Cube of Fate

I still don't do cube.

Alexeno - Sanctuary wrote: »

from my understanding, you can go in with about 500k-1mil of startup items, and come out with like 2-3mil+ coin and a couple hundered thousand exp (plus a crapton of spirit) and tons of goodies that sell for even more cash

You can also come out with no money and very little to show for it from what I've heard.

This is all I can find out on the wiki about it.I may give it another try when I have the patience.

http://pwi-wiki.perfectworld.com/index.php/Cube_of_Fate

Alexeno - Sanctuary wrote: »

finally, why the fragging hell did they make cube accessible by level 40s, when it is literally impossible for a level 40 (hell, a level 50) to finish it?

it is entirely possible, even probable, for a prepared lv40 player to finish the cube (especially a veno). if you can afford the cube "necessities", you will pass the cube at a very high rate and reap very high XP rewards for your level. however, you are also correct in that an unprepared player will have almost zero chance of completing it on their first try without knowing what to expect going in, and will likely leave there frustrated and angry.

what to bring (not necessary but i highly recommend) if planning to do a full run to room 50:
- at least 15-25 dice tickets
- 400k coins (will most likely not need more than 100-200k) per run
- 1 bully card (catshops in room 1 generally sell, and you can sell back afterwards if not used)
- at least 1 robber card (same as bully, but i recommend taking 2-4 of these if u can afford it).
- do-all cards, as many as you can afford, up to 16 (these do not disappear upon leaving cube, so you can hold these for multiple runs on diff days).
- patience (cube can feel like it's out to get you some days).
- knowledge (READ THE GUIDE before starting or you will almost certainly fail).

some other stuff that will make the cube easier:
- HP charm
- HP food, Pots
- Tree of Protection genie skill
- Holy Path genie skill
- working speakers and sound effect volume turned on

GOOD LUCK! b:victory

EDIT: Note- the items I posted above are for EACH run starting from Room 1 to Room 50, meaning that if you fail in the middle and go back to room 1, you should begin with a full set of these items again.

i started cubing every day when i was lvl50 and never really had any trouble completeting it. entering each sday with 40 tickets, a bully card and a robber card. even then the only rooms i ever failed in were the 2 pk rooms 14 and 34 and 2 of the 100 sec stand rooms 30 and 47. to comfotably do the 100 sec rooms you need approx 3k hp for room 30 and 4.5k hp for room 47 though you can always just follow someone through and use tree of protection to survive.

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- 1 bully card (catshops in room 1 generally sell, and you can sell back afterwards if not used)
- at least 1 robber card (same as bully, but i recommend taking 2-4 of these if u can afford it).


GOOD LUCK! b:victory

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What is this for? Thanks

Breathe - Lost City wrote: »

Room 18 and 46 require these cards to pass.

Room 18 gives you 9 Robber Cards and you need 10 to pass.
Room 46 gives you 9 Bully Cards and you need 10 to pass.

Thanks for answer. :-)

Cube of Fate

The Cube of Fate is a solo dungeon (shared instance) that you can enter starting at level 40. There are 50 rooms in the puzzle dungeon, each with it's own unique challenge to complete. Once you complete a room's challenge, you will receive a random six sided die that will move you forward throughout the dungeon. The objective is to reach room 50, however if you fail a challenge or are killed along the way, you will respawn back in room 1 with the option to either exit the Cube, or start the puzzle all over again.

While the Cube can be very frustrating at times, it can also be very rewarding. You could spend a few million coins and come out empty handed, or you could spend 100k and come out with a few million coins, 20 Mysterious Chips, and over 350,000 XP! It's completely random, though patience and persistence will certainly help.

You can only do this quest once per day (well, on the days you can afford it).

Requirements

* Level 40+ to enter
* 1 Badge of Honor, which you can get once per day from the Adventure Assistants/Khatru Pup in each of the 6 major cities
* 10-30 Mirage Celestones. Each Celestone can be exchanged for 2 Dice Tickets, and each room requires 1 Dice Ticket to begin the challenge. Some rooms have very difficult challenges, and can be bypassed by paying additional Dice Tickets
* 400-600k. Several rooms require 100-200k coins to pass, although usually you are given a chance to win additional coins back
* Patience. Some days it's going to be really easy, and some days it will be impossible to finish. Understand that going in, the Cube is completely random


