Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage

Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage (DESS) was an event running from August 10^th to August 22^nd 2016, from August 24^th to September 5^th 2017, and from August 2^nd to August 15^th 2018.

Event Description

2016

After a giant, surreal opening ceremony we are delighted to declare the Crusaders of the Lost Idols Summer Games open!

However, as usual with huge international events, nefarious ne'er-do-wells plot to disrupt the pageantry and sportsmanship. Despite his name, Dr. Evil escaped the surveillance programs put in place by the organizers. Now he has made off with the Summer Games Flashlight, the Duracell-powered symbol of sport (and convenient portable lighting when it gets dark).

The Crusaders have been hired to not only locate the aforementioned flashlight but also protect the event. That responsibility starts with the safe conduct of two new Crusaders.

2017

The Crusaders of the Lost Idols Summer Games were so popular we've decided to hold them again this year... and every year. Unfortunately, that means Dr Evil gets a chance to sabotage the event every year too!

2018

Put on your running shoes and get to the starting line. It's time for the Crusader Games! Or, it would be, if not for Dr. Evil's sinister plot. Thwart his five latest plans, and even the dubious doctor himself might join your team. Good luck!

New Crusaders

Tier 1

Veronica, the Android Archer

Veronica, the Android Archer, certainly won't fail the doping tests, but something suggests she's going to have an unfair advantage in the archery competition. We can't quite put our finger on it. Whatever.

Her upgrades buff those around her with increasing damage based on the number of other robot Crusaders in your formation.

Bubba, the Swimming Orc

The second Crusader is Bubba, the Swimming Orc. With a name like that, it's no wonder Bubba didn't do so well at other disciplines like the equestrian trials and hockey.

Once recruited, Bubba uses his superior swimming ability at level 25 to buff the DPS of the Crusaders behind him by 25% for every adjacent Crusader. At level 100, Bubba will increase the Gold Find of every Crusader behind him not affected by his Synchronized Swimming ability by 10%.

Tier 2

The Goldhound

The first new Tier 2 Crusader is The Goldhound, who swaps with Gold Panda and noses out Gold for you! At level 100, The Goldhound unlocks Gold Nose gives you +10% Gold Find for each monster killed, up to a cap of 200%. Plus he has gear to augment it! At level 400, The Goldhound unlocks Tail Wag gives you +100% Gold Find for the first 15 seconds in each area.

Milgrid the Mining Mage

The second new Tier 2 Crusader is Milgrid the Mining Mage, who swaps with Nate Dragon and puts her dwarf skills at mining to work to benefit you the deeper you go! Once recruited, Milgrid unlocks We've Got To Go Deeper at level 100, which will increase your DPS for all Crusaders +50% for every 50 areas you've completed. At level 400, her ability Deepest Mining will give We've Got To Go Deeper a 100% boost!

Tier 3

Dr. Evil, PhD

Before the accident that turned him robotic, Dr. Evil would experiment on Crusaders, infecting them with viruses to increase their combat potential.

At level 50, the Doctor's Horrible Experiment will infect random nearby Crusaders, giving them a DPS boost. These infections become profitable at level 300 with Special Grant Money, and speed up the enemies with the Heavy Competition ability.

Tier 1 Objectives

Recruit Veronica, the Android Archer

Objective Escort a slightly damaged Veronica to area 100. Restrictions Costs 100 Participation Ribbons to start Veronica takes up a slot Veronica randomly shorts out and shoots sparks on everyone in the formation, reducing their DPS for a period of time Reward Veronica, the Android Archer swaps with Jim the Lumberjack

 Note: Veronica will reduce the DPS by 50% for 15 seconds at a time.

Recruit Bubba, the Swimming Orc

Objective Get Bubba to area 100 without letting his fans mob him. Restrictions Complete 'Recruit Veronica, the Android Archer' Costs 700 Participation Ribbons to start Bubba takes up a slot Fans of Bubba randomly attack your formation, trying to get closer to the athletic orc Reward Bubba, the Swimming Orc swaps with Artaxes, the Lion

 Note: The fans have increased health (12x) and movement speed.

