Preview - Lunar New Year 2023: the Year of the Rabbit!

Get ready for a hare raising Lunar New Year adventure!
....it's the Year of the Rabbit!

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The Lunar New Year is upon us again, and there's only one way to celebrate in Arlor! New items, pets, and...stopping an evil goblin from ruining everyone's fun! This event runs for 2 weeks from 1/19 - 2/2 with a 3 day cooldown.

Backstory

The good people of Vardan Valley were all set to join the Lunar New Year festivities in Brackenridge when along came Kil'Joy the Goblin. Kil'Joy the Goblin, enemy of joy, a confirmed master of disguise, appeared to the villagers in the visage of a feeble old merchant driving an immense empty wagon. He drove is big rickety wagon to the center of town, interrupting the Mayor's 'Lunar New Year' address to the townsfolk (which is mostly about how to avoid injury on the long walk to Brackenridge).

Kil'Joy's illusory 'dying old man' begged the villagers to load their firecrackers and tiger pets and red envelopes onto his wagon. He too was heading for Brackenridge to celebrate the new year. But he was alone. Lonely and unwanted. Without family. Without a purpose - this joyful celebration would surely be his last.

"Let me take part in your joy. Fill my wagon that I may help you on your journey. Please? Let my life have purpose... one last time," he groveled with tears welling up in his ancient eyes.

"Fine," said the Mayor. "That's just fine. You know it is a very long road and a whole lot to carry."

The smitty nodded sternly and bellowed, "Aye! Surely this good and wise old man isn't going to steal from us."

"Yes!" the tavern maid sung in agreement. "It's been nearly a full year since we've had even the slightest whiff of trouble. Let's do it!"

And so they did! The villagers of Vardan Valley loaded their wares upon the old man's wagon. Every egg, every envelope, every painted mask, every shining Arcanite vanity and shoved it aboard the old man's wagon. "See ya at the Tavern," the old man cackled as he drove off. "Happy New Year... suckers!"

It didn't take that long for the people of Vardan Valley to realize that they had been scammed. So they sent their Sheriff to track down Kil'Joy (and get help from Arlorian heroes if necessary).

Getting Started

Talk to Sheriff Qian in Windmoore to learn more about the event. You'll be hunting Kil'Joy the Goblin to collect Red Envelopes that you can trade for this year's special items. Qian also has a daily quest that allows you to collect 10 Red Envelopes toward rewards.

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You'll need a Kil'joy Hunters' Elixir active to spawn the greedy goblin, so make sure to stock up before you head out on your search! Sherrif Qian will sell them to you from his shop.

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Once you're out in the world, keep an eye out of an unusual enemy about. Slay Kil'joy and collect his goodies before he disappears!

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Kil'Joy Drops

While Red Envelopes will get you Sheriff Qian's coveted rewards, Kil'joy also has other celebration worthy drops, including fireworks, vanities, pets, and a badge!

Higher level encounters will result in better drops. Here's the breakdown:

All Levels
- Kil'Joy Badge

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Level 1-19:

- Crackle Bomb Firecracker
- Magic Missile Firecracker
- Up to 3 Red Envelopes

Level 20-39:

All of the above plus:

- NEW Helm of Fortune Vanity (Bound)

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- NEW Kuai's Egg

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- Up to 5 Red Envelopes

Level 40-59:

All of the above, plus:

- Sparky Volcano Firecracker
- Locked Crate of the Jade Rabbit

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-NEW Level 81 Mythic Jade Rabbit Spirit Rings, which have a chance to proc +30% Spirit XP gain for 5 minutes.

