Wyrmhunt (2026)

[wet wasp]

The old not-current math was 40% + floor count. So 65% for 25 floors. 0.65+0.65 = 1.3

[pulsar summit]

ah ok so 1.3 for 25

[wet wasp]

Odie specifically told me it was not 1.1

That is about all he said 😐

[pulsar summit]

ye I mean it could be 1.05 or 1.15

anyway it's low for a key that requires like 3 dungeons

[strong pier]

On the upside.... Hard does drop 4x...on the down side it was a waste of an hour

[novel shoal]

1 down 3 to go

200 % TOO WTF

AND I CRUCIBLED IT AND GOT 2H POWER 15% (MAX)

2 200% yelmogus pieces is wild

i will take it

[drifting crow]

the BiS power emanating from that piece is absurd

[novel shoal]

and it has an element

i just noticed

i used up all my luck lol

[drifting crow]

yea that's crazy lmao

[novel shoal]

dragon in the only thing that could make it better

[pulsar summit]

wait which build you have that has GS yel pieces and 2h weapons?

[novel shoal]

wdym

[strong pier]

as in when would you actually use those boots on GS (A/H) that you actually want 2hbonus on it

[novel shoal]

i would use it on
gsh beithir bloodpact
Deity ara benefactor darkrift
gsa endless setup
gsa with the yelm quarterstaff

it fits multiple builds i have

[fair dragon]

Hard Mode impossible to do. especially at 10 keys. Compared to head drop rates

[hollow surge]

No staff yet

[swift lagoon]

It is possible, just very irritating if you get hit with a status effect. You'll also need to be ready to exit out a lot more quickly if things look to be going wrong.

[fair dragon]

50 keys per day?

dungeons cd too is 2 hours

[hollow surge]

So slow to get keys

Have to do dozens of boss dungeons to get 10 keys

[fair dragon]

did 7 Yel Towers Today, I am getting dogpile drops even with 1 Tail, Karmic Ornate, and Astral Tree Drop qual.

https://tenor.com/view/jonkler-joker-gif-4939694494140375951

[swift lagoon]

Ah, thought you meant difficulty and not throughput.

[fair dragon]

I feel like I'm not enjoying this shi

[strong pier]

i dont enjoy yelbeghen tower, takes too long to farm keys and drop rate is too low. I would much prefer the 25 floor towers back if they arent gonna decrease the head cost for keys

[fair dragon]

#🎨│artwork-and-memes message

im tired Trex.

[hollow surge]

This probably the most grindy event I've experienced of the game so far

[sacred fox]

Thanks for all the feedback that's been coming through.
The comparison between Cursed Queens access and Wyrmhunt has likely highlighted the feelings, but they are valid nonetheless

We'll be looking at this soon (thanks to Odie!), but just as a note the general flow we'll aim for is to look at adjusting events during their main runs rather than when they come as mini events.

We'll look at this, but yeah just have that expectation in mind during future minis

[north pine]

The latest patch is greatly appreciated! The reduced key costs are a good solution for reduced drop rates.
(And the fixes regarding anguish stats and anguish passives are very helpful, too).

[hollow surge]

OMG thank you guys for the fast update based on community input, this is why I buy things in game to support y'all
Money well spent

[uncut wind]

I hate that I just crafted a bunch of keys at 15 a pop but also glad that the grind can be lessened a bit

Good patch notes!

[gleaming vessel]

Yesssssss I was just about to accept defeat and go back to only doing Ollie dungeons, time to start spinning that tower lotto machine baby!

[alpine hull]

F changes to Yel tower

Let end game gear be endgame gear

Personally seeing the price drop after a year is ok. But I still think it is ok to not get a blackout on your bingo card for an event

[hollow surge]

3 events for me so far 💀

[distant needle]

I grinded like 80 keys before the event was even half way through, but the reduction to 9 makes doing hard mode feel a lot less harsh 🎉

[pulsar summit]

we did it guys, good job everyone

[errant hatch]

Tower 9 keys?
Wyrmhunt better. Im so glad i didn't spend all my keys.
Thanks Dangy, Thanks Odie!

Now it might be painful to get the ornates, but at least getting the chance for it is'nt unreasonably expensive. That is much appreciated progress

[fair dragon]

A true hater would say why not 1:1 ratio of head to keys but I am not a monster.

