Drathrok's Duskruin 419
Drathrok's Duskruin Quest is a Simutronics-run paid quest that was announced in January 2016.
Announcement
On January 18, 2016 Duskruin was announced to players via email.
- Drathrok's Duskruin
- Friday at 9PM Eastern!
Drathrok and Zoluren's leaders are sending out the call far and wide for brave adventurers to step into the newly built arenas and Dwarven mazes to hone their skills for the battles that lie ahead!
- Compete against dangerous foes (some long forgotten!) with mighty spells and abilities, never-before-seen traps, and the clock to earn bloodscrip!
Then...
Spend your hard-earned bloodscrip on UNIQUE ITEMS only available at Duskruin!
- Fleintoore's Folio - Unlock new verbs, stats, and features on exo weapons and more!
- Lockbox of Lirum - Skip the bank, handle your own exchanges!
- Verika's Trove - A collection of powerful boosters to make you OP!
- Frostdrums - Smash a limb and freeze it into oblivion!
- PLUS A WHOLE LOT MORE NEW, never-before seen items!
- What are the Duskruin Arenas?
- Face challenging foes from the far reaches of the lands!
- The difficulty rises each round!
- Avoid dangerous traps!
- Win chests that can contain powerful prizes!
- Even cheer on your friends as they compete!
- What is the Duskruin Labyrinth?
Dwarven tunnels twisted into shifting mazes!
- Find your very own pet rat!
- Battle other players' rats to see whose is fiercest of all!
- Feed and care for them!
- Carry it on your shoulder or in its very own special sack!
- Keep it forever!
- Discover powerful treasures hidden by the Dwarves of Stone Clan!
- What exactly *IS* bloodscrip?
- A special currency exclusive to Drathrok's Duskruin!
- Awarded for vanquishing foes in the arenas!
- Can also be discovered within the Dwarven labyrinth!
- Can be traded, sold or given to others! But why would you?!?
- Remember, this is how you get acquire the rare items of Duskruin!
- Spend your bloodscrip to purchase prizes ONLY available at Duskruin!
- Sounds great! How do I join in?
- There are two ways to enter for your convenience!
- In Zoluren* find Drathrok's Duskruin near the Stone Clan Traders' Outpost!
- Outside Zoluren* Check NEWS 4 1 for portal locations!
- Hang out and watch the fun for free!
- Free-to-play accounts are welcome without any extra visas!
- To fight in the arenas or run the maze, head on over to the Simucoin Store*
- Purchase Dueling Slips to enter the arenas!
- The announcer will explain the rules!
- Kill your foes!
- WATCH for their nefarious tricks!
- Purchase Golden Rat Tokens to enter the labyrinth!
- SEARCH high and low for your rat, treasure and more!
- Dueling Slips and Rat Tokens go on sale Friday, January 22nd!
- Purchase Dueling Slips to enter the arenas!
Drathrok's Duskruin will begin THIS Friday, January 22nd around 9PM Eastern! Join your fellow adventurers in constructing the arenas, and then jump into the games! Act fast, because Duskruin won't be here long!
Pet Rats
Players can explore the Duskruin Labyrinth and try to and find their very own rat companion. Rats bond to their owner and can be worn or stored in the sack they come with. Note that you should only stow your rat in the sack it came with when it is not worn, as doing otherwise can risk losing the rat. Rats come in many different appearances, and can be altered.
Rats can be worn on the shoulder (in a general slot, but looks like the shoulder). Players can put them in their sack, or DROP them on the ground. Players can FEED them various types of food. Only the owner can GET the rat from the ground. The rats have several other interaction such as KICK (not that you would!), POKE, RUB, TICKLE, THUMP, TOUCH and PET.
Rats put on the ground via the DROP command will follow their owner, without risk of losing the rat. While on the ground, rats can do battle with the rats owned by other players. Rats may become wounded by battle, but they will not permanently die. Badly wounded rats will run away temporarily and return a real life day later once healed.
Currently only one rat may be obtained per character, per opening of Duskruin.
Loot
A listing of incidental loot you may find within Duskruin can be found at Duskruin loot.
Shops
Players can redeem bloodscrip for items and other prizes at Drathrok's Assemblage.
Auction
The first Duskruin bloodscrip auction will be held on Sunday, January 31, 2016, for the Prime instance, and Monday, February 1, 2016, for the Platinum instance. The portable auction caravans will be on the Duskruin grounds.
Duskruin Grounds
A number of high-end foods and drinks as well as pickable items can be found on the grounds and in the buildings.
Trivia
The DragonRealms version of Duskruin was inspired by GemStone's own Duskruin [[1]].
Auction Announcement
- DRATHROK'S DUSKRUIN AUCTION
Auction Date: Sunday January 31st, 7PM Eastern
Gather your Bloodscrip because now you're going to get a chance at some crazy cool stuff with the event-capping auction! If you thought the amazing selection of items thus far was great, just wait to see else is coming!
- Mindwipe - An evolution (or de-evolution!) of the popular brain weevils has revealed a new variant that will erase ALL knowledge of spells and magical feats from its inhaler's mind!
- Weapons of Vampirism - Shrouded in the darker corners of the realms' lore are tales of Dergati's vampires. While these weapons may not be quite so horrific, one of each of these will be auctioned so that you can permanently empower an existing weapon!
- Lifesteal - Claim your enemies' vitality as your own!
- Manasteal - Their mana is your mana!
- Willsteal - Freely swing heavy hammers of doom as your foe's endurance becomes yours!
- Soulsteal - Strengthen your spiritual health by stealing another's!
- Custom Packages - You get your choice of TWO rare custom services from the list:
- Tattoo - Say it in ink!
- Title - Where's our Bloodscrip Magnate at?
- Signature Verb - Your very own customized verb!
- Depart - Shed that mortal coil in style!
- EZScripted Item - Personalize your weapon, armor or most anything else!
- Alteration Bundles - Get up to 5 alterations for just about any item you have -- including cambrinth and other rarely altered materials!
- Embiggenings - Why settle for a Gnome-sized backpack when you could have an ogre-sized one? We'll grant 6 embiggenings to be used on any combination of containers you like!
- Ring of Return - Choose any normally available area within the realms to attune it to, and return to it every hour!
- Elemental Flares - Did you enjoy the frostdrum, flameflute and sparklute? You pick your weapon and element, and we'll add the flare to it permanently!
- Air Ship - Enjoy the trip from Lang to the islands? Some lucky winner is going to pick their very own start and end points for a NEW air ship! YOU decide if it's private or open to everyone!
- Ships - That's right. Just this one time, we're reactivating the old shipyard to create a NEW ship! You pick the name and customize the pilot, we'll do the rest!
- ...and much, much more!
The competition for these fantastic items is going to be steep, so don't wait to the last minute to try and catch up! Whether you're a new player in DragonRealms or a 20-year veteran, jump into the arena or the labyrinth NOW to slay your way to incredible new items!