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# Thunderstorm Showdown
**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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## Spending Your Coins — `@bgshop`
Once you've banked some Tide Coins, type **`@bgshop`** anywhere to teleport to the Battlegrounds shop area in Louyang. The **T-Coin Trader** is right there at `louyang (100, 204)` — talk to him and pick **Tide Coin Exchange** to open the trade list.
| Reward | Costs |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|  Silver Tide Coin (31587) x1 |