I've been cooking up something over the last week or so which will become available during the holiday season - Yuelslain's Village! This will be released as a DLC so I can gauge continued interest in the game moving forward. Though it will be a DLC add-on, it will be free of charge.
As it is currently in development, details are still subject to change, but here is a brief preview:
Yuelslain's Village - Christmas themed FREE DLC
- Zone accessible from the Colosseum Basement. - Without the DLC installed, will teleport Ruby to an empty room.
- Level 50 event area.
- Unique gear -- 525 Point base set, scaling as high as 600 point for the rarest drops.
- All primary gear slots available (Weapon/Shield/Head/Hands/Body/Feet/Ring) with some additional Accessory pieces.
- Features ice enemies, ice-resistant equipment, and ice-infused weapons.
- For full finalized details, visit the store page once it becomes available.
- Unique "XMAS" enemies are not found anywhere else in the game. Their data files have been included with the game package for some time. Overall additional download size shouldn't be more than 10MB and includes the background music for all Village zones.
- Removal of the DLC while the save file is inside the Village will result in the inability to load the game or the inability to move Ruby along the map.
In addition to the above free DLC, an add-on to the DLC will also be available for $1.99.
Yuelslain's Monarch - Nightmare Unleashed
- Requires ownership of Yuelslain's Village to access.
- $1.99.
- Event area inside Yuelslain's Village becomes a level 100 boss challenge arena.
- Boss loot table TBD
- Removal of the DLC while the save file is in the challenge arena will result in the inability to load the game or the inability to move Ruby along the map.
The creation of these new DLC events is currently taking priority over other in-game additions and other DLC mentioned in previous patch notes. Specifically, Battle Series X (free DLC) & Battle Series I ($$$ DLC) will not arrive until sometime in the spring, and updates to Sha'ri Desert and construction of Sha'ri will resume immediately following deployment of the Yuelslain's Village update beginning with the full resolution of the "Legend of the Rockfist Ursid" questline.
Unless a major crash is discovered or reported between now and Christmas, there will probably be silence on my end until the DLCs are ready to ship. Current target release date for both are Dec. 25th, but I will prepare the store page and launch if they happen to be ready earlier.
Happy thanksgiving everyone! <3