Plot Coverage: The Faeries' Ruin

Step 5 - The Battle of Brightvale

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October 25th, 11:30am NST: At last, the flood of enemies has ground to a halt. Thousands of brave Neopian heroes put themselves in harm's way, at great cost to life and limb, but the spectres finally seem to have met their match and withdrawn from Brightvale.

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 Berserk 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: None Flaming Log Launcher	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 Spectre Zealot

Starting hit points: 100 Hit point increment per win: 9.90 Weapons it uses: Amulet of Lost Souls Cursed Elixir Dusty Magic Broom Foil Wrapped Mystery Food Ball Geraptiku Attack Leaf Greater Healing Scroll Jar of Meepit Eyes Sophies Elixir Special attacks it uses: Aura Frost Inertia Psychic Attack Scorch Cap reached at: 20 kills Additional notes: N/A

Shadow Spectre 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: 50 kills Additional notes: Fighting this makes your pet's mood sadder.

Shadow Spectre Conqueror

Starting hit points: 75 Hit point increment per win: 7.40 Weapons it uses: Amulet of Lost Souls Bubbling Cauldron OF DOOM Glowing Cauldron Lesser Healing Scroll Patched Magic Hat Pot of Darkness Sophies Wooden Spoon Spirit Bottle Special attacks it uses: Aura Frost Inertia Psychic Attack Scorch Cap reached at: 30 kills Additional notes: N/A

Shadow Spectre 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: 50 kills Additional notes: Fighting this makes your pet's mood sadder.

Shadow Spectre Destroyer

Starting hit points: 50 Hit point increment per win: 4.90 Weapons it uses: Bubbling Cauldron OF DOOM Ethereal Sword Magical Healing Potion Pumpkin Launcher Pumpkin Stick Sophies Magic Hat Spectral Forest Bow Spooky Rubber Axe Special attacks it uses: Aura Dark Shield Frost Inertia Psychic Attack Scorch Cap reached at: 40 kills Additional notes: N/A

Shadow Spectre 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 Spectre (doesn't have to be Shadow Spectre Destroyer). A notice will show up when you've defeated one, saying something like this:

Below are some of the reward items.

Bonus Items

Shadow Spectre Minion
Bottled Air Faerie	Bottled Earth Faerie	Bottled Fire Faerie	Bottled Water Faerie
Lu Codestone	Mau Codestone	Tai-Kai Codestone	Battledome Techniques
Dewberry Reviver	Negg	One Dubloon Coin	Two Dubloon Coin
Spooky Treasure Map
Shadow Spectre Destroyer
Basic Dryer	Battle Mirror	Dark Reflectorb	Exploding Snowball
Icy Snowball	Minor Healing Scroll	Sand Snowball	Snowball Slingshot
U-Bend
Shadow Spectre Brute
Bottled Earth Faerie	Bottled Fire Faerie	Eo Codestone	Main Codestone
Vo Codestone	Zei Codestone	Bubbling Healing Goo	Piece of a treasure map
Purple Negg	Spooky Treasure Map	Uni Battle!
Shadow Spectre Conqueror
Blue Sticky Hand	Bombaberry Elixir	Exploding Snowball	Evil Muffin
Healing Potion XIII	Red Sticky Hand	Snow Mudball	Stone Snowball
Tortured Snowball
Shadow Spectre Fury
Bottled Dark Faerie	Bottled Light Faerie	Bri Codestone	Har Codestone
Orn Codestone	Battle!	Cookie Negg	Essence of Everlasting Apple
Five Dubloon Coin	Lemon Swirly Negg	Piece of a treasure map
Shadow Spectre Zealot
Amulet of Reflection	Cooling Balm of the Warrior	Dual Battle Mirror	Puce Elixir
Scarab Stone Slingshot	Spider on a String	Super U-Bend	Turbo Flame Reflector
Ultra Dark Reflectorb

Achievements

Fearless Deeds

	The Welcoming Committee	Defeat at least one Destroyer, Conqueror, and Zealot. Draws count as wins.
	Six Up, Six Down	Defeat one of each type of enemy, in the following order: Minion, Destroyer, Brute, Conqueror, Fury, Zealot. Losses do not break the chain. Draws count as wins.
	Well-Rounded	Use all attack stances on enemies. This can be done in one battle or across multiple battles. Attack stances include Berserk Attack (level 50+, not required for this achievement), Fierce Attack, Jump and Attack, Normal Attack, and Cautious Attack.

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

	Dark Vine Potion	Tier 9 6,750,000 enemies defeated.
	The Armoury	Tier 10 7,500,000 enemies defeated.
	Knowledge and Honour	Tier 11 8,250,000 enemies defeated.
	No Sleep Til Brightvale	Tier 12 9,000,000 enemies defeated.
	Scroll of the Sea	Tier 13 9,750,000 enemies defeated.
	Sparkle Potion	Tier 14 10,500,000 enemies defeated.
	Kaylas Potion Of Freezing	Tier 15 11,250,000 enemies defeated.