Pirate101 Beta Key Highlights
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Pirate101 Beta Key Highlights
Pirate101 Beta Welcome to Pirate101! KingsIsle Entertainment invites you to experience one of our most ambitious projects to date. Key Highlights Experience adventures up to level 50 as a Buccaneer, Witchdoctor, Privateer, Swashbuckler or Musketeer! Find lost treasure, battle the villainous Armada, and search for El Dorado, the legendary City of Gold! Visit far-away lands such as Skull Island, Cool Ranch, and Mooshu while enjoying up to 400 Quests along the way. Captain your own flying pirate Galleon and explore the Spiral across dozens of fantastic skyways. Each ship has customizable sails, figureheads, cannons and more! Adventure with friends and family. Collect a rogue’s gallery of scallywags and cutthroats to form your own pirate Crew! *Please note, when the Pirate101 Beta has come to a conclusion, your character, pets, ships, friends list, Crowns etc. will not carry over to the live version of the game. 1 Pirate101 Beta | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Table of Contents Pirate101 Beta......................................................................................................................................... 1 Key Highlights .......................................................................................................................................... 1 Install Process.......................................................................................................................................... 5 Patch Process .......................................................................................................................................... 7 Character Creation .................................................................................................................................. 8 Tutorial ................................................................................................................................................... 9 Entering the Game for the First Time ..................................................................................................... 11 Character Classes .................................................................................................................................. 12 Buccaneer ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Musketeer ........................................................................................................................................ 12 Privateers ......................................................................................................................................... 12 Swashbucklers ................................................................................................................................... 12 Witchdoctors .................................................................................................................................... 12 Interface................................................................................................................................................ 13 Menu Chat ............................................................................................................................................ 13 My Character......................................................................................................................................... 15 Pets ....................................................................................................................................................... 19 My Skills and Powers ............................................................................................................................. 20 Class Trainers ........................................................................................................................................ 21 Badges .................................................................................................................................................. 24 Companion Management ...................................................................................................................... 25 Companion Stats ................................................................................................................................... 28 Companion Training .............................................................................................................................. 32 New Talents .......................................................................................................................................... 34 Companion Promotion .......................................................................................................................... 34 Companion Powers Reset ...................................................................................................................... 36 Training Tomes ...................................................................................................................................... 37 My Quests ............................................................................................................................................. 38 Quest Arrow .......................................................................................................................................... 40 My Ship ................................................................................................................................................. 43 2 Key Highlights | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved New Ships and Ship Equipment ............................................................................................................. 47 Equipping Your Ship............................................................................................................................... 47 The Crown Shop .................................................................................................................................... 