New Gameplay: Affixed Mode - Diverse Challenges, Multifarious Rewards!
Release time: 2024-07-16
Beneath the Searcrest Fathoms, the chivalric order was unexpectedly transported to a unique dimension while activating the Nereid's Eye. This place mirrors the real world but is reshaped by the Eye's powerful magic, creating special rules. The underwater guardians present the newly recognized heroes with the Mana Dice and Mana Key. Thus begins an unforeseen trial deep beneath the sea.
About Affixed Mode
Affixed Mode is a new gameplay feature introduced in S3: Submertide. This mode unlocks after completing the main storyline of S3 Searcrest Fathoms. Once you select Affixed Mode, all unlocked dungeon areas transform into affixed dungeons. Your game difficulty and the specific affixes within each dungeon influence the difficulty of these dungeons.
Affixed dungeons come with various types of affixes. Each dungeon can feature between 2 to 5 affixes. The higher your game difficulty, the more likely you are to encounter 4 or 5 affixes in a dungeon, providing a diverse dungeon experience.
You can choose to enter affixed dungeons solo or team up with other players for the challenge.
To enter an affixed dungeon, you need to consume 1 Mana Key. The affixes for each dungeon are randomly generated, and entering the dungeon will consume the affixes. New affixes will only be generated after defeating the dungeon boss.
Additionally, you can reset the affixes by consuming Mana Dice, with each reset requiring 1 Mana Dice. During the reset, you can lock in the affixes you want to keep. However, for each affix you lock, the number of Mana Dice required for the reset will increase by 1. The first reset each day does not consume any Mana Dice.
The number of affixes you can lock varies depending on the game difficulty:
- In Normal, Challenging, and Heroic difficulties, you can lock only 1 affix.
- In Extreme and Ultra Extreme difficulties, you can lock 2 affixes.
*If you fail a challenge mid-dungeon, you will need to clear the dungeon again or use Mana Dice to generate new affixes (other dungeons remain unaffected).
We have also set up daily quests with abundant rewards. In Affixed Mode, each time you clear an affixed dungeon, you advance 1 point in the daily quest progress. Upon reaching specific progress milestones, you can claim corresponding rewards. Daily quest progress resets at 4:00 AM.
You can team up with others to complete daily quests. Upon clearing a dungeon, your personal progress increases by 1. Similar to the daily quests issued by the NPC, progress is shared across all characters under the same account. When one character completes 1 progress point, other characters can only complete 2 or 3 points thereafter and claim the corresponding rewards.
Mana Dice & Mana Key
Mana Key and Mana Dice are new in-game items introduced with the launch of S3: Submertide. Here's how you can obtain them:
After the Affixed Mode is unlocked, a new Baseline Affixionado Kit will be available in the shop for 30 gems. The Kit includes 1 Mana Key and 15 Mana Dice.
Affix Types
There are three main types of affixes: Monster buffing, Global effect, and Reward. When randomly generating a non-reward affix, an Affix Bounty will be generated based on the current rarity of existing affixes. The bounty is awarded upon defeating the dungeon boss.
Affixes also have rarity levels: Charmed, Rare, Epic, and Legendary. Some affixes have fixed rarities, while others can vary in rarity. Affixes with varying rarities have the same effects but differ in numerical values.
