🧪 Early Information on New "Return to Sanctuary" Challenge Event [Part of The Beta Beat V67]

[PlayForFun]

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This thread is to provide early insights and discussion on the new "Return to Sanctuary Challenge Event

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Don’t get too attached

Details from Beta, especially brand-new Beta content, don’t tend to be very reliable for actual release.

It’s incredibly common that features are changed during Beta testing, or sometimes even after testing but before release. That is, after all, the purpose of Beta testing.

So I wouldn’t get too attached to any of this — it’s not unheard of for entire portions of features to be removed or reworked, or for radical changes to functionality to be made.

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New Gargoyle heroes

A new challenge event = new heroes…

For more information on see here: 🧪 Early Information on Round 5 of Gargoyles Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat v67]

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Gargoyle heroes in Challenge Event

As with the other challenge event heroes, the Gargoyle heroes have a bonus when they are used in the Return to Sanctuary challenge event.

Specifically:

• Heroes of the Gargoyle family bypass the Elemental Barriers, and have increased attack, defense, and health (+20%) in this Challenge Event’s stages

Some Notes:

• This bonus ONLY applies to Gergoyle Family Heroes IN the Return to Sanctuary Event.
• It is NOT limited to Unique heroes only… Any and all Gargoyles heroes gain the bonus stat boost.

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Special Gameplay

A new Event effect for the Return to Sanctuary: Softskin

,There is deflecting Magical Fluff in the air!
The Fluff indicator increases every time you use a Special Skill or a Battle Item.
The higher the indicator, the more counter damage the enemies will do.

• max counter damage 100%

[f the indicator is full at the beginning of a turn:

• all enemies receive Softskin buff
• all enemies receive 5% health
• all status ailments of the enemies are cleansed

The indicator decreases if you don’t use any Special Skills or Battle Items during your turn.

The indicator is increasing with 20% if a battle item or special skill is used, and decreasing with 20% if it is not used.
At 20% fill rate the counterattack is 10%.
At 40% fill rate the counterattack is 20%.
At 60% fill rate the counterattack is 30%.
At 80% fill rate the counterattack is 80%.
At 100% fill rate the counterattack is 100%.

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Summoning Odds

As with all other challenge events, the Return to Sanctiary comes with it’s own Summon Portal. See below for information regarding the appearance rates.

APPEARANCE RATES
Rare Classic Hero: 53.1%
Epic Classic Hero: 19.8%
Legendary Classic Hero: 1.2%

Rare Trainer Hero: 10.0%
Epic Trainer Hero: 1.0%

Rare Event Hero: 7.9%
Epic Event Hero: 5.7%
Legendary (non-featured) Event Hero 0.3%
Legendary Featured Event Hero 1.0%

BONUS DRAW
Legendary Hero of the Month: 1.3%

Featured Heroes:

• Garten, Hilda, Mena

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Challenge Coins

The "Return to Sanctiary " event makes use of the existing Challenge Event Coins currency for summoning. It also features the Suspicious Chest’s as a rare & random monster which drops 1x Challenge Coin as bonus loot.

10 of them is needed for a Summon.

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Event Rules

CHALLENGE EVENT RULES

The goal of a Challenge Event is to get a high master score. The players with the highest master score win exclusive loot at the end of the event.

Master Score is the combined score of all stages within a diffiiculty tier. Each difficulty tier has separate master score. Stages can be replayed for the best possible score.

The score from each stage is defined by the enemies defeated, speed of completion and the amount of the Hero health left at the end of a stage.
Big combos and great matches are also taken into account. Using Continues has a negative effect on the stage score. It is possible that Special Enemies spawn in stages. Defeating these enemies gives bonus points and awards Challenge Coins.

The different Difficulty Tiers have limits on what Heroes, Troops and Battle Items can be used in fights.

TIPS:

1. Using Battle Item can be extremly effective in Challenge Events.
2. Some enemies in Challenge Events have an Elemental Barrier. These enemies reflect all damage back from their own element.
3. Completing a difficulty tier for the first time gives and extra Tier Completion Reward that is not tied to the score.

