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Introduction

Introducing the latest SMITE Adventure: Odin's Onslaught! In this thrilling new mode, Odin has assembled five teams of two to take on the formidable Níðhöggr and prevent Ragnarok. The goal? Reach a bounty threshold of 35,000 gold by defeating jungle monsters, players, and a roaming boss. But that's not all - secure and deliver trophies for even bigger gold rewards. Get ready for an epic battle across four unique locales, including Alfheim, Jotunheim, Midgard, and the chilling Naströnd in Helheim. With 10 players and starting at level 3 with 3000 gold, the stakes are high and the action is intense. Can you emerge victorious in Odin's Onslaught? But wait, there's more! Let's dive into the game flow and rules. Players will spawn in one of five bases on the map's outer edges, ready to conquer the challenges that lie ahead. Defeat jungle camps, complete objectives three times, and clear all three Norns to summon the fearsome Níðhöggr. Keep an eye out for the roaming encounter with Níðhöggr and secure the Scale Capture. Capture locations will change, adding an extra layer of strategy to the mix. Don't forget about the final Norns, which will respawn, leading up to the ultimate confrontation with Níðhöggr. Capture the Final Skull dropped by the boss to seal your victory. Just remember, certain gods and items are banned due to technical issues or gameplay advantages. So gear up, gather your team, and get ready to embark on an unforgettable adventure in Odin's Onslaught!

ADVENTURE MODE: ODIN’S ONSLAUGHT

Welcome to our newest SMITE Adventure: Odin’s Onslaught!

Odin has hired five teams of two to defeat the herald of Ragnarok, Níðhöggr (Nee-thogg-r). Face off against each other to reach a bounty threshold of 35,000 gold. Defeat jungle monsters, players, and a roaming boss for bounties. Secure and deliver trophies for even larger gold rewards.

There are four unique locales in which players fight
- The Three Overworld Zones
  - Alfheim, the autumnal home of the Alfar (elves)
  - Jotunheim, the wintry home of the Jotun (giants)
  - Midgard, the temperate realm of man
- The Underworld
  - Naströnd, the bleak shore of corpses in Helheim

Mode Info
- 10 Players
- 5 Teams of 2 Players each
- Starting Level: 3
- Starting Gold: 3000
- Win Condition: Reach 35,000 gold
- Minimap:

Game Flow
- Players will initially spawn in 1 of 5 bases on the map’s outer edges
- Defeat Jungle Camps
- Complete Objectives 3x
  - Norns (All three must be cleared to summon Níðhöggr)
  - Roaming Níðhöggr Encounter
  - Scale Capture (Dropped from Roaming Níðhöggr)
    - Changing capture locations
- Final Norns (These will respawn)
- Final Níðhöggr confrontation
- Final Skull Capture (Dropped from Final Níðhöggr)
Detailed Game Rules
- Banned Gods (these gods had either technical issues or clear gameplay advantages)
  - Aphrodite
  - Cliodhna
  - Jormungandr
  - Janus
  - Jing Wei
  - Morrigan
  - Heimdallr
  - Persephone
- Banned Items (these items had either technical issues or clear gameplay advantages)
  - Hand of the Gods
  - Eye of the Jungle
  - Protector of the Jungle
  - Seer of the Jungle
  - Teleport Fragment
  - Greater Teleport Fragment
  - Heroic Teleport
  - Persistent Teleport
- Jungle Camps
  - All Jungle Buffs Stack with each other
  - All Jungle camps have a buff holder that drops a single buff, including the Norns
- Marked objectives
  - Norns, Bosses, and Capture Points are all marked with a waypoint indicator (Blue Circle Outlined around the camp)
  - These must be slain/completed in order to move to the next round of objectives, although Jungle Camps will consistently respawn and players are free to win the game without completing these objectives if they choose.
- Health Orbs
  - These heal you and nearby teammates within a 60 unit radius for 15% on initial burst plus 2% each tick for a duration of 10 seconds
- Valkyrie Fountains
  - You recover mana and can shop in the Valkyrie Fountains throughout the map. There are 10 in total, marked by a Valkyrie statue and a blue aura. Unlike normal fountains, you do not recover health here.
- Dynamic Respawns
  - Dynamic respawns grant temporary invulnerability until you leave the Valkyrie Fountain you spawned in or they expire after 10 seconds
  - Any team can spawn at these areas
  - Recalling is disabled
- Healing Rules
  - 20% Global Healing Reduction and an additional 10% Lifesteal Reduction on top of that.
- Buffs and Buff Camps
  - Attack Speed Camp (Purple)
    - Respawn Timers
      - 60 seconds
    - Buffs Provided
      - 20% increased attack speed
      - Lasts 120 seconds
  - Support Camp (Green)
    - Respawn Timers
      - 60 seconds
    - Buffs Provided
      - HP5 increased by 50
      - Lasts 120 seconds
  - Damage Camp (Red)
    - Respawn Timers
      - 90 seconds
    - Buffs Provided
      - Increases base physical and magical power by 10
      - 20% increase to physical and magical power
      - Lasts 120 seconds
  - Norn (Yellow Buff Camp/Protections)
    - Respawn Timers
      - N/A – gated by Níðhöggr
    - Buffs Provided
      - Increases magical and physical protection by 30
  - Dragon Scale Buff
    - Provides one stack of protections per delivery, up to 3
    - Each stack grants 15 magical and physical protection
  - Dragon Skull Buff
    - Is granted upon delivering the dragon skull
    - Provides mana and health percent-based healing, 0.8 for mana, and 1.6 for health
    - Provides 50 additional physical power and 70 additional magical power
- Capture The Trophy
  - Each time Níðhöggr is defeated, he will drop a Trophy, either a Scale or a Skull.
  - Trophies function like the Capture the Flag mechanic from Nike’s Adventure
    - Players’ movement speed is reduced by 30%, additionally, they are Silenced and Crippled while holding the Trophy (flag)
    - Trophy can be dropped by pressing the Relic 1 key or button
    - Dropping a Trophy will place a 3s cooldown on you, preventing you from picking it back up immediately
  - Deliver the Trophy to the outermost Valkyrie Fountains, which will be marked waypoints on the map. Crossing the magical threshold for the fountain will capture the trophy.
  - Each location Níðhöggr appears in will have different bases selected as the drop-off locations, so pay extra attention to the marked waypoints on the minimap
Team Gold Bounty Cheat Sheet (Per Player, Base Values)
- 5x15g – Roaming Ward Patrol
- 4x25g – Nastrond Draugr
- 135g – Support and Attack Speed Camp
- 170g – Damage Camp
- 180g – Player Bounty
- 225g – Norn
- 600g – Roaming Níðhöggr
- Scale Capture Values
  - 600g (First Capture)
  - 800g (Second Capture)
  - 1000g (Third Capture)
- 800g – Final Níðhöggr
- 1500g – Skull Capture

