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# Thunderstorm Showdown
Thunderstorm Showdown - Wizard-only PvP battle royale. One spell, one arena, and the last storm standing takes the prize.
**Hosted by:** Auto-runs on a schedule (and on demand by GMs)\
**Sign-up NPC:** Thunderstorm Herald — Prontera (147, 191)
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## Event Overview
The Thunderstorm Showdown is a **Wizard-only PvP battle royale**. All other skills are locked — only **Thunder Storm** works on the arena maps. Damage is brutal and HP regen is sealed off, so positioning and timing are everything.
When the storm rolls in, every signed-up Wizard is warped to a randomly chosen arena. Each arena has its **own movement speed** (some are fast, some so slow you can practically feel the rain), so no two matches play the same.
> *"The arenas are quiet... for now."* — Thunderstorm Herald
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## How to Join
Walk up to the **Thunderstorm Herald** in Prontera at (147, 191). When registration is **OPEN** you'll see a green status and the current signup count. Pick **Sign me up** to enter.
If the event is idle, the Herald will tell you how long until the next run.
### Requirements
* Class must be **High Wizard**
* Base Lv **255** and Job Lv **120**
* **One entry per account** and **one entry per IP** — alt accounts and same-network duplicates are blocked at signup
* Short cooldown between signups (so you can't queue back-to-back without a break)
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## The Rules
Once you're inside an arena, the gloves are off:
* **Only Thunder Storm works** — every other skill is sealed by the arena's mapflag.
* **No item use** — potions, fly wings, branches, anything you'd normally lean on is locked.
* **Thunder Storm hits hard.** Damage is high and HP regen is sealed off (see below), so a clean hit will usually finish a fight in short order — even if it isn't a true one-shot anymore.
* **No passive regen.** A status (`SC_NORECOVER_STATE`) keeps your HP from creeping back up between casts.
* **No returns.** No teleport, no warp, no memo, no save point shenanigans.
* **Wide AoE.** Thunder Storm covers a generous area, so standing in the open is asking for it.
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## Match Flow
1. **Registration window** opens — server-wide announcements ping every minute or two.
2. When the timer runs out (or enough players have signed up), everyone is **warped to a random arena** and frozen for a 5-second countdown.
3. **STORM!** the freeze releases and the fight begins.
4. A **center-top countdown** ticks down the match clock for everyone to see.
5. Match ends when **one Wizard remains** or the timer hits zero.
### AFK Watch
If you park in one spot for two minutes the arena marks you **AFK**, announces it to the map, and warps you out. You'll forfeit any reward for that match. Walking around, casting, repositioning between casts — all fine. You only get flagged if you genuinely stop participating.
### Timeout = No Winner
If the timer runs out with **more than one Wizard still alive**, the match is declared a draw — **no winner is crowned and no winner prize is handed out**. The announcement reads: *"Time ran out. No survivor."* This is intentional — camping doesn't pay.
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## Rewards
| Outcome | Reward |
| -------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Last Wizard standing** |  Gold Tide Coin (31586) x1 |
| **Survivor** (died after engaging the match) |  Bronze Tide Coin (31585) x1 |
| **Speed-suicide** (died in the first 60s) | *Nothing* — the survival coin only drops after you've actually fought a bit |
| **Timeout with multiple survivors** | *Nothing* — no winner prize on a stalemate |
| **AFK / disqualified** | *Nothing* — and you're warped out |
Gold Tide Coin — the Last-Storm-Standing prize
Bronze Tide Coin — earned by surviving long enough to count
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|  Skull Coin (31288) x1 |
|
|  TS Showdown Costume Box (32438) x1 |
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> The **TS Showdown Costume Box** is the showcase prize — a sealed box that opens to reveal one of the costumes from the Thunderstorm collection. The full pool is below so you can see what you're rolling for.
