Accursed Towers

Accursed Towers

Accursed Towers is a clan focused feature available for all types of players, featuring both group PvE and Pvp content. Towers will be scattered across the map of Sanctuary, each granting unique and powerful buffs when claimed.

The available bonuses are:

• PvP Damage (20% inc to dmg in bgs, accursed towers, shadow wards, rite, and challenge of the immortal)
• XP Rewards (30% inc to xp received from bestiary and bounties)
• Helliquary Rewards (20% inc to magic find when defeating Helliquary bosses)
• Dungeon Rewards (15% inc to magic find when defeating a dungeon boss)
• Challenge Rift Speed (increase to rift progress orbs dropped by elite monsters)
• Monster Orb Rewards (20% inc to monstrous essence droprate from mobs in zones)
• Challenge Rift Combat Rating (bonus 50 CR in rifts)
• Helliquary CR (bonus 50 CR in raids)
• Dungeon Damage (10% inc to dmg dealt in dungeons)

Clans will compete to claim ownership of towers, thereby providing powerful bonuses to all Clan members and the opportunity to acquire new Cursed Items. Players must be in a Clan to participate in Accursed Towers.

Once a clan claims a tower, if can be challenged by other rival clans through a 10 vs 10 PvP battle with the wining clan gaining ownership of the worter.

How to Claim Towers

Each Clan may have up to 2 towers under their control per Season. At the end of each eight-week Season, the ownership of all towers will be reset.

At the start of a Season, players will see many towers on the map to select from, all of which will be Unclaimed Towers. During the first week of a Season, from Monday, 3 a.m.–Saturday 7 p.m. server time, your Clan’s leader can select a tower through the Accursed Tower’s menu and attempt to claim it for your Clan, plunging your Clan into a PvE match against Hell’s minions for control of the tower by Purifying it. Only 1 tower can be claimed per Clan during the first week of the Season.

While fighting demonic hordes for control of the tower, your Clan’s objective is to collect Cursed Shards from slain demons. However, players can’t simply attack enemies as they normally would. To deal damage to your foes, first you’ll need to locate and activate the tower’s Curse Sources. Doing so will make enemies vulnerable, allowing you to dispatch them and collect their Cursed Shards. Once the timer runs out, the top 10 Clan members with the highest Cursed Shard amounts will have them added to your team’s total. A Clan can choose to do as many runs to collect Cursed Shards at the same tower as they desire, but only the highest team total will be retained. If your Clan has collected the most Cursed Shards among all Clans vying for that specific tower by Saturday at 7 p.m. server time, then your Clan will claim the tower.

Defending the Tower

Now that you have claimed a tower, you must defend it. Hell’s minions will attempt to retake their stolen home. Once your Corruption meter reaches a certain amount, demonic incursions will follow. Members of your Clan must come to defend your tower promptly or else it will be lost and can be reclaimed by another Clan.

There is a way to ward off Hell’s mindless marauders, though: by powering up your tower. Within the Accursed Tower’s menu, your Clan leader can choose to power up your tower. Doing so will not only end the attacks on it from demons but increase the bonuses provided by your tower and periodic rewards provided by the Rewards Chest inside of it. Beware, as powering up your tower does come at a cost—other Clans will be able to challenge your clan to a PvP match for control of the tower.

The rewards gained from towers sound desirable, right? The other Clans on your Server will certainly think so. Starting the second week of a Season, Clans can have a second tower under their control. From Saturday, 9 p.m.–Sunday 12 a.m. server time, Clans will be able to attempt to challenge for tower ownership from another Clan through an all-out PvP match. Should your Clan prevail, they’ll not only leave with bragging rights and a new tower to receive periodic rewards from, but also a bevy of rewards from participating in the PvP match, which can include Cursed Items.