Emperium Weekly #5 · Ragnarok Zero WoE

Headline

Scarlet Palace is on fire

Clash of the titans · 3 alliances · 500 players

Early in the siege •[D]estraCtiOn• took Scarlet Palace, and it took the Last Gangster alliance more than half the war to win it back. Here is how the night went, zone by zone.

Scarlet Palace castle map with the fight zones marked — AEntrance & bridge
B2nd floor entrance
CFlag zone (2nd floor)
DEmperium room entrance
EEmperium room

Battle Replay

Early siege → Retaking the castle → One more push

Early siege · Step 1 · A
•[D]estraCtiOn• crash the gate Head-on into The Forsaken. Last Gangster drop in to help, then peel off to hit Holy Shadow, leaving a few parties on guard.
Step 2 · B
Emergency Call! One Emergency Call at zone B and •[D]estraCtiOn• are in.
Step 3 · E
Castle taken! •[D]estraCtiOn• storm the Emperium room. Scarlet Palace changes hands.
Step 4 · E
Plot twist: allies! The secret card is Sustainer, digging in at the Emperium room right beside •[D]estraCtiOn•.
Step 5 · E
Sardine can The Emperium room, packed wall to wall with defenders.
Retaking the castle · Step 6 · A
Tug of war at the gate Three fights at once. Here, •[D]estraCtiOn• and Sustainer reinforcements wrestle a cut-off Last Gangster group for the route. Then Aurora crash the party too!
Step 7 · C
Flag fight The defense tries to retake the flag, keep the door open and jam the attack.
Step 8 · D
The main push Buff up, rally, dive deep into the Emperium room.
Step 9 · E
Retaken! 30+ minutes and one more Emergency Call later, the Last Gangster alliance win it back.
One more push · Step 10
One more go •[D]estraCtiOn• and Sustainer swing again… then pull back.

Verdict: a draw · 1:1 on the night, but The Forsaken lost their castle investment.

What next? Will the •[D]estraCtiOn• alliance push Scarlet Palace again, or head to the Valkyrie Realm and go for Skoegul from Jing?

Territory Map

Who owns what on ODIN

Ten castles, two realms, and four new owners since last issue: Sustainer takes Fadhgridh, Aurora takes Swanhild and Bamboo Grove Hill, and Divinity takes Bright Arbor. Click any castle for its owner, its map and its history. NEW marks the castles that changed hands.

Valkyrie Realms · 5 castles

Aurora and Divinity now hold two castles each. The Last Gangster alliance is down from five castles to three: Last Gangster (Kriemhild), Jing (Skoegul) and The Forsaken (Scarlet Palace).

A major alliance is forming!Meta Report · Alliances

Meta Report

The server is splitting into camps. We now count two major alliances and two sub-alliances, and everyone is picking a side before Season 1.

Major alliance

Last Gangster
Gang`LARB
Jing
The Forsaken

Major alliance

•[D]estraCtiOn•
Sustainer

Temporary alliance… or an alliance for the war?

Sub-alliance

Secret
FEAT
Volt

Sub-alliance

Azure
RED

Rumour mill

Rumoured alliance

Aurora
Intelligent BRAIN

Word on the wind: Intelligent BRAIN might team up with Aurora. An old grudge with Last Gangster, perhaps?

YUPP has been spotted strolling the Prontera streets, and rumour has it Aodz. might show up too. Is the old gangsta coming back? Old faces, new war… and new blood?

Market Watch

Let's talk about consumables

The hot pick right now is Aloe Leaflet: popular, light, and getting pricey. It has climbed as high as 3,500z each.

Strawberry, meanwhile, now goes for 370z.

It all comes down to weight: the lighter the item and the better its recovery per weight, the more healing you can carry into WoE.

Light is the new strong.

Aloe Leaflet · up to, each

3,500zeny

Strawberry · each

370zeny

Vending list of Aloe Leaflet prices — Aloe Leaflet on the vending board.

Vending list of Strawberry prices — Strawberry on the vending board.

Aurora

Blue Snake +

Green Snake

Two snakes, one hydra

Aurora now look like two guilds rolled into one, the Blue Snake and the Green Snake, with 80–90 players between them. With a veteran at the helm, they walk off with two castles almost every war.

This war was a grand tour of the map: Skoegul, FEAT, Elven Gard, Scarlet Palace and Bamboo Grove Hill. They let Fadhgridh go, but took other castles instead.

Let one castle go, steal two more.

CastleSwanhildBamboo Grove Hill

Roster2 guilds · 80–90 players

FoughtDivinity · Jing · FEAT · Elven Gard · RED · Azure

Gave upFadhgridh

Castle appetite

Battle Replay

Aurora: the timeline

Step 1
Skoegul entrance: Aurora crash into Divinity.
Step 2
…until Jing, the castle owner, pushes them back out.
Step 3
Next stop: a brawl with FEAT.
Step 4
Then a push into Elven Gard.
Step 5
Into the fire! At Scarlet Palace they crash into Jing again, who pulled out of Skoegul to clear the road from the entrance to the Emperium room.
Step 6
Bamboo Grove Hill: Aurora chase RED and Azure out.
Step 7
RED go for the flag pole… and miss.

So what's next for the snakes? Will Aurora lead an alliance of their own in Season 1 and crash into the •[D]estraCtiOn• or Last Gangster alliance… or step aside and make way for the next contender?

Divinity

Keepers of Gondul

The Gondul wall

Two WoEs ago, Divinity took the brunt at Skoegul. Since then they have dug in at Gondul, and this is their third WoE holding it.

Tonight opened with a light jab at Jing in Skoegul, then a wall against the Azure & RED alliance's push. The closer: an Emergency Call into Bright Arbor, and Divinity go home with two castles.

Hold one, call into another.

CastleGondulBright Arbor

Gondul streak3 WoEs in a row

JabbedJing · Skoegul

Held offAzure · RED

ExitEmergency Call ▸ Bright Arbor

Lone wolf

Battle Replay