Witness the Great Revival! Act 6 Chapter 1 - Coming March 13th

BORN AGAIN
Carina has awoken. For ages she’s been trapped in her crystal prison, but with the support of Ægon, The Collector finally has his daughter back, but she’s not interested in standing still. Keen to find her place in The Battlerealm, Carina begins to understand her power and explore the fringes of the unknown, but Carina’s rebirth has reminded the Elders that the scars of their past have yet to fully heal. Taneleer Tivan and En Dwi Gast must jockey for Carina’s attention as they both attempt to mold her into the Elder they think she ought to be. Unfortunately for the both of them, Carina is as rebellious as she is powerful, and her defiant nature might just prove too much for the old Elders to handle…

Join Carina, Ægon, The Collector, and The Grandmaster when the final episode in the Elder Saga begins in ACT 6: REBIRTH!

RELEASE + LEGENDS
Act 6 Chapter 1: Great Revival releases on MARCH 13TH for all who have completed Act 5: ELDER’S WAR to enjoy.

Alongside this release, we’re happy to announce a Legends Run for Chapter 1! This Legends run will begin the moment you start Act 6 Chapter 1, and end the moment you 100% explore all Quests in the Chapter. You’ll have until April 13th at 10:00:00 AM PDT to log a time. The rewards for the Legends run of Act 6 Chapter 1 are:

Rank 1-5
10x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystals (2% each of a random Tier 5 Class Catalyst)
22,500x Tier 5 Basic Catalyst Fragments
2x Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

Rank 6-100
5x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystals (2% each of a random Tier 5 Class Catalyst)
11,250x Tier 5 Basic Catalyst Fragments
1x Tier 2 Alpha Catalysts

In a new turn of events, we’ll also be featuring a Legends Run for all Chapters of Act 6, and a special Act Legends Reward throughout the release of Act 6! The top times for each Chapter’s Legends will be collected, and awarded with a new 6-Star Champion never before owned by any Summoner!

In order to win the Act Legends Reward, you’ll need to place in the top times of each Chapter, as follows:

Chapter 1 - Top 20 Times
Chapter 2 - Top 40 Times
Chapter 3 - Top 60 Times
Chapter 4 - Top 100 Times

If you happen to qualify for all 4 Chapters, you’ll receive the Champion 4 times, meaning you can Awaken them this way! We will have more to reveal about each Chapter’s and the Act Legends rewards in the future, but that’s all we have for you for now.

CHAMPION REQUIREMENTS
Act 6 is some of the most challenging content to date, and the perils within require only the strongest Champions of The Contest. Chapter 1 will contain CHAMPION REQUIREMENTS that will restrict the Champions you use to ONLY 5 and 6-Star Champions.

BUFFS
There are 7 new buffs making an appearance in Act 6 Chapter 1. Each Quest features one or more of these Buffs as Global effects, so you’ll need to bring your best. See below for each Buff and a little description of our intentions with it.

NO RETREAT! - When the Attacker dashes back, they gain Degen Timer for 1.2 seconds. Dashing back again while the Degen Timer is active causes a Passive Degen, dealing 200% of the Defender's Attack as direct damage over 6 seconds.
This Buff is meant to impose the mentality of its title: Do not retreat. While other similar Buffs like Caltrops can be easily countered with an Immunity, No Retreat requires careful planning and execution on playstyle to overcome. No Retreat was designed to be possible - but challenging - to avoid.

Special Delivery - The Attacker begins the fight with 15 Combo charges. Each landed basic attack decreases the Combo charges by 1, and launching a Special Attack will reset the charges. If all charges are removed, they are reset, and the Attacker suffers a Passive Degen equal to 100% of the Defender's Attack Rating over 4 seconds.
Similar to fighting Thor Ragnarok, this Buff will require you to make sure you have a Special Attack at the ready, but there are sure to be challenges to that strategy strewn throughout…

Combo Party - For every 10 hits of the Combo Meter, the Attacker gains a permanent Cruelty Buff, granting +500 Crit Damage Rating. When struck, the Attacker loses all Cruelty Buffs if their combo meter is lost and takes 40% of the Defender's attack as direct damage for each Buff removed this way.
This buff is generally quite simple, and is intended to create a “ride the line” feeling - you want to get your combo count up, but losing it will cost you dearly.

Long Distance Relationship - While close to the Defender, the Attacker gains a Weakness Debuff every 3 seconds, reducing their attack by 10% permanently. Staying far away from the Defender causes these Weakness effects to fall off.
The goal here is to encourage you to find “openings” to deal as much damage as possible. Waste those openings, or just spend too long near the opponent, and you’ll need to back off in order to gain your damage back. If you’re pinned in a corner, you’ll want to use your abilities to create some space and start dealing damage again.

