Vortex of Terror FAQ

Vortex of Terror


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General Information:

Nyx is back and she thinks she has an idea how to pin down the enemies who are eradicating humanity. A journey that will not only take pilots into the Vortex of Terror but will also uncover the shadowy past of human history.

Are you ready to take on these thrilling missions, help uncover more data, battle in the Vortex of Terror for clues and destroy the alien threat? We bet you are, pilot! Take flight and earn outstanding rewards, including rare level 4 P.E.T protocols, valuable items and stunning drone designs!

The event will be a refresh of last year’s Vortex of Terror event (https://board-en.darkorbit.com/threads/vortex-of-terror.119463/) with the following changes (marked in green):

The Vortex of Terror is a free galaxy gate, which appears in the middle of your companies x-4 map.

The progression of this gate is non-linear, meaning as you go along you will find you are given multiple portals to choose from. Each portal will take you to a map which contains a different set of waves.

So, you can do this galaxy gate several times and it won’t be the same each time.


Location: x-4 map
Entry Cost: Free
Lives: 5
Cooldown upon completion: 20 hours

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Ammo / Drone Boxes

These boxes are dropped by NPC within the Vortex of Terror.

VoT Box 1

Item	Amount	Chance
UCB-100	20%
RB-214	35,000	20%
UBR-100	2,500	20%
PLT-2021	5,000	10%
HSTRM-01	5,000	30%

VoT Box 2

Item	Amount	Chance
UCB-100	8,500	20%
RB-214	15,000	20%
UBR-100	750	20%
PLT-2021	1,500	10%
HSTRM-01	1,500	30%

VoT Box 3 - Uneffected by box doubler

Item	Amount	Chance
MCB-50	24,000	60%
PLT-2021	1,500	37.5%
Kyhalon	80	1%
Tetrathrin	150	1%
Indoctrine Oil	90	0.5%

Drone Design Box (Dropped by Demon Drones)

Design	Amount	Chance
JOB-100	10,000	38%
JOB-100	30,000	10%
A-BL	3,000	10%
MCB-50	15,000	10%
Green Bat	1	5%
Green Skull	1	5%
Green Reaper	1	5%
Red Bat	1	3%
Red Skull	1	3%
Red Reaper	1	3%
Blue BAT	1	2%
Blue Skull	1	2%
Blue Reaper	1	2%
Inferno	1	1%
Frost	1	1%

Upon completing the Vortex of Terror you will have a 100% Chance to receive one of these items:

Item	Chance
PET Gear: Sacrificial Flame lv4	20%
PET Protocol: AI-AL1 lv4	10%
PET Protocol: AI-E1 lv4	15%
PET Protocol: AI-LM1 lv4	10%
PET Protocol: AI-R1 lv4	15%
PET Protocol: AI-S1 lv4	15%
PET Protocol: AI-SM1 lv4	15%

Quests

Level 6+

Name	Task	Reward
Systems Shock	Visit your x-4 map at these coordinates: - 107x - 67y Return to any quest-giver.	10,000 EP 10,000 Credits 20 Uridium
Hidden Agent	Destroy 1 Demon Drone	20,000 EP 20,000 Credits 10 Honor 50 Uridium
Data Burst	Destroy 1 Uber Mordon	30,000 EP 30,000 Credits 70 Uridium 5 Extra Energy
Divided Earth	Destroy 2 Demon Drone	60,000 EP 60,000 Credits 50 Honor 120 Uridium 1 Obsidian Key
An Air of Authority [DAILY]	Destroy 1 Uber Sibelon	100,000 EP 100,000 Credits 100 Honor 300 Uridium 5 Tetrathrin

Level 12+

Name	Task	Reward
Systems Shock	Visit your x-4 map at these coordinates: - 107x - 67y Return to any quest-giver.	20,000 EP 20,000 Credits 20 Uridium
Hidden Agent	Destroy 2 Demon Drone	40,000 EP 40,000 Credits 40 Honor 70 Uridium
Data Burst	Destroy 2 Uber Sibelon	50,000 EP 50,000 Credits 60 Honor 90 Uridium 15 Extra Energy
Divided Earth	Destroy 5 Demon Drone	120,000 EP 120,000 Credits 125 Honor 200 Uridium 2 Obsidian Key
An Air of Authority [DAILY]	Destroy 1 UFO	800,000 EP 800,000 Credits 800 Honor 800 Uridium 10 Tetrahtrin

For quests to appear you first need to complete the prior quest, for example for Hidden Agent to be at the quest-giver you must first complete Systems Shock.

New Curcubitor Boxes:

When the Curcubitor event runs, Curcubitor NPCs will spawn on the X-2 to X-8 maps and they will increase in difficulty and drop rewards depending on where they spawn.

• Curcubitor event will spawn curcubitors at the following times:

• • Monday-Friday: between 19:00 to 23:00 everyday (4 hours)
  • Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 to 15:00 (4 hours) and 19:00 to 23:00 (4 hours)
  • All times are local server times (LST)

Kill Curcubitors to spawn the Boss Curcubitor! On death, the Curcubitor drops a trick or a treat.

