Celestial Challenge

Celestial Challenge

Type

Instance

Zone

Divinity's Reach
(Kryta)

API

1353

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Celestial Challenge is an activity released as part of the Lunar New Year 2020.

Getting there

Talk to the Celestial Challenge Attendant near Central Plaza or the  Crown Pavilion Waypoint — .

Locations and objectives

Area	Area objectives
The Upper City	Celestial Waypoint Central Plaza Shrine of the Six Seraph Headquarters

Events

• Celestial Challenge
  • Rat's Challenge: Deliver the celestial tributes! (0)
  • Ox's Challenge: Defeat the swarming enemies! (0)
  • Tiger's Challenge: Defeat the powerful enemies! (0)
  • Rabbit's Challenge: Race to the gates! (0)
  • Dragon's Challenge: Jump to the motes! (0)
  • Snake's Challenge: Run to the motes! (0)
  • Horse's Challenge: Race to the gates! (0)
  • Ram's Challenge: Break the targets! (0)
  • Monkey's Challenge: Break the targets! (0)
  • Rooster's Challenge: Capture the points! (0)
  • Dog's Challenge: Capture the points! (0)
  • Boar's Challenge: Deliver the celestial tributes! (0)

Walkthrough

• Contributing to rounds will progress the shared event bar.
• Completing a round before the timer expires will grant bonus progress.
• Each round has a maxiumum timer of 3 minutes.
  • Races have an additional countdown of 30 seconds before starting.
• The last round may be cut short from player contributions.

Event	Explanation	Effect	Special Action Key
Rat's Challenge: Deliver the celestial tributes!	Gather celestial tributes and bring them to the collection point.	Cleverness of the Rat	Rat Race
Ox's Challenge: Defeat the swarming enemies!	Destroy enemies in the area.	Might of the Ox	Ox's March
Tiger's Challenge: Defeat the powerful enemies!	Killing 3 champion NPCs finishes the activity before the 3 minute limit.	Bravery of the Tiger	Tiger's Claw
Rabbit's Challenge: Race to the gates!	Race through all the gates.	Swiftness of the Rabbit	Rabbit's Leap
Dragon's Challenge: Jump to the motes!	Collect motes throughout the area.	Flight of the Dragon	Dragon's Pounce
Snake's Challenge: Run to the motes!	Collect motes throughout the area.	Subtlety of the Snake	Snake Tunnel
Horse's Challenge: Race to the gates!	Race through all the gates.	Gait of the Horse	Horse's Gallop
Ram's Challenge: Break the targets!	Break targets in the area.	Determination of the Ram	Ram's Advance
Monkey's Challenge: Break the targets!	Break targets in the area.	Wisdom of the Monkey	Monkey's Firework
Rooster's Challenge: Capture the points!	Capture all moving points. They can be captured in any order	Clarity of the Rooster	Rooster's Call
Dog's Challenge: Capture the points!	Capture all stationary points. They can be captured in any order	Diligence of the Dog	Dog's Howl
Boar's Challenge: Deliver the celestial tributes!	Gather celestial tributes and bring them to the one of three collection points.	Fortitude of the Boar	Boar's Resilience

Rewards

Chest of the New Year

•  Lucky Aura
  • A stack is given every round with any amount of contribution.
  • The player with the most contribution is awarded an additional stack.

• Chest of the New Year
• Chest of Fortune, consumes stacks of  Lucky Aura

NPCs

Allies

• Chicken
• Rooster

Foes

• Celestial Challenger
• Champion Celestial Armored Star
• Champion Celestial Noble Star
• Champion Celestial Swift Star
• Tornado
• Veteran Celestial Challenger

Objects

• Celestial Tribute
• Exit the Celestial Challenge
• Target

Related achievements

• New Year's Customs: (Annual) Celestial Challenger — Open the final chest of the Celestial Challenge in Divinity's Reach. This achievement can be completed once a year. (0)
• Daily Lunar New Year: Blessing of the Celestials — Open the Chest of the New Year in the Celestial Challenge in Divinity's Reach. (0)
• Lunar New Year: Favored of the Celestials — Earn a medal in each event of the Celestial Challenge. (10)
• Festival Collections: The Goldclaw Holiday Collection — Read hidden books during festival events. (3)

Notes

Bug:

The capture areas for Rooster's Challenge lag behind the indicated areas by the length of a radius. This is easily seen if you test positioning alone within (and outside) the circle.

• Mounts are disabled in the area. However, gliders are allowed.
• Players will be upscaled to level 80 while in the Celestial Challenge if they are not level 80 already.
• Players can exit to Divinity's Reach
  • By using the Invitation to Lunar New Year.
  • By interacting with the Exit the Celestial Challenge portal at the south end of the area or clicking it's icon on the map.
  • By using a waypoint outside the area.
• Volunteering to a different instance will remove all stacks of Lucky Aura as if leaving the map.
• Players need to complete at least 4 challenge events to finish one round of the Celestial Challenge.
• During Dragon's or Rabbit's Challenge players do not take falling damage.
• Defeating foes can contribute to Slayer achievements, seemingly according to the default (non-Celestial) foe type.
• Enemies do not drop loot, but can trigger items like Jade Bot Scavenger Protocols.
• You will be automatically revived when defeated, with the following message: Stay put! You will be revived soon.

Trivia

• It is always day inside the instance.
• The player who contributes the most per challenge will be announced after a challenge is completed. Fireworks will also shoot up from under them.

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Activities

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Historical	Basket Brawl
Festival activities
Lunar New Year	Dragon Ball Arena Celestial Challenge
Festival of the Four Winds	Aspect Arena
Halloween	Lunatic Inquisition Mad King's Clock Tower & Stopped Clock Tower Reaper's Rumble
Wintersday	Bell Choir Ensemble Winter Wonderland Snowball Mayhem Toypocalypse