An exciting expedition to the Mysterious Archipelago has begun! A lot of new activities await:
Develop a new location in your Kingdom — Pier
Build and command your own naval fleet
Explore the Mysterious Archipelago, extract valuable resources, and board other players' ships to steal their loot!
Tame pets — new faithful companions that will aid your Heroes in battles!
Read on for all the details!
A new location is now available across all Kingdoms — Pier. You can enter it by tapping the ship to the left of your castle. The ship becomes available to all players who have reached account level 69 and successfully completed level 170 of the Campaign mode.
PIER
The following buildings are available on the Pier map:
Admiralty
Level it up to unlock new buildings and increase the number of ships you can command
Lumber Mill
Produces Lumber required for upgrading and repairing the ships
Pet Farm
Here you can train your pets
Incubator
Here you can hatch an egg to receive pet shards and feathers for pet ascension. Eggs themselves can be found during numerous Expeditions
NOTE!Construction and leveling up of buildings can be sped up using various boosters.
SHIPS
There are two types of ships available: Gathering Ships and Combat Ships.
Gathering Ship
This type of ship is used for exploring the Archipelago and extracting a unique resource — Elixir, which is required for training pets.
Gathering Ships have the following stats:
Hull Durability increases ship Health
Cargo Hold determines how much Elixir can be extracted from the Elixir Source
Cannon Power determines the damage that will be dealt to attacking ships
Unloading Speed determines the speed of unloading the goods at the Pier
Gathering Speed determines the speed of extracting Elixir from its source
Looting Resilience decreases the amount of Elixir that is stolen during an attack
All these stats can be upgraded by tapping the corresponding button and spending a certain amount of Lumber.
The ship requires a crew of Heroes that is selected from your own roster. The crew defends the ship from enemy players' attacks, while the Power of each Hero increases the ship's Hull Durability and decreases the amount of Elixir that might get stolen during an attack.
Combat Ship
This type of ship is used to attack the Gathering Ships of other players and steal their precious loot!
This ship also requires a crew of Heroes that you currently have at your disposal. Hero Power will increase the ship's Hull Durability as well as the amount of Elixir that can be looted.
Combat Ships have the following stats:
Hull Durability
Cannon Power
Cargo Hold
Unloading Speed
Looting Bonus increases the amount of Elixir that is stolen during an attack
All these stats can be upgraded by tapping the corresponding button and spending a certain amount of Lumber.
NOTE!Upgrading times can be reduced using various boosters.
MYSTERIOUS ARCHIPELAGO
Now that we know everything about ships, we can embark on voyages!
Please note the Map icon available at the bottom of the screen. Tap it to open the map of the Archipelago.
There are two types of territories available: Elixir Source and Expeditions.
Elixir Source
Finding an Elixir Source will reveal a new map where special rules apply. Elixir Sources vary depending on the following:
Elixir reserves
Number of players that have access to the source
Number of ships that can be sent to the source
Please note the following important details:
Elixir Sources are available for a limited time. After the timer expires, you will need to wait for a while until a new source becomes available
The Elixir Source is no longer available after all Elixir has been extracted from it
Progressing through the Captain's Path will unlock more Elixir Sources
Tap the Send out Ship button to select how much time you would like to spend gathering the Elixir.
After the ship completes the voyage, it automatically returns to the Pier and cargo hold unloading begins. You can't perform any actions with this ship until the unloading is finished. NOTE!Elixir gathering and unloading times can be reduced using various boosters.
The newly discovered riches of the Archipelago have already attracted everyone's attention, which means that your ships might be easily attacked and looted by other players. But this works both ways: you can also attack and loot other players' ships!
To attack a ship, tap it and send a boarding team.