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Level 60-69:

All of the above, plus:

- Mythic Mortar Firecracker
- Fortune Fountain Firecracker

Level 70-79:

All of the above, plus:

- Gold Star Mortar Firecracker
- Platinum Fountain Firecracker

Level 80+:

All of the above, plus:

- Shock Rocket Firecracker
- Fire Flurry Firecracker
- Thunderbolt Firecracker
- NEW Dragon's Breath Firecracker

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- NEW Sonic Shockwave Firecracker

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Token Vendor

+ NEW Year of the Rabbit Banner

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+ NEW Armor of Fortune (Bound)

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+ Kuai Pet (Not an Egg)

+ NEW Lunar New Year Badge

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+ NEW Recipe: Deluxe Bunny Bromegrass Aura (with adorable hopping baby bunnies all around you)

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+NEW Recipe: Deluxe Seal of Prosperity Aura (with a prosperous golden orb that drops coins and envelopes)

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+ NEW Recipe: Divine Cuniculture Ring, which allows you to combine the 3 new Mythic Spirit Rings to create an all powerful Arcane version with the possibility to proc +50% Spirit XP gain for 10 mins on damage.

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+ All Manner of Fireworks

Locked Crate Items

Crack open a Locked Crate of the Jade Rabbit for more event rewards, such as:

Pets:

+ NEW Arcane Lucia Pet Egg

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+ NEW Mythic Xiang's Egg

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Gear:

+ Level 81 Arcane Kraken Battle Armor, Weapons, and Accessories
+ Level 81 Mythic Gear

Vanities:

+ NEW Weapons of Fortune

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+ NEW Golden Rabbit Banner

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+ Tradable versions of the Armor and Helm of Fortune (pictured above)

Locked Crate Guaranteed Loot

Reach the Guaranteed Loot count and you will get:

One (1) piece of Level 81 Arcane equipment

Plus the "Year of the Rabbit" Badge:

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The non-class-specific locked crates (looted from Kil'Joy and found in the Store) share the same 'Guaranteed Loot' counter while Class-specific locked crates each have their own unique counters.

Store

Keep an eye on the store, too! There will be a limited number of Massive Crates of the Jade Rabbit available for platinum.

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You'll also find a limited supply of Class-Specific Jade Rabbit crates!

Plus, a couple of limited weekend sales! On 1/21-1/22 you'll find the Blooming Bromegrass Aura

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Then, come back on 1/28-1/29 for the Seal of Prosperity Aura!

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Both of which are needed to craft their deluxe counterparts:

Deluxe Bunny Bromegrass Aura

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Deluxe Seal of Prosperity Aura

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Enjoy the event! :D We can't wait to see the Arlorian skies lit up with festive fire!

So there is no arcane or heroic pet drop from kiljoy? and there is no heroic purchasable for tokens? Seems like you guys are just trying to milk us for our money with each event.

welp i was expecting to see an Aura with Yinyang but still i love that aura with hopping bunnies.

Kuai is heroic?

Lucia is in the loot table of the Kil’joy?

Thought there will be no new bunny pets because the game already has enough but this event still looks good. I still have Kil’Joy hunter elixir from last year. Will I be able to use it this time successfully?
Can’t wait for this. :)

hi, can you please add 2x plat offer before the limited weekend sales

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So what purpose does the firecracker serve? There's nothing to grind and farm to loot or buy with the tokens...damn..that's 4 weeks of afking including awakening. GG devs ;)

Nice lunar event thanks sts

Please remove badge from guaranteed loot as arcane items is what everyone is looking for doing guaranteed pulls.

So joy hunter elixir now has a platinum price tag attached to it? Previously it was sold for gold if I remember right. Well at least it lasts 1 hour.

New arcane ring looks good. Can we use any 3 mythic rings for crafting please?

cant wait for the event!! btw can you guys bring these furniture back? its been 2 years + l think and we cant loot them and they were bound if you guys can add them in vendor with tokens would be nice guild furniture and normal for house.


also new arc ring will have aura?


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Kuai pet AA gives 100% Dodge, my question is, is the AA supposed to make team "immune" of attacks like War heal Shield, and Mage Shield?
I ask this because tho the description is Very detailed, 100% Dodge is "useless", since some rogues can reach this and still get damage, which means there's a cap.
*useless in parentheses because of the% quantity not due Dodge itself.

