Karma & Rewards
Please find below a complete list of Karma for every Ascendancy event.
Weekend events are worth 10 karma and 1 HAP and Weeklong events are worth 25 karma and 1 HAP – however, some events are worth more or receive a bonus because of a great in-play success, these have been highlighted in red .
Non-permanent crew receive 5 Karma for crewing an event.
Referees may occasionally award a 5 Karma bonus to individual players for an outstanding roleplay moment.
Table top roleplay and table top battles set in the Ascendancy World sometimes provide a very small Karma bonus, you will be notified if this is the case.
2025 – AU28/1843
| Date | Event name, shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7th-9th November | An Icy Reception Faerie | 10 | Enemy: Chamberlains (this replaces ‘contact: Chamberlains’ from Courting Danger) |
| 11th-17th August | Created in Thirst – Dust Faith in the Machine – Salem | 30 | 5 bonus karma. This event also provided +3 mind points (which can restore a sanity), +1 influence Bastet, Magi, Cardinal Salzburg, Navigators Guild Contact: Fisal Enemy: High Priest of Bes and the Vampire Thorne |
| 9th-15th June | Kindred Essence and Birth of Extinction Both on Frontier | 30 | 5 bonus karma, This event also provided +5 mind points (which can restore a sanity), +2 influence Fort William, counts as veteran quest, contact Flash Thornberry, contact Tickle |
| 2nd – 5th May | Rumours, Bargains & Lies Archipelago | 15 | 5 bonus karma, This event also provided +1 influence Voudon Community, Erzulie Refuge and Naviagtors Guild |
| 14th-16th March | Yin Or Yang Iron Court player event | 10 | This event also provided +2 mind points |
2024 – AU27/1842
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 9th-10th November | Fallen Blossoms Thunders | 10 | This event also provided +1 influence with Winter, Enemy Totaku, Contact Pain Lord. |
| 12th-18th August | Rite of the Valkyries – Fenris Isles, Archipelago Two Wrongs… – Union | 25 | This event also provided +1 influence with Clan Eld and Clan McKay, +2 mind point and Enemy Clan Brand |
| 18th-23rd June | Return of the Betrayers Salem | 20 | This event also provided +1 influence with Duke Molleris of Bavaria & Otto of the Grey Werewolves, + 5 mind points, Contact General Anotoly Balaki |
| 3rd-6th May | Mirror Mirror Alternate Faerie | 15 | This event included 5 bonus Karma |
| 15th-17th March | Mind the Gap Player event | 10 |
2023 – AU26/1841
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 3rd-5th November | By the River Made Dust | 10 | This event also provided +2 influence with the Anunna and contact Beloch |
| 14th-21st August | Lair of Shadows Thunders | 25 | This event also provided +1 inluence with Institute of Curiosities, +1 mind point and the contact Orochi Nagisa of the Imperial Empire |
| 28th June – 2nd July | Courting Danger Faerie | 15 | 5 bonus karma, This event also provided +2 influence Winter King and Contacts with the Chamberlains to the Spring, Summer and Autumn Courts |
| 9th-11th June | A Midsummer Night’s Scream McUen player event | 10 | This event also provided +1 influence Blue Stripe Fomori and +1 influence Morrigan Followers in the area of the shrine |
| 28th April-1st May | The Moon Jumped Over the Cow Fort Manatee, Frontier | 10 | This event also provided +5 mind points & +1 influence Shaman of Black Rock |
2022 – AU25/1840
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 28th-30th November | This Old Man Saxony, Salem | 10 | This event also provided +2 mind points |
| 15th-21st August | Unsealing the Mask Union | 25 | This event also provided +2 mind points, +1 influence The 12 Elder Vampires, +1 influence Navigators |
