The Kingdom of the Winds is a long-running online game celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. With a major event underway to mark the occasion, I decided to try the new 흑화랑 class.

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Its well-structured schedule of daily and weekly content follows current gaming trends, and I felt it had become a good fit for steady, long-term play. “Marathon Online” would be a fitting nickname.

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Recently, The Kingdom of the Winds launched “Baram Sports Day” to celebrate Family Month. Inspired by that familiar fixture of school life, the event features a variety of minigames to play and rewards to earn. Here are my impressions after trying it myself.

Family Month: Baram Sports Day

Baram Sports Day runs from May 7 to Wednesday, June 3. It features four events: Cheerful Soccer, Obstacle Race, Color Stone Flip, and Precarious Platforms, with new team competitions and championships opening in weeks 2–4.

Joining is simple. Just click the Sports Day event in the event menu at the bottom of the screen.

First, you need to register a representative character. Keep in mind that you can register only once per account and cannot change your selection afterward.

Around the Sports Grounds

Traveling to the event area takes you to the sports grounds, where plenty of players have gathered.

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A running track circles the soccer field at the center.

At the bottom of the grounds is the main gate of The Kingdom of the Winds School, which opened on April 5, 1996. A 30th-anniversary banner hangs above the gate.

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Pass through the main gate, and the ice cream vendor is there to welcome you.

The dirt path to the right takes you past lovely cherry blossoms and a variety of people.

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The balloon-carrying Turtle Trading Company owner offers a range of prizes in exchange for Sports Day Coins. At the Turtle Trading Company cart beside him, you can receive cotton candy that grants 300% EXP twice a week.

왈숙 has opened a snack stand using a truck that the Turtle Trading Company owner reportedly brought from far away. For just 1,000 jeon, you can buy nostalgic street food, snacks, and drinks. They have no special effects, but the one-line comments that appear each time you eat something are a small pleasure.

Cleanup leader 두휘광 rewards you with Sports Day Coins for helping collect at least 30 pieces of litter each week.

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He also hints that a total of 10 treasure notes are hidden around the school grounds.

Nearby, a Thinking Squirrel statue and a cherry tree with a heart-shaped opening for photos looked like good spots for screenshots with your partner.

You can also earn Sports Day Coins by answering questions from study leader 퀴순이. These spring-themed quizzes ask you to guess words from their initial Korean consonants, making them easy to answer even if you are unfamiliar with The Kingdom of the Winds.

Elsewhere, everyone was enjoying sports day in their own way: a family eating packed lunches on a picnic mat, a young child having ice cream with a dog, children cheering enthusiastically, and Principal 도호귀인 delivering a speech.

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It brought back childhood memories, and the care that had gone into preparing it really showed.

Playing the Sports Day Events

You can start Precarious Platforms by speaking to recreation leader 대럼쥐.

The goal is to step on every blue tile at least once while avoiding the red tiles. Stepping on red tiles five times ends the game. On the Abyss difficulty added in week 2, the game ends after four mistakes, while Challenge mode ends after just three. Each step up in difficulty adds to the tension.

To start the other three events, speak to sports leader 따따봉.

Cheerful Soccer places players in 2:2 team matches, with Shoot, Pass, Tackle, and Dash skills available. Holding down Shoot lets you take a long-range shot, so facing the opponent with the ball is important when defending. I enjoyed its classic soccer-game feel.

Color Stone Flip uses 1:1 matchmaking, with victory going to whoever has more stones in their color when time runs out. Approach a stone and use a basic attack to flip it to your color. Items appear periodically that protect your stones, steal your opponent’s stones, or briefly paralyze your opponent.

In Obstacle Race, you use the Jump Over skill to clear obstacles on your way to the finish line.

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The key is to time your jump from one tile before a hurdle. You need to clear every hurdle, cone, soccer ball, and protruding rock, but pass straight through balloons without jumping. Only hurdles appear in individual mode, though; the other obstacles seemed to appear only in competitive mode.

Playing these four events earns you Sports Day Points regardless of whether you win or lose. A win does, of course, earn you a little more.

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Once you have collected at least 20 points, take them to student council president 신바람 to receive Sports Day Coins.

Closing Thoughts

That wraps up my look at the Family Month Baram Sports Day event in The Kingdom of the Winds.

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You can enjoy the minigames with friends, too. Speak to the podium attendant to take a commemorative screenshot on the first-place podium. If you have been away for a while, this is a good opportunity to log back in and make some memories.