This will initiate a PVP battle against the team assigned to the boarded ship. The number of potentially looted Elixir depends on the following:
Amount of Elixir currently stored in the boarded ship's cargo hold
Number of Heroes you managed to defeat on the boarded ship
Looting Bonus and Looting Resilience ship stats
NOTE! After the battle is over, your Combat Ship automatically returns to the Pier and loot unloading begins. There are a couple more details to mention:
Both Gathering and Combat Ships lose some Hull Durability after the battle
If Hull Durability drops below 65%, the ship's gathering and unloading speeds decrease
If Hull Durability drops below 10%, the ship is considered severely damaged and is immediately moved back to the Pier. All loot is lost and is transferred to the ship of the attacking player. The amount of loot cannot exceed the cargo hold limits, though.
Expeditions
The second type of territories you will encounter is called Expeditions.
Send your pets on various Expeditions and they might return with valuable eggs. Hatch those eggs at the Incubator to receive pet shards and feathers.
NOTE!All players will get their very first pet during the Archipelago tutorial.
Captain's Path
To unlock new Archipelago territories, you will need to level up the Captain's Path. Access the path by tapping a corresponding button in the upper left corner.
The further you progress through the Captain's Path, the more rewards will become available. Please note that the Captain's Path progress is reset at the end of each season.
To progress through the Captain's Path, you need to earn Captain Points, which are rewarded for training your pets with Elixir.
PETS
Only Heroes that have reached level 160 and a star ranking of 7 can tame a pet. Not only do pets increase the basic stats of the Hero, but they also grant one of the following unique ones:
Starting mana grants Heroes some mana at the start of a battle
Resistance decreases the chance of being affected by enemies' negative effects
Concentration increases the chance of applying a negative effect on an enemy
Resistance and Concentration work together, and here’s how it plays out in the game. Resistance reduces the chance of a negative effect (debuff) being applied to your character. By default, without any resistance, the chance of a debuff landing is 100%. Concentration is the opposite stat, increasing the chance of successfully applying debuffs, even if the target has resistance. Both stats have absolute values and interact based on the following formula: The chance of applying a Debuff = 1 - (Target’s Resistance - Attacker’s Concentration) / 100. Important: the debuff application chance cannot drop below 10% or exceed 100%, no matter the calculation.
Examples: Resistance = 0, Concentration= 0 The chance of applying a Debuff = 1 (or 100%)
Resistance= 0, Concentration= 100 The chance of applying a Debuff = 1 - (0 - 100) / 100 = 2 (or 200%) → capped at 100%
Resistance = 100, Concentration = 0 The chance of applying a Debuff = 1 - (100 - 0) / 100 = 0 (or 0%) → capped at 10%
Resistance = 70, Concentration= 100 The chance of applying a Debuff = 1 - (70 - 100) / 100 = 1.3 (or 130%) → capped at 100%
List of available pets
Valtyron
Type: Attack
Activation conditions: Hero dealt damage in 8 rounds of a battle
Dragon Breath
Applies a Dragon Breath effect on the whole enemy team
Each round, negates the first attempt of the enemy team to heal someone
At the end of a round, the enemy with the least amount of Health suffers damage
Increase pet star ranking to unlock the following bonuses:
Dragon Breath duration is increased by 1 round
The number of enemies to suffer damage at the end of a round is increased to 2
The number of negated attempts of the enemy team to heal is increased to 2
Unique stat bonus:
Concentration
Astragriff
Type: Defense
Activation conditions: Hero has restored allies' Health in 8 rounds of a battle
Air Support
Summons 2 Griffin Covers on the battlefield
Every round, a Griffin Cover restores Health to heroes standing around it in a 3x3 area
If a Griffin Cover is destroyed, a random enemy loses 100 mana
Increase pet star ranking to unlock the following bonuses:
Melee Heroes repel all runes for 5 rounds
Heroes standing behind the Griffin Cover cannot be targeted by a Special Skill
Griffin Cover self-repairs 1 Health every round
Griffin Cover Health is increased to 12
Unique stat bonus:
Resistance
Hydramar
Type: Balanced
Activation conditions: Hero used their Special Skill 4times during a battle
Servant of Hydramar (Attacking Team)