[hollow surge]

I feel much more relaxed at farming now
This big deal to me

[novel shoal]

now we can make almost a key a dungeon, easily

especially with the new horde dungeon gear

[strong lion]

now that the cost has dropped, they could also put the yelbeghen drops to 3x instead of 2x and it would make sense farming 😄

[sacred fox]

Nah too much asking, I say we make it only drop one gear piece per encounter

Let's see how sweaty people can get

[gleaming vessel]

Hey man im happy, its not that I want the tower grind to be easy I just want to be able to enter the towers at a reasonable rate, getting obliterated by a zerk ymir early in a dungeon was detrimental to staying key positive and now I feel like I can turn anguish back up and not feel like im at a knifes edge just trying to stay up on keys

[strong lion]

I was just joking, of course. :-p

[strong pier]

It's ok.... I got your sarcasm

[sacred fox]

I wasn't joking, I would never joke

[strong pier]

Just make it so yelmongus drops only come from the astral tree. Make it even lower!

[sacred fox]

Great idea!
Next patch, thanks Trex

[novel shoal]

my tree keeps giving me stuff from base game, wish i was as lucky as others

i got 1 arisen morri gear last week, and this week, base game garbage

[gleaming vessel]

Next update ornates can only come from the astral tree now; let's go gambling!

[strong pier]

I got acolyte robe and staff....and said never again

[strong lion]

Without completing the gear? 😱

[novel shoal]

id rather gamble for something permenant than anything else in the tree tbh

[strong pier]

The astral tree buff is far better. Bonus shards, EOD, memory rewards.

Item quality+1....now there is a gamble

[novel shoal]

when double eod comes back for a day, i will get one then, until then i will gamble

[strong pier]

Fyi. This available this week in river casino....for all your yelbeghen needs

[fair dragon]

dibs

is there a queue

?

[strong pier]

No queue , ornate isn' found yet

[fair dragon]

sent to AR to pompey

I really need that since my RS has no real defense against TF

[strong pier]

Send to river2 (my alt I use to help manage)

[north pine]

For me it was never about difficulty. Yel towers should be difficult. And grindy. It was rather too many dungeons per key/tower. I don't want to spent 90% of time in dungeons and 10% in yel tower, but rather 50/50. Maybe 70/30. That's why I would have preferred higher towers with even more increasing difficulty, but with head drops (and reduced shards per floor). However, the current solution is fine.

[fair dragon]

sent

[north pine]

With this amity, bashee becomes a plush toy

[novel shoal]

what hour block?

i sent AR to river 2 btw

[strong pier]

Utc 14.

[novel shoal]

awesome, alarm is set and now i wait

im READY

[hollow surge]

⚰️

[somber latch]

do report back in when you find the ornate!

[novel shoal]

i will try for one

[novel shoal]

whats the question and answer?

[wet wasp]

You are in the river casino server, you could check lol

[novel shoal]

oh yea, forgot

[strong pier]

Ornate was nothing special but it's this hour if anyone needs

Add river2

Who do you look to for guidance -3rd option

[strong pier]

Found it

[somber latch]

eew ... but at least it's a quick 80% dragon resist for anyone who doesn't have one!

[strong pier]

The -20% also works on yelbeghena other moves too that aren't dragon DMG... So nice all around

I call it "stop, it tickles"

[swift lagoon]

Pictures like that make me sometimes regret not chasing better amities.

Trex you said above you manage some amity hunting, could I trouble you for an invite?

[strong pier]

Absolutely. Add river2. I'll send 3 invites and you can join tomorrow at 14 UTC (8 am central time).

Question is "who do you look to for guidance".... 3rd answer (follower)

[hollow surge]

Did my 10 towers today
No ornate staff yet but at least I have time to do other things in the game today since keys lowering thank god

[novel shoal]

took forever to get a ymir beithir staff, and now i cant stop getting them

[hollow surge]

I know how that feels

[novel shoal]

bashes going from 20k a crit to barely 800 is amazing 💀

[swift lagoon]

Oh I just meant to the hunting discord, if you are fine with that; I'm fine with my basic 80% dragon resist amity. I'm thinking I should start at least looking out for specific 2-layer amities in general, best to see if you have a list like the channels in OL and figure it out without bothering anyone.

No worries if not.

[strong pier]

https://discord.gg/znmW92Wek

I also help with orna legends

If nothing else keeping an eye on the weekly sheets for decent legendary amity is a totaly chill way to start

[swift lagoon]

Much appreciated. I know I'm still going to be lazy about it because I tend to get bored of memory hunting quickly, but if I'm going to complain about stuff like I did earlier I should at least try to transcend casual-level optimization.

[topaz swift]

You played Cabal Online?

[hollow surge]

Oh no

[topaz swift]

Alright 🙂

[fair dragon]

i do

[strong pier]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1461416077891473519/1466074223494824037/Screenshot_20260128_080056_Orna.jpg?ex=697c1445&is=697ac2c5&hm=d569591a9797f28cc9910c69c0fddfa55f8f4e3bdc6297d3f9dafddf0a22b942&

Available in two hours, @ me if you want an invite, and send an AR to river2

Who do you look to for guidance
Option 3 (follower)

[green granite]

I'll take it for the daily quest

[strong pier]

Sure, add river2 or let me know your in game namd

[green granite]

Sent

[silver steeple]

@strong pier IGN Cassavetes

[turbid vine]

Can I have an invite, thanks.

