r/Asphalt9 • u/A9Garage • 1h ago
News or Info Blackcrest explained | i tried at least
A lot of people are asking what this event even is, so here’s a guide based on the first few races. It’s very early, so stuff might change.
What is Blackcrest?
It’s a new event type, and it works like a roguelike.
You run deployments, and each deployment is a mission made of several races back to back.
You have one life to get through all of them. If you lose, you start over.
What you earn from the races gets spent on panels, and that’s how you slowly unlock the rewards.
How a deployment works
- A normal deployment is 7 races. The free tutorial one today is only 3.
- You start with max health, and it carries over between races.
- You have to keep as much as you can until race 7.
- If you lose all your health, the deployment restarts and you wasted your time.
- You only get 2 deployments per day (for free at least).
IMO, don't worry about health if you have some skills.... :)
What you get after finishing all 7 races
- Decoders
- Money
- Blue tokens
Decoders and panels
A panel is a set of 3 rewards.
You spend Decoders to open packs on it, which is a minesweeper-style thing, until you find all 3. Once you do, the panel is marked complete.
If you run out of Decoders before finding all 3, you need to play more deployments (today or tomorrow) to earn more.
Or you can spend real money - DON'T
The Money Currency: where to spend it
Money upgrades your car’s stats.
At Nexus Core level 1 you can only upgrade top speed and acceleration, so put it all there.
Your car starts a bit weak (it’s stock minus 1 star), so you need these upgrades just to catch up.
Ran out of money?
Don’t touch your BLUE SHARD tokens. Just play more deployments tomorrow.
BLUE SHARD TOKENS: DON’T SPEND THEM
They’re more important than the regular ones.
Save them to upgrade the Nexus Core, which is the main upgrade of the event. Higher levels give you:
- more rewards
- more perk choices
- more races per deployment
- more Decoders per deployment
(I’ll cover that once I get there.)
Between races
You can choose to restore health or reduce aggression (how aggressive the cops are).
I'd pick reduce aggression unless I’m really hurting.
Perks
You pick perks during the deployment. Here’s what I liked so far, but keep in mind it’s only a few races:
- Attack Zone is my favorite.
- Nitro pickups are decent. Always pick the smaller ones (2 bottles).
- 12-15 s with 250 speed is also decent.
- My Friend says Security Shield + Attack Zone is the best combo, and that from race 4 you can basically spam it since it triggers on 2 seconds of shockwave. I didn’t test it myself, so take it with a grain of salt.
Cops
- Small cops: knock them down with shockwave and 360s.
- Big cop trucks: only nitro bomb or another perk with a bomb effect works, and it takes a few hits to trigger the knockdown.
That’s it for now. Corrections are welcome and I’ll update as we learn more.