Preview - The Elite Zodias Campaign! New AP's! New Rewards!

[Cinco]

The time has come, Legends. You've prepared. You've geared up. You've honed your skills. Now--the Elite maps of the Zodias region are here to challenge you anew.

Elite maps will go live at the start of season 25, Friday 4/1 at 10:00 am CDT. (Not our usual new content launch day of Thursday at 1:30pm!)

Highlights:
+ Earn more Zodias faction points per kill.
+ 9 New Achievements!
+ Rare mini-bosses.
+ Timed LB's.
+ New vanities to collect!

New Maps and Mini-Bosses

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Visit the new Elite Zodias maps by selecting the Elite button on your World Map and entering the Zodias zone. Some bosses, will look familiar, but keep your eyes peeled for 4 new rare mini-bosses: Rigel the Blue Starfish, Midas the Gold Skeleton, Enki the giant red-breasted Merman, and Kroton the Cyber Merman!

Faction Points and Achievements

Your hard work will not go unrewarded. Each kill in an Elite Zodias zone will grant you 20% more Zodias faction points.

In addition, there are 9 new achievements to collect for defeating Elite bosses, enemies, and the new rare mini-bosses!

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+ Zealous Zodias Zealot - Defeat 1,000 Boss Enemies in the Elite Zodias Zones - Grants 150 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Armor
+ Ekenta Enslaver - Kill Elite Ekenta 1,000 times - Grants 200 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Core
+ Mecharydon Massacre - Kill Elite Mecharydon 1,000 times - Grants 200 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Structure
+ Rhabkor Ravager - Kill Elite Rhabkor 1,000 times - Grants 200 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon
+ Pale Blue Dot - Kill the ultra-rare Blue Starfish mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Assimilate! - Kill the ultra-rare Cyborg Merman mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Golden Touch - Kill the ultra-rare Captain Golden Bones mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Finding Ariel - Kill the ultra-rare red merman mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Zinger Zodias Zapper - Defeat 10,000 Enemies in the Elite Zodias Zones - Grants 100 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Helmet

New Vanity Recipes and Components

The recipes for the new Arcane Waves vanity armor and helm are earned by completing the Zealous Zodias Zealot (1,000 Bosses) and Zinger Zodias Zapper (10,000 Enemies) achievements.

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You'll collect the recipes for the matching Arcane Waves weapons for earning the Elite Rahabkor AP.

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Crafting components for these are earned with the Elite Ekenta and Elite Mecharydon AP's. To complete them, you'll need:

+ Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon
+ Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Core
+ Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Structure
+ 100,000 Gold

Leaderboards

There are three 'speed run' leaderboards to compete for this Elite season!

Monthly Speed Run Leaderboards

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Elite Ekenta, Elite Mecharydon and Elite Rahabkor and award badges that you can wear for the duration of Season 25!

Other Changes Worth Mentioning



The difficulty of Elite Zodias is slightly higher than that of current 'standard' Zodias maps.
Difficulty of 'normal' Zodias maps will be reduced (to stats approximate to the campaign's original release) when Elite Zodias goes live.
Gold loot from normal and Elite Zodias maps will be significantly higher than other campaigns in Arlor.
The gold loot in the Deep Marsh will be significantly reduced to fit how easy it has become in today's Arlor.
A "Locked Zodias Crate" can be looted from Elite Zodias bosses.
The "Massive Locked Zodias Crate" can be looted from Elite Ekenta, Elite Mecharydon and Elite Rahabkor.
Locked Zodias Crates contains Mythic Level 81 Equipment, Zodias Faction, Arcanite and Mythic Pet Eggs, Gold, Platinum, Elixirs, and standard equipment.
Chance for equipment loot from Elite Bosses is comparatively higher than the drop rates in the 'normal' Zodias campaign.
Elite Zodias bosses have a chance to drop Fathoms currency for use at the Zodias vendor.


Good luck Legends! We'll see you online on Friday 4/1 at 10:00 am CDT for the launch of the new Elites!!

[Uereazagr]

No exclusive drops from elite bosses?;-;

[Uereazagr]

And what’s the zodias hauntlet btw

[thegamewinner]

Thank you STS


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[PatD]

Was waiting for that!! look fun!!! thank you :D

[Mitsooos]

Please let players play elite zodias only after achieving some zodias rank on normal map, otherwise all will entering play elite only ,and nobody will entering on normal maps.

[BaronB]

Alot of fun new APs to go for!


Tho I've got to say... those new speed runner badges are a bit questionable tho?

esp the Ekenta one... why is it a potato face >.>


Any chance we can do something about that please ??? T.T


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[TheTranquil]

So when is easter?

[Oawaoebi]

I hate it already :)

[Abdu ._.]

So when is egg hunt event? ;)


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[Cinco]

So when is easter?

