Overview

Castle Sieges are a part of PvP content for clans of Essence. A clan owning a castle gets various bonuses.

The siege can take place either in Giran Castle (Big-War) or in Dion Castle (Mid-War).

• Attention! Dion Castle is only for Mid-War and PvE clans, players and clans that participate in large clan wars and raids on epic bosses entrance to Dion Castle is prohibited.

Sieges take place weekly on Sundays. The siege preparations begin at 18:00 GMT +3, and the siege itself takes place from 20:00 till 21:00 GMT +3.

• Clans are free to apply for both sieges, but after an intermediate victory in one of the castles, the siege registration for another is canceled.
• Mercenaries can apply only for one siege.

Not only clan members but characters who have not joined any clan can also participate in the castle sieges.

A leader of the clan owning a Giran Castle can set a tax rate from 0 to 10%.

Siege Stages

There are two siege stages. The first one is preparations when characters are applying for the siege. The second one is the siege itself.

• During the preparations and the siege, you can see a timer near the map. It shows the remaining time of the stages.

During the preparation stage, you can apply either for attacking a castle or for defending it. Also, you can recruit mercenaries, or be recruited.

• The application form can be seen in the siege info window that opens by clicking on the siege icon shown during the preparations.
• The siege info window allows you to use free teleport to the left, central, or right side of the castle during the battle.

A clan can apply for the siege only if it has reached Lv. 3 or higher.

There is no death penalty decreasing XP if your character dies in a combat zone.

Mercenaries

You can take part in the siege as a mercenary even if you are not in any clan or your clan isn't registered for the siege.

Registration for mercenaries is available only when clans have joined the attackers' camp or the defenders' camp and have placed requests of recruitment.

When recruitment is announced, a character can choose a clan to join for the siege as a mercenary. To do so click on the List of Mercenaries button in the siege info window and look for the clan you like.

Requirements for mercenaries:

• Lv. 40 or higher;
• a clan member whose clan is not registered for the siege;
• a character who is not in any clan;
• your clan must not be at war with the clan you wish to join for the siege.

As soon as a mercenary application is sent:

• the character's name is changed to '***-a number'. For example, ***-001 or ***-031;
• the character's clan crest is switched for a while;
• the clan/alliance/command/private channels are blocked;
• if your character's clan applies for the siege, your mercenary application is withdrawn and recruitment is canceled.

For participating as a mercenary, you will be rewarded with adena from the castle treasury.

• You are rewarded only if your clan has won the siege.
• You are rewarded only if you have taken an active part in the siege.
• The reward is sent by mail.

Siege Rules

During the first siege on a server all castles belong to NPC.

If no clan manages to capture the castle, its ownership doesn't change.

When entering the siege zone of Dion Castle, the player receives the negative effect "Siege Zone Penalty"

• Siege Zone Penalty: For 72 hours, reduces damage against any Epic Raid Bosses by -99%.

As soon as a clan has won the siege the castle becomes the clan's property.

• If the clan owning the castle is disbanded, NPC take it under control once more.

The castle does not receive any damage until the siege begins.

Attackers and defenders are enemies. Clans in an alliance can represent different sides.

The winner of the siege is the clan whose leader has gained the most possession points by the time the siege ends. Seal of the Ruler on the Sacred Artifact (Giran Castle, Dion). Applying the Seal lasts 15 seconds, you can re-apply the seal after 5 seconds

NPC Sacred Artifact of Giran Castle appears in the castle courtyard on a special platform. In order for the NPC Sacred Artifact of Giran to appear, you must first destroy the NPC Shrine of the Castle in the room behind the throne room

The Sacred Dion Artifact NPC appears in the castle courtyard on a special platform. In order for NPC Sacred Dion Artifact to spawn, you must first destroy NPC Castle Shrine in the room behind the throne room

Siege camp

After reaching level 3, the Clan Leader gains the Camping skill. The camp is the resurrection point for clan members in the combat zone. Near the Camp, HP and MP recover faster

The skill can only be used by the clan leader of the attacking side. You can only set up a Camp in a combat zone. To set up camp, you will need a Crystal: Grade D — 500 pcs

The camp has some HP and can be attacked and destroyed by enemy characters. If the Camp is destroyed, the head of the clan can set it up again an unlimited number of times

The siege camp allows the dead members of the attacking clan to resurrect near it, it also increases the HP and MP recovery rate of clan members around the camp

The camp disappears after the end of the siege

Intermediate victory

Changing the owner of a castle before the end of the siege is called an "intermediate victory"

• After an intermediate victory, the clan that captured the castle becomes the defending one, and all other clans registered for the siege move to the attacking side
• The camp of the clan that captured the castle disappears

After an intermediate victory, the castle gate is closed, 1/2 HP of the gate is restored

A clan that loses a castle goes over to the attacking side and can Camp in a combat zone

Victory

• The clan with the most siege points at the end of the siege becomes the owner of the castle
• 15/30/40/50/60 minutes after the start of the siege, the clan that owns the castle at the moment can receive possession points

• Possession Points
  15 min	30 min	45 min	50 min	60 min
  +12 possession	+15 possession	+20 possession	+35 possession	+40 possession

• Possession points are not awarded if no clan owns the castle at the time the siege points are credited

• Siege scores and ratings can be viewed using the Siege Rating button in the siege info window

Owning the Castles

A castle owner gains control of taxes and political activity in the conquered area.

After victory, special NPC Herald of Victory appears in castles, from whom the head of the clan that captured the castle can receive the item King's Mark Lv. 1 . The NPC disappears immediately after receiving the reward. If you don't talk to the NPC, he will disappear after 10 minutes.

• The owner of Giran Castle receives the King's Mark Lv. 1  - 10 pcs.
• The owner of Castle Dion receives the King's Mark Lv. 1  - 5 pcs.
• Attention! If not a single clan registered for the siege, it means that the siege of the castle did not actually take place, as a result, the Herald of Victory does not appear and does not issue the Signs of the King to the owners of the castle.

King's Marks  can be synthesized to obtain a higher level King's Mark . The King's Marks  can be added to the collection.

The clan that has captured the castle receives the passive skill of owning the castle: