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‎The Catacombs

ArrothThaiel: /* Invasions */

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‎Invasions

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ArrothThaiel at 21:40, 24 January 2016

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ArrothThaiel: /* Catacombs Observations */

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‎Catacombs Observations

ArrothThaiel: /* The Catacombs */

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‎The Catacombs

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	==The Catacombs==		==The Catacombs==
		+	'''Currently (2022) the catacombs are 'turned off' and are not spawning any monsters. The invasions are still active'''
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	Upon entering the dungeon, three paths will be available. To the South are generally harder creatures such as [[Balron]] and [[Dragon]]. To the West, generally easier creatures such as [[Skeleton]] and [[Brigand]] can be found, along with a broken wall leading to a cave full of [[Earth Elemental]]. To the North is a small room with [[Golden Elemental]] (and a forge! - a great place to collect ingots), [[Lich]], [[Giant Spider]], and the path to the rift invasions.		Upon entering the dungeon, three paths will be available. To the South are generally harder creatures such as [[Balron]] and [[Dragon]]. To the West, generally easier creatures such as [[Skeleton]] and [[Brigand]] can be found, along with a broken wall leading to a cave full of [[Earth Elemental]]. To the North is a small room with [[Golden Elemental]] (and a forge! - a great place to collect ingots), [[Lich]], [[Giant Spider]], and the path to the rift invasions.

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	As in the catacombs, creatures killed during an invasion can award Minax artifacts directly into the players pack. Being such high level creatures, Captains have the greatest chance at awarding an artifact, but minions may as well. The destruction of the Lighthouse Beacon after the final wave of the invasion, and thus the freeing of the rift city, can also award Minax artifacts.		As in the catacombs, creatures killed during an invasion can award Minax artifacts directly into the players pack. Being such high level creatures, Captains have the greatest chance at awarding an artifact, but minions may as well. The destruction of the Lighthouse Beacon after the final wave of the invasion, and thus the freeing of the rift city, can also award Minax artifacts.
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−	Minions and Captains do have gold and normal dungeon loot in addition to the chance to grant artifacts. However, object handles for corpses do no appear in the rifts and corpses appear to decay much faster, making corpse looting an interesting experience.

	[[File:CBD_InvasionStart.jpg\|thumb\|The beginning of an invasion with the lighthouse beacon at full health.]]		[[File:CBD_InvasionStart.jpg\|thumb\|The beginning of an invasion with the lighthouse beacon at full health.]]

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 An individual invasion happens in waves, with multiple captains per wave. When the wave begins the captains are invulnerable and highlight yellow. Minions highlight red and can be attacked. When all of the minions for a particular captain have been defeated, the captain will become vulnerable and highlight red. When all minions and captains for a wave are defeated the lighthouse beacon will become vulnerable. Attacking the beacon will damage it (the beacon can withstand a tremendous amount of damage) and when enough damage has been dealt a new wave will start. After the final wave has been killed the beacon will again become vulnerable and can now be destroyed, freeing the rift of the invasion.
-As in the catacombs, creatures killed during an invasion can award Minax artifacts directly into the players pack. Being such high level creatures, Captains have the greatest chance at awarding an artifact, but minions may as well. The final destruction of the Lighthouse Beacon after the final wave of the invasion, and thus the freeing of the rift city, can also award Minax artifacts.
+As in the catacombs, creatures killed during an invasion can award Minax artifacts directly into the players pack. Being such high level creatures, Captains have the greatest chance at awarding an artifact, but minions may as well. The destruction of the Lighthouse Beacon after the final wave of the invasion, and thus the freeing of the rift city, can also award Minax artifacts.
-Minions and Captains do have gold and normal dungeon loot in addition to the chance to grant artifacts. However, object handles for corpses do no appear in the rifts and corpses appear to decay much faster.
+Minions and Captains do have gold and normal dungeon loot in addition to the chance to grant artifacts. However, object handles for corpses do no appear in the rifts and corpses appear to decay much faster, making corpse looting an interesting experience.
 [[File:CBD_InvasionStart.jpg|thumb|The beginning of an invasion with the lighthouse beacon at full health.]]

