Gludio Castle, located in the Town of Gludio, is the first castle available for clans to claim. Taking up residence in a castle allows clan members to reap the rewards of ownership including valuable rewards, access to clan skills, and more.

 

Schedule

The Gludio Castle siege schedule is based on server time and occurs every other Sunday with the first siege starting on February 3.

 

Registration Period

Setup Period

Castle Siege

Server Time

13 days

Saturday 20:00 – Sunday 20:00

Sunday 20:00 to 22:00

 

Registering for the Castle Siege 

To register for the Gludio Castle Siege, your clan must be level 3 or level 4. Clans above or below those levels will not be able to participate. The Clan Leader and authorized clan members can only register for the siege via Tyron, who is located outside the north entrance of the town of Gludio. The registration period is 13 days prior to the start of the siege ending Saturday before the siege at 19:59 Server Time

 

Start of the Siege

For the first siege of the castle, Castle NPCs spawn around the area of the castle. Sieging clans should head to the town of Gludio or use their siege headquarters set up by their clan leaders. The defending clan (none at the beginning) will be moved to the castle.

The area around and inside the castle will become the designated battlefield. The battlefield lines are invisible, and system message will indicate whether you enter or leave the area. Non-sieging players can enter the battlefield, and by doing so can attack other players or be attacked. XP loss for non-sieging players remains at 4%, and XP loss for sieging players is approximately 1%.

 

Victory Conditions

The castle siege lasts for the full two hours. An interim victory is declared when a clan leader on the sieging side successfully uses the Imprint skill on the holy artifact of the castle after defeating Baron Lewin Waldner. This will cause the clan to become the defenders of the castle, and they then fight to prevent other clans and clan leaders from Imprinting the holy artifact. The castle can change hands between clans during the siege, so a new clan on the sieging side that successfully Imprints on the holy artifact would steal the castle from the defending clan and then the new clan becomes the defenders of the castle. A clan is declared the Castle Siege victor when they are the defenders of the castle at the end of the full two hours. The clan then owns the castle for two weeks until the start of the next Castle Siege, at which point Gludio Castle will automatically transfer back to NPC ownership.

 

Imprinting

Clan leaders must use the Imprint skill on the holy artifact during the siege period to become defenders of the castle and ultimately own the castle if the clan is successful in preventing sieging clan leaders from imprinting the holy artifact. 

When imprinting the holy artifact, the clan leader can choose an alignment—Light or Dark. The alignment has its advantages and disadvantages along with a different physical look when conquered. Imprinting the holy artifact takes time to cast and can be disrupted so it’s crucial to defend your clan leader while the casting is in progress, or interrupt opposing clan leaders from claiming it.

 

Alignment Benefits

Castle of Light

Castle of Darkness

Castle Appearance

The castle gleams in shining white light.

The castle is shrouded in darkness beneath swirling storm clouds and a vortex of evil.

Village NPCs

The Proclaimer of Light NPC appears in the Castle of Light’s town and gives a beneficial buff to any character: Blessing of Light: Boosts acquired XP/SP from hunting by 3%

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Alignment-specific Penalty

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Clan members that own a Castle of Darkness can be PK’d without penalty to the killer, and the PKer even receives increased PvP value.

NPC Sales Tax Rate

0%

10%

NPC Purchase Tax Rate

0%

15%

Stat Boost

Max CP +2000

Max CP +1000
 

Rewards

There are many rewards to be claimed from Castle Siege. All participants in the Castle Siege can obtain Blood Crystals by defeating Gludio Castle NPCs. Blood Crystals can be spent on Clan Skills.

Even greater spoils go to the Castle Siege victor. During the two weeks of castle ownership, the winning clan can collect taxes paid to NPC purchases in the town of Gludio, purchase items only available to the castle’s Chamberlain, and access to other castle NPCs.

 

The first Gludio Castle siege will start at on Sunday 20:00 Server Time so be sure to register before Saturday 19:59 Server Time and good luck to all clans as they vie to lay claim to Gludio Castle!