The events in the first cooperative world, “Awakening of Arkat,” take place immediately after the dwarven king ascends to the throne. Thanks to your efforts, the king rightfully took his place as the ruler of the rune fortresses, but this feat was only the first step on the path to liberating the dwarven race.
On August 16, the Awakening of Arkat ceremony will begin. In other times, this ritual would have been a mere formality, but this time, things turned out differently. Unfortunately for the dwarves, the dark elf armies found a way to the surface and no longer wish to hide in their underground lairs!
No one can say what motivates the dark elves to attack so fiercely... Perhaps they are driven by ancient hatred and a desire to destroy the dwarven race. In this difficult hour, the dwarven king calls upon your help, lords of Ashan, for only you can defend the dwarven strongholds and prevent them from falling into the hands of the eternal enemy.
“Awakening of Arkat” is a cooperative world in which all players pursue a common goal: to defend the rune fortresses for 40 days.
Develop your cities and forge alliances as quickly as possible. Take advantage of the fact that no one is stopping you from capturing the rune fortresses: your task is to capture them before the first rifts appear and the dark elves enter this world.
Your goal in the cooperative world is to defend the rune fortresses at all costs. If the dark elves manage to capture all the rune fortresses in the world at any point, the Awakening of Arkat ceremony will be interrupted, and the campaign will be lost.
It is quite easy to lose the campaign, so do not lose your vigilance. The dark elf attacks will become stronger with each day, and their armies will grow with each hour. If the dark elves manage to capture a rune fortress, they will place a significant garrison in it, and you will have to carefully plan a counterattack to retake it.
The dwarves will be grateful to you for participating in this war. We have introduced a new reward system in the game that encourages cooperation and rewards all participants in the campaign based on their collective achievements, not just the efforts of each individual player.
This system works as follows: for every hour that a player-controlled alliance holds one of the rune fortresses, all players on the server receive 1 point. When a certain number of points is reached, 10 credits are added to the world's prize pool, and the count starts over.
If the players manage to hold the fortresses for 40 days, the current number of credits in the world's prize pool will increase by 20%. After the campaign is completed (regardless of whether it ends in victory or defeat), each player will receive a certain number of credits from the prize pool. This amount will depend on their individual ranking.
Your individual ranking is calculated based on your average position in all three categories throughout the game in this world. In all three categories, the best ranking you achieved throughout the game will be taken into account, and it is this that will determine the size of the reward you receive after the world is closed.
If you finish the game in 1st to 10th place in the final standings, your prize will be 100% of the prize pool.
If you are in 11th to 100th place at the end of the game, you will receive 70% of the prize pool.
Places from 101 to 500 will bring you 40% of the prize pool.
All other players, who are in places from 501 and below, will receive 10% of the prize pool. You will be able to spend your rewards at the beginning of the new season.
Note that earning rewards becomes easier the longer the game lasts. Each day, the required number of points will decrease slightly, thereby reducing the number of rune fortresses that players must hold to increase the prize pool.
Now you know what goals you will face while playing in the “Awakening of Arkat” world. Do not forget about the dark elves during the battles for the rune fortresses, as they are always ready to attack your cities as soon as they sense the slightest weakness. They will stop at nothing to overthrow you – the defender of the dwarven race!
We wish you good luck, noble lords of Ashan!
Teach the dark elves a good lesson!