Summons an allied Serpent for 4 rounds
Every round, the Serpent moves and deals damage to all enemies in a 3x3 area
Can be activated
Either after activation or summon expiring, the Serpent is destroyed and deals pure damage to all enemies in the same row
Also, affected enemies suffer a negative effect that deals damage over time for several rounds
Increase pet star ranking to unlock the following bonuses:
Serpent stays on the battlefield for more rounds
Deals additional damage and applies Poison to all enemies in the same column
Burns 100 mana from all enemies after activation
Servant of Hydramar (Defending Team)
Applies a Serpent effect to a random rune for 4 rounds
Every round the Serpent moves through 2 runes and deals damage
All runes in the Serpent's way become Exhausted and do not grant mana to allied Heroes
Can be activated
Either after activation or summon expiring, the Serpent is destroyed and deals pure damage to all enemies
Also, all runes located in the same row with the Serpent become Exhausted
Increase pet star ranking to unlock the following bonuses:
Serpent stays attached to runes for more rounds
The number of rune matches required to destroy the Serpent is increased to 2
Exhaust effect is also applied to all runes located in the same column as the Serpent
Burns 100 mana from all enemies after activation
Unique stat bonus:
Starting Mana
Ignitius
Type:
Balanced
Activation conditions:
Attack 35 runes of the pet owner's element have been matched Defense Enemy has matched 35 runes of the pet owner's element
Flame Shield:
Attack
Applies the Flame Shield effect on the pet owner for several rounds
While the Flame Shield is active, at the start of each round, the pet owner deals damage to the enemy with the least Health
While the Flame Shield is active, the pet owner is immune to newly applied negative effects
While the Flame Shield is active, the pet owner restores some of their Health over several rounds
This effect cannot be removed
Defense
Applies the Flame Shield effect on the pet owner for several rounds
While the Flame Shield is active, the pet owner deals damage to a random enemy
While the Flame Shield is active, the pet owner is immune to newly applied negative effects
While the Flame Shield is active, the pet owner becomes invulnerable
While the Flame Shield is active, the pet owner restores some of their Health over several rounds
This effect cannot be removed
The Flame Shield is dispelled after being active for a certain number of rounds or when its own Health is depleted
Flame Shield Health is depleted by rune hits
Increasing the pet’s level will provide the following bonuses:
Increases the damage caused by the Flame Shield
Increases the amount of Health restored by the Flame Shield
Increasing the pet’s star ranking will provide the following bonuses:
Flame Shield lasts for more rounds
Flame Shield decreases the duration of already applied negative effects
Flame Shield activation requires fewer runes to match
After the Flame Shield wears off, it stuns all enemies on the battlefield
Frosthorn
Type:
Attack
Activation conditions:
Hero has burned or restored mana with their Special Skill in several rounds of a battle
Blizzard:
Deals damage to enemies in several columns
Knocks back all enemies in the first row
Freezes the affected columns for several rounds and destroys all obstacles located in these columns
All Heroes currently standing in the frozen columns are affected by the Blizzard effect, which increases their turn count
Increasing the pet’s level will provide the following bonuses:
Increases damage caused by the Blizzard
Increasing the pet’s star ranking will provide the following bonuses:
Blizzard decreases Special Skill damage and standard attack damage
There is a chance to stun enemies affected by Blizzard
Any new obstacles that appear in frozen columns are immediately destroyed
Blizzard additionally decreases the mana filling rate
Kogetsun
Type:
Attack
Activation conditions:
Pet owner inflicted enough damage with a Special Skill to at least one enemy Hero several times Additional Details:
if a target’s Health is below the required threshold, the pet will not activate
if a target has a very high Defense stat and the Special Skill damage does not meet the required threshold, the pet will not activate
passive damage (e.g., Cleo’s scarabs, Thunderbeard’s counterattack, Dakatsu’s Darkness Particles, etc.) does not activate the pet
Vulpine Snare:
Summons a Trap on the battlefield
Pet owner can select an enemy Hero to move into the Trap
The trapped enemy loses all positive effects.