YULEFEST EVENT

Welcome to the Yulefest event! This event celebrates SMITE’s many friendships during this most joyous and cozy season! This event will have 6 purchasable Exclusive Skins in total with 2 Skins releasing every 2 weeks. Each Skin will have an initial discount for that release only. Purchase all Skins to unlock the Unlimited Spell Blaster Charybdis Skin! Also, everytime you purchase a Yulefest event Skin you will also receive a Gift Token of a certain gift type (Emote, Voice Pack, Tier 2 Skin, or Awesome Gift). Gift Tokens allow you to send a gift to a friend on your friends list, in the gift store, or to maybe make a new friend by giving a gift from the end of match lobby to a stellar teammate! Send your friends gifts this season and spread the joy of friendship!

Event Skins
- Spell Blaster Charybdis (Reward)
- Lunar Lightning Ishtar
- Infinite Wave Poseidon
- FoxGirl9 Da Ji
- Hellraider Hercules
- AP-15 Ah Puch
- Claw of the Deep Khepri

9.12 SMITE NIGHT

All 6 weeks of SMITE Night will feature the new Adventure: Odin’s Onslaught
There will be no special queue, just play the adventure as usual on a Saturday to earn additional rewards
Rewards
- Week 1:
  - Adventure – Loading Screen
  - 3 day Account Booster
- Week 2:
  - Pick Your Own God Chest
  - SMITE NIGHT Avatar Chest
- Week 3:
  - SMITE NIGHT Emote Chest
  - SMITE NIGHT Cosmetic Chest
- Week 4:
  - Odyssey: Soaring Isles BONUS Chest
  - SMITE NIGHT Voice Pack Chest
- Week 5:
  - Pick Your Own God Chest
  - SMITE NIGHT Avatar Chest
- Week 6:
  - SMITE NIGHT Voice Pack Chest
  - 3 day Account Booster
- Milestones:
  - Nidhoggr Fire! Global Emote
  - SMITE NIGHT Skins Chest

