Heroic Mode (EU)

The current Heroic Mode (EU) event started on the EU servers on January 11th, 2016.

The event lasts one week only instead of the former 21 days.

Players collect Starcrystal fragments by completing Novice or Intermediate Heroic stages. Beating a Novice or Intermediate Heroic stage 8 times allows the player to craft a Starcrystal. 6 full Starcrystals can be used to craft a reward armour. Collecting all Starcrystals from both Novice and Intermediate stages therefore allows players to craft a +-version of the armor (see Crafting a Heroic Event's Armour for details).

Finishing a Hardcore Heroic Stage will be rewarded with different amounts of Dragonforged crafting materials.

Crafting a full Starcrystal grants players an extra reward in the form of keys - the amount of keys vary by area that the Starcrystal was crafted in, with more difficult areas giving higher amounts of keys. The reward keys can be used on a special Heroic chest with Fusion Boost armour, gold and other enhancement materials. Heroic chests also include special set jewellery for Dragonforged armours.

Finishing a Hardcore Heroic stage will give reward keys every time upon completion.

Players participate in a special Damage Leaderboard for each difficulty section (Novice, Intermediate, Hardcore) individually. The leaderboard ranks the highest amount of damage done in a single attack by player and by area. Players can therefore rank in three different leaderboards for the Novice, Intermediate and Hardcore stages. Ranking rewards will be distributed at the end of the event.

Heroic Stages will also feature the same Epic Bosses as the current NA Heroic Mode. Defeating an Epic Boss with a special attack will earn the player the crafting materials for their Epic Boss armour. As of January 2017, only Legendary armour materials are available in Heroic Mode.

Crafting a Heroic Event's Armour
If a player collects 6 Starcrystals, they can craft a special reward Dragonforged Armour during the event - the crafting will not be available after the event is finished, and remaining Starcrystals and fragments will be turned into Fusion Boost armour and gold.

Each Starcrystal is made of 8 fragments, which are found only in Novice and Intermediate areas. This means players can receive a total of 12 starcrystals from those areas.

Each area has unique Fragments that only count toward that area, and can't be transferred over to other areas. An interesting thing to note is that you don't need a Special Attack against a Heroic boss to obtain a fragment.

After getting 8 fragments for an area, players also receive special reward keys for a Heroic Chest. The higher the difficulty of the area, the more keys are received when a Starcrystal is completed.

Hardcore areas do not reward Starcrystal fragments, but Dragonforged materials that can be used to freely craft a Dragonforged armour from the season of the material. Those areas will also reward keys every time they are beaten (Dragonforged materials will only be rewarded for the first time the player beats a Hardcore area during the event).

If the reward Dragonforged armour has been upgraded to level 35, the improved version is unlocked - once this is unlocked, players can craft a +-version of the armour for 6 starcrystals.

End of Event
When the event ends, leftover fragments and Starcrystals will be converted into Fusion Boost armours and gold. Fragments and Starcrystals CANNOT be transferred over the next event. The reward Dragonforged Armour can only be crafted from Starcrystals while the event is running. If the armour is being crafted at the blacksmith when the event ends, the crafting will still finish normally.