Will you protect Rusk with your life?
The "Sworn Protectors of Rusk" are the Rusk family's personal guard. They are recruited when they are quite young, and from the poorest families in the neighboring villages. Each conscript is given a unique opportunity: Give your life to Rusk. When you perish your family will receive the Servant's Trove: a chest filled with gold, jewels, and magical items... a portion of wealth that will forever elevate the station of a conscript's family. If a conscript dies in combat protecting Rusk or a member of the Great Man's family then the conscript's family receives a tenfold gift of the Champion's Trove: a massive carriage made of gold, with golden wheels, pulled by twin Arcanite Stallions, filled with magical artifacts.
Sworn Protectors are trained by the wizened war-masters of Arlor and equipped with the finest armor...
What's New?
- This event no longer requires energy!
- In the event zone, keep an eye our for the new Dynamite and Nitro options to help speed you through the map.
- New Farmer's Elixir will give you additional Dynamite, Nitro and +15% points.
How to Play
Speak with Rylie Rusk in Windmoore to collect a daily quest and get started.
Enter the portal and begin the mission to escort Peylon to Kraag safely.
You'll run alongside Peylon's armored caravan and fend off waves of enemies along the road, culminating in a face-off against Tokras Fel himself.
Each time you enter the event zone Rusk Industries will give you a bundle of 'Rusk Dynamite,' and a flask of 'Rusk Nitro.' When used, they will drop at your location and effect a radius of 5m.
Use the Dynamite to instantly blow-up barriers that exist along the road. Use the Nitro to speed up the Rusk Weapon Wagon. But watch out! Nitro over-drives the Weapon Wagon engines and the heat makes the Wagon much more vulnerable to enemy attacks.
Look for the blue 'targeting area' to show where a bomb needs to be dropped to hit a barrier. If you drop it too far outside of the range you'll lose the bomb and the barrier will be untouched.
It's a race against time to slay the hoards before the caravan can't take anymore and is destroyed, Peylon along with it.
Points will be awarded after each wave, along with tokens each successful run!
Tokras Fel also has a chance to drop the Tokras Fel Badge!
Farmer's Elixir
Using the new Farmer's Elixir will compel Rusk Industries to give you extra Dynamite, Nitro, and award +15% bonus event points while active.
*Note: this elixir counts down everywhere.
Tokens & Vendor
Each successful run will earn players Rusk Coins which can be spent at the vendor in town for but a sampling of the Rusk treasure trove.
Crates
Purchase a Rusk Industries Crate 2024 (or its class-specific counterpart) for a chance to loot:
- NEW Level 86 Mythic Rusk Protectorate Artifact that grants: 125 Primary, 20% Armor, 40% Luck, and 40% Gold Loot
- Level 81 Arcane Gear
- Level 86 Mythic Star Beast Gear
- Star Beast Daggers, Shield and Staff weapons:
Star Beast Daggers Proc info:
Charged attacks summon the "
Supernova" buff aura (if not on cooldown)!
This aura surrounds you with cosmic energy and deals heavy damage to close-range targets. Afflicted enemies lose armor (75% in PvE, 50% in PvP) while in the grasp of the Supernova. The "Supernova" buff incurs a twelve (12) second cooldown.
Star Beast Staff Proc info:
Standard attacks apply the "
Dark Void" debuff (if not on cooldown)! This effect lasts for five (5) seconds and reduces target damage by 50% (25% in PvP).
Charged attacks apply the "
Dead Space" debuff to enemies (if not on cooldown)! This effect lasts for seven (7) seconds and reduces target armor by 75% (50% in PvP).
Subsequent standard and charged attacks do significantly more damage. Targets afflicted with "
Dead Space" will be pushed by standard attacks (charged attacks always push enemies that are not immune).
Star Beast Shield Proc info:
Standard attacks apply the "
Cosmic Corrosion" debuff (if not on cooldown)! This effect lasts for five (5) seconds and reduces target movement speed by 50% (25% in PvP).
Charged attacks create a "
Void Vortex" that pulls nearby enemies, stuns them (for up to 3.5 sec) and debuffs enemy armor by 50% (25% in PvP) if not on cooldown! This effect lasts for seven (7) seconds.
Subsequent standard attacks do significantly more damage to enemies afflicted by either debuff.
- ...and the other usual locked crate goodies!
600 pulls on the locked crates (or 300 pulls on the class-specific locked crates) will guarantee you an Arcane item and the "Rusk Emblem" Badge:
Purchase the Power Weapons Crate for a chance to loot low-level prototype weapons: relics of Peylon Rusk's early experiments with "Arc Dynamo" power!
- 1X Pull on mixed-level loot (for Levels 1, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60).
Vanity
- Sworn Protector's Weapons
- Rusk's Fortune Wisp (shown here with the Rusk Champion's Oath Aura)
Furnishings
- The Peylon Rusk Wagon and Tokras Fel monster images
Leaderboard
Climb the leaderboards for extra rewards to show-off your dedication to the Rusk family.
Top 50
+ Golden Rusk Banner
+ Golden Bone Rusk Wings
+ 10 Bound Awakening Gems
Top 25
+ Platinum Rusk Banner
+ Rusk Champion's Oath Wisp
+ 10 Bound Elite Awakening Gems
+ Gold Rusk Banner
+ Gold Bone Rusk Wings
Top 10
+ The "Protectors Symbol" Badge
+ <R.I. Bodyguard> Title
+ Sworn Protector Set
+ 50 Bound Elite Awakening Gems
+ Corrupted Jewel Kit
+ Platinum Rusk Banner
+ Rusk Champion's Oath Wisp
+ Golden Rusk Banner
+ Golden Bone Rusk Wings
Store
Visit the store for a limited number of Massive Rusk Industry Crates, which will give you 3 Pulls for the items above!
Visit the store this weekend, 4/13-4/14, to collect the Rusk Champions Oath Aura and the Arcanite Garlic pet:
And, again on the weekend of 4/20 - 4/21, to collect the Rusk Protector Aura:
Timing
This event runs from April 11th to April 25th!
Keep an eye out for the official feedback thread for feedback, drop your questions below... and good luck protecting the Rusk fortune as it ventures through this treacherous valley!Rusk's Fortune Wisp (shown here with the Rusk Champion's Oath Aura)
Rusk's Fortune Wisp (shown here with the Rusk Champion's Oath Aura)
The Tokras Fel monster image
Preview - Return to Last Valley! Protect the Rusk Weapon Wagon!
Originally Posted by asommers
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