An Ancient Cultivator is a previously dormant Cultivator who has been reborn by the Thousand-Year Tide.
Thousand-Year Tide[]
On Day 271[1], the Thousand-Year Tide event starts, with the following event:
| Drastic Changes | There has been a sudden burst of Qi in the Central Plains. As time goes by, people started to realize that the scale and intensity of the burst was beyond all expectations. It has been spreading from the central bursting point for more than a month, proving that it was actually a drastic change that would affect all cultivators.
Now, the influence of the burst has reached your sect. As everyone enjoys the overflowing Qi, you wonder what this drastic change could mean for all of you... |
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| Triggers Weather Qi Frenzy: +300 Qi on Tile for 14 days |
One week later on day 278, the following story triggers:
| Birth of Sages | It has been days since the burst of Qi finished spreading across the realm. From reading old documents, the famous sects eventually decided that it was the tide of Qi that surges every 3,000 years. Ancient cultivators that were in slumber for various reasons started to be revived one by one by the Thousand-year Tide.
Without the current order and rules, cultivators in ancient times believed in the law of the jungle. These cultivators with ancient beliefs and long experience in cultivation has caused chaos in the world of cultivators in only a few days... |
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| Adds between 6 and 11 Ancient Cultivators |
From now on, you can encounter Ancient Cultivator Events.
After that, 2 more events with no gameplay consequences will trigger before the Thousand-Year Tide event stops, on days 289 and 299 respectively, foreshadowing the Mysterious Cavern appearance:
| Disaster in the Wild South | A mysterious disaster happened recently on the mountains of the northern borderland. It was said that the ground and mountains shook for a minute, and the sound was so loud that it spread across thousands of miles. When the nearby cultivators arrived, they only found all the mountains to be drowned in water, with strong ominous Qi permeating the area.\nIt seems that a few rare and elusive ancient beasts that hide in the mountains and lakes are affected by the Thousand-year Tide and have become active again. |
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| Underground Noise | The Thousand-year Tide has passed. In a little more than a month, ancient cultivators were revived, and ancient beasts started to become active again... The world of cultivators was faced with the drastic change. As time goes by, the world of cultivators has gradually regained its peace and balance. Everything seems to be back on track.
However, underground shakes started to happen frequently in your sect. You don't know what is going on... |
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Finding an Ancient Cultivator[]
After day 278, Traces of Ancient Cultivators occasionally appear as Secrets on the World Map. When adventuring to the specified location, you may either receive news that the cultivator has just been reborn and has left, or discover the cultivator.
The probability of either occurring depends on the current number of living Ancient Cultivators. If a random number between 1 and 15 is >= the number of current living Ancient Cultivators, a new cultivator is reborn, increasing the number of current living Ancient Cultivators by one, but terminates the event with no further outcomes other than increasing the chance that an Ancient Cultivator is encountered when the Secret appears again in the future.
Otherwise, one of the living cultivators is discovered and encountered. When encountering a Cultivator, there are a number of possible options:
Observe[]
The properties of the cultivator are revealed. They may have the following bonuses[2]:
- "Bottomless Qi": Spiritual (+1,500,000 Max Qi, +15,000% Max Qi)
- "Excellent Defense": Resilient (+0.25 Barrier Power Bonus (Value))
- "Artifact Mastery Astounding the World": Keen (+20,000% Artifact Power Bonus)
- "Incredibly Powerful Artifact Mastery": Robust (+10,000% Artifact Max Qi Bonus, +10,000% Artifact Qi Recovery Bonus)
- "Artifact Mastery like a Bolt of Lightning": Nimble (+100% Artifact Flying Speed Bonus, +100% Artifact Turning Speed Bonus)
- "Unmatched Artifact Mastery": Masterful (+50% Number of Artifacts, +200% Artifact Trail Length Bonus)
- "Tool capable of defending against all directions": Versatile (+150% Number of Artifacts, +2 Artifact Qi Recovery Multiplier)
- "Spellcraft Unmatched on this Plane": Mystic (+10,000% Spell power bonus)
- "Rapid Spell Cast Delay Recovery": Swift (-20% Spell Cooldown Bonus)
- "has a bitter dispute with our Sect that can't seem to be settled": Nemesis (+1,500,000 Max Qi, +15,000% Max Qi, +24,000% Artifact Power Bonus, +12,000% Artifact Max Qi Bonus, +12,000% Artifact Qi Recovery Bonus, +15,000% Spell power bonus)
Mysterious Cavern[]
This option only appears if it is Day 300 or more and this option has not been successfully used previously.