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	An individual invasion happens in waves, with multiple captains per wave. When the wave begins the captains are invulnerable and highlight yellow. Minions highlight red and can be attacked. When all of the minions for a particular captain have been defeated, the captain will become vulnerable and highlight red. When all minions and captains for a wave are defeated the lighthouse beacon will become vulnerable. Attacking the beacon will damage it (the beacon can withstand a tremendous amount of damage) and when enough damage has been dealt a new wave will start. After the final wave has been killed the beacon will again become vulnerable and can now be destroyed, freeing the rift of the invasion.		An individual invasion happens in waves, with multiple captains per wave. When the wave begins the captains are invulnerable and highlight yellow. Minions highlight red and can be attacked. When all of the minions for a particular captain have been defeated, the captain will become vulnerable and highlight red. When all minions and captains for a wave are defeated the lighthouse beacon will become vulnerable. Attacking the beacon will damage it (the beacon can withstand a tremendous amount of damage) and when enough damage has been dealt a new wave will start. After the final wave has been killed the beacon will again become vulnerable and can now be destroyed, freeing the rift of the invasion.
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		+	As in the catacombs, creatures killed during an invasion can award Minax artifacts directly into the players pack. Being such high level creatures, Captains have the greatest chance at awarding an artifact, but minions may as well. The final destruction of the Lighthouse Beacon after the final wave of the invasion, and thus the freeing of the rift city, can also award Minax artifacts.
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		+	Minions and Captains do have gold and normal dungeon loot in addition to the chance to grant artifacts. However, object handles for corpses do no appear in the rifts and corpses appear to decay much faster.

	[[File:CBD_InvasionStart.jpg\|thumb\|The beginning of an invasion with the lighthouse beacon at full health.]]		[[File:CBD_InvasionStart.jpg\|thumb\|The beginning of an invasion with the lighthouse beacon at full health.]]

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	Space-time rifts contain sections of nine surface cites. An invasion is always occurring in one of these rifts, but the rift being invaded is random. The invasion consists of a beacon, a group of invasion captains, and minions for those captains. The invasion beacon is a lighthouse, and whichever rift is being invaded with have the lighthouse in it. Captains and minions are random per invasion.		Space-time rifts contain sections of nine surface cites. An invasion is always occurring in one of these rifts, but the rift being invaded is random. The invasion consists of a beacon, a group of invasion captains, and minions for those captains. The invasion beacon is a lighthouse, and whichever rift is being invaded with have the lighthouse in it. Captains and minions are random per invasion.

−	An individual invasion happens in waves, with multiple captains per wave. When the wave begins the captains are invulnerable and highlight yellow. Minions highlight red and can be attacked. When all of the minions for a particular captain have been defeated, the captain will become vulnerable and highlight red. When all minions and captains for a wave are defeated the lighthouse beacon will become vulnerable. Attacking the beacon will damage it (the beacon can withstand a tremendous amount of damage) and when enough damage has been dealt a new wave will start. After the final wave has been killed the beacon will again become vulnerable and can be destroyed ~~and~~ the rift ~~freed~~ of the invasion.	+
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		+	An individual invasion happens in waves, with multiple captains per wave. When the wave begins the captains are invulnerable and highlight yellow. Minions highlight red and can be attacked. When all of the minions for a particular captain have been defeated, the captain will become vulnerable and highlight red. When all minions and captains for a wave are defeated the lighthouse beacon will become vulnerable. Attacking the beacon will damage it (the beacon can withstand a tremendous amount of damage) and when enough damage has been dealt a new wave will start. After the final wave has been killed the beacon will again become vulnerable and can now be destroyed, freeing the rift of the invasion.
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		+	[[File:CBD_InvasionStart.jpg\|thumb\|The beginning of an invasion with the lighthouse beacon at full health.]]
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		+	[[File:CBD_InvasionCaptain.jpg\|thumb\|An invulnerable (yellow) invasion Captain and the vulnerable (red) minions.]]
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		+	[[File:CBD_InvasionBeacon.jpg\|thumb\|A damaged Lighthouse Beacon during an invasion.]]
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		+	[[File:CBD_InvasionComplete.jpg\|thumb\|A destroyed Lighthouse Beacon after the final wave of the invasion.]]

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	==Invasions==		==Invasions==
		+	[[File:CBD_InvasionTown.jpg\|thumb]]
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		+	Space-time rifts contain sections of nine surface cites. An invasion is always occurring in one of these rifts, but the rift being invaded is random. The invasion consists of a beacon, a group of invasion captains, and minions for those captains. The invasion beacon is a lighthouse, and whichever rift is being invaded with have the lighthouse in it. Captains and minions are random per invasion.
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		+	An individual invasion happens in waves, with multiple captains per wave. When the wave begins the captains are invulnerable and highlight yellow. Minions highlight red and can be attacked. When all of the minions for a particular captain have been defeated, the captain will become vulnerable and highlight red. When all minions and captains for a wave are defeated the lighthouse beacon will become vulnerable. Attacking the beacon will damage it (the beacon can withstand a tremendous amount of damage) and when enough damage has been dealt a new wave will start. After the final wave has been killed the beacon will again become vulnerable and can be destroyed and the rift freed of the invasion.