| 29th June – 3rd July | A Perfect Maelstrom Archipelago | 15 | 5 bonus karma, this event also provided + 1 Sanity, +1 influence to each of these: Confederacy, Lord Gutter, Vaudon Community (a further +1 sanity was gained by those that faced the Samedi Horror) |
| 29th April – 2nd May | Sealed Away Thunders | 15 | 5 bonus karma, this event also provided +1 influence with Imagawa, +1 Influence with Kamabushi, +1 influence with the Tigers, enemy Green Leaf Tea Co, enemy Yamabushi. |
2021 – AU25/1840
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 26th-28th November | Splinter of the Mind’s Eye near Pavill, Salem | 10 | |
| 5th-7th November | An Amorphous Adversary Union | 10 | |
| 16th-23rd August | I Dew Like to Be Beside the Seaside Dust | 25 | This event also provided 3 influence with the Sheikh of Dew |
2020 – AU25
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 21st-23rd February | Green and Petulant Lane New Tara, Frontier | 10 | This event also provided + 2 mind points (The mind points may be claimed by each character played at the event) |
2019 – AU24/1839
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 25th-27th October | Dancing by the Moonlit Knight Faerie | 15 | 5 bonus karma, This event also provided + 3 mind points and 1 lvl of influence with one of the Fey courts |
| 19th-26th August | Checkmate Salem | 25 | This event also provided +4 mind points, all played characters also gained 1 year of age (The mind points may be claimed by each character played at the event) |
| 5th-7th July | Walking the Plank Port Maracabo, Archipelago | 10 | This event also provided + 2 mind points & +1 lvl of influence with the Water Sishe (The mind points & influence may be claimed by each character played at the event) |
| 3rd-6th May | Blood Spoils Frontier | 15 | 5 bonus karma, This event also provided + 3 mind points (The mind points may be claimed by each character played at the event) |
| 15th-17th March | Evidence of Spring near Furi-Damu, Thunders | 10 | This event also provided + 1 mind point |
| 22nd-24th February | Fireside Tales Plume, Union | 10 |
2018 – AU23/1838
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 16th-18th November | The Empty Keg Port of Saints, Archipelago | 11 | (Includes bonus 1 karma) This event also provided + 1 mind point |
| 28th-30th September | The Garden of Harmony Imperial Empire, Thunders | 10 | This event also provided + 1 influence level with the Twelve Tigers & + 1 influence level with the Keepers of the Garden. |
| 20th-27th August | Voyage of Outcomes Archipelago & Frontier | 30 | 5 bonus karma, This event also provided mind point & sanity restoration upto your current Max Sanity level, 1 Quest progression & multiple individual rewards (details will be sent by email) |
| 6th – 8th July | Khingan Eye Far East of Salem | 10 | This event also provided membership of a Khinghan tribe (for any character played), +2 influence levels with Hadana (Irtusk Chief) and + 1 influence level with Bishop Anatole |
| 4th-7th May | Stars and Stripes Faerie | 10 | |
| 16th-18th March | A Shade Too Dark beneath The Smoke, Union | 10 | This event also provided + 1 level of influence with the vampire Strommler and + 1 level of influence with the Mongrel elementals that live under the Smoke |
| 19th-21st January | Unearthed Echoes Mubarak Abar, Dust | 10 | This event also provided items and future problems |
2017 – AU22/1837
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 17th-19th November | Buried Beauty East Salem | 10 | This event also provided several contacts in Pavil, Commissar-Colonel Vaulkov, Boris Kintsev, Captain Ivan Kovalenko and Pavil himself |
| 20th-22nd October | Afterlife West Salem | 10 | This event also provided +3 influence with a person/group in West Salem (can be split 3 x +1 etc.) |
