Hey $PIXEL fam! 🚀 Tier 5 is out by the devs and it is a BIG overhaul that transforms your NFT land into a real-life endgame beast. It is not a patch, it is a new layer of land management, depth of crafting and economy on Ronin. Buckle up, in case you have been grinding T1-T4. This is all you should know in a single big break-down
The Core: New Land Management System.
Tier 5 industries simply enter NFT Lands (no longer have to compete with lower levels on space). They are mounted on top of your current arrangement, so your T1-T4 equipment remains 100% safe and continues to make money.
There is a catch (and the fun) here though: Using T5 Slot Deeds to unlock slots. Get them through the Pixels HQ Store (top right of Terra Villa, next to the Barneys Bazaar). Each deed gives you 20% of your land’s T5 potential. There are two separate groupings:
- Crafting Industries
- Resource-Giving Industries
Slots have 30 days of life and expire. When they do, additional industries will be closed until you renew or erase them. Pro tip: Design your layout!
2. The Slots Renewed = Tradable Slots of Preservation.
Preservation Runes: To keep your empire running, make Preservation Runes at the Quantum Recombinator in HQ. Requires Overall Level 30+. These runes can be fully sold on the market- place - that is, in case you are short of mats or time, just purchase one of another player. Dining good economy players!
Renew → land gate (you have clicked) → rune. Simple.
3. 9 Brand-New T5 Industries 🔥.
Crafting Group (6):
- Master Metalworking Kit
- Master Woodworking Kit
- Master Stoneshaping Kit
- Master Stove Kit
- Master Sushi Kit
- Estate Winery Kit
Resource-Giving Group (3):
- Verdant Soil
- Hammeroot Tree
- Master Mine Kit
These bad boys create stuff of higher tier and give entry into the actual endgame loop.
4. Deconstruction System The New Rare Materials Machine.
This is the highlight. The Deconstructor (buffed and improved) is the old The Machine in the Ministry of Innovation.
How it works:
1. Turn any industry to Inactive at the little machine next to the Deconstructor.
2. Feed it a Hearth Fragment (drops off Hearths whenever you deposit/sabotage it with Yieldstones at Lv95+ -% chance, spam it).
3. Slot in the inactive industry.
4. wait till the timer.
5. Recall 2-5 objects typical of ultra-rare.
The 8 T5s and Silk Slug Hutch and Fishing Pond: All deconstructable.
The following materials are ONLY available as a result of deconstruction (these are T5 crafting keys):
- Aether Twig
- Aetherforge Ore
- Refined Resin
- Cloudcap Fruit
- Moonberry Fruit
- Dream Mint Fruit
- Collapsed Core (of all)
These contribute to the 105 new recipes. No longer gatekeeping you now have a trustworthy method of farming the most unique mats by re-using your own construction. Genius.
5. Massive Buffs & Quality-of-Life Wins
- Forestry buffed HARD: T1 logs now 7 XP (was 4), T5 logs = 500 XP. It made leveling a lot faster.
- Animal Care improvements: Improved T4 potion baby IV hatch rates, increased offspring drops of adult hens, math of turkey feed fixed, and Gathering Satchel fixed to 250.
- Fishing 2.0: Fishing rods have 5 levels (T1 can be bought, T2-T5 can be made). Massively scaled durability (T5 = 4,500 uses). There were already upgraded rods which converted to T4 automatically. Sushi Boats can now be eaten as well!
- Taskboard: New special T5 tasks + Sushi tasks.
- Bountyfall: First quest can now be unlocked at Lv10, with up to 4 hours timer, and new tasks have been introduced.
- Wineries replenished at ALL levels with scarce supply (T5: 30 total ever, 1 per user).
- Forge 3 can be made now in T5 Metalworking. There are higher tools/potions here.
- 80 balanced and updated recipes.
Why This is Real Endgame.
Tier 5 isn’t just “more stuff.” It is a closed-loop economy in your land: Build-> Produce Deconstruct > Get rares Craft god-tier items Repeat. Preservation Runes establish an actual market to access slots. Deconstruction is making sense to all industries you possess. And the XP buffs are quicker advancement to all.
The NFT land owners will be savoring the best ever. The free-to-play players continue to flourish since the runes and materials can be bought or sold. Ronin economy has received another rocket boost.
TL;DR: Tier 5 = new T5-only sectors on NFT land, 30-day slots that you renew with tradable runes, deconstructing to exclusive mats (Aether Twig etc.), 105 new recipes, forestry/animal/fishing buffs, and the most crafting loop till now.
Go visit Pixels HQ, grab your first Slot Deed and set to work. The HERE you have been waiting to play the gameloop.
Who is already tearing down their first industry? Discontinue your T5 plans below 👇 What is your first construction, Master Sushi empire or Hammerroot forest?