Arena modifiers

Every team’s home arena has a modifier. Unlike match modifiers, arena modifiers are always active at that venue, known in advance, and part of team identity. Unlike player modifiers, they don’t travel—an arena modifier only applies when the team is playing at home.

There are forty-eight, one to each arena. The original twenty debuted with the league; the four marked S2 arrived with the Season 2 expansion, and the twenty-four marked S3 arrived with the conference split.

Graine Wetsky Arena, the neutral site for the Season 3 Final, is not one of the forty-eight. It holds no team and carries no designation of its own.

One day a week they do not apply

On Muted Mondays every arena modifier in the league is suppressed and there is no home-ice boost. On Weird Wednesdays the home side plays under the visitor’s condition instead of its own. See calendar rules.

La Conférence du Verglas

Team	Arena	Modifier	Effect
Anchorage Auroras	The Watch Station	Flicker	Random stat fluctuations hit both teams.
Barbados Barracudas	The Coral Rink	Swarm (S3)	Once Barbados scores, their defence climbs each period.
Busan Blizzards	The Frozen Dock	Whiteout	Once per game, players briefly lose awareness.
Caracas Chameleons	El Ávila	Camouflage (S3)	The Chameleons adopt the visitor’s visual profile. Interceptions surge.
Cuzco Crows	La Puerta del Sol	Soroche (S3)	Visitors fatigue at twice the ordinary rate, compounding each period. Cusco is at 3,400m.
Gander Geese	The Waypoint	Layover (S2)	Pass completion elevated for both teams.
Guadalajara Gatos	El Rincón Perdido	Nine Lives	Temporary stat boost after each goal against.
Havana Hammers	The Rhythm Bureau	Rhythm	Hammers’ stats improve per hit landed.
McMurdo Monoliths	The Remote Range	Penguins	Visiting physicality and aggression suppressed.
Medellín Mapaches	La Ladera	Brazen (S2)	Home physicality and shooting permanently elevated.
Montréal Maples	The Oldest Rink	Syrup	Home players harder to dispossess.
Nuuk Nanuqs	The Ice Sheet	Blanche (S3)	Visiting passes and shots suffer. The whiteness obscures everything.
Oahu Otters	The Lava Shelf	Aloha (S3)	Physicality suppressed for both teams. Nobody fights in paradise.
Panama Pangolins	The Lock	Transit (S3)	Visiting player modifiers applied at 150%—positive and negative alike.
Perth Pyres	The Red Furnace	Melt	Player modifiers weaken as the game progresses.
Phuket Podcasters	The Andaman Pavilion	Festive (S3)	Visitors are received as guests, then eaten. They start comfortable and end considerably less so.
Reykjavik Ravens	The Steam Fields	Geothermal (S3)	The Ravens play P3 as fresh as P1. Visitors wear down.
São Paulo Serpents	The Green Canopy	Constriction	The larger their lead, the harder opponents find it to score.
Singapore Scorpions	The Garden Dome	Fine (S3)	A physical event against a visitor penalises the instigator’s stats.
Tahiti Tsunami	The Lagoon Circuit	Swell (S3)	Play accelerates with every period. Something about the water.
Tokyo Titans	The Neon Crossing	Overclock	More events per period.
Ushuaia Undertow	The South Passage	Drag	Everything slows. Overtime more likely.
Wellington Whales	The Howling Harbour	Gale (S2)	Visiting passing accuracy reduced.
Winnipeg Wendigos	The Cold Lodge	Hunger	Offensive stats climb with scoreless time.

