Pax Dei is one year old, and Mainframe is celebrating with a weekend-long Anniversary Boost that is already live. It arrives alongside the recent addition of horses, and it covers more than just experience. The boost runs until November 2 at 12 PM UTC (noon), so there isn’t much time to take advantage of it.
What the boost includes
For the duration of the event, every player gets the following bonuses:
- +50% Skill XP from Combat, Gathering and Riding
- +100% Grace from Daily Grace and Gold offerings
- Named NPCs spawn twice as often
The Riding bonus is a nice touch given that horses have only just arrived, so anyone still getting used to their new mount can level that skill faster this weekend. Players hunting named enemies for their drops should also find the next couple of days a lot more productive than usual.
How it stacks with Premium
Mainframe has clarified that the Anniversary and Premium bonuses are additive. Premium does not multiply the Anniversary Boost; each bonus is calculated from the base value and then added together.
The developer gave two examples to show how this works in practice:
- Skill XP: an activity that normally gives 20 XP gets an extra 10 XP from the Anniversary Boost. Players without Premium end up with 30 XP, while Premium subscribers get 40 XP (20 base, 10 from Premium and 10 from the anniversary).
- Daily Grace: the usual amount is 10, or 15 with Premium. During the event, that rises to 20 Grace without Premium and 25 Grace with it.
So Premium players still come out ahead, but the gap between the two groups stays the same as it normally is.
To make it clear when the boost is applying, the interface will show dedicated Anniversary Boost notifications and indicators in several places, including the main menu, XP popups, the Grace Wheel and the Daily Gift popup.
Still on sale
For those who haven’t picked up Pax Dei yet, Mainframe also notes that it remains 50% off for a few more days, which lines up nicely with the boost if you want to get a head start on your skills. Full details are in the official announcement on Steam.
Source: Pax Dei official news.