47 Paygates................................................................................................................................................ 50 My Options ........................................................................................................................................... 51 Bug Reporter (Beta only) ....................................................................................................................... 54 Friend’s List ........................................................................................................................................... 58 Zone Map .............................................................................................................................................. 62 Life Fountain ........................................................................................................................................ 64 Go Home ............................................................................................................................................... 65 Return to Skull Island Fort ..................................................................................................................... 65 Notifications .......................................................................................................................................... 66 Grouping with Other Pirates! ................................................................................................................. 67 Land Combat! ........................................................................................................................................ 69 Planning Phase .................................................................................................................................. 69 Execution Phase ................................................................................................................................ 75 Victory Conditions ............................................................................................................................. 76 Victory! ................................................................................................................................................. 77 Blue and Red Yum Yum Fruit ................................................................................................................. 78 Secret Treasure Chests! ......................................................................................................................... 80 Defeat! .................................................................................................................................................. 80 Your Ship ............................................................................................................................................... 81 Getting on/off Your Ship ........................................................................................................................ 81 Sailing your ship! ................................................................................................................................... 83 Broadside Combat! ................................................................................................................................ 85 Fleeing from Broadside Combat............................................................................................................. 90 Ship Boost and Boost Fuel ..................................................................................................................... 90 Deck Side Combat! ................................................................................................................................ 92 Nautical Ranks ....................................................................................................................................... 92 Broadside Combat Powers Purchasing ................................................................................................... 92 Mini-games ........................................................................................................................................... 94 3 Key Highlights | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Coin Drop .......................................................................................................................................... 95 Rat Attack .......................................................................................................................................... 95 Pirate's Pub ....................................................................................................................................... 96 Powder Keg ....................................................................................................................................... 96 Rogue's Range ................................................................................................................................... 96 Windjammer ..................................................................................................................................... 96 Equipment Vendors ............................................................................................................................... 96 Equipment Dyeing Vendors ................................................................................................................... 99 Ship Dyeing Vendors............................................................................................................................ 101 Renaming Your Ship ............................................................................................................................ 102 Banks and Shared Banks ...................................................................................................................... 104 Housing ............................................................................................................................................... 