EVENT HERO BONUS

Gain addiitional perks in the battles by using the Heroes of the Challenge Event !

Heroes of the Gargoyle familiy bypass the Elemental Barriers, and have increased attack, defense, and health in battles!

RETURN TO SANCTUARY EVENT EFFECT

There is deflecting Magical Fluff in the air!
The Fluff indicator increases every time you use a Special Skill or a Battle Item.
The higher the indicator, the more counter damage the enemies will do.

• max counter damage 100%

[f the indicator is full at the beginning of a turn:

• all enemies receive Softskin buff
• all enemies receive 5% health
• all status ailments of the enemies are cleansed

The indicator decreases if you don’t use any Special Skills or Battle Items during your turn.

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Event Info – Stages, Bosses, and WE Costs

Duration	Reflect Colour	Stages
4 days	Dark / Nature	10 per difficulty

Stage 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 has Dark reflect coluor.
Stage 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 has Nature reflect colour.

The Return to Sanctuary follows the the usual set-up for Challenge Events with 3 difficulty tiers (Rare, Epic & Legendary).
There are 10 Stages for each tier.

Stage #	World Energy ( R/E/L)	Waves	Monsters	Boss
1	2 / 3 / 4	3	Yellow & Red	Betty (P) & Red + Red Mobs
2	2 / 3 / 4	3	Blue & Green	Grumbl (B) & Soroca (B)
3	3 / 4 / 5	3	Blue & Yellow	Bellerive (Y) & Uwe(P)
4	3 / 4 / 5	3	Green & Red	El Duque (R) & Garten (G)
5	4 / 5 / 6	3	Purple & Blue	Uwe (P), Hilda (Y) & Pophit(B)
6	4 / 5 / 6	3	Red & Blue	Bellerive (Y), Mena (G), Grumbl (B)
7	5 / 6 / 7	3	Purple & Yellow	Uwe (P), Budatín (P), Hilda (Y)
8	5 / 6 / 7	3	Yellow & Blue	Garten (G), Goseck (P), Pophit (B)
9	6 / 7 / 8	3	Purple & Blue	Uwe (P), El Duque (P), Pophit (B)
10	6 / 7 / 8	3	Green & Red	Grten (G), Hilda (Y), Mena (G)

Boss / Enemy stats:

Special thanks to @birksg for the charts.

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Rewards

Return to Sanctuary has the similar tier based reward system like any other challenge event.

Rare rewards

Tier	Hero	Avatar	Flasks	Tokens	Ascension Materials	Other materials	Battle items	Emblems
1	Grumbl	Betty	1x Titan 1X WE 1x Raid	1xEHT 1xETT 1x Summon Token 5x Challenge Event Coin	1x Mystic Rings 1x Tome of Tactics 2x Trap Tools 1x Hidden Blade 10x Dagger 10x Battle Manual	10x Dragon Bone 10x Midnight Roots 10x Firestone 10x Oil	10x Timestop 10x Revive Scroll 10x Healing Poiton 10x Arrow Attack	-
2 - 10	-	-	1x Titan 1X WE 1x Raid	1xEHT 1xETT 1x Summon Token 5x Challenge Event Coin	1x Mystic Rings 1x Tome of Tactics 2x Trap Tools 1x Hidden Blade 10x Dagger 10x Battle Manual	10x Dragon Bone 10x Midnight Roots 10x Firestone 10x Oil	10x Timestop 10x Revive Scroll 10x Healing Poiton 10x Arrow Attack	-
11 - 1000	-	-	1x Titan 1X WE 1x Raid	1xEHT 1xETT 1x Summon Token 2x Challenge Event Coin	1x Mystic Rings 1x Trap Tools 10x Dagger 10x Battle Manual	10x Dragon Bone 10x Midnight Roots 10x Firestone 10x Oil	10x Timestop 10x Revive Scroll 10x Healing Poiton 10x Arrow Attack	-
1001 - 10000	-	-	1x Titan 1X WE 1x Raid	1xEHT 1xETT 1x Summon Token	10x Dagger 10x Battle Manual	10x Midnight Roots 10xFirestone 10x Oil	10x Revive Scroll 10x Healing Poiton 10x Arrow Attack	-
10001 - 100000	-	-	1X WE 1xRaid	1xETT 1x Summon Token	10x Dagger 10x Battle Manual	10x Firestone 10x Oil	10x Healing Poiton 10x Arrow Attack	-
100001 - 500000	-	-	1X WE	1x Summon Token	10x Battle Manual	10x Oil	10x Arrow Attack	-
500001 or lower	-	-	-	1x Summon Token	-	-	-	-
Tier Completion Reward	-	-	1x WE	3x Challenge Event Coins	1x Orb of Magic	-	1x Revive Scroll	25x Roguec 25x Sorcecer

