Dungeons
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A dungeon is a special area within the game world, which is designed for several players who cooperate with each other. Portals that lead into a dungeon (or deeper into the dungeon, for dungeons that consist of multiple maps) are red, instead of blue. Upon entering a dungeon, players see a message showing the dungeon name, the suggested level range, and how often it resets.
Dungeons vary in size, difficulty, and the level range players attempting to best the dungeon are suggested to have. The dungeons currently available for playing are:
| Name | Short Name | Suggested Players | Suggested Level | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Abandoned Burrow | AB | 1-3 | 3-5 | West of Saliko |
| East Caves / Deep Mines | EC | 2-3 | 8-10 | East of Saliko |
| Hollow Tree | HT | 3-5 | 13-15 | North-East of Saliko |
| Frigus' Lair | FL | 3-5 | 19-20 | West of Ashaya |
| The Forlorn Manor | FM | 3-5 | 20-22 | West of Ashaya |
| Battle for Ashaya | BFA | 3-5 | 24-25 | Ashaya Village |
| Cultist Prison | Prison | 1-5 | 28-30 | East of Argan Village |
| Twigmoss Burrow | RF / Ragefang | 3-5 | 28-30 | East of Argan Village |
| The Moonlight Monastery | Mona | 3-5 | 29-31 | East of Argan Village |
| Space Station | SS | 4-5 | 32 | Sub-dungeon inside the Moonlight Monastery |
| The Curse of Jack's Farm | Farm | 3-5 | 29-33 | Inside Jack's Farmhouse in Saliko |
| The Crystal Crypt | Crypt | 3-5 | 36-39 | South-east of Frostspike Nest just before entering Cave to Midnight Mountain in Ashaya |
| The Blackwood Depths | Depths | 3-5 | -- | 39-40 |
In contrast to normal game-play, dungeons have several unique mechanics:
- Combat-Related Limits
- Dungeons are always instanced, so separate groups get their dungeons, and their bosses to defeat.
- You can not switch between maps inside a dungeon while you are in combat. You can, however, still exit the dungeon through its exit portal.
- During a boss battle, the map the battle takes place on is locked, so you cannot enter or exit it until either the boss or your group is defeated[1].
- Revives during boss battles are limited, based on how many players participate in the battle. A group with three (or less) players is limited to one revive per battle (for example, if another player uses a Potion of Life, or a priest uses their revive spell on you). Each additional player increases the number of available revives by one. This counter is reset after the boss battle ends.
- Player Limits
- Dungeons have a limit of how many players can be inside them at the same time. Commonly, that limit is set to five. This limit is per group, so two groups of five players can be in separate instances of the Hollow Tree at the same time.
- Bosses are scaled to the number of players present in the map. This affects how much health the boss has, as well as some of the spells they use[2]. If a group of five players is engaging a boss, that boss will have more health points as if it were engaged by a group of three players.
- Because of the above, it is generally not possibly to defeat a boss with brute force by just adding more and more players.
- Most dungeons[3] are designed for at least three players. If a group of two players engages the boss, its health will be the same as if three players engaged it.
- Binding
- Player Level Adjustment
- If a group of very different levels enters a dungeon, the levels of the entire groups are adjusted (down), based on the lowest level group member in the dungeon.
- ↑ You are able to respawn after being knocked out in a boss battle, and leave the map that way, however in doing so you forfeit any loot should the boss still die, and you will be unable to re-enter the map until the boss or the group is defeated.
- ↑ For example, the damage from the frost aura of Frostbite is reduced if more players are participating in the fight, however since all players are being damaged, the total damage dealt remains the same.
- ↑ The Hollow Tree can be cleared by a group of two players, but is difficult to, at the appropriate level. The quest part of the Cultist Prison can be cleared by a single player.