| 21st-28th August | Emergence Herrington, Union | 25 | This event also provided 1 bottle of Herrington fish oil and + 2 mind points |
| 30th June – 2nd July | Chrysalis Dust | 10 | This event also provided +1 influence with the Navigators Guild |
| 26th-29th May | Namahage Thunders | 10 | This event also provided +1 influence with the Venerable Father of Mount Toku Monastery + 1 influence with the Incredible Wang |
| 29th April – 1st May | All that is Gold Faerie | 15 | 5 bonus karma, This event also provided +1 influence with Finnlay |
| 3rd-5th March | The Old House Multiple planes | 10 | This event also provided +1 influence with Daniel and +1 influence with Abbot McUen |
2016 – AU20/1835
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 25th-27th November | Aftermath: the Recovery Court of the Water Dragon, Archipelago | 10 | |
| 11th-13th November | Aftermath: The Healing Nightmare Forest, Faerie | 10 | |
| 22nd-29th August | Armageddon the entire world | 30 | 5 bonus karma (Those attending only the weekend gain a total of 15 Karma, this includes bonus Karma) This event also recovered 2 sanity points up to your normal maximum & counts as a quest for levelling |
| 15th-17th July | Ligaloo Archipelago | 15 | 5 bonus karma, This event also returned up to 5 mind points to allow the possibility of Sanity repair |
| 29th April – 2nd May | Coronaid Faerie | 15 | 5 bonus karma (New players at this event also gained 5 extra Karma making 20 total) |
| 5th-7th February | Hakaikaze Thunders | 20 | 10 bonus karma, Players also gained 1 influence with Assagai. Thunders Characters gained back 1 lost level of Sanity. Bards gained special group edge |
2015 – AU19/1834
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 23rd-25th October | Rosan Kabar Araby, near Salem | 15 | 5 bonus karma, Players also gained 1 influence point with Prince Iosef. |
| 24th-31st August | Quae ad Gibba in Noctis Salem | 25 | This event also returned up to 5 mind points to allow the possibility of Sanity repair |
| 29th-31st May | Old Wounds Faerie | 10 | |
| 1st-4th May | Vile Core Whitewater, Archipelago | 15 | 5 bonus karma, This event also provided +1 mind point up to your normal maximum & every character got a healing cake from Merlin |
| 13th-15th March | Serpentine Skein Union | 10 | The village of Herrington was saved from Sutekh and is a friend to the wanderers. |
2014 – AU18/1833
| Date | Event name, shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 7th-9th November | Latveria Salem | 15 | 5 bonus karma, This event also provided +1 influence with Von Dumas, +2 Mind points and protection from Auric Cannon effects |
| 26th-28th October | Once Upon the Green… Faerie (Dashal Player event) | 10 | This event also provided access to Edgewater resources to fight Demons |
| 26th-28th September | The Umbra of Harmony Archipelago | 10 | This event also provided contact:Black Rose and +1 influence ‘Court of the Water Dragon’ through Black Rose. |
| 19th-25th August | Thrones and Dominions Salem | 25 | This event also provided 3 mind points, enemy Luca Raven, Ally Baron of Saxony |
| 25th-27th July | Daemonspace Salem | 20 | (Includes 10 bonus Karma) |
| 30th May – 1st June | Sins of the Father Frontier | 15 | (includes 5 bonus karma) |
| 2nd-5th May | Union Gambit Union | 10 | (includes 5 bonus Karma) This event also provided +1 influence with Navigators guide and +2 mind points up to your max |
| 7th-9th March | The Admiral Archipelago | 10 | This event also provided a 1 use only dodge |
| 1st-2nd Feb | Friends and Strangers Archipelago (Strathmore player event) | 15 | 5 bonus karma, This event also provided +1 influence Eva Medinacelli. |
2013 – AU17/1832
From this point down, there wasn’t much information available about which shards were visited.
