World 8

World 8: Hastened Seasons

Hastened Seasons is world 8 of 10, in the expertise tier. Its rule is Season. You open it with the Sapling of the Four Seasons, made from the core of the World 7 boss (Pressure Leviathan).

At a glance

Tier	Expertise
Rule	Season
Station	Time Workshop
Boss	Master of Seasons (4086 health, 43 damage)
Core	Seasons Core
People	Ephemeral
Way in	Sapling of the Four Seasons: 1 Leviathan Core, 4 Pressure Pearl, 8 Abyssal Salt
Variants	Lingering Seasons (calm), Racing Seasons (wild)
Atmosphere	The light changes with the season every two minutes: pink with petals in spring, golden with pollen in summer, amber with falling leaves in autumn, blue with snow in winter
Surge	Season Rush
Travelling merchant	Passing Ephemeral

Opening the world

• Recipe of the Sapling of the Four Seasons (Matrix Workbench, after the World 7 boss (Pressure Leviathan) is defeated): 1 Leviathan Core, 4 Pressure Pearl, 8 Abyssal Salt.
• Rite: Plant it on grass or dirt. It opens at dawn or dusk on the overworld clock (time 22500 to 1500, or 11500 to 13500). See The way into each world.
• Arrival: a Threshold platform at the centre of your group's parcel. The boss arena is 160 blocks south (positive Z).

Terrain

Forest terrain (birch and oak, flowers, pumpkins) with Chrono Grass and Hourstone. The world runs on its own fast clock.

Block	Type	Drops
Chrono Grass	Soft (shovel)	itself
Hourstone	Stone (pickaxe)	itself
Temporal Sand Block	Soft (shovel)	itself
Season Ore	Ore (pickaxe, correct tool needed)	Season Fragment

The rule: Season

Hastened time and seasons.

• World 8 runs on its own clock, which advances 2.5 ticks per game tick on average. A full day and night lasts 9600 ticks, 8 minutes.
• Seasons follow the game time: each lasts 2400 ticks (2 minutes), in the order spring, summer, autumn, winter.
• Summer gives Hunger I, winter gives Slowness I. Spring and autumn have no effect on the player.
• A Season Preserve protects you from season effects for 2 minutes.
• An Hourglass pauses the fast clock for the whole world for 90 seconds. The seasons keep turning.
• Seasonal Creatures and Hour Keepers change their effect with the season.

Creatures

Creatures spawn naturally in the world (regular ones in groups of 1 to 3, swarms in groups of 2 to 4, elites alone and rarer) and from spawners in combat structures. See the Bestiary for all fifty.

Creature	Health	Damage	Traits	Behavior (as coded)	Drops
Seasonal Creature	180	21.5	-	Every 5 s within 5 blocks applies the season's effect: spring Poison, summer Weakness, autumn Slowness, winter Hunger.	Season Fragment (60%)
Hourglass Elder	245	17.9	-	Within 7 blocks: Slowness II and Mining Fatigue II.	Temporal Sand (60%)
Dusk Shade	196	25.1	-	Plain melee attacker.	Temporal Sand (60%)
Child of Minutes	114	14.3	-	Every 5 s grows by 10% (up to 1.8x) and its damage rises by 8%.	Season Fragment (60%)
Hour Keeper	368	28.7	elite	Every 5 s within 5 blocks applies the season's effect: spring Poison, summer Weakness, autumn Slowness, winter Hunger.	Temporal Sand (100%, 1-2)

Items

Item	Kind	Rarity (souls)	Effect
Temporal Sand	dust	rare (10)	Base of World 8 gear.
Season Fragment	gem	epic (30)	The Seismic Stake (World 9).
Hourglass	hourglass	epic (30)	Slows the world cycle. In code: Right-click: pauses the World 8 fast clock for 90 s. 5 min cooldown.
Season Preserve	consumable	common (1)	Protects from the current season. In code: Right-click: immune to season effects for 2 minutes.
Scythe of Seasons	weapon	epic (30)	Sword-type weapon, about 28 attack damage. Gets a random class when crafted.
Seasonal Helmet	armor	epic (30)	5 armor, 3 toughness, +2 max health
Seasonal Chestplate	armor	epic (30)	10 armor, 3 toughness, +6 max health
Seasonal Leggings	armor	epic (30)	7 armor, 3 toughness, +5 max health
Seasonal Boots	armor	epic (30)	4 armor, 3 toughness, +2 max health
Season Jam	food	common (1)	Protection from the season for 3 minutes. Food: 6 hunger, 0.8 saturation, always edible.

The Sapling of the Four Seasons and the Hidden Doll 8 are listed on the Items page.

Station: Time Workshop

Accepts recipes at dawn and dusk. Crafted at the Matrix Workbench from 2 Clock (vanilla), 6 Abyssal Salt, 1 Pressure Pearl (World 7 boss defeated).

How it works: Accepts recipes only at dawn (time 22500 to 1500) or dusk (11500 to 13500) on the clock of the world it stands in. Inside World 8 that clock runs two and a half times faster.

Output	Ingredients	Unlocked
Hourglass	6 Temporal Sand, 2 Glass (vanilla), 1 Season Fragment	Always
Season Preserve x3	1 Season Fragment, 3 Glass Bottle (vanilla)	Always
Season Jam x2	4 Sweet Berries (vanilla), 1 Temporal Sand	Always
Scythe of Seasons	8 Temporal Sand, 1 Stick (vanilla)	Always
Seasonal Helmet	5 Temporal Sand	Always
Seasonal Chestplate	8 Temporal Sand	Always
Seasonal Leggings	7 Temporal Sand	Always
Seasonal Boots	4 Temporal Sand	Always
Wreath of Seasons	2 Season Fragment, 6 Temporal Sand, 1 Season Preserve	Always

Every weapon, tool and armor piece crafted here gets a random class (see Equipment classes).