BUG FIXES

UI
- Fixed an issue with PS5 and PS4 Pro lobby models having low quality textures
- Fixed an issue with the loading screen appearing too small on higher resolution monitors
Localization
- Fixed an issue with Charon’s Coin tooltip description appearing as undefined in the Spanish version
- Fixed an issue with Amulet of the Stronghold and Amulet of Silence having broken tooltip text descriptions in the Spanish version
General Gameplay
- Fixed an issue with projectiles visually firing FX multiple times
Gods
- Persephone
  - Fixed an issue where she could use Aegis Amulet in her Passive state
- Maui
  - Fixed an issue where he would cause his collisions to turn off and fall through map geometry
  - Fixed an issue where his Master Fisherman ability could damage two Gods if the first God died on hit
  - Fixed an issue where enemies weren’t getting knocked up by his Ultimate if they were hit on the edge of the ability
  - Fixed an issue where he could knock up enemies onto the Jade Corruption Joust Map geometry
- Cerberus
  - Fixed an issue with his King Black Dragon skin targeter missing elements for Paralyzing Spit
- Chang’e
  - Fixed an issue with her passive meter missing on Console
- Yemoja
  - Updated her Midnight Waters model and card art to stay true to her default appearance
Items
- Gilded Arrow
  - Fixed an issue with this item not properly choosing enemy targets correctly
- Rangda’s Mask
  - Fixed an issue where Gods would lose mask stacks from gaining temporary passive power increases from abilities, buffs, and potion of power
  - Fixed an issue where the Bracer of Radiance Relic caused Gods to lose mask stacks when walking out of the power increase aura
- Manticore’s Spikes
  - Fixed an issue that caused unintended damage against reflect damage that could also cause server instance crashes

BALANCE LIVE WITH THE 9.12 UPDATE – DECEMBER 13

Game Modes

New Adventure Mode – Odin’s Onslaught
- This will be active as its own queue for the entire update!
Unlimited Conquest Ranked
- This will be an experimental mode running for one week Dec 13-20
- Ranked Joust will be temporarily disabled during this experiment
- This queue will be Ranked Conquest but allow for players to play in parties of any size
- This queue will inherit your Ranked Conquest progress, and reward TP and MMR toward future ranked Conquest matches played in the solo-duo only queue
- This queue will be on an especially long timer, expected to only fire 3 times per day, so plan accordingly! (roughly at 10AM, 6PM, and 2AM Eastern)
SWC Conquest
- As we prepare for the World Championships we are making some environment art changes to the map
  - SWC Trophy is placed across from the Fire Giant
  - SPL Logos on the ground in the Mid Lane
  - SPL Banners hang in the Order and Chaos Bases
  - Previous SWC Champion Skin Statues are placed around the map

Goals

SWC Prep
- As usual, when we approach the end of the Season we aim to keep it light on balance as a whole. Last update and the subsequent bonus updates made some big changes to SMITE, and their impacts are still playing out across the SPL Playoffs. Out of respect for SPL players’ scrim time and for the goal of preserving the meta across the multiple SWC play-in phases, we aren’t making too many big changes. We will be buffing a series of underperforming gods to further diversify each role’s god pool in the SPL, as well as to reinvigorate casual play with these gods.
- Includes:
  - Anhur Buff
  - Ao Kuang Buff
  - Cu Chulainn Buff
  - He Bo Buff
  - Heimdallr Buff
  - Jormungandr Buff
  - Neith Buff
  - Tiamat Buff
  - Tsukuyomi Buff
Warrior Jungle Nerf
- This change could have a significant impact on the SPL meta, but it was one we felt like was still worth pursuing. It affects only a small subset of gods, but Manikin Scepter has continually been the factor that enables Warriors, often built especially tanky, to become some of the top Junglers. We want to discourage this small pool of gods from taking over the Jungle meta at SWC, and so we are applying a pretty significant nerf to the damage Manikin Scepter deals to enemy gods only. This preserves Jungle clear for those who need it, but makes it a significantly weaker item for taking down enemy gods.
- Includes
  - Manikin Scepter Nerf
Special Case God Adjustments
- We have a few other adjustments that could affect SPL, those are Maui and Ymir. They both require some specific adjustments for different reasons.
- Maui is new to the roster, and is seeing SPL play, but his performance across other skill levels and game modes has been especially low. He is getting some targeted buffs to Master Fisherman to make the charge-up and firing experience on this ability much smoother. He is also seeing a key shift in his Mystical Ulua ability to nerf the Movement Speed it provides, which is often leveraged for a huge advantage at the pro level
- Ymir has been at the top of the SPL meta for a while now, so this change is especially pro focused. In discussions with pros we agreed on a shift to multiple variables on Ymir’s Ice Wall. Previously, this ability was intensely powerful to rank up to get the max wall duration and shorter cooldown, which removed a lot of the flexibility of the god and encouraged going all in on wall spam. We have made this ability no longer scale down in cooldown per rank, and the max wall duration is now significantly less. As Ymir generally does not overperform or create balance frustration, we also buffed his rank 1 cooldown and wall duration.
- Includes
  - Maui Buff
  - Ymir Shift
  - Ishtar Nerf