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Rollerbeetle Racing
This article is about the arena. For the outpost, see Rollerbeetle Racing (outpost).
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| Region | The Jade Sea |
| Victory condition | 1st to finish |
| Party size | 1 |
| Allowed levels | Any |
| Priest/Obelisk | No |
| Effect | Rollerbeetle Racer Water |
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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.
Bug.The scoreboard lists the top three players in the wrong order at Checkpoint 2 and and again at the bridges after Checkpoint 5, probably due to the game's inability to distinguish vertical distances (see: Z-axis).Skills
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Bug.If you encounter any change of speed after activating Rollerbeetle Dash — even by Ram or Water ending — you risk gaining no benefit for the remainder of the duration.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.
| Order | Gamer points | # of tokens | Balthazar faction |
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| First place | 7 | 7 | 50 for winning 50 for a flawless victory 50 for five consecutive wins |
| Second place | 5 | 5 | 
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| Third place | 3 | 3 |
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| Fourth place | 2 | 2 |
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| Fifth & Sixth place | 1 | 1 |
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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.
| Event | Race reward | Fastest 100 accounts1 |
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| Birthday Celebration | Victory Tokens |
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| Canthan New Year | Lunar Tokens | Miniature Greased Lightning |
| Dragon Festival | Victory Tokens |
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- 1 The special rewards are available to characters with the fastest times, but each account can only win once.
NPCs
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10 Canthan Peasant
- 10 Luxon Peasant
- 10 Kurzick Peasant
- 20 Merchant
Notes
- Players start out with 600,000 points and lose 1,000 for each second that has elapsed.
- If your score drops to 0 (i.e. by taking more than 10 minutes to finish), you will be ejected (regardless of your placement in the race).
- Sync enters are sometimes organized between players who wish only to grab the fastest times and not impede others.
- Rubber-banding is a common issue in Rollerbeetle Racing.
- You cannot mouse-click move while you are under the effects of Rollerbeetle Racer.
Anomaly.If you resign or leave your team, which consists of only you, you gain dishonorable points. Bug.Sometimes after clicking Enter Battle, the battle will load then abort. You will then be sent back to the staging area and given dishonor points for leaving early. This usually happens when you load into the game after the match has already begun.See also
Trivia
- The gameplay is similar to that of the Mario Kart Nintendo game series.
- This minigame was introduced during Canthan New Year 2007.