Epic rewards

Tier	Hero	Avatar	Flasks	Tokens	Ascension Materials	Other materials	Battle items	Emblems
1	Pophit	Grumble Soroca	2x Titan 2x WE 2x Raid	2x EHT 2x ETT 1x Summon Token 20x Challenge Event Coins	2x Royal Tabard 1x Mystic Rings 1x Tome of Tactics1x Mysterious Tonic 2x Hidden Blade 1x Orb of Magic 2x Sturdy Shield 1x Warm Cape 1x Fine Gloves 20x Leather Armor 20x Advanturer’s Kit	20x Orichalcum Nugget 20x Fine Steel 20x Metal Ores 20x Large Bone	20x Super Mana Poiton 20x Super Antidotes 20x Antidotes 20x Minor Mana Potion	-
2 - 10	-	Soroca	2x Titan 2x WE 2x Raid	2x EHT 2x ETT 1x Summon Token 10x Challenge Event Coins	2x Royal Tabard 1x Mystic Rings 1x Hidden Blade 1x Orb of Magic 2x Sturdy Shield 1x Warm Cape 20x Leather Armor 20x Advanturer’s Kit	20x Orichalcum Nugget 20x Fine Steel 20x Metal Ores 20x Large Bone	20x Super Mana Poiton 20x Super Antidotes 20x Antidotes 20x Minor Mana Potion	-
11 - 500	-	-	2x Titan 2x WE 2x Raid	2x EHT 2x ETT 1x Summon Token 3x Challenge Event Coins	1x Royal Tabard 1x Hidden Blade 1x Orb of Magic 1x Sturdy Shield 20x Leather Armor 20x Advanturer’s Kit	20x Orichalcum Nugget 20x Fine Steel 20x Metal Ores 20x Large Bone	20x Super Mana Poiton 20x Super Antidotes 20x Antidotes 20x Minor Mana Potion	-
501 - 5000	-	-	2x Titan 2x WE 2x Raid	2x EHT 2x ETT 1x Summon Token	1x Hidden Blade 20x Leather Armor 20x Advanturer’s Kit	20x Fine Steel 20x Metal Ores 20x Large Bone	20x Super Antidotes 20x Antidotes 20x Minor Mana Potion	-
5001 - 50000	-	-	2x WE 2x Raid	2x ETT 1x Summon Token	20x Leather Armor 20x Advanturer’s Kit	20x Metal Ores 20x Large Bone	20x Antidotes 20x Axe Attack	-
50001 - 250000	-	-	2x WE	1x Summon Token	20x Advanturer’s Kit	20x Large Bone	20x Minor Mana Potion	-
250001 or Lower	-	-	-	1x Summon Token	-	-	-	-
Tier Completion Reward	-	-	2x WE	5x Challenge Event Coins	1x Sturdy Shield 1x Compass	-	1x Revive Scroll	50x Cleric 50x Monk

