Guide to CoF Choice of Fate

 

The Choice of Fate or CoF as it is referred as, are the dungeons found in Zhengzhou (white) and Shi Zhang (black). To enter, you must have three passes, either purple, green or red. Each pass colour corresponds to the difficulty level of the dungeon. Purple being the easiest, green being moderate, and red being the hardest. You can get these passes as drop from certain mobs, or doing collection quests.

Getting the Passes

These mobs drop the passes:

Purple Pass of Death Valley - Drunken Swordsmen, Iron Flowers
Green Pass of Death Valley - Superior Giants, Heartless Iron Flowers
Red Pass of Death Valley - Black Confiucianists, Frozen Iron Flowers, Bai Wu Chang

You can also receive passes by completing the resource collection for them, press "L", click on Resource Collection, and then Click on the yellow square with symbols. Those should show you what you need for the passes. The Collection Merchant is right in front of the gate to Choice of Fate.

Requirements for Resource Colletcion:

(Collectible - Mobs that drop them)

 

Purple Passes

Blue Cotton Cloth x10 - Broken Blind Madmen
Wooden Flute x10 - Twin Brutes
Gunpowder x10 - Poison/Blue Arrow Archers

Green Passes

Gunpowder x10 - Poison/Blue Arrow Archers
Iron Plate x10 - Giants
Strong Venom x10 - Earthworm Demons
Buddhist Beads x10 - Blood Monks

Red Passes

Silver Nugget x20 - Drunken Swordsmen
Leather Sack x20 - Black Confucianist
Golden Cotton Cloth x20 - Iron Flowers
Strange Stone x10 - Bai Wu Chang
White Iron Fragment x10 - Frozen Iron Flowers


Entering the Choice of Fate

If you have already acquired the passes, you may now enter the keys into the slots to start Choice of Fate. Enter 3 of the same colour to get the required level you want.

Note: Sometimes you will get the level above the passes that you put in.

If you are the party leader: Right click on the passes to enter them into the slots. Wait until all the party members confirmed to enter, and then there will be an option that will appear for you to enter.

If you are a member: There will be a message that will appear on your screen asking if you would like to enter CoF. Click yes, if any members click No then they will not enter with the rest of the party.

Note: Make sure all members are in peace mode as this will reduce the damage you take from the poison when you first enter the dungeon.


WARNING: Do not attempt to solo CoF until your Golden Blossoms level. Recommended party members are from Five Dragons 6 and up. Always enter with a healer, two healers would be much better. The boss, Double-faced beggar, will be orange at FD6, so be careful at those earlier levels. A combination of Five Dragons 10 to Sun and Moon levels up will have no problem defeating him though.

The Choice of Fate

There are Four Major Parts of the Choice of Fate:



1) This is where you start the chamber is filled with posion gas that is being pumped into the room. To stop the posion and open the gate to the next section you have to find and destroy 3 skulls. Those little chambers you see all around you are where you have to break the skulls. Be careful as the poison can rapidly reduce your health, so either stick to your healers or keep an eye on your HP very well. There will be no mobs at this point of the dungeon.

 

 

 

The Skulls:

Tip :Move around in peace mode to save your HP from the Poison.

2) When the gate has opened, you will face the first wave of mobs. They will be relatively easy to defeat. Just hack away at them until you see the message that the second gate has opened.


3) The mobs here are just a little feistier than the first wave of mobs, but still will be no problem (if you are at the recommended levels).

Tip: Before finishing off the last mob, get everyone to meditate. Finishing off all the mobs releases the Double-faced beggar, so you want everyone's HP and VE to be full before you face him.



4) The loot rooms are rooms where chests that may contain goodies for you. You may enter if you a) have the Throne Pass to Death Valley (you loot if from the boss) or b) breaking down the wall. Also located here are the Exits.  

Tip: Break down the Exit walls before going through the loot chests! This is to ensure that you safely exit Choice of Fate should you run out of time.
Tip: Drop the Throne passes you get from the Boss if you are soloing, since the passes are one way and you can only go through one loot room.

The Double-faced Beggar/ Dream-faced Beggar, Master of the Death Valley

The Double-faced Beggar has two forms. The first form is released when you have defeated the second wave of mobs. This form is relatively easy to defeat, just hack away at him, making sure that your healers are safe, and healing the tankers. You get major bleeding, and the confusion debuff (when you think your mouse is going the wrong way), but you can easily kill him.

His second form is much nastier. You get a pre-defined time in finishing him off depending on your choice of difficulty.

Purple: 7 minutes 50
Green: 5 minutes 50
Red: 3 minutes 50

Make sure your tankers are ready for a beating, since this guy inflicts major bleeding and tangled steps (cannot move, or cast anything). Keep your healers a safe distance away from him, and keep hitting him so he does not target your healers. Use all your debuff skills and hope they stick any para skills will buy you a break from him.


Rewards

From the Double-faced Beggar:

The Double-faced Beggar drops green clothes either a jacket or set of pants. There is a set thats offers: + HP/VE recovery rate, + movement speed and a set that offers + defense, +HP and movement speed. You also get the throne passes from him, which are used to open the loot rooms. They will disappear after you have finished the Choice of Fate.

From the Loot Rooms:

Level 1 and Level 2 elixirs - tagged with [Dungeon], these cannot be used for resource collection. Elixir softeners, supplements and neutralizers. Clothes (on red pass this is possible).And gold, of course.

Epithets:

Conqueror of Death Valley (You get this epithet when you finish the Choice of Fate)
+100 Block rate, Damage +3% on Critical, Critical Dodge 100/10000

Killer of Shuan Mian/Meng Mian (You get this epithet if you are the one who has inflicted the most damage on the Double-faced Beggar)
Defense +50, Chi Kung Defense +50, Attack rating +2%, Critical Rate 300/10000

Congratulations! You have succeeded in defeating the Choice of Fate. If you have safely exited the dungeon, you will respawn in Xuanshe or Wuan Village.



Frequently Asked Questions:

Where do I find Ming, for the Trace the Master Hand quest?

You find him inside the Choice of Fate, at the first part of it. He shoould be lying dead near the gate. Be careful, though, when you enter alone, since the first part of the dungeon has bleeding. Just talk to the corpse and reconnect. You will respawn at Xuanshe Village.



What happens when the time runs out?

Well, you die. If you haven't broken down an exit yet log out NOW!

If I log out, will I get the Conqueror epithet?

Nope, you have to break down the doors and exit safely to get the Conqueror epithet. You will get the Killer epithet though, if you got the boss kill and relogged.

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