Survive the Land FAQ

[Travis | Support Mgr.]

What is the "Survive the Land" event?

• This event is our adaptation of the community-run "Live off the Land" event. StL events work the same as New Beginning (ANB) events...with a twist - there is NO crafting! Morgan, Liana, and Ingrid have gone fishing, so it's up to you to FIND your gear!
  • Create a new hero and progress as far as possible during the event.
  • Experience is boosted by 50%.
  • All crafting is turned off.
  • Items, resources, Champion experience, and unclaimed rewards will be transferred to your main heroes when the event ends.
  • Some items received through milestone rewards are ephemeral. Ephemeral items expire when the event ends. Ephemeral items transformed into Celestials (by using Celestial Transforms) can be kept after the event ends.
  • Medals from previous events are disabled.

How long does the event last?

• You will have 12 hours of play time to use during the 10-day event.

Can I still salvage gear for mats to bring back to my main?

• Yes.

What am I supposed to do with the crafting materials I find during the event?

• Crafting mats will not drop during StL events.

How am I supposed to get jewelry if I can't craft?

• Jewelry is added to the drop table during StL events. It can also be found in loot chests!

There's no way I'm going to get as far as I usually do during ANB events. How am I going to get any medals or other rank rewards?

• Everyone is in the same boat! You won't get as far as you usually do, but neither will anyone else. This event focuses on the fun of finding drops and your skill as a player.

Have fun, and as always, let us know what you think!
We value player feedback and implement your suggestions frequently.

[britney_1412@qq.com]

How long will the event last?

[Travis | Support Mgr.]

Good one. Answer added!

[papa jim]

Gornathan and Ruby still selling items/chests?

[Travis | Support Mgr.]

Yup! Gornathan is more important than ever during this event!

[WarriorSeven]

Well ... we've finally found something to do for that lazy, worthless, good-for-nothing Gornathan.

[LodWig]

I would like to be able to salvage material in StL, even if I can't craft. It's quicker than selling items for a few gold, and can help to achieve some of the Season Bounties. More importantly if I had only a few Marks of the Oracle I would not like to have to sale a Legacy item instead of salvaging it.

(Edit: Legacy items could be stored until the event end, and salvaged after transfer. That still is not optimal because of the "Collect 10 Mark of the Oracles" (sic) Season Bounty.)

[Ozymandius]

Will we still be able to sell dropped gear for gold?

[CannibaL]

Jewelry can be fused?
Ephemeral box and etc - I hope it won't?)

[Travis | Support Mgr.]

Morgan won't be available, so no jewelry fusion. I'll double check on ephemeral boxes.

[Travis | Support Mgr.]

Ephemeral boxes will be available during StL.

[Tin Man]

Any chance to get the in-game event announcement earlier than later? Kinda stinks to only see the announcement minutes before the event begins.

Having the announcement so that players will be able to see the milestone rewards will answer many questions and allow for planning.

[Travis | Support Mgr.]

We're working on that. A new announcement requires a new build, which we're releasing as quickly as we can.

[Reyonaoto]

Рубины сохраняться? Может стоит дать всем , например 1000 камней для начала испытания!!! Этот шаг поможет ещё больше уровнять шансы.

[Travis | Support Mgr.]

Как и в событиях anb, драгоценные камни распределяются между всеми героями, включая героев событий.

[CannibaL]

Travis | Support Mgr. commented
Yesterday, 06:51 PM
Ephemeral boxes will be available during StL.

this is sad... will there be set items in the boxes to choose from? Then most players will play with these set items.... not what was expected...

[Ozymandius]

This probably needs some clarification. I was assuming that Travis was talking about the three green boxes for making Rare jewelry that are part of the in game rewards for trial completion. It sounds like you are referring to the Epic gear boxes. If those are still part of the game, it does change the game significantly from the original Live off the Land, which did not allow players to use the Epic gear boxes.

[Ozymandius]

Allowing players to purchase gear from Gornathan is a major change from the original Live off the Land rules, which did not allow those purchases. If players have access to the shared gem bank from the account, some players will equip gear using gems not earned by the LOTL hero to make purchases. I have been playing around with the mechanics of using only dropped gear, and Gornathan offers much better options than most drops in the early part of the game. If you are not getting certain pieces to drop or if a gear is a much lower level, you can usually buy what is missing from Gornathan. Granted, he does not sell any set pieces, which are important for later game progress, but purchases of gear from Gornathan would make a big difference in early leveling up times.

Gold is also a limiting factor during the original LOTL, which made converting gems not earned by the LOTL hero into gold off limits. I am guessing that this will be allowed under the revised STL since those elements of the game are baked into the code.

It would be nice to clarify these things in the announcement, so players can understand that they are not being held to the original LOTL rules for this event.

[Travis | Support Mgr.]

Most players have no idea what LotL is. This type of event will be a completely new experience for them - they won't have anything to base any comparisons on.

[Ozymandius]

Just wanted to clarify that this is a very different type of event than the original LOTL challenge. I think that the word is out now on the differences. Interested to see how the drop rates are changed for this event.

[RockDoc]

Ozymandius it looks like the epic gear boxes will be available as they are listed as rewards at and after reaching hero level 70.

[Blauer loewe]

Sounds god. Thats what we need.

[alexm]

Main reason for me to play events was to get a chance to craft level 77 items with reasonable effort. So that event feels somehow like wasted time for all the people that already have a high item level. Please at least increase the chance to get higher level items during that event, to not have it useless.

[Ozymandius]

The advantage to collecting drops instead of ephemeral crafting is that everything you collect will transfer back to your main account. I suggest picking a hero class where you want to build a new armor set and enjoy the ride!

[alexm]

Drops has already not been ephemeral before and in my whole gear there is no drop for a good reason. I've saw 77 drops really rare and having them with somehow useful stats at the same time is close to impossible. So I might enjoy the ride, but to optimize my gear this event is useless.

[abcd]

這些天重玩的我，因這次活動沒有榮耀點獎勵可以獲得而發愁，對新手玩家只是浪費時間

[ReigorMuerte]

Perhaps set in-game item availability to match the division level. The Master Division could be much more restrictive/difficult instead of the lower division levels just being reward system for new players.

[Ozymandius]

I think that the limition was in how many coding changes you can make and still run an event. Just getting rid of crafting is enough to make a different type of experience. Should at least be interesting so see how things go.

[Quazihoto]

I'll be honest, it's possible to hit 100 easy with that epic armor. From there it's just farming for good Stat set items. The other items have always dropped fairly easily so I could have my bracers, belt, sheild, and cape.