Legendary rewards

Tier	Hero	Avatar	Flasks	Tokens	Ascension Materials	Other materials	Battle items	Emblems
1	Uwe	Arco Hilda Mena	3x Titan 3x WE 3x Raid		3x EHT 3x ETT 1x Summon Token 30x Challenge Event Coins	2x Mystic Rings 2x Farsight Telescope 1x Tome of Tactics 1x Damascus Blade 1x Royal Tabard 2x Orb of Magic 2x Hidden Blade 2x Warm Cape 1x Trap Toools 30x Sharpening Stone 30x Practice Sword	30x Meteor Fragments 30x Grimore Dust 30x Potent Leaves 30x Common Herbes	30x Dragon Attack 30x Bomb Attack 30x Turtle Banner 30x Minor Mana Poition
2 - 10	-	Arco Hilda	3x Titan 3x WE 3x Raid		3x EHT 3x ETT 1x Summon Token 15x Challenge Event Coins	1x Mystic Rings 1x Farsight Telescope 1x Tome of Tactics 1x Damascus Blade 2x Orb of Magic 2x Hidden Blade 2x Warm Cape 1x Trap Toools 30x Sharpening Stone 30x Practice Sword	30x Meteor Fragments 30x Grimore Dust 30x Potent Leaves 30x Common Herbes	30x Dragon Attack 30x Bomb Attack 30x Turtle Banner 30x Minor Mana Poition
11 - 100	-	Arco	3x Titan 3x WE 3x Raid		3x EHT 3x ETT 1x Summon Token 5x Challenge Event Coins	1x Mystic Rings 1x Farsight Telescope 2x Orb of Magic 2x Hidden Blade 2x Warm Cape 1x Trap Toools 30x Sharpening Stone 30x Practice Sword	30x Meteor Fragments 30x Grimore Dust 30x Potent Leaves 30x Common Herbes	30x Dragon Attack 30x Bomb Attack 30x Turtle Banner 30x Minor Mana Poition
101 - 1000	-	-	3x Titan 3x WE 3x Raid		3x EHT 3x ETT 1x Summon Token	2x Orb of Magic 1x Hidden Blade 1x Warm Cape 30x Sharpening Stone 30x Practice Sword	30x Grimore Dust 30x Potent Leaves 30x Common Herbes	30x Bomb Attack 30x Turtle Banner 30x Minor Mana Poition
1001 - 10000	-	-	3x WE 3x Raid		3x ETT 1x Summon Token	1x Orb of Magic 30x Sharpening Stone 30x Practice Sword	30x Potent Leaves 30x Common Herbes	30x Turtle Banner 30x Minor Mana Poition
10001 - 100000	-	-	3x WE	1x Summon Token	30x Practice Sword	30x Common Herbes	30x Minor Mana Poition	-
100001 or Lower	-	-	-	1x Summon Token	-	-	-	-
Tier Completion Reward	-	-	3x WE	7x Challenge Event Coins	1x Trap Tools 1x Hidden Blade 1x Orb of Magic	-	1x Revive Scroll	150x Barbarian 150x Wizard

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[StroopwafelJack]

Return to Sanctuary, I like this title!

[Ruskin505]

My initial beta experience:
I used four minor mana pots on c.Gunnar. Then I used his special. If you then make a tile mat hand kill the enemy the next wave starts at 100%. So if you still kill in one turn you may not notice anything.

If you don’t get that first turn tile kill, the defense ailment will be removed but at least the damage share still applies.

Unlike starfall, dropping to 0% after no usage is nice.

At lower levels the counterattack hasn’t mattered. It may at higher levels.

As with most challenge events this seems to be more of an annoyance than anything else. Top players are board farming so they may not see much of an impact. Top 10k players may need a slight adjustment and some replays which means wasted items and maybe extra energy. Completionists may find this harder than usual.

The double reflect is an annoyance if you use if those colors. You’ll have to switch on and off each level. Saving teams by stage or giving us event teams would be a huge QOL improvement. Since blue and red are my top teams the reflection has no impact for this event.

[planta]

Does the softskin meter drop to zero once activated at 5 (like with Villains) or does it stay at 5 (like with Slayers)? I understand punishing items, but punishing specials don’t make sense to me and I hate it. If it’s like slayers, I’ll be dreading this event.

[PlayForFun]

Closed as the event is live.

Discussion can be continued here:

• 🪨 [MASTER] Return to Sanctuary Challenge Event – Guides, Discussion & Summoning Results