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❄️ December 2025 Play Test

Steam post image December 2025 Play Test — Icebound Season The December 2025 Play Test is part of the Icebound Season — a series of winter-themed events taking place during Winter 2025–2026.

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changedSteam post image December 2025 Play Test — Icebound SeasonThe December 2025 Play Test is part of the Icebound Season — a series of winter-themed events taking place during Winter 2025–2026 .
changedSteam post image December 2025 Play Test — Icebound SeasonIcebound Season introduces limited-time content . Unique Titles and Seasonal Lootboxes with themed cosmetic items will be available only during Icebound Season and will not be obtainable in the future.
changed📅 ScheduleImportant: Final Wyrm Tribute Gold distribution will take place on Tuesday, 23 December 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC , two hours before server shutdown (when the final snapshot is taken).
added⚠️ Important Disclaimer, Alpha BuildThis is a technical playtest featuring a large number of new systems and mechanics that our small team could not fully test internally. As a result, bugs, extended maintenance, hotfixes, or rollbacks may occur .
changed⚠️ Important Disclaimer, Alpha BuildDo not engage in OTC trades (e.g. buying Gold for real money outside the app). If a rollback happens due to exploits, we cannot refund or compensate such trades .
changed⚠️ Important Disclaimer, Alpha Build🔧 Bug Reports & Exploits

Calamity changes

changedThe December 2025 Play Test is part of the Icebound Season — a series of winter-themed events taking place during Winter 2025–2026 .
changedIcebound Season introduces limited-time content . Unique Titles and Seasonal Lootboxes with themed cosmetic items will be available only during Icebound Season and will not be obtainable in the future.
changedImportant: Final Wyrm Tribute Gold distribution will take place on Tuesday, 23 December 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC , two hours before server shutdown (when the final snapshot is taken).
addedThis is a technical playtest featuring a large number of new systems and mechanics that our small team could not fully test internally. As a result, bugs, extended maintenance, hotfixes, or rollbacks may occur .
changedDo not engage in OTC trades (e.g. buying Gold for real money outside the app). If a rollback happens due to exploits, we cannot refund or compensate such trades .

Steam post image December 2025 Play Test — Icebound Season

The December 2025 Play Test is part of the Icebound Season — a series of winter-themed events taking place during Winter 2025–2026.

Icebound Season introduces limited-time content. Unique Titles and Seasonal Lootboxes with themed cosmetic items will be available only during Icebound Season and will not be obtainable in the future.

📅 Schedule

Friday, 19 December 2025, 1:00 PM UTC Tuesday, 23 December 2025, 3:00 PM UTC

Important: Final Wyrm Tribute Gold distribution will take place on Tuesday, 23 December 2025 at 1:00 PM UTC, two hours before server shutdown (when the final snapshot is taken).

⚠️ Important Disclaimer, Alpha Build

This is a technical playtest featuring a large number of new systems and mechanics that our small team could not fully test internally. As a result, bugs, extended maintenance, hotfixes, or rollbacks may occur.

Important:

Do not engage in OTC trades (e.g. buying Gold for real money outside the app). If a rollback happens due to exploits, we cannot refund or compensate such trades.

🔧 Bug Reports & Exploits

  • Please report bugs via our Discord channels: 🐞 bugs-and-suggestions / 🦥 support-and-collab

  • Reports of critical exploits (affecting the economy, Valor Points, or leaderboards) will be rewarded.

Notable new mechanics and changes in the December 2025 Play Test:

  • Mobile version — early mobile builds for Android and iOS.

  • 3×3 PvP Arena — an early pilot of competitive 3×3 PvP with matchmaking and leaderboards. This system is still in heavy state of development and may behave unpredictably during the Play Test. We may disable it if needed, or add extra rewards in the final days if things go well.

  • Factory Zone — new city zone (future access will be exclusive to Factory holders). Factory Lootboxes with cosmetics, items, and new consumables (usable in PvP) are available daily for free to Factory holders. Ownership is tracked via connected wallet.

  • Icebound Season Cosmetic Lootboxes — available for purchase with Gold, containing exclusive winter-themed cosmetics (mintable as NFTs after the event).

  • Dragon Hall — new city zone (future access will be exclusive to Dragon Ring holders).

  • PvE overhaul — reworked dungeon difficulty logic, increased number of stages, no need to replay stages, and a backend overhaul allowing faster balance changes and future updates.

  • Valor Leaderboard changes — Valor Points now use Wyrm Tribute / Wyrm Shards logic. Players earn Valor Medals in dungeons, and 1M Valor Points are distributed daily based on each player’s share. This removes exploitative strategies like last-day farming.