Easter Sunday 2022 falls on April the 17th.

The Arlorian Egg Hunt (starring Bun-Bun the eternally un-killable) is scheduled to begin on April 14th and run for two (2) weeks.

[Kystone]

Bro what are these badges ☹️

[Synergia]

Easter Sunday 2022 falls on April the 17th.

The Arlorian Egg Hunt (starring Bun-Bun the eternally un-killable) is scheduled to begin on April 14th and run for two (2) weeks.

can update roadmap? everybody were expecting it to start tomorrow

[Abdu ._.]

can update roadmap? everybody were expecting it to start tomorrow

Yea exactly xd


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[floudaflou]

love u @Cinco
very good human

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[Fearrr]

Easter Sunday 2022 falls on April the 17th.

The Arlorian Egg Hunt (starring Bun-Bun the eternally un-killable) is scheduled to begin on April 14th and run for two (2) weeks.
"Starring Bun-Bun the eternally un-killable" Lol funny but you didn't have to do me like that Sheesh 😔😭

@Cinco Everything looks good for the most part. But serious question? Wouldn't this have been the time to Release the Spirit of The Deep Set? I thought New Gear was supposed to come with this Update? Is there anything at all you can tell us about what is going to happen with this Set? It's okay if it's not going to happen but at least let us know so we can stop asking about it.

[laluna]

Drop gold in map?

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[Immortal_Blood]

Each kill in an Elite Zodias zone will grant you 20% more Zodias faction points.

thats so dope

[Statsonly]

Easter Sunday 2022 falls on April the 17th.

The Arlorian Egg Hunt (starring Bun-Bun the eternally un-killable) is scheduled to begin on April 14th and run for two (2) weeks.

Lol "un-killable" it was fun to kill bun bun

[asommers]

Roadmap has been updated.

-ALS

[Immortal_Blood]

cinco once said

"My only other note about the Arcanes is on their visual design (which I am not going to share). I informed the team that these items will most certainly be made available as vanity items so they need to have a cohesive visual design and potentially integrated to other armor / helmet combos."

heheh

[Immortal_Blood]

the "vanities" look so good btw...

[flashio]

More 1k and 10k kills aps, boring.

Was expecting aps like pantless hydra or lichly consternation.

[Champist]

no single boss aps?

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[Ploid]

@Cinco The gauntlet champion badges should be re-designed.

They are too similar to overall lb, and it will degrade the best lb in the game.

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[Player AL]

New arcane weapons when???
Mythic rogue's weapons are trash

[sixzy]

happy april fools day!

[flashio]

Any further details on how this gauntlet zodias thing works?

[Saint_remember]

The time has come, Legends. You've prepared. You've geared up. You've honed your skills. Now--the Elite maps of the Zodias region are here to challenge you anew.

Elite maps will go live at the start of season 25, Friday 4/1 at 7:00 pm CT. (Not our usual new content launch day of Thursday at 1:30pm!)

Highlights:
+ Earn more Zodias faction points per kill.
+ 9 New Achievements!
+ Rare mini-bosses.
+ Timed LB's.
+ New vanities to collect!

New Maps and Mini-Bosses

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Visit the new Elite Zodias maps by selecting the Elite button on your World Map and entering the Zodias zone. Some bosses, will look familiar, but keep your eyes peeled for 4 new rare mini-bosses: Rigel the Blue Starfish, Midas the Gold Skeleton, Enki the giant red-breasted Merman, and Kroton the Cyber Merman!

Faction Points and Achievements

Your hard work will not go unrewarded. Each kill in an Elite Zodias zone will grant you 20% more Zodias faction points.

In addition, there are 9 new achievements to collect for defeating Elite bosses, enemies, and the new rare mini-bosses!

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+ Zealous Zodias Zealot - Defeat 1,000 Boss Enemies in the Elite Zodias Zones - Grants 150 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Armor
+ Ekenta Enslaver - Kill Elite Ekenta 1,000 times - Grants 200 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Core
+ Mecharydon Massacre - Kill Elite Mecharydon 1,000 times - Grants 200 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Structure
+ Rhabkor Ravager - Kill Elite Rhabkor 1,000 times - Grants 200 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon
+ Pale Blue Dot - Kill the ultra-rare Blue Starfish mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Assimilate! - Kill the ultra-rare Cyborg Merman mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Golden Touch - Kill the ultra-rare Captain Golden Bones mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Finding Ariel - Kill the ultra-rare red merman mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Zinger Zodias Zapper - Defeat 10,000 Enemies in the Elite Zodias Zones - Grants 100 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Helmet

New Vanity Recipes and Components

The recipes for the new Arcane Waves vanity armor and helm are earned by completing the Zealous Zodias Zealot (1,000 Bosses) and Zinger Zodias Zapper (10,000 Enemies) achievements.

