The Christmas Rescue (Xmas 2023 Event)

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The Christmas Rescue is a seasonal event that commemorates the Xmas 2023 and New Year holidays.

Introduction

"Christmas in and around Rune Midgarts is in danger! Mobs dressed as Santa are invading cities looking to ruin it. But this is just the tip of the Iceberg, it seems that something really strange is about to happen at Toy Factory."

During this event, players will be able to collect Xmas Cookies around the world, participate in an invasion of monsters that seek to cause chaos in cities, perform special quests and enter a special instance.

Timeline

The event will last a total of five weeks and will take place from December 24, 2023 to January 28, 2024 (both dates inclusive).

Implementation Schedule

The implementation dates of the schedule are approximate and are subject to minor changes if necessary.

Phase 1

Available starting December 24, 2023

Xmas Cookies Quests

During the Christmas season all mobs in the world will have a 1% chance to drop a Xmas Cookie directly into the character's inventory. These can be used for the Santa Claus who is visiting the Xmas Event Plaza to create exclusive gifts.

Note: Cookies are not tradable! So choose carefully which character to farm them with.

Costumes with Temporary Status

Xmas Rewards (Santa Claus) NPC

A list of Costumes with Temporary Status will be available to be obtained randomly.

The effects of these Costumes can be improved by combining one from Level 1 and another from the previous Level you wish to reach.

Example: Costume from Level 1 + Costume from Level 3 = Costume from Level 4.

The maximum upgrade level is 5 but depending on the phase you can only go up to a point before the maximum.

List of Obtainable Costumes and the effects achieved by upgrading:

Sprite	Name	Posotion	Temporary Status (Xmas Event)	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4 (Phase 2)	Level 5 (Phase 3)
	Costume Candy Bag Pack (BLU)	Costume Robe	MAX SP	+2%	+4%	+6%	+8%	+10% / Falling Snow Visual Effect
	Costume Candy Bag Pack (BRN)	Costume Robe	DEF/MDEF	+2	+4	+6	+8	+10 / Falling Snow Visual Effect
	Costume Candy Bag Pack (GRN)	Costume Robe	MAX HP	+2%	+4%	+6%	+8%	+10% / Falling Snow Visual Effect
	Costume Candy Bag Pack (PRP)	Costume Robe	Experience Gained	+2%	+4%	+6%	+8%	+10% / Falling Snow Visual Effect
	Costume Candy Bag Pack (PNK)	Costume Robe	Drop Received	+2%	+4%	+6%	+8%	+10% / Falling Snow Visual Effect
	Costume Candy Bag Pack (YLW)	Costume Robe	ATK/MATK	+2%	+4%	+6%	+8%	+10% / Falling Snow Visual Effect

Note: Depending on the phase of the event, costumes can only be upgraded up to the allowed level.

Additionally, x3 repeated Costumes can be exchanged for x1 New Random Costume.

Xmas Costume Gift Box

For lovers of more pixelated and traditional costumes, there is a special Gift Box that can be created through the NPC himself and that will drop one of the following items:

Sprite	ID	Name	Position	Temporary Status (Xmas Event)
	31923	C Baby Polar Bear	Costume Middle	None
	19955	C Christmas Tree Hat	Costume Upper	None
	31132	C Christmas Wreath	Costume Upper	None
File:19666.png	19666	C Cookie Hat	Costume Upper	None
	31910	C Festive Santa Beard	Costume Lower	None
File:20433.png	20433	C Louise Red Hat	Costume Upper	None
File:19707.png	19707	C Polar Bear Cap	Costume Upper	None
File:31027.png	31027	C Pretty Bear	Costume Upper	None
File:31799.png	31799	C Pretty White Bear Ears	Costume Upper	None
	31887	C Pure Love Muffler	Costume Lower	None
File:31634.png	31634	C Rudolph Hairband	Costume Upper	None
File:19697.png	19697	C Rudolph Santa Hat	Costume Upper	None
File:31440.png	31440	C Snow Bear Hood	Costume Upper	None
File:31166.png	31166	C Teddy Bear Hood	Costume Upper	None
	401245	C Twin Pom Blue Santa Hat	Costume Upper	MAX SP +5%
	401222	C Twin Pom Black Santa Hat	Costume Upper	Drop Received +5%, Experience Gained +5%
	401224	C Twin Pom Brown Santa Hat	Costume Upper	DEF/MDEF +5
	401233	C Twin Pom Green Santa Hat	Costume Upper	MAX HP +5%
	401236	C Twin Pom Purple Santa Hat	Costume Upper	Experience Gained +5%
	401243	C Twin Pom Yellow Santa Hat	Costume Upper	ATK/MATK +5%
	401246	C Twin Pom Red Santa Hat	Costume Upper	Drop Received +5%
File:401225.bmp	401225	C Xmas Candies Ring	Costume Middle	None
File:401228.bmp	401228	C Xmas Tree Hat	Costume Upper	None

Cities Invasions

Antonio (Fake Santa) spawn

Invasions will take place every thirty minutes between the cities Alberta, Aldebaran, Geffen, Hugel, Izlude and Prontera in a completely random way.