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Nice! Looking forward to collecting all token vendor items

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Kuai pet AA gives 100% Dodge, my question is, is the AA supposed to make team "immune" of attacks like War heal Shield, and Mage Shield?
I ask this because tho the description is Very detailed, 100% Dodge is "useless", since some rogues can reach this and still get damage, which means there's a cap.
*useless in parentheses because of the% quantity not due Dodge itself.

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The 100% dodge is not as useful for max-level Rogues. However Wars and Sorcs (depending on build) can benefit significantly from that +100% dodge.

Bunny aura sooo cool!!! 🥹


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Originally Posted by intruders

Please remove badge from guaranteed loot as arcane items is what everyone is looking for doing guaranteed pulls.

So joy hunter elixir now has a platinum price tag attached to it? Previously it was sold for gold if I remember right. Well at least it lasts 1 hour.

New arcane ring looks good. Can we use any 3 mythic rings for crafting please?

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The badge is an addition to the guaranteed Level 81 Arcane equipment you get from reaching the Guaranteed Loot counter.

To craft the Arcane ring you need the three (3) specific rings listed above.

Best wishes!

I am dissapointed that there isn't an heroic at the store, after several years where we did have.

I know that rings with procs that buffs Spirit xp are a thing from this event, but looking at their proc's made me think: Will we get a rework/buffs on Spirit gear 76? Or ever get a 81 Spirit gear?


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What’s the use of the spirit proc if spirit weapons are garbage? Useless proc that dosent help with anything


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Now feel the high dodge 100% that other class say it is good and equivalent to shield of warior and mage lol.

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The badge is an addition to the guaranteed Level 81 Arcane equipment you get from reaching the Guaranteed Loot counter.

To craft the Arcane ring you need the three (3) specific rings listed above.

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Oh so the badge is an extra bonus to the guaranteed pull. That's cool thanks!

Cinco, I meant any 3 Jade Rabbit rings instead of one of each variation.

Given that infamous wrong class loot thing in hardcore I feel it is going to be a pain to get each type of those rings.

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What’s the use of the spirit proc if spirit weapons are garbage? Useless proc that dosent help with anything


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+1 buffs spirit weapon proc to make the new arc ring usefull that is same as arcane pearl of the deep that no one like to buy.

Will killjoy elixir also be available as s gold purchase directly from the store or only platinum?

Question,

What does a players dodge cap at (since you take damage even if ur dodge is over 100%)

Extremely disappointed about not being able to loot Lucia like in previous lunar events. Not even purchasable for tokens, everything locked behind crates now.

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Question,

What does a players dodge cap at (since you take damage even if ur dodge is over 100%)

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I am pretty sure it is 70%

Add heroic pet to token vendor like other years ^^^^
Both regular and hard-core benefits from this.....

Really hope this event wasn't apart of the community letter 2023 goal, pets are not useful, auras are basic, pets are recolors, the pet with a cooldown is useless because it triggers randomly and in the 7 seconds its on a cooldown is 7 seconds you could kill the boss without a buff, the ring is a rendtail design with the profiteer ring stats, no one uses spirit weapons these days because its not possible to be more efficient with them than mythic weapons.
70% dodge is the dodge cap so 100% dodge really won't help a lot since even as a rog my self who has above 100 dodge I still get hit pretty often by pve mobs. People will use a damage reduction buff instead.

No more elixir for gold and no heroic pet? At least remove the badge drop from the gold elixir and keep it for plat elixir if that's why it's only plat now

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Pros:
-Overall Vanity designs are on point (tho the eye on helm creeps me out).
-New craftable arcanes ring (great addition! And the right choice making materials only lootable stuff from event nothing lock restricted only).
-Badge on token Vendor.

