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Saga
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Introduction[edit]
A Saga is a group of quests or even story arcs that characters can complete for an additional end-reward. When running these quests, you will receive a number of “points” towards your reward based on what difficulty you run quests on. More points equal a greater end reward, and/or a wider variety of rewards to choose from.
The Saga giver has several dialogue options which explain both Sagas in general, and that particular Saga chain.
Rules of Sagas[edit]
If you speak the Saga giver, they will explain the "Rules of Sagas":
- You must complete all quests in this Saga to receive a reward. The quality of your reward depends on the difficulties that you completed each quest on.
- Quests can be played in any order, and are counted automatically.*
- You do not have to speak to (that Saga giver) or return (there) between quests.
- Once all the quests have been completed, speak to (that) NPC for your reward.
- * If you completed any quests before talking to the Saga giver, you will still automatically be given credit for those quests. It is easily possible to complete the entire Saga before speaking to the Saga giver.
Both Heroic and Epic Sagas can be repeated. Pirates of the Thunder Sea (heroic) (3BC + Sentinels) has a timer. A character can only receive the award for this saga once every 5 days. Update 23 made Pirates of the Thunder Sea (heroic) (3BC + Sentinels) repeatable every three days. (Bug: Although you can only pick up the saga every 5 days, you can run the quests at any point after 3 days for credit.) (Bug: The three-day timer for the Pirates Saga is actually 100 hours, i.e. 4 days and 4 hours.) No other sagas have timers and can be repeated immediately. (TODO: Ravenloft Sagas not yet confirmed to be on timer or not)
Earning Points[edit]
Points are awarded for the quests you complete, and their difficulty level. Each separate quest is counted only once, at the highest difficulty you've completed it.
Awarding points:
- 1 point per Casual/Normal completion
- 2 points per Hard completion
- 3 points per Elite completion
- VIP can skip one quest and count it as an elite completion (worth 3 points)
- Anyone can pay 5 Astral Shards to skip one quest and count it as an elite completion (worth 3 points)
- You can do this bypass once per run through each saga.
- You can also pay 15 Astral Shards to increase the reward tier (from Elite to True Elite, for instance)
- May only allow you to increase one tier.
Depending on the number of points you have accumulated, you receive your reward. There are four reward levels: Normal, Hard, Elite, and True Elite.
- For a Normal reward, you just need to have completed all the quests in the saga.
- For a Hard reward, you need to have completed all the quests in the saga and have points equal to 1.75 * the number of quests in the saga, rounded down (or an average of "1/4 Normal, 3/4 Hard").
- (So, for example, if there are 13 quests in the saga, then you need a score of 22 (13 x 1.75 = 22.75). You could do this by completing 9 of the quests on Hard (18 pts) and 4 on Normal (+4 pts = 22), or by completing 4 of the quests on Elite (12 pts) and 1 on Hard (+2 pts = 14) and the other 8 on Normal (+8 = 22), or any other combination that adds up to at least 22 points.)
- For an Elite reward, you need to have completed all the quests in the saga and have points equal to 2.5 * the number of quests in the saga, rounded down (or an average of "1/2 Hard, 1/2 Elite").
- For a True Elite reward, you need to have completed all the quests on Elite difficulty (maximum points).
The quest giver keeps track of the quests you've completed, and the quests you have not; this list can be seen by talking to them and selecting the "Give me a list of your quests" option.
When you turn in the Saga, the quest count is reset, setting all quest completions in that saga to "0". You cannot start to accumulate quests again until you select your reward from the last completion.
Rewards[edit]
As your reward, you can select a single item from a randomly generated list - again, the higher the points total, the better your reward would be (and more tomes will be available to choose from).
The benefits earned are a single choice from...
- Experience Gem (consumed automatically on acquire)
- Guild Renown Gem1 (consumed automatically on acquire)
- a selection2 of 1 to 4 Skill tomes3 (Bound to Character on Acquire
Bound to Character on Acquire: This item is Bound to Character on Acquire)
- Ravenloft Saga reward list can include 40 Vistani Talismans (Heroic) or Sentient Jewels (Epic) (Update 37)
- Notes:
- 1) Guild Renown Gem Rewards are the same for all Sagas, regardless of Level range (and see comments below):
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- 2) The number of offered skill tomes depends on your reward tier; a single tome is offered for Normal completion, increasing to four tomes offered on True Elite. You can select only one Tome, no matter how many are offered, but this prevents you from being stuck with a +1 Tome of Listen.
- 3) The lower-level range Heroic Sagas offer +1 Skill Tomes, while the higher-level ones offer +2 Skill Tomes. Epic Sagas offer +3 Skill Tomes.
Effects that increase experience or renown gain (for example Experience Elixirs or Guild Renown Elixirs) also apply to saga end rewards.
- Tip: A Guild Renown Elixir only needs to be active when collecting the reward. Complete multiple sagas over time, and drink an elixir just before collecting all the end rewards for maximum effect.
End rewards for some sagas occasionally include lesser standard renown bonuses, such as Heroic Deeds or Tales of Valor. These offer much less renown than the large "Guild Renown" gem option.