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		+	__NOTOC__
	This dungeon, located under [[Castle Blackthorn]] in both Felucca and Trammel, was introduced with [[Publish 85 to Test Center 1\|Publish 85]]. The dungeon is divided into two parts. The first part is a series of "catacombs" spreading out like a star from the entrance. The second part is a rift in space-time where sections of nine of the surface cities are replicated. The catacombs contain monsters and use normal spawn mechanics. The surface city "rifts" suffer random invasions by powerful creatures.		This dungeon, located under [[Castle Blackthorn]] in both Felucca and Trammel, was introduced with [[Publish 85 to Test Center 1\|Publish 85]]. The dungeon is divided into two parts. The first part is a series of "catacombs" spreading out like a star from the entrance. The second part is a rift in space-time where sections of nine of the surface cities are replicated. The catacombs contain monsters and use normal spawn mechanics. The surface city "rifts" suffer random invasions by powerful creatures.

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	===Catacombs Observations===		===Catacombs Observations===
	Arroth Thaiel's Observations - When deciding what to fight to maximize drop potential, keep in mind that it is not just how fast you kill something, but what that something is worth in "dungeon points" ''and vice versa''. So, how can you figure out somethings "dungeon points"? Well, just use gold. After getting over 50 Minax drops from the catacombs I can tell you that with ~2000 luck, I need to collect about 45k (+/- 15k thanks to the RNG) in gold for a drop. You don't have to collect the gold, just know how much gold something gives and use that as a proxy for "dungeon points". For instance, a skeleton drops ~35 gold, an evil mage ~150 gold, a balron ~1250 gold. With ~2k luck, I have to kill about 37 balrons for a drop, about 300 evil mages, or about 1300 skeletons - Yikes! I've tested this with balrons, evil mages, earth eles, liches, gold eles, and rotting corpses. It has never mattered what I'm killing. With ~2k luck as soon as I've killed enough to get around the 45k (+/- 15k) gold mark (regardless of if I'm picking up the gold or just counting kills) I get a drop. So, can I kill 8 evil mages (for 1200 "points" at 150 gold/points per mage) in the same time it takes to kill 1 balron (worth ~1250 gold/points)? Depending on the spawn, why yes, yes I can. However, over time I can probably kill 37 balrons faster than 300 evil mages. Just recognize that however you decide to do it your luck will play a factor and that you can use gold as a proxy for "dungeon points". - Arroth		Arroth Thaiel's Observations - When deciding what to fight to maximize drop potential, keep in mind that it is not just how fast you kill something, but what that something is worth in "dungeon points" ''and vice versa''. So, how can you figure out somethings "dungeon points"? Well, just use gold. After getting over 50 Minax drops from the catacombs I can tell you that with ~2000 luck, I need to collect about 45k (+/- 15k thanks to the RNG) in gold for a drop. You don't have to collect the gold, just know how much gold something gives and use that as a proxy for "dungeon points". For instance, a skeleton drops ~35 gold, an evil mage ~150 gold, a balron ~1250 gold. With ~2k luck, I have to kill about 37 balrons for a drop, about 300 evil mages, or about 1300 skeletons - Yikes! I've tested this with balrons, evil mages, earth eles, liches, gold eles, and rotting corpses. It has never mattered what I'm killing. With ~2k luck as soon as I've killed enough to get around the 45k (+/- 15k) gold mark (regardless of if I'm picking up the gold or just counting kills) I get a drop. So, can I kill 8 evil mages (for 1200 "points" at 150 gold/points per mage) in the same time it takes to kill 1 balron (worth ~1250 gold/points)? Depending on the spawn, why yes, yes I can. However, over time I can probably kill 37 balrons faster than 300 evil mages. Just recognize that however you decide to do it your luck will play a factor and that you can use gold as a proxy for "dungeon points". - Arroth
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		+	==Invasions==

