Rollerbeetle Racing

Rollerbeetle Racing is a free-to-play minigame in which players are transformed into Rollerbeetles and compete against each other using special skills to speed through a race track. The game is only open through the Shing Jea Boardwalk. The rewards for the victors depend on the event during which the game takes place.

Game mechanics
Six players compete against each other in a race to the finish line. Each player automatically receives three core skills which become available when the gates open and when they travel through each of the checkpoints. The other five skills can be charged only by hitting a Power Up Box. When a Power Up Box is hit, one of the five skills will randomly be charged. You can only hit the same Power Up Box once.

Each player has a bar called RRPM (Roll Rate Per Minute), which affects your movement speed. You move faster as your RRPM increases.

Checkpoints
There are seven checkpoints spread through the racetrack, each of which recharges your three core skills. Take advantage of this by making sure that you use each of the core skills before crossing each checkpoint.

Skillbar

 * 1) Rollerbeetle Dash: Increases your RRPM (speed).
 * 2) Harden Shell: Provides immunity against knock down.
 * 3) Ram: knocks down adjacent opponents and provide a brief speed boost.
 * 4) Distracting Lunge: Temporarily disables all of opponents skills.
 * 5) Spit Rocks: Spit out projectiles that knock down opponents if they hit.
 * 6) Rollerbeetle Echo: Echo skill, similar to the Mesmer Elite skill Echo.
 * 7) Rollerbeetle Blast: Knock down opponent like Spit Rocks, but effect is instant and does not require line of sight.
 * 8) Super Rollerbeetle: You travel at maximum speed for 10 seconds and immune to knock down.
 * ''Note: Skills shown in Bold are core skills which recharge each time one of the 7 checkpoints is reached.

Terrain effects

 * Hills and slow inclines reduce your speed to a crawl (about 10%)
 * Water reduces speed by 50%

Specific rewards
After the fastest player crosses the finish line, the remaining players have 30 seconds to finish the race in order to collect a reward.

Availability and types of rewards
Winners of each race will receive Gamer points and either Lunar or Victory Tokens (depending on the event). In addition, the 100 accounts with the fastest race times during Canthan New Year will receive a special reward.


 * 1 The special rewards are available to characters with the fastest times, but each account can only win once.

NPCs

 * 10 Canthan Peasant
 * 10 Luxon Peasant
 * 10 Kurzick Peasant
 * 20 Merchant

Trivia

 * The gameplay is similar to that of the Mario Kart Nintendo game series.
 * This minigame was introduced during Canthan New Year 2007.