| Date | Event name, shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 8th-10th November | Institute Library Cleaning Party Union | 10 | This event also provided a one-use library card. |
| 27th-29th September | The Porcelain Shadow Salem | 10 | |
| 23rd-25th August | The Art of Peace Thunders | 10 | This event also provided 1 mind point and +1 influence with the Imperial Emperor |
| 19th-23rd August | Simulacra Archipelago | 10 | This event also provided 1 mind point. |
| 2nd-4th August | Q. E. D. Union | 10 | |
| 31st May – 2nd June | Where the Wyld Things Were Faerie | 15 | includes 5 bonus karma for in game success. |
| 3rd-6th May | Trade and Treachery | 15 | (Includes 5 bonus karma) 5 additional karma was awarded for taking part in tribal ritual & 1 mind was regained for weakening the corrupted spirit (the MP can be claimed by each character played) |
| 12th-14th April | Finders Folly (Tallahassee player event) | 10 | |
| 15th-17th February | Revenge of Thorn Castle | 10 | Players also gained back any mind points lost at the event, but any sanity points lost remain lost. |
2012 – AU16/1831
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 12th-14th October | Nadiya Karyeh Dust | 10 | |
| 28th-30th September | The Time that Land Forgot Salem | 10 | Any Horror taint lost at this event stays lost |
| 13th-19th August | Grimm Up North Faerie | 25 | This event also provided +1 Mind Point (up to your normal maximum), +1 influence Galconder (5 bonus Karma for those that went to up to high mages seat) |
| 13th-15th July | The House that Jake Built Archipelago | 10 | This event also provided contacts with the people of ‘The House’ |
| 15th-17th June | The Guardians Thunders | 10 | |
| 4th-7th May | Wanderers | 20 | (includes 10 bonus karma) Note this event also provided +1 mind point up to your maximum level |
| 30th March – 1st April | Dream Mountain | 10 | this event also provided +1 influence with or 1 favour from Silver Cities Emperor |
| 24th-25th February | Strange Lights (Nightjar player event) | 10 | + 8 Lord’s Silver, dangerous knowledge. |
| 28th-29th January | Search for Zaz (Mal group event) | 10 | this event also gave the player the flaw dangerous knowledge. |
2011 – AU15/1830
| Date | Event name, Shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 18th-20th November | Don’t Blame the Abbot Faerie | 10 | this event also provided +1 MP up to your max & +1 to your max mind point level, + 1 influence McUens |
| 15th-16th October | Nightjar’s Nine Dust (player event) | 10 | this event also provided +1 mind points upto your max, +1 Influence Dust Elementals |
| 30th September – 2nd October | The Mandragora Configuration | 15 | (includes 5 bonus karma) Note this event also provided + 1 mind points upto your max |
| 17th September | Deep in the Black Forest Salem (player event) | 10 | |
| 15th-21st August | Eye of the Storm Salem | 30 | 5 bonus karma, this event also provided + 1 mind points upto your max, +1 Influence Izzanbard, -1 influence Thulls |
| 22nd-24th July | From the Ashes of Angels | 10 | this event also provided + 2 mind points upto your max |
| 10th-12th June | The Republic of Thieves Archipelago | 10 | this event also provided +1 influence Gov Dishwater & Gov Eva Medinaceli plus 1 Lord Silver reward |
| 29th April – 2nd May | X Marked the Spot Archipelago | 15 | (Includes 5 Bonus Karma) Note this event also provided +1 influence Gutter |
| 9th-10th April | Corrupted Fire Dust (player event) | 10 | |
| 4th-6th March | When Worlds Collide | 20 | (Includes 10 Bonus Karma) Note this event also provided +1 Honour for competitors |
| 18th-20th February | Horror in the Smoke Union | 20 | (Includes 10 Bonus Karma) |
2010 – AU14/1829
| Date | Event name, shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 29th – 31st October | Requiem of the Damned | 10 | |
| 15th-17th October | Choice of Damnations | 10 | this event also provided +1 Mind points up to your Max |
| 24th-26th September | The Pyramids of Fate | 20 | 10 Bonus Karma |
| 5th-12th August | Flames Over Salem | 30 | 5 bonus karma, this event also provided one quest progression max Elite, 3 HAP, +2 Mind points up to Max |
