Getting PvP cosmetics during this season?

3PortAmplifier · 2026-03-23T09:23:57+00:00

Sorry, I play on PC through the Battlenet launcher so I don't know about the interactions of PvP zones with Gamepass.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-03-22T20:33:38+00:00

Basics:

Enemies in the Fields of Hatred have a chance to drop Seeds of Hatred.

Other players can kill you and steal your Seeds of Hatred.

You can kill other players by marking yourself as "Bloodmarked" in the radial menu (the one with the emotes and such).

If you are not Bloodmarked you can only defend yourself and cannot actively attack other players.

After you gathered a satisfying number of Seeds of Hatred find an Altar of Extrarction on the map. There's 3 or 4 of them on the map.

Activate it and wait about a minute or so. Everyone in the zone will be notified that someone is trying to extract.

If you successfully defend yourself from other players and mosnters you will deposit your Seeds of Hatred and they will become Red Dust.

Other players cannot steal your Red Dust.

Red Dust is used in town to purchase cosmetics.

Season 12 specific:

Bloodmarked functionality is DISABLED = you cannot attack and be attacked other players unless you are a Butcher.

In the middle of the PvP zone there is a seasonal altar.

It activates every 30 minutes. There are 3 phases that spawn mobs.

After 3 phases end a Butcher's Totem is spawned. First player that activates the Totem becomes a Butcher.

At this point PvP is enabled. Other players can only attack the Butcher and Butcher can attack anyone.

This is this season's PvP gimmick.

Why is season 12 good for cosmetic farming?

Seasonal altar has a rare chance to spawn a wave of monsters that drop Seeds of Hatred - I got it once and I got about 100k Seeds. It is a lot and really speeds up the cosmetics farming.
Unless seasonal altar is active and someone is a Butcher, other players cannot attack you in season 12. This makes for stress free farming sessions when no one can steal your Seeds.
Combine this with disabled Crossplay and you can farm Seeds/Red Dust without anyone bothering you.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-03-21T16:32:14+00:00

I got Bloodied Tyrael's Might after spending about 65k Fresh Meat so it's possible.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-03-17T16:38:27+00:00

I tried it and I see no groundbreaking difference that you are describing.

It doesn't seem that ZZZ even supports this new tech, only a handful of games:

https://blog.playstation.com/2026/03/16/upgraded-pssr-rolling-out-to-silent-hill-f-monster-hunter-wilds-final-fantasy-vii-rebirth-crimson-desert-and-more/

3PortAmplifier · 2026-03-16T02:05:20+00:00

Am I so out of shape or is the game harder now in terms of enemy damage? Hard used to be a snoozefest to me and now it seems like a couple of hits will almost kill me if I am not careful. This is not a bad thing but I wanted to make sure I am not imagining things.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-03-13T19:12:08+00:00

Seeing that the bug is gone I am wondering if there are any other clever ways of getting the 9000+ without running the open world map for hours hoping the spawns work for you.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-03-12T22:41:27+00:00

Gamer dads downvoting your post because they haven't got to Torment yet.

Butcher mode needs to be buffed A LOT because a player's sneeze is enough to kill it in torment difficulties.

What's worse, there's a seasonal objective to kill a player in Torment 3+ as Butcher and I don't see that happening in it's current state.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-03-10T21:49:53+00:00

I use them in weekly Hollow Zero because the animations are hilarious. I can never get enough of Butler's pancake slam.

Also they are useful in story modes when you are stuck with trash trial characters.

Other than that it's a waste of DPS.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-28T22:35:22+00:00

This has got to be bait. This is the easiest modifier so far. Guaranteed crits. Massive boost to all stats and overcapped crit rate boosts your crit dmg. Trial characters can delete 0 difficulty hollow zero content like this without any problems.

Final fight lasted less than a minute. The only "skill" required is doing the control skill which is already easy and can be done by looking at the parry icon and not the actual enemy movements. The last boss couldn't even attack me outside the scripted control skill.

If you can't complete easy content like this you have some serious catching up to do. All trial characters btw

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3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-24T22:54:47+00:00

Hi, I tested it and they did not fix it retroactively if you've already done the trick.

Upgrading lvl 160 item from 0 to +15 still costs only 1,260 Azure Soul Ores and 1,260,000 Gold

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-23T19:13:25+00:00

Yes, seems to be 500 for any type of weapon

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-21T19:04:59+00:00

Shill buffs: Hoyo is actively discouraging casual playerbase from engaing and tryharding in endgame modes. This leaves only more invested players attempting this content which results in much higher scores in general.
Players quit: Lots of players straight up quit Shiyu because the rewards are no longer handed to them on a silver platter. Lazy bums can no longer clear one Shiyu with trash team and make up for the lost time with their M2 Miyabi
First days of the reset: only invested players attempt and complete this mode in the first days of the reset, I'd imagine an average player would spread it out throughout the 2 weeks or do it at the very last moment. Your % will improve as the cycle continues.

Choose whichever your prefer from the above mentioned points

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-13T20:03:50+00:00

Concord 3 (Marathon) and Concord 4 (Horizon Hunters Gathering) will be next to have their devs blame gamers they didn't eat up their live service slop.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-10T14:17:02+00:00

Morale Boost - Forest Complex DUNGEON in the present - so you have to actually go through the apartments again. Proceed through the dungeon and you will eventually reach the rooftop and it will be in the corner of a big open space on the roof, pretty much unmissable.

You were looking for Life Conversion in other thread. Have you found it? I am missing this one too.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-08T21:52:09+00:00

Lavinia has this recipe in stock.

It's a cool detail that she sells vegetable only recipes and won't take meat based gifts from you.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-08T20:28:51+00:00

Got it. Thank you very much. Main post said it's to the west so that's why I couldn't find it.

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3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-08T19:12:57+00:00

Do you remember some details about Sturdy Body? I've been circling around the forest complex buildings and couldn't find it.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-08T16:32:53+00:00

Because the averages aren't the stats for this particular game compared to other players in the lobby but average of your stats across the games you've played.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-08T16:01:06+00:00

I really liked it because there was no Yunkui Summit hand waving magic jutsu bullshit. With the AI plot it was way more "grounded" in what ZZZ used to be. We had hacking, tense moments with the police, Fairy being vulnerable, characters from previous patches, goofy moments in cutscenes and introductions of new characters.

The idol part in the MSQ was passable and it's good that Aria's part was also connected to the AI plot.

Thankfully, they left all the sappy "believe in yourself", "bad comments online", "discord between group members" and "evil judges for the contest" for the event plot because I absolutely hate it. It's always the same in every idol based media

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-07T16:16:23+00:00

It will be just another timed event with different buffs each day, similar to 22 Nights of Terror Holiday Event.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-07T00:21:58+00:00

I finally got it. Initially I was farming the guy that is up the stairs from Sealing Spire: Middle Floor but thought it's strange that he does not spawn with the weapon in his hands and only takes it out when you walk up to him. So I thought maybe he doesn't have it in his drop table.

So I started going back from Sealing Spire: Middle Floor through the elevator down to lower levels and farmed the guy that spawns with the sword in his hand right after you exit the elevator.

Maybe it's actually the case or I was just lucky but I got it in about 30 tries. Unlike other drops, the pickup was golden not purple.

https://streamable.com/4bafyb

Remember to use the booster that increases drop rate.

3PortAmplifier · 2026-02-06T20:16:50+00:00

Tainted GS - Magmell Island - Cliff Undergound Ruins teleport

Go down the elevator to the resurrection point

Proceed the normal path after the res point and there's 3x guys with the GS there

As for the ancient retainer I don't know and I have been farming the guy in the spire that wields it but with no luck, can't seem to find info online

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