Podium Finish

Objective Escort some important medals to the podium in area 150. Restrictions Complete 'Recruit Bubba, the Swimming Orc' Costs 1300 Participation Ribbons to start Must have 500 Idols to start Three medals take up slots in the formation Reward Tier 1 Crusader Games Jeweled Chest

Press Junket

Objective Angry reporters want to stop you from reaching area 200. Restrictions Complete 'Recruit Bubba, the Swimming Orc' Costs 1900 Participation Ribbons to start Must have 1000 Idols to start Angry reporters attack your formation. You have NO COMMENT! Reward Tier 1 Crusader Games Jeweled Chest

 Note: The angry reporters have greatly increased health.

Corrupt Officials

Objective Your Crusaders aren't as pure as you thought; reach area 250. Restrictions Complete 'Recruit Bubba, the Swimming Orc' Costs 2500 Participation Ribbons to start Must have 1500 Idols to start Corrupt Officials randomly bribe your Crusaders, reducing their DPS and disabling formation abilities Reward Tier 1 Crusader Games Jeweled Chest

 Note:

Every 25 areas, four bench seats fall prey to bribery and blackmail, in a set pattern. All crusaders sharing those four seats will be lose their formation abilities and do not contribute DPS. Note that this does not repeat.

Area	Seat	Seat #
1—25		(1,3,5,11)
51—75		(1,5,8,9)
101—125		(1,5,7,8)
151—175		(4,8,10,11)
201—225		(4,5,8,10)
251—275		(1,5,10,11)

Area	Seat	Seat #
26—50		(6,7,11,13)
76—100		(1,4,9,11)
126—150		(1,7,9,13)
176—200		(2,6,9,11)
226—250		(1,2,8,10)
276 and Beyond		(3,5,6,11)

Free Play

Objective Play without an objective Restrictions Complete 'Recruit Bubba, the Swimming Orc' Costs 2500 Participation Ribbons to start A random Crusader Games Chest is awarded upon reset Crusader Games Chests contain gear for the new Event Crusaders Reward Random Crusader Games Chest

Tier 2 Objectives

Recruit The Goldhound

Objective Reach area 300 with The Goldhound on high alert. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 1 Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Objectives Cost 400 Ribbons to start The Goldhound takes up a slot in your formation Picking up Gold temporarily disables your DPS Reward The Goldhound swaps with Gold Panda

 Note:

• The Goldhound's DPS reduction lasts for 5 seconds
• If the Goldhound NPC is destroyed, it cannot debuff your crusaders.
• Opening silver chests with 0 DPS will result in 0 gold gained.

Recruit Milgrid the Mining Mage

Objective Reach area 300 while Milgrid's mining machine drives you nuts. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 1 Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Objectives Complete 'Recruit The Goldhound' Costs 1,100 Ribbons to start Milgrid the Mining Mage and her boring machine take up several slots in your formation The machine's loud boring reduces your DPS by 10% for every 5 areas completed (multiplicative) Reward Milgrid the Mining Mage swaps with Nate Dragon

 Note:

• Upon reaching area 301, the boring machine's debuff will be -99.82%.
• If the boring machine is destroyed, it cannot debuff your crusaders.
• The debuff's value is based on the highest area reached, it will not be reduced when returning to earlier areas.

The Great Heist

Objective Get your pockets picked all the way to area 400. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 1 Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Objectives Complete 'Recruit Milgrid the Mining Mage' Costs 2500 Ribbons to start Must have 5,000+ Idols to start Dr. Evil's thieving henchmen take up two slots in the formation The henchmen swipe half of your quest items as you pick them up Reward Tier 2 Crusader Games Jeweled Chest

Gold Medal in Evil

Objective Reach area 450 with some uncanny friends Restrictions Complete all the Tier 1 Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Objectives Complete 'Recruit Milgrid the Mining Mage' Costs 2500 Ribbons to start Must have 7,500+ Idols to start Dr. Evil slowly replaces your formation with unconvincing clones Each clone reduces your DPS by 50%, stacking multiplicatively Reward Tier 2 Crusader Games Jeweled Chest

 Note: Clones fill in the formation slots in a fixed sequence.

Dr. Evil Unleashed

Objective Does Dr. Evil expect you to reach area 500? No, Crusaders, he expects you to die! Restrictions Complete all the Tier 1 Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Objectives Complete 'Recruit Milgrid the Mining Mage' Costs 2500 Ribbons to start Must have 10,000+ Idols to start Powerful robots attack your formation, healing all monsters and firing lasers from range. Reward Tier 2 Crusader Games Jeweled Chest

 Note: The Eviltron Prime robot has ranged attacks, increased health, damage reduction (lasts at least 5 seconds), and heals other monsters for 15% of their health each second.