| 24th-25th July | Kitsune | 10 | +1 Influence Imagawa Huiansu, +1 Influence Alternate Fu-leng, free tickets to Ling Tang Circus |
| 10th-11th July | Blood Brothers (Brotherhood player event) | 10 | +4 unique edges |
| 25th-27th June | The Crystal Sarcophagus | 10 | |
| 21st-23rd May | Ancestors Scream Thunders | 10 | +1 Influence Shogun Imagawa Huiansu, +1 influence Tajima Monastery |
| 1st-2nd May | Siege! Mission: Scout Dark Riders forces | 5 | +1 influence Finnlay |
| 1st-2nd May | Siege! Mission: Gain help from Locus | 5 | +1 influence Locus -1 influence Finnlay |
| 1st-2nd May | Siege! Mission: Inform Vault of Assault | 10 | +1 influence Irondelve Dwarf |
| 1st-2nd May | Siege! Mission: Kill Greater Demon | 15 | +1 influence Finnley and Irondelve Dwarf) |
| 16th-18th April | City of Brass | 10 | |
| 10th-11th April | Gateway (Edgewater player event) | 20 | 10 bonus karma |
| 12th-14th February | The Glimmervoid | 20 | 10 Bonus karma, all players suffered a overall loss of 1 mind point |
| 23rd-24th January | Fu Leng, Transformed! | 15 | 5 Bonus karma, Note this event also provided one quest progression up to Elite |
2009 – AU13/1828
| Date | Event name, shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 4th-6th December | The Hours of Scampering Lightly | 10 | |
| 19th-20th September | Secrets of the Sand (Argent Dawn player event) | 20 | 10 bonus karma, this event also provided +1 HAP,+1 Mind Point, +2 influence Dagwah |
| 14th-16th August | Science of Murder | 10 | |
| 8th-9th August | Dream Thief (Xan Chi player event) | 10 | |
| 10th-12th July | Primal Fear | 10 | |
| 4th-5th July | Wild Slayers (Wild Slayers player event) | 20 | 10 Bonus karma |
| 23rd-24th May | Epiphany (Argent Dawn and Edgewater player event) | 30 | 20 Bonus karma |
| 25th April | Sable Rose (Crombie and Sons player event) | 20 | 10 bonus karma |
| 11th-12th April | Rage of Balor (Court of Stars group event) | 30 | 20 bonus karma |
| 20th-22nd March | Spirit Falls | 10 |
2008 – AU12/1827
| Date | Event name, shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 12th-14th December | Reality Bites (Christmas party event) | 10 | |
| 7th-9th December | Apocalypse Then | 20 | 10 bonus karma |
| 10th-12th October | Beyond Good And Evil | 15 | 5 bonus karma, this event also provided 1 small favour from Finnlay |
| 12th-14th September | Slave Island | 20 | 10 bonus karma, this event also provided 1 bonus HAP point and one quest progression |
| 22nd-25th August | Soul Purpose | 15 | 5 bonus karma |
| 18th-21st August | Offspring | 10 | |
| 15th-17th August | The Prodigal | 10 | |
| 8th-10th August | Over the Rainbow | 10 | |
| 11th-13th July | Out of the Past | 10 | |
| 6th-8th June | Collateral Damage | 10 | |
| 23rd-26th May | Unexplored Territories | 10 | |
| 9th-11th May | Man Plus | 10 | |
| 11th-13th April | Through the Looking Glass | 10 | |
| 7th-9th March | Time Fiugitives | 10 | |
| 8th-10th February | Enter Magnus | 10 | |
| 11th-13th January | Human Essence | 10 |
2007 – AU11/1826
| Date | Event name, shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 17th-18th November | Bloodlines XII | 25 | includes 10 bonus Karma + 5 more for the Sunday weather |
| 12th-14th October | Three Days to Yesterday | 10 | |
| 28th-30th September | Phoenix Lament | 20 | 10 bonus karma |
| 7th-9th September | The Pot Watcher’s Daughter | 10 | |
| 24th-27th August | Guttersnipe | 10 | |
| 21st-23rd August | The Saviours | 10 | |
| 17th-20th August | Kith and Kin? | 10 | |
| 20th-22nd July | Edgewater | 10 | |
| 22nd-24th June | Resonance | 10 | |
| 8th-10th June | The Day the Cow Stood Still | 10 | |
| 25th-28th May | The Chained One | 10 | |
| 4th-7th May | A Star in the Darkness | 10 | |
| 6th-9th April | Hair of the Dog | 10 | |
| 10th-11th March | Brotherhood of End Times (special quest) | 20 | 10 bonus karma |
2006 – AU10/1825
| Date | Event name, shard(s) visited | Karma | Other rewards |
| 9th December | Winter’s Kiss | 10 | |
| 17th-19th November | Phoenix Nights | 25 | 15 bonus karma |
| 27th-29th October | Over the Edge (special quest) | 20 | 10 bonus karma |
| 13th-15th October | Reunion | 10 |