The Midsummer celebration is upon us!
Midsummer's Spirit of War event will run from July 30th, until Tuesday, August 24th, 2021.
Midsummer Event[]
Find and speak with the following NPCs to participate:
- Guy in Albion's strength relic town (Catterick Hamlet)
- Garmr in Midgard's strength relic town (Godrborg)
- Salle in Hibernia's strength relic town (Criar Treflan)
The event is made up of 2 stages:
- During Stage 1 of the event, level 50 characters will be offered the [Midsummer] Dragon Eggs quest from Guy, Garmr, or Salle.
- Each completion of this quest grants 1,000 realm points!
- The first realm to complete 150 of the [Midsummer] Dragon Eggs quests wins the first stage!
- When one realm wins, the other 2 realms' progress is not lost and they can pick up where they left off after stage 2 is complete and the event has reset.
- After a realm wins, no realms will be able to turn in the [Midsummer] Dragon Eggs quest again until the next stage is completed and the event has reset.
- Players can speak with Guy, Garmr, or Salle in their relic towns to check the event's current [status].
When a realm completes Stage 1, Stage 2 begins.
- During Stage 2 of the event, level 50 characters will be offered the [Midsummer] Spirit of War quest from Guy, Garmr, or Salle. A Dark Dragon will spawn and CAPTURE one of the following enemy realm keeps:
- Albion is victorious: Nottmoor Faste, Blendrake Faste, Hlidskialf Faste, Dun Crimthainn, Dun Bolg, or Dun da Behnn
- Midgard is victorious: Caer Berkstead, Caer Erasleigh, Caer Sursbrooke, Dun Crimthainn, Dun Bolg, or Dun da Behnn
- Hibernia victorious: Caer Berkstead, Caer Erasleigh, Caer Sursbrooke, Nottmoor Faste, Blendrake Faste, or Hlidskialf Faste
- The captured keep is chosen randomly.
- However, a keep can only be captured if the winning realm does not already own it.
- Note: Siege towers are disabled for the duration of the event on ALL keeps.
- Dark Dragons repeatedly destroy the outer walls of any keep they are flying over.
- For the duration of this event, keep walls on all keeps will not provide realm points when repaired. Keep doors still provide realm points when repaired.
- Once a keep has been captured by the Dark Dragon, any realm can take it and defend it.
- Once a realm has taken the keep, the keep behaves as normal and the Dark Dragon will not ever re-capture it; however the outer keep walls will still be repeatedly destroyed as long as the Dark Dragon is alive.
- The Spirit of War will spawn to battle the Dark Dragon at the keep.
- Players that fight within the same zone that the Spirit of War is currently in will receive the "Spirit of War's Mark" - a 75% realm point buff that lasts 30 seconds and refreshes instantly so long as you remain in the same zone.
- This buff does not stack with or overwrite Buggane Draught buffs; however if that buff is currently active it will need to be dropped for the Spirit of War's Mark buff to affect the character.
- Players that fight within the same zone that the Spirit of War is currently in will receive the "Spirit of War's Mark" - a 75% realm point buff that lasts 30 seconds and refreshes instantly so long as you remain in the same zone.
- Once a Dark Dragon has spawned and captured a keep, the [Midsummer] Spirit of War quest will become available from Guy, Garmr, and Salle.
- This quest asks players to earn 25 enemy realm kills while they have the Spirit of War's Mark buff active.
- Players can also receive the quest by heading to the keep that the Spirit of War is flying above (8,000 units).
- To receive quest kill credit, players will need to fight in the same zone that the Spirit of War is currently in.
- Complete this quest to earn your realm's scaly companion and choose between the Midsummer's Triumphant Wrap or Midsummer Battlefield Potion!
- This quest asks players to earn 25 enemy realm kills while they have the Spirit of War's Mark buff active.
- After the Dark Dragon and Spirit of the War have battled over a keep for 45 minutes, the Spirit of War will summon Dragon Ballista siege weapons that can be used to kill the Dark Dragon.
- These Dragon Ballista will do negligible damage to everything except the Dark Dragon - but beware, the Dark Dragon doesn't like their attention!
- Killing the Dark Dragon will cause the inner keep to be destroyed and it's door to be opened!
- Once the Dark Dragon is killed, the Spirit of War will only remain so long as there is still a battle being waged at the keep.
- If, after roughly 3 and a half hours, the Dark Dragon has not been killed, it will retreat from the battlefield.
- Once the Dark Dragon has retreated, the Spirit of War will only remain so long as there is still a battle being waged at the keep.
- If the Dark Dragon retreats, the inner keep and its door are not destroyed.
- Once the Spirit of War leaves a keep, the event resets and the [Midsummer] Dragon Eggs quest can be obtained and completed again.
Let the siege battles begin!