Patch Notes - Adventurer Season 8 Major Update (Apr.9.2020)

Dear Adventurers,

Welcome to the latest official patch notes for Ring of Elysium. Here are the full details:

Patch contents overview: I. Adventurer Season 8 officially launches! Unlock the Adventure Pass to rank up your Tiers, earn in-game rewards, and earn 1500 E-Points back! II. New map- Vera III. New traversal equipment on Vera- Motorbike Pack IV. New vehicles on Vera- Viper SUV and Viper Truck V. New 7.62 airdrop weapon on Vera- SCAR-H VI. Various events with FREE skins and Misc. changes VII. Bug Fixes

Please note: Ring of Elysium’s live servers will go down for maintenance for approximately four hours at: Pacific Time: April 9th, 0:00-4:00 UTC/GMT: April 9th, 7:00-11:00

During the maintenance period, the game will not be available and ongoing games will be interrupted directly. Please be sure to finish all matches before the above time to avoid any issues. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Adventurer Season 8- AFTERMATH

• The Adventurer Pass spans over the 10-week season and is a way for players to earn exclusive in-game rewards. By playing the game and ranking up the seasonal Adventurer Tiers, players will unlock various epic rewards including:
  • E-points: The S8 Adventurer Pass rewards include a total of 1500 E-points! Players can spend 950 E-points to unlock the Adventurer Pass and earn 1500 E-points back when they hit tier 97.
  • Adventurer Characters (does not affect game balance)
    • There will be three Adventurer Characters in this season. All characters have a variety of unlockable styles, and will gradually unlock as the player's Tier increases their Adventurer Pass
      • Jacques (Base Character Preview)
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      • Arvid (Base Character Preview)
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      • Moore (Preview to be announced)

    • Portraits
      
    • Traversal equipment appearances
      
    • Lobby music
      
    • Loading screens
      
    • and more!
      
    
    
  • The Adventurer Pass is separated into two parts:
    • The Free Pass - all players can obtain rewards by increasing their Adventurer Tiers without any sort of payment
    • The Adventurer Pass, which is available for 950 E-Points. E-Points are a premium in-game currency obtained with real-world money via Steam payment (1000 E-Points is equivalent to $9.99 USD)

  • As always, none of the rewards in the Adventurer Pass affects game balance, and all unlocked rewards stay forever
    
  
  

New Map- Vera

• Map background introduction:
  • Located to the east of the Andes Mountains, the vast desert dominates Vera's landscape, and its mining economy attracted a large number of outsiders to make a living here. Later, as natural resources and the economy declined, Vera's population decreased year by year, becoming a "no man's land". Now, a deadly nuclear storm is approaching Vera, can you survive the competition and make it out alive?

• Being a compact-sized, fast-paced and action-packed map, Vera features 3-man Squad and Solo matchmaking queue options only
  
• The natural disaster on Vera is a radioactive sandstorm, as the game progresses, this deadly storm will gradually encroach all areas
  
• There are 4 traversal equipment packs available on Vera, including: Glider, BMX, Motorbike, and the Grappling hook
  
• There are 6 tactical abilities available on Vera, including: Biosignal Detector, Deployable Shield, Recon Drone, Holographic Decoy, Medgun, and the Stealth Cloak
  
• Added 2 new types of vehicles on Vera: Viper SUV and Viper Truck
  
• Added a new airdrop weapon on Vera: SCAR-H, a 7.62 assault rifle
  

LTM Rotation

• Europa Island has been added to the daily limited-time mode rotation, available every Monday

Season 8 Log-in Rewards

• Log-in to the game to get your special gifts and start off your Season 8 adventures in style! Rewards include an exclusive functional accessory “Geiger counter” (with various flash levels depending on area’s radioactive intensity), a 7-day trial card for a random Adventurer Character, and a set of traversal equipment appearances

Event: FREE Citori Weapon Skin “Rattlesnake”

• Introducing the FREE weapon skin event for Season 8: Citori- “Rattlesnake”
• Event period: April 9th to June 18th, 2020 (Pacific Time)
• During the event, log-in to get the 14-day free-trial version of the skin immediately
• You can get 10 points for daily logins and 5 points for completing daily tasks
• Reach 100 points during the event period to earn the permanent version of the skin for FREE!
• This weapon skin is limited to this event. After the event, this skin will not be sold in any form. Make sure not to miss it

S8 Supporter rewards

• Introducing “Supporter rewards”! Purchase any amount of E-Points during Season 8 to claim a supporter reward pack at the Event Center, rewards include an Epic SCAR-H weapon skin, a Desert Camo appearance for the Viper SUV, and a special portrait

Lucky Draw- Season 8

• Lucky Draw is back and updated with new rewards! With an epic prize pool including the SCAR-H weapon skin, a set of traversal equipment appearances, and accessory!
• Event Period: April 9th – May 7th, 2020 (Pacific Time)
• Event rules:
  • Players can find the Lucky Draw interface by visiting the “Event Center” in the lobby
  • This event is divided into four 7-day stages, players can draw 5 times during each stage and each draw costs 50 E-Points
  • Players are guaranteed to get one item from the prize pool per draw, and items already drawn will not be repeatedly rewarded

Adventurer Pass Owner Exclusive Rewards

• Introducing “Exclusive Daily Chest,” Adventurer Pass owners can claim one chest daily for random rewards including portraits, E-Points, vehicle appearances, weapon skins, and more!

Raging Sea Supply Box & First Blood Lootcrate update

• Updated the rewards for the two supply boxes in Season 8
• Raging Sea Supply Box- replaced a set of traversal equipment appearances, 5 weapon skins, 2 vehicle appearances, and an accessory
• First Blood Lootcrate- replaced a set of traversal equipment appearances

Leaderboard and statistics reset

• With the launch of Season 8, we will reset the leaderboards, player ratings, and all personal statistics. This will continue to happen at the start of every new season

Battle Buddy- Season 8 Update

• We have fully updated the rewards of the Battle Buddy invitation system and reset all players’ Battle Buddy relationships. Players are welcomed to continue recruiting new Battle Buddies in the Season 8 to join your adventures in Ring of Elysium

Store

• Added two accessories for purchase in Store

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where limited-time weapon skins caused other permanent weapon skins to display incorrectly in some cases
• Fixed an issue where players couldn’t use healing items in the last zone occasionally
• Fixed an issue where characters’ model was displayed incorrectly in some cases

Thanks,
ROE DEV Team