#8. juli

So the Kingdom of Sky is really a mess now. At game startup you get welcomed by a lovely cutscene showing Eden exploding. So shards from that place start to get scattered all over Sky. Can't have that happen.

So how does this season work? It's completely different from the other seasons. First of all there are no spirits, which means no new emotes. Instead all cosmetic vendors are these crystal shapes. The quest area is just a giant void, completely seperated from any place in Sky. The crystals are called "Ancient Light" and "Ancient Darkness" respectively. Me thinks they might have been here for a really long time. So alone from that, that is already a bunch of lore on a level I have never really had before. The shape of a jellyfish and a krill makes me wonder if these are the literal representation of light and darkness.

So onto the quests. The game doesn't give a cutscene when you accept the quest. It just tells you that you need to find a dark shard and destroy it. Where it is, is your guess. Now the best part of the season is that the quest is on a timed schedule similar to the sunset event in Sanctuary Island. 1:30hrs after reset and every 2hrs after that, the entire sky in Sky (heh) turns red, the atmoshpere changes completely. It legit makes the game feel eerie. This event is a warning that a dark shard will be launched soon and you should find the area where it lands. The game is nice enough to tell you in which region the crystal lands but the exact landing space is yours to find. Today it lands near the Forgotten Ark. I guess they prioritize season areas.

So you found the crystal landing there (which, by the way is a spectacle to witness it landing), so now how to vanquish it? The big shard will be followed by a bunch of smaller ones that spread dark plants near them. Burn the dark plants to destroy the shards. This ain't an easy task. First of all the the area will be infested with crabs. Not the nice kind you can flip over, nooooo. These ones have crystals growing on them that prevent them from being flipped over. They are extremely aggressive and launch you even further than normal ones. Also they love to gang up on people that do a deep call. Additionally the shards themselves are dangerous. Touching them causes you to lose light. I once got launched into one by a crab and it caused me to lose half my light. Those things are not to be joked with.

The entire event is supposed to be done with multiple players. There are way too many crabs and dark plants to do this solo. Luckily it rewards the playera at the end so I can see people doing this event even in the future. One tactic I saw was one player playing bait for the crabs and constantly deep calling and running around in circles. That way the others can burn plants in peace.

After the plants are burned you enter a meditation circle and do a small spirit collection task, like normal spirits, just event themed. Finally after that you get your reward! Ascended candles! Yes the event rewards you with those. I got four candles out of this so this is really profitable.

So you finally done it. What is the finishing quest cutscene? Well it's less a cutscene and more a scenic room. You get transported back into the void and see a bunch of jellyfish. I imagine the game will tell a story via these rooms with time. I wonder what will happen. There is no big celebration for this. Just a circle to return to home. The entire event has a really dark mood to it.

But this has been the season so far. The next quest starts in a week so you can bet I will be updating it then. I love this season already. ^^

The first of many. 77 days total again so a total of 385 candles. Here we go again. ^^

Also found a new person for my constellation. Met them during the earth trial. They needed help to do the shortcut jumps so I just added them and led the way. Always nice to be helpful. ^^

Overalls this has been such an exciting time. The shard event is pure chaos and the dour mood is so much out of the ordinary for Sky, I can't help but love it. I just feel sorry for any new moth entering the game during this season and being overwhelmed with all this. Hope none of them give up the game because of this.