Battling Instructions

Welcome to the wonderful world of Mystical Creatures now featuring an all-new experience with Combat!

Any NON STARTER dragon between the ages of 5 and 100 can participate in battle.

There are 2 different options to battle with your dragon:

PVE- Player vs Environment where you play against a CPU PVP- Player vs Player where you play against another person

==Battling attacks: ==

Claw- cost you 1 action, you may only use Claw 2 times consecutively.
Bite – cost you 2 actions, may only be used once in a round.
Tail- cost you 2 actions, may only be used once in a round.
Breath - cost you 4 actions and 5 surges.
Magic has several options and will have varying cost of actions and surges lets go over them!
- Mana Blast - a blast of damage, cost 2 actions, will use up to 3 surges (the more surges you use the more damage dealt)
- Haste - Gives you a bonus action for the next 3 rounds, cost 1 action and 1 surge.
- Heal - Heals your dragon by giving you back HP lost, cost 2 actions and uses up to 3 surges.
- Rage - will cost you 2 actions and 3 surges, gives extra damage for 3 rounds.
- Bandage - this will heal your dragon and give you back some HP lost during the battle there are 3 options that are acquired through crafting/pve::
- Applying a Wool bandage will give you 20 HP, cost you 1 action, can only be used once in a battle.
- Applying a Silk bandage will give you 40 HP, cost you 1 action, can only be used once in a battle.
- Applying a Gossimer bandage will give you 60 HP, cost you 1 action, can only be used once in a battle.
- Critical- Each action has a chance to be Critical, this gives double damage or a double HP if healing

Dragon Archetypes

Each battling Dragon, will have an archetype there are currently 6 different types:

All Rounder

Your basic dragon archetype gains the following on level up:

10 HP
2 attack/defense
1 speed/focus

Attack Focused This archetype is focused on Attack gains the following on levelup:

10 HP
3 attack
1 speed/focus/defense

Defense Focused This archetype is focused on Defense gains the following on level up:

10 HP
3 defense
1 speed/focus/attack

Speed Focused This archetype is focused on Speed gains the following on level up:

10 HP
3 speed
1 attack/focus/defense

Focus Focused This archetype is focused on Focus gains the following on level up:

10 HP
3 focus
1 speed/attack/defense

HP Focused This archetype is focused on HP gains the following on level up:

30 HP
1 speed/focus/defense/attack

Other than HP all stats have a max cap of 100;

You can help determine the Arch type of your Dragon, only while its a baby by playing with the toys, all adult dragons updated to battle will be automatically the All Rounder archetype.

Each Toy can influence different Archetypes!

Mystical Dragon Plush Toy - Defense Archetype
Mystical Rope Toy - Speed Archetype
Mystical Cuddle Rug - HP Archetype
Mystical Time of Tales - Focus Archetype
Mystical Colorful Ball - Attack Archetype

You can you only play with Dragons under 5 days old, by rezzing out the toy and the dragon by linking your Dragon to the HUD, you do this by clicking the dragon and then the Play! button on the HUD.

You may play with your Dragon as many times as you want every 6 hours!

You must play with your dragon a minimum of 3 times before age 5 to influence its archetype.

If you do not play with your dragon it will default to the All Rounder archetype.

You will want to focus your playing with one toy to ensure that you influence the archetype.

If you play with your baby dragon, but sell it or pass it to someone else, the playtime is forgotten and will need ot be played with again, or default to All Rounder archetype.

How to play PVE:

Attach your HUD and the dragon you want to battle, you will see there are 3 pages on the HUD use the green or orange diamonds at the bottom of the HUD to navigate to the battling page.

Once you are on the battling page on the HUD you will select Monster Encounters.

Your enemy will now appear with their picture and HP displayed for you to see, for example a HAREDEW appears with a hp of 200, you will now begin turn base battling to defeat the HAREDEW by attacking them and taking all of their HP to zero.

On the HUD you will also see a green HP bar. This is your health if you reach 0 then you have been defeated.

Directly under the HP bar you will see Actions and Surges.

Actions are how many actions you have in a round, each round you will get at least 6 actions.

Surges are gained when you hit your enemy. You build up surges to use magic to help you attack your enemy or regain HP and heal yourself.

Below the Surges bar you will see 5 buttons. These are the attacks that you can use to defeat your enemy, each attack cost you a different amount of actions.

