Preview 5/15/2024 | Goblin and Elder Woods Sneaks!

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Thanks for the feedback! We'll have a much more detailed post on what to expect from the (entirely f2p) "Lost Expedition" content for Elder Woods next week.

In the meantime...

The Dueling Set would also look good as vanity.

All of the gear for Lost Expedition have stats, but I agree with you! I'll add vanity versions to the list of things we need to do. We probably won't have time to set up these 'vanity' versions before the content is released but we can do it in a future update.

Do the new 2 sets for elder wood are the spirit type equipment?

These pieces are 'Sets' and do not have any advancement features like the 'Spirit' stuff.

So we are getting 2 new sets of gear? Great I thought the feedback was clear, we are not happy of new items in such a short time like this.
Hope it’s not gonna be better stats then star beast but only useful for environment debuffs.

The Lost Expedition set is for Level 82 - 85 and is specifically designed to help new characters blaze through Elder Woods with a 3/3 that gives +25% XP and 15% Primary Stat. In Elder Woods (only) you gain +15% Armor, +15% Damage, and +20% Primary Stat (an additional +5%). There is also a 5/5 Lost Expedition set that raises the XP boost to 50% (grants an additional +25%), and raises the Primary Stat buff to 25% (via additional +5%). In the Elder Woods (only) the 5/5 gives you a lil bit of Crit Hit Damage boost ;-)

The 5/5 Lost Expedition set also unlocks Lost Expedition Weapons anti-toxin behaviors. There are 'Purifaction' and 'Arcazole' weapons that cleanse that specific toxin when you hit a target with a charged attack.

The meta cadence is a separate deal.

Do us a favor and don't make these gears better "Star Beast" Gears already...the meta now is changing every 2 months.

They're not. The lower-level stuff is useful for advancement and survival. The others are really about the lore...

One of the reasons the Lost Expedition got 'lost' in the first place is because of their beef with each other. They did a lot of dueling and they nerfed each other's ability to defend the expeditionary forces, the scholars and the corporate big-wigs that ventured to Elder Woods in search of new powerful jewels. The dueling set allows you to enter a special dueling area that's really just there for fun, with a little spin on PvP.

A secret area of the Elder Woods 'caverns' is crammed with flesh-melting poison. You could go there with your OP Star Beast stuff but you'll be a puddle in a few seconds. Wear the Impermeable Armor and Impermeable Helmet to survive, defeat "Dead Estus," and farm stuff you'll need for those aforementioned jewels.

+1 to the idea of ​​obtaining these new items through quests

The Lost Expedition set comes from a chest that is locked with a special type of key. Keys only come from quests (right now - though they could be sold in the Vendor for tokens at some point).

The Dueling and Impermeable sets are crafted. Knowledge of these crafts is hidden by veterans of the Expedition. Namely a disgruntled drunk named Dahl who's struggling with his failures as a 'guardian' and the loss of his true love Larysa. He won't talk to you unless you do something to snap him out of his stupor.

Are we finally getting a dueling PvP zone??

We have a dueling PvP zone already but this one is new and it'll be different insofar as you'll need to be wearing this Dueling Set to enter (which requires Level 86).