Close Encounters - While close to the Defender the Attacker Regenerates 1% of their Max Health every second. While far away from the Defender, the Attack Degenerates 3% of their Max Health every second.
Sort of the inverse of Long Distance Relationship, Close Encounters encourages you to stay as close to the Defender as possible, and being efficient as you bait specials or get out of the way of abilities that could cause trouble up close (like Mephisto or Omega Red).

Power Struggle - The Attacker cannot gain Power during the fight through normal means. Each time the Defender reaches a full bar of Power, the Attacker is granted one as well and whenever the Defender launches a Special Attack, the Attacker loses an equal amount of Power.
This one is all about a “use it or lose it” mentality - you’ll want to make sure you’re keeping an eye on your Opponent’s power and how it relates to your own. Characters who can control power using their specials, like Vision or Magik, will excel here.

Hurt Locker - Using the same type of Special Attack twice in a row gives the Attacker a Delayed Blast charge for 5 seconds which may be removed by landing a Heavy Attack. If the Blast expires, the Attacker takes 50% of their Health as direct damage.
This one is (as the name might suggest) focused on creating a “bomb defusal” moment while you play. If you make a mistake, you’ll have a small window to correct it before your mistake comes back to bite you. Rest assured there will be challenges that will threaten to trip you up…

PI RANGES
Keep in mind these are approximate - there is some variation around the values but in general, this is what you can expect:

Quest 1
Paths: ~22,500-28,000 PI
Boss: ~ 55,000 PI
Quest 2
Paths: ~23,000-30,500 PI
Boss: ~ 58,500 PI
Quest 3
Paths: ~23,500-30,500 PI
Boss: ~ 50,000 PI
Quest 4
Paths: ~23,500-35,500 PI
Boss: ~ 54,000 PI
Quest 5
Paths: ~27,000-31,000 PI
Boss: ~ 66,000 PI
Quest 6
Paths: ~28,000-39,000 PI
Boss: ~ 72,000 PI

ENERGY/PATHS
In general, quests in Chapter 1 have a consistent energy requirement the whole way through. On average, All quests in Chapter 1 will have:

3 Energy Per Step
~ 9-10 paths
~ 600 Energy for Quest Mastery

REWARDS
Of course, we know that any announcement of new Story content wouldn’t be complete without some nice rewards for your efforts. Here’s what you can expect:

Quest 1 - 6 (Completion + Exploration)

30x 5-Star Signature Stone Crystals
180,000x Gold
63,000x Tier 2 Alpha Catalyst Fragments
50x Units

Chapter 1 Completion
9,000x Tier 5 Basic Fragments
2,000x 6-Star Shards
5,000x 5-Star Shards
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (2-3)
1x Tier 4 Basic Catalyst
1x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystal
500,000x Gold

Chapter 1 Mastery
1x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal (25%)
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (3-4)
Tier 5 Basic Catalyst
4,000x 6-Star Shards
8,000x 5-Star Shards
3x Tier 4 Basic Catalysts
3x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystals
1,000,000x Gold

Chapter Total (all of the above)

1x Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal (25%) (Note: This is a Special Crystal, and not the regular Tier 5 Class Catalyst Fragment Crystal)
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (2-3)
1x 5-Star Rank up Gem Crystal (3-4)
13,000x 5-Star Shards
30x 5-Star Signature Stone Crystals
6,000x 6-Star Shards
1,680,000x Gold
63,000x Tier 2 Alpha Catalyst Fragments
4x Tier 4 Basic Catalysts
4x Tier 4 Class Catalyst Crystals
1x Tier 5 Basic Catalysts
9,000 Tier 5 Basic Catalyst Fragments
540x Units

BECOME A CAVALIER
A new Act, a new Progression point! Summoners that complete Act 6 Chapter 1 will gain the new designation of “Cavalier”!

This designation is not as game changing as Uncollected, and is a step up similar in scope to becoming Contender, Proven or Conqueror.

Cavaliers will have access to a brand new Cavalier Crystal that guarantees at least a 3-Star Champion with a 38% chance at a 4-Star Champion, an 11% chance at a 5-Star Champions, and a rare 1% chance of a 6 Star Champion! These Crystals will be available for 200 units each.

Cavaliers will also have access to:

- A 25 Unit Discount on Grandmaster Crystals
- A new Cavalier Calendar in place of the Grandmaster Calendar that will grant a Grandmaster Crystal over 7 days, instead of 14
- An upgraded Daily Crystal that contains a rare chance of T5B Fragments, 5-Star Shards, or 6-Star Shards, and double the amount of - T2A Fragments, T4CC Fragments, and T4B Fragments!
- A slightly upgraded Free (4-hour) Crystal with more Gold!

This is the next step after becoming Uncollected, and we plan to continue to add more as the Story progresses!