[novel shoal]

i love the key cost change

with the new horde gear i can get ~1 key a dungeon

[fair dragon]

how do you get 100%

without using celes weaps and sacrificing AoEs for it?

unless...

[strong pier]

Summoner or beo a.....and very slow fights

[fair dragon]

whas thinking of a CS collat gear

but summoner is best bet

[novel shoal]

100% what?

[fair dragon]

Horde

[novel shoal]

i use a celestial staff lol

[fair dragon]

cause RS don't have that luxury unless a Celes Axe + Spiked Shield is in the table

[wet wasp]

Guaranteeing an extra enemy is not worth the cost of needing to deal with that extra enemy by hand 😆

[novel shoal]

hera ara aoe at even a measly AL 10 can clear dungeon horde bosses with little trouble

[fair dragon]

or maybe Chain attacks are weak for RS cause of Spiked Shield a Gilga skill

[novel shoal]

takes like 5/6 turns to buff then spam sigil storm flask and ara vestaga

ymir is the only one that survives

then i just hit it with ara vesta 3

[fair dragon]

GS might be the best class for it

[novel shoal]

and now that i have the "dragons only tickle" amity i dont have to worry

[fair dragon]

I guess you do it at Ang 1?

[novel shoal]

5

[fair dragon]

I really wanna HoC to another class, but gear wise, th situation is buns

[novel shoal]

my build is nowhere near optimal lol

and sorry, im AL 8 on ara

10 is my deity AL

i made the build to go through dragon towers in like 8 min

[novel shoal]

i didnt even hoc lol, i did this with just some left over resources between increasing my summoner AL

[wet wasp]

If you have less than like 25 AL (and even that's stretching it) HoCing is just a waste of money or guild proofs

[fair dragon]

I'm coping atm. I feel lost.

[swift lagoon]

It's pretty easy to feel lost until you progress to the critical point of obtaining the right knowledge/gear.

I don't know what that looks like for RS, but I remember hating normal towers as an early beo when my best method to climb was pulling out a cactus or a fenrir and hoping I lived. Eventually I hit critical tankiness and could do whatever, then I got Selene, then I eventually got good enough gear to properly use BeoH.

This event will be back in... the summer? And when it comes back you will be better prepared.

[gleaming vessel]

The first 20 AL's aren't a rough grind imo I got gilga to 20 within a month cause I wanted to try em out and was having fun, considering jumping around again to try other things, a few endless runs and proof farming grinds and golden

[strong pier]

Got a 200%....smn staff .....20% less ward but 20 more mag

Womp womp

[novel shoal]

why couldnt it be meeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[strong pier]

That's my dog when his food is 2 minutes late and he's debating if he will starve or if he should eat me.

[novel shoal]

does the astral tree buff affect the # of drops from yelbehgan? or just shards

[strong pier]

Just shards and EOD drops

So you get an extra sala hood!

[novel shoal]

ah, nvm then

[storm panther]

Yel tower is gone ? 🤔

[novel shoal]

yep

[storm panther]

Doesn't it remains for another week after event ends ?

[novel shoal]

not this time

[fair dragon]

due to popular demands, this time it was not.

[glossy current]

Why demand it go away?

[green granite]

That wasn't the demand, people just wanted 1 month long events back and in turn the 1 week grace period for towers was removed (effective duration of tower availability remains the same)

[glossy current]

... Seems like a loss to me... Wasn't the dragon event only 2 weeks long? So 2 weeks shorter than previously due to the loss of the tower only week?

Oh well, at least I will have keys saved up for next time...

[distant needle]

It was quite chaotic in the weekly rotations in wild hunts so it was nice to have. Maybe having oilli+yel towers run into feb would be a bit much, plus worm ball was around august (?) -> hunts -> january

[green granite]

I think that's because we're back to a proper mini events system instead of all events being 3 weeks long

[fair dragon]

last time it was due to popular demands, but this time it was not.

[acoustic jackal]

Popular demand was to return to the 1 month event structure. The 1-week-extra thing only really existed to assist with the 3 week structure we tried out in 2025

[quick wharf]

I think its a bit confusing for mini events, as last year it was 3 weeks event + 1 week extra for towers. Now it was just 2 weeks.

[errant hatch]

Didn't do either in winterhunt. Assumed its a bug. Was ready to grind - gone again. Beautiful.