v1.0.4 — The Daily Raid, boss skills and Hard mode on its own road
Greetings, travellers! Version 1.0.4 brings the Daily Raid: every player fights the same dragon each week and competes for the top of the board. Bosses have also learned new tricks, and Hard mode now has a road of its own.
The Daily Raid
Beat the boss of map 2 to unlock it. Each week, one of three dragons holds the Raid: Vulcarn (fire), Vaelith (water) or Verdrath (wood). You can't kill the dragon. Your score is how much damage you deal to it.
- 3 attempts a day. An attempt is spent as soon as you start it, and it ends when your squad falls or after 15 rounds.
- Your attempts add up. Each day's damage goes on the Today board, and every day of the week adds to the This week board.
- The dragon gets angrier. Its attack rises by 20% every turn, so deal your damage early.
Every 3 turns the dragon uses its skill, and it warns you one turn before:
- Vulcarn, Inferno: a blast of fire that hits your whole squad and gets stronger each time. Have an armour buff ready.
- Vaelith, Tidal Ward: a shield that doubles with every cast. If it's still up at her next cast, it bursts on every hero. Wood breaks it fastest.
- Verdrath, Thornhide: during your next round, every hit bounces back at the hero who landed it. Send in your toughest heroes, keep your fragile hitters back and have a healer ready.
Today's traits
Different squads do best on different days:
- For the week, by element: the element that beats the dragon deals +50%, the element the dragon beats deals −50%, and the dragon's own element deals −80%.
- For the day, by attack type: one attack type deals +30% and another deals −30%. They change at every daily reset.
The Raid screen shows today's traits and how they affect the squad you're using.
Raid rewards, by mail
After each daily reset, the day's board pays out:
- Top 1: 50 gems, 10,000 gold
- Top 2–5: 30 gems, 7,000 gold
- Top 6–20: 20 gems, 5,000 gold
- Everyone who dealt damage: 10 gems, 2,000 gold
Every Monday, the week's board pays out:
- Top 1: 150 gems, 50,000 gold, 3 Hero Banner coupons
- Top 2–5: 100 gems, 30,000 gold, 2 Hero Banner coupons
- Top 6–20: 50 gems, 20,000 gold, 1 Hero Banner coupon
- Top 21–100: 30 gems, 10,000 gold
- Everyone who dealt damage: 10 gems, 5,000 gold
Boss shards: recruit a dragon
Both rewards also include shards of that week's dragon. Collect 100 and you can recruit the dragon from the Raid screen. Vulcarn, Vaelith and Verdrath have left the summon banners, so the Raid is now the only way to get them.
The daily reset moves to 2AM
The day now resets at 2AM (UTC+7). Daily quests, rewards, attempts and the Raid all reset at the same time.
Bosses have skills
Every boss and mini boss (except 1-5) now has skills of its own:
- Elemental shield. A shield of the boss's own element. The counter element breaks it twice as fast. Leave it up for 3 rounds and it hits your whole squad.
- Call for help. Every 5 rounds, the boss brings its helpers back up to two.
Bosses also hit a little harder now, except on Normal map 1.
Hard mode, on its own road
Hard mode now keeps its own progress. It starts at 1-1 and carries on from where Normal ends: Hard 1-1 is about as tough as Normal 4-1. Your Normal progress stays as it is for the way back.
A smoother climb
Monsters now get tougher at a steady pace: a little with each stage, and a bigger jump from one map to the next. A new map no longer starts easier than the last one ended.
One device per account
When you log in on a device, you're logged out everywhere else. Before, playing on two devices at once could undo your progress. The title screen now shows who's signed in, and one tap logs you back in.
In the app
- Sound now plays in the iPhone app and in Safari on iPhone.
- A new Settings screen: your profile, Sound, Notifications, Gift code and Account in one place.
- When an update is ready, the Inn lets you restart now or later.
Fixes
- Closing the summon reveal with its X no longer leaves the Summon screen blank.
Thanks for playing Wayrest. The dragon is waiting!