🧪 Early Information on Updated Fables of Grimforest Challenge Event [Part of The Beta Beat V24]

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NOTE: Please do not, under any circumstances, share IMAGES OR VIDEOS from Beta in this or any public Forum thread. Violations can cause players to lose their Beta accounts, or threads to be closed down.

This thread is to provide early insights and discussion on the new Fables of Grimforest Challenge Event overhaul.

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.

The launch date for the new version of Fables of Grimforest has not been announced yet

See also: September 2019 Challenge Event [Knights of Avalon] & October 2019 Challenge Event [Pirates of Corellia]

New Grimforest Family

Bonus for 2/3/4/5 Heroes:

  • +3%/6%/10%/15% attack
  • +5%/10%/15%/20% defense

New Heroes

NOTE: These heroes are in addition to the existing ones (Red Hood, Boss Wolf, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel, Gretel)

Snow White – 5* – :snowflake: Ice

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Snow White Beta Info & Stats

Rarity: Legendary/5*

Attack: 756
Defense: 747
HP: 1299

Class: Cleric
Family: Grimforest
Element: Ice/Blue

Mana Speed: AverageSlow

Special Skill: Poison Apple

  • Dispels all buffs and status ailments from all allies and enemies.
  • Deals 200%180% damage to the targetall enemies, and additional 20%15% damage per removed status effect, up to 520%420% damage in total.

Puss in Boots – 5* – :fire: Fire

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Puss in Boots Beta Info & Stats

Rarity: Legendary/5*

Attack: 764
Defense: 727
HP: 1322

Class: Rogue
Family: Grimforest
Element: Fire/Red

Mana Speed: SlowAverage

Special Skill: Three Blind Mice

  • All Summoner allies summon a Minion for themselves.
  • Summons 3 Mouse Minions with 6%10% HP and 30% attack inherited from the caster. The Minions have -32% accuracy.
  • All allies regenerate 548 HP over 4 turns.
  • All allies get +30% attack for 4 turns.

Pixie – 3* – :sun_with_face: Holy

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Pixie Beta Info & Stats

Rarity: Rare/3*

Attack: 427
Defense: 436
HP: 848

Class: Cleric
Family: Grimforest
Element: Holy/Yellow

Mana Speed: Average

Special Skill: Pixie Dust

  • Deals 290% damage to the target.
  • Automatically does 21% damage to the target when the target’s mana is full and reduces their mana by 50% for 3 turns.

General Information on Challenge Event Revamps

This includes details on features that have now been released with Knights of Avalon, including Summoning Odds changes, Challenge Coins, Suspicious Chests, the new 15 Stages, new WE costs, and the new Event duration.

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New Summoning Odds (these are the same that have gone live now for Knights of Avalon)

APPEARANCE RATES
Rare Classic Hero: 63.1%
Epic Classic Hero: 20.8%
Legendary Classic Hero: 1.5%

Rare Event Hero: 7.9%
Epic Event Hero: 5.7%
Legendary Event Hero 1.0%

BONUS DRAW
Legendary Hero of the Month: 1.3%

New Challenge Coins

Challenge Coins can be received from Challenge Event Rewards, as well as from new “rare enemies” called a Suspicious Chest that appears at random in Challenge Event Stages.

10 Challenge Coins can be used for a free Summon from the Challenge Event Portal.

Challenge Coins appear to be copper colored (more orange than EHT and ETT), and are pentagon shaped. They have each of the 5 Challenge Event Family symbols on them, so they appear to be intended for use across Challenge Events, not specific to one Event.

The premise of Suspicious Chests appears to be similar to the concept of Orichalcum Seadragons appearing at random during Atlantis Rises and dropping Atlantis Coins, which can then be used for Summons. One difference is that in initial testing, it appears that Suspicious Chests only drop a single Challenge Coin — but you only need 10 of them for a Summon, not 100.

