Realm of the Mad God Exalt News

Hello, shiny Realmers,

In this update, we reshaped the Star Ranks, re-decorated the Nexus, and fixed a few bugs.
If you got curious and want to know more, here are the changes that affect the game:

[h2][h3]Star Ranks
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For those of you who have seen and tried the new Star Ranks, we would like you to know that we gathered your feedback and it's being taken into consideration. Yes, the Class quests are changing. As we mentioned before, we keep reviewing and adjusting the Fame values. Due to the new way of acquiring Fame, Star Ranks got to a point where they were much easier to acquire and thus much less representative of the player’s mastery of the different classes.
We want to change that. We want to make Star Ranks somewhat more aligned with your mastery over a class, and we decided to introduce some important variations to how Class Quests are unlocked:

• Now it is unlocked based on the Base Fame (the Fame you obtain while you are alive with a single character, without Fame Bonuses). This means you need to be alive and acquire a big enough amount of Fame (Bonuses not counted) on a single character to unlock the Class Quests stars.
  
• Also, we increased the costs and reviewed them with the current base fame growth rate we observe from our data.
  

[h2]Fame Changes
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[h3]Fame Bonuses tweaks:
[/h3]Beachzone now correctly counts completions
Heroic Abyss of Demons and Heroic Undead Lair no longer have Fame Bonus associated.
“Seasons' Beatin” and “Realm of the Mad God” Fame Bonuses now require Beachzone but not Heroic Abyss of Demons nor Heroic Undead Lair.

[h3]Fame gain per minutes
[/h3]Until now, players would earn a little bit of Fame accounting for the time they are “active”.
However, the amount earned by this method was irrelevant and even confusing. So we have decided to deprecate this mechanic.
While the stats will still be tracked by the system, no Fame will be gained with time.

[h3]XP-to-Fame conversion
[/h3]We have decided to simplify and deprecate the old Fame conversion formula.
Now it will be done in two phases instead of the previous 5.
Phase 1: Up to 18050 XP (Total XP to reach LVL 20)
Fame is worth ~1:900 XP (x0.00111)
Phase 2: For above 18050 XP
Fame is worth 1:2000 XP (x0.0005)
In short, this means that every 2000 XP you get with your character (assuming LVL 20) you will gain 1 Fame.



Checkout the blog post for all related the art

The ones beyond the realm’s eyes, the Daeva, have been witnessed for the first time in generations. As reticent as ever, their exact goals are unclear. But there is no doubt that they would not reveal themselves if not for sensing some great disruption in the order of the realm.
That disruption is surely related to a more unnerving sight in recent days: Corrupted paladins, wholly subject to the whims of the lingering evil the realm’s heroes know all too well. These twisted entities have rejected the holy nature of paladins and embraced a far more malicious force. Powerful, yes, but such strength never comes without consequence.

Today we are excited to be announcing the bonus program “Story of War VI.” We are sure most of you are already familiar with how these go, but we will explain it anyway:

The bonus program is a time-limited event that can be accessed in the Shop. It allows players to collect Bonus Points with gold they spend in the Shop (or by directly boosting it via the Boost button) and claim Bonus Rewards. You can collect BP by purchasing Mystery Boxes, Packages, and Items in the Nexus and Cloth Bazar areas with Realm gold.

Please note that slot unlockers and name changing do not count for the bonus program. Fame purchases do not count, either.

Just like with “Story of War V”, Avarice Medallions will have an option to reward the Mini Skin, and in two neat quests at the Tinkerer, you’ll be able to swap a duplicate mini skin for a new Mystery ST Crate of the same class.

More details below:

Start: June 29th, 2021
End: July 15th, 2021 at 12:00 PM UTC
Grace Period: till July 19th, 2021 at 12:00 PM UTC
Quests at the Tinkerer: till July 19th, 2021 at 12:00 PM UTC


[h2]Other Changes:[/h2]

• Added Summer decorations to the Nexus
  

[h2]Bug Fixes:[/h2]

• Fixed a grammatical error in the Infernal Archdragon tooltip
  
• Notifications listed in the Log list no longer appear overlapped with messages pop-ups in the chat console
  
• Fixed a bug that caused the game to lag and skip a few frames when a user clicked the log list.
  
• Fixed the issue that caused the Whisper function to not work properly.
  
• Fixed the issue where equipping 'Entropy Reactor' temporarily increases the attack fame bonus along with attack stats. Now after equipping the item, the user gets increased attack stats only and no attack fame bonus
  
• The stats are now sorted in a way to achieve consistency across all equipment.
  