Rewards

* XP! At level 70-79, it's worth 350,000 XP and 70,000 spirit IF you reach room 50, at 80+ it's 400k/80k
* Money. Several rooms have a chance to win either 1 million or 5 million coins
* Mysterious Chips. Up to 20 per run (5 per room, 4 chip rooms), can be traded for Legendary Molds at the Mysterious Vendor in Thousand Streams City
* ??????. At 80+ you get a chance to enter the Cube Lottery, but it's still not translated into English, so I'm unsure what the rewards are though database sites do show some legendary gear that comes from the lottery
* Pages of Fate. At level 90+, you don't get a XP reward for completing the Cube of Fate, but you do get pages that you can trade for your Demon/Sage skill books


Challenge Rooms

Good rooms, meh rooms, rooms that really suck

[1] Fate's Beginning
Trade your Duty Badge for a Puzzle Cube at the Room 1 Teleport Master
Use the Forge beside him to repair, buy potions, and exchange Mirage Celestones for Dice Tickets
Choose 'Start the Challenge' to exchange your Puzzle Cube and 1 Dice Ticket, for a random die (1-6)
Right click on the die, and you'll move forward that many rooms i.e. if you get a 5 die and you're in room 1, you'll end up in room 6

[2] Chest of Mystery
Open 5 chests for quest items, get a die.

[3] Slaughterhouse
Kill 5 monsters, get a die.

[4] Mice Bashing
Kill 10 monsters, 1 hit each, use auto attack, get a die.

[5] Count the Apples
Count either the red, white, or blue wisps. Choose correctly, get a die.

[6] Open Sesame
Kill the boss mob in this room, who does a very weak AOE dmg (~100 every few seconds)
When he dies a Teleport Master will spawn, talk to him to get a die
The boss will respawn in about 20 seconds, so make it fast and don't AFK on auto attack for too long

[7] Have a Listen
Talk to the butterfly NPC to start the challenge
The goal is to find out which monsters have sound effects, the ones with the fire noise will 1 hit kill you, so slowly approach them until you find the monsters with no sound, and run through them to the other side
Try the 2 mobs against the left hand wall

[8] Try Your Luck
Costs 100k, open 10 chests and receive either a Sadness Card (sells for 1 coin), or a Ecstasy Card (sells for 1,000,000 coins)

[9] 100 Second Stand
Stay alive for 100 seconds
The mob in the center does AOE dmg, while the moving mobs do weak physical
Run to the corner of the room and kill any monsters that follow you, then just tank the AOE dmg

[10] Bombs Away!
A time bomb is attached to you and will detonate in 10 minutes
Once you reach the NPC in room 17 (or higher) ask him to diffuse the bomb
If you fail before the bomb goes off, make sure you have the NPC in room 1 diffuse the bomb

[11] Bored ...
Jail room, simply wait 3 minutes and you'll get a die
BE CAREFUL, this room is PK enabled (whether you're blue or not), so don't AFK here

[12] Choices of Fate
Receive a random token, either 1 room back, or 1-6 rooms forward
Right click to use it like a die

[13] Squad of Six
Either talk to the NPC while having 5 squad mates in the room, or pay 3 Dice Tickets to bypass the challenge

[14] I Don't Wanna Leave
The objective of this room is to get a die once someone in the room dies, so, you can either wait for someone to enter and then PK them
Or simply get yourself killed and start over at room 1
To kill yourself, run into the corner with the plant mob, which will debuff your HP by 80%, then agro the mob in the middle

[15] Mystical Messenger
First of four rooms where you can get Mysterious Chips (up to 5 per room)
You have 60 seconds to kill as many mobs as you can
You must turn the quest in at the middle NPC before the timer runs out, or you get 0 chips
You can only do the Kill for Thrills quest once per day, in each of the four rooms, for a maximum of 20 Mysterious Chips per run

[16] Fight the Demon
Must kill a very tough mob, only possible with a squad of people in the same room
Or you can pay X dice tickets to bypass the challenge and get a die

[17] Ecstasy or Sadness
Another chest room, pay 100k, open 10 chests, can either win 1 coin, or 1,000,000 coins

[18] Not Enough Yet
When you enter, you're given 9 Robber cards, but you need 10 to complete the quest and move on
You can either wait for someone else to come in and give you one of their cards, or
Use your Town Portal skill to go back to room 1

[19] Happy Hold-up
Talk to the NPC, get 5 extra Dice Tickets, and a die

[20] Another Choice of Fate
Receive a random token, either 1-3 rooms back, or 1-6 rooms forward
Right click to use it like a die

