Return of Reckoning

Cool winds blow across the empty fields of Reikland, wiping away the memory of sun-bleached grains and summer days. Thoughts turn now to the long, bleak nights of the coming winter, and the foreboding darkness that accompanies the death of another year. The sickly green visage of the Chaos moon begins to flicker and change, and the superstitious people of the world hide themselves away behind locked doors, and pray not to fall prey to the foul terrors of the Daemon Moon.

Now, with the war in full swing, the horrors of the Daemon Moon are worse than ever. Malevolent creatures borne out of the fabric of Chaos itself descend upon the world like daemon locusts, intent upon devouring the souls of every living creature they encounter.

The Daemon Moon shines its baleful light down upon the world. The screams of countless tortured victims mingle with the howls of their daemonic tormentors. Who will stand against the hordes of Chaos?



The Daemon Moon Rising event is active from Friday 22nd of October until Monday 1th of November 12:00 Altdorf Time. Earn rewards by slaying Daemons and enemies. Participate in the Daemonball Rally, best Goreslake the Bloodthirster, collect daemon masks, and enter the foreboding High Pass Cemetery, if you dare!

Event Scenario: Daemonball Rally

In the war-torn lands of the Old World, festering like a boil, rests a terrible artifact of the Daemon Moon’s first rising in long-ago times. Built of the very stuff of chaos and the essence of nightmares, the Daemon Cradle lies waiting to be awakened, empowered, and brought to bear against the living. Seize the Daemon Cradle and carry it to its nest to best your enemies in this new Scenario!

In this scenario you have to capture the Daemon Cradle and take it to your realms nest. While carrying the daemon cradle, you move slower and take more damage. But you gain an ability to throw it up to 50ft. Use teamwork to capture the Daemon Cradle three times.

Open RvR PQ: Goreslake the Bloodthirster

In the Chaos Wastes the dread bloodthirster Goreslake has manifested upon this world! Destroy him!

Both realms compete against each other and against the boss in this RvR Public Quest. The Realm that succeeds in banishing the greater daemon from the world will be greatly rewarded!



Content

Dungeons

- Sacellum Dungeons & The Sewers of Altdorf: You will now only have to kill the bosses of these dungeons to get the Keeper's set. The quest steps where you have to kill players have been desactivated because this set is a dungeon set, not a consignment set. The 5 non-repeatable quests now directly reward you with one of the 5 pieces of the Keeper's set. The repeatable quest, which rewards you with Keeper's Karl that enables you to buy the set pieces, is still active.


Quests

Greenskin Chapter 22
- Stunty Manes: This quest has been changed because it was originally asking you to kill NPCs of the Chapter 22 Hard PQ 'Slayer Keep'. You will now instead have to take the manes of the Kadrin Slayer-Guards at the Peak Tower which, once combined with the Slayer Flag Pole, will make a good Waaagh! staff for Waruhag
- A Golden Opportunity: You will now have to take the Stunty Lockboxes
- Dwarf on the Run: Kadrin Runner will now be running inside the mine, and drop the Stunty Papers

Highlights

Weekend Warfront: The Siege of Praag



These are dark times for the city of Praag. The Raven Host have summoned a daemon and are planning on feeding the innocent souls of the townsfolk to the foul beast! For generations, the sons and daughters of Kislev have fought and died to protect their lands from Chaos invasions. Can they hold Praag once again?

This weekend the Battle for Praag will be the weekend warfront from 12:00 on Friday to 12:00 on Monday Altdorf time. You get +50% XP and Renown in this scenario, and extra rewards from completing the event tasks.



Realm versus Realm

Open Realm vs Realm

- You will turn into a chicken again when entering Tier 1 Dwarfs vs Greenskins Open Realm vs Realm areas if you are level 16 or higher.


Ranked

The start of season 3 is delayed by 3 weeks for now. We haven't had time yet to implement the balance changes etc that we would like to do before the start of the season.



Content


Dungeons

- Sacellum: You will now only have to kill the bosses of this dungeon to get the Keeper's Karl. The quest steps where you have to kill players have been desactivated because this set is a dungeon set, not a consignment set
The same change will be pushed for Order, but because of a lack of time, this was not done for this patch.


Quests

Greenskin Chapter 22
- A Squig By Any Other Name: This quest line has been corrected and reworked
- Slayer Blitz: You will now have to take a barrel of Bugman's XXXXXX and bring it to Squirmz
- Amazing Race: You will now have to take the beards of the 3 NPCs you have to kill


Items

- Reapplied some appearance changes that were meant to be in the last patches.



Tickets


[19492] Those souls stack now
[19493] The gold requirement has been swapped
[19511] The hammer is no longer called an axe
[19460] These Bloody Sun Hacka are no longer rank 55 champions
[19473] The flight master took some height
[18092] This statue and the other similar statues will no longer vanish endlessly after being clicked on/destroyed
[19498] This NPC is no longer attackable
[19467] Cinderfall is no longer considered as a PvP area, thus will no longer prevent from gaining experience from NPCs
[19354] Death Peak is no longer considered as a PvP area, except for the Beastlord Lair
[14220] The quest markers have been corrected

Highlights

Weekend Warfront: Days of Doom



The ancient site known as Doomfist Crater is one steeped in myth and lore. Now Order and Destruction forces converge upon the broken landscape, determined to deny their enemies access to whatever treasures may lay buried beneath the surface.

