Crusader Challenges and Treasure Goblins

## Crusader Challenges

Challenges were added as a mechanic in the 4.0 update.

Challenges are an excellent way to test the strength and viability of your hero's build, but primarily exist as a way to consistently farm Prismatic Gemstones. They will give you a random boss as a target to kill, along with a list of conditions that must be met, modifiers that will apply to the map, and how many Prismatic Gemstones you will receive for doing so successfully.

Challenges have random difficulties and a random number of modifiers with random ranges. Rewards are proportional to the overall difficulty of a Challenge. Imagine fighting mobs that all have 477% more health, 389% more damage and attack speed, and are 93% resistant to Pure damage, along with 3 other modifiers of equal ridiculousness, and you will begin to see how Challenges can be quite daunting at times.

There are two types of Challenges: Hourly and Daily. Hourly Challenges are generally easier (though RNG is RNG, and Hourly Challenges can sometimes be just as nightmarish as Daily Challenges), reset hourly as the name implies, and are available to everyone. Daily Challenges are generally more difficult (though RNG is RNG, and Daily Challenges can sometimes be easier than the available Hourly Challenge), reset daily as the name implies, and are available only for Web Premium Subscribers.

Each Challenge can only be completed once per account, so you can't run them with multiple groups on different characters or any other such workaround, but there is no limit to how many Challenges you can complete in total. You could theoretically complete all 24 Hourly Challenges for 365 days straight, if you had the determination and a strong enough hero.

Once a Challenge is completed, you will receive a bundle of Unrefined Gemstones placed directly into your Inventory. If you do not have room in your Inventory, they will be placed on the ground at your hero's feet, so don't forget to pick them up! You can then take the Unrefined Gemstones to Elder Rai to add them to your account as Prismatic Gemstones, or you can sell them on the Market in exchange for other Currency!

To view the current Challenges, you will need to visit https://www.roshpit.ca/challenges. From there you can view how much time is left on the current Challenges, the rewards available, as well as the target and the modifiers.

To accept a Challenge and attempt to complete it, you will need to load the map the Challenge is located on, find the Crusader, and then accept the Challenge from him. In order for the Crusader to spawn, you must make sure that all conditions are properly met. If **ALL** necessary conditions are not met properly, the Crusader simply will not spawn. Some common mistakes are:

1. Make sure that all players are connected, have chosen a hero, and have fully loaded into the game.
2. Make sure that all heroes selected adhere to the rules of the Challenge (some modifiers dictate which heroes must or must not be used).
3. Make sure that the number of players adhere to the rules of the Challenge (some modifiers dictate that a Challenge must be completed with 4 or less players, 3 or less players, 2 or less players, or even solo).
4. Make sure that the timer on the Challenge has not expired, resulting in a new Challenge being generated on a different map.
5. Make sure that you have activated any necessary Event Stones for the Challenge, such as Tanari Spirit Stones or Winterblight Glacier Stones (some modifiers dictate that a Challenge be completed during these events).
6. Make sure that you seek out the Crusader and accept his Challenge immediately upon loading in. The total kill counts of all heroes in the game **CANNOT** reach 100. This is to prevent you from "cheesing" a challenge by killing everything up to a boss, then porting back to town and accepting the Challenge. Once 100 mobs in total are killed on a map, the Crusader will despawn.

   As long as all of the correct conditions are met, the Crusader will spawn in at the main hub of each map, typically near the Oracle. The one exception is the Arena map, where he spawns at the entrance to the Pit of Trials.

If you fail a Challenge after you have accepted it (typically by dying), you are able to reload the map and re-accept the Challenge to try again, as long as the timer hasn't run out. Once you accept a Challenge, you have as long as you need to complete it, and do not need to rush to "beat the timer". You can take 6 hours to complete a Challenge if need be, as long as you loaded in and accepted it before the timer expired.

## Treasure Goblins (REMOVED DUE TO DOTA UPDATE BROKE THEM)

Treasure Goblins are a rare spawn enemy that can appear in any map except for the Tutorial and Serengaard. They have an increasing chance to spawn after every enemy you kill, hitting a 100% chance after 3000 kills. With this mechanic, you can virtually guarantee yourself a Treasure Goblin to spawn on every map if you are thorough. However, any enemies generated from Spawners (the trees in Redfall, the oysters in Tanari, etc) will not count towards this total, in order to prevent afk farming.

Treasure Goblins drop Immortal items that are almost always high level, and often socketed with Gems. This makes them an excellent source of farming Prismatic Gemstones. They can also rarely drop Arcanas.

Treasure Goblins themselves have two levels of rarity. Rare Treasure Goblins are much faster and tankier than Normal Treasure Goblins, but they also drop more items with typically much higher quality Gems.

Due to Treasure Goblins penchant for running and hiding, as well as the way their treasure explodes from them on death, it is very possible that the items they drop, or even Treasure Goblins themselves, can become stuck on cliffs, in pits, or other terrain. It is recommended that if you are not using a hero with high mobility (such as Trapper or The Red General), that you store a pair of Temporal Warp Boots at the Soulbinder so that you can always reach your spoils.

The physical model of Treasure Goblins varies depending on the map, and their rarity. The easiest way to hunt them is by listening for their telltale laugh. It is a very recognizable, mischievous giggle that is unique to them.