Guide to Spring Rain Festival Event

As usual I have copied and pasted some of the info I could find on the net about the Runes of Magic Spring Rain Festival. Sources were mainly the official 2013 patch notes, a great guide I found (as usual, it seems…) on the US-forum – the big big kudos go to Dollars in this case and another great guide on the german forum  – tyvm Orlean  🙂

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Some sections are not complete, others may be outdated. Authors – just edit this post, others – please use comments to enter your valuable experience and I will enter your infos here….

Festival Activities conducted in Howling Mountain, Silverspring, Aslan, Dust Devil Canyon, Thunderhoof Hills

Festival NPCs will be located at: Varanas, Obsidian Stronghold and Dalanis.

Dalanis, Abandoned District
– Ayester Bunni (54.8, 54.0)
– Aywa Wabbit [Spring Rain Festival Manager] (54.8, 54.1)

Howling Mountains
– Gaia Wabbit [Spring Rain Festival Manager] (43.6, 41.8)
– Lily Wabbit [Spring Rain Festival Manager] (61.0, 65.2)
– Titan Wabbit [Spring Rain Festival Manager] (61.0, 65.0)

Obsidian Stronghold, Glory Square
– Nier Wabbit [Spring Rain Festival Manager] (44.4, 54.7)
– Louise Tina [Spring Rain Festival Manager] (44.7, 54.7)

Silverfall
– Kekai Wabbit [Chief of the Wabbits] (56.1, 64.8)

Silverspring
– Danny Wabbit [Spring Rain Festival Event Official] (50.1, 75.0)

Thunderhoof Hills
– Jessica Bunni (54.9, 59.5)

Varanas, Central Plaza
– Lina Wabbit [Spring Rain Festival Manager] (51.3, 56.1)
– Jaden Angus [Spring Rain Festival Manager] (51.4, 55.9)

There are 11 Festival Events:

Wabbit Defense Battle

Event type: like a “tower defend” game

Start location: Varanas Entrance

Event location: Varanas Entrance

Event Target: defend the rabbits against attacking turtles to get a reward

Description: You will receive a voucher from Yakubi Wabbit. Click on one of the both wabbits to enter front view. you recieve a skill (Alt+1),which can be used to shoot the oncoming turtles.

Note: Watch out for the greenish turtles, they come up much faster than the rest. Also I found it helpful to turn off the interface after the message comes up that the game is about to begin (Press CTRL-Z)

After doing the quest (successfully…??) several times you can talk to Snowdown Blate (the npc next to Angela Bix on the bridge) to receive another event title ‘Farbkugelschütze’

Wabbit Pursuit

Event type: hunting

Start location: Varanas

Event location: Varanas

Event Target: hunt players which transformed to wabbits

Rainbow Egg Graffiti

Event type: collect and exchange items

Start location: Varanas Bridge

Event location: Silverspring, Varanas

Event Target: find items and exchange them

Description: You will get ported to the lake in NW Silverspring. Collect 6 petals and bring these back Cecil Owanni. He will change these petals into colour and give you an egg. Go to the painters with these items, each of them will colour the egg twice. Egg colouring can proceed 20% 40% or 60%, depending on the painter. The painters can be found in the Varanas districts east,west and wisdom

You can spend transport runes for extra colours to make a legendary egg if you want to. AFAIK this gives you 3 crystals instead of 1 or 2, depending on your luck in regular

Ethereal Spectrum Chicken

Event type: find and collect items

Start location: Varanas Bridge

Event location: Silverspring

Event Target: find Ethereal Spectrum Chicken and collect Eggs

Description: Angela Bix will give you a transformation set, that enables you to collect a chicken drop. After that you will get a elemental transformation that changes you into a wabbit according to the collected element. (30 mins time). While you are changed into a wabbit you get an axtra skill (alt-1) to make a chicken of your element drop an egg.

Happy Digging

Event type: follow and dig for items

Start location: Helen’s Farm (61.0, 65.0)

Event location: Howling Mountains

Event Target: follow a Wabbit and dig for treasures

Description: You can participate in this activity three (3) times a day at 11AM, 4PM, and 8PM PST and it will be available for only one (1) hour. The start location is at Helen’s Farm (~59,65). There, you click on a wabbit and follow it. When it stops, click on each marked location to receive one of the randomized rewards listed below, then the wabbit will continue on to the next location. Rinse and repeat until it says it has completed.

