New Reno Wars

That small teal dot just north-west of New Reno is where you join New Reno Wars.

New Reno Wars is a daily event added in Patch 3.5.

The event allows participating players to temporarily ally with one of New Reno's infamous crime families (Bishops, Mordinos, Salvatores, or Wrights; assigned at random) and help them gain control of the city.

The event rewards reputation points that can be later used in one of the weekly War Events, or spent in Reno to purchase family-specific weapons (Mordino Taser, Bishop MG, Salvatore Rocket Launcher, Wright Colt) and armor, as well as 24-hour temporary buffs that can give you 3 bonus APs (Mordinos), double your XP gain rate (Bishops), increase your DTs by 3 (Salvatores), or increase your hit points by 35 (Wrights).

Participating in three consecutive New Reno Wars events will additionally increase your reputation with all 4 of the families by 10 and give you a random New Reno blessing if you don't already have one; you can use the ~checkbless command to see if you have any active blessing and the ~removebless command to discard it (having an active blessing will prevent you from receiving another). Joining New Reno Wars also upgrades your chance of receiving a T2 War Event Stat by 15% for 30 hours, which is a separate buff unrelated to blessings.

Participating in New Reno Wars is one of the daily quests.

The duration of the event depends on the number of participants. If fewer than 5 players are present, the event will only last 20 minutes. If there are 5 to 7 players, it will last 30 minutes, and if there are 8 or more players, it will be extended to 40.

FOnline 3 Discord Server has an #eventlog thread dedicated to tracking New Reno Wars and War Events.

Schedule

The recruitment phase begins:

• Monday: 22:00 UTC
• Tuesday: 21:00 UTC
• Wednesday: 18:00 UTC
• Thursday: 16:00 UTC
• Friday: 13:00 UTC
• Saturday: 15:55 UTC
• Sunday: 11:55 UTC and 17:55 UTC

The actual event starts 20 minutes after the times shown.

Check this discord message to see the schedule displayed in your local time.

Gameplay

New Reno Wars in progress

The objective of New Reno Wars is to capture and hold control points, represented by flags. You left-click a flag to begin securing the control point. You must remain within the flag's range (shown when you mouse over it) for the entire duration of that process. In the top-center portion of the screen, there are two trackers: the upper one tracks the current score of the four teams; the one immediately below it counts down the time left until the event ends. In the top-right corner, there is an indicator showing your current capture points, which can be spent to upgrade your gear by talking to the NPC at the respawn point. In the bottom-left corner, the current progress of the control process is being updated in real time; in this case, the Mordino family is defending a control point they already secured, and the Wrights family is attempting to capture a neutral control point. In the image, you can see two indicators: purple, indicating that a point is available to be captured, and red, indicating it's being actively contested.

New Reno Wars flags, representing (from left to right): the Salvatores, the Bishops, the Mordinos, the Wrights. The fifth (white) flag is neutral.

In the course of the event, you will encounter five different flags that indicate the current status of a control point: Controlled by the Salvatores: Bluish Purple Anemone, with an MFC in the top left and the word "Salvatore" written across the bottom half, left-to-right ascending. Controlled by the Bishops: Beagle Brown, with a horizontally-positioned half-full jet canister, slightly tilted to the left, applicator to the left. Controlled by the Mordinos: Brilliant Lavender, with two "Little Jesus" knives crossed behind a skull in the middle. Controlled by the Wrights: Summer Resort yellow, with a left-facing eyeball. Neutral: White, usually accompanied by a purple indicator meaning that it can be captured.