyond their current capabilities. The stronger the weapon, the more potential these Scholars found lying dormant inside the weapon. After many unsuccessful attempts, the Nott Scholars have stabilized the Awakening Elixir, and can now imbibe weapons of Epic rarity and above with additional powers.



Here is how it works:

EDIT: You must be Level 46 or above to awaken weapons, but any level weapon that is Epic or above can be awakened.

Go to your inventory and select your weapon. At the bottom of your screen you will see a new option: AWAKEN!



Awakening weapons requires an Awakening Elixir. These are available for 5000 gold. If you don;t have any, tapping on the elixir will take you to the store.



You can see the possible enhancements in game:



Tap here for a full list of possible enhancements.

When weapons are Awakened, they will open up a number of slots.

• Epic Weapons have a max of 1 slots
• Legendary Weapons have a max of 2 slots
• Mythic Weapons have a max of 3 slots
• Arcane Weapons have a max of 4 slots

Here is a Legendary Weapon with both slots opened on the first roll:



It is important to note that these things can stack, so in the above example I move 9% faster with this weapon equipped.

If you don't like what you have rolled, you can try again until you are satisfied. There are two ways to re-roll:

• Awakening Gem (craftable from a new type of drop called incense fragments which drop from mobs around Arlor)
• Elite Awakening Gem (tradable kits purchasable for platinum)

All slots are remapped when you reroll. Both gems roll for any of the possible enhancements, the only difference between these two is the Elite Awakening Gem gives you better odds for rolling better things and opening up additional slots (if the item will support it).

Here is the same legendary weapon with a new roll:



Once Awakened, if you tap the (i) on a weapon it will show the enhancements:



Here is an example of an awakened Arcane weapon. In the initial roll it had 2 of its 4 slots opened:



A few more rerolls and both additional slots have unlocked:



You could theoretically continue to reroll on this item until it contained exactly what you wanted.

This system works in conjunction with socketed Jewels.

It will be out this week with the new Client. This weekend we will be running an event that increases the availability of Awakening Gems, more on that soon.

Questions and comments about the new system below, and thanks!

- g