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Ice Wind Valley — Guild Throne Siege

Ice Wind Valley is a guild-against-guild siege fought in Devias. Guilds register in the half hour before the battle; when it starts, every registered player is pulled into Devias and the guilds fight over a single throne inside Ice Wind Castle. The first guild to hold the throne for 120 seconds in total wins, and its guild master is paid in WCoin and Goblin Points.

It runs every day at 19:30 (server time — the same clock as the event timer on play.muonline.eu). Registration is free, and a guild of just 1 player is allowed in.

Event at a Glance

Property	Value
Days	Every day
Registration	19:00 – 19:29 (29 minutes)
Battle	19:30 – 20:00 (30 minutes, or until a guild wins)
Who registers	The guild master, with /regicewind
Guild size	1 to 30 members
Registration cost	Free
Map	Devias — castle area (207,203) to (242,239)
To win	Hold the throne for 120 seconds in total
Who may sit	Anyone in a registered guild — master, assistant or member

Timeline

Time	What happens
19:00	Registration opens. Guild masters type /regicewind.
19:29	Registration closes. A 30-second countdown is announced.
19:30	Every member of a registered guild is moved to Devias — from any map and the battle begins.
—	The first guild to reach 120 seconds on the throne wins; the event ends immediately.
20:00	If nobody has won by now, the battle ends.

How to Register

Only the guild master can register, and only during the registration window. Stand anywhere in the game and type:

/regicewind

You will see "Your guild has applied for Ice Wind Siege". The other messages you might get:

Message	What it means
You need to be a Guild Master to register	Only the master can type the command.
Minimum Guild members to register is 1	Your guild is too small.
Maximum guild members allowed in a guild is 30	Your guild has more than 30 members and cannot register. Big guilds need to trim down first.
Ice Wind Registration is over	You are past 19:29.
Your guild is already registered	Nothing to do — you are in.

The Battle

At 19:30 everyone in a registered guild is teleported to Devias town (197,35). From there it is a run across the map to Ice Wind Castle (see the map above) — the area from (207,203) to (242,239).

Rule	Detail
Sit on the throne	Your guild's seat time counts up while one of you sits there. Reach 120 seconds and you win.
Get knocked off	You have 60 seconds to get back on. The game tells you how long is left.
Taking the seat from another guild	You cannot sit straight away — the previous guild's 60-second window has to run out first. Kill them and hold the area.
Players who did not register	They are made invisible and cannot interfere — only registered guilds take part.
The "Devias 3" warp	Blocked during the event. It lands right at the castle gate, so nobody can skip the run.
After you win	The winning guild wears a flame effect as castle owners.

Rewards

Who	Coins	Buff	Reward bag
Winning guild master	5 000 WCoin + 5 000 Goblin Points	Scroll of Quickness (attack speed +15) for 60 minutes	Yes
Winning guild members	1 000 WCoin + 1 000 Goblin Points shared between the members who took part	Potion of Blessing (attack power +15%) for 60 minutes	Yes
Everyone else who took part	—	Potion of Blessing (attack power +15%) for 60 minutes	Yes

What is in the reward bag

All three bags are the same. The bag gives an item 10% of the time; otherwise it pays 1 400 zen. When it does give an item, it picks a group by these weights:

Share of item drops	Per bag	Items	Examples
40.3%	4.03%	52	Great Dragon Armor, Destroy Armor, Dark Soul Helm, Bright Helmet, Primal Helmet, Titan Gunner Helmet, …
30.4%	3.04%	23	Great Dragon Helm, Divine Helm, Great Dragon Pants, Rune Divine Pants, Destroy Pants, Great Dragon Gloves, …
13.2%	1.32%	3	Imp, Jewel of Chaos, Symbol of Kundun
11.2%	1.12%	5	Jewel of Bless, Jewel of Life, Jewel of Creation, Jewel of Chaos, Jewel of Soul
3.3%	0.33%	47	Great Reign Crossbow, Archangel's Absolute Magic Gun, Rune Blade, Blast Hammer, Archangel's Absolute Hammer, Blast Shield, …
1.4%	0.14%	75	Dragon Knight Helm, Phoenix Soul Helmet, Dragon Knight Armor, Stormwinger Armor, Fidelity Armor, Saint Armor, …
0.2%	0.02%	44	Explosion Blade, Phoenix Soul Star, Sword Breaker, Dragon Blade, Paring Short Sword, Constant Shield, …
<0.1%	<0.01%	230	Dark Breaker, Thunder Blade, Piercing Blade Glove, Rune Blade, Absolute Lance of the Arch., Archangel Absolute Claws, …

The coins and buff are the real prize; treat the bag as a small bonus.

Notes

A one-man guild can win

The minimum guild size is 1. If only one guild registers, it walks to the throne unopposed — on 17 September a single guild registered and had won within four minutes of the start. Register every day: it is free.

Be in the guild when the battle starts

At 19:30 the members of every registered guild are moved in. You do not need to be in Devias — you are pulled in from wherever you are.

Guilds over 30 members cannot enter

This catches big guilds out. Check your member count before 19:00.

Bring your fastest character to the throne

The battle is a race from Devias town to the castle. Once someone sits, the clock only needs 120 seconds — being first matters more than having the biggest army.

Everyone else is invisible

Unregistered players cannot see or attack you, so there is no third-party interference — only the guilds that registered.

Schedule, rules and rewards read straight from the live MuEurope server files — Plugins/IceWindValley.xml, the Event_IWC reward bags and BuffEffectManager.xml — and checked against the server log of a real event. Map rendered from the Season 21 client. MU Online game assets © Webzen Inc.