Hey everyone, here is the latest news from Jordan P., a Product Manager at Phoenix Labs, regarding a new feature. We think this is a step forward from the Vault system we have now. Let us know what you think in the comments!

Too long? Here’s a summary:

March 25 - April 7 - Gregario’s Vault Sale!

Nearly 100 different items will be available in the Vault at the same time. Including weapon sets that have never been available there and multiple armour sets (many of which will not require Elite status to grab).

April 8 - Locking the Vault

All remaining Vault Coins will be converted into new seasonal currency. Spend it at the new Reward Cache to get new transmogs both old and new - all in one place!

Daily and Weekly Challenges

Complete challenges to earn the seasonal currency needed for items in the Reward Cache!

Slayers Club (name may change)

Purchase a boost to get more seasonal currency, weapon experience, and charged aether from escalations.

Hey Slayers - you might remember a while back when we talked about the new Dauntless Monetization Pillars: Part of the Loop, Clear Options & Real Choice, Addition without Subtraction, and A Reason to Believe.

Well, before we get into all the for Radiant Season content that begins on April 8th (wait, was that a spoiler?), let’s talk about how those pillars are going to make earning rewards more fun for more players!

Introducing the Reward Cache

The Reward Cache holds all kinds of cool rewards - past season items like the Vault has held, new items you’ve never seen before, transmogs, emotes, dyes, consumables, keys, tokens - all the stuff you want.

While new items will be added to the Cache throughout each Season, they won’t rotate out like in the Vault right now. Instead, the items will build up over the course of a few months before all rotating out for the start of a new Season. (You can think of a Season as about 2 Hunt Passes long. Each Escalation cycle was a “Season”)

Get the currency you need by completing new Daily and Weekly challenges. Some challenges might ask you to hunt a specific Behemoth. Others might ask you to complete a game mode like Blaze Escalation.

Yes, that does mean it won’t be possible to grind up all the rewards in a couple days. You’ll still have a Hunt Pass to blitz if that’s your thing, but getting everything that’s on offer will take a bit more time. That’s the trade off for making more rewards earnable. Overall, we think this will be more enjoyable. Instead of having something to chase every 6-8 weeks, you should see something worth working towards every couple weeks.

Plus, as Radiant Time begins in April, Slayers will have more ways to make meaningful progression, outside of cosmetics. New adventures will bring new activities and both the Reward Cache and Slayers Club support those features. But more on that later!

Slayers Club (name may change)

While every Slayer can earn rewards from the cache, those who join the Slayers Club can do so faster. Slayers Club membership is a new offer available for purchase with platinum that grants the following bonuses for 1 day, 3 days, 7 days, or 30 days.

• Double currency reward from Daily and Weekly challenges
• +25% charged aether from Escalations
• +20% weapon experience from Behemoth kills

It’s a new system, so let’s loop back to those pillars.

Every Slayer can earn rewards from the cache, without joining the Slayers Club. If they do decide to join the Slayers Club, they can choose the length of time and the price that feels right for them. They can also earn those rewards in whichever order they choose. It’s possible to earn all of the new rewards without a Slayers Club membership - but you’ll have to be diligent. That’s how we’re making sure there are Clear Options & Real Choices.

Slayers Club bonuses help Slayers get more out of their hunts and supports the core experience through daily and weekly challenges that lead to content throughout the Shattered Isles. That’s how we’re keeping it all Part of the Loop.

Joining the Slayers Club is not required to access any part of the game, reach any milestone, or overcome any content. It’s just a way to get where you’re going a little faster. It means one Slayer might be able to earn more rewards from the cache in a shorter period of time. That’s how we’re Adding to a premium experience, without Subtracting from the core.

While some players are into the cosmetics in the Hunt Pass, we know others are more interested in time-saving boosts. Slayers Club is a way for all kinds of players to join in on the fun and play the way they want to. Plus, we can deliver more rewards over the course of the season, we can add more perks and bonuses like Store Discounts. That’s why we’re making these changes, the Reason to Believe.

Ok, so what happens to Hunt Pass and The Vault?

You’ll see another Hunt Pass, same as usual, with a free track and elite track. The Elite Track will have a single awesome armour set - often with VFX and other badass additions. It’ll also come with variant pieces to create your own look within that style. Plus, you’ll still find other goodies like emotes and other fun stuff in Hunt Passes.

The second set of armour and weapon transmogs will now be in the Reward Cache. This way - players who want to earn it can, and players who want to purchase a boost to get it faster - also can!

The Elite Hunt Pass will continue to be the absolute best deal for a bundle of cosmetic content and small boosts, like bounty tokens.

The Vault is shutting its doors for good, however.

The Vault was a great first step at making sure more players had access to all of the cool looks we’ve made in the past, but it came up short in a few ways.

• Awarding an unlimited amount of permanent coins feels good at first, but eventually you just end up with a pile of coins that you’re not really using. There’s no excitement there.
• The Elite section of the Vault was meant to encourage players to purchase the Elite Hunt Pass in order to get the old set they wanted. According to our pillars, that’s not the kind of choice we want players to make.
• We saw a lot of behaviours that actually led to fewer rewards making it into player hands. Because of the rotation, it was usually good practice to save your coins until something you really wanted came along. A schedule would have helped, but it still made it tough to set goals.

Moving forward, the Reward Cache should fill this role quite nicely.

All Vault Coins will be converted into the seasonal currency usable in the next season’s Reward Cache on April 8th. Those will be usable until the next season begins - some time in July.

Before that, from March 25 - April 7, log in for Gregario’s Vault Sale - and use your existing coins to grab over 100 different items from the Vault (some of which have never been available there before).

More info on the Vault Sale coming soon! Let us know what you’d like to see in it!

As always - we’re here to answer questions, hear feedback, and talk more about making Dauntless as awesome as possible.

But no more Radiant Season spoilers...not at this time. ;)

EDIT: Curious about our Commerce Pillars? Check them out here: https://www.reddit.com/r/dauntless/comments/lb93ga/state_of_dauntless_3_aethersparks_and_phx/

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