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You'll collect the recipes for the matching Arcane Waves weapons for earning the Elite Rahabkor AP.

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Crafting components for these are earned with the Elite Ekenta and Elite Mecharydon AP's. To complete them, you'll need:

+ Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon
+ Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Core
+ Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Structure
+ 100,000 Gold

Leaderboards

There are three 'speed run' leaderboards to compete for this Elite season!

Monthly Speed Run Leaderboards

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Elite Ekenta, Elite Mecharydon and Elite Rahabkor and award badges that you can wear for the duration of Season 25!

Other Changes Worth Mentioning



The difficulty of Elite Zodias is slightly higher than that of current 'standard' Zodias maps.
Difficulty of 'normal' Zodias maps will be reduced (to stats approximate to the campaign's original release) when Elite Zodias goes live.
Gold loot from normal and Elite Zodias maps will be significantly higher than other campaigns in Arlor.
The gold loot in the Deep Marsh will be significantly reduced to fit how easy it has become in today's Arlor.
A "Locked Zodias Crate" can be looted from Elite Zodias bosses.
The "Massive Locked Zodias Crate" can be looted from Elite Ekenta, Elite Mecharydon and Elite Rahabkor.
Locked Zodias Crates contains Mythic Level 81 Equipment, Zodias Faction, Arcanite and Mythic Pet Eggs, Gold, Platinum, Elixirs, and standard equipment.
Chance for equipment loot from Elite Bosses is comparatively higher than the drop rates in the 'normal' Zodias campaign.
Elite Zodias bosses have a chance to drop Fathoms currency for use at the Zodias vendor.


Good luck Legends! We'll see you online on Friday 4/1 at 7:00pm CT for the launch of the new Elites!!why deep marsh nerf,
many people are lazy to kill mob,
you say it's easy wtf

[Cinco]

@Cinco The gauntlet champion badges should be re-designed.

They are too similar to overall lb, and it will degrade the best lb in the game.

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Indeed. These are not in the game. I’ll delete the image.


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[Cinco]

Any further details on how this gauntlet zodias thing works?

It doesn’t exist. I’ll remove that image. Shouldn’t be there. Thanks!


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[Cinco]

no single boss aps?

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There are single boss AP's - I'll update the post with the info. Thanks!

[Shivang Bhatt]

They will Farm deaths only i guess

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[|Ares|]

Cinco, can you at least let us skip the animation and the "resets" process for the bosses? For example if people in party proc weapons on the bosses but those still don't die even when dropped to 0% health -> reset to have their "stage" of killing process.
It will genuinely take so much time to just wait those through..

[Holyshox]

R.I.P DM.

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[Yoloswagx]

can u buff rogues wep? what I rlly can foresee here is there will on b pt filled with warrior n mages because rogues will die instantly trying to proc their dagger.

If theres a right time to buff the dagger, it is actually now

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[Susanne]

Rogues don't stand a chance. You already know my feelings about weapons so I'll just be a spectator or go back to helping new players and first on my list will be don't make rogue character.
Makes a change from showing them how to get a trade permit.
Good luck all.🍀

[snakeeyes]

so that is the design of a new lvl 81 arcane gears?

[Marosok]

Thanks for APS, something to do in AL.
- Arcane waves vanities, wonder if this is the look of upcoming arcane set+weapons.
- Rigel blue starfish, make it a pet, and as a reward for completing entire Zodias set of APS?
- Would be nice to have spirit of deep weapons in game, new proc to play with.

[The Untamed]

Rest in Peace to all the Rogues
[emoji195]


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[Cinco]

can u buff rogues wep? what I rlly can foresee here is there will on b pt filled with warrior n mages because rogues will die instantly trying to proc their dagger.

If theres a right time to buff the dagger, it is actually now

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Yep. A nice buff to Marianos is being tested today (and will be out with the Elite Zodias stuff).

We're also working on improving Pisces - and hopefully it'll be ready for Friday too ;-)

[Ploid]

Yep. A nice buff to Marianos is being tested today (and will be out with the Elite Zodias stuff).

We're also working on improving Pisces - and hopefully it'll be ready for Friday too ;-)Does it make any difference if Warriors can still kill bosses faster than Rogs?

I personally don't see a reason as to why Warriors were given 2 weapons designed to kill bosses when that's Rog's specialty.

Again. A line needs to be drawn separating classes from one another to make them more reliant on each other.

Mages are supposed to be AoE damage dealers to clean mobs. Aquaris proc does this nicely, so what's the point of giving it Health and Armor Proc?

Warrior's role is to do MEDIUM damage and highly tanky, and someone who can aggro the mobs allowing Mages to clear.

Rog are supposed to be either a marksmen with Bow, or an Assassin with Daggers. Boss killers, and bursting mobs (hence polaris proc made more sense on them to me)

It's time we made every class rely on each other and make maps requiring all of them to play a defined roles so each class can shine in their respective manner.