Rewards:
– Nothing
– 1 x Underground Caterpillar (Elite Level 3 Monster)
– 1 x Bomb – Small, Medium, or Large
– 1 x Phirius Potion – Type A, B, C, D, or E
– 1 x Phirius Elixir – Type A, B, C, D, or E
– 1 x Phirius Special Water – Type A, B, C, D, or E
– 1 x Earth Spirit Crystal

NOTE: To avoid being interrupted and injured by the bombs, run away! Those players who live where daylight savings is observed will notice this event starts at 10AM, 3PM, and 7PM PST. This may be “ninja” fixed after a maintenance so watch for the server wide announcement spam ten (10) minutes prior to the event start times.

Here is a comment from TJHoenecke you might find helpful:

Originally Posted by TJHoenecke

Also, even though there are only three rabbit guides named and visible, there are more than three active at a time. In other words, if you see the last one getting taken, don’t bother, just wait a minute or two, and there will be two or three to choose from again, even though more than one is currently occupied. I’d like to urge people to try and stick to their own rabbit, and not horn in one someone else’s — all that does is reduce the rewards for both of you, and as I just said, you won’t have to wait for one of the three to return before you will be able to get your own anyway, plus you have the whole hour, enough time for a half dozen runs easily (and that means close to two dozen crystals, enough for two turn-ins). Plus you can run the event three times a day, so that’s potentially SIX rewards a day.Ignore what one of the rabbits says about needing carrots, and don’t spam-click the rabbits to try and get the first one — there will be a system message that will tell you that they are ready to go, just be patient. When the magic circles appear, slowly move your mouse over a spot until the cursor turns into a pickaxe — you don’t need any tools for this, either. Just be forewarned that the clickable area is rather small, much like the elf island mailbox (FRUSTRATED GRUNT). Kill the slugs, dodge the bombs, collect the elixirs and potions, and you should be able to get at least three or four crystals per run.Happy digging!

Stolen Rainbow Eggs

Event type: find monsters and collect

Start Location: Howling Mountains

Event location: Howling Mountains, Hidden Valley Mine

Event Target: collect Stolen Rainbow Eggs

Description: Head on over to the Hidden Valley Mines in south Howling Mountains (49,85) and go get those eggs back. Collect ten (10) Stolen Rainbow Eggs from a Goblin Egg Thief. Goblin Miners and Goblin Patrolmen are placeholders, so pretty much kill all the greenies. Turn in your collected Stolen Rainbow Eggs to either Lina Wabbit in Varanas Central or Nier Wabbit in Obesdian to get your reward, and then do Activity: Petal Gathering.

Rewards:
– 3 x Earth Spirit Crystal
– 1 x Empty Magical Bag (used in Activity: Petal Gathering)

NOTE: This activity doesn’t require you to talk to an NPC to start it.

Petal-Gathering

Event type: collect item

Start Location: Varanas City

Event location: Varanas City

Event Target: drive frogs through race course

Description: After completing the Activity: Stolen Rainbow Eggs, head on over to the Rainbow Tree (~43,42) next to the spawn point in Logar. Once there “Hop” up the Rainbow Ladder until you reach the top and then fill your Empty Magical Bag. Turn in your Filled Magical Bag to Gaia Wabbit at the bottom of the tree.

Rewards:
– 3 x Earth Spirit Crystal
One of the following (random):
– Buff: Forget-Me-Not Dreamland (30% increase to riding speed for one (1) hour) [Pale Blue Petals]
– Buff: Chime Wood Dreamland (30% increase to riding speed for one (1) hour) [Yellow Petals]
– Buff: Azalea Blossom Dreamland (30% increase to riding speed for one (1) hour) [White Petals]
– Buff: Cherry Blossom Dreamland (30% increase to riding speed for one (1) hour) [Pink Petals]

NOTE: This activity doesn’t require you to talk to an NPC to start it. You may also complete this activity with Lina Wabbit or Nier Wabbit.

Bringing Back the Wabbits

Event type: find, collect and NPCs

Start Location: Silverfall (50.1, 75.0)

Event location: Silverfall

Event Target: find NPCs and collect them

Description: Talk to Kekai Wabbit to start the activity, he’ll give you five (5) Empty Pet Boxes which you’ll use to collect Lost Wabbits around the outskirts of Silverfall. Once collected, head back to Kekai and exchange the five (5) Found Wabbits for your reward.

