Oktoberquest 2018
A host of challengers arrive...
Questnews
( #) (Subject) ( 1) Zistrosk 10/07/18 A host of challengers arrive... News of previous Oktoberquests has spread far and wide, and a group of really tough fighters have decided to test their mettle against our powerful heroes. Find a fightmaster. Issue a challenge. Keep on defeating the fighters until you've beaten them all. Perhaps a bigger challenge awaits at the crossroads of life? See the next note for all the detaily details. Zistrosk
( #) (Subject) ( 2) Zistrosk 10/09/18 Oktoberquest challenger quest flow and rules Basic quest flow: 1. Find an unassigned fightmaster and look at him for instructions 2. Issue a challenge 3. Defeat the challengers in solo IP1 combat, one at a time 4. On the sixth challenger of the day, bring your IP1 questor friends to help! 5. If enough sixth challengers are defeated, another challenge will open at the crossroads. Bring all the IP1 questors you can to try to defeat Seventh. 6. If you try to attack Sixth without killing at least one of your own mobs then you'll mess up the quest for the challenger of that Sixth. Plz Dont. -Declare your one AV you'll quest on either by tell or mudmail to Zistrosk -Be IP1 in the area while fighting any challenger -Days are delineated by the calendar date in the time command, not by reboot -Seventh resets at reboot, opens again with enough new Sixths defeated -Solo: First challenger is worth 1 point, Second is worth 2, up to Fifth for 5 -Sixth is worth 6 to the assigned challenger, 1 each to the first five helpers --PLEASE ASK BEFORE JUMPING IN TO "HELP". If they say it's ok, then attack. -A KB on Seventh its worth 10 points. Seventh randomly delays his own repop. ---PLEASE DO NOT ATTACK THE MOBS ON ANY CHARACTER OTHER THAN YOUR QUESTOR--- Scapezist's Note: This quest will run until November 6th at reboot.
( 3) Zistrosk 10/20/18 Oktoberquest Day Of The Pumpkin (tm) 27OCT2018 All, From 6am to Midnight on Saturday, 27 October 2018, the Oktoberquest Pumpkin will be available for creeper crushing for all Oktoberquestors. If you wanted a chance at the pumpkin, and haven't had one, now is your chance! On the 27th after reboot there will be a short pause between pumpkin visits, but he will be around most of the time. His point value per kb remains unchanged. Good luck to all!
Zist amended the note with:
Some more clarifications: -Once defeated, pumpkin may take as long as 20 minutes to show up again -Whomever got the KB will be sent to dhsq, and can return in an hour or so -The pumpkin will be handing out helper points, if the group is big enough -There will be a cool down on pumpkin helper points, but it will be possible to accumulate several per hour. Good luck to all! --Zistrosk
Mechanics
Players are required to locate a fightmaster, whose random position is fixed at reboot. They can issue a challenge and he will produce a variety of opponents, up to 6 per day, in increasing difficulty. The 7th opponent spawns more randomly. To reach the 7th opponent the questor has to say ready to the Oktoberquest Roadie at the crossroads.
In the final few days of questing it was noted that although each 6th Challenge Jerry could only provide 5 helper points a player could purge their Jerry without killing it and that the subsequently summoned Jerry would provide an additional 5 points. This was confirmed by Zistrosk as "working as intended".
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Roadie
Located at crossroads the roadie sends you to a special quest area to fight the 7th challenge mob.
This roadie stands ready to to send Oktoberquestors to meet Seventh, but only after enough Sixths have been defeated! Come by and say that you are ready, and if Seventh has been unlocked since reboot, you'll be sent to meet him. Who can attack Seventh? As many IP1 declared questors that want to, all at the same time.
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Fightmaster
(Fade) This fightmaster is here to oversee Oktoberquest fights here. An Oktoberquest fightmaster is shrouded in flowing shadow and light.
The fightmaster is here to officiate Oktoberquest challenges for all declared matches. The first five challenges must be completed IP1 in the area, and solo. The sixth challenger may be attacked by any number of IP1 declared questors that have already completed at least one solo match. The roadie at the cross roads may have a further challenge available. Use say to issue a challenge. Also use say to get your unofficial score.
If the player says challenge an increasingly difficult opponent will appear. Opponents 1-5 are required to be soloed. They will disappear if others enter the room.