105 KingsIsle Customer Support Representative (CSR) Employees .............................................................. 112 Mounts ............................................................................................................................................... 112 Sigils, Timers and Dungeon Exit Warnings ............................................................................................ 113 Taking Screenshots!............................................................................................................................. 116 Thank You! .......................................................................................................................................... 118 4 Key Highlights | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Install Process In order to play Pirate101, you must first download the game client to your Windows enabled computer. To do so, follow these instructions: Step #1 - If you are not already logged in to the Pirate101 Beta website, please visit https://flagship.kingsisle.com/partner. (If you are already logged in to the Pirate101 Beta website, skip to Step #5.) Step #2 - Enter your current Wizard101 Username and Password. (If you do not have a Wizard101 account, please visit http://wizard101.com to create one.) Step #3 - Read and agree to the Special Terms as well as our standard Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Step #4 - Press the Login button. (The button will activate once you click on the “I agree” checkbox.), as seen below: Step #5 - On the Pirate101 Beta homepage; click either the “Download Now” or “Play” button, as seen below: 5 Install Process | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Step #6 - Follow the browser specific instructions on how to download the Pirate101 installer to your computer, as seen below: 6 | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Patch Process Step #7— - Once the installer is downloaded, run it (double click the file) to install the basic files needed for Pirate101; you will need to enter your Wizard101 Username and Password, as seen below: Once you click on LOGIN, the game will load. Note that even after the game starts, additional files will continue to load in the background while you play. This is normal. 7 Patch Process | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Character Creation Once you start up Pirate101 for the first time, the first thing you’ll need to do is…create a pirate! You will be asked several questions to tailor suit your pirate, as seen in the below screenshots: 8 Character Creation | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Once you have created your pirate, you’ll then find yourself trapped in an Armada Brig that you must escape! Read the tutorial section below on what to expect. Tutorial As you begin the tutorial process, you’ll find yourself trapped within an Armada Brig. The tutorial is a guide to show you some of the basics of Pirate101. Everything from character movement, land combat and skyway combat, as seen below: 9 Tutorial | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Should you create new pirates in the future, you will have the option to skip the tutorial, as seen below: 10 Tutorial | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Entering the Game for the First Time Once you complete the tutorial, you will find yourself in Avery’s office. This is where your adventure truly begins! Within Captain Avery’s office you will find yourself amongst other fellow pirates. This is a good opportunity to chat, meet new friends, form a group and begin your adventures together! Captain Avery will have your first of many quests for you to do. You will recognize Captain Avery by the name above his head along with a “Wizbang”. A Wizbang is a yellow exclamation mark that alerts you that an NPC has an available quest for you. Walk up to Captain Avery and click “x” to speak with him, as seen below: 11 Entering the Game for the First Time | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Character Classes Each player in Pirate101 will be able to select one of five different classes of pirate to play as. Each class has its own unique abilities, strengths and powers. Buccaneer Buccaneers are the big hitters who wear the heaviest class of armor and carry the largest weapons. Buccaneers rely on raw strength and courage. Musketeer Musketeers are the best marksmen in the spiral, using long range attacks with their lightning powder charged weapons. Traps and trick shots make a Musketeer a wily opponent indeed. TIP! Each class has a statistic that’s better to boost than others: Buccaneers boost STRENGTH and usually prefer “Smashy” weapons Witchdoctors boost WILL and usually prefer “Staffy” and” Spooky” weapons. Swashbucklers boost AGILITY and usually prefer “Stabby” weapons. Privateers boost STRENGTH for damage and usually prefer “Slashy” weapons (they also boost WILL for healing and other powers) Musketeer’s boost AGILITY and usually prefer “Shooty” weapons. Privateers Privateers are the natural leaders of the pirate world, attracting more Companions than any other class. Their ability to rally their troops and heal them in the thick of battle can see them through the most desperate battles. Swashbucklers Speed, finesse, and surprise are the qualities of the Swashbuckler. Deadly with a blade and using surprise attacks, Swashbucklers inflict the greatest damage. Witchdoctors Masters of the mysterious powers of hoodoo, witchdoctors make the spookiest opponents. Witchdoctors rely on hexes, magical blasts and charms to turn the odds to their favor. 