Rewards:
– 3 x Earth Spirit Crystal

Big Egg Giveaway

Event type: find NPCs and deliver Items, find Items

Start Location: Dalanis City

Event location: Thunderhoof Hills

Event Target: deliver items to NPCs and find items

Description: Help Ayester Bunni deliver three (3) Spring Rain Festival Rainbow Egg Pending Dispatch to Egg-Hiding Wabbits roaming around the roads outside of Dalanis.

Rewards:
– 3 x Rainbow Egg Detector
– 2 x Earth Spirit Crystal

NOTE: I’ve successfully used the Rainbow Egg Detector at (54.7, 58.7) next to the Snoop in Thrunderhoof Hills. An egg basket will appear, click it and you’ll receive a Spring Rain Festival Rainbow Egg. Eating the egg grants you a random ten (10) minute buff and the possibility of an Intact Eggshell. Take the Intact Eggshells back to Ayester Bunni to receive an additional Rainbow Egg Detector for each eggshell returned.

Rainbow Egg Detector use locations: (The basket will spawn at your feet, if you’re standing at these coordinates)

Thunderhoof Hills
(54.5, 58.7)
(56.8, 58.2)
(56.0, 63.3)
(53.6, 63.9)
(56.1, 66.0)
(57.7, 57.0)

Spring Rain Festival Rainbow Egg (Random Buff)
– DoT: Rotten Egg (Lasts for 60 seconds)
– Buff: Vigor of the Spring Goddess (8% increase to magical damage for 10 minutes)
– Buff: Blessing of the Spring Goddess (10% increase to defense for 10 minutes)
– Buff: Breeze of the Spring Goddess (10% increase to magical defense for 10 minutes)
– Buff: Sunshine of the Spring Goddess (10.0% increase to physical defense for 10 minutes)

Jump, Wabbit, Jump!

Event type: find and follow NPC

Start Location: Varanas Bridge

Event location: Silverspring

Event Target: find NPC and follow him

Description: Deedee Wabbit paths close to the road by the Snoop in Silverspring to the fence right before Mike. When you get close enough to her, you’ll be turned into a tortoise and a counter will count up on the transformation buff icon. Get to sixty (60) seconds to complete the quest. Oh, did I mention that Deedee cheats? No? Well, you’ll need to stay close enough so the counter doesn’t reset while dodging traps (fear, slow, and stun) all while keeping up with the hare during her bursts of super wabbit speed.

Rewards: [36 EXP, 3 TP, 75 Gold]
– 3 x Earth Spirit Crystal
– 5 x Magical Wine (Restores 20% HP/MP)

Title: Tortoise is also a fleet-footed runner
– Follow Deedee for 150 seconds without interruption to receive this title.

NOTE: I found it easiest to dodge the traps by walking backwards in third person just in front of Deedee. I was fortunate when I got the title, because Deedee didn’t have a burst of speed within the 150 seconds. The traps and speed boosts are random, and one time I tried this event, she boosted more than three times and it took me more than ten seconds to catch up with a mount. In most cases, it will be luck rather than skill that gets you this novelty title. In my case it was luck!

Here are a couple comments from phurionx and mrmisterwaa you may find helpful:

Originally Posted by phurionx

Tip, do it in a raid. The rabbit only stuns, roots, slows, or fears one of you at a time. as long as you stay on it and in front of it, and he doesn’t sprint twice in a row you should be able to get it. Although it took me probably an hour and a half to get the title.

Originally Posted by mrmisterwaa

Well it’s definitely do-able.I got up to 138 before my sprint ran out.It’s a title definitely worth the fun.

You just need to time your Spellweaver potion/house maid speed potion/god speed/Escape Artist perfectly.

If you mess one up you will lose Dee Dee at 110 – 130.

Great Wabbit Sendoff

Event type: find, collect

Start Location: Dalanis City Entrance

Event location: Thunderhoof Hills

Event Target: find rabbit den and bring rabbit back

Description: Jessica Bunni would like you to escort some wabbits home. Choose how many wabbits you want to run home – one (1), two (2), or four (4) wabbits, then run to the location(s) whispered to you and click on the Rabbit Hole to drop them off. Return for your reward when the time runs out.

