Fractured

Delve Into the Fractals of the Mists Explore great moments from Tyria’s past and test your battle skills in this never-ending chain of dungeons that become more and more challenging the farther you go! Begin your battle through time and space in this infinitely challenging series of dungeons! — Official website

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Delve Into the Fractals of the Mists

Explore great moments from Tyria’s past and test your battle skills in this never-ending chain of dungeons that become more and more challenging the farther you go! Begin your battle through time and space in this infinitely challenging series of dungeons!

— Official website

Fractured is the release launched on November 26, 2013. The release delivers Captain Ellen Kiel's election promises that players voted for during Cutthroat Politics, most prominently the fractal about the Thaumanova Reactor meltdown caused by the Inquest.

Features

Living World

• Story instance with Kiel for exploring the Thaumanova Reactor meltdown
  • Fractals of the Mists
• Continuation of the fight against the Toxic Alliance at the Tower of Nightmares

New Fractals of the Mists

• Three permanent new fractals
  • Thaumanova Reactor Fractal: The meltdown of the Thaumanova Reactor
  • Molten Furnace Fractal: The Molten Facility dungeon from Flame and Frost: Retribution
  • Aetherblade Fractal: The Aetherblade Retreat dungeon from Sky Pirates of Tyria

• Two new boss fractals serving as possible bonus fractals besides the Solid Ocean Fractal
  • Aetherblades Captain Mai Trin from Aetherblade Retreat
  • Molten Berserker and Molten Firestorm from the Molten Facility

Fractal of the Mists changes

• The random selection now takes length and difficulty of fractals into account, starting with easier ones at the beginning while progressing to more difficult ones
• The boss fractal now occurs at the end of every fractal run, instead of just even numbered runs
• Fractal difficulty and reward level is now account-bound
• Mistlock Instability: A new type of difficulty starting at fractal level 31 will introduce new challenges that are unique for every level
• Agony resistance changes
  • A new agony resist infusion slot is added to all infused rings and backpacks. Current equipment will start with a +5 agony resist infusion which replaces the agony resist that was previously on the item itself
  • Agony resist +1 infusions will be commonly found in fractals above level 10
  • Artificers can combine infusions to create ones with higher resistance, requiring Thermocatalytic Reagent
• Reward changes
  • A daily bonus chest will reward Empyreal Fragments, Fractal Relics, a Pristine Fractal Relic and gold depending on the reward level. Depending on the level it may also reward Fractal weapon skins, ascended rings and weapons, and infused rings
  • Repeatable reward chest for completing a fractal, that contains Fractal Relics, Agony resistance infusions and random equipment

Other changes

• Obsidian Sanctum
  • The jumping puzzle can now be entered from anywhere in the world using the WvW panel.
  • A new arena space has been added to allow combat between opposing groups of players.
  • Borderlands Bloodlust will no longer apply in this new area.

New Items

• Letter of Influence
• Hoard of Ascended Materials
• Fractal Gear Box
• Six Finisher Package
• Wintersday Minis 3-Pack

• New Armor Skins
  • Grenth Hood Skin
  • Stag Helm Skin

• New Miniatures
  • Mini Fawn
  • Mini Arctic Fox Kit
  • Mini Puppy
  • Mini Dolyak Calf

• New Rune and Sigil
  • Superior Rune of Resistance - Grants Toughness, Condition Duration reduction and aegis when using a signet
  • Superior Sigil of Momentum - Grants stacking Toughness every time you kill an enemy

• New Tonic
  • Endless Fractal Tonic

• New Recipes
  • Recipe: Superior Rune of Resistance
  • Recipe: Superior Sigil of Momentum

Mail

Upon first logging in, players receive the following mail:

Rox Whetstone New Arrivals to Tyria I've been noticing a lot of new faces around. It seems like we've got ourselves a batch of recent arrivals to Tyria, and as every good soldier knows, it's bad luck to waste a potential resource. There's strength in numbers, and from what I hear, recruiting these folks could really help to boost the influence of any guild that welcomes them in. Besides, you never know when a new ally might come in handy. With all the recent mayhem—Tequatl going berserk, the Toxic Alliance, and all the Scarlet craziness—I know I'd feel better having as many friends around as possible. —Rox

Trivia

• The Fractal of the Mists leaderboard was supposed to be featured in this release but was put off.

External links

• Official release page
• Upcoming Changes for the Fractals of the Mists
• Official trailer, Youtube.com

References

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Living World Season 1 original story releases

Flame and Frost (Prelude•The Gathering Storm•The Razing•Retribution) The Secret of Southsun Last Stand at Southsun Dragon Bash Sky Pirates of Tyria Cutthroat Politics Queen's Jubilee Clockwork Chaos Twilight Assault Tower of Nightmares The Nightmares Within Fractured The Origins of Madness The Edge of the Mists Escape from Lion's Arch Battle for Lion's Arch Battle for Lion's Arch: Aftermath