To begin your turn select one of the attack buttons, Claw, Tail, Bite, Breath, and Magic.

In the middle of your HUD is your battle log. This will keep a log of what attacks you have used, how much damage you dealt, how much damage you took, and any other things that take place in the battle.

You and the CPU will take turns attack one another until one of you is victorious!

If you are the winner you will see in the battle log, your winning streak, any loot gained, and how much XP and AP you were given for winning the battle.

PVE battles are the only way to level up your Dragon to increase its attack, defense, speed, and focus. With victorious battle you will gain XP, when enough XP is gained your dragon will level up!

Begin your round by selecting attacks until you use all your actions, once you have used all of your actions the Enemy will attack you.

Examples from the battle log:

Tawny Cliffrunner takes 56 Damage from your tail attack!  (example of you hitting the enemy)
Tawny Cliffrunner strikes with Peck for 26 Damage! (example of you being attacked)
The battle will continue until either you or the opponent reaches 0 HP.

Ending the battle

If you are victorious, you will see something like this in the battle log:

You are currently on a streak of 2 wins!  (lets you know if you are on a win or loss streak)
You have gained 394 XP for this fight!  (Awarded XP was gained from this battle) 
You found 15 AP after the battle!  (Awarded AP after the battle)
You will then have to select End Match to clear the Combat log and get ready to battle another Enemy!

If you lose, you will see the following:

You lost! You are currently on a streak of: 1 Losses!
You will then have to select End Match to clear the Combat log and get ready to battle another Enemy! 
Each PVE battle cost your dragon 5% energy!

PVP- Player vs Player

There are 2 different kind of PVP battles:

Ranked- can only be done at an official battle arena located at any official store location sim! If you want to climb the leader boards you must be doing a ranked battle

Unranked- can be done anywhere even at home! Unranked battles are more for practice at home with your friends!

There is a minimum requirement of level 10 to battle PVP, to level up your dragon you must do PVE battles.

levels 10-14
Bracket 1
levels 15-19
Bracket 2
levels 20-24
Bracket 3
levels 25-29
Bracket 4
levels 30-34
Bracket 5
levels 35-39
Bracket 6
levels 40-44
Bracket 7
levels 45-50
Bracket 8

You may only do ranked PVP against a dragon that is the same or one bracket different than your own.

For example, a level 15 (bracket 2) dragon may fight a level 20 (bracket 3) or a level 10 (bracket 1) but cannot fight a level 25 (bracket 4) as it is more than 1 bracket difference.

How to Battle PVP

You must be close to a Battle arena, wear your HUD, and attach your dragon, have someone doing the same and ready to battle.

On your HUD you will select Challenge A Player, if a player is in range with their HUD and dragon attached you will get a menu pop up with their name listed, choose the person in which you want to battle.

Once you select their name the opponent will receive a drop-down menu option to accept the challenge, if they accept you will see the following message in local chat:

Touch the Arena to start combat with Avalon Crystal!
Once you touch the arena the battle will begin!
You will see local chat confirming the battle:
~Mystical Creatures Arena~ 5/19/2023: Arena Registration confirmed, setting up battle!
~Mystical Creatures Arena~ 5/19/2023: START BATTLE

Each Dragon will appear on the battle arena and you are ready to begin!

You will be able to cast attacks on your turn if you have actions, please refer to the battling attack costs listed above.

You will see in local chat Begin your turn when it is your turn to attack if you see please wait give it a moment and choose your attack again.

Each player will take turns casting attacks until someone loses all HP, there is a progression bar on the HUD.

You may use any of the magic spells, to increase your hp or special attacks.

Battling in ranked arenas are time sensitive, meaning you have 90 seconds to choose your attack.

If you do not attack on your turn, it will forfeit your turn, if you time out a 2nd time it will end the battle and you will forfeit and loose the battle.

There is a cool down if you forfeit a battle you will have to wait 15 minutes before you can start another battle. If you forfeit battles in succession each time the cool down will increase. Time out will not apply to unranked matches on a unranked battle arena.

The end of the battle you will see in local chat ~Mystical Creatures Arena~: Winner Avalon Crystal or Defeat, unfortunately you were not victorious this battle, Back to training!

