New Bloom Festival 2014



The Year Beast is currently inactive. It will return on February 8th, 2014 at 12:00 AM (GMT).

New Bloom Festival 2014 is an event that began on January 29th, 2014. It features numerous rewards, as well as a new game mode where players must battle Nian, the mighty Year Beast.

Currency
Two currencies were introduced for this event.


 * Flamesalt Ingots are earned by playing public matchmaking games, and will be used to obtain in-game items later in the event game mode. Longer matches reward more currency.
 * Jade Tokens are earned the same way, but requires players to have an active Fortune's Favor or Abundant Fortune's Favor booster. Players can also earn Jade Tokens by playing the event game mode. These tokens can be redeemed for the following rewards:

Currency Boosters
Two boosters can be bought from the Dota 2 Store to increase the amount of Flamesalt Ingots and Jade Tokens earned. Players who own a booster will also grant all other players a smaller, stacking bonus drop rate. These boosters only increase currency earned after matchmaking games, not the event game mode.

Drops
In addition to currency, players also have a chance to receive a Crimson Parcel after playing matches.

Game Mode
In this game mode, five players must attempt to inflict as much damage as possible to the Year Beast. The higher the damage achieved, the greater the reward.



Fighting the Year Beast
The Year Beast is split into 3 parts. The Body, the Tail, and the Horn.


 * Players have 25 minutes to deal as much damage as possible to the Year Beast.
 * The Year Beast has True Sight.
 * The Year Beast will randomly drop Greater Salve and Greater Clarity potions when damaged.
 * Dead players can buyback with 1 gold, with a cooldown time of 20 minutes.
 * Dead players can be revived by an ally.
 * The more players reviving an ally, the faster the revival.
 * The game is over when all players are dead.

Tips

 * Necrophos can use Reaper's Scythe on the Year Beast's horn and tail.
 * Lich's ult can bounce between the Year Beast's body parts
 * Buyback only costs 1 gold but has a very long cooldown, so use it wisely.
 * You can resurrect your teammates as long as your team can keep the Year Beast distracted.
 * ’s has no effect against the Year Beast.
 * ’s have no effect against the Year Beast.
 * 's SS will not be targeted by the Year Beast

Ingot Tiers
In this game mode, players will have their Flamesalt Ingots converted into in-game gold, which can be used to purchase special items to assist players in fighting the Year Beast. Any unspent reliable gold will be converted back to Ingots after the match (Unreliable gold from selling items is lost).


 * 1 Flamesalt Ingot = 40 Gold.

Players can select a matchmaking tier that determines the amount of Ingots all players will spend. This feature was added for the Year Beast's second sighting.

Rewards
Players will be assigned as ranking based on the amount of damage their team dealt to the Year Beast. Different rankings will grant different rewards. There are no rewards for Practice mode, but player start out with 25,000 gold.

Couriers
Players who rank highly in amount of damage dealt to the Year Beast will receive exclusive custom couriers in Genuine quality.

In-game items
Unique items have been introduced for this game mode. Item details are available on their individual pages.

Year Beast Sightings

 * February 5th, 2014 at 8:00 PM (GMT) - Duration: 24 hours
 * February 8th, 2014 at 12:00 AM (GMT) - Duration: ?? hours

The Armory Offering
Players can place any unwanted cosmetic items into the Offering panel, and will receive better items depending on the items offered. There is also a chance to receive additional Flamesalt Ingots. Offerings will be collected a total of 2 times.


 * Once an item is offered, you cannot retrieve it.
 * Certain items cannot be offered.
 * Untradeable items
 * Undeletable items
 * Player cards
 * Items of Cursed, Corrupted, Unusual, Frozen, Genuine or Elder Quality
 * Items of Immortal Rarity

Unreleased/Removed Features
Crafting Ingredients

Crafting Ingredients
Crafting Recipes