Cons:
-No incentive to farm higher lvl content.
-Lootable rabbit set bound (completely unnecessary should be tradeable and remove tradeable version from locks).
-Arc ring is basically an upgraded profiteer ring (try changing stats, leave Occupy Windmoore event's rings as a "survivability" option, could add crit dmg% instead).
-No Heroic/Arcanes lootable pet.
-Kiljoy lix available for platinum only (unnecessary).

Questions/Suggestions:
-Do Rings only give Spirit XP when they proc? If i remember correctly previous rings gave other Buff as well not sure if it was XP, dmg or a mix of both.
-Is the arc ring proc time correct (10minutes)?
-Is the Badge from Vendor tradeable?
-Is kiljoy lix really only available through plat or is it a typo? If not a typo what made u take this decission?
-Is kuai's passive ability description complete? It doesnt say how many enemies hit.
-Change kuai's passive into a shorter luck/gl buff while removing the cd.
-Add rabbit weapons to high lvl content.
-Add rabbit Badge to high lvl content.
-Add an aura to high lvl content.
-Add an arc/hero egg to high lvl content.
-Would be a nice touch if the arc ring icon was changed into a rabbit face ring instead of recycling rendtail ring icon.

Hopefully crafting event themed gear keeps on for future events.
Lovecraft: arc amulet: 35% to charm enemies that hit the player or get hit by the player, charmed enemies get 100%dmg Buff (charm lasts 5 sec, dmg buff lasts 3sec, charm up to 10 enemies then enter on cd (20sec).
Easter: "bane" item (gives bonus by keeping in inventory) mythic Easter egg gives 1%luck per enemy killed during the Dungeon. Arc Easter egg gives 2%luck + 1%gl per enemy killed during Dungeon.
Etc, etc, etc.

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Disappointed..
1. Change that arc ring stats and icon, this is literally rendtail ring with prof ring stats, cant u make something new??
2. Change kiljoy elixir to be purchasable with gold, stop being hungry aint gonna pay for an elixir.(u can exclude some drops)
3. I hate everything about the new pets, not even a good design, basically a recolor, also no heroics.. Why?
Also the auras.. Its decent i like the rabbit one tho
Hope u do some changes so we can enjoy this event like we used to do.

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The only thing I would like for events like this is that you please!! fix or do something about the fact that many times some people open fireworks and the game gets super slow. Please, that's the only thing I'd like to see corrected. Because it's annoying that you're normal in one place and everything slows you down.

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Disappointed..
1. Change that arc ring stats and icon, this is literally rendtail ring with prof ring stats, cant u make something new??
2. Change kiljoy elixir to be purchasable with gold, stop being hungry aint gonna pay for an elixir.(u can exclude some drops)
3. I hate everything about the new pets, not even a good design, basically a recolor, also no heroics.. Why?
Also the auras.. Its decent i like the rabbit one tho
Hope u do some changes so we can enjoy this event like we used to do.

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+1

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Did I understand correct. The ring proc lasts 10 minutes?


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The badge is an addition to the guaranteed Level 81 Arcane equipment you get from reaching the Guaranteed Loot counter.

To craft the Arcane ring you need the three (3) specific rings listed above.

Best wishes!

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wow so you mean there's 2 guaranteed loot which is badge + lvl 81 arc equipments?

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So there is no arcane or heroic pet drop from kiljoy? and there is no heroic purchasable for tokens? Seems like you guys are just trying to milk us for our money with each event.

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+1 Nothing changed

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What’s the use of the spirit proc if spirit weapons are garbage? Useless proc that dosent help with anything


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+1 true


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Originally Posted by snakeeyes

+1 buffs spirit weapon proc to make the new arc ring usefull that is same as arcane pearl of the deep that no one like to buy.

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Agree.
Since they are hard to leveling with they lack stats, they proc must be near arcane not below mhytic weapon.
Please STS make that happen.
Aaaaaand spirit class item it's behind arcane item on list on auc selector.
STS please...

Became boring , same as usual , event , vanity , egg , aura , badge zzz

Add unlocked..

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