Combat Guide

Adventure Level (1 ~ 60)

• Adventure Level goes from 1 to 60. Earn XP by killing monsters that fight (Zombies, wolves, animals that fight back). It only goes up, and dying won't lower it.
• Each level takes 100 × level^1.5 XP (1 → 2 takes 100, 30 → 31 takes 16,432).
• Each kill gives monster level × 10 XP. Monsters 10+ levels below you give only 10%.
• This is separate from the XP level you use for enchanting: XP level is still spent on enchanting and upgrades, and resets to zero when you die.

Monster Level

• The farther from the world center and the deeper you dig, the stronger the monsters: +1 level every 40 blocks on the surface, +1 level every 12 blocks underground.
• Aim at a monster to see "Lv 23". If it's 10+ levels above you, it turns red: you deal only half damage, so level up first.
• Monsters gain +15% HP and +8% attack per level.

Five Gear Brackets

• Gear comes in bands of 10 levels. Each band has a sword, bow, staff and a full set of armor, crafted at a Crafting Table from that band's materials. Gear above your Adventure Level won't take effect (weapons only deal bare-hand damage).
• Materials only drop from monsters in that band's level range: for example, Lv 20–29 monsters drop Bone.
• Everything you craft starts out Common; tier it up at the Upgrade Table. Your original wood / stone / iron / diamond tools and armor count as basic gear for the first band: they can be upgraded but not tiered up.
• A staff's melee damage is 70% of the same band's sword; it's for Acolytes to heal with (class weapon +15%).

Tiers T1 ~ T5 (tier up at the Upgrade Table, always succeeds)

Affixes (Every Plus Has a Minus)

• Onslaught+15% attack, +10% damage taken
• Bulwark-15% damage taken, -5% attack
• Hawkeye+8% critical rate, -5% attack
• LifestealHeal for 4% of damage dealt, -8% attack
• Frenzy+30% critical damage, +8% damage taken
• Tenacity-50% durability loss, -4% attack

What Monsters Drop

• Lv 1–9 monsters only drop Basic Upgrade Stones (for upgrading your original iron / diamond gear).
• Boss cores only drop from bosses (see Boss Fights below).

Combat Zones & Leaving Combat

• Bosses live in lairs, all seven spread out in different directions. Each one's distance from the world center matches the ring of its level (monsters in the Wolf King's ring are around Lv 15). They only appear when you get close, and respawn 2 hours after being defeated.
• Each boss has a combat area (the red circle on the ground, radius 24 cells): from outside the circle you can't hit it, arrows and skills included, and the boss won't chase you outside the circle either.
• If nobody in the circle hits it for 8s, the boss walks back to its spot and regains 20% HP per second.
• More players means a tougher boss: HP = base × (1 + 0.6 × (players in the circle − 1)). You can still take one down solo, just slowly.
• Every boss attack is telegraphed with a circle on the ground first: when you see a red / green circle, get out of it.

Loot: Everyone Gets Their Own

• During a boss fight, deal damage, heal others or block damage: reach 3% of the boss's HP in any one of these and you get a share.
• Everyone with a share gets their own drop: 1 core (needed for Legendary gear), 5–10 materials, 2–4 Essence, 3–5 Upgrade Stones, plus a 30% chance of an extra Sigil.
• For 60s after it drops, only you can pick up your loot, so there's no need to rush; you can toss anything you don't want to a teammate.

Downed & Revive

• If a monster kills you during a boss fight, you don't die right away. You're downed for 30s first: you can't move or attack, but you won't lose any more HP.
• A teammate standing next to you (within 2 cells) for 5s revives you (with 30 HP); the Acolyte's ultimate, Renewal, revives you instantly.
• When the boss is defeated, everyone who is downed gets back up. You only truly die if no one revives you within 30s.