Challenge 1
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Jerry the gelatinous gelatin awards 6 points to the primary challenger and potentially awards 1 point to each helper up to a maximum of 5 helpers. This is the primary source of variance in the scoreboard. In the final days of the quest it was discovered that Jerry could be purged to provide a helper point to an unlimited number of people, 1 each, 5 at a time. This was verified by Zistrosk not to be a bug, but to be working as intended.
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Challenge 7
The 7th challenge mob is the Oktoberquest Pumpkin. This is a classic quest mob style fight, except this mob is relatively weak but with tremendous hitpoints and/or healing that makes the fight quite lengthy. It also makes landing the kill blow quite a random feat. The kill blow is worth 10 points to the individual player who lands it. No other points are awarded on this stage.
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The oktoberquest pumpkin is DEAD!! Player's punkin chunkin deed has been recorded. The pumpkin pops like a balloon, spilling out its contents in a massive avalanche!
Each day the pumpkin drops different renamed food items. It also dropped "an Oktoberquest frozen pumpkin", a level 2 head wear with no statistics.
A jello shot wriggling for Oktoberquest is here. A Cadbury oktoberquest bar is here! A large, frozen Oktoberquest pumpkin is on the ground melting. A red and white oktoberquest candy cane is stuck to the floor here. (Glowing) Cookie's hot and freshly baked Oktoberquest cookie smells yummy. A sour candy lies here, left over from Oktoberquest. A turkey leg for Oktoberquest, roasted to perfection, smells delicious. A hollowed out bread roll contains steaming hot clam chowder for Oktoberquest. The legendary Oktoberquest corn dog of ultimate power and destruction lies discarded in a puddle of grease. A tin of chocolate-covered Oktoberquest bacon bites is slowly melting. A small bag of Oktoberquest cheddar popcorn lies on its side. A sticky caramel Oktoberquest apple on a stick lies on the ground getting dirty. A wrapped bundle of ghostly Oktoberquest popcorn balls softly pulses with an eerie light. A thick green bumpy Oktoberquest pickled troll tongue is ready for snack time! A waxy triangular shaped yellow, white, and orange Oktoberquest candy corn begs to be eaten and not regifted. This Oktoberquest cupcake is made with chocolate devil's food and stuffed with sugary goodness. A soft warm and delicious Oktoberquest hazel nut brownie waits to be eaten. Some orange pumpkin-shaped marshmallow treats for Oktoberquest are ready to make your hands sticky.
Related Quests
The Day of the Pumpkin
On October 27, 2018 at 6 am EST an assortment of players met Zistrosk and a modified Pumpkin quest mob in the World Quest Area. 9 Pumpkin mobs were placed in the area set to respawn upon death.
The mob had been modified to stay still, otherwise multiple pumpkins might engage with groups simultaneously, which was undesirable for several reasons. Not the least of which is the spam of the quest mob fights; several crashes were observed, suspected to be from players stacking commands. The mob was also altered to make the kill blow very random by starting it's tank switching program only once it reached DYING. During this event the mob did not drop any items.
Players who were in the fight with the quest mob earned 1 helper point at intervals of approximately 15 minutes.
The quest ran for approximately 16.5 hours with many players making the entire duration. The quest was called after the 3rd mud crash of the day.
