Nine Rings

Nine Rings is a festival game found on the Shing Jea Boardwalk and available during special festivals. The game costs 10 Festival Tickets per round to play. Nine rings stand in a three by three square arrangement, and every round, one ring is chosen. Those in the chosen ring receive 25 tickets if they are standing in the center ring, 40 tickets if they are standing in an edge ring, and 55 tickets if they are standing on a corner ring. Those in rings orthogonally adjacent to the chosen ring receive 15 tickets. Every 19 rounds, there is a pause just long enough for participants to buy more tickets if necessary. With the pause added in, the average time per 19 rounds is about 3 minutes.

Playing the Nine Rings game progresses both the Lucky title (measured in number of tickets won) and the Unlucky title (measured in number of games where no tickets are won).

Statistics
The corner ring is the best option for players looking to gain points towards their Unlucky title: all rings have approximately the same rate of return for progressing the Lucky title, but the corners lose more often.


 * Each ring is the same for the Lucky title
 * Each ring rewards on average 85 tickets for every 90 tickets spent, resulting in a net loss of 5 tickets (75) for every 85 points earned for the title.
 * Standing in the center stays closer to the average than the edge and corner rings.
 * Standing on a corner will stray from the average more frequently (up or down), although it has the same average earnings.


 * The corner is better for Unlucky
 * The center ring will lose approximately 4 times every 9 rounds.
 * The edge rings will lose approximately 5 times every 9 rounds.
 * The corner rings will lose approximately 6 times every 9 rounds.

Title landmarks
The following table outlines the different landmarks for the Lucky title playing the Nine Rings game. The statistics presented apply regardless of which ring the player stands on.

1On average, 1 ticket is consumed for every 17 tickets won.

2On average, 9.444 tickets are won per round.

3The current price of a ticket is 15 gold.

4On average, 3 minutes and 7 seconds pass for every 19 rounds played.