EVG is a good example for warrior now, they aggro the mobs so Mages can clear the mobs, and Rogs can kill the boss. See? This is a perfect example on how classes should be.

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[snakeeyes]

Yep. A nice buff to Marianos is being tested today (and will be out with the Elite Zodias stuff).

We're also working on improving Pisces - and hopefully it'll be ready for Friday too ;-)

thanks cinco for this in fact many rogues have switched to another class.

[memphis]

How about buffing rogues though? Lb will be only mage amd wars again, also farming deaths will be the only thing for rogues in those elite maps

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[Synergia]

Every class should have 2 kind of weapons - one for mobs and one for bosses.
Now when I am playing as a war against mobs I feel weak, no matter what weapon I use (best one is dozer axe, but still kinda weak against 71-81 mobs)
but against bosses I feel op.

if you ask me, the game doesnt realy needs a war, maby weaken their HP a little and add little damage buff.
I havent realy seen a mage / rog needing a tank except from EVG (while mages can survive even better than wars many on this map anyway)

[Uereazagr]

Yep. A nice buff to Marianos is being tested today (and will be out with the Elite Zodias stuff).

We're also working on improving Pisces - and hopefully it'll be ready for Friday too ;-)

Rogue legends will always be rogue legends xD. Talking seriously though, why did y’all let slide war having no mythic weapon to clear?Im seriously going to use tb while running

[Titanium]

I think the vanities are not rewarding. They are re-colored.

Please consider a change when it comes go the vanities rewarded running 1000s of elite maps

[Xuds]

Every class should have 2 kind of weapons - one for mobs and one for bosses.
Now when I am playing as a war against mobs I feel weak, no matter what weapon I use (best one is dozer axe, but still kinda weak against 71-81 mobs)
but against bosses I feel op.

if you ask me, the game doesnt realy needs a war, maby weaken their HP a little and add little damage buff.
I havent realy seen a mage / rog needing a tank except from EVG (while mages can survive even better than wars many on this map anyway)I think each class should have one for both but i don't think wars should be clearing as fast/faster/ or as close as mages do

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[moko12lotf]

Hello cinco

Why is the new Elite Map coming in one day and two hours?
Please bring new elite maps after the season
I'm very worried coming out of LB Top Players

[emoji173][emoji120]

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[PeterB]

Is the mystery event for zodian gauntlet??????

[Xuds]

Is the mystery event for zodian gauntlet??????That makes sense maybe they did an oopsie by showing the badges early

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[Redjellydonut]

Alot of fun new APs to go for!


Tho I've got to say... those new speed runner badges are a bit questionable tho?

esp the Ekenta one... why is it a potato face >.>


Any chance we can do something about that please ??? T.T


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Looks fine to me. That boss has had a potato face since the start [emoji1787]


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[marblealaena]

Got the art team rethinking there careers[emoji15]

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[Fearrr]

It's nice to see the Mythic Rogue Weapons being buffed it has been needed and I'm all for it. But regarding War Mythic Weapons...Ya there should of been 1 for Boss and 1 for Mobs but at this point leave it alone. Because now Wars who Main Polaris only will have to find Nepataris 8%-10% Str in less then 2 days for Boss fights now. And how many of those are available atm plus the price will almost Double/Triple for them...Excuse my language but F all of that! I'm sure there is reason STS made them 2 Boss Killing Weapons. I'm sure 81 Spirit and or Arcane will address this.

So a fast temporary solution before Elite Zodias Maps are out. Slightly buff Skull Axe Damage in 81 Content. When we finally get the new Spirit and or Arc to address mob killing rescale it back down to the current damage.

[The Untamed]

Got the art team rethinking there careers[emoji15]

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Emotional damage[emoji23]


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[chiiwawa]

Elites look great but to many Loincloths on vanities.

[Yoloswagx]

Yep. A nice buff to Marianos is being tested today (and will be out with the Elite Zodias stuff).

We're also working on improving Pisces - and hopefully it'll be ready for Friday too ;-)TYSM sts [emoji24]Ive been waiting for this for so long, I rlly appreciate this

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[Nocturnus]

Hello cinco

Why is the new Elite Map coming in one day and two hours?
Please bring new elite maps after the season
I'm very worried coming out of LB Top Players

[emoji173][emoji120]

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Yes lol Why these aps at the last minute of the session? Few could add aps and take advantage of the rest in Lb

[Senpaikazu24]

For rich man event
Sad reality...

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[michael tallada]

I do really loves your events this days but last night i got banned without any warns

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[aikl]

Yep. A nice buff to Marianos is being tested today (and will be out with the Elite Zodias stuff).

We're also working on improving Pisces - and hopefully it'll be ready for Friday too ;-)

thanks Cinco. Looking forward to this. Hopefully rogues will be useful again and get invited in elite pts.