12 Character Classes | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Interface Before you begin your adventure, let’s review each of the game’s menus. When you move your mouse cursor to the top of the screen, a drop-down menu appears with several icons to choose from, as seen below: From left to right, the icons represent: Menu Chat: Allows players to talk with each other, by selecting a variety of pre-packaged phrases and emote animations My Character: Information about your Character, Inventory, Skills & Powers, Badges and Companions My Quests, Maps, Windstones and Puppet Shows: This section provides info on available Quests, Maps, Windstones and Puppet Shows My Ship: Allows players to select and outfit any ships they own The Crown Shop: Provides access to the Crown Shop for additional purchases Help and Options: Change in-game settings, access additional help pages, replay tutorial tips and quit the game Bug Reporter and Feedback: Allows the user to report a game bug or provide feedback to KingsIsle Entertainment. This will be a Beta only feature. Friend’s List: Allows the user to add a friend, chat with a friend, invite a friend to Pirate101 and use Friend Finder code and True Friend codes Menu Chat The Chat feature in Pirate101 remains virtually identical to the Chat feature in Wizard101. Parents, please note that the same level of Chat privileges designated for Wizard101 player accounts will be directly applied to their Pirate101 accounts as well. Let’s begin with the Quick Chat Menu option. All players have access to this mode. Clicking on this button generates pre-approved words and phrases to send to other players, without having to type, as seen below: 13 Menu Chat | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved The next form of Chat is “Text Chat.” This Chat type allows the user to type in words allowed by our dictionary and send to other users who also have “Text Chat” enabled. Players recognized as 13 or older can use this Chat system. Players with “Under 13” accounts need a validated parent/guardian over age 18 to enable Text Chat, in order to use it. The parent/guardian must validate his/her age by buying a Membership (or Crowns) with a valid credit card. If you meet these requirements, clicking the ENTER key 14 Menu Chat | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved brings up the chat text entry window. During Beta, this validation would have to be done by buying Wizard Crowns or a Wizard subscription. The next form of Chat is “Open Chat.” Members who are over the age of 18, and have a valid credit card on file with KingsIsle Entertainment, can enable the 18+ Open Chat. This Chat will be filtered for profanity, but will allow numbers and names. If you meet these requirements, click the ENTER key to bring up the text entry window. In this channel, when players type their text they will see 3 colors in the chat window: white means 13+ can see it, yellow means 18+ can see it, and red is completely filtered. The next form of chat is “True Friends Chat.” Players can exchange a code with someone they know in real life, and you can talk more openly with real friends. This Chat is still filtered for profanity and inappropriate language and is available for Members only. True Friends must know each other in real life. To learn more, see the Friends section. The next form of Chat is “Group Chat.” This Chat type is only available when you are grouped with others. Only those in your group will see this Chat. To initiate group Chat begin typing with “/G”. The last form of Chat is “Private Chat”, also known as Whispering. This Chat type will allow you to speak privately to a single player, from anywhere in the game world. To initiate Private Chat, begin typing with “/T” and enter the player’s name, or use the Text Chat button on the Friends panel, once you’ve selected your friend from the Friend’s list. To bring up the Chat window, press the ENTER key. To close the Chat window, press the ESC key, or click the little yellow “x” in the chat window’s upper right corner. My Character The hook icon’s menu contains “information about your character” including the following: My Character (hotkey C) My Inventory (hotkey B) My Skills and Powers (hotkey P) My Badges My Companions Place Decorations (when inside your home) Let’s begin with the “My Character” menu option. Clicking this option brings up the “My Pirate” screen. This page displays information about your character, such as your character level, current attributes, training points and amount of available Gold and Crowns. A view of the “My Pirate” page, shown below: 15 My Character | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved On the left side of the “My Pirate” screen are several other icons to choose. - The hook is this page—the “My Pirate” page The knapsack icon is the “My Inventory” page The book icon will display the “My Skills & Powers” page The badge icon displays the “My Badges” page The chess piece icon displays the “My Companions” page On the right side of the “My Pirate” screen are several character stats. These stats allow you to track your pirate’s personal progress as you progress through the worlds. These stats can also change based on what you have equipped. Most stats such as Strength, Agility and Will are combat focused, while the heart symbol shows the current/maximum health your pirate currently has, which increases with each level increase. Mouse over them to get more information about the stats and how much equipped items hare boosting them. If you’re looking to train your pirate and need to know how many training points are available to spend, you can also view the amount available on this page. 16 My Character | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved The amount of gold and crowns available to your pirate are also found on this page. Note that there is a limit to how much gold you can have (80,000 for non-members and 100,000 for members). At the bottom of the “My Pirate” screen you will see nautical stats. These stats reflect time spent in the skyways in Broadside Combat. The max nautical level is 50, the nautical title will update depending on your nautical level and nautical experience is overall experience gained in broadside combat. The area where you see your pirate stands is referred to as the “Preview Window”. This window will show all equipped weapons and items. You can rotate your pirate in this window by clicking