Kataclysmic Confrontation

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An official artwork of Black Kats and a knight with the Black Kat Cowl from the Kataclysmic Confrontation event.

The Kataclysmic Confrontation is an event.

Overview

Someone or something has summoned a horde of cursed Black Kats into the Clockworks. These shadowy beasts hunger for arcane power and raided the Moorcroft Manor Archives' precious collection of magical grimoires. In the wrong hands these ancient tomes could be catastrophic, but it turns out that Black Kats can't read, so they instead decided to just eat them. The residents of Moorcroft Manor would like you to retrieve the Ancient Pages of the magical grimoires that quite likely reside in the stomachs of Black Kats. We'll leave you to figure out just how to recover them... - Forum Post.

Gameplay

Arcade

While no special scenario-like rooms show up in the arcade for this event, any Spookat type monster in any clockworks level where Spookats can be encountered (arcade or mission) has a small chance of being replaced by a Black Kat. These kats drop Ancient Pages when defeated. Each has a very small chance of dropping a Book of Dark Rituals.

Prestige

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This event features three very similar Prestige Missions: "That Mold and Black Magic," "Bad Luck and Brimstone," and "Purr Terror," which are only available during this event. These three missions are in a rotation with each other, so only one of these three missions will be available once per day (vs. all three every day during the event). Each mission has 3 floors, all with this similar goal: locate and destroy a Black Kat nest, recovering as many Ancient Pages as you can. These rooms are identified by papers strewn all over the floor and a few partially eaten books. The player should be ready for a fight when stepping onto the party button.


Rewards and Prizes

Token Exchange

Players can exchange their Ancient Page tokens with Montague in Moorcroft Manor for Kat Tribe Fetishes and various Kat gear. Players can then use these items to craft various kat-related gear at the Mysterious Alchemy Machine.

Notes

The Black Kats that appear in the final fight of the Prestige missions don't drop Ancient Pages.

The Vile Deadnaught and Choking Bombie monsters can only be encountered during this event.

Ancient Page tokens do not expire.

Farming Tips

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Since events last a short time, players like to figure out how to most efficiently obtain an event's prizes. For the Kataclysmic Confrontation, this means hunting Black Kats and gathering Ancient Pages. Complete the daily prestige and then hunt for kats in the arcade or specific rank missions. Since black kats show up anywhere there are kats, it is best to repeatedly search through areas that have a high number of kats to begin with. Candlestick Keeps and certain Scarlet Fortress areas have lots of kats, but these are not always readily available in the arcade. If the player wishes to hunt for kats and obtain pages as quickly as possible, and consistently, repeating the first floor of the ??? mission is a popular way to go about it. The ??? mission is another option if the player prefers to deal with poison instead of shock. Both of these missions have a Candlestick Keep as the first floor and are Tier 3, making them ideal for repeated runs.

Please note that pages will not drop from an ecountered black kat for players who join the party after it has spawned.

Difficulty level has no effect on the number of tokens dropped, but the Book of Dark Rituals is a material and as such likely has a better chance at being found on elite difficulty and in deeper depths, considering how other material drops work.[1]

According to release 2013-01-30, defeated Black Kats will drop:

  • Black Kats do not spawn at all in Tier 1
  • 1 Ancient Page in Tier 2
  • 3 Ancient Pages in Tier 3

Gallery

Calendar

This event has happened several times. Below is a calendar for each occurrence of this event. Note that not all related content is available for every event - for example, the Katastrophe Prize Box was not available during the 4th event, even though it was introduced in a previous event. Sometimes Katastrophe-related things occur outside of event time frames, as seen with the Kat Suit from the Katastrophe Returns Prize Box.

Gear at the Mysterious Alchemy Machine can be crafted at any time, so long as the player has the required components in their inventory. Montague will also always have items for trade.

News Image Dates and Forum Duration Notes
1 News art for this occurrence.
2013.020
30 January 2013

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13 February 2013
14 days Several of the kat helmets were introduced during this event.

The Moorcroft Prize Box was introduced during this event.

Related Patch Notes: 1, 2.

2 News art for this occurrence.
2013.13
21 August 2013

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28 August 2013
8 days The Zombie Bellhop furniture item was introduced during this event.

Related Patch Notes: 1, 2

3 News art for this occurrence.
2014.11
30 April 2014

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12 May 2014
13 days The Seraphynx (Black Kat) and the Katastrophe Prize Box were introduced during this event.

Related Patch Notes: 1

4 News art for this occurrence.
2014.260
17 September 2014

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29 September 2014
13 days Several of the kat armors were introduced during this event.

Related Patch Notes: none


5 News art for this occurrence. 03 June 2015
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16 June 2015
14 days The Wicked Prize Box was introduced during this event.

Related Patch Notes: none

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