[Holyshox]

@Cinco, I'll briefly describe my concern and then come to my question. I have a quick question regarding the last 6 months :)
I noticed that since the expansion release all the patches have the main focus on pve, even the myth gear. The only exception is the Staff of the Mage.
Question: When will we get new pvp content?

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[Oawaoebi]

Wengot zodias Ring. Should add aps towards capturing zones and maybe add honor pvp kdr.


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[Jiubara]

@cinco Any chance u tell us where "ultra rare mini bosses" are? Normal/Elite

[Marosok]

Is this wave animation from helmet inside of vanity weapons too? If so, could you please show a .gif picture? Must look cool.

[Camelot]

The time has come, Legends. You've prepared. You've geared up. You've honed your skills. Now--the Elite maps of the Zodias region are here to challenge you anew.

Elite maps will go live at the start of season 25, Friday 4/1 at 7:00 pm CT. (Not our usual new content launch day of Thursday at 1:30pm!)

Highlights:
+ Earn more Zodias faction points per kill.
+ 9 New Achievements!
+ Rare mini-bosses.
+ Timed LB's.
+ New vanities to collect!

New Maps and Mini-Bosses

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Visit the new Elite Zodias maps by selecting the Elite button on your World Map and entering the Zodias zone. Some bosses, will look familiar, but keep your eyes peeled for 4 new rare mini-bosses: Rigel the Blue Starfish, Midas the Gold Skeleton, Enki the giant red-breasted Merman, and Kroton the Cyber Merman!

Faction Points and Achievements

Your hard work will not go unrewarded. Each kill in an Elite Zodias zone will grant you 20% more Zodias faction points.

In addition, there are 9 new achievements to collect for defeating Elite bosses, enemies, and the new rare mini-bosses!

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+ Zealous Zodias Zealot - Defeat 1,000 Boss Enemies in the Elite Zodias Zones - Grants 150 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Armor
+ Ekenta Enslaver - Kill Elite Ekenta 1,000 times - Grants 200 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Core
+ Mecharydon Massacre - Kill Elite Mecharydon 1,000 times - Grants 200 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Structure
+ Rhabkor Ravager - Kill Elite Rhabkor 1,000 times - Grants 200 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon
+ Pale Blue Dot - Kill the ultra-rare Blue Starfish mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Assimilate! - Kill the ultra-rare Cyborg Merman mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Golden Touch - Kill the ultra-rare Captain Golden Bones mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Finding Ariel - Kill the ultra-rare red merman mini-boss - Grants 250 APs
+ Zinger Zodias Zapper - Defeat 10,000 Enemies in the Elite Zodias Zones - Grants 100 APs and Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Helmet

New Vanity Recipes and Components

The recipes for the new Arcane Waves vanity armor and helm are earned by completing the Zealous Zodias Zealot (1,000 Bosses) and Zinger Zodias Zapper (10,000 Enemies) achievements.

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You'll collect the recipes for the matching Arcane Waves weapons for earning the Elite Rahabkor AP.

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Crafting components for these are earned with the Elite Ekenta and Elite Mecharydon AP's. To complete them, you'll need:

+ Recipe: Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon
+ Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Core
+ Arcane Waves Vanity Weapon Structure
+ 100,000 Gold

Leaderboards

There are three 'speed run' leaderboards to compete for this Elite season!

Monthly Speed Run Leaderboards

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Elite Ekenta, Elite Mecharydon and Elite Rahabkor and award badges that you can wear for the duration of Season 25!

Other Changes Worth Mentioning



The difficulty of Elite Zodias is slightly higher than that of current 'standard' Zodias maps.
Difficulty of 'normal' Zodias maps will be reduced (to stats approximate to the campaign's original release) when Elite Zodias goes live.
Gold loot from normal and Elite Zodias maps will be significantly higher than other campaigns in Arlor.
The gold loot in the Deep Marsh will be significantly reduced to fit how easy it has become in today's Arlor.
A "Locked Zodias Crate" can be looted from Elite Zodias bosses.
The "Massive Locked Zodias Crate" can be looted from Elite Ekenta, Elite Mecharydon and Elite Rahabkor.
Locked Zodias Crates contains Mythic Level 81 Equipment, Zodias Faction, Arcanite and Mythic Pet Eggs, Gold, Platinum, Elixirs, and standard equipment.
Chance for equipment loot from Elite Bosses is comparatively higher than the drop rates in the 'normal' Zodias campaign.
Elite Zodias bosses have a chance to drop Fathoms currency for use at the Zodias vendor.


Good luck Legends! We'll see you online on Friday 4/1 at 7:00pm CT for the launch of the new Elites!!All seems fine but really it was necessarily to nerf dm? I hope the compensate will be good in zodias maps bcs gl gears will go on dumpster. Anyway i can't wait till friday i have lot of hope...