This weekend Days of Doom will be the weekend warfront from 12:00 on Friday to 12:00 on Monday Altdorf time. You get +50% XP and Renown in the Doomfist Crater scenario, and extra rewards from completing the event tasks.

Completing all tasks gives the title: The Doomed



Content


Quests
Karak Eight Peaks
- Fourth Timez A Charm will now give credit for the quest for completing the public quest. This should ensure that all players present get quest credit.

- It Ain’t Bad in Da Gudlands (Part 1) - The task to 'Obtain a Boom Stick from Thane Grofsson at the Fireforge’s Camp PQ' will now give credit to all players in a party who kill Thane Grofsson, instead of the one player who loots him.

- It Ain’t Bad in Da Gudlands (Part 2)- The objective to kill enemy players no longer is restricted to dwarfs.

- Wut Wuz Yers: You will now have to sabotage Sky Admiral Drakkzharr's gyrocopter next to be Peak Tower... He may not like it


Karaz-a-Karak
- Black Grudges will now give credit for the quest for completing the public quest. This should ensure that all players present get quest credit.

- That’s Some Brouhaha (Part 1) - The task to 'Obtain the Tickin’ Fuse from Clawmaster Skritchak at the Hindelburg PQ' will now give credit to all players in a party who kill Clawmaster Skritchak, instead of the one player who loots him.

- That’s Some Brouhaha (Part 2)- The objective to kill enemy players no longer is restricted to greenskins.


Greenskin Chapter 22
- Beat Squirmz: You will now have to take the Stunty Banner within twenty minutes, like mentioned in the quest


Live Events
The Stronghold Saga is drawing to a close as the dwarfs and greenskins celebrate their victories within the halls of Karaz-a-Karak and Karak Eight Peaks.

The Return to Ekrund will end on Monday October 11th Noon Altdorf Time
Blood in the Water will end on Monday October 18th Noon Altdorf Time
War on the World's Edge will end on Monday October 25th Noon Altdorf Time

The Return to Ekrund

- Reduced the amount required for "Defend Your Realm's Holdings" and "Attack your Enemy's Holdings"


Items

- Appearances of "Mugwump" and "Stifled Veteran's" shoulders, which are rewards of a quest, have been corrected



Tickets


[19461] - Bloodhorn Bigchoppa's Appearance has been fixed
[19464] - Foreman Stonebrow can now be attacked
[19447] - Weapons for In Search of Wutroth and Once and Future Git have been reviewed and broken ones given the correct appearance.
[19431] The appearance of these shoulders have been corrected
[19444] The NPC will now be spawned for 10 minutes after you've summoned him

Highlights

Karaz-A-Karak & Karak Eight Peaks


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Karaz-A-Karak

- Karaz-A-Karak is now on the World Map.

- Karaz-A-Karak is now available to fly to from the flight master.

- Sealed In A Stone-Cold Tomb: The body of the fallen miner has been fished out of the lava river and placed in a slightly more comfortable position in the mines.

- A missing achievement unlock was added to a certain object.


Karak Eight Peaks

- Karak Eight Peaks is now on the World Map.

- Karak Eight Peaks is now available to fly to from the flight master.

- Gud Eatz - Squig-flavored juices and bite-sized snacks are now accessible

- A missing achievement unlock was added to a certain object.

- Smith Boss Tikkel has been allowed to return to work, with the correct merchandise.



Weekend Warfront: Foray of Fate



Stumbling upon an unusual network of tunnels beneath Praag, a small band of Order finds themselves within the slumbering walls of The Eternal Citadel. Followed by members of Destruction, these two forces clash within Tchar'zanek's throne room... but that is not all that trespasses through this labyrinth of twisted reality.

This weekend Foray of Fate will be the weekend warfront from 12:00 on Friday to 12:00 on Monday Altdorf time. You get +50% XP and Renown in the Eternal Citadel scenario, and extra rewards from completing the event tasks.

If you complete all tasks you will get the title "Eternal Infiltrator" as order or "Citadel Cerberus" as destruction.



User Interface

Guild/Alliance only groups

- The /partyguildonly, /partyallianceonly, /warbandguildonly and /warbandallianceonly commands have been implemented. If activated on an open party guild/alliance members can join themselves, but non-members will require an invite to join the group.



Content

Quests

Greenskin Chapter 21
- Wots For Dinner?: The whole quest line is now available and reworked.



General


- Fixed an issue which should resolve a majority (if not all) of the login issues.



Tickets


[14350] Original quest objectives have been restored

Highlights

Karaz-A-Karak & Karak Eight Peaks


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Karaz-A-Karak

Karaz-a-Karak, or the Everpeak, is the seat of High King Thorgrim Grudgebearer of the ancient dwarfen realm of Karaz Ankor. The mighty dwarfen city is situated in the World’s Edge Mountains along the once-prosperous trade route of the Silver Road. It is said that the great dwarfen Ancestors founded the city, and their spirit is strong within the walls of the mighty hold. In the Age of Reckoning, High King Thorgrim Grudgebearer marches out with his throng of Oathbearers to settle grudges and honor old alliances.

