Village of Treasures - Instrument Gathering Stage 14



Event Period: 10 December 2019 (Tue) 20:30 until 24 December 2019 (Tue) 12:59 Japan Standard Time.

Related event: Other Village of Treasures events

How to Play

 * You can access the event by clicking the event banner at the top of the Front Lines menu.
 * Each time you enter an event map, you will consume 1 Event Pass. You can carry up to 3 Event Passes at a time.
 * Refilling each Event Pass costs 300 Koban.
 * Event Passes will also automatically refill for free at 5:00 and 17:00 JST (GMT+9).
 * There are four event stages of varying difficulty levels. Each time you pass through a node, you will draw a card. These cards can have different effects. More details about these cards are found under Types of Cards.

Beads
There are 3 ways of obtaining beads from this event: Beads can be used to obtain various rewards.
 * 1) Drawing a beads card
 * 2) Being victorious against an enemy after drawing an enemy card
 * 3) Defeating the boss node.

Investigation Tools (VOT)

 * The "Investigation Tools (VOT)" is an event-only item that can be used only in Village of Treasure events.
 * The "Investigation Tools (VOT)" is for sale at Shop.
 * Effects of the "Investigation Tools (VOT)" are as follows:
 * Able to access the event without using a pass.
 * Will obtain 1 random instrument when entering the event map.
 * The amount of beads obtained when returning to citadel will be tripled (3x), even if you are forced to retreat.
 * The instruments obtained will remain even if you are forced to retreat, or opt to return to the citadel halfway.
 * Take note that:
 * The beads will only be tripled when you return to the citadel.
 * Since the "Investigation Tools (VOT)" is an event-only item, remaining items will be removed upon ending of the event.
 * There will be an icon at the top left of the screen in the event maps when the item is in use.

Special Investigation Tools (VOT)

 * The "Special Investigation Tools (VOT)" is an event-only item that can be used only in Village of Treasure events.
 * The "Special Investigation Tools (VOT)" is for sale at Shop and is limited to 1 purchase per day per account.
 * The effects of the "Special Investigation Tools (VOT)" is the same as the "Investigation Tools (VOT)" except that the amount of beads obtained when returning to citadel will be decupled (10x).

Regarding Forced and Voluntary Retreat
You will be forced to return to the citadel if: You will only retain 25% of the beads AND lose all the instruments you have collected from your run if you are forced to return to the citadel.
 * Your entire team is forced to withdraw because of severe damage.
 * Your team captain is forced to withdraw because of severe damage.
 * Your team lost a battle

※The exception is if you're using the Investigation Tool, which will let you bring back the instruments even if you are forced to retreat.

If you choose to retreat in the middle of a run, you will bring back all the beads gathered so far. However, you will lose all the instruments you have collected in that run.

※The exception is if you're using the Investigation Tool, which will let you bring back the instruments even if you retreat midway.

Instruments

 * In this event, instruments may be obtained as a rare drop from defeating the enemies at any node.
 * There are 5 types of instruments: fue, koto, shamisen, taiko  and suzu .
 * Normal enemy nodes drop fue, koto and shamisen, while the boss node drops taiko  and suzu .
 * The collected instruments may be exchanged for "Attendant Sword Music" at the Backgrounds, Obtain Music button.The amount needed to exchange for each "Attendant Sword Music" may differ.
 * Once you obtain the "Attendant Sword Music", you may change the Citadel BGM. You can trade instruments for "Attendant Sword Music" in the Backgrounds menu.
 * After the event, instruments will remain in your inventory, and the songs will always be available for purchase.
 * The maximum number of an instrument you can own is 999.
 * The new "Attendant Sword Music" are:

In the Event of Internet Disconnections
During the event, if the game is interrupted due to connection issues, it may be possible to continue playing from where the interruption occurred after logging in again within 24 hours of the disconnection.

Furthermore, if the interruption occurred after a battle has begun, the battle will be considered completed with the outcome decided. If the outcome was a defeat, the player will be returned to the citadel with the bead number reflecting this outcome.

However, if 24 hours have passed, the beads will not be added to the final count, and the pass will not be recovered.

Beads
You will earn the number of beads indicated on the card. Green earns you 1 bead, blue earns you 5 beads, and red earns you 10 beads.

Enemies
You will go into battle against the enemy. The enemy team will consist solely of the type of sword indicated on the card you've drawn. Each time an enemy card of the same type is drawn, the enemies become stronger, with an increased chance of getting instrument drops. Defeating enemies also awards beads based on the difficulty of the map and how many of the same enemy cards have been drawn.
 * 1st draw: Enemies appropriate for the difficulty level of the map will appear.
 * 2nd draw: A stronger enemy leader will appear, but the enemy can still be defeated if your team is strong enough.
 * 3rd draw: Two stronger enemies will appear, but the enemy can still be defeated if your team is strong enough.
 * 4th draw: The enemies' strength has become too great, but the enemy can still be defeated if your team is strong enough.

The wakizashi card is a rare card that can only be encountered once per run and rewards far more experience and beads compared to other enemy waves.

Others

 * Dokuya (Poison Darts): Some HP damage will be dealt on swords.
 * Bomb: 3 troops will be removed when this card is drawn.
 * Kaika (Mysterious Fire): You will get double (2x) the amount of beads after obtaining the 1st card and quadruple (4x) the amount of beads for 2nd card. Will work on both bead and enemy cards.

Stages
As the maps get more difficult, the range of obtainable bead cards for each possible draw increases. Easy & Medium were tested, but it might be inaccurate since it was tested a lot less than Hard & Expert.