Your battle is now over and the dragons will disappear from the arena and reset for the next battle.

On your battle HUD you will see a battle log that will give you the play by play of every attack that was done during the battle, when the battle is over you will need to select End Match on your HUD to reset your HUD.

Now you are ready to Battle!

Battle Buffs

There are items that you can craft and find digging, these items will give your stats a boost, here is a list of what is currently released:

Flasks:

Flask of Water
Flask of Recovery
Flask of Intimidation
Flask of Air
Flask of Fire
Flask of Earth

To use any Flask, make sure your HUD is attached, and rez the Flask on the ground.

Click Flask, a dialog box will pop up with 2 different options. Flasks last 24 hours and may be switched at any time, they are a one time use item!

Use- Choosing this option will use the Flask as a battle buff, Flask will disappear and be added under the Flask box on your battling HUD

Recycle- Choose this option to recycle the Flask and get back half of the material it cost to craft , the Flask will disappear and your materials will be added back under the crafting page of your HUD

What each Flask does:

Flask of Fire - When enabled with an Fire Element Dragon improves Speed
Flask of Water - When enabled with an Water Element Dragon improves Speed
Flask of Earth - When enabled with an Earth Element Dragon improves Speed
Flask of Air - When enabled with an Air Element Dragon improves Speed
Flask of Recovery - When enabled with any Dragon heals you at the start of every turn
Flask of Intimidation - When enabled with any Dragon improves Defense

RELICS:

Orb of Instinct
Orb of Dragonkin
Staff of Striking
Staff of Swiftness

These battle buffs to use you must add them from your inventory, click them you will get two options:

Use- Choosing this option will use the Relic as a battle buff, orb or staff will remain in your hand and be added under the Relic box on your battling HUD, this buff last 10 battles and cannot be switched before it runs out. Once you have a Relic you may use it over and over again!

Recycle- Choose this option to recycle the Relic and get back half of the material it cost to craft, the Relic will disappear and your materials will be added back under the crafting page of your HUD.

What each Relic does:

Staff of Striking - When enabled with any Dragon increases your accuracy and damage
Staff of Swiftness - When enabled with any Dragon increases your accuracy and gives a chance to get a extra action at the start of a round
Orb of Instinct - When enabled with any Dragon increases your accuracy and increases your speed
Orb of Dragon Kin - When enabled with any Dragon gives you a defense bonus

RUNES

Rune of Water I - V
Rune of Fire I - V
Rune of Earth I - V
Rune of Air I - V
Rune of Scales I - V
Rune of Mastery

To use any Rune, make sure your HUD is attached, and rez the rune on the ground.

Click the Rune, a dialog box will pop up with 3 different options.

Use- Choosing this option will use the Rune as a battle buff, rune and be added under the Rune box on your battling HUD. Runes will last a total of 10 battles PVE or PVP, Runes maybe used over and over again!

Craft- Choose this option when upgrading from a lower-level Rune to a higher level using, a blueprint and leyline forge, the Rune will disappear upon crafting, and you will be sent a new Rune

Recycle- Choose this option to recycle the Rune and get back half of the material it cost to craft, the Rune will disappear, and your materials will be added back under the crafting page of your HUD

What each Runes Does:

Rune of Fire I - V When enabled with an Fire Element Dragon improves Accuracy
Rune of Water I - V When enabled with an Water Element Dragon improves Accuracy
Rune of Earth I - When enabled with an Earth Element Dragon improves Accuracy
Rune of Air I - V When enabled with an AIr Element Dragon improves Accuracy
Rune of Mastery - When enabled with any Dragon improves Accuracy all elemental Runes V combined in one!
Rune of Scales I - V When enabled against any Dragon increases max health

Bandages

Blueprints for bandages, as well as bandages can be found as loot while digging and battling.

Bandages are not physical items, they are sent to your HUD and you will be able to see how many you have on your Hud battling page.

Each Bandage can be used 1 time during every battle and cost one action, this will heal your Dragon and give you HP.

There are currently 3 different bandages:

Wool Bandage - Gives you 40 HP during a battle
Silk Bandage- Gives you 80 HP during a battle
Gossimer Bandage - Gives you Full HP during a battle

Once you use a bandage one will be deducted from the Bandage box located on the battling page on your HUD.

Please remember that battling is still in a beta phase and is subject to change!