Raiders 3: Rise of the North

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**Rise of the North** (often abbreviated as **RotN**) is the fourth expansion for Raiders 3. It was announced on May 15, 2022, with the test realms opening on June 20, 2022, and subsequently released on October 20, 2022.

Some content highlights include the raising of the level cap from 40 to 50, the introduction of the DPS/Tank Engineer class, three new zones: Frosteria, Tromaiga, and Nidforgul, improved armor refinement, and expeditions, among others.

The expansion follows Landfall, the previous expansion. With Margos' escape at the end of Landfall, he sought the lands in the north which had been sealed off by mountains for centuries. The entire region had been frozen in time, but the breaking of the mountains unfroze everyone and everything. Margos contacted many of the factions present in the region, and some obliged and joined him, while others kept on fiercely resisting him. The heroes of Celestiar would follow him here and once more bring an end to his plans.

## Features

### New Zones

* **Frosteria** (40 - 43) - A large swath of snowlands and tundras, Frosteria is the first zone players will enter. Help with building a forward base and stop Margos' forces from advancing.
* **Tromaiga** (43 - 46) - The land is mostly spruce forest and mountains, with the occasional bits of snow. It is home to the capital,
* **Nidforgul** (46 - 50) - The final frontier, it is a mountainous, harsh land of valleys where Kormulgfjord Citadel is located, as well as being the center of the Frostsworn.
	+ Forbidden Glade (48 - 50) - A small valley located in Nidforgul, the area is home to the spirits of those corrupted by the Frostsworn.
	+ Glacierhold (50) - The small peninsula has been built up by the Frostsworn and is the location of a mighty factory producing almost all the weapons for the Frostsworn.

### Post-release zones

* **Carros** (50) - A distant planet once visited by Celestiar's heroes, the Kavenai have now returned and rebuilt it.

### New Class: Engineer

The Engineer is a new tank/DPS class that uses mechanical abilities to fight. Engineers can also build robots that can be used in or out of combat, for example healing robots, vendor robots, damage robots and tank robots, etc.

Engineers can level up their robots and place new parts on them with the new Engineering class-specific skill. The skill can also do more things, such as creating chips and weapon enhances, and crafting other upgrades and cosmetic items.

### New Class: Guardian (5.5)

Due to the lack of a healing-based class, the Guardian was implemented early in 5.5 (originally scheduled to be released with Landfall), and uses holy magic to heal their allies.

### Expeditions

Expeditions are a new 3 - 6 player experience that can be compared to short raids. Every week, an expedition has its contents rotated, be it mobs, mob placements, items, bosses, effects, etc. to make it a new experience every time you enter an expedition. On launch, there were 8 expeditions:

* Frosthold (40-50)
* Caverns of Death (40-50)
* Truthkeeper's Dominion (42-50)
* Bluehill Keep (42-50)
* Tromaiga Manor (44-50)
* Trial of Eternity (44-50)
* Warlord's Tomb (46-50)
* Tromfors (46-50)

An additional four expeditions have been added since.

* 5.3: Posavi's Guild (50)
* 5.5: Augefor Citadel (50)
* 5.6: Looming Depths (50)
* 5.8: Bowels of Sicharas (50)

### New Raids

The tradition of raids returns in Rise of the North. There are five raids in the expansion.

* Kormulgfjord Citadel (5.0) - A massive fortress situated among the dreary landscapes of Nidforgul, Kormulgfjord Citadel is the first raid of the expansion, with 13 boss encounters and dozens of routes.
* The Sundered Crypt (5.2) - Hidden beneath the Forbidden Glade sits the Sundered Crypt, the second raid of the expansion. Players will go through this linear 7 boss raid.
* Bleakmere Factory (5.4) - The massive factory, sitting in Glacierhold, is the main producer of the Frostsworn war machine. It is the third raid of the expansion and has 7 bosses.
* The Missing Chancellor (5.6) - The streets of Carros are not all good. A Kavenai chancellor has gone missing, and a large investigation has begun to solve the dissapearance. It is the fourth raid of the expansion and has 2 bosses, though the first boss will rotate between 6 different encounters each week, while the last boss will change its mechanics every week.
* Defense of Sicharas (5.8) - The fifth and final raid of the expansion, it takes place on the large trade ship Sicharas, which has come under attack by Margos' forces, and have turned its route towards Scer. It has 10 bosses.

## Updates

* **Version 5.0: *Rise of the North*** - October 20, 2022
* **Version 5.1: *Rise of the North Part 2*** - November 21, 2022
* **Version 5.2: *The Sundered Crypt*** - February 19, 2023
* **Version 5.3: *Steelbound*** - March 26, 2023
* **Version 5.4: *Siege on Glacierhold*** - May 14, 2023
* **Version 5.5: *Last of the Militia*** - June 25, 2023
* **Version 5.6: *Return to Carros*** - August 4, 2023
* **Version 5.7: *Season 14*** - October 16, 2023
* **Version 5.8: *Into Sicharas*** - November 17, 2023
* **Version 5.9: Heralds of the Vision** - December 22, 2023