If Trick, the Curcubitor drops a mine with 20% (of players’ hull) damage after 2 seconds. If Treat, the NPC drops a reward box with random rewards.

The Treat rewards in the Curcubitor box will be a certain amount of Candy Corn with a 100% chance and additionally one of the rewards below:

Curcubitor Box:

Content	Drop Chance
R-310	10%
PLT-2026	10%
ECO-10	8%
MCB-50	15%
JOB-100	16%
Xenomit	15%
Extra Energy	5%
SAR-02	8%
PLD-8	8%
PET Fuel	5%

After having killed a special amount of Curcubitors during a special countdown, 5 Boss Curcubitor will spawn on the map. You have 30 minutes from the initial Boss Curcubitors spawn time to kill all 5 bosses. If the 30 minutes are up, all unkilled Curcubitor Bosses will disappear.

On death, the Boss Curcubitor will drop 5 boxes to the top 5 damage dealers. The reward for these players will be a certain amount of Candy Corns with a 100% chance. In addition, the boxes contain the following rewards:

Content	Drop Chance
Uridium	20%
UCB-100	5%
Log Disks	3%
SR-5	12%
DCR-250	12%
PLT-2021	20%
Extra Energy	6%
SAR-02	15%
PLD-8	7%

Please note that the Curcubitor box as well as the Boss Curcubitor box won’t be affected by any booster bonuses.

The Candy Corns can be used for crafting recipes. All Candy Corn stocks will be removed 24 hours after the event ends.

Objectives & Battle Pass:

When the event starts, there are also objectives that are available for players to complete. The objectives are similar to missions but you don’t need to accept them manually. The progress for the objectives begins automatically when the event starts. Completing these objectives gives you rewards and completing them with the Battle Pass even gives you better rewards.

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Together with the objectives, a “Battle Pass” is available in the shop. You can purchase it either with Uridium or via Payment. The “Battle Pass” gives you access to additional rewards on top of the original rewards that you get from completing the objectives. The objectives as well as the original rewards and the “Battle Pass” rewards can be found in the event window “Objectives”.


New event recipes:

There are some new event recipes which can be crafted during the event.

Category	Name	Amount	Requires	Craftable
Extras	SPC-SL01	1	10,000 Candy Corn	Multiple times
Extras	DMG-NPC01	1	20,000 Candy Corn	Multiple times
Extras	HP-A01	1	5,000 Candy Corn	Multiple times
Ships/ Designs	Berserker Ship Design	1	10,000 Candy Corn	Once

New Ship: Berserker

A new ship is available as a reward in the objectives as well as in the payment section: The Berserker!

Ship information:

· HP: 400,000
· Nanohull: 400,000
· Speed: 290
· Laser Slots: 5
· Generator Slots: 16
· Special Slots: 3
· Rocket Launchers: 1
· Ship Modules Slots: 3
· Cargo Space: 1,500

Skill: Shield Link

Creates a link between you and a targeted ship for 60 seconds. While linked, damage dealt to the target's shields is dealt to your own ship instead.
- New target can be any target – Player / P.E.T.
- Duration: 60 sec
- Cooldown: 10 sec
- This skill can be interrupted by JAMX effect and the player can also be prevented from using the skill by a JAMX


Skill: Berserk

For 30 seconds, laser damage is increased by the percentage of HP lost.
- New target can be NPC/Player/P.E.T
- Duration: 30 sec
- Cooldown: 60 sec
- Damage done by Berserker’s lasers gets a bonus based on the percentage of HP left on Berserker.
- This skill can be interrupted by JAMX effect and the player can also be prevented from using the skill by a JAMX

Skill: Revenge

Reflects all damage dealt to Berserker directly back to enemy for 6 seconds.
- New target can be NPC/Player/P.E.T
- Duration: 6 sec
- Cooldown: 180 sec
- Revenge damage cannot be Shield linked or reflected away by Revenge.
- This skill can be interrupted by JAMX effect and the player can also be prevented from using the skill by a JAMX
- While using the Revenge ability, the Berserker ship will receive a -5% speed debuff

New ship upgrade modules:

During the Vortex of Terror, it’s possible to get some of the new ship upgrades. You can either craft them in the Assembly or get them as rewards in the Battle Pass Objectives. The following modules are given out:

SPC-SL01	Special	+ 5% Rocket Accuracy + 5% Laser Accuracy - 5% Shield	Sentinel Solace	200,000 Credits
SHD-SL1	Shield	+ 10% Shield -5% HP	Sentinel Solace	200,000 Credits
DMG-NPC01	Damage	+ 15% NPC Damage	Sentinel Solace Mimesis Berserker	200,000 Credits
HP-A01	HP	+ 5% HP	Aegis A-Elite A-Veteran	150,000 Credits