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	===Catacombs Observations===		===Catacombs Observations===
−	Arroth Thaiel's Observations - When deciding what to fight to maximize drop potential, keep in mind that it is not just how fast you kill something, but what that something is worth in "dungeon points" ''and vice versa''. So, how can you figure out somethings "dungeon points"? Well, just use gold. After getting over 50 Minax drops from the catacombs I can tell you that with ~2000 luck, I need to collect about 45k (+/- 15k thanks to the RNG) in gold for a drop. You don't have to collect the gold, just know how much gold something gives and use that as a proxy for "dungeon points". For instance, a skeleton drops ~35 gold, an evil mage ~150 gold, a balron ~1250 gold. With ~2k luck, I have to kill about 37 balrons for a drop, about 300 evil mages, or about 1300 skeletons - Yikes! I've tested this with balrons, evil mages, earth eles, liches, gold eles, and rotting corpses. It has never mattered what I'm killing. With ~2k luck as soon as I've killed enough to get around the 45k (+/- 15k) gold mark (regardless of if I'm picking up the gold or just counting kills) I get a drop. So, can I kill 8 evil mages (for 1200 "points" at 150 gold/points per mage) in the same time it takes to kill 1 balron (worth ~1250 gold/points)? Depending on the spawn, why yes, yes I can. However, over time I can probably kill 37 balrons faster than 300 evil mages. ~~However~~ you decide to do it~~, keep in mind~~ your luck will play a factor and that you can use gold as a proxy for "dungeon points". - Arroth	+	Arroth Thaiel's Observations - When deciding what to fight to maximize drop potential, keep in mind that it is not just how fast you kill something, but what that something is worth in "dungeon points" ''and vice versa''. So, how can you figure out somethings "dungeon points"? Well, just use gold. After getting over 50 Minax drops from the catacombs I can tell you that with ~2000 luck, I need to collect about 45k (+/- 15k thanks to the RNG) in gold for a drop. You don't have to collect the gold, just know how much gold something gives and use that as a proxy for "dungeon points". For instance, a skeleton drops ~35 gold, an evil mage ~150 gold, a balron ~1250 gold. With ~2k luck, I have to kill about 37 balrons for a drop, about 300 evil mages, or about 1300 skeletons - Yikes! I've tested this with balrons, evil mages, earth eles, liches, gold eles, and rotting corpses. It has never mattered what I'm killing. With ~2k luck as soon as I've killed enough to get around the 45k (+/- 15k) gold mark (regardless of if I'm picking up the gold or just counting kills) I get a drop. So, can I kill 8 evil mages (for 1200 "points" at 150 gold/points per mage) in the same time it takes to kill 1 balron (worth ~1250 gold/points)? Depending on the spawn, why yes, yes I can. However, over time I can probably kill 37 balrons faster than 300 evil mages. Just recognize that however you decide to do it your luck will play a factor and that you can use gold as a proxy for "dungeon points". - Arroth

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	[[File:CBD_CatacombsMap_Labeled.jpg\|thumb]]		[[File:CBD_CatacombsMap_Labeled.jpg\|thumb]]
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		+	The catacombs contain a number of monsters at varying difficulty. This system allows for characters of almost all skill levels to have success fighting in this dungeon. Not only can you acquire gold and normal dungeon loot, but every skill level has the chance to get a Minax arti and therefore the more powerful [[Blackthorn Artifact]]. This is an excellent system for helping new or lesser skilled characters, while at the same time providing continuing content for higher level players.
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		+	One of the big questions is "What should I fight" in the catacombs to maximize my time and acquire Minax artifacts as fast as possible? Many players fight mid level creatures like the [[Evil Mage]], since the spawn is so fast, and so many can be killed in a short time. Other players insist the [[Balron]] is the best path to riches as it is worth so many "dungeon points". No "One Answer" will fit here as this is truly a per character (for skill) and per player (for enjoyment) preference.
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		+	===Catacombs Observations===
		+	Arroth Thaiel's Observations - When deciding what to fight to maximize drop potential, keep in mind that it is not just how fast you kill something, but what that something is worth in "dungeon points" ''and vice versa''. So, how can you figure out somethings "dungeon points"? Well, just use gold. After getting over 50 Minax drops from the catacombs I can tell you that with ~2000 luck, I need to collect about 45k (+/- 15k thanks to the RNG) in gold for a drop. You don't have to collect the gold, just know how much gold something gives and use that as a proxy for "dungeon points". For instance, a skeleton drops ~35 gold, an evil mage ~150 gold, a balron ~1250 gold. With ~2k luck, I have to kill about 37 balrons for a drop, about 300 evil mages, or about 1300 skeletons - Yikes! I've tested this with balrons, evil mages, earth eles, liches, gold eles, and rotting corpses. It has never mattered what I'm killing. With ~2k luck as soon as I've killed enough to get around the 45k (+/- 15k) gold mark (regardless of if I'm picking up the gold or just counting kills) I get a drop. So, can I kill 8 evil mages (for 1200 "points" at 150 gold/points per mage) in the same time it takes to kill 1 balron (worth ~1250 gold/points)? Depending on the spawn, why yes, yes I can. However, over time I can probably kill 37 balrons faster than 300 evil mages. However you decide to do it, keep in mind your luck will play a factor and that you can use gold as a proxy for "dungeon points". - Arroth