Sagas by End Rewards[edit]
| Reward Tier | The Pirates of the Thunder Sea (heroic) | The Wastes of Gianthold (heroic) | Honor of the Huntsilver (heroic) | Perils of Cormyr (heroic) | Mists of Ravenloft Saga: Heroic | The Pirates of the Thunder Sea (epic) | The Wastes of Gianthold (epic) | Honor of the Huntsilver (epic) | Perils of Cormyr (epic) | Menace of the Underdark | The End of Eberron | The Planeswalker's Path | Mists of Ravenloft Saga: Epic |
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| Normal | 8k XP / (1) +1 skill tome / 5k Renown | 16k XP / (1) +1 skill tome / 5k Renown | 26k XP / (1) +2 skill tome / 5k Renown | 38k XP / (1) +2 skill tome / 5k Renown | 16k XP / (1) +1 skill tome / 5k Renown | 32k XP / (1) +3 skill tome / 5K Renown | 32k XP / (1) +3 skill tome / 5K Renown | 67k XP / (1) +3 skill tome / 5k Renown | 79k XP / (1) +3 skill tome / 5k Renown | 55k XP / (1) +3 skill tome / 5k Renown | 32k XP / (1) +3 skill tome / 5k Renown | 35k XP / (1) +3 skill tome / 5k Renown | 96k XP / (1) +3 skill tome / 5k Renown |
| Hard | 13k XP / (2) +1 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 22k XP / (2) +1 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 36K XP / (2) +2 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 53K XP / (2) +2 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 22K XP / (2) +1 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 44k XP / (2) +3 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 49k XP / (2) +3 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 84k XP / (2) +3 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 110k XP / (2) +3 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 68k XP / (2) +3 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 49k XP / (2) +3 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 49k XP / (2) +3 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown | 147k XP / (2) +3 skill tomes / 7.5k Renown |
| Elite | 20k XP / (3) +1 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 35k XP / (3) +1 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 56k XP / (3) +2 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 83k XP / (3) +2 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 35k XP / (3) +1 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 69k XP / (3) +3 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 69k XP / (3) +3 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 122k XP / (3) +3 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 173k XP / (3) +3 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 100k XP / (3) +3 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 76k XP / (3) +3 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 76k XP / (3) +3 skill tomes / 10k Renown | 207k XP / (3) +3 skill tomes / 10k Renown |
| True Elite | 26k XP / (4) +1 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 46k XP / (4) +1 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 74k XP / (4) +2 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 111k XP / (4) +2 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 46k XP / (4) +1 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 92k XP / (4) +3 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 92k XP / (4) +3 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 165k XP / (4) +3 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 230k XP / (4) +3 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 134k XP / (4) +3 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 102k XP / (4) +3 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 102k XP / (4) +3 skill tomes / 15k Renown | 276k XP / (4) +3 skill tomes / 15k Renown |
List of Sagas[edit]
As of U42, there are a total of 7 Heroic Sagas and 10 Epic Sagas.
- Two sagas were released with the Shadowfell Conspiracy expansion, and an additional seven were added with U19.2.
- Update 22 added the Pirates of the Thunder Sea (heroic and epic) sagas.
- Update 37 added Mists of Ravenloft Saga: Heroic and Mists of Ravenloft Saga: Epic sagas.
- Update 42 added 4 Sharn sagas.
Heroic Sagas[edit]
- Cogs saga: Heroic
- Honor of the Huntsilver (heroic)
- In the Wastes of Gianthold (heroic)
- Masterminds of Sharn saga: Heroic
- Mists of Ravenloft Saga: Heroic
- Perils of Cormyr (heroic)
- The Pirates of the Thunder Sea (heroic)
- Honor of the Huntsilver (heroic level 16-19) requires Adventure Packs: The Druid's Deep, High Road of Shadows, Shadow Over Wheloon, The Secret of the Storm Horns
- The Wastes of Gianthold (heroic level 13-14) requires Adventure Pack: Ruins of Gianthold
- Perils of Cormyr (heroic level 15-19) requires Adventure Packs: Shadow Over Wheloon, The Druid's Deep, High Road of Shadows, The Secret of the Storm Horns
- The Pirates of the Thunder Sea (heroic level 4-7) requires Adventure Packs: Three-Barrel Cove, Sentinels of Stormreach
- Mists of Ravenloft Saga: Heroic (heroic level 10-12) requires Mists of Ravenloft expansion.
- Cogs & Masterminds of Sharn sagas (15-16) both require Masterminds of Sharn expansion.
Epic Sagas[edit]
- Cogs saga: Epic
- Honor of the Huntsilver (epic)
- In the Wastes of Gianthold (epic)
- Masterminds of Sharn saga: Epic
- Menace of the Underdark (saga)
- Mists of Ravenloft Saga: Epic
- Perils of Cormyr (epic)
- The End of Eberron
- The Pirates of the Thunder Sea (epic)
- The Planeswalker's Path
- Honor of the Huntsilver (epic) requires Adventure Packs: The Druid's Deep, High Road of Shadows, Shadow Over Wheloon, The Secret of the Storm Horns
- The Wastes of Gianthold (epic) requires Adventure Pack: Ruins of Gianthold
- Menace of the Underdark (saga) requires Adventure Pack: Menace of the Underdark
- Perils of Cormyr (epic) requires Adventure Packs: Shadow Over Wheloon, The Druid's Deep, High Road of Shadows, The Secret of the Storm Horns, Menace of the Underdark
- The end of Eberron requires requires Adventure Pack: Menace of the Underdark
- The Planeswalker's Path requires requires Adventure Pack: Menace of the Underdark, High Road of Shadows, Shadow Over Wheloon
- The Pirates of the Thunder Sea (epic) requires Adventure Packs: Three-Barrel Cove, Sentinels of Stormreach
- Mists of Ravenloft Saga: Epic (epic level 30-31) requires Mists of Ravenloft Expansion.
- Cogs & Masterminds of Sharn sagas (32) both require Masterminds of Sharn expansion.