either of the arrows or by holding down the left mouse button and moving your mouse left and right. Above your Pirate is your pirate’s name along with the class and current level. Also displayed is current/next level information, which shows you how close you are to achieving the next level. Below the hook is the “My Inventory” knapsack tab. Click on this tab to display all currently carried and equipped items, as seen below: 17 My Character | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Click along the top to filter the inventory by type: All, Hats, Outfits, Boots, Weapons, Totems, Necklaces, Rings, Mounts, and Pets. You can access additional filters by clicking the right arrow button on the top right of this page. To equip an item, double click the item of your choosing. It will automatically equip to the correct equipment slot. You’ll see a small “grasped hand” icon in the lower corner, indicating this is your equipped item. Before equipping an item, you’ll want to be sure that the item you are looking to equip is of better quality than the one currently equipped. To do so, hover your mouse icon over the item you wish to equip and a comparison window will appear, as seen below: To delete an item, click on the item you wish to delete then click on the trash can at the bottom. 18 My Character | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Pets One special filter, on the right side, is the Pet filter. Pets can be carried in your inventory. There are many pets to collect in Pirate101. They’re available in many ways: from vendors in the world, from the Crown Shop, as rewards for badges, as rare loot from powerful bosses, and more. To equip a pet, find it in your inventory and equip it by double-clicking on it. Once you have a pet equipped, that pet has a chance to join you in combat! You won’t be able to control it, but it’ll do its best to help you out. If you’d rather have your pet follow you around the world, instead of your Firstmate, open the Options screen, select the Gameplay options, and find the option called “Follower Is.” Choose “Pet,” rather than “Firstmate”, as seen below: 19 Pets | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved My Skills and Powers Now let’s discuss the “My Skills and Powers” option. Not long after you begin your adventures in Skull Island, you will meet your Class Trainer, a person you’ll want to remember and visit often. One such trainer can be seen below: 20 My Skills and Powers | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Class Trainers Once you've chosen your character class, it's time to learn some pirate skills. Each of the five classes has TIP! their own Trainer, a character in the game You earn additional training points at responsible for teaching you the ins and outs of 8th, 12th, 16th, 20th, and every five piracy. Your Trainer can grant you talents and levels past 20th. You also can earn abilities and even special powers. You can even pick extra training points from completing up a few tricks from other class Trainers by spending Quests from Prospector Zeke. special training points with them! All the Trainers in the game are headquartered in the Skull Island courtyard buildings. Don't forget to pay a visit to them all! Your Class Trainer can teach you all of the Skills and Powers that your class is granted, those abilities will be recorded on your “My Skills and Powers” page. Use the left and right arrows to scroll through multiple pages, as seen below: 21 Class Trainers | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Once you have met your Trainer, you should make a habit of returning to Skull Island each time you gain a level, to see if there is anything new for you to learn. 22 Class Trainers | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved During combat players will have the opportunity to make use of Power Cards. Power Cards are obtained from your trainer and have varying degrees of use. There are four symbols in each corner of the card that indicates the following: A) Turn duration: Represented by an hourglass. This category is used to display how long associated effects will last. B) Target range: Represented by an arced dotted line. This category is used to display the range at which the caster can select a target. C) Target action: Represented by a heart. This category is used to show the type of action the card represents. D) Target area and target type: Represented by a grid. This category is used to describe the area of effect as well as being color coded to show whether this is an enemy or ally affecting card. Green = Ally and Red = Enemy. An example Power Card, shown below: 23 Class Trainers | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Badges Next is the “My Badges” tab and screen, as seen below: You can earn badges by accomplishing great feats, like defeating powerful bosses or discovering new skyways. You’ll know when you earn a badge because text will appear in the middle of the screen, and you’ll also receive a notification. Every badge you earn grants you a title that appears under your name, like “Sky Traveler”, as seen below: 24 Badges | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved TIP! Some badges also award items when earned—furniture, pets, and more! So be sure to explore every corner of every world—you never know what secret you’ll discover that will unlock a badge. You can select which title you display by choosing the Badge in the My Badges screen. Companion Management Next is the My Companions tab and screen. This screen is very useful to make full use out of each Companion that you receive. The Companion Management page is divided into 3 parts: 1. A 4x4 grid on the left 2. A 3D window on the right 3. Some data and controls at the bottom. The grid only shows up to 16 Companions, but rest assured you’ll end up with many more Companions as you progress along. Once you get your 17th Companion you’ll be able to flip between pages of all your Companions. As a Companion joins you, they are added to the end of your Companions list. While many Companions can be obtained by all players, other Companions are only available for certain classes. A good example of that is the first Companion you get – they’re unique to the class you’ve chosen! 