Origin Of The Curse

Visual quick guide

Origin of the Curse is an individual and alliance-wide competitive event. Players travel to a designated Warzone, where an earthquake epicenter near a Royal City is surrounded by Cursed Land.
The goal is to collect as many Cursed Potions as possible during each 30-minute Contest round. Cursed Potions are the only source of Event Points: they contribute to your personal score and your alliance's score.
Earn Potions by gathering Healing Kits, Ancient Beast Bones and Runic Idols. Moving your sanctuary into the Cursed Land adds automatic production; attacking other players is another option, not a requirement.

Event Chests — collect enough Cursed Potions to unlock reward chests.
Personal Rankings — compete against other players for individual ranking rewards.
Alliance Rankings — your alliance members' points contribute to its ranking and additional rewards.
Each Contest round has its own rankings. The schedule guide explains how your best round determines final ranking rewards. The table below lists the rewards; check the live event for current quantities, ranking tiers and chest thresholds.

Reward route	Listed rewards
Event Chests	Fame Medals, Raven Essence, Diamonds, Herbs
Personal Rankings	Alliance Coins, Study Scrolls
Alliance Rankings	UR Curio Chest, UR Hero Omni Shards, Fame Medals

Safer gathering: keep your sanctuary outside Cursed Land, use your normal shield and gather special event resources. You can participate without attacking other players.
Higher-risk participation: relocate into Cursed Land for automatic Potion production, gather resources and defend your sanctuary from attacks. Read the map and combat guides before entering.

Tip: An available resource you can gather now may be more useful than spending several minutes chasing a contested Runic Idol.

Maximum participation will give the best results.
Engaging the enemy will cause us to lose troops.
A lower-level sanctuary should shield and gather in the outer area. Vacate your gathering tile if someone tries to take it. Save your troops.
Sitting in an outermost corner of the inner area can be a great strategy, as it will earn Potions passively.

Understand Preview, Contest, Preparation and Results, and why your best round matters.

Choose between safer outskirts gathering and Cursed Land, and understand the three resource zones.

Compare Healing Kits, Ancient Beast Bones and Runic Idols, including gathering, completion and passive bonuses.

Understand optional PvP, what a breach can cost, and how to prepare before entering Cursed Land.