Comments

Stingerbk

No 4*s allowed? Lol, so Basically kabam is saying: "spend money buying our offers or no shiny new content for you". Y'all at kabam better get ready for the **** storm coming....

Teh_gulla

Honestly all kabam has to do is make a rank requirement. No 4 star under 5/50.

As it stands now, it's cash grab **** and I'm personally considering quitting over it.

1haunted_memory

where to start????

While I look forward to the challenge I am saddened by the fact you are not increasing summoner levels. I've been level 60 for over 3 years. I need more storage capacity, more energy and well honestly more would love more mastery points too.

Personally I feel stale and drained from the same old same old, and now to complete "some of the hardest content" I can't use champs I've ranked, while this isn't 12.0 you are nerfing it to a point

as a loyal paying customer please reconsider increasing summoner levels with act 6... I hope this isn't the breaking point for me... but at first glance it maybe

IKON

No 4*!?!?!?

I can't even believe they've locked end game content and rewards by requiring an endgame roster. Shocking, Shocking I say.

I seriously don't understand this community and I never will.

StvDamit

No 4*!?!?!?

I can't even believe they've locked end game content and rewards by requiring an endgame roster. Shocking, Shocking I say.

I seriously don't understand this community and I never will.

It would be "END GAME" if it was the final ever story quest. On the contrary it's the beggining of a chapter that no one is saying will be the last. Your comment is invalid.

IsItthough

No 4*!?!?!?

I can't even believe they've locked end game content and rewards by requiring an endgame roster. Shocking, Shocking I say.

I seriously don't understand this community and I never will.

It’s more about synergies for the community. I have 75 5stars, 9 6stars, yet only have some of the best synergies with my 4 stars. So I hate to think that my my roster isn’t end game material. If it wasn’t based on crystal rng then I’d say fine I bought the the wrong items or ranked the wrong people. But the truth is we don’t have control over what the crystals give us.

IKON

No 4*!?!?!?

I can't even believe they've locked end game content and rewards by requiring an endgame roster. Shocking, Shocking I say.

I seriously don't understand this community and I never will.
It would be "END GAME" if it was the final ever story quest. On the contrary it's the beggining of a chapter that no one is saying will be the last. Your comment is invalid.

...it is the current end game content. As in, the newest most difficult content and only place you can get t5cc. It makes sense there's a soft lock.

Tasty_Yum_Yums

I would like to see the expansion on the limits of rank up resources with the launch of Act 6. Our inventories are based on 4* and 5* (R4). Act 6 provides resources for R3 6*.

IKON

No 4*!?!?!?

I can't even believe they've locked end game content and rewards by requiring an endgame roster. Shocking, Shocking I say.

I seriously don't understand this community and I never will.
It’s more about synergies for the community. I have 75 5stars, 9 6stars, yet only have some of the best synergies with my 4 stars. So I hate to think that my my roster isn’t end game material. If it wasn’t based on crystal rng then I’d say fine I bought the the wrong items or ranked the wrong people. But the truth is we don’t have control over what the crystals give us.

I'll give you that, lacking a 5* Heimdall is going to suck. I personally think you won't be waiting long for a 5* basic arena, and one clear to access the cavalier crystal could be a big help.

Keluo

Kabam,

You should really consider lifting the ban on champion requirements from the main story content. This is cool in side quests where we are forced to think outside the box, but makes little sense to restrict main story progression. We can only select 5 champions in a quest and if we choose to fill a few of these slots with 4*, 3*, 2*, or 1* is part of the decision strategy that makes this game great.

I am sure Kabam thought for reasons to make these restrictions, but it seems the only summoners unaffected are those that are able to afford unlimited gmcs or have insane luck. Maybe you are trying to give preference to those that have been playing the game the longest, but I have been playing this game for a long time and there are many champions I don’t have, even if my Falcon is at level 100. This problem only worsens as the number of champions keeps increasing and the removal of the original feature 5* xtal. The synergies that empower champions are still there, but only those with $tack up roster$ can use them...

I don’t think there should be any restrictions in the main story progression, but If you want to somehow honor it, the only restriction that would actually make sense is not allowing 6* in Act 5, 5* or above in Act 4, etc...

You should really reconsider and avoid crippling skill base progression...

HC_Boss

No 4*!?!?!?

I can't even believe they've locked end game content and rewards by requiring an endgame roster. Shocking, Shocking I say.

I seriously don't understand this community and I never will.

Not everyone who completes content will get the end game champions required to complete all the god tier beyond god tier evaded me if you will happily complete act 6 with a duped 5* groot and a 6* lady Thor I’ll agree with you until then your a clueless fool

MrTicTac19992008

Darkness275

There are currently 128 3* champions available in crystals and 126 4*.

There are 112 5* Champions and only 70 6*.
These crystals also take 10k shards to open...

