Masquerader's Ruin
Masquerader's Ruin is one of several strikes found in Monumenta, located within the Architect's Ring.
Unlocking
The teleporter to the Lobby is within the Shadowcast Bastille POI. (Waypoint is found in the quest Unraveled.) Unraveled is required for unlocking of delving.
The Lobby
The lobby's layout is an entrance to the Masked fortress, which is the Masquerader's Ruin. On the right side, there is a key merchant, and on the left side, there is a rare trader.
Entering the Strike
To enter the Masquerader's Ruin, a Masked Key must be purchased from the Maskkeeper NPC for 1 HAR and talk to the observer. Upon talking to the observer, the player will be asked to confirm before being warped into the strike.
Gimmicks
There are three main gimmicks in the Masquerader's Ruin.
Upon player death, they will be immediately ejected out of the shard similarly to Hardmode and Classic Ephemeral Corridors. Unlike it however, all items are kept, but they will not receive completion for the Strike nor receive a loot room.
There is a passive timer given for the Strike, starting at 60 seconds. The timer will increase by 5 seconds upon the breaking of a spawner. The Strike will end upon the timer reaching 0, kicking players in that instance out of the strike. Prior to starting the boss fight, the players will have a grace period, the timer stopping and an enderchest available for use. The timer will resume after the boss' dialogue.
Chests are still located within the area, but instead of loot, opening them will cause them to disappear. Instead of gaining loot along the way, all loot is transferred to the loot room at the end. All the loot will be on the floor of each player's loot room, able to be picked up easily. The loot ranges from various tiered items, a rare fragment, Shards of Remorse, and some AR.
Layout
Boss
Samewell, Usurper of Life:
The boss cannot be damaged by conventional means for most of the fight. Killing minions that spawn throughout the fight (evoker and pillager?) will drop Blackblood Shard. Pick up these shards and give them to one of the NPCs standing around the arena (Izzy, Bhairavi, or Levyn). Once 6 are collected, they will start crafting the dagger. During this period, mobs that glow red will spawn to attack the NPCs. Defend them for (?) seconds until they finish crafting the dagger, which will drop in the middle of the arena. When a player picks up the dagger, their next attack against Samwell will deal 25% of his HP and move to the next phase. Once he drops below 25% HP, he will lose the Blue Wool's protection and can be damaged normally.
Minions: - Red glowing mobs that only target Izzy, Bhairavi, and Levyn. Only spawn during dagger crafting. - Shulkers that spawn on the upper outer edges of the arena, targetting Izzy, Bhairavi, and Levyn. - Elites from the strike - Normal mobs from the strike - Evokers and pillagers (confirm please, need names too) drops the wool shards
Attacks: - Crystal Barrage (indicated by boss bar): A ring of amethyst crystals closes in from the outside of the arena and expands back out once it hits the center. Similar to Astral attacks and can be jumped over. If a player is in the center of the arena where the crystals meet and get hit by them, the ring will not expand back out (invincibility from Swordsage is recommended) - Lava Cannon (indicated by boss bar): Trails of particles will follow players. When the charging stops, nether wart replaces the blocks under the particles. Large magma cubes fly across the arena following the trail, dealing heavy damage - Red sweep thing with large radius. Forgor name
Rewards
For your first victory of the day, you will be given the following rewards:
- ~1
. - 1 Masquerader Fragment (2 if this is your first completion)
- ~1 stack of Cracked Deepslate Bricks
- 2-4 random potions
- 2 Shattered Masks if this is a non-delved instance. 3 Shattered Masks if this is a 6pt delve instance.