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[asommers]

Updated event start time to Friday 10am CDT.

-ALS

[Kaziscate]

Will we be able to loot Zaarus helm/armor from these bosses?

[flashio]

Is there any actual new loot from elite Zodias besides zodias locks?

[memphis]

Does it make any difference if Warriors can still kill bosses faster than Rogs?

I personally don't see a reason as to why Warriors were given 2 weapons designed to kill bosses when that's Rog's specialty.

Again. A line needs to be drawn separating classes from one another to make them more reliant on each other.

Mages are supposed to be AoE damage dealers to clean mobs. Aquaris proc does this nicely, so what's the point of giving it Health and Armor Proc?

Warrior's role is to do MEDIUM damage and highly tanky, and someone who can aggro the mobs allowing Mages to clear.

Rog are supposed to be either a marksmen with Bow, or an Assassin with Daggers. Boss killers, and bursting mobs (hence polaris proc made more sense on them to me)

It's time we made every class rely on each other and make maps requiring all of them to play a defined roles so each class can shine in their respective manner.

EVG is a good example for warrior now, they aggro the mobs so Mages can clear the mobs, and Rogs can kill the boss. See? This is a perfect example on how classes should be.

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thats not true in evg its 1 war 3 mages because mages do more aoe and more single target damage than rogues

[Trenton]

Will we be able to loot Zaarus helm/armor from these bosses?Reaaaaally hoping this is the case. Not sure I want to grind 1000 bosses for Zodias crates, all new mythic weapons and armor/helms should drop from different bosses

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[WillieMakeit]

Reaaaaally hoping this is the case. Not sure I want to grind 1000 bosses for Zodias crates, all new mythic weapons and armor/helms should drop from different bosses

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Little nephew, those were the farming days of yesteryear... today we no longer farm elite bosses for the best gear and weapons, No sir! we are all now under the mercy of the all powerful plat buyers who graciously open the locked crates for us and cunningly manipulate the market as to insure we give them every last piece of our shiny gold for the precious gears we seek.

[Uereazagr]

Reaaaaally hoping this is the case. Not sure I want to grind 1000 bosses for Zodias crates, all new mythic weapons and armor/helms should drop from different bosses

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That’s what I’ve been talking about since elites appeared on the roadmap

[Analytical]

Reaaaaally hoping this is the case. Not sure I want to grind 1000 bosses for Zodias crates, all new mythic weapons and armor/helms should drop from different bosses

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Sounds like a selfish request, if all mythics are available from elites, people don't need to open locks which will affect sts income.

You can however suggest them to rotate only one type or piece of mythic is lootable out of the 4 pieces. Since belt is already common enough, I would suggest to at least keep one piece out of the four mythic pieces (the mythic weapons) to be exclusively lootable from locks. For example, every 2 weeks, the elite will have a low chance to drop either one of this: mythic helm, mythic armor, in rotation.

[Yoloswagx]

Sounds like a selfish request, if all mythics are available from elites, people don't need to open locks which will affect sts income.

You can however suggest them to rotate only one type or piece of mythic is lootable out of the 4 pieces. Since belt is already common enough, I would suggest to at least keep one piece out of the four mythic pieces (the mythic weapons) to be exclusively lootable from locks. For example, every 2 weeks, the elite will have a low chance to drop either one of this: mythic helm, mythic armor, in rotation.i think better elites giving rares sea shells or somethinf or even dropping octosyn elixir and such, i wudnt mind farming for those elixir...ppl buy em for lb, lvling their character and etc

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[Trenton]

Sounds like a selfish request, if all mythics are available from elites, people don't need to open locks which will affect sts income.

You can however suggest them to rotate only one type or piece of mythic is lootable out of the 4 pieces. Since belt is already common enough, I would suggest to at least keep one piece out of the four mythic pieces (the mythic weapons) to be exclusively lootable from locks. For example, every 2 weeks, the elite will have a low chance to drop either one of this: mythic helm, mythic armor, in rotation.

I can however suggest them anything I please. My comment above was more of an opinion rather than a suggestion anyways, it was hardly enough information to be a true suggestion.

There are plenty of other items to be looted from crates, as well as a plethora of other uses for premium currency. The longer certain items are in the game, the easier they are to acquire. Each locked crate that releases introduces a new way of getting mythic items. The rollout of elites seemed a great time to introduce yet another way to start actually getting some more mythic items into the game. I'm not saying it should be easy to loot these items, they are indeed mythic. But the low drop rate also doesn't make locked crate openers stop opening for the mythic items, they just aren't valued as highly because there's more in the game.

So my suggestion, if taken as such, would still be to allow mythic items to be lootable from Elite bosses.