If the Ancient Cultivator has the "Nemesis" property, they will immediately attack, as though the Provoke action had been taken. Refer to the Provoke section for further details. This does not count as a successful use of this option.
Otherwise, receive the following guaranteed rewards:
- Morality Seal
- Unlocks Boss Information section on the User Interface, which explains in detail the bosses' special attacks.
Negotiate[]
If the Ancient Cultivator has the "Nemesis" property, they will immediately attack, as though the Provoke action had been taken. Refer to the Provoke section for further details.
If the cultivator's Cultivation Level is below 10 (below Primordial Spirit), the Ancient Cultivator will ignore you, terminating the event without any reward.
If the cultivator's Charisma < a random number between 6 and 10 (0% chance with maximum CHA), the Ancient Cultivator will ignore you, terminating the event without any reward.
Otherwise, the Ancient Cultivator will take notice, and one of the following random rewards will be received:
- 40% chance:
- Receive INT*15,000 Inspiration.
- If LUK > a random number between 5 and 10 (5/6 chance with maximum LUK) and Dragon's Platform has not been discovered, receive Ancient Secrets: Volume I which unlocks that location. Only 1 of the 2 location unlocks can happen each Negotiation.
- If LUK > a random number between 5 and 10 (5/6 chance with maximum LUK) and Heavenly Battlefield has not been discovered, receive Ancient Secrets: Volume II which unlocks that location. Only 1 of the 2 location unlocks can happen each Negotiation.
- 40% chance:
- Receive 2-5 drops from the Gift of the Master loot table.
- 20% chance:
- Learn a random "Ancient Secrets" Unorthodox Manual for no Inspiration or Attainment cost. The manual can be later transcribed.
Provoke[]
The Ancient Cultivator is a very strong Boss enemy significantly above the level of an average Sect Elder and can be comparable in difficulty to the Boss Monsters. They should not be provoked unless ready to face an enemy of that power level.
Provoking the Ancient Cultivator without injury requires a sufficiently high Adventure Fly Speed, where the Adventuring Flying Speed (km/Qi) * (1+Adventure Fly Speed Bonus) must be >=30[3]. Having too low Fly Speed leads to the cultivator being injured, however unlike the other Bosses, the Ancient Cultivator will still show up in the sect and attack.
The Ancient Cultivator will arrive in the map within 600 to 899 seconds (1-1.5 days), regardless of whether the cultivator was injured[3]. Unlike Boss Monsters, they do not have to be fought in a specific manner to receive all drops, simply killing them is sufficient.
Soul Inquiry should also be cast on the dying Ancient Cultivator, in order to receive 2-5 random "Ancient Secrets" Unorthodox Manuals.
Drops[]
Ancient Cultivators drop many unique items[4].
Ancient Relics[]
If you don't have obtained all Ancient Relics yet, there's a 5% chance to drop for each Ancient Relic you don't have yet[5].
