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11 Overview
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33 Lord of Mysteries is a free-to-play title with cosmetic-driven monetization. The core game (story campaign, Pathway system, dungeons and raids, faction warfare) is fully accessible without payment. Spending money buys cosmetics, convenience items, and limited-rate stash space, not raw power. Specific gacha or battle-pass details have not been finalised as of the Crimson Test.
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55 Cosmetic Shop
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77 The cosmetic shop sells outfits, hairstyles, weapon skins, ritual-prop reskins, mounts, banner frames, codename plaques, and home-base décor. Most items have two purchase paths: a direct purchase in real currency, and a slower purchase in an in-game premium currency that can be earned passively from gameplay events, daily completions, and faction reputation rewards.
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99 Outfits are visual-only: they do not provide combat stats. Some 'set bonus' aesthetics carry a tiny non-combat utility (faster sanity tea brewing, a small XP nudge on Acting practice) but never anything that affects damage, healing, or HP.
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1111 Premium Currency
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1313 The premium currency is purchasable in real money and earnable in small amounts from gameplay. Premium currency buys cosmetics, Pathway-change tokens, character re-customisation tokens, name change tokens, additional inventory slots, and stash space. The conversion rates and earn caps are not yet finalised at the time of the Crimson Test.
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1515 Battle Pass / Season Pass
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1717 A seasonal pass model is signposted but not finalised. Industry-standard expectations apply: a free track and a paid track of progression rewards earned by playing the game, with cosmetic-leaning rewards on the paid track. Specifics will be confirmed in a later beta phase.
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1919 Gacha
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2121 No traditional gacha character-acquisition system is part of the design. The player creates and progresses their own character through character creation and Acting Method; there is no random pull for new playable characters. Cosmetic gacha may exist (limited-time outfit pulls); this is not a confirmed system as of the Crimson Test, and SPARK NEXA's public messaging deliberately distances Lord of Mysteries from gacha-driven competitor titles.
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2323 If cosmetic gacha appears, it will follow standard industry rate-and-pity disclosure rules required by Mainland China regulators.
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2525 What is Not Sold
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2727 Combat power: no purchasable items raise damage, HP, or sanity in any meaningful way.
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2929 Sequence advancement: cannot be skipped. Each potion is earned through gameplay, Acting Method performance, and ingredient gathering.
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3131 Pathway access: all six Crimson Test Pathways are free at character creation; later live patches will add additional Pathways without paywall.
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3333 Story content: every Act of the main campaign is free.
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3535 Raid participation: no entry-fee monetization. Raid lockouts are weekly and apply equally to all players regardless of spend.
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3737 Account Services
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3939 Character re-customisation, Pathway change, name change, and additional character slots are sold through premium currency. The re-customisation token is generously priced, the Pathway-change token is rare and expensive (it bypasses gameplay progression that cannot be skipped any other way), and the name change is throttled per account per year.
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4141 Regional Differences
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4343 Monetization rates and currency exchange ratios are expected to differ by region in line with Mainland China and global publishing norms. Mainland China clients comply with the local gambling-disclosure regime (named 'probability disclosure', 抽卡概率披露); global clients comply with the equivalent rating-system disclosures in their respective jurisdictions.
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45+Gray Fog Test Participation Fee (Distinct From Live Monetization)
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47+The Gray Fog Test (灰雾测试), launching on June 26, 2026, is a paid wipe test (限量计费删档测试). The participation fee covers a slot in the test build for selected testers and does not unlock anything in the eventual live game. Accounts and any spending are wiped at the end of the test. The participation fee tier has not been published by SPARK NEXA as of the May 22, 2026 recruitment announcement.
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49+The live game remains positioned as free-to-play with cosmetic-driven monetization as described above. The Gray Fog Test fee is a closed-beta-only construct and is not a preview of any launch pricing.