League

Permanent Leagues

• Standard is the default league and has no modifiers.
• Hardcore has the hardcore modifier, meaning characters who die are moved to Standard. Hardcore is equivalent to permadeath in other RPGs, though your character and items are not automatically deleted.

Characters used in certain races are afterwards sent to a Void League instead of being deleted. You can't play these characters or access their inventory; void characters can only be deleted or kept as a sort of trophy.

Challenge Leagues

Every four months, two new leagues are created and the previous two challenge leagues are removed. These leagues are intended to introduce and test new content while providing players with a fresh economy. In addition, each pair of leagues has a set of eight optional challenges that can be completed for a prize.

When a challenge league ends, all characters and their stash will be sent to their respective parent league (either Standard league or Hardcore League).

Ambush and Invasion

The Ambush and Invasion leagues will run from March 5th 2014 to July 5th 2014 and be introduced with patch 1.1.0.

• Ambush: Various new types of chests called Strongboxes can be found throughout Wraeclast. These chests are guarded by monsters that ambush the player when they are opened. The ambushing monsters must be slain before the contents of the Strongbox can be claimed. Sometimes you'll encounter magic, rare or unique Strongboxes which have modifiers like items do. Prefixes affect the difficulty of the ambush by adding more monsters, springing traps or affecting your character. Suffixes improve your rewards from the Strongbox. You can use currency items to reroll these mods. One of the new challenges is to open Strongboxes with each mod.
• Invasion: Invasion is a hardcore league. Areas of Wraeclast have substantially more monster variety, so players will run into unexpected and dangerous invading monsters from other levels or acts. A unique boss monster from an invading monster type is also lurking in each level. Higher difficulty levels contain expanded monster variety and the invading bosses with more abilities. One of the new challenges is to kill each invading Unique monster.

Domination and Nemesis

The Domination and Nemesis leagues ran from October 23rd 2013 to February 23rd 2014 and were introduced with patch 1.0.0 :

• Domination: A variety of powerful shrines spawn along with large groups of monsters that receive powerful buffs from the shrine. If you get close to a shrine and "tag" it, you receive the shrine's bonuses for a short time.

• Nemesis: A hardcore league where rare monsters have one guaranteed mod from the Nemesis Pool, which can make a fight substantially harder. Rare monsters are more powerful, make players weaker, or have special effects on death.

These changes applied to both Nemesis and Domination:

• Prismatic Ring could not drop as a base type in Domination and Nemesis league, but it could be created with a new vendor recipe. Unique Prismatic Rings could still drop in these leagues.
• There were six new Unique items that could drop in either challenge league, plus one that could only drop in Domination (The GullThe Gull
  Raven MaskEvasion: (228-297)
  Energy Shield: (114-175)Requires Level 38, 44 Dex, 44 IntTrigger Level 1 Create Lesser Shrine when you Kill an Enemy
  (120-150)% increased Evasion and Energy Shield
  +(30-45) to maximum Energy Shield
  +(60-80) to maximum Life
  +(30-40)% to Cold Resistance
  75% increased Effect of Shrine Buffs on you
  50% increased Duration of Shrine Effects on you"It is the Gull that delivers Man unto Ancestor.
  The consumer of our flesh. The seeder of our
  souls unto the earth. We give the Gull his life.
  The Gull gives us our Way."
  - Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom) and one that could only drop in Nemesis (HeadhunterHeadhunter
  Leather BeltRequires Level 40+(25-40) to maximum Life+(40-55) to Strength
  +(40-55) to Dexterity
  +(50-60) to maximum Life
  (20-30)% increased Damage with Hits against Rare monsters
  When you Kill a Rare monster, you gain its Modifiers for 60 seconds"A man's soul rules from a cavern of bone, learns and
  judges through flesh-born windows. The heart is meat.
  The head is where the Man is."
  - Lavianga, Advisor to Kaom).
• could not be obtained in these leagues.
• Increased Item Quantity modifiers could not spawn on Magic and Rare items in these leagues, but remained on unique items.

Anarchy and Onslaught

The Anarchy and Onslaught leagues ran from June 8th 2013 to October 8th 2013 and were introduced with patch 0.11.0:

• Anarchy: Rogue Exiles will sometimes spawn in areas and attack you. The rogue exiles were later added to the rest of the leagues and spawn at around 60% of the rate that they appear in Anarchy. They were also rebalanced.
• Onslaught: A hardcore league with monsters moving and attacking/casting 20% faster.

These changes applied to both Anarchy and Onslaught:

• Six unique items were added for the new leagues. Two only dropped in Anarchy, two only dropped in Onslaught and two could drop in either league.
• These items could not drop in the Anarchy or Onslaught leagues: Prismatic RingPrismatic RingRequires Level 30+(8-10)% to all Elemental Resistances, Onyx AmuletOnyx AmuletRequires Level 20+(10-16) to all Attributes, Thief's TormentThief's Torment
  Prismatic RingRequires Level 30+(8-10)% to all Elemental Resistances(10-16)% increased Quantity of Items found
  Can't use other Rings
  +(25-40)% to all Elemental Resistances
  Gain (40-60) Life per Enemy Hit with Attacks
  Gain 30 Mana per Enemy Hit with Attacks
  50% reduced Effect of Curses on youThe ring I stole,
  My finger they took,
  A shrouded mind,
  Cut their curses short,
  As I drained their spirit
  And stole their soul.
  A blessing is often a curse., Lori's LanternLori's Lantern
  Prismatic RingRequires Level 30+(8-10)% to all Elemental Resistances+10% to all Elemental Resistances
  (6-8)% increased Movement Speed when on Low Life
  31% increased Light Radius
  +(20-25)% to Chaos Resistance when on Low Life
  Damage of Enemies Hitting you is Unlucky while you are on Low LifeBy its light, Lori led her young charges to safety
  and bound up their wounds.
  Her sword arm was iron, yet her heart gentle
  and proof against hate., AstramentisAstramentis
  Onyx AmuletRequires Level 20+(10-16) to all Attributes+(80-100) to all Attributes
  -4 Physical Damage taken from Attack HitsMindless rage will shake the world,
  Cunning lies will bend it.
  Reckless haste will break the world,
  And into darkness send it., Carnage HeartCarnage Heart
  Onyx AmuletRequires Level 20+(10-16) to all Attributes+(20-40) to all Attributes
  +(10-20)% to all Elemental Resistances
  (1.2-2)% of Physical Attack Damage Leeched as Life
  50% increased total Recovery per second from Life Leech
  (30-40)% increased Damage while LeechingForged from the blood of countless wars,
  its thirst has only begun., Eye of ChayulaEye of Chayula
  Onyx AmuletRequires Level 20+(10-16) to all Attributes20% reduced maximum Life
  30% increased Rarity of Items found
  Cannot be StunnedNever blinking, always watching.
  
  This item can be transformed with a Blessing of Chayula and Kaom's HeartKaom's Heart
  Glorious PlateArmour: (776-892)Requires Level 68, 191 StrHas no Sockets
  (20-40)% increased Fire Damage
  +500 to maximum LifeThe warrior who
  fears will fall..

Race Leagues

Main page: Races

Race leagues are temporary leagues created specifically for a single race event.

These leagues have their own stash. At the end of the event, characters and their stashed items will be moved to the parent league, which is typically Hardcore or Void league. The player's race stash will be moved as well and may be placed in remove-only stash tabs.

Leagues Modifiers

Other than Standard, leagues generally have modifiers to add special rules that alter the way the game is played.

Ancestral

First introduced in S1E51.

• All areas except in towns have enemy totems spread across the zone that grant benefits to your enemies and attempt to kill you.

Blood Magic

First introduced in S1E61.

• Characters act as if they have the Blood Magic passive allocated. This will cause said characters to consume life instead of mana for skills with mana cost and mana reservations.

Cut-Throat

• Equipped items are dropped on death.
• Players are allowed to enter others' instances at will.
• The death experience penalty is increased by 30% on all difficulty levels.
• Players are hostile to one another by default when not partied.
• Killing a player awards their death penalty experience to the killer.
• Player capacity in non-town instances is doubled. This does not increase the maximum party size.

Descent

Main page: Descent

• Descent was the signature race of Season 3. It is modeled after roguelike games: players fight from the top of a dungeon down through increasingly difficult levels.
• If you disconnect or log out and continue playing later, you spawn at the entrance of your current area.
• Has the hardcore modifier, and dying will transfer your character to the Void league.
• No access to the stash or any vendors, and therefore no reason to pick up valuable items that you won't use.
• A provision chest at the beginning contains some starting items and gems.
• The end of each level contains an Alluring Chest and a Curious Chest. Players can open only one.

Descent Champions

Main page: Descent: Champions

• Introduced in Season 5, Descent: Champions was an extension of the Descent race type. Accordingly, most of the mechanics of Descent are the same here.
• One key difference is that in addition to being given access to a provision chest at the start of the race, each player may also select 2 unique items: one from each of two chests.
• Another key difference is that the path players take forward is not fixed, as it is in Descent. There are multiple paths forward, and even side-areas with their own bonuses should the player take the time to complete them.
• Finally, in addition to the race point reward systems of Descent, players also gain race points by killing certain boss mobs. Being first to kill the boss is irrelevant; all players that kill a reward boss will receive the corresponding reward.

Endless Ledge

Main page: Endless Ledge

• Players start in one end of the Ledge and fight their way through the area. The exit leads to another instance of the Ledge with higher monster level, and this repeats forever.
• If you disconnect or log out then continue playing, you spawn at the entrance of your current area.
• Has the hardcore modifier, and dying will transfer your character to the Void league.
• No access to the stash or any vendors, and therefore no reason to pick up valuable items that you won't use.
• A provision chest at the beginning contains some starting items and gems.
• The first Ledge is normal, but after that monsters, bosses, and biome will be fully random, similar to maps. The area layout will always mimic the Ledge.
• After the race, characters are transferred to the Void league.

Famine

• Flasks, life, mana, and energy shield are not refilled when entering a town instance.

Fixed Seed

• All instances of a given area will have the same area layout, for all players.
• The minimap will automatically be fully revealed.
• Multiple Race Events regularly will have the same seed. That is, the instance area layouts will be same in all the races of a fixed seed set.

Hardcore

• Characters who die are moved to the Standard league.

Immolation

• Players and monsters have their physical damage converted to fire damage.
• Monsters will also create ground fire on death.

Lethal

• Monsters deal 50% increased damage. An additional 50% of that damage is then added as cold damage, fire damage and lightning damage.

Multiple Projectile

First introduced in S1E53.

• Monsters have four additional projectiles when using projectile-based skills and attacks.

No Projectiles

• Players deal no damage with projectile-based skills and attacks.

Rogue

• All areas except towns have a rogue exile, which spawns at a random location within the area.

Solo

• Players are not allowed to form parties.

Turbo

• Monsters run, attack and cast 60% faster.

Version History

Version	Changes	0.10.8d	Renamed Default League to Standard League.