In-Game Tooltip Text for Challenge Coins

Used for a free summon at the Event Summon. You need 10 coins for one summon.

This item can be received as loot from a Rare Challenge Event enemy.

More Details on the Suspicious Chests

They appear at random in a mob/monster slot. So far I’ve only personally seen a couple, so this information may need to be updated, but there were 3 useful things to note:

  1. The Suspicious Chests are the same element/color that has the Elemental Barrier that reflects all direct damage and status effects from the same element.

  2. The Suspicious Chest is “Invulnerable” and “Shielded,” which means that it’s “Vulnerable to damage only during the turn before it attacks.” This is an intrinsic attribute, not a Status Effect, so it can’t be dispelled, and shouldn’t be removable, even by Guardian Chameleon. The chest shows the word “INVULNERABLE” below it at all times, and the pop-up information when you tap and hold on it shows “Shielded,” along with the explanation above.

  3. Defeating the Suspicious Chest adds 5000 bonus points to the Stage Score.

New Stages, Bosses, and WE Costs

There are now 15 Stages for each tier of the Challenge Event (Rare, Epic, and Legendary), and they have new Bosses and WE costs, many of which are effectively reduced vs. the current Challenge Events.

I’ve noted all of the WE costs below.

And yes — there really are Stages costing 1 WE in Rare and 2 WE in Epic now, which may make for interesting opportunities when filling Monster Chests or farming XP during Challenge Events.

Rare Tier

Stage Rare Epic Legendary
1 1 2 3
2 1 2 3
3 1 2 3
4 2 3 4
5 2 3 4
6 2 3 4
7 3 4 5
8 3 4 5
9 3 4 5
10 4 5 6
11 4 5 6
12 4 5 6
13 5 6 7
14 5 6 7
15 5 6 7

New Event Duration and Schedule

Challenge Events have been expanded to 5 days, and now begin on Wednesday instead of Thursday.

New Rewards

As with Knights of Avalon that’s been released to the live game, the Rewards have been fairly radically improved, and the brackets have been enlarged.

Edited by @DaveCozy to include Rare tier rewards

NOTE: It’s highly likely I may type something wrong, so if you see something that doesn’t make sense, please let me know so I can check that it’s right!

Click for Rare Tier Rewards (remember, this may very likely change)
Heroes Avatars Flasks Tokens Coins Ascension Mats Battle Items Crafting Ingredients
Rank 1 Gretel Pixie 1x Titan, 1x WE, 1x Raid 1x EHT, 1x ETT, 1x Daily 10x Challenge 2x Tomes of Tactics, 1x Mystic Rings, 2x Trap Tools, 1x Fine Gloves, 1x Sturdy Shield, 1x Compass, 1x Hidden Blade, 10x Dagger, 10x Training Manual 10x Time Stop, 10x Revive Scrolls, 10x Potent Healing Potion, 10x Arrow Attack 10x Dragon Bone, 10x Midnight Roots, 10x Firestone, 10x Oil
Ranks 2-10 - - 1x Titan, 1x WE, 1x Raid 1x EHT, 1x ETT, 1x Daily 5x Challenge 1x Mystic Rings, 1x Tome of Tactics, 1x Hidden Blade, 2x Trap Tools, 10x Dagger, 10x Training Manual 10x Timestop, 10x Revive Scroll, 10x Potent Healing Potion, 10x Arrow Attack 10x Dragon Bone, 10x Midnight Roots, 10x Firestone, 10x Oil
Ranks 11-1000 - - 1x Titan, 1x WE, 1x Raid 1x EHT, 1x ETT, 1x Daily 2x Challenge 1x Mystic Rings, 1x Trap Tools, 10x Dagger, 10x Training Manual 10x Timestop, 10x Revive Scroll, 10x Potent Healing Potion, 10x Arrow Attack 10x Dragon Bone, 10x Midnight Roots, 10x Firestone, 10x Oil
Ranks 1001-10000 - - 1x Titan, 1x WE, 1x Raid 1x EHT, 1x ETT, 1x Daily - 10x Dagger, 10x Training Manual 10x Revive Scroll, 10x Potent Healing Potion, 10x Arrow Attack 10x Midnight Roots, 10x Firestone, 10x Oil
Ranks 10001-100000 - - 1x WE, 1x Raid 1x ETT, 1x Daily - 10x Dagger, 10x Training Manual 10x Potent Healing Potion, 10x Arrow Attack 10x Firestone, 10x Oil
Ranks 100001-500000 - - 1x WE 1x Daily - 10x Training Manual 10x Arrow Attack 10x Oil
Ranks 500001 or Lower - - - 1x Daily - - - -