25 Companion Management | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved To select a Companion, click on their portrait on the grid. Your Companion now appears in the 3D preview window and some basic info about them will display. Any Epic Powers they know will also appear above their head, just below their name. You can also hover your mouse over a Companion’s portrait on the grid to see info on their current combat stats, as seen below for Bonnie Anne. These stats can have a heavy influence on how a battle goes. 26 Companion Management | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved The order of the portraits – as well as the number of Companions you have - determines the likelihood that a Companion will be randomly chosen to join you in combat. Those odds are displayed below the Companion’s portrait, right next to their class icon. Although combat selection is random, you can change those odds by re-sorting the Companions’ order. The closer a Companion is on the list to the Firstmate, the higher the odds that they’ll get picked for combat (but no guarantees, except for the Firstmate). To move a Companion to a different location, click and hold the left mouse button, then drag your Companion’s portrait where you want them to reside and then release. Every Companion that is now between the dragged unit and the Firstmate now gets their percentages re-factored. The top left position of the grid is special, as it is the location of the Firstmate. The Companion in this position will follow you around (unless you use the Options page to tell the game not to) and will always join you in battle if they’re not unconscious (wounded in previous battle). Any Companion can be moved to the Firstmate position. 27 Companion Management | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Companion Stats Just like your pirate, all your Companions have stats such as Strength, Agility, Will, etc.). To see their stats, hover the mouse pointer over the Companion’s portrait, as seen below: 28 Companion Stats | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved To see a detailed record of your Companion’s current Powers, click on the yellow triangle in the lower right corner, at the bottom of the 3D Companion preview window. 29 Companion Stats | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved This will raise another window that displays the details about the Companion’s stats, as well as the Epic Talents and Powers that they know (mouse over the icons to get info on each). To close the panel, click on the triangle that is now up on the top of the window. In all cases the higher the number the better. Strength Increases damage for melee weapons (Cutlass, Spears or Axes). Also used in comparison (vs. target’s Strength) to add up to +25% bonus damage. Agility Increases damage for ranged weapons (Pistols & Muskets) and finesse weapons (Daggers). Also used in comparison (vs. target’s Agility) to add up to +25% bonus damage. Will 30 Companion Stats | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Increases damage for magical attacks, the effectiveness of voodoo powers, and any Powers. Also used in comparison (vs. target’s Will) to add up to +25% bonus damage. Accuracy Improves the chance that attacks will hit the enemy. Dodge Decreases the chance that enemy attacks will hit. Armor Will reduce the damage taken from physical attacks (slashing, impact, and piercing damage). Resistance Will reduce the damage taken from magical attacks (fire, ice, and storm damage). Damage The damage an attack will typically deal. This is a range; the actual value used will vary in combat, as the effects of certain skills are applied. Health This is the amount of damage that can be dealt to this unit before being defeated in combat. Any Companion that survives combat will be restored to full health once they are outside of combat. Those wounded in combat must be revived at a Life Fountain. 31 Companion Stats | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved How much damage is done to an enemy depends on a specific stat, during the attack. Each class has one primary Stat that dominates how they attack in combat: Buccaneer - Strength Musketeer - Agility Privateer - Will Swashbuckler - Agility Witchdoctor - Will When a Buccaneer attacks, their Strength is compared to the target’s Strength. The higher the Buccaneer’s Strength is, in relation to the target, the more damage is done. But on the other hand, if that Buccaneer has low Will, and is attacked by a Witchdoctor, then the Buccaneer will take more damage because the Witchdoctor’s attacks are based on Will, not Strength. All of these Stats increase as you train your units. Companion Training Like your pirate, Companions can be trained. Every time you level up, you’ll also gain Companion Training points that you can use to train up any of your Companions. You can see how many total unused training points you have, by looking just to the left of the Train button on the bottom right of the screen. Training TIP! does not cost anything except Training points. The further apart you are from If a Companion can be trained, when you select them the TRAIN button will turn green. You’ll see two blue markers on either side of a horizontal bar – the marker on the left shows the current level and the marker on the right is the next level. The bar between the two shows any partial progress towards that next level. your Companion in levels, the more levels they gain when you spend a training point on them. For instance, if you are level 50 and your Companion is level 1, a single training point could net them around 25 levels. The closer the Companion is to your level, the less they gain from each training point. If you mouse over the Train button, you’ll see what will happen if you do decide to train the Companion. 