What about 4* heroes being brought in as part of a team, but they can't actually be used or fight?
It allows for synergies, but you still limit content to 5/6* characters because the 4* can't actively participate. Even worse, they're passive team members, so they take up a spot. Is using a synergy really worth essentially eliminating a spot on your roster?

Or what about lowering the shard costs for 5* hero crystals, especially if 4* are now utterly irrelevant?

Hey everybody,

We're seeing your concerns, and desire for more clarification on the Champion Requirements. We're going to write something up to clearly present our intentions with these requirements and their purpose. We don't want to create any more confusion, so we're going to take our time with this. We'll have something to give you insight into our intentions tomorrow.

That's great, but in all fairness? This should have been announced ages ago. You should have had clarifications, explanations and expectations set when the beta first went live. Beta testers should have known and been able to express that champions under 5* were going to be unable to be used.

You all keep talking about being more transparent and making an active effort - and you have made great strides. But something like this? It just destroys any good will you've been creating, or at least sets it back. Stop being reactive. Be proactive. Why wasn't this discussed when Act 6 first came up? Why wasn't the community told "Hey guys, this is what we're thinking and this is why.."

Cynical people will say that it's because you wanted players to keep investing in their 4* heroes, which wasn't before but now that they're irrelevant is a complete waste of resources.

HC_Boss

If the 4* ban don’t get lifted off this story quest consider me out so many will quit and your game will die eventually slowly more and more people are leaving this game this will make loads more leave at a much faster rate do the right thing kabam or watch the game crumble beneath your feet

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MaatMan

No 4*!?!?!?

I can't even believe they've locked end game content and rewards by requiring an endgame roster. Shocking, Shocking I say.

I seriously don't understand this community and I never will.
It would be "END GAME" if it was the final ever story quest. On the contrary it's the beggining of a chapter that no one is saying will be the last. Your comment is invalid.

as i said endgame is a common gaming term refering to the eand as it currently is.

besides Kabam have said that act 6 is the end of this story arc.
so yeah act 6 is the end of story mode as we know it

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Archit_Tandon498

Why isn't anyone talking about them introducing slashed tires all over again?

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Brew_Swayne

5*/6* champion requirements is a **** move of the highest order. I was prepared to get through Act 6 using 3* champs at any cost. Guess I'll just buy a house instead.

Dshu

With this restriction you have devalued 98% of your crystals. will we see the GMC reworked to only drop 5&6* champs since 4* champs will no longer have a place in the contest. Will you be updating the champs in the 5 and 6* crystals to contain all the previously unavailable champs so synergy can still be utilized. You have also drastically reduced the interest in arena since only 5* and up champs can be utilized in act 6 which is the only new content some of us have left. Yes we still have monthly eq but what is the point in keeping Lower rarity champs just for that and why haven't the rewards increased in uncollected eq to match the new restrictions in act 6. If the direction of the game is to completely devalue lower * champs then the rewards to attain them and rank them should only be available in lower tier content. If this is the direction you had planned for act 6 the community should have been notified since this is a game not only based on rng but also on resource management and those resources used for rankings champs for synergies are now lost and useless. also being the game is rng based many are still forced to use lower * champs to counter damage from things like coldsnap and incinerate or abilities like limbo. Your act 6 restrictions are a slap in the face for those who have invested resources in preparation of act 6

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Darkness275

Something I have recently thought of: They did have a Beta test for Act 6.1, right? None of the Beta testers complained about the champion restriction? Did they only choose the big whales to test 6.1 so that they would not receive any complaints about that or did they ignore the Beta testers?

The Beta testers were absolutely under an NDA. We don't know whether or not they bitched.

CFree

With this restriction you have devalued 98% of your crystals. will we see the GMC reworked to only drop 5&6* champs since 4* champs will no longer have a place in the contest. Will you be updating the champs in the 5 and 6* crystals to contain all the previously unavailable champs so synergy can still be utilized. You have also drastically reduced the interest in arena since only 5* and up champs can be utilized in act 6 which is the only new content some of us have left. Yes we still have monthly eq but what is the point in keeping Lower rarity champs just for that and why haven't the rewards increased in uncollected eq to match the new restrictions in act 6. If the direction of the game is to completely devalue lower * champs then the rewards to attain them and rank them should only be available in lower tier content. If this is the direction you had planned for act 6 the community should have been notified since this is a game not only based on rng but also on resource management and those resources used for rankings champs for synergies are now lost and useless. also being the game is rng based many are still forced to use lower * champs to counter damage from things like coldsnap and incinerate or abilities like limbo. Your act 6 restrictions are a slap in the face for those who have invested resources in preparation of act 6

Can you show how you came up with 98%?

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IKON

You guys realize that 4* are still useable in 99% of content?

Fugitive21

one area I will never see for a long time

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