### Inside the TS Showdown Costume Box
Each box gives you **one random costume** from the pool below. The **Flaming Majestic Helm** colors are the common pulls (roughly half of all opens); the other five families share the remaining \~45%, with each individual color sitting around \~1%.
| Image | Preview | Preview (SinX) |
| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|  \[C] Flaming Majestic Helm (32145) |  |  |
|  \[C] Flaming Majestic Helm Black (32146) |  |  |
|  \[C] Flaming Majestic Helm Blue (32147) |  |  |
|  \[C] Flaming Majestic Helm Green (32148) |  |  |
|  \[C] Flaming Majestic Helm Grey (32149) |  |  |
|  \[C] Flaming Majestic Helm Orange (32150) |  |  |
|  \[C] Flaming Majestic Helm Pink (32151) |  |  |
|  \[C] Flaming Majestic Helm Purple (32152) |  |  |
|  \[C] Flaming Majestic Helm Red (32153) |  |  |
|  \[C] Flaming Majestic Helm White (32154) |  |  |
|  \[C] Flaming Majestic Helm Yellow (32155) |  |  |
|  \[C] Hestia Aura Blue (32187) |  |  |
|  \[C] Hestia Aura Green (32188) |  |  |
|  \[C] Hestia Aura Orange (32189) |  |  |
|  \[C] Hestia Aura Pink (32190) |  |  |
|  \[C] Hestia Aura Purple (32191) |  |  |
|  \[C] Hestia Aura Red (32192) |  |  |
|  \[C] Hestia Aura Yellow (32193) |  |  |
|  \[C] Immortal Blaze Helm Black (32195) |  |  |
|  \[C] Immortal Blaze Helm Blue (32196) |  |  |
|  \[C] Immortal Blaze Helm Green (32197) |  |  |
|  \[C] Immortal Blaze Helm Grey (32198) |  |  |
|  \[C] Immortal Blaze Helm Orange (32199) |  |  |
|  \[C] Immortal Blaze Helm Pink (32200) |  |  |
|  \[C] Immortal Blaze Helm Purple (32201) |  |  |
|  \[C] Immortal Blaze Helm Red (32202) |  |  |
|  \[C] Immortal Blaze Helm White (32203) |  |  |
|  \[C] Immortal Blaze Helm Yellow (32204) |  |  |
|  \[C] Ancestral Mantle (32097) |  |  |
|  \[C] Celestial Helm Blue (32098) |  |  |
|  \[C] Celestial Helm Green (32099) |  |  |
|  \[C] Celestial Helm Orange (32100) |  |  |
|  \[C] Celestial Helm Pink (32101) |  |  |
|  \[C] Celestial Helm Purple (32102) |  |  |
|  \[C] Celestial Helm Red (32103) |  |  |
|  \[C] Celestial Helm White (32104) |  |  |
|  \[C] Celestial Helm Yellow (32105) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Scarf Black (32118) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Scarf Blue (32119) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Scarf Green (32120) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Scarf Orange (32121) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Scarf Pink (32122) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Scarf Purple (32123) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Scarf Red (32124) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Scarf (32125) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Scarf White (32126) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Scarf Yellow (32127) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Guard Yellow (32128) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Guard Blue (32129) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Guard Green (32130) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Guard Orange (32131) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Guard Purple (32132) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Guard Red (32133) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Guard (32134) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Guard White (32135) |  |  |
|  \[C] Drift Guard Yellow (32136) |  |  |
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## Tips for the Storm
* **Keep moving.** Standing still gets you both killed *and* marked AFK. A step between casts is enough.
* **Watch the speed.** Each arena has its own movement speed — on a slow map your Thunder Storm placement matters more than ever.
* **Wait for them to commit.** Thunder Storm has a cast time and a delay before it lands. If you cast first and they sidestep, you eat the next one.
* **Spread out.** Wide AoE means clustering up is suicide. Take a corner, take a flank, force them to come to you.
* **Don't suicide for the survival coin.** Dying in the first 60 seconds gives nothing — you have to actually engage.
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## Quick Reference
| Item | Source |
| ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Sign me up | **Thunderstorm Herald** — Prontera (147, 191) |
| Spend your coins | `@bgshop` → **T-Coin Trader** at Louyang (100, 204) → Tide Coin Exchange |
| Next event time | Ask the Herald — he'll tell you the countdown |
Bronze Tide Coin (31585) x7
Gold Tide Coin (31586) x2
Rookie Badge (20294) x200
Silver Tide Coin (31587) x5
Mithril Coin (22554) x1
Golden Event Apple (20057) x10