Rare Tier Completion Reward

  • 1x WE Flask
  • 3x Challenge Coin
  • 10x Ranger Emblem
  • 10x Paladin Emblem
  • 1x Orb of Magic
  • 1x Revive Scroll
Click for Epic Tier Rewards (remember, this may change)
Heroes Avatars Flasks Tokens Coins Ascension Mats Battle Items Crafting Ingredients
Rank 1 Snow White Gretel, Hansel 2x Titan, 2x WE, 2x Raid 2x EHT, 2x ETT, 1x Daily 20x Challenge 2x Royal Tabard, 1x Mysterious Tonic, 1x Tome of Tactics, 1x Magic Rings, 1x Warm Cape, 2x Sturdy Shield, 1x Fine Gloves, 1x Orb of Magic, 2x Hidden Blade, 20x Leather Armor, 20x Adventurer’s Kit 20x Super Mana Potion, 20x Super Antidote, 20x Axe Attack, 20x Antidote 20x Orichalcum Nugget, 20x Fine Steel, 20x Iron Ore, 20x Large Bone
Ranks 2-10 - Hansel 2x Titan, 2x WE, 2x Raid 2x EHT, 2x ETT, 1x Daily 10x Challenge 2x Royal Tabard, 1x Magic Rings, 1x Warm Cape, 2x Sturdy Shield, 1x Orb of Magic, 1x Hidden Blade, 20x Leather Armor, 20x Adventurer’s Kit 20x Super Mana Potion, 20x Super Antidote, 20x Axe Attack, 20x Antidote 20x Orichalcum Nugget, 20x Fine Steel, 20x Iron Ore, 20x Large Bone
Ranks 11-500 - - 2x Titan, 2x WE, 2x Raid 2x EHT, 2x ETT, 1x Daily 3x Challenge 1x Royal Tabard, 1x Sturdy Shield, 1x Orb of Magic, 1x Hidden Blade, 20x Leather Armor, 20x Adventurer’s Kit 20x Super Mana Potion, 20x Super Antidote, 20x Axe Attack, 20x Antidote 20x Orichalcum Nugget, 20x Fine Steel, 20x Iron Ore, 20x Large Bone
Ranks 501-5000 - - 2x Titan, 2x WE, 2x Raid 2x EHT, 2x ETT, 1x Daily - 1x Hidden Blade, 20x Leather Armor, 20x Adventurer’s Kit 20x Super Antidote, 20x Axe Attack, 20x Antidote 20x Fine Steel, 20x Iron Ore, 20x Large Bone
Ranks 5001-50000 - - 2x WE, 2x Raid 2x ETT, 1x Daily - 20x Leather Armor, 20x Adventurer’s Kit 20x Axe Attack, 20x Antidote 20x Iron Ore, 20x Large Bone
Ranks 50001-250000 - - 2x WE 1x Daily - 20x Adventurer’s Kit 20x Antidote 20x Large Bone
Ranks 250001 or Lower - - - 1x Daily - - -