The official totals posted by Zistrosk were:
| Quester | Pupmkins | Helper Pts. |
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| Aisic | 3 | 45 |
| Aleq | 3 | 57 |
| Arca | 3 | 36 |
| Blackrazr | 5 | 27 |
| Ceirese | 1 | 23 |
| Ciska | 0 | 3 |
| Daemonia | 8 | 38 |
| Debian | 4 | 51 |
| Gaonllyx | 8 | 45 |
| Huck | 6 | 26 |
| Indious | 4 | 50 |
| Lareawan | 8 | 36 |
| Leanq | 5 | 24 |
| Madazanirt | 7 | 26 |
| Netherwood | 4 | 44 |
| Padrik | 8 | 40 |
| Semiramia | 2 | 49 |
| Ubamakaji | 3 | 46 |
| Xancnam | 5 | 44 |
| Brianey | 6 | 36 |
| Nomak | 4 | 19 |
| Valkmalk | 4 | 16 |
| Daemian | 3 | 22 |
| Klaatu | 3 | 28 |
| Capium | 1 | 23 |
| Incendi | 1 | 16 |
| Threg | 1 | 3 |
Statistics
Point Leaders
Zistrosk: OKTOBERQUEST 2018 FINAL Leaderboard (current as of 06Nov18|06:28:24 CST) Tue Nov 6 07:46:21 2018 To: QUESTORS Name Total Name Total Name Total Indious 1161 Durunex 0643 Kuj 0169 Gaonllyx 1158 Eisenbeard 0621 Daeryth 0165 Padrik 1108 Ciska 0600 Kaela 0149 Daemonia 1092 Roxorz 0569 Taokor 0142 Xancnam 1064 Merit 0541 Vhalin 0141 Aleq 1064 Cerf 0540 Cyenide 0132 Semiramia 1053 Emrakuja 0535 Ubanak 0111 Ubamakaji 1027 Incendi 0530 Alphonse 0110 Lareawan 1017 Iohannis 0500 Petrograd 0104 Debian 1014 Capium 0485 Graward 0084 Huck 0947 Rimmons 0454 Rayen 0078 Arca 0906 Tsemus 0421 Wala 0067 Brianey 0869 Komodo 0404 Adelline 0065 Netherwood 0865 Eopwald 0379 Verg 0063 Madazanirt 0860 Cearol 0332 Babui 0030 Leanq 0860 Balnor 0326 Corisar 0024 Klaatu 0787 Nadidadern 0311 Trihxeem 0021 Threg 0775 Daniladde 0305 Nood 0021 Aisic 0754 Valmalk 0278 Grudan 0021 Nomak 0746 Daemian 0223 Drylon 0021 Ceirese 0703 Valeya 0198 Burroda 0021 Blackrazr 0666 Dajjal 0175 Zistrosk 0001 Charas 0649 Rammus 0171
Participation
Zistrosk: OKTOBERQUEST 2018 Activity Bar Chart - FINAL Tue Nov 6 07:46:04 2018 To: QUESTGEEKS ........DAILY.SCORE.TOTALS.FOR.OKTOBERQUEST.2018.ACTIVITY...... . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1. NOTES: . 7 8 7 8 7 8 8 9 8 7 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 1 9 7 1 1 3 9 2 1 2 6 0. Questors: 67 . 8 2 1 2 2 7 5 6 3 7 1 0 7 7 0 5 8 6 2 8 1 7 3 8 4 3 7 2 6. . 2 2 3 6 8 4 3 3 9 8 7 2 9 4 5 7 7 0 3 8 6 0 3 3 2 1 2 3 8. Score: .1500 D | . Total: 32426 . A | . Average: 1046 .1350 Y | . . O | | . Kills: .1200 F | | | | . First 1217 . | T | | | | | | . Second 1214 .1050 | | | H | | | | | | | |. Third 1211 . | | | | | | E | | | | | | | | |. Fourth 1208 .900 | | | | | | | | | P | | | | | | | | |. Fifth 1203 . | | | | | | | | | | | | | | U | | | | | | | | |. Sixth 1159 .750 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | M | | | | | | | | | |. Pumpkin 199 . | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | P | | | | | | | | | |. .600 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | K | | | | | | | | | |. Helpers 5357 . | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | I | | | | | | | | | |. .450 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | N | | | | | | | | | |. Scoring: ............................................................... Pumpkin 10 . 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0. Helper 1 .DAY 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 1 2 3 4 5 6. Other 1 to 6 ...............................................................
Points per day (As reported to Archives by Zistrosk)
Prizes
Minor items
A large, frozen Oktoberquest pumpkin is on the ground melting. Object 'an Oktoberquest frozen pumpkin' is infused with your magic... It is a level 2 armor, weight 15. Locations it can be worn: head Special properties: none This armor has a gold value of 10000. Armor class is 8 of 8.
Playername oktoberquested in 2018 and only got this dumb target on their back. Object 'Playername's archery target' is infused with your magic... It is a level 50 armor, weight 1. Locations it can be worn: back Special properties: none This armor has a gold value of 0. Armor class is 10 of 10.
Playername oktoberquested in 2018 and got tangled in this long pumpkin vine. Object 'Playername's pumpkin leaf wings' is infused with your magic... It is a level 50 armor, weight 1. Locations it can be worn: back Special properties: none This armor has a gold value of 0. Armor class is 10 of 10.
Final prizes
The final prizes this year included glory and a jack'o'lantern with 2 immortality potions for most questers. Those in the top 20 (unverified) also received a piece of the Garments of the Ilythiiri set. The top 10 (unverified) also received a piece of the Guardian's Exigency set. The top 3 (unverified) recieved a 15ac, aff protect ankle wear item.