Dwarfen cities are divided into different levels called Deeps, and it is in the Middle Deeps of Karaz-a-Karak that the industrial heart of the city beats. Here a network of mines feed great forges that produce powerful weapons of war. The dwarfen resolve to hold back the tide of Destruction will forever burn as bright as the forges of the Middle Deeps of Karaz-a-Karak.

Karak Eight Peaks

Karak Eight Peaks was once a thriving dwarfen hold said to rival Karaz-a-Karak in size and wealth. However, the Time of Woes and following Goblin Wars greatly weakened the city until it too fell under the combined pressure of the skaven and greenskin hordes. In the Age of Reckoning, the Bloody Sun Boyz reign in the halls where once proud kings ruled. The fierce orc warboss Grumlok, aided by his cunning goblin Gazbag, has gathered many greenskin tribes into his WAAAGH, and now sets his eyes on Karaz-a-Karak.

Da Deeps, as the Middle Deeps of Karak Eight Peaks are known to the greenskin occupiers, is a place which bears the scars of the Time of Woes. When the earth broke open and the filth poured out to attack the dwarfen cities from within, this part of the mighty city witnessed the savagery of the skaven firsthand. In the Age of Reckoning, the Bloody Sun Boyz carry on the fight with the skaven in the never-ending battle for Karak Eight Peaks.,in



Return of Reckoning is proud to release the Dwarf City of Karaz-A-Karak and the Greenskin City of Karak Eight Peaks. Each city consists of the original "upper" levels we recovered from what was left over by Mythic Entertainement, which we extensively fixed, then filled with Creatures, Quests, Tome Unlocks and Lore. Each city also contains a "lower" level which was almost all created from scratch for this release by some of our talented developers.

We would like to thank the volunteers who put (tens of) thousands of hours into building these cities, including 3D Modelling, Concept Art, World Building, Tools Building and so much more. We would like to thank the wonderful people who worked at Mythic Entertainment for building this beautiful world and giving us the foundation of which to build these cities.

Ekalime - World Building & Lead Designer & Writer
Yaliskah- 3D Modelling & 2D Design
MaxHayman - Producer & Programming
Ferrile - 3D Modelling
Grunbag - World Building & 3D Modelling
Ryanmakara - World Building
Archexecutor - Concept Art & 2D Design
Flowson - 3D Modelling
Machinea - Concept Art & 3D Modelling
TimPaauwe - 3D Modelling
Samo94 - Concept Art
Anlek - Concept Art
CanadianZombie - 3D Modelling
Apotheos - 3D Modelling
Wikkyd - 3D Modelling
Cattlebruiser - 3D Modelling
TomSeas - 3D Modelling
Rockalypse - Design
Kabuco - Design
Dalen - Programming
Wargrimnir - Design
Washette - Tools Programming
Werit - Tools Programming
Luranni - Video Editing
Hystoria - Video Editing

(If there is anyone I haven't mentioned please accept our apologies and contact one of us right away)

Thank you to all of the other Return of Reckoning team members who may not have contributed directly but however have been working on other elements of the game over the years. Thank you to all the players who make this all worth while.

We will add a FAQ to the second post soon.


Weekend Warfront: Assault on Black Crag



Karak Drazh was once among the mightiest Dwarf strongholds of the World Edge Mountains, but was taken by the Greenskins during the Goblin Wars. Strategically placed at the western end of Death Pass, it guards the approach to Karak Eight Peaks. Today known as Black Crag, it is the most powerful Orc stronghold.

This weekend Assault on Black Crag will be the weekend warfront from 12:00 on Friday to 12:00 on Monday Altdorf time. You get +50% XP and Renown in the Black Crag Keep scenario, and extra rewards from completing the event tasks.


Stronghold Saga

- The Elite rewards can be mailed to other characters on your own account.

- The Elite rewards can be exchanged for unique rewards exclusive for the new city release, visit the throne rooms in Karaz-A-Karak and Karak Eight Peaks.



Combat and Careers

General Changes and Fixes

- Damage procs are now affected by outgoing damage stats. After close examination of many old videos from live, it has been concluded that this is how they worked on the live servers. It also simplifies it all to handle them in same way as regular damage in this regard.

- Blast pots have been disabled. There has been many reports that these cause frame rate drops on the clients, and the value they bring to gameplay isn't really worth that drawback. So for now they have been disabled.



Contents

Lairs

- The lair of the Bleakwing Matriarch and the puzzle to access it are implemented

- The lair of Lady Grimgyre and the puzzle to access it are implemented

- Morra has abilities implemented and won't just auto attack


Chapter 22 Hard Public Quests

- Glittering Citadel: You can once again use the Phoenix Orbs during your fight against Caradryan



Tickets


[18591] Quest objectives for scouting the BO Icehearth Crossing in Kadrin Valley can now be completed
[19413][19202] You should be able to interact with the orbs again
[18556] Alternate appearance on cloaks now works even if you are in a guild