Tier 3 Objectives

Recruit Dr. Evil, PhD

Objective Reach area 500 while being experimented upon. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 2 Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Objectives Costs 1100 Participation Ribbons to start Dr. Evil, PhD takes up a slot in the formation and periodically disables Crusaders Reward Dr. Evil, PhD swaps with Viktor the Vampire

 Note: Every 10 seconds, Dr. Evil disables the DPS and FAs of a random Crusader within 2 slots for 30 seconds. This has no effect in boss areas.

Experiments in Robotics

Objective Reach area 600 with only your most robotic Crusaders. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 2 Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Objectives Complete 'Recruit Dr. Evil' Costs 2500 Participation Ribbons to start Must have 25,000 Idols to start Only Milgrid, Goldhound, Dr. Evil, and robot Crusaders may be used Reward Tier 3 Crusader Games Jeweled Chest  Note: Only robot crusaders, Bush Whacker, and some event Crusaders are available. Valid Crusaders

Experiments in e.V.i.L.

Objective Reach area 650 by invoking the consonants of EVIL, with your buddy Nate Restrictions Complete all the Tier 2 Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Objectives Complete 'Recruit Dr. Evil' Costs 2500 Participation Ribbons to start Must have 50,000 Idols to start Only Crusaders with a V or L in their name may be used Nate is also available, because blowing up the world is kind of evil Reward Tier 3 Crusader Games Jeweled Chest  Note: Only crusaders with the letters V or L somewhere in their name (and Nate Dragon) are available. Valid Crusaders

Experiments in Steroids

Objective Reach area 700 with beefed-up baddies. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 2 Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Objectives Complete 'Recruit Dr. Evil' Costs 2500 Participation Ribbons to start Must have 75,000 Idols to start Monsters are extremely fast, deal double damage, and live for at least a second Reward Tier 3 Crusader Games Jeweled Chest

 Note: Monsters move at 4x the usual speed.

Experiments in Difficulty

Objective Reaching area 175 shouldn't be this hard. Restrictions Complete all the Tier 2 Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Objectives Complete 'Recruit Dr. Evil' Costs 2500 Participation Ribbons to start Must have 100,000 Idols to start Difficulty is greatly increased Quest requirements are quintupled Reward Tier 3 Crusader Games Jeweled Chest

 Note: The difficulty is the same as Slow Descent (Tier 1), but with a higher area objective.

Achievements

Tier 1

Recruit Veronica

Unlock Veronica by completing the respective objective.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Recruit Bubba

Unlock Bubba by completing the respective objective.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Beep Boop Bork

Get a piece of equipment in all three slots of Veronica.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Deep Sea Diving

Get a piece of equipment in all three slots of Bubba.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

I Participated!

Spend 16,500 Participation Ribbons starting objectives in the "Crusader Summer Games" campaign. Ribbons spent on purchasing chests don't count!

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

A Perfect 10

Position Bubba such that Synchronized Swimming increases the DPS of some Crusaders by at least 150% and Splish Splash provides a gold bonus of at least 50%

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Tier 2

Recruit The Goldhound

Unlock The Goldhound by completing the respective objective.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Recruit Milgrid the Mining Mage

Unlock Milgrid the Mining Mage by completing the respective objective.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Equip The Goldhound

Get a piece of equipment in all three slots of The Goldhound.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Equip Milgrid the Mining Mage

Get a piece of equipment in all three slots of Milgrid the Mining Mage.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Deep Gold Farming

Cap out The Goldhound's Gold Nose while you've got 12 full stacks of Milgrid's We've Got to Go Deeper.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Try Everything

Spend 33,000 Participation Ribbons starting objectives in the "Crusader Summer Games" campaign. Ribbons spent on purchasing chests don't count!

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Tier 3

Recruit Dr. Evil, PhD

Unlock Dr. Evil, PhD by completing the respective objective.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Gear Dr. Evil, PhD

Get a piece of equipment for all three slots of Dr. Evil, PhD.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Successful Experiments

Complete all Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Tier 3 Objectives.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Experiments in Free Play

Beat area 900 in Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage Free Play.

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

Lucky Infected

Infect 7 Crusaders at once with Dr. Evil's Horrible Experiment

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

The Participant

Spend 50,000 Participation Ribbons starting objectives in the "Dr. Evil's Summer Sabotage" campaign. Participation Ribbons spent on purchasing chests don't count!

Increases the DPS of all Crusaders by 1%

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