In case that players do not defeat all the minions of an invasion, one minute before the next one begins the monsters will leave the city.

Sprite	Monster	ID	HP	Mode	Qty	Drop
	Christmas Antonio	2901	50	Non-Attacker, receive 1 damage (phyiscal/magic/ranged/other)	1	Xmas Cookie Bag (5) 100%, Rune Crystal (5) Bag 50%, Santa's Bag (Temporary Skin) 50%, Sweet Candy Cane 10%, Xmas Costume Gift Box 1%
	Christmas Goblin	2902	20	Non-Attacker, receive 1 damage (phyiscal/magic/ranged/other)	4	Xmas Cookie 100%, Rune Crystal 50%, Xmas Firecracker 50%, Festie Cookie 20%, Flora Cookie 20%, Snow Cookie 20%, Winter Cookie 20%, Sweet Candy Cane 1%
	Christmas Jakk	2903	20	Non-Attacker, receive 1 damage (phyiscal/magic/ranged/other)	10	Xmas Cookie 100%, Xmas Firecracker 20%, Festie Cookie 10%, Flora Cookie 10%, Rune Crystal 10%, Sweet Candy Cane 1%
	Christmas Orc	2904	20	Non-Attacker, receive 1 damage (phyiscal/magic/ranged/other)	10	Xmas Cookie 100%, Xmas Firecracker 20%, Snow Cookie 10%, Winter Cookie 10%, Rune Crystal 10%, Sweet Candy Cane 1%

Fields Invasions

In the fields and dungeons you can find Xmas Smokies that will reappear every five minutes after being eliminated.

Image	ID	Name	Level	HP	Element	Race	Class	Exp/Jexp (x1)	Def/Mdef	Attack	Mode	Drop	Spawn
	2380	Christmas Smokie	1	20	Brute	Earth	Monster	500 / 250	10/10	135-270	Rreceive 1 damage (phyiscal/magic/ranged/other)	Xmas Cookie 50%, Xmas Firecracker 20%, C Santa Hat 1%, Sweet Candy Cane 1%, C Cat Santa Hat 0.10%	x1~10: each 5 minutes in dungeons and fields maps

Phase 2

Horror Toy Factory

Available starting December 30, 2023

Horror Toy Factory

During this season, we will travel forward in time to bring for a few weeks our adaptation of the Official Memorial Dungeon from Episode 14.2: Horror Toy Factory.

Some functions such as mob cards cannot be acquired until the server reaches the specific episode, however the mechanics and many of the original rewards will remain.

Instance information will be posted in the coming days.

HTF Rewards & Quests

A list of new items will be available upon the launch of the instance.

Rewards information will be posted in the coming days.

Others

In this phase, the upgrading of Costumes with Temporary Status to Lv 4 will be unlocked.

Phase 3

Available starting January 05, 2023

The Three Magi Day: Special Quests

If all the special Christmas rewards weren't enough... you may want to wait for this opportunity to acquire special items that you will undoubtedly enjoy.

Quests and rewards information will be posted in the coming days.

Others

In this phase, the upgrading of Costumes with Temporary Status to Lv 5 will be unlocked.

Out of phase events

The following events will take place regardless of the phases in which the Main Event is.

Xmas Day

Adventures RO will celebrate Christmas in the following way: From 00:00 hrs on December 24 to 23:59 on December 25, at Adventures RO we will celebrate Christmas with the following gifts:

• The experience received by monsters and bosses will be increased by 30% in relation to the Default Rates.
• The drop received by monsters and bosses will be increased by 20% in relation to the Default Rates.
• The gold points obtained for each hour played will be doubled.

New Year's Eve

Adventures RO will celebrate the New Year arrival in the following way: From 00:00 hrs on December 31 to 23:59 on January 01, at Adventures RO we will celebrate New Year Arrival with the following gifts:

• The experience received by monsters and bosses will be increased by 30% in relation to the Default Rates.
• The drop received by monsters and bosses will be increased by 20% in relation to the Default Rates.
• The gold points obtained for each hour played will be doubled.