32 Companion Training | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved The green bar shows how far you’ll advance, and the green text shows the change in damage and health. Clicking on the Train button will actually make the change. Within your Companion preview window you can also preview which stats will change before clicking the TRAIN button by hovering your mouse icon over the TRAIN button, without clicking. Green text will appear next to your current stat number that displays a positive gain that will be acquired after clicking the TRAIN button, as seen below: How much they advance depends on how much lower their level is than the player’s level; the player can’t teach a Companion much, if they are both almost the same level. Regardless of how much the Companion progresses, they can never train higher than the player’s current level. 33 Companion Training | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved New Talents When they gain a new level, Companions may also be offered a list of new Attribute Talents to choose from, making them more powerful in combat. An Attribute Talent usually improves one or more of the Companion’s stats. They are applied automatically; there’s nothing you need to do to use a normal Talent, once you’ve given it to your Unit. Whenever your Companions are ready to learn something new, you’ll see a lightning bolt in the upper right corner of their portrait, like so: To see a detailed record of your Companion’s current Powers, click on the yellow triangle in the lower right corner, at the bottom of the 3D Companion preview window. This will raise another window that displays the details about the Companion’s stats, as well as the Epic Talents and Powers that they know (mouse over the icons to get info on each). To close the panel, click on the triangle that is now up on the top of the window. Companion Promotion Companions are promoted within the “My Companion” screen. Promoting a Companion is not the same thing as Training them: Promoting a Companion does a lot towards making them a more powerful team mate. If a Companion can be promoted – which usually happens when they reach certain levels—you’ll see a yellow exclamation mark in the upper left corner of their portrait in Companion Management, indicating that they want to talk to you. When you see that a Companion is ready to talk to you about a Promotion, head to the nearest tavern and go down to the cellar where you can see all your Companions standing around. Speak to your Companion to begin their promotion quest. 34 New Talents | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Once you complete the quest, return to any tavern cellar to talk to the Companion again and they’ll be promoted. Upon promotion, they’ll look different, and they may also be eligible to learn new Epic Powers or Talents. To teach them, open the Companion Management screen again and click on the New Power button (in the same location as the Train button) – a list of new Epic Talents and Powers that you can choose from will appear. An Epic Talent is a talent that does more than just increase a stat. But they are still used automatically by the Companion. Bonnie Anne’s Return Fire is a good example– she’ll try to use it automatically whenever she’s fired upon (but won’t always succeed), getting a “free’ attack if it does succeed. Powers are special abilities that can be triggered while in combat. Once you select the Companion in combat, up to 7 Powers that they know will be randomly selected and displayed at screen bottom. You can tell them which Power to use and who to target. Using a Power uses up that Companion’s turn; A Companion can’t do a normal attack (or move) and use a Power, in the same round. 35 Companion Promotion | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Move your cursor over the list to see a brief description of each one, and then click on the one you want. If you see a Talent or Power that you already have trained, but it has a number in parenthesis after the name, this indicates a more powerful version that you can learn. Companion Powers Reset You may realize, after a while, that you really wanted a Companion to have different Talents, Epic Talents, or Powers than the ones you selected. Fear not! You have the option to reset them. When a unit that has learned Talents and Powers is selected, the Reset button will light up. When you click on it, a confirmation pop-up appears, as seen below: 36 Companion Powers Reset | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Resetting a unit removes all the Talents and Powers previously trained, but does not affect the unit’s level or experience bar. You can then add different Talents or Powers than you trained previously. Companion Ability Resets is a Crowns-only feature. Training Tomes Training tomes give you additional Companion training points, allowing you to train your Companions closer to your own character’s level. You can find training tomes in two ways: o You can purchase training tomes from professor NPCs in many taverns around the world. Take heed: they don’t let you buy more than 10 at any one time, and the price goes up as you level! o You can find training tomes hidden around the world. Keep an eye out! Once you find and use a training tome in the world, you can’t use it again. A sample sparkling training tome is resting on the ground to the left of the pirate, below: 37 Training Tomes | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved My Quests The golden chalice icon’s menu contains “information about your Quests” including the following: My Quests (hotkey Q) My Maps My Windstones My Puppet Shows Let’s first discuss the “My Quests” menu. Clicking this option brings up the “Quests” page: 38 My Quests | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved The Quests screen can display up to four Quests at a time. If you have discovered more than four that you haven’t completed, scroll arrows appear on the screen. Each pane describes the Quest’s current name, goal, the NPC to talk to or the NPC(s) to defeat, where in the game