[21] Beast Hunter
Kill 2 mobs in 2 minutes, can be difficult depending on your level
For example, level 70-79 have to kill level 75 mobs, easier at level 79 than at level 70

[22] Mystical Messenger
Second of four rooms you can get Mysterious Chips in, same challenge, 60 seconds to kill 1-5 mobs

[23] Real or Fake
Must kill 1 mob, some are weak (never met one), most are hard, kite, use pots, not too difficult

[24] Consequence
Open 5 chests, get a die
You can change the amount of chests required to complete the challenge, to either 5, 20, or 100 chests
Leave it at 5, otherwise Karma will bite you in the **** ^^

[25] Dragon Gate
Run through the exploding hands, simply wait for them to explode them move through the circle
Reach the opposite corner and talk to the NPC for your die

[26] Death Judge
Must loot 5 chests, guarded by a mob that will 1 hit kill you
The mob moves very, very slow, so you can have him chase you to the corner of the room
Then run back and loot 2 chests, rinse, repeat

[27] Try to Listen EX
Same as the previous listen room, try the 2 mobs 2nd from the right wall

[28] Count the Apples EX
Same as the first room, count either the red, white, or blue wisps (it's random which one the NPC will ask for)

[29] Slaughterhouse EX
Kill 5 mobs, no time limit

[30] 100 Second Stand EX
Stay alive for 100 seconds, the AOE does more damage in this room, fairly easy with a HP charm

[31] Mystical Messenger
Third of the four Mysterious Chip rooms

[32] So Bored
Jail room, simply wait 5 minutes and you'll receive a die, PK enabled so don't AFK

[33] Monster Trapper
Kill 2 mobs in 2 minutes

[34] Steadfast
Same as room 14, either kill another player, or kill yourself and start over. If you do manage to kill another player here, walk along to wall to the opposite corner of the room to avoid agressing the middle ball, and make sure you talk to the NPC twice. The corner mobs only do a debuff which you can relog to clear (once you use the die)

[35] Life Diverged, Again
Receive a random token, either 3 rooms back, or 1-6 rooms forward
Right click to use it like a die

[36] Crazy Chest
Loot 10 chests, get a die

[37] Great Luck
Pay 200,000 coins, get a box with random goodies inside
Can include 1-3 Mirage Celestones, 5-10 Dice Tickets, or 2 Do-All Cards (can be made into Robber or Bully Cards)

[38] Dragon Gate EX
Same as room 25, except little insects run around that can 1 hit kill you, need to avoid both them and the exploding hands, for an easy time hug the walls tightly to avoid the insect patrols

[39] Consequence II
Open 20 chests, get a die
You can change the amount of chests required to complete the challenge, to either 5, 20, or 100 chests
Leave it at 5, otherwise Karma will bite you in the **** ^^

[40] Sadness or Ecstasy
Pay 100,000 coins, open 10 chests, either win 1 coin, or 5,000,000 coins

[41] Squad of Three
Create a squad of 3 players in the same room, or pay 10 Dice Tickets to bypass the challenge

[42] Mystical Messenger
The final Mysterious Chip room, 5 mobs, 60 seconds

[43] Take Down the Demon
Need a squad to kill these mobs, pay X Dice Tickets to bypass the challenge

[44] Bomber Mania
A time bomb is attached to you, must reach room 50 in 10 minutes or less
Talk to the NPC in room 50 to diffuse the bomb

[45] Open, open sesame!
Same as room 6, kill a boss mob (weak, 100 dmg AOE) that has tons of hit points, takes 20-40 minutes depending on class and level, pray you don't hit the previous room and roll a 1

[46] Still not Enough
Same as room 18, get 9 Bully Cards, need 10
Either hope someone comes in and gives you one of theirs, or Town Portal back to room 1 and start over

[47] 100 Seconds, Bring It On!
Stay alive for 100 seconds, same as the previous two 100 second rooms
Mob in the middle does significatly more AOE dmg (impossible for a 80 Archer)
If you're not a Barbarian or Cleric, just die and start over
If you want to try it make sure you have a HP charm, both restoration and HP pots, and possibly damage reduction charms, though I'm not sure if the damage is physical or magic

[48] Chest Unlocker Hardcore
Open 10 chests, get a die

[49] Prize Raid
Have 2 minutes to kill as many mobs as you can, each mob is worth 5000 XP and 1000 Spirit

[50] Fate's End
The final room, receive your XP, Spirit, and a chest that contains 1-3 Mirage Celestones, with a 5% chance to get a Badge of Dexterity (need 10 to make a Sign of Dexterity, need 1 of each Sign type to get the level 90+ Sage weapons)


Mysterious Chips
If you visit the Mysterious Merchant in Thousand Streams City, left of the city elder, you can trade chips + coins for legendary molds and items. It looks like most of the molds available come from FB 69-89, and some of the pricing seems a little skewed. You can also trade chips and coins for legendary materials from Twilight Temple, Lunar Glade, and the Warsoul (end game) weapons.


