Plot Coverage: The Faeries' Ruin

Step 3 - Into The Fray

(You can no longer do this step.)
October 13th, 10:36pm NST: The battle has finally come to an end. Though the heroes of Neopia are battered and exhausted from their lengthy fight, the wraiths have been forced into retreat... for now.

Head over to the battle page for battle updates and overall stats, then head to the Battledome.

Your Goal For This Step

Defeat as many enemies as possible! If you're new to the Battledome, see the next section ("Quick Introduction To The Battledome").

With the exception of Punchbag Bob, all regular one-player challengers (such as The Pant Devil, Meuka, etc.) are gone. Instead, you'll be able to fight plot enemies! Woohoo!

Enemies are released in batches, so if it says "none left in Neopia," you'll have to refresh and wait until more are available.

Quick Introduction To The Battledome

On Neopets, there are items classified as Battledome items. Examples of these are the Honey Potion, Dung Catapult, and Downsize! You can equip these to your pet by going to your inventory, clicking on the item, and selecting "Equip to [PET NAME]." You can equip a maximum of 8 items.

Items can be weapons, healers, defence, or all three. They can be one-use or multiple use. Different weapons do different icons of damage. These are the different types of icons:

(From left to right: air, dark, earth, fire, light, physical, water)
Ideally, good weapons will attack with a large amount of icons as well as a variety of icons. Types such as air and light are harder for your opponent to defend against, but for one-player, this doesn't matter as much. The amount of damage you do depends on your weapon(s), your pet's strength stat, and your attack stance. If you use bottled faeries on your pet, they'll gain abilities and these can be made available in a fight by going to the abilities page. You can activate a maximum of seven abilities to use in the Battledome; the level of the ability does not matter so don't worry about that.

Equipped your weapons? Got some abilities? O-kay, now you're ready to head to the Battledome, select a one-player challenger, and begin the fight! Each turn, you can select up to two weapons to use and an ability/special attack. Abilities will deplete some of your power bar and once you're at 0%, they're no longer effective. Fierce Attack is a good stance to use and does not consume power (once your pet is level 50+, you get Beserk Attack, which is even better), but it also means you're more vulnerable to damage from your opponent, so use wisely!

Tips

• Train your pets at the Swashbuckling Academy or Training School. Endurance (hit points), level, and strength are especially important.
• For detailed Battledome item information, visit our affiliate, the In-Depth Battlepedia.
• To withdraw your pet from a fight, go to the Battledome and click on the "Status" link.
• Heal your pets by using healing potions (the Healing Springs is giving out free ones if you click "Heal my Pets").

Suggested Weapons/Abilities For Beginners

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Multiple Use! Attack: Defence: Golden Compass	Multiple Use! Attack: Defence: Scarab Ring	Multiple Use! 8 icons against opponents with less than 20 intelligence Attack: + Defence: None Steaming Skeem Potion	Multiple Use! Attack: Defence: Tooth Of Terask	Multiple Use! Attack: Defence: None Unstable Slime
Earth Faerie Ability Defends against 97.5% of all of the following icon types Once per battle. Burrow	Air Faerie Ability Attacks with 1 light icon that doesn't do any damage; may freeze opponent. Diamond Dust	Earth Faerie Ability On Strong, heals 33% of your lost hit points on your previous move. Regeneration	Light Faerie Ability On Strong, heals 33% of your lost hit points on your previous move. Restore	Dark Faerie Ability Defends against 97.5% of all of the following icon types Once per battle. Sink

Enemies

Note: "Cap" means the point at which you stop receiving plot points. You can still fight more after that if you want (having extra kills can't hurt--it contributes to the Mass Destruction Prize Tiers and you might get bonus items, too). Draws (where you and your opponent reach 0 hit points at the same time) count as wins/kills.

Shadow Wraith Fury

Starting hit points: 40 Hit point increment per win: 4.20 Weapons it uses: Amulet of Lost Souls Geraptiku Attack Leaf Grey Lance Helm of Dispair Minor Healing Scroll Scary Spider Spirit Bottle Sword of the Dead Special attacks it uses: Aura Dark Shield Frost Inertia Psychic Attack Scorch Cap reached at: 30 kills Additional notes: Fighting this makes your pet's mood sadder.

Shadow Wraith Brute

Starting hit points: 25 Hit point increment per win: About 2.33 Weapons it uses: Amulet of Inevitable Betrayal Bone Mace Demonic Bow Grey Staff Lesser Healing Scroll Staff of Impenetrable Gloom Stale Candy Blade Stink Bomb Special attacks it uses: Aura Frost Inertia Psychic Attack Scorch Cap reached at: 40 kills Additional notes: Fighting this makes your pet's mood sadder.

Shadow Wraith Minion

Starting hit points: 8 Hit point increment per win: 0.70 Weapons it uses: Battle Bones Bone Mace Frost Healing Ghost Slime Grey Sword Scythe of Eternal Darkness Spirit Bottle Spider on a String Special attacks it uses: Aura Frost Inertia Psychic Attack Scorch Cap reached at: 50 kills Additional notes: Fighting this makes your pet's mood sadder.

Bonus Items

You have a chance of receiving a bonus item in wins/draws against any type of Wraith (doesn't have to be Shadow Wraith Fury). A notice will show up when you've defeated one, saying something like this:

Below are some of the reward items.

Bonus Items

Bottled Faeries	Codestones	Piece of a treasure map	Piece of a treasure map
Petpet Laboratory Maps	Spooky Treasure Map	Spooky Treasure Map	Five Dubloon Coin
One Dubloon Coin	Two Dubloon Coin	Bubbling Healing Goo	Dewberry Reviver
Essence of Everlasting Apple	Cookie Negg	Lemon Swirly Negg	Negg
Purple Negg	Battle!	Battledome Techniques	Uni Battle!

Achievements

Fearless Deeds

	A Winner Is You!	Defeat one enemy.
	Stand Your Ground	Don't use attack weapons and use the "Defend" ability from the drop down menu for three turns. This can be spread across multiple battles (by withdrawing), but try to do it in one.
	Five of a Kind	Defeat (by winning or drawing) at least five of each of the three types of enemy.

Prize Tiers

As mentioned on the battle page, everyone's teamwork is being rewarded. Once new milestones are reached, new prize items will be available. You have to participate and fight during the tier if you want the prize. Progress is based on everyone's kills, not just yours. Each win bring us closer, so keep battling!

Mass Destruction Prize Tiers

	Bubbling Healing Goo	Tier 1 750,000 enemies defeated.
	Essence of Everlasting Apple	Tier 2 1,500,000 enemies defeated.
	Sparkle Potion	Tier 3 2,250,000 enemies defeated.
	Super Icy Negg	Tier 4 3,000,000 enemies defeated.
	Downsize!	Tier 5 3,750,000 enemies defeated.
	Ornate Fighting Fan	Tier 6 4,500,000 enemies defeated.
	Ultra Icy Negg	Tier 7 5,250,000 enemies defeated.
	Thick Smoke Bomb	Tier 8 6,000,000 enemies defeated.