  • Dungeon cap — Wyrm Shards and Valor Medals stop accumulating after 10 minutes in a dungeon.

  • New PvE leaderboard: Conquest — competitive PvE leaderboard tracking who unlocks the highest PvE stage first, independent of Valor multipliers.

  • Cosmetics Collection — holding more unique (non-duplicate) cosmetic items grants a bonus to all stats, including cosmetics acquired in-game and on-chain.

  • Titles — unique titles displayed above your character name, earned through in-game achievements and event participation.

  • Scholarship update — the Scholarship system is now personal and no longer part of the Guild system.

  • Itemization — item stats now roll within visible value brackets. Example: +35 Strength (30–40) means the item rolled 35, with 30 being the minimum possible value and 40 the maximum.

  • Skills updates — numerous balance changes and tweaks across a wide range of skills (too extensive to list individually).

  • Fishing — a new highest-tier bait has been added. Players can now catch Golden Rod parts and combine them into a Golden Rod, a unique fishing cosmetic NFT.

🏆 Rewards Structure

1. Wyrm Tribute & Gold

  • Gold ratio: 1 USDC = 500 Gold

  • Season Pass: 2,000 Gold (4 USDC) (in-game purchase with Gold)

  • Time Scrollsup to 12× available ( 12h extra playtime ), starting from 150 Gold

Gold purchases

Gold can be bought via USDC on Ronin, or via Coinbase Commerce using crypto on Base, Polygon, and Ethereum.

Distribution is handled in USDC on the Ronin Network.

💰 Wyrm Tribute Prize Pool

  • Initial pool: 2,000 USD / 1,000,000 Gold (seeded by the team)

  • The pool is increased by player purchases during the event

💰 Rewards Distribution

At the end of the event, players will receive a USDC airdrop based on the Gold in their inventory at a rate of 1 USDC per 500 Gold (minimum requirement: 250 Gold)

2. 3,000,000 WYRM in Leaderboards Rewards

Compete across multiple categories to earn your share of 3,000,000 WYRM:

  • 🛡 Valor (PvE): 1,000,000 WYRM — Top 150 players

  • 🥇 Conquest (PvE): 275,000 WYRM — Top 40 players

  • 🏰 Guilds: 1,225,000 WYRM — Top 5 guilds

  • 🌟 Fame (Referrals): 250,000 WYRM — Top 25 referrers

  • 🤝 Sponsors (Scholarships): 250,000 WYRM — Top 25 sponsors

🔎 Full reward bracket breakdown:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1NMm7l9WYocF56XcHxlOiepMoaB97uou9uODPTLDzfGE/edit?usp=sharing

Note: reward brackets and allocations may be adjusted before the event begins.

3. NFT Rewards

  • PvE Conquest Leaderboard Players placing Top 3, Top 4–15, and Top 16–50 on the Conquest Leaderboard will be able to mint a special Seasonal PvE Leaderboard cosmetic NFT (3 rarity grades).

  • Fishing Leaderboard NFT The Top 5 biggest catches will be able to mint a special Fishing Leaderboard cosmetic NFT after the event ends.

Event Cosmetics Minting

All cosmetic items acquired during the event — including those obtained from lootboxes — can be minted as NFTs for free from the wallet connected to the game.

Minting is required in order to keep these cosmetics.

4. Content Contest

This Play Test introduces two major updates — the Mobile Version and 3×3 PvP Arena — and we’d love to see how you experience them in real gameplay.

Create content, share your moments, and compete for Factory NFTs.

🏆 Rewards

Special Nominations

3 winners will receive 5 Factory NFTs each:

  • Best Mobile Overview

  • Best 3×3 PvP Content

  • Best Meme

Overall Winners

  • 15 winners will receive 3 Factory NFTs each

  • Selected by the team based on:

    • Content quality and creativity

    • How well Mobile gameplay and/or 3×3 PvP are showcased

    • Overall engagement and presentation

🎥 What to Post

You can submit:

  • Short videos or gameplay clips

  • Highlights and match recaps

  • Threads or meme-style content

Mobile gameplay is highly encouraged, but PC gameplay is also welcome. Great examples include 3×3 PvP matches, clutch plays, funny moments, intense fights, and first impressions.

📤 How to Participate

  1. Post your content on X, YouTube, or Twitch

  2. Drop the link in the 🐸 creative channel on Discord

  3. Submission deadline: December 27, 1:00 PM UTC

  4. Winners announced: December 30 on Discord

Source

Steam News / 18 December 2025

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