Twilight's Tide
Twilight's Tide
Twilight's Tide is a Live Event that runs for a limited time in Return of Reckoning.
This event was created as a custom event by the RoR Team, and first launched in 2023.
Event Details
The unique feature of this live event is the ability to craft custom rings that can become best-in-slot jewelry when used during the event.
After 30 days, the rings lose their Talisman slots and expire into new versions, but the top tier, or 'Annulus' versions, remain powerful and are still best-in-slot for some builds.
Creating a Custom Ring
Killing players during this Live Event, as well as killing Daemons in the PvE open world, drop materials. These materials, and their usage, are:
- Ore, which determines the resists (or armor) present on the ring
- Gemstones, which determine the main and secondary stats on the ring
- Aethyr Fragments, which create powerful limited-time talismans that slot into the rings
Gathering Materials
- Player Kills primarily drop Ore and Gemstones, with a small chance of dropping Aethyr Fragments.
- PvE Daemon kills primarily drop Aethyr Fragments, with a small chance of dropping Ore and Gemstones.
- Specifically, look for Daemons in Elf zones with "Twilight" in their name - only these Daemons exclusive to the event will drop materials.
- All Materials can be sold and traded to other players.
Once you collect raw materials, the next step is to refine them.
Learning a Profession During the Event
There are three Professions that your character can choose from during this event. These are:
- Ore Refining
- Jewelsmithing
- Artificing
Each character can only learn one of these three. It is possible to learn one each on three different characters, but for many guilds or friend groups, it's likely faster to divide these up and work together as a team to help each other.
To select a Profession, first complete some of the tasks in the Live Event list. Once you reach the first reward tier, select the Quest Starter item from the Herald for the profession you'd like to learn, and complete that quest.
Once the quest is complete, you'll be able to earn tools to process the raw materials you find during the event!
Earning & Using Refining Tools
To refine a material, like Ore and Gemstones, you'll need to use the associated tool and trade this tool to a vendor along with the material to refine.
This will grant you back an item that will randomly select rarity for the resulting item. (More on this below.)
You earn tools by completing Repeatable Quests. These are available for both PvP and PvE routes, and are:
- PvP Quest: Kill 20 Players and Mine Deposit x2
- PvE Quest: Kill 125 Twilight Daemons, Mine Deposit x4
You can accept both quests at once.
Once you complete them and have tools, speak to the "Refining Specialist" NPCs next to the quest turn-ins to begin processing your materials.
Material Rarity
When you process Ore, Gemstones, and Aethyr Fragments, the rarity you get back is randomly selected each time.
The most common result is a Green rarity material. Blue rarity results are somewhat rare, Purple are rare, and Mythic (orange) are very rare.
Re-rolling Materials
Refining Specialist NPCs will also let you re-roll lower rarity materials for another shot at a higher rarity. This gives you another RNG pull, with the same rates as normal processing.
The higher the rarity of the material you're re-rolling, the less you'll need. The ratio is:
- 3x Green Rarity Material for 1 Re-roll
- 2x Blue Rarity Material for 1 Re-roll
- 1x Purple Rarity Material for 1 Re-roll
Guaranteed Rarity Upgrades
Refining Specialists will also allow you to trade in a larger amount of a lower rarity material for a higher rarity version, up to Purple rarity.
The trades are:
- Blue Rarity Material - Requires 10 of the Green Rarity of this type
- Purple Rarity Material - Requires 5 of the Blue Rarity of this type
So as an example, you can trade in 10 Green Rarity Iron Bars to get a single Blue Rarity Iron Bar in return.
Unlike the Re-rolling path, this will always guarantee you the upgrade in rarity, but note that the top-tier rarity required for Annulus rings can only be earned through lucky pulls when processing.
Building your Ring, Step 1: Ore
When you're ready to build your ring, you'll want to decide which materials to use, as the specific mats you choose will determine both the defensive and offensive stats.
First, decide which type of defense you'd like for your ring. The Ore types, and the defenses they bring, are:
- Platinum - Provides equal resistances to all 3 types of Magic
- Gold - Provides majority resistance to Elemental damage, and half resistance to other magic
- Silver - Provides majority resistance to Spiritual damage, and half resistance to other magic
- Copper - Provides majority resistance to Corporeal damage, and half resistance to other magic
- Iron - Provides armor and reduces physical damage, but provides no magic resistance
Most classes in the game deal only one or two types of damage, so if there are specific enemies that you want to reduce damage from, the rings give you the freedom to adjust your defenses accordingly.
Building your Ring, Step 2: Gemstones
Now that you've chosen which defenses you want, the Gemstone you pick will decide the primary stats of your ring.
Annulus rings, which are the highest rarity of the Level 40 rings, also get a special bonus, listed below.