The trapped enemy takes damage every round.
The trapped enemy receives increased damage.
The trapped enemy receives reduced healing.
Increasing the pet's level will provide the following bonuses:
Increased damage dealt by a Trap
Increasing pet star ranking will provide the following bonuses:
Attacks against a trapped Hero cannot miss. Ignores the Feint passive skill and Wandering Lu’s Special Skill
Completely blocks any healing received by the trapped Hero
Prevents any positive effects from being applied to the trapped Hero.
Extends the duration of Traps
Jadelin
Type:
Defense
Activation conditions:
Pet owner dealt damage with a Special Skill or Special Skill effect during 10 rounds
Extra details:
Direct Special Skill damage
Damage over time from Special Skills
Passive skill damage (e.g., Cleo, Lord Valentine)
Counterattacks (e.g., Thunderbeard, Aqualin)
Damage from talismans, artifacts, and other upgrades (e.g., Admiral Sharky's talisman)
NOTE! - Damage must be greater than 0 - Standard attack damage does not count - Only the first instance of damage in a round is considered
Tiger Embrace:
Deals damage to all enemies
Summons a Jade Tiger on the battlefield that stuns a random enemy at the start of each round
Transforms 4 runes on the board into Jade Stones; while any Jade Stones remain, all Jade Tigers are invulnerable to any damage
Jade Stones can be destroyed by making 2 rune matches nearby
Jade Tigers are removed only after all Jade Stones are cleared
Each destroyed Jade Tiger burns 200 mana from all enemies
Up to 3 Jade Tigers can be on the battlefield at once
Increasing the pet's level will provide the following bonuses:
Increased damage to all enemies
Increasing pet star ranking will provide the following bonuses:
One additional rune is transformed into a Jade Stone
Chance to stun 2 random enemies
All enemies have their Attack decreased for each Jade Stone on the board
The pet owner gains additional mana when any Jade Stone is destroyed
Woofnir
Type:
Attack
Activation condition: Pet owner attacked all enemies at once with a single use of a Special Skill
Good boy!:
Increases the pet owner’s Attack by 25% until the end of a battle. This effect can stack up to 2 times and cannot be removed
Deals 300 damage to all enemies on the battlefield and an additional 200 damage for each Attack increase effect on the pet owner
Increasing pet’s level will provide the following bonuses:
Deals more damage to all enemies
Increasing pet’s star ranking will provide the following bonuses:
Adds 10% to the pet owner’s Special Skill charge meter
Passive Boost: Pet owner’s Special Skill receives a 30% vampirism effect
Passive Boost: Pet owner’s Special Skill ignores 10% of the attacked enemies’ Defense
Passive Boost: Increases the duration of all negative effects applied by the pet owner by 1round
Darky
Type:
Defense
Activation condition:
The pet owner has applied 30 negative effects to enemies. Negative effects applied above the limit are saved and counted toward the next trigger. Individual stacks of negative effects also count.
Twilight Ritual
Heals all allies for 900Health
Summons a Malevolent Stone(maximum limit: 3) that draws enemy attacks to itself and blocks enemies from receiving positive effects. After drawing 3 enemy attacks, a Malevolent Stone breaks apart
Increasing pet level will provide the following bonuses:
Heals allies for more Health
Increasing pet star ranking will provide the following bonuses:
When summoned, a Malevolent Stone removes all negative effects from allies
When summoned, a Malevolent Stone removes all positive effects from enemies
A Malevolent Stone blocks enemies from applying negative effects
After breaking apart, a Malevolent Stone applies invulnerability to the ally with the least Health for 2 rounds
Adds 600Concentration
Chilliam
Type:
Attack
Activation condition: Pet owner has dealt damage in 8 rounds of a battle.
Absolute zero!