All the info youll ever need!

In the PK rooms, do you need GA's to avoid dropping items if you die?

Brael - Dreamweaver wrote: »

In the PK rooms, do you need GA's to avoid dropping items if you die?

No, it's like dieing in a Rebirth. Just sends you back to start room. And while I sometimes get PK attempts by over-hopeful barbs in jail rooms, usually people leave each other alone. Sometimes you can get buffs from random strangers, and group to give party buffs.

As for the PK, other than what I posted for being aware where it can occur, best thing is to always expect. Which means if you're ranged, don't stand around when you enter a room. This puts you at melee range of anyone coming in. For veno, move a good distance away, but leave your pet there. Be proactive, and even PK rooms won't be that bad.

EDIT: Reason you don't drop, is you're not PK set. That is the way you drop items, aside from a bug I had once. Anytime your name is blue, and PK is auto-set (DT, Cube rooms), you don't have to worry about dropping items.

LloydAsplund - Sanctuary wrote: »

What about red names dying in cube?

Don't know about them, though I wouldn't mind if they did drop. But of the white names I've killed, none have dropped anything. Really don't see red names in there, might have to smack em like pinatas on sight on the off chance they do

Oh, and for anyone new to cube, please don't stand around the tp master in jail. I don't do random PKs in there unless someone earned it, but it is way too tempting seeing 3 people stand right next to eachother in a PK set room. One of these days I'm pretty sure I'll fall to the temptation, so pvp happy people won't even hesitate.

Today I wasted 700K on cube... some days are very unlucky,

I went 3 times in a row in room 34, and in those 3 times or time run out, or the ones that come in use do all cards and get away grrrrrr

I started doin the cube at lvl 70 up the lvl 101 I am now. It's recommended highly that you bring as much cash as you can afford on your person, some may say bring 500k-1m but the cube depending on what room you go in by the roll of the dice can prove costly.

Always purchase a bully and robber card b4 you start as you may end up in rooms 18 and 46, sometimes if your lucky a person may set up a cat shop in both rooms but they will charge you the earth so it's best to get at the start. IF however you reach rm 46 and you have no bully card your screwed, but as a last resort have some do all cards with you 6 preferably.

2 do alls are only required to make a bully card, the other 4 do-alls I would save for rooms 14 and 34 which are pk rooms. You can only advance past these rooms either with 4 do-alls or to Pk the next person that comes in and if your a lower lvl then most players that do the cube, it's highly unlikely you would pass rooms 14 and 34.

Pls note also that most rooms in the cube are also PK enabled so keep that in mind and always watch your back in there, ppl can be spiteful and pk you simply for the sake of it or be it arrogance.

As for these vast fortunes ppl assume you can aquire from the cube, yes it IS possible to walk in the cube and come out of it a couple mil richer however those chances are rare, heard it was 0.2% chance to win an ectasy or excitement card in each room. Those rooms are 7(or was it 8?), 17, 37 and 40.

rm 37 is an exception to the rule as you can get 3 mirages, 10 dice tickets, ectasy card or excitement card.

All in all the cube is do-able, dont get discouraged. It can be a lot of fun once you memorize how to do it^^

Alexeno - Sanctuary wrote: »

well, the time is near... i need to start learning everything i can about the cube, since it seems to be the source of most people's vast fortunes (besides those in land-holding factions)

so. first off: when can a veno (who knows how to play the damn class) do the cube with a reasonable (like 80% probable chance of) success rate?

second. what items do i need to bring, and how much of these items, do i need to bring into the cube with me, in order to be guaranteed to not run out of essential items/ run into a wall where i can't continue?

finally, why the fragging hell did they make cube accessible by level 40s, when it is literally impossible for a level 40 (hell, a level 50) to finish it? (ignore this part, just a quick rant. lol)

thanks in advance for all help b:victory

Iono aobut venos, i suposed it'd be easyer..my pys did it 3 times in a row at lv 41...