Raid on Vernal Manor

Raid on Vernal Manor
Survival 4
Banner image used for promotion of the event
Event
Date	March 21st 2021
Organizers	ThEquinox2
Attendance	30 participants plus spectators
World	Survival 4

Raid on Vernal Manor was a looting adventure and PvP combat event that took place at Vernal Manor on the Husky world of Survival 4. It took place on the 21^st of March 2021 and was organised by Vernal Manor's creator and owner and Nitro Live champion  ThEquinox2, with some setup help from  colliecolie.

The event was streamed on the Dogcraft Youtube channel and later posted there as a recap video.

Event Overview

In this event, players were given 20 minutes to loot arranged chests in and around the grounds of Vernal Manor and build up combat gear from scratch. Starting on the outside, gear was modest, with higher level items found further within The Manor. Along the way, players would have opportunity to score points in a variety of ways, with the highest individual points scorers winning a share of 500,000 DCD.

In addition to the environmental threats of The Manor (a woodland mansion), the players were hunted in the latter 10 minutes of their run by the vex queen herself, ThEquinox2, fitted with diamond gear and some potions. If killed, she would reappear in The Manor after a three minute cooldown. Players were eliminated if they died, but kept the points they had earned.

Players participated in their raid in groups of seven or eight at a time. Co-operation was an available strategic option, but killing each other was not allowed.

Points Allocation

An example of an artifact in a loot chest

There were three ways of collecting points during the raid:

• 1 point - per ominous banner found in chests and barrels scattered around The Manor and it's outskirts. A bonus of 3 points was allocated per stack of 16 banners were found.
• 20 points - per kill on The Vex,  ThEquinox2.
• Various points - given by artifacts that could be found throughout the containers around the map. Each artifact was an item with an accompanying book which had a unique effect on point total e.g. Dragonhide - your total points are equal to 10 times the square root of their original total.

Groups

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4  Dyonamik

 ElliotTheRedd  FRAS3R_  ChargedBluey  N1cM4tth3w63  Miacik  Blazeman100000  AcroBoyGaming

 Lendog1888

 TreeManForever  Nightskypc  Montenator  Txp_  NanoGalactic  wader_  Dylbor_

 Puffball920

 PhantomsLogic  Kar204  Ewan1011  Domino_1  Roody32  Traynack  Cloudiegamer15

 Luxcraft_

 Madster_Rabitt  Tankkiller123  TekBot0507  SirCasscade  _TRapZY  FangsofAmber

Raids

A trio of Group 3's players almost kill The Vex

Group 1

Group 1 acted as a team from the beginning. Illagers at the front of the mansion proved dangerous, so the group looted the lower-power outside area for a period of time.  ChargedBluey was an early casualty, but not before finding a key artifact. A relatively unorganised attack on the mansion around the eight minute mark had moderate success, and The Vex had great success in keeping players running away instead of looting due to their mid-level gear.

Group 2

The second raiding group started with a much more individualistic mindset. Players made decent gearing progress and explored more of the mansion than Group 1 by the 10 minute mark, when The Vex came out. After a spree of kills, the remaining four survivors  Montenator,  TreeManForever  Txp_, and  wader_ banded together for safety in numbers at the 14 minute mark. However, it was short lived as The Vex picked them off one by one, with the others scattering each time. Only  TreeManForever survived, about to loot the prestigious vault room when time ended.

Group 3

Group 3 was very aggressive, with most players entering and looting the mansion around the two minute mark. After controlling the Illager population successfully in The Manor, the group were ahead of their previous counterparts. As The Vex appeared, several players attempted to attack her. One trio, comprised of  PhantomsLogic,  Roody32, and  Traynack almost killed her at the 13 minute marker. Ultimately though, their aggression did not pay off,  Traynack being the final player to die at the 17 minute mark.

Group 4

Group 4 mounts their assault on The Manor

With the benefit of going last, the final group made explicit plans for the raid. They resolved to leave only two players ( TekBot0507 &  SirCasscade) to collect banners, boosting their chances of a win in which case they would split the winnings. Then, at the start of the raid, players would split into outside and inside The Manor raiding parties, staying together, with the larger portion focused on the mansion. The strategy appeared to work as the parties consolidated their loot at the eight minute mark. Despite having strong numbers and gear in a fight with The Vex, their lack of a PvP specialist showed and they could not kill her. After making a remarkable escape, using slow falling to jump off The Manor and evade The Vex,  TRapZY_ was the eventual final player to succumb.

Winners

1^st  SirCasscade - 34 points (31 banners, 3 banner stack bonus)

2^nd  Traynack - 30 points (27 banners, 3 banner stack bonus)

3^rd  ChargedBluey - 23 points (8 banners, 15 artifact with: points = amount of arrows halved (up to 15)