We added a seemingly useless item to our MMORPG and it took our playerbase over three weeks to find out what it was for. Now we made a quest around it!

Hello everybody! I’m Manu, from Stonehollow Workshop, the builders of Eterspire, an Indie MMORPG for Android.

As we speak I needed to share a enjoyable little experiment we did with a brand new merchandise we launched in our sport a few updates in the past. Right here’s the story of the Unfortunate Coin!

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The Unfortunate Coin was launched on the 14th of August, with our 33.0 replace. It was introduced within the patch notes with a easy but mysterious message:

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As quickly because the patch went dwell, many gamers began discovering unfortunate cash in glowing spots, which often dropped different helpful objects like improve parts, teleport orbs, and runes.

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They instantly began to report their findings:

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Different gamers began discovering “Unluckier cash” which gave the impression to be rarer. Some even theorized about an “Unluckiest coin”, which had but to be seen.

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As devs, we have been frankly dying for somebody to search out out the precise use for the cash, however we didn’t wish to spoil it, we determined we’d wait till some participant figured it out on their very own.

The times glided by and other people saved speaking about these odd new drops, however their use remained an enigma. Some gamers even discovered “Unluckiest Cash” the rarest sort.

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Till in the future the participant “Kaira” tried putting the cash within the Transmogrification Desk.

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Now, often, this desk is used to craft gear upgrades. Recipes usually require solely 2 or 3 parts max, with no recipe utilizing all 9 part spots obtainable.

Crafting the masks within the Transmogrification Desk

“Kaira” was the primary to aim a transmogrification utilizing the cash. And the end result was: An Unfortunate Masks!

Kaira sporting the Unfortunate Masks

The thriller had been solved! However what did it imply? Gamers have been pleased with their quirky new masks, however there needed to be another that means behind this entire factor proper?

Effectively, on September sixteenth we launched a new quest. “Misfortune Favors the Bald!” delves into the key world of the “Unfortunate Cultists” and their chief. We received’t spoil it for you, however the masks has a much bigger that means for them!

The Unfortunate Cult is the primary focus of the brand new quest.

That’s the story of the Unfortunate Coin up to now! What do you concentrate on this sort of storytelling and secret looking in MMORPGs? Would you wish to see extra objects that invite principle crafting inside the group?