Selects an enemy with the highest Attack, chills them for 3 rounds, and immediately deals 400–1800 pure damage (depending on pet level). Cannot be removed
Prioritizes enemies that are not currently chilled
Chilled enemies deal 50% less damage from all sources, and all positive effects currently applied to these enemies stop working until the chill effect wears off
Increasing the pet level will provide the following bonuses:
Deals more damage to the enemy with the highest Attack
(Level 40) Pet adds Concentration. Concentration counters Resistance and increases the chances of successfully applying negative effects to enemies (Level 310+) Maximum Concentration is 600
Increasing the pet’s star ranking will provide the following bonuses:
Chilled enemies receive 25% less mana from all sources
Upgrades the effectiveness of the damage decrease caused by the chill effect to 75%
Upgrades chill duration to 4 rounds
Chills enemies twice in a row
Hothoof
Type:
Attack
Activation condition:
The pet owner has used the Special Skill2 times. It must have dealt damage
All Aflame!
Deals 400 damage to all enemies
Applies Blazing Horseshoe to the Pet Owner; it increases the damage of the next Pet Owner’s Special Skill by 50%. It also sets aflame the columns in which all attacked enemies are standing for 4 rounds, immediately dealing 40% of Hothoof’s damage and the same amount of damage at the end of each round
Enemies will immediately attempt to move away from the set aflame columns
Increasing the pet level will provide the following bonuses:
Deals more damage to the enemy with the highest Attack
(Level 40) The pet adds Concentration. Concentration counters Resistance and increases the chances of successfully applying negative effects to enemies. (Level 310+) Maximum Concentration is 600
Increasing the pet’s star ranking will provide the following bonuses:
When dealing damage, the set aflame effect additionally removes 25% of maximum Health from all covers in the corresponding columns
Upgrades the set aflame duration to 6 rounds
When activated, there is a 50% chance to apply a Burning Horseshoe to an ally with the highest Attack who does not currently have the Blazing Horseshoe effect
At the start of a battle: Activates Hothoof
Hoppy
Type:
Defense
Activation condition:
Hero has used Special Skillonce. It must have dealt damage
Velvet Care:.
Unique trait: Hoppy appears to help the pet owner in the Attacking Team and does NOT substitute another pet. While attacking, it has the same activation condition and all passive boosts as it does while defending
ATTENTION!Hoppy will help in the Attacking Team even if the pet owner does not currently have an active attacking pet!
Activation: Deals 300 damage to the enemy with the lowest Health
Passive Boost: The pet owner's Special Skill has a 20% chance to deal 50% more damage
Increasing the pet's star ranking will provide the following bonuses:
Each star ranking increases the pet owner's stats and adds Magic Penetration
Passive Boost: Increases the pet owner's maximum Health by 15%
Passive Boost: Increases the pet owner's Attack by 1500
Passive Boost: When the pet owner receives damage from an enemy's Special Skill, there is a 10% chance to apply invulnerability to the pet owner for 1 round
Passive Boost: All the pet owner's pets, including Hoppy, deal 20% more damage
Jooly
Type:
Balanced
Activation condition:
The Hero has used the Special Skill3 times (2 times if defending). It must NOT have dealt any damage.