Unique Manuals[]
If you don't have obtained all the Ancient Cultivators specific Manuals yet, there's a 2.5% chance to drop for each Manual you don't have yet.. They can be transcribed in the Manual Pavilion.
| Name | Cultivation Level | Att. | Effect | Element | Type | |
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| # | Stage | |||||
Apparition of Three Corpses: Good Self SlayingOther_Esoterica_FenShen2
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10-12 | Primordial Spirit | 6 | +1 Sub-Spirit |  None
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None |
Apparition of Three Corpses: Evil Self SlayingOther_Esoterica_FenShen3
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10-12 | Primordial Spirit | 6 | +1 Sub-Spirit | None
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None |
Apparition of Three Corpses: True Self SlayingOther_Esoterica_FenShen4
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10-12 | Primordial Spirit | 6 | +1 Sub-Spirit | None
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None |
Qi of Triple PurityOther_Esoterica_FenShen1
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10-12 | Primordial Spirit | 15 | +3 Sub-Spirits | None
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None |
Scroll of Jade PoolEsoterica_MiBao_10
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 12 | Learn Legacy Artifact Crafting Recipe for  White Cloud Banner
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None
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None |
Exorcist Records of the Perfected WarriorEsoterica_MiBao_11
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 12 | Learn Legacy Artifact Crafting Recipe for  Black Vulture Banner
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None
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None |
Ragestriker Codex: Fragment IEsoterica_MiBao_1
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 15 | Learn Legacy Artifact Crafting Recipe for  Ragestriker
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None
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None |
Ragestriker Codex: Fragment IIEsoterica_MiBao_2
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 15 | Learn Legacy Artifact Crafting Recipe for Deathbringer
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None
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None |
Ragestriker Codex: Fragment IIIEsoterica_MiBao_3
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 15 | Learn Legacy Artifact Crafting Recipe for Endless Fury
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None
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None |
Ragestriker Codex: Fragment IVEsoterica_MiBao_4
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 15 | Learn Legacy Artifact Crafting Recipe for Wrathbringer
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None
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None |
Guangcheng's Heavenly Scroll FragmentEsoterica_MiBao_6
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 18 | Learn Legacy Artifact Crafting Recipes for: | None
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None |
Grand Collection of Two Worlds FragmentEsoterica_MiBao_7
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 18 | Learn Legacy Artifact Crafting Recipes for: | None
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None |
Forgotten Records of StarsEsoterica_MiBao_9
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 18 | Learn Legacy Artifact Crafting Recipes for: | None
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None |
Book of a Hundred Poisons FragmentEsoterica_MiBao_5
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 21 | Learn Legacy Artifact Crafting Recipes for: | None
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None |
Blood of Asura FragmentEsoterica_MiBao_8
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 24 | Learn Legacy Artifact Crafting Recipes for: | None
|
None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Creative Heaven
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
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None
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None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Receptive Earth
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
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None
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None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Arousing Thunder
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
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None
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None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Gentle Wind
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
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None
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None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Abysmal Water
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
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None
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None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Clinging Fire
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
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None
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None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Still Mountain
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
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None
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None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Joyous Swamp
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
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None
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None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Syllabus
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Pillars:
Unlocks Auxiliaries:
|
None
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None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Creative Heaven
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
|
None
|
None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Receptive Earth
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
|
None
|
None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Arousing Thunder
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
|
None
|
None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Gentle Wind
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
|
None
|
None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Abysmal Water
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
|
None
|
None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Clinging Fire
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
|
None
|
None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Still Mountain
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
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None
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None |
| Primordial Diagrams of Heluo: Joyous Swamp
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1-3 | Qi Shaping | 4 | Unlocks Auxiliaries:
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None
|
None |
Ancient Scroll[]
25% chance to drop an Ancient Scroll.
Random rewards[]