Epic Tier Completion Rewards

  • 2x WE Flask
  • 5x Challenge Coin
  • 20x Fighter Emblem
  • 20x Sorcerer Emblem
  • 1x Compass
  • 1x Sturdy Shield
  • 1x Revive Scroll
Click for Legendary Tier Rewards (remember, this may change)
Heroes Avatars Flasks Tokens Coins Ascension Mats Battle Items Crafting Ingredients
Rank 1 Puss In Boots Red Hood, Boss Wolf, Rumpelstiltskin 3x Titan, 3x WE, 3x Raid 3x EHT, 3x ETT, 1x Daily 30x Challenge 1x Tome of Tactics, 2x Farsight Telescope, 1x Royal Tabard, 1x Damascus Blade, 2x Mystic Rings, 2x Orb of Magic, 1x Trap Tools, 2x Hidden Blade, 2x Warm Cape, 30x Sharpening Stone, 30x Practice Sword 30x Dragon Attack, 30x Bomb Attack, 30x Turtle Banner, 30x Minor Mana Potion 30x Meteor Fragment, 30x Grimoire Dust, 30x Potent Leaves, 30x Common Herbs
Ranks 2-10 - Boss Wolf, Rumpelstiltskin 3x Titan, 3x WE, 3x Raid 3x EHT, 3x ETT, 1x Daily 15x Challenge 1x Tome of Tactics, 1x Farsight Telescope, 1x Damascus Blade, 1x Mystic Rings, 2x Orb of Magic, 1x Trap Tools, 2x Hidden Blade, 2x Warm Cape, 30x Sharpening Stone, 30x Practice Sword 30x Dragon Attack, 30x Bomb Attack, 30x Turtle Banner, 30x Minor Mana Potion 30x Meteor Fragment, 30x Grimoire Dust, 30x Potent Leaves, 30x Common Herbs
Ranks 11-100 - Rumpelstiltskin 3x Titan, 3x WE, 3x Raid 3x EHT, 3x ETT, 1x Daily 5x Challenge 1x Farsight Telescope, 1x Mystic Rings, 2x Orb of Magic, 1x Trap Tools, 2x Hidden Blade, 2x Warm Cape, 30x Sharpening Stone, 30x Practice Sword 30x Dragon Attack, 30x Bomb Attack, 30x Turtle Banner, 30x Minor Mana Potion 30x Meteor Fragment, 30x Grimoire Dust, 30x Potent Leaves, 30x Common Herbs
Ranks 101-1000 - - 3x Titan, 3x WE, 3x Raid 3x EHT, 3x ETT, 1x Daily - 2x Orb of Magic, 1x Hidden Blade, 1x Warm Cape, 30x Sharpening Stone, 30x Practice Sword 30x Bomb Attack, 30x Turtle Banner, 30x Minor Mana Potion 30x Grimoire Dust, 30x Potent Leaves, 30x Common Herbs
Ranks 1001-10000 - - 3x WE, 3x Raid 3x ETT, 1x Daily - 1x Orb of Magic,30x Sharpening Stone, 30x Practice Sword 30x Turtle Banner, 30x Minor Mana Potion 30x Potent Leaves, 30x Common Herbs
Ranks 10001-100000 - - 3x WE 1x Daily - 30x Practice Sword 30x Minor Mana Potion 30x Common Herbs
Ranks 1000001 or Lower - - - 1x Daily - - -

Legendary Tier Completion Rewards

  • 3x WE Flask
  • 7x Challenge Coin
  • 50x Druid Emblem
  • 50x Ranger Emblem
  • 1x Hidden Blade
  • 1x Warm Cape
  • 1x Trap Tools
  • 1x Revive Scroll

For a full list of items currently in beta testing, as well as their related threads, please see :test_tube: The Beta Beat (v24) – Sharing the Big Picture on What’s Going on in Beta: Costumes & New Riddles of Wonderland and Fables of Grimforest Challenge Events

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Oh man now we have 2 events we’re waiting on reward info for lol

Piling up quick

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Did anyone try in beta to see if Snow White can kill the entire team if Wilbur fires first? And what power should be this team to not be decimated by her special (after Wilbur’s, of course)? And the extra percentage applies only for removed status, even if she also removes the Wilbur buffs? I mean, which it will be, 75 or 150 extra percentage?