Plip!:
Deals 1500 damage to the enemy with the highest Power and turns this enemy into a Jellyfish
The Jellyfish loses 350 Health every round
An enemy that is turned into a Jellyfish cannot use the Special Skill, cannot receive mana or energy, and cannot perform any actions or activate pets
If the enemy with the highest Power is already turned into a Jellyfish, another enemy is selected. Maximum Jellyfish limit: 2
RITUAL: When a Jellyfish is hit by 4 runes in total, the transformation effect is removed
Increasing the pet level will provide the following bonuses:
Increases Special Skill damage
Increases the amount of Health lost by enemies turned into Jellyfish
Increases Resistance, which reduces enemy chances of successfully applying negative effects on a Hero
Increasing the pet's star ranking will provide the following bonuses:
Increases pet activation damage by 30%
Performing a RITUAL requires 2 more runes
A Jellyfish loses 30% more Health
Last Gasp: After the RITUAL is complete, a Jellyfish transformation will persist for 1 more round
Roger
Type:
Attack
Activation conditions:
The pet owner matches 15 runes of own element
Mimicry
Uses pet owner's Special Skill
Increasing pet star ranking will provide the following bonuses:
Each star ranking increases pet owner's stats, adds Magic Penetration and Absorption
Every matched rune of the pet owner's element grants them 1Doubloon, which can stack up to 40 times and cannot be removed. Each Doubloon increases the pet owner's Health by 50
Each Doubloon increases the pet owner's Attack by 100
Each Doubloon increases the pet owner's Defense by 100
Each Doubloon increases the pet owner's Resistance and Concentration by 25
Pet Taming
Pets need to be tamed first in order to help your Heroes in battles. For this, tap the Heroes icon and select someone of appropriate level from your roster.
Each Hero can tame up to 2 pets: one for when the Hero is part of an Attacking Team, and one for when the Hero is part of a Defending Team. There are two special slots available in the Hero window now just for that.
NOTE!There is no limit to how many times a Hero can tame a pet, but should you decide that an already tamed pet is better off with another Hero, you will need a special resource called Magic Bone. Dismissing a Hero will return any of their tamed pets automatically.
Pet training
To increase the pet's star ranking and make their abilities stronger, tap the Pets button at the bottom of the screen and select a pet. Here you will need to spend certain types of resources: Feather of Ascension, Feather of Empowerment, Feather of Awakening, and pet shards. All these can be gathered from eggs that were found during Archipelago Expeditions.
To increase the pet's level, head to the Pet Farm located at the Pier. Here you will need to spend Elixir, extracted from the Elixir Source or looted from other players' ships. Just as a reminder: leveling up a pet also rewards you with Captain Points that help progress through the Captain's Path.
NOTE!Pet upgrading time can be reduced using various boosters.
RESOURCES GUIDE
The Mysterious Archipelago is a completely new and quite complex mode, so we decided to make a brief guide for all the new types of resources.
Iron Ingot
Required in order to upgrade buildings at the Pier
Obtained as a Captain's Path reward
Blueprint
Required in order to upgrade the Admiralty
Obtained as a Captain's Path reward
Lumber
Required in order to build and repair ships
Obtained from the Lumber Mill
Elixir
Required in order to train pets at the Pet Farm.
Obtained by Gathering Ships at Elixir Sources and Combat Ships that can loot enemy Gathering Ships.
Feathers
Required in order to increase a pet's star ranking.
Obtained from eggs hatched in the Incubator.
Eggs
Required in order to receive resources for pet upgrades.
Obtained by sending your pets on Expeditions.
Captain Points
Required to unlock new levels and rewards on the Captain's Path.
Obtained by training pets at the Pet Farm.
Magic Bone
Required in order to give an already tamed pet to another Hero.
Construction Boosters
Decrease construction and upgrading completion timers for Pier buildings.
Ship Boosters
Decrease Elixir gathering and unloading completion timers.
Pet Boosters
Decrease training, egg hatching, and Expedition completion timers.
Universal Boosters
Decrease any Archipelago completion timers.
The new game mode brings certain changes to the Hero window:
- new buttons that allow unequipping all items from a Hero and also equipping the best available items in every slot with a single tap
- since Attack and Defense pets are upgraded separately, they provide different bonuses to the Hero who tamed them. So there is a new button to see the Hero's Power in either Attacking or Defending Teams
- Since attacking and defensive pets are pumped up separately, when tamed, each of them has a different effect on the hero’s strength in attack and defense. Using this button you can see the hero power in the corresponding units:
Tamed pets and the current number of pet shards can be seen in the new Pets tab. Trainers are now shown in the tab called Shards:
The Hero catalogue now also has a list of all pets available in the game. A new button allows switching between the Hero and Pet lists.:
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