11 Drops from the following loot table[6].
| Name | Amount | Rate |
|---|---|---|
 Serenity Soul Gem
Item_SoulCrystalNing |
9 | 2.74% |
 Anguish Soul Gem
Item_SoulCrystalYou |
3 | 2.74% |
 Spirit Soul Gem
Item_SoulCrystalLing |
3 | 2.74% |
 Sage Fruit
Item_JinEssence |
1 | 2.74% |
 Gnarled Vine
Item_MuEssence |
1 | 2.74% |
 Prism Lotus
Item_ShuiEssence |
1 | 2.74% |
 Crimson Fruit
Item_HuoEssence |
1 | 2.74% |
 Ocher Essence
Item_TuEssence |
1 | 2.74% |
 Earth Flux
Item_EarthEssence |
1 | 2.74% |
 Life Spring
Item_LifeStream |
1 | 2.74% |
 Jade Essence
Item_JadeEssence |
1 | 2.74% |
 Divine Jade
Item_ExtremeJade |
1 | 2.74% |
 Soul Pearl
Item_SoulPearl |
1 | 2.74% |
 Anguish Pill
Item_Dan_Soul1 |
1 | 2.74% |
| Soulrend Pill
Item_Dan_Soul2 |
1 | 2.74% |
| Serene Pill
Item_Dan_Soul3 |
3 | 2.74% |
| Scorch Pill
Item_Dan_Soul4 |
1 | 2.74% |
 Sun Pill
Item_Dan_Ling2 |
1 | 2.74% |
 Divine Powder
Item_Dan_Ling3 |
1 | 2.74% |
 Shield Pill
Item_Dan_Defense |
1 | 2.74% |
 Heavenly Pill
Item_Dan_FiveBase1 |
1 | 2.74% |
| Earthly Pill
Item_Dan_FiveBase2 |
1 | 2.74% |
| Ether Pill
Item_Dan_FiveBase3 |
1 | 2.74% |
| Wisdom Pill
Item_Dan_FiveBase4 |
1 | 2.74% |
| Blessed Pill
Item_Dan_FiveBase5 |
1 | 2.74% |
| Bane Pill
Item_Dan_FiveBaseFromLife |
1 | 2.74% |
 Eternity Pill
Item_Dan_IncreaseLife3 |
1 | 2.74% |
 Vitata Elixir
Item_Dan_IncreaseLife2 |
1 | 2.74% |
 Regen Pill
Item_Dan_IncreaseLife4 |
1 | 2.74% |
 Morrow Pill
Item_Dan_IncreaseLife5 |
1 | 2.74% |
 Life Pill
Item_Dan_IncreaseLife1 |
1 | 2.74% |
 Samsara Pill
Item_Dan_HundredRefine |
1 | 2.74% |
 Harmony Pill
Item_Dan_IncreaseNeckCountdown1 |
1 | 2.74% |
 Justice Pill
Item_Dan_IncreaseNeckCountdown2 |
1 | 2.74% |
 Panacea Pill
Item_Dan_ExtremeLofty |
1 | 2.74% |
 Prime Pill
Item_Dan_FenShen1 |
1 | 1.37% |
| Unison Pill
Item_Dan_FenShen2 |
1 | 1.37% |
| Division Pill
Item_Dan_FenShen3 |
1 | 1.37% |
Sect Ancient Cultivators[]
Some Ancient Cultivators are also members of Sects. These Ancient Cultivators cannot be encountered in Secrets, and are not counted in the Secret values for currently living Ancient Cultivators. They do not have any of the features listed above such as Observe/Negotiate/Mysterious Cavern/Provoke, nor do they provide any additional drops from the Ancient Cultivator drop table.
These Sect Ancient Cultivators are considered as "Sages" within the Sect, and result in the loss of significant additional Favor if killed outside the Player Sect. They are generated from the same pool as RNG Ancient Cultivators, and have similar combat abilities as one.
References[]
- ↑
Scripts/Misc/timescript.lua - ↑ Settings\Modifiers\Modifier_SpecialNpc.xml
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Settings\MapStories\MapStory_Special.xml
- ↑ Settings\Npc\SpDrop\SpDrop_DaNeng.xml
- ↑
XiaWorld.OneOffDrop.Drop() & XiaWorld.Map.DropItemsEx(), drop mode = 0 means several drops from the same pool are possible at the given rate. - ↑
XiaWorld.SpNpcMgr.SpDrop() & XiaWorld.Map.DropItemsEx(), drop mode == 1 means only 1 drop possible for each DropKey, with a chance decided by the rate compared to other items in the list.