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Diretide 2013 was a Halloween event that lasted from Nov. 14 Patches (latest) ← Nov. 08, 2013 Patch Nov. 14, 2013 Patch Nov. 15, 2013 Patch → Contents 1 Sources 2 Patch notes 2.1 Event 2.2 User Interface 2.3 New Player Experience 2.4 Community 2.5 Audio to Nov. 28, 2013. It featuresSpecial attraction a game mode similar to Diretide 2012 “ — Trick or teeth. ” Diretide 2012 was a Halloween event that began on Oct. 30th, 2012. It introduced a new game mode, as well as the Greevil courier. Contents 1 Game Mode 1.1 with some changes, most notably that Roshan must now be killed repeatedly to obtain the server record, instead of being killed the fastest. Special crafting recipes For recipes used in crafting cosmetic items, see Crafting. Items Item Sharing Disassembling Recipes Item Sounds Item Grid Changelogs Recipes are a type of item that were also introduced for this event.
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Videos
Stages
The Diretide 2013 game mode consists of three stages.
Stage | Duration | Information |
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Candy Chaos | 8 minutes |
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The Trickster Awakens | 8 minutes |
When this stage is over, the team with the most Greevil Taffy wins, and are awarded items. |
Sugar Rush | Indefinite/Timer | In this stage, players must Team up with the opposing team to kill Roshan.
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Greevil Taffy
How to Obtain
Greevil Taffy Greevil Taffy A strange looking candy, made out of Greevil cream and gummy vitamins. CostN/A Seasonal EventItem Active Drop Candy Charges 1 Disassemble? No Alert allies? No Recipe The Greevil Taffy is an item found can be acquired in the first two stages of Diretide by:
- Killing Roshlings (2 pieces each)
- Roshlings must be within? range of an enemy hero to drop any Greevil Taffy.
- Killing jungle creep Neutral creeps are a type of creep not controlled by any player. They are aligned to neither of the teams, and offer an alternative source of gold and experience. Neutral creeps appear in small camps (0-3 pieces per group)
- Stealing from the enemy`s candy bucket
- Killing enemies and taking any taffy they`re carrying
Other information
- Picking up a piece of Greevil Taffy will reduce the player`s maximum HPTechnology company by 7.5% (stacking). Maximum HPTechnology company will not drop below 1.
- Dying in any way causes a player to drop all his/her Greevil Taffy.
- Greevil Taffy can be transferred between players, including enemies.
- Depositing Taffy in the candy bucket will grant gold “ Play Now that s how you make gold. Click to listen— Alchemist ” Gold is the currency used to buy items or instantly revive your hero. Gold can be earned from killing heroes, creeps, or buildings. Contents and experience Main Changelogs “ Play I grow stronger! Click to listen— Storm Spirit ” Experience allows heroes to level up, which makes them stronger and allows them to learn new abilities. Experience is earned to all players, including enemies.
Fighting Roshan
Rewards
Players will receive one item for collecting more taffy than the opposing team, as well as one item at the end of the match. Possible rewards for both instances are:
In addition, there is a chance of receiving a rarer item for killing Roshan. This chance increases by 33% for every extra level Roshan gained before the end of the game.
Sugar Rush Hall of Fame
The teams who last the longest against Roshan will receive the very rare Platinum Baby Roshan Platinum Baby Roshan Courier Rarity: ImmortalSlot: Courier Buy Now on Market A unique and glistening trophy awarded to the deadliest heroes to face Sugar Rush Roshan. Released14 Nov 2013 OriginLimited This courier was given out . This record resets every cycle (every 24 hours).
Differences from 2012
- Roshan has a new skill set.
- Roshan has two new costumes - Dracula and Frankenstein`s Monster
- All items can now be bought anywhere on the map during the last stage.
- Flesh Heap counter will be reset to 1.
- Roshan is now unaffected by Hex and Root interruption
- You can now use a password to only match against other players with the same password in Diretide Matchmaking
Map Changes
Cosmetic changes have been made to the map.
- Autumn/Halloween theme.
- Radiant creep models have been replaced with Ghost The Ghost camp is a small camp of neutral creeps. It contains 2 Fell Spirits and 1 Ghost, and gives a total of 116 experience and 56-68 gold. Ghost Jungle Creep Level 3 Health 500 models.
- Dire creep models have been replaced with Zombie models.
- Rune For the runes that come with cosmetic items, see Inscribed Gem. Main Changelogs Runes are special boosters that spawn on the game map. They come in two categories. Bounty Runes can models have been replaced with a pumpkin model.
Event Crafting
Recipe | Crafts | Materials Needed |
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One of, in regular Quality: And one of (40% Chance): | ||
Cursed Recipe: Materialize Item | One of, in Cursed Quality: | |
One Cursed Quality item |
Trivia
- Valve did not originally plan on hosting Diretide 2013, but the event was eventually created after persistent community feedback.
- During the months leading up to the event, the meme "⼼ u3064 ◕_◕ ⼽u3064 GIVE DIRETIDE" was commonly seen in streams and community websites.
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