Hello Realmers,
Today we are excited to be announcing the bonus program “Story of War VI.” We are sure most of you are already familiar with how these go, but we will explain it anyway:

The bonus program is a time-limited event that can be accessed in the Shop. It allows players to collect Bonus Points with gold they spend in the Shop (or by directly boosting it via the Boost button) and claim Bonus Rewards. You can collect BP by purchasing Mystery Boxes, Packages, and Items in the Nexus and Cloth Bazar areas with Realm gold.

Please note that slot unlockers and name changing do not count for the bonus program. Fame purchases do not count, either.

Just like with “Story of War V”, Avarice Medallions will have an option to reward the Mini Skin, and in two neat quests at the Tinkerer, you’ll be able to swap a duplicate mini skin for a new Mystery ST Crate of the same class.

To sum-up:

• Start: June 29th, 2021
  
• End: July 15th, 2021 at 12:00 PM UTC
  
• Grace Period: until July 19th, 2021 at 12:00 PM UTC
  
• Quests at the Tinkerer: until July 19th, 2021 at 12:00 PM UTC
  

The ones beyond the realm’s eyes, the Daeva, have been witnessed for the first time in generations. As reticent as ever, their exact goals are unclear. But there is no doubt that they would not reveal themselves if not for sensing some great disruption in the order of the realm.

That disruption is surely related to a more unnerving sight in recent days: Corrupted paladins, wholly subject to the whims of the lingering evil the realm’s heroes know all too well. These twisted entities have rejected the holy nature of paladins and embraced a far more malicious force. Powerful, yes, but such strength never comes without consequence.

Check out the new STs and July's login calendar at the blog post...

Hello Realmers,

At age 25, he’s one of our most dedicated testers and started playing the game out of spite with a friend from Steam (thank you, Steam friend!). Say hello and meet Ukunavi. (And don’t forget that tomorrow starts a very cool event!)

[h3]Name, Nationality, and Age?
[/h3]My name is Patrick. I’m Danish and I’m 25 years old.

[h3]What is your day job? Tell us about it.
[/h3]I work in retail as a deputy manager. I’m responsible for the daily management of the place I work at.
My workday consists of dealing with customers, giving my colleagues the right tools to do their job the most optimal way, to always having items in stock to sell.

[h3]Any hidden talents or hobbies?
[/h3]I don’t think I have any hidden talents or maybe I haven’t discovered them yet. I listen to a lot of music and I can listen to almost anything. I like music in the harder styles the most though. 140+ BPM and I’m good to go.

[h3]How and when did you start playing RotMG?
[/h3]I started playing Realm of the Mad God back in early April 2012. An old Steam friend of mine told me that I must play this game. At first, I asked him wtf is this as I was mostly playing FPS games back then, so it was quite overwhelming going from Call of Duty and Counter-Strike graphics to the old RotMG Flash graphics with a set resolution that couldn’t be changed. I think I got to blue star after playing for a few months but then started playing other games because I lost interest in RotMG.
After seeing one of my friends get to red star I wanted to one-up him. I think that was partly the reason I started playing again to show my friend I was better.
What kept me hooked and a big reason I’ve played ever since is the new people I met within the game and started talking to.

Check out the rest of the interview in the blog post...

Hello Realmers,

This week’s event will take place on Lair of Draconis and Tomb of the Ancients. It will start on Friday 25th, June at 12 PM UTC and finish on Monday, the 28th, at the same time. On top of getting 1.5 x the regular loot for these dungeons and XP, you’ll be able to enjoy a few different drops:

• The Grand Sphinx will have a chance to drop the Mini Nut Archer Skin;
  
• Geb in Tomb of the Ancients may drop Crystal of Fortune x20; Sand Wanderer Trickster Skin and Mini Sphinx Pet Skin;
  
• The Rock Dragon can drop Wicked Dragon Wizard Skin;
  
• Ivory Wyvern in the Lair of Draconis can drop Crystal of Fortune x20, Water Battlemaiden Sorcerer Skin, and Vermillion Dragon Pet Skin.
  

Hello Realmers,

Soooo…cool stuff to try out today on T1. We’re sure that you’ll want to try those new STs, but while you are doing it, pay close attention to the reworked star ranks. And you can do all that while clearing Fungal Cavern, Lost Halls and Third Dimension. These dungeons will have portals in the Nexus so you can go in right away.

Please remember that your regular account will not be enough to access the Testing server. You’ll need one created specifically for testing. If it’s the first time you are entering the testing servers, please create a new one.

And go over to the blog to check out the new ST sets and Star Rank system.