world to travel to, any rewards offered for completion of the quest, and even gives you a handy button in the top left corner to replay a quest’s dialogue. To choose a Quest and make it your active Quest, click on the Quest of your choosing, in this case, “A Pirate’s Life for You.” A selected Quest will have a white outline. Selecting a quest will display the quest helper arrow and text at the bottom of your screen. If you are already on a quest and you want to switch to another quest, the quest helper arrow and text will switch to the recently chosen quest. Once you have selected a Quest, click the “X” button to leave the Quests screen. As mentioned, Quests have goals and rewards. These are indicated as icons displayed in the lower left corner of the Quest pane, as seen below: 39 My Quests | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved The Gold Coin icon represents that a Quest will offer Gold upon completion The Brown Bag icon represents a Quest that requires item collecting The Red Flag icon represents that a Quest grants Faction Status The Scroll icon represents that a Quest will grant Experience upon completion The Companion icon represents that a Quest will grant a new Companion upon completion The Gun icon represents that a Quest will offer an item reward upon completion Quest Arrow Notice the text near the bottom of your screen. This and the yellow arrow are called the Quest helper, which reflects information pertaining to the Quest you have selected: Next is the “My Maps” tab. This tab will show you all of the collected Marco Polo map pieces. You’ll learn more about them as you play the game. Next is the “My Windstones” tab. This tab will show you all the Windstones that you have collected throughout your journeys. Windstones cannot be purchased from a vendor. You can only find them by 40 Quest Arrow | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved continuing along the main storyline of the game. Windstones are the keys to unlock travel to new and exciting worlds, by allowing you to safely navigate through a Stormgate. 41 Quest Arrow | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Next is the “Puppet shows” tab. This tab will display all previously viewed puppet show cinematics. Should you wish to replay a puppet show, just click on the puppet show of your choice, as seen below: Once you hit Play your puppet show will begin to play right away, as seen below: 42 Quest Arrow | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved If you don’t want to watch the puppet show any longer, click the ESC key and you will return to the game. My Ship To travel between locations in Pirate101, you’ll have to learn how to Captain a flying Pirate ship! The ship icon’s menu allows players to launch any ship you’ve acquired or outfit a ship with ship items you’ve acquired. Many of the items on this menu will not be accessible until you have received your first Ship. Let’s first choose the “Select Ship” menu option. Clicking this option launches a menu that allows you to un-bottle one of your owned ships. If you un-bottle a ship while not in a dock, your ship will be waiting for you the next time you enter a dock. If you don’t have any ships yet, don’t worry—you’ll have a ship as soon as you finish your first job for Captain Avery on Skull Island. Please note… you will be unable to dye your ship or purchase equipment for your ship if it is not unbottled. 43 My Ship | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved A view of the “Select Ship” menu, shown below: 44 My Ship | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Ships you own are normally kept in magic bottles, which – when uncorked – will summon them at a dock. Successfully selecting a ship will un-bottle the ship (bottling any other ship you have un-bottled, unless it’s the same ship). If it’s a newly-unbottled ship, it will also place you on the ship in front of the helm (that’s a steering wheel, to landlubbers). Next is the “Ship Equipment” menu. It allows you to browse any ship equipment you own and equip it to your currently un-bottled ship, as seen below: 45 My Ship | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Your ship also has important vitals such as; Integrity, Armor Rank, Turning and Speed Rank. These vitals can be viewed by hovering the mouse cursor over the ship icon in the 3D preview window. Your ship’s vital statistics are as follows: Ship Accuracy (base cannons) Ship Defense Ship Armor Ship Rate of Fire (base cannons) Ship Damage (base cannons) Ship Health 46 My Ship | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Some of the items you can equip on a ship will alter these vitals. If you equip an item (such as a figurehead) that allows you to summon a magical creature, these will have their own separate accuracy, damage and rate of fire attributes. New Ships and Ship Equipment You can earn new ships by questing, purchasing them from the Crown Shop, or purchasing them from vendors in game. Ship quest rewards are very rare! Fortunately, vendors are a little more common. Generally, you’ll find one ship vendor per world. For more information about vendors, see the section titled “Equipment Vendors” near the back of the guide. Equipping Your Ship You can find ship items and equip them on your ship just like you can on your player character. Also like player equipment, ship equipment can be found as loot, received as a reward, purchased in the Crown Shop, or purchased from a vendor in the world. Ship items make your ship better. They can improve your ship’s statistics—making it faster, stronger, and do more damage, in addition to other positive effects. Maybe most importantly, ship items grant you powerful new abilities to use in ship-to-ship Broadside Combat. The Crown Shop The Crown Shop is your one stop shop for purchasing additional items for your character or house, in Pirate101. Most items in the Crown Shop are not purchased with Gold but instead with “Crowns.” You will need a valid credit card to purchase “Crowns”, to purchase from the Crown Shop. Crