The original Blood Castle entrance remains: bring the correct Invisibility Cloak, use the Blood Castle messenger and enter your character's original level bracket. Ticket crafting, level checks and scheduled entry have not been replaced.
How the run works
Breach: defeat the bridge army, open the gate and destroy the statue. Each run adds a blood tide, an enemy healer or an Archangel escort. Follow the objective on your in-game panel.
Recover the relic: pick up the original Archangel weapon. Cleanse it at the three altars, in order: (14,65) → (14,43) → (14,25). Stand within three tiles and use Cleanse at altar.
Control the curse: holding the relic builds curse heat and causes nonlethal health loss. Cleansing resets it. In co-op, Pass to ally transfers the real relic to a nearby participant with inventory space; solo players can use the altars.
Return to the Archangel: after all three altars, return the relic to open the decision phase. The base seal reward is now protected.
Choose: bank safely or sign a harder contract. Active participants vote; continuing requires more than half of eligible voters. A tie or no majority banks. One player decides alone in solo.
Contracts: clear a timed guardian wave. You can accept up to three contracts. Banking after a contract leads to the Warden; completing all three also leads to the Warden. Defeat him to secure the accumulated risk bonus.
Your personal rewards
Every qualifying participant receives an individual reward. Credit comes from objectives and combat participation, including nearby active support players — not only the final hit. Remaining AFK does not qualify.
Crimson Seals: secured base = 10 + 2 × the zero-based BC bracket. A successful finish adds 8 seals per completed contract. BC1 therefore gives 10 base seals; BC8 gives 24. Failing a risk stage loses its bonus, not the secured base.
Relic fragments: one for a successful qualified finish. Ten unlock the account's Crimson Veteran reward badge.
Existing BC rewards: successful active participants also receive the configured BC item reward and the existing EXP/Zen calculation. Those item bags remain server-controlled.
In Devias, stand beside a Blood Castle messenger and open Crimson Rewards. Choose Jewel of Bless, Jewel of Soul or Jewel of Chaos for 20 seals each. Rewards are bound to your account balance, not a guild.
Phase timers
Normal registration and the initial BC combat timer follow the server's original BC configuration. New phase limits: relic 4 minutes, vote 30 seconds, each contract 150 seconds, Warden 180 seconds.