Since Shimlar regularly resets, the game is geared towards decreasing the grind for the 8 major facets of the game. This is through various means, with the two primary ways is through Bonus Time (BT) and Personal Bonus Time (PBT).
Bonus time increases the experience, gold, gem chance, shadow chance, mastery chance, conquest chance, purse chance, and resource chance you obtain per monster kill.
Currently, Bonus Time is activated by the Game Administrators - Ladder and Alpr approximately every 2 weeks of a round length, increasing the percentage. 100% is the base amount, with 300% as the cap. For example, if a mob gives 100 exp on kill and 300% BT is active, you will gain 300 exp per kill instead.
BT Modifiers:
- Experience: Every monster drops experience.
- Gold: Every monster drops gold.
- Gem: Drop chance is zone specific, but you have a chance to drop a Gem every kill.
- Shadow: Drop chance is zone specific, but you have a chance to drop Shadow gear every kill.
- Mastery: While using your races main weapons or spells, you have a chance to increase your mastery with that item over time, gaining more power every 5 levels, capped depending on your Race and Profession. This modifier helps achieve them faster. For more information, see Mastery Training.
- Conquest: Throughout your adventure, you can come across conquests to perform certain actions to obtain rare and powerful upgrades for your character. This modifier helps find items faster to turn in for completion. For more information, see Conquests.
- Purse: Drop chance is zone specific, but you have a chance to drop a pile of gold every kill, dependent on your level range for the tier of money you get. For more information, see Purses.
- Resources: Drop chance and type dropped is zone specific, but you have a chance to drop a random resource every kill. This modifier increases how often this will happen. The core resources are Lumber, Stone, Clay, Sand, Marble, Fusion Pieces, Iron, Silver, and Gold. For more information, see Resources.
- Your BT Modifier is displayed in Battle Info at the very top.
The in-game command to view BT is /bonus.