[Wabbit] whispers:

My home is near Listana Falls. (45.8, 74.1) (320×200) (1920×1200)
My home is near Behemoth Skull. (34.5, 58.6) (320×200) (1920×1200)
My home is near Milasso Forest. (30.3, 41.1) (320×200) (1920×1200)
My home is somewhere upstream of Glenraebor. (34, 21.1) (320×200) (1920×1200)

Rewards:

Choose one (1) Wabbit [Failure: 2 x Egg of Bad Intentions]
– 3 x Egg of Bad Intentions
– 1 x Earth Spirit Crystal

Choose two (2) Wabbits [Failure: ? x Egg of Bad Intentions]
– 4 x Egg of Bad Intentions
– 2 x Earth Spirit Crystal

Choose four (4) Wabbits [Failure: 3 x Egg of Bad Intentions]
– 5 x Egg of Bad Intentions
– 5 x Earth Spirit Crystal

NOTE: You will only get an Earth Spirit Crystal reward if you complete the activity, so choose one within your abilities until you get more familiar with their locations. The time required to take a wabbit home is dependent on how many you choose. The more wabbits you take, the less time you’ll have to take them home. I would recommend doing Activity: Petal Gathering before attempting this one, the 30% increase to riding speed will make it much easier. Also, don’t worry about getting too far ahead of the wabbits and losing them, they seem be permanently leashed to you until you get them home. Speed Mount Potions stack with the speed buff from Activity: Petal Gathering for even more speed!

Getting your well earned rewards

Turn-in NPCs: Lina Wabbit, Nier Wabbit, and Aywa Wabbit

Description: Exchange twelve (12) Earth Spirit Crystals for either one (1) Castor’s Package or one (1) Rainbow Egg Package.

Rewards:

Castor’s Package – Chance of one of the following:
1 x Transformation Potion Box – Wabbit
├ 1 x Transformation Potion – Female Noble Wabbit (15m, 1h, 2h, & 24h)
└ 1 x Transformation Potion – Male Noble Wabbit (15m, 1h, 2h, & 24h)
1 x Noble Wabbit Costume Package (requires an Ancient Treasure Key to open)
├ 1 x Female Noble Wabbit Coat
├ 1 x Female Noble Wabbit Hat
├ 1 x Male Noble Wabbit Coat
└ 1 x Male Noble Wabbit Hat
1 x Wabbit – Pet Box (7 Days) (List)
1 x Wabbit – Pet Box (30 Days) (List)
1 x Wabbit – Pet Box (Permanent)
├ 1 x Black Wabbit – Pet Egg (Permanent)
├ 1 x Brown Wabbit – Pet Egg (Permanent)
├ 1 x Moonspirit Wabbit – Pet Egg
├ 1 x Spotted Wabbit – Pet Egg (Permanent)
└ 1 x Wabbit – Pet Egg (Permanent)
1 x Rabbit Cabinet
1 x Blue-Eyed Speckled Rabbit Transformation Potion
Guild Resources
└ 5 x Wisdom Core

Rainbow Egg Package – Chance of one of the following:
1 x Egg of Bad Intentions
1 x Transformation Potion Box – Rainbow Egg
1 x Rainbow Egg Costume Package (requires an Ancient Treasure Key to open)
├ 1 x Eagle Feather egg Coat (Male)
├ 1 x Eagle Feather Egg Hat (Male)
├ 1 x Lacy Egg Coat (Female)
└ 1 x Lacy Egg Hat (Female)
3 x 100 Points of House Energy
1 x 500 Points of House Energy
1 x 1000 Points of House Energy
1 x Exquisite Rainbow Egg Furniture Package
├ 1 x Elegant Rainbow Egg Bamboo Decoration
├ 1 x Fashionable Rainbow Egg Vase Decoration
├ 1 x Green Rainbow Egg Basket
├ 1 x Nest Rainbow Egg Decoration
├ 1 x Rattan-weaved Rainbow Egg Decoration
├ 1 x Romantic Rainbow Egg Pot Decoration
├ 1 x Silver-Handle Rainbow Egg Basket
├ 1 x Simple Rainbow Egg Plate Decoration
└ 1 x Simple Rainbow Egg Rattan-Basket
Guild Resources
└ 5 x Nightmare Essence