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Apocalypse traits (level 90 system)

as of 2026-09-25 (SEA)

Apocalypse is a level 90 gear system that is live on the Taiwan server but not yet in SEA as of 25 September 2026. SEA creators are already telling players to keep spare gold and red gear for it. It adds slot tiers, seasonal Star Cores from the Calamity Zone instance, and weapon traits that change class skills.

Status in SEA

  • Not live in SEA yet. King Spade's guide (23 September) is based on the Taiwan server and says names and values may change for SEA; Diskusian's Indonesian video (19 September) is presented as a leak. The newest SEA content is the level 85 Time Echoes dungeon (official 23 September notice).
  • SEA players are preparing: Ginger's video covers which cards to prepare for the season 1 Apocalypse dungeon.

How it works (Taiwan server)

  • Tempering: all eight slots (main hand and off hand count separately) gain tiers by sacrificing gold and red equipment. Seven tiers, up to 500 points; a level 80 red royal item gives about 250 points and a level 90 red item about 400. Tiers belong to the slot, not the item, and a restore option returns the feed items (King Spade).
  • Star Cores come from the seasonal Calamity Zone instance. Season 1 bosses are Amon Ra, Pharaoh, Bloody Knight, Dark Lord and Anubis; each gives rewards for three clears a week, shared across difficulties. Bosses check your Break and Guard points: too little Break cuts your damage, too little Guard raises damage taken (King Spade).
  • Each slot holds four core traits; four of one colour gives a set bonus (blue +30% up to red +100% Apocalypse attributes). Weapon cores are the priority because only they give class-skill traits (King Spade).
  • Seasons reset: old-season cores stop giving Break and Guard in the new Calamity Zone, and their open-world values fade from 100% to 15% over 13 days (King Spade).

Class weapon traits for the Thief and Merchant lines (game data)

  • Thief line: CRIT Blade (Dancing Knife can crit, -20% CRIT DMG), Deadly Suppression (Poison advantage +30% vs Wind, Earth, Water and Fire), Enduring Rotation (Rolling Cutter Endure and +30% damage; Fan of Knives becomes melee at -25%), Napalm Beat (Soul Destroyer also hits up to 5 nearby enemies, +30%) (RoworldDB Apocalypse planner).
  • Blacksmith line: Axe Cyclone (axe skill damage +30%), Quick Shot (FAW Silver Sniper ASPD +30%), Ultimate Finale (High Speed Cart Ram damage +30%) (RoworldDB).
  • Alchemist line: Gene Evolution (Create Creature damage +30%), Limit Throw (Throw skill damage +30%) (RoworldDB).
  • No guide has ranked these yet; they are listed in the build files only as future options.

How to prepare

  • Stop auto-dismantling gold and red gear; store it (King Spade; a commenter warns against Blessed Refine for the same reason).
  • Without red gear, forge ordinary gear until it comes out gold and feed that; King Spade suggests shoes as feed, and shoes cannot carry special skills anyway (rothenewworld.wiki).
  • On release, clear every Calamity Zone boss on normal first to build Break and Guard points, and get the right weapon trait for your build before chasing hard mode (King Spade).

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