La Conférence du Givre

Team	Arena	Modifier	Effect
Amsterdam Aardvarks	The Floating Canal	Tolerance (S3)	Every penalty drops one severity tier. Amsterdam has seen worse.
Atlantis Amonites	The Sunken Hall	Ancient (S3)	Every player plays under the Ancient modifier. Its effect is Glacified.
Cairo Crocodiles	The Pyramid Basin	Dangerous Waters (S2)	Home wins contested physical events more often.
Chengdu Cranes	The Panda Reserve	Patience (S3)	A stacking accuracy bonus for every scoreless period. It resets when they score.
Cyprus Chimeras	The Divided Grounds	Hybrid (S3)	A random other arena’s modifier is assigned each game. Never the same one twice running.
Dakar Djinns	The Sandy Parlor	Wishes	One random event per game has its outcome reversed.
Dublin Dragons	The Emerald Pitch	Luck (S3)	Scoring probability elevated for both teams. Unevenly.
Helsinki Howlers	The Dark Sauna	Steam	Visiting accuracy drops.
Johannesburg Jaguars	Die Goue Myn	Altitude	Visiting players fatigue faster.
Kyiv Kestrels	The Golden Arch	Resolve (S3)	A stacking bonus for every period the Kestrels trail. Bigger deficit, bigger bonus.
Lagos Lions	The Lagos Continental	Traffic (S3)	Fewer things happen than either team intended. Nobody moves fast through Lagos.
Monaco Moose	The Grand Circuit	House Rules (S3)	Winning bet payouts on Monaco games multiply by the goal differential.
Moscow Mules	The Copper Hall	Kick (S3)	Each period opens with a two-minute burst of home speed. Then it fades.
Mumbai Monsoons	The Salt Pavilion	Downpour	Conditions degrade as the game progresses.
Nairobi Narwhals	The Ochre Reserve	Displacement	Visiting players’ highest and lowest stat swap.
Oman Orcas	The Gulf Waters	Depth (S3)	Once a game, all player modifiers on both teams suspend for a full period.
Oslo Owls	The Fjord Watch	Silent (S3)	Home passes and shots give no tell. Visitor reaction time reduced.
Prague Phantoms	The Stone Opera	Encore	A random event each game is duplicated.
Rimini Rinklers	The Coastal Pavilion	Riviera	Dual modifier: Dolce Vita or Sunburn, chosen at game start.
Samarkand Seagulls	The Silk Road Pavilion	Toll (S3)	Visiting skating stats reduced. You pay to cross the Silk Road.
Stockholm Sirens	The Still Strait	Lure	Visiting teams take riskier shots.
Tehran Tigers	The Alborz Den	Fortress (S3)	Home goaltending permanently elevated. The Den has not been breached.
Vladivostok Vodkas	The Last Terminal	Isolation	All external modifiers on visitors are suppressed.
Zanzibar Zebras	The Stone Town Rink	Stripes (S3)	The Zebras’ profile alternates by period—offense, defence, offense.

Notable cases

• Riviera (Rimini) is the only dual arena modifier. One of two sub-effects—Dolce Vita or Sunburn—is revealed at game start. Le Council has failed to predict which will appear.
• Hybrid (Cyprus) is the only modifier that is another modifier. The Chimeras are assigned a random arena condition before each game, never the same one twice in a row. Le Council has stopped trying to track this.
• Isolation (Vladivostok) suppresses all external modifiers on visiting players—including ones gained from The Sixth. You arrive at The Terminal stripped bare.
• Depth (Oman) goes further and suspends every player modifier on both sides for a full period. The Gulf strips everything. You are alone in the water.
• Ancient (Atlantis) applies a modifier whose effect is Glacified. Le Council has filed forty-seven inquiries. None have been answered. The modifier applies regardless.
• House Rules (Monaco) is the only arena modifier that touches the betting book rather than the ice.
• Penguins (McMurdo) is the only modifier whose enforcement mechanism is, officially, a group of spectators. The penguins are watching. They are disappointed in you.
• Wishes (Dakar) may reverse any outcome—a miss becomes a goal, a save becomes a miss. Be careful what you wish for.

See also

• Teams—every team’s page documents its arena in depth.
• The conferences—which side of the ice each arena landed on.
• Calendar rules—the two days a week that override all of this.
• Modifier interactions—arenas interact with the other two tiers.