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[Analytical]

I can however suggest them anything I please. My comment above was more of an opinion rather than a suggestion anyways, it was hardly enough information to be a true suggestion.

There are plenty of other items to be looted from crates, as well as a plethora of other uses for premium currency. The longer certain items are in the game, the easier they are to acquire. Each locked crate that releases introduces a new way of getting mythic items. The rollout of elites seemed a great time to introduce yet another way to start actually getting some more mythic items into the game. I'm not saying it should be easy to loot these items, they are indeed mythic. But the low drop rate also doesn't make locked crate openers stop opening for the mythic items, they just aren't valued as highly because there's more in the game.

So my suggestion, if taken as such, would still be to allow mythic items to be lootable from Elite bosses.

Sent from my SM-A516U using TapatalkDespite sounding more thoughtful, the suggestion remains one sided and lacks perspectives from a plat player as well as developer side. I'm not claiming myself to be all knowing here nor that my suggestion is the best, but at the least at this point it addresses the issue from both side thoroughly. If of course anyone can come up with a better win-win suggestion, would be happy to open my ears to it too.

Now back to the reasoning of your suggestion, I'm gonna show why low drop rates doesn't reduce the supply of these mythics.

Almost all mythic, arcanes and heroics have low drop rates be it from locks or from event maps (arcanite events, eggsavier, windmore event etc). The key difference lies in the ones who are supplying these rare drops/loots.

For locks:
Even with only a handful of people opening locks, the supply of arcanes and mythic is enough to make price drop drastically every single time a new locks is released.

From maps:
Relative to the amount of people who open locks, there are far more people who are non payers and farm more often. This means ANYONE (both plat and non plat players, rich and poor players) can stand a chance to get the drop. So having low drop rates doesn't even matter at all when you have sufficient numbers to make up for it.

That's to say, in the case where rare loots are exclusively from locks even with low drop rates, the price still fall significantly enough to discentivize further openings, i.e. the rate at which locks becomes useless to open as opposed to just buying elite awakes or keys from store, I guess I don't have to dig too much as it's logical to see locks openers spend more platinum to hopefully get a good loot, a better plat to gold ratio.

So now assuming sts allow all types of mythic drops to be available from maps, the price will drop even more, which of course makes it more affordable for people to get themselves one, which not only makes it less worth while to run for non-plat players, it also makes it worse for plat players to open locks.

A simple obervational example is
When no new locks - price of arcanes, mythics and other rare stuff from locks is stable and relatively fix
When new locks is present - more openings, price of the rare and exclusive loots drop significantly.
(You can see this in 76 arcanes, 81 mythics)

Which is why it brings to one possible suggestion I could come up with, is to allow mythics drops but in rotation. And never all at once. So even in the worst case scenario where one piece out of the 4 mythic pieces drop in price, locks openers won't be discentivized enough to stop opening them and farmers too can be happy farming.

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[frommeyou]

pass to Bored

[Fearrr]

When is the Content Update Thread?

[Krish Sasukae]

@Cinco can you prepond the easter by 1 week early please from 7 th April

[thompedroo]

thankyouu, literally chnged my mind about selling this bow

[Loxed AL]

@Cinco can you prepond the easter by 1 week early please from 7 th AprilWould be perfect to be this week because none (except lb players) are farming elite zodias now, also dm is nerfed so there is no point in doing anything in this game right now.

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[Statsonly]

Sounds like a selfish request, if all mythics are available from elites, people don't need to open locks which will affect sts income.

You can however suggest them to rotate only one type or piece of mythic is lootable out of the 4 pieces. Since belt is already common enough, I would suggest to at least keep one piece out of the four mythic pieces (the mythic weapons) to be exclusively lootable from locks. For example, every 2 weeks, the elite will have a low chance to drop either one of this: mythic helm, mythic armor, in rotation.

+1. I remember waiting patiently for 5/5 mireguard, best farming days I've had

[Itzmemohsin]

Would be perfect to be this week because none (except lb players) are farming elite zodias now, also dm is nerfed so there is no point in doing anything in this game right now.

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[Haruskah]

hello sts, I and some friends who use Char Sorcerrer really hope that sts can give a little Buff to Weapon Mythic 81 (Aquaris Staff and Hyperos Gun), to be honest, the current use of Mage weapons is not as good as Warrior and Rogue's. Please be considered.

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[terapan]

hello sts, I and some friends who use Char Sorcerrer really hope that sts can give a little Buff to Weapon Mythic 81 (Aquaris Staff and Hyperos Gun), to be honest, the current use of Mage weapons is not as good as Warrior and Rogue's. Please be considered.

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What do you mean with "Sorcerrer weapon not as good as ather weapon"?
You never now how hard to proc Pisces dagger man, don't know how weak the marianos bow now man...

[Immortal_Blood]

would it make sense for the elite bosses to drop arcane 76 items?

