New Bloom Festival 2014



The Year Beast has come! It will retreat on February 6th, 2014 at 8:00 PM (GMT).

New Bloom Festival 2014 is an event that began on January 29th. 2014. The Year Beast challenges heroes that think they are mighty enough to face him.

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.
 * Jade Tokens are earned the same way, but requires players to have an active Fortune's Favor or Abundant Fortune's Favor booster. These tokens can be redeemed for the following rewards:

The amount of currency drops is determined by: ??

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.

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

Game Mode
In this event, you will need to face off against the deadly Year Beast and defeat it to defend your lands and earn rewards alongside. However, the Year Beast is no ordinary creature. While fighting it will not be an easy task, the long patrols it takes tracking its predecessor gives you enough time to prepare for its coming.

This game mode is now available.

Tips
Melee attacks with each of it's front paws; A jump to a random person, usually followed by a melee attack; A tail smash that sends an earthquake wave in a cone behind him; A fixate on a member and it'll crunch the said member for ~20 seconds or until he dies; Launches balls of light everywhere, him being the center and the balls going out of him, doing massive damage when touched; Summons big earth boulders that will each fixate on a member, and follow them, leaving a trail of water that does damage, if touches the player, does damage; Summons 2-3 tusk ice wards, that do the same thing as they normally would, slow you; Throws 2-3 alchemist's poison puddles, they hurt; Does a spin that hurts everyone close to him; Goes to the middle and summons lots of Kunkka's water splash things, later on, it also has a wind effect that pushes you away;
 * Tip 1 - Buy your items fast, as you have about 1-2 minutes before the boss comes.
 * Tip 2 - When it comes, it has a tail, a horn and a body which you can attack, the body having 750,000 HP and healing very fast, so I'd recommend attacking the horn and tail. When the horn / tail dies, the boss will be stunned for a couple seconds and the killed part will respawn with more health in a few seconds.
 * Tip 3 - The boss has lots of skills, and he uses more of them and moves faster the longer the game goes on, his skills being:
 * Tip 4 - He drops salves and clarities as he takes more damage, the salves heal for 1000 hp, so they're quite useful.
 * Tip 5 - Buyback costs 1 gold but has a ~20 min cooldown, so use it wisely.
 * Tip 6 - Using the Firework Mines temporary stuns the Year Beast, it has no cooldown, and costs 1000 gold each, this completely stunlocks the beast.
 * Tip 7 - Ursa's damage increase works well with the stunlock, Wraith King's Lifesteal works wonders to save deaths, Necromancer can ult the tail and horn to destroy them instantly, Omniknight's ultimate is very handy and his slow works on the beast.

In-game items
Defeating the Year Beast will require special weapons and trinkets crafted from Flamesalt Ingots by talented artisans. While playing this game mode, your Flamesalt Ingots will be converted into 40 gold for 1 ingot to purchase items with. Any unspent gold will be converted back to Ingots after the match.

Year Beast Sightings

 * February 5th, 2014 at 8:00 PM (GMT) - Duration: 24 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.


 * Items will be consumed and players will be rewarded every (time goes here).
 * 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
 * Treasure chests can still be offered (intended?)