New Bloom Festival 2014



The Year Beast is currently inactive. It will return on February 12th, 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.
 * Potions cannot be sold.
 * The Tail and Horn will grow back after ?.
 * Dead players can buyback once per game with 1 gold.
 * Dead players can be revived by an ally or 's golem(s).
 * The more players/golem(s) reviving an ally, the faster the revival.
 * The game is over when all players are dead.

Tips

 * can use 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 only works once, 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 Ultimate will not be targeted by the Year Beast.
 * 's will give life steal.
 * 's golem can resurrect heroes.
 * 's Use this skill to bonds the horn, body and tail parts.
 * Horn and tail parts have physical damage block. Fatal Bonds the Year Beast and damage dealer heroes should aim for the body as it has 0% physical damage block, so you will do a lot of damage there.
 * As the body has 0 armor, you can get the Year Beast's body to have -20 armor (the maximum negative armor based on game mechanic providing 71% bonus physical dmg) when using Slardar (-20); or using Desolator 2 (-13), Assault Cuirass (-5), and Medallion of Courage (-6); or using Templar Assassin's Meld (-8) holding a Desolator 2 (-13) though this tactic is mana intensive when combined with refraction and hard to land when the beast is jumping around.
 * Although you notice that the Year Beast has a Gem of Truesight in its inventory, he can't seem to see invisible heroes. I.e. Rikimaru.
 * Templar Assassin's Psi Blades works do spilling and damaging tail or horn behind it. So, get your positioning well and make sure you hit the body (as, read line 11)
 * Cleave damage does not work.

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. During the Year Beast's second sighting, any unspent reliable gold will be lost.


 * 1 Flamesalt Ingot = 40 Gold.

Players can select a matchmaking tier that determines the amount of Ingots all players will spend and the reward you will earn. This feature was added for the Year Beast's second sighting. Selecting tiers in Practice mode require no Ingots.

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 still start out with varying amounts of golds depending on the tier selected.

This chart shows the maximum possible amount of Jade Tokens earned (100%) at each rank. During the Year Beast's second sighting, playing at different Ingot Tiers will only reward the corresponding percentage of maximum possible Jade Tokens.

Example: A team that achieves Rank A while playing at Ingot Tier 3 will earn: '''2750 (Rank) * 40% (Tier) = 1100 Jade Tokens. '''

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: 26 hours
 * February 12th, 2014 at 12:00 AM (GMT) - Duration: ?? hours

Item Offering
Players can place any unwanted cosmetic items into the Offering panel, and will a number of rewards depending on the items offered. 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, Auspicious, Unusual, Frozen, Genuine or Elder Quality
 * Items of Immortal Rarity

Rewards
Two gifts are available in exchange for offering items. Players who made greater offerings will receive multiple rewards.