And most important. The hit applies to the target under -def? I hope she doesn’t remove first…

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She does, the Special Skill fires in the order it’s written on the card.

The removal of buffs and status ailments is what increases her damage amount, so barring there being an undispellable defense debuff, it’s impossible for her to hit enemies while they’re debuffed.

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At least this is useful for perfect riposte…

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And for Mitsuko, her special skill will be lethal for her instead, if she is in defense and fires before Snow White. Hahaha :rofl:

Or not? Because she adds buffs… So this I asked in the first post. Extra percentage is only for status ailments?

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Puss looks like 5* version of chef Boldtusk. I wonder about the synergy if he tanked with QoH hidden in the corner.

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She would remove Mitsuko’s reflect before she hits, and every buff removed increases Snow White’s damage.

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It seems you didn’t understand. This is what I ask. Because the extra percentage is applied only for status ailments, literally.

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No, it’s status effects, not ailments. Read it again.

If the defense had Tarlak and Mitsuko with buffs up (3) and the attacker with Snow white had Wilbur with buffs up (2), she would remove every buff from both teams (5) and she would hit the other team for 180% + (5Ă—15%) = 255% damage.

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Lol, read too quickly

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It is something I don’t understand. A maximum of 420% - 180%= 240%. This difference actually represents the maximum of status effects removed. So 240:15= 16. Which are those 16 status effects? I didn’t count yet, but seems too many…

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Remember they come from both teams. So theoretically you could take 8 from each side. Offense and defense are counted separately even if they have the same effect.

Total defense effects + total offense effects = total x 15%

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So wilbur only denfse down and up for both teams is 10 x 15% - additional 150% damage to the 180% base correct?

Is the spirit link removal on top of that?

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Even so… Attack/def + and -. So 8. Blind. 10 till now. Dot 12. You see, I count both sides already. What else?

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Wilbur only would be worth 60%

Defense down and link for the defense (2)
Defense up and link for the offense (2)

4 x 15% = 60%

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Significant nerfs to Snow White … Slow speed, lower starting damage and lower damage cap.

But she got a notable buff: she hits all enemies now.

I did bring up before that she’d be a good ally to Kiril for having the damage increase with dispelling any status effect from both sides though :stuck_out_tongue: And now hitting all enemies, she’s got that synergy working even better.

Even with slow speed, I can still see something like Kiril → Frida → Athena/Isarnia → Richard → Snow White being very deadly to the entire enemy team.

Puss In Boots getting Average speed, probably deserved as he seemed underwhelming before. Those mice minions look more like meatshields than anything though, having a chance to miss is just bad despite the decent attack stat they have. I’d prefer to replace them with other more useful minions myself… and getting average speed now makes that much more likely, as he’s not gonna fire last.

He’s a decent support hero now at least, thanks to getting average speed, that attack boost is more relevant as it’s more likely he’ll fire it when there’s tiles to use. I like his synergy with other summoners and Druids too. Particularly Red Hood and Zimkitha in a red stack, that sounds really nice.

YEEEEAH we get a version of Gretel in 3* form!!! :smiley: That’s awesome, she’s going to be a staple on 3* tournaments for me. I’m gonna save all challenge coins I get just to get her lol.

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Deals 200%180% damage to the targetall enemies, and additional 20%15% damage per removed status effect, up to 520%420% damage in total.

Isn’t the 15% on a removed status effect for every single enemy. If not doesn’t make a lot of sense - is a very rare situation ( can’t think immediately even ) where you will have 8 different status effects per team

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It’s my understanding that it is unique buffs per side. Not per enemy. Dealing 420% to everyone on a team SHOULD be a rare case. You’d kill a whole team.