[Immortal_Blood]

thanks Cinco. Looking forward to this. Hopefully rogues will be useful again and get invited in elite pts.

yeh lol. elite ekenta has 20m hp i swear

[Immortal_Blood]

Does it make any difference if Warriors can still kill bosses faster than Rogs?

I personally don't see a reason as to why Warriors were given 2 weapons designed to kill bosses when that's Rog's specialty.

Again. A line needs to be drawn separating classes from one another to make them more reliant on each other.

Mages are supposed to be AoE damage dealers to clean mobs. Aquaris proc does this nicely, so what's the point of giving it Health and Armor Proc?

Warrior's role is to do MEDIUM damage and highly tanky, and someone who can aggro the mobs allowing Mages to clear.

Rog are supposed to be either a marksmen with Bow, or an Assassin with Daggers. Boss killers, and bursting mobs (hence polaris proc made more sense on them to me)

It's time we made every class rely on each other and make maps requiring all of them to play a defined roles so each class can shine in their respective manner.

EVG is a good example for warrior now, they aggro the mobs so Mages can clear the mobs, and Rogs can kill the boss. See? This is a perfect example on how classes should be.

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the 81 warrior mythics had me stumped as well lol

[Immortal_Blood]

Got the art team rethinking there careers[emoji15]

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their* careers. lol had to sorry

[Immortal_Blood]

Sounds like a selfish request, if all mythics are available from elites, people don't need to open locks which will affect sts income.

You can however suggest them to rotate only one type or piece of mythic is lootable out of the 4 pieces. Since belt is already common enough, I would suggest to at least keep one piece out of the four mythic pieces (the mythic weapons) to be exclusively lootable from locks. For example, every 2 weeks, the elite will have a low chance to drop either one of this: mythic helm, mythic armor, in rotation.

u sparked an idea in me. which is....a loot day! yes like 2x nightmare raid loot. it shall be named mythic loot day hahahaha

[Immortal_Blood]

Despite sounding more thoughtful, the suggestion remains one sided and lacks perspectives from a plat player as well as developer side. I'm not claiming myself to be all knowing here nor that my suggestion is the best, but at the least at this point it addresses the issue from both side thoroughly. If of course anyone can come up with a better win-win suggestion, would be happy to open my ears to it too.

Now back to the reasoning of your suggestion, I'm gonna show why low drop rates doesn't reduce the supply of these mythics.

Almost all mythic, arcanes and heroics have low drop rates be it from locks or from event maps (arcanite events, eggsavier, windmore event etc). The key difference lies in the ones who are supplying these rare drops/loots.

For locks:
Even with only a handful of people opening locks, the supply of arcanes and mythic is enough to make price drop drastically every single time a new locks is released.

From maps:
Relative to the amount of people who open locks, there are far more people who are non payers and farm more often. This means ANYONE (both plat and non plat players, rich and poor players) can stand a chance to get the drop. So having low drop rates doesn't even matter at all when you have sufficient numbers to make up for it.

That's to say, in the case where rare loots are exclusively from locks even with low drop rates, the price still fall significantly enough to discentivize further openings, i.e. the rate at which locks becomes useless to open as opposed to just buying elite awakes or keys from store, I guess I don't have to dig too much as it's logical to see locks openers spend more platinum to hopefully get a good loot, a better plat to gold ratio.

So now assuming sts allow all types of mythic drops to be available from maps, the price will drop even more, which of course makes it more affordable for people to get themselves one, which not only makes it less worth while to run for non-plat players, it also makes it worse for plat players to open locks.

A simple obervational example is
When no new locks - price of arcanes, mythics and other rare stuff from locks is stable and relatively fix
When new locks is present - more openings, price of the rare and exclusive loots drop significantly.
(You can see this in 76 arcanes, 81 mythics)

Which is why it brings to one possible suggestion I could come up with, is to allow mythics drops but in rotation. And never all at once. So even in the worst case scenario where one piece out of the 4 mythic pieces drop in price, locks openers won't be discentivized enough to stop opening them and farmers too can be happy farming.

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i think d plan is for the zodians to get the mythics stolen by the elite bosses once the arcanes are here. idk why lol

[Statsonly]

A new artifact with a damage or hp buff would be nice. Its bes. 2 years and less than 30% of players have the 76 arcane artifact

[Jacob Lorenzo]

It’s been a lot of fun racing with other players to see who procs first in new elite context! Thanks! 👍🏽

[Péter Ferenczi]

@Cinco Can you guys fix the Arcane Wawes Vanity Helm for Wars? :) I wanna use it like the Poseidon crown. My problem is only the War's hair is not showed (if you wanna use hair whit the crown) like the poseidon crown or like the rogues-mages can chage hair when wearing the Wawes helm... Thats little improve can help this helm to be more unique. :)