Hi everyone, welcome to Aurora’s first official news letter! First and foremost we hope everyone is having a blessed start to their holiday season, and to remember we as a community are still here for those looking for friends this time of year!
We know a big question everyone will have is when will Aurora relaunch? Well the best answer we can give is when the game is at a point we believe it will provide the experience we intended to give you all the first go around. We are eager to get back online as well but there are still quite a few things left on our road map we want to get to before that happens.
We will be releasing official news letters every two weeks from now until we launch, these letters are intended to keep you guys as up to date with what we have going on as much as possible. These letters will include anything from latest fixes, content updates, discussions, staff changes, and any changes to our plans we feel are best shared publicly.
As we continue to progress with our development phase we will begin marketing our test server more frequently in order to get users old and new testing out not only new content but old content as well to ensure our relaunch goes with as little hiccups as possible. This time when Aurora’s official testing period goes live users will NOT be permitted any special permissions in order to test our game as it is intended to be played. This is to gauge playstyles, the economy and so forth.
Another priority of ours is the staff team, there are a few roles I am looking to fill, specifically Wiki Editors and Discord Moderators. These roles are pivotal for the experience of new players for Aurora and I hope to expand our team going forward in these areas with motivated individuals with a passion for our game. These applications will be opening in the coming weeks following the revamp of our Discord.
1. Latest Changes to Aurora
Game Mode Revamp
- Game Mode interface updated with the new changes
- PvP Mode removed; Normal Mode is the new standard Game Mode on Aurora
- New Easy xp mode rate is 500x
- Changed up the skilling xp rates to better match the combat rates
- Made it so that only Normal Mode players on the Easy XP mode (500x) can set their combat levels post 99
- All Ironman Modes now start with significantly less items
- Added a Guide Book to every players starting inventory items
- Updated the Guide Book to have more accurate information on being successful on Aurora
- Spawnable items are now free in shops for Normal Mode players
- Items removed from spawning: fighter torso, fire cape, rune defender, rune boots, bastion potion, battlemage potion, diamond bolts (e), ring of dueling (8), blue mystic top and bottom, rune knives, adamant arrows
- Items added to spawning: ghostly robes (to the 126 loadouts), unholy book (replaced rune defender)
- Made sure every single spawned items noted version was also worth 0 GP (for no gp dupes)
New Consumable Items
- We are introducing 7 new 30-60 minute scroll boosts in the Blood Money & Donator Shops! (We do have plans to introduce more but this is where we started)
- The immunity scroll shown in the image was removed.
- More info on each scroll below (Prices shown for each scroll in the photo are just for testing, NOT actual prices. These will change)
- Blood Money Boost: Blood money drops & blood money for slayer task completions are doubled for 60 minutes
- Revenant Boost: Players has x2 chance of receiving Rev Weapons and PvP gear (vesta, statius, etc) from Revenants for 30 minutes
- Great Vault Boost: Player will receive 2 loot rolls per key rather than 1 per key, for their next 5 keys total
- Clue Key Boost: Players have a x2 chance at receiving Wilderness Clue Key drops for the next 30 minutes
- Chambers of Xeric Boost: Players have a x2 chance at a rare from their next CoX chest
- Theatre of Blood Boost: Players have a x2 chance at a rare from their next ToB chest
- Nightmare Boost: Players have a x2 chance at a rare for the next 30 minutes from Nightmare
PvP Update
- The player vs player community will be receiving a large scale update when it comes to content as well as competitions and rewards in the form of Arenas, Battlegrounds and a brand new Elo system. Arenas and Battlegrounds are quite an expansive system and will be released gradually as we go upon relaunch.
- Players can earn PvP rating by killing other players in their tier either in the wilderness or in Arenas.
- For example, if you are level 126 and kill a level 50 player, you will not receive an increase in rating.
- PvP Rating rewards will be distributed to the top 3 players in each rating tier at the end of each Season
- Rewards for each season are TBD
- Seasons will run for 4 weeks at the time
- 1v1 Arenas will be available on launch for players to queue into and earn rating
- 3v3 Arenas will follow soon after in a future patch
- Players can earn PvP rating by killing other players in their tier either in the wilderness or in Arenas.
Donator Dungeon
- The donator dungeon has been revamped with some rewarding private areas for our loyal supporters including revs, barrows and some slayer monsters!
Q.O.L Updates
- Quest Tab changes
- The main changes are getting rid of the unnecessary borders on each tab, and also “modernizing” the tabs to be more aesthetically pleasing. Find attached photos for reference, the left photo is before and the right photo is revamped version
Content coming to Aurora
1. Rotating Skill / Event Bonuses (Completed)
- This system will give x time of bonus experience or rewards for 1 skill and 1 Event or Minigame.
- For example Woodcutting experience bonus and Barrows Minigame bonus (Barrows would provide a increased rate for example). Imo this is a good way to make certain activities more worth while throughout the day
2. World Boss Events
- This concept would introduce a new community based event system for us to use going forward. This is also a fine way to get youtubers nice clips of the community.
- Players will be able to obtain a world boss ticket as a ultra rare loot drop from difficult bosses or events that can be used to summon the world boss at a custom location (Maybe a new addition to the home.)
- While a lot of these events will be more PvM focused some will incorporate PvP aspects (See Cursed Mimic)
- World Bosses TBA
3. Mimic (Solo Event Boss)
- The Mimic can be spawned via the mimic casket, obtained through High level boss tasks or for a high amount of points from slayer.
- Mimic: This boss will function similarly to a Fortnite loot piñata, as the boss is slain random loot from a custom table will drop on the floor throughout the fight.
- Following the fight a butler will appear to auto loot and bank your items.
- After Killing the mimic you may unlock the Cursed Mimic Global Event.
3B. Cursed Mimic: (World Boss)
- If a player has triggered the Cursed Mimic event, the boss will appear for the server following a 5 minute timer.
- Players will be able to enter via command or a portal that opens at home.
- This event is semi-safe PVP/E based.
- The first portion acts as the regular mimic event does on a Global scale (Enhanced Loot Table).
- All items picked up will go to a risk coffer unlike the solo event where they would go to your inventory.
- Once the boss spawns no one may leave or enter the area.
- Once the mimic dies the event becomes wilderness, but only the items that are in the coffer are at risk upon death (Nothing you entered the area with is at RISK).
- Upon death your coffer will transfer to the player who killed you.
- Following the death of the boss players must hope to find a single use portal that will spawn around the area or hope to survive the minute until the main door opens once again.
- Once the mimic dies the event becomes wilderness, but only the items that are in the coffer are at risk upon death (Nothing you entered the area with is at RISK).
4. New Custom Items (Please note that the Effects and Abilities of these items are purely conceptual and are subject to change upon relaunch, they were used when designing these models though the lore will be introduced into Aurora’s story)
Zamorakian Chaos Bow (Ranged): Description: A dark, twisted bow infused with the chaotic energy of Zamorak. It fires corrupted arrows that leave a burning effect on enemies. Special Ability: “Chaotic Barrage” – Unleashes a rapid barrage of corrupted arrows that deal increased damage and reduce enemy accuracy temporarily. Passive Effect: “Chaos Incarnate” – Randomly fires an additional arrow without using extra ammunition (Outside the Wilderness).
Guthixian Earthshaker (Melee): Description: A colossal warhammer embedded with ancient runic symbols of balance. When swung, it sends shockwaves through the ground. Special Ability: “Nature’s Resonance” – Slam the Earthshaker into the ground, creating a shockwave that stuns nearby enemies and restores your health and prayer points. Passive Effect: “Guthixian Harmony” – Grants a chance to reduce incoming damage and increases accuracy (Outside the Wilderness).
Saradomin’s Aegis (Magic): Description: A shimmering magical shield adorned with Saradomin’s emblem. It can absorb and redirect incoming spells. Special Ability: “Divine Ward” – Creates a protective barrier that absorbs incoming damage spells and reflects a portion back to the attacker. Passive Effect: “Saradomin’s Blessing” – Restores a small amount of health and prayer points with each successful magic attack (Outside the Wilderness).
5. Intricate Daily Rewards System
- The Daily rewards system will be designed to give our returning players frequent access to small rewards for their constant appreciation shown by playing Aurora!
- Hourly Check in
- Daily Check in
- Daily Roll
- Daily Vote
6. Player Bounty System
- We will be implementing a player bounty system where players can place bounties on specific targets in the wild, encouraging PvP encounters and providing rewards for successful eliminations!! Happy Hunting!!