Boss: Master of Seasons

4086 health, 43 damage, phases at 66% and 33% of its health. Summon it with the Arena Altar. It drops Seasons Core, and every player within 64 blocks gets 100 souls and credit for the kill.

Attack	What the code does
Light: Seasonal Strike	Frontal strike: 60% damage within 3.2 blocks.
Medium: Seasonal Ground	Seasonal ground at the aimed spot: 70% damage within 4 blocks.
Signature: Season Shift	A season cloud of radius 7 (Poison, Slowness, Weakness or Wither, changing every 10 seconds) plus a ground shockwave of radius 8.
Final phase: Overlapping seasons	Phase change only.

Full mechanics, timings and multiplayer scaling: Bosses. Its animations, attack by attack: Boss attacks.

Structures

Eleven structure types generate in this world (the eleventh since 0.4.0). Each is built procedurally from a layout and the world's palette.

Structure	Role	Size	Rarity	Layout	Frequency	Contents
Hastened Town	combat	large	rare	city	about one per 42 x 42 chunks	a mob spawner (a regular creature of the world) and a loot chest
Aging Ruin	combat	medium	common	ruin	about one per 18 x 18 chunks	a mob spawner (a regular creature of the world) and a loot chest
Giant Clock	combat	large	rare	clock	about one per 42 x 42 chunks	a mob spawner (a regular creature of the world) and a loot chest
Greenhouse of Seasons	exploration	medium	common	garden	about one per 18 x 18 chunks	two loot chests
Frozen Garden	exploration	medium	common	shrine	about one per 18 x 18 chunks	two loot chests
Ephemeral Camp	exploration	small	common	camp	about one per 18 x 18 chunks	two loot chests
Solar Observatory	story	medium	unique	tower	about one per 64 x 64 chunks	a chest with a Journal Page, and a painted frieze
Library of Ages	story	large	unique	library	about one per 72 x 72 chunks	a chest with a Journal Page, and a painted frieze
Dusk Market	utility	large	rare	market	about one per 42 x 42 chunks	a member of the world's people
Time Tomb	secret	small	unique	vault	about one per 64 x 64 chunks	a chest with a Journal Page and the world's Hidden Doll
Ephemeral Caravan	utility	medium	rare	caravan	about one per 34 x 34 chunks	a member of the world's people and a common chest

World events

While you are here, now and then (see World events):

• Invasion: three waves of the world's creatures, the last led by a glowing warlord, one of its elites; beat it within four minutes for a reward chest and 80 souls each.
• Surge: Season Rush. For two minutes the world's rule bites twice as hard. On top of it: Hunger, slowness and weakness come and go (a Season Preserve protects you). Weather it for 15 souls.
• Travelling merchant: Passing Ephemeral, for five minutes: Hourglass for 10 Temporal Sand, Shell Shard for 2 Season Fragment, Wreath of Seasons for 8 Temporal Sand (each trade twice).

People: Ephemeral

Hour sellers and archivists who live a whole life in one accelerated day. They spawn naturally in small numbers and one stands in every utility structure of the world. Prices drop by 10% at karma +25 and rise by 10% at karma -25; at karma -50 or lower they refuse to trade one time in three (see Souls and karma).

They want	They give
Temporal Sand x4	Season Preserve x2
Season Fragment x1	Season Jam x3

Quests

Available once World 8 is open (that is, once the World 7 boss (Pressure Leviathan) is defeated). See Quests.

Quest	Type	Description	Objective as coded	Reward
Four Seasons	Guide	Live through a full cycle.	Carry 4 Season Fragment (counted from your inventory, not taken)	8 Season Preserve
Stop the Instant	Guide	Use an hourglass.	Use Hourglass 1 time(s)	40 souls
A Life in a Day	People	Help an Ephemeral before nightfall.	Carry 8 Temporal Sand (counted from your inventory, not taken)	1 Season Fragment
The Archives	People	Find 5 books of the library.	Carry 1 Journal Page (counted from your inventory, not taken)	1 Journal Page
The Hour Seller	Karma	Give an Ephemeral its time back (+5) or buy it (-5).	Choose Help (+5 karma) or Betray (-5 karma) in the Journal	50 souls
Out of Season	Challenge	Defeat an Hour Keeper.	Kill 1 Hour Keeper	Title: Out of Time

Achievements

Achievement	Type	Description	How it unlocks in the code	Reward
Counted Time	progress	Open World 8.	Enter World 8.	5 souls
Suspended Instant	progress	Use an hourglass.	Use an Hourglass.	5 souls
End of Season	progress	Defeat the Master of Seasons.	Land the killing blow on Master of Seasons.	5 souls
Every Season	explore	See the 4 seasons.	Spend time in World 8 during all four seasons.	10 souls
Lost Hours	explore	Visit the 10 structure types.	Step inside all 10 structure types of this world.	10 souls
Old Papers	explore	Find the 5 Journal pages.	Collect the 5 Journal Pages of this world.	10 souls
Right on Time	combat	Defeat an Hour Keeper.	Land the killing blow on Hour Keeper.	-
Four Times Victor	combat	Hit the Master in every season.	Hit the Master of Seasons in each of the four seasons during one fight.	-
Grandpa	hidden	Watch a Child of Minutes grow old.	Let a Child of Minutes that targets you grow to full size.	-
Faded Doll	hidden	Find the hidden doll of the world.	Have Hidden Doll 8 in your inventory.	-

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