The gemstones to choose from, and their stats, are:
- Sapphire - Main stat Intelligence, secondary stat Wounds (Annulus Bonus: 1% Magic Crit chance)
- Ruby - Main stat Strength, secondary stat Weapon Skill (Annulus Bonus: 1% Melee Crit chance)
- Emerald - Main stat Willpower, secondary stat Wounds (Annulus Bonus: 1% Healing Crit chance)
- Amethyst - Main stat Toughness, secondary stat Wounds (Annulus Bonus: 2% Parry)
- Diamond - Main stat Wounds, secondary stat Toughness (Annulus Bonus: 2% Dodge + 2% Disrupt)
- Citrine - Main stat Initiative, secondary stat Wounds (Annulus Bonus: 1% Reduction in being critically hit)
- Topaz - Main stat Ballistic Skill, secondary stat Weapon Skill (Annulus Bonus: 1% Ranged Crit chance)
- Onyx - Main stat Weapon Skill, secondary stat Wounds (Annulus Bonus: 1% Armor Penetration)
Building your Ring, Step 3: Purchasing the Ring
Once you know the type of Ring you want to create and have your materials on-hand, it's time to pick up your first ring from the Vendors!
These vendors are located in Southern Altdorf (on either side of the Top Renown Player statues) for Order, and in The Inevitable City's Slaanesh Quarters (Southwest corner of IC) for Destruction.
Important: Level 31 Rings will always stay level 31 rings, and cannot be upgraded to level 40. So, if you want to make Annulus rings, which are generally the most sought-after item in this event, make sure you start with the level 40 Green rings.
Once you trade the items in for a Green Ring at the level you want, you can then move to the nearby vendor and trade both the ring and additional materials to upgrade the ring to the next rarity.
- Level 11 and 21 Rings can upgrade only once, up to Blue Rarity
- Level 31 Rings can upgrade twice, to a maximum of Purple Rarity
- Level 40 Rings can upgrade three times, to Annulus (Mythic) Rarity
Upgrading a Ring will also remove any slotted Talismans, so it's best to wait until you're at the final stage of your ring before putting in an event talisman.
Building your Ring, Step 4: Slotting the Talisman
Finally, it's time to add a powerful Talisman to your ring to complete it. You have a few options here:
- Normal Talismans, like +23 or +24 of a stat can be slotted
- Twilight's Tide Talismans, which are stronger than normal Talismans, can also be slotted
Because you're going to lose this talisman once the ring's 30 day window passes, and because Twilight's Tide talismans are more powerful, it's recommended to use an Event Talisman.
Important: When Creating Twilight's Tide Talismans, you do not need to create the lesser versions first. You can jump straight to the top-tier Talisman when trading in your shards.
The Top-Tier Talismans you can create are:
- +2% Melee Critical Chance
- +2% Ranged Critical Chance
- +2% Magic Critical Chance
- +2% Healing Critical Chance
- +3% Reduction in being Critically Hit
- +3% Block
- +4% Parry
- +4% Dodge and Disrupt
- +4% Reduced chance to be Blocked
- +4% Reduced chance to be Parried
- +4% Reduced chance to be Dodged
- +4% Reduced chance to be Disrupted
- +36 Melee Power
- +36 Ranged Power
- +36 Magic Power
- +36 Healing Power
Trading in for a Talisman requires a mix of two types of "Shards", which are each attuned to different Winds of Magic.
Make sure to also check the Item Level -- these top tier Talismans are level 40, so they can only be slotted in Level 40 Rings. (Just as a normal level 32 Talisman must slot into a level 32 or above piece of armor.)
Ideal Builds Featuring Rings & Final Notes
While Twilight's Tide rings are not ideal for every build, they can be very useful for most.
- Many builds that use Twilight's Tide Rings focus on using 2 of the rings. (Accessory Slots 1 and 2.)
- This is because the Sentinel or Triumphant Ring (which accepts the most powerful Talismans) goes into Slot 3, and the Sovereign accessory goes into Slot 4.
- It's true that builds running Twilight's Tide Rings have less overall stat points than other builds because there is no attached set bonus.
- However, for glass cannon builds or builds that want specific stats like extra armor, healing crit, etc, this trade can still be very worthwhile.
Upgrading Expired Rings
Players who create level 40 Purple Rings but do not manage to upgrade them fully to Annulus rings before the 30-day timer runs out can now do so at a special vendor on the isle of the dead.
As you first enter the map, look near the Healer for the "Time Lost Annulus Mastersmith" (Order) or "Bloodsmith" (Destruction), who will accept expired Level 40 Purple Rings and upgrade them to Annulus Rings.
The required materials for the upgrade are the same as the normal vendors.
Tips and Advice for Ring Building
- PvP (either RvR or Scenarios) is the most efficient way to get ring materials, provided you have enemies to fight and can consistently get kills.
- If your realm is having a hard time or you're hitting a wall on the PvP front, it is also possible to farm materials via PvE mobs. Each High Elf Zone on the map has locations with lots of PvE Daemons.
- PvE farming will be much slower than farming kills on players, but joining efficient groups can ensure you still have ways to work towards your rings.
- If you're a new player and you don't care for a ring or if a ring isn't best-in-slot for your build, selling materials via the Auction House can also result in huge profits during this event.
Trivia
- During this event's original launch in 2023, certain game objects (and the sheer quantity of them) were causing significant frame drop in the Capital City event areas.
- The event was touched up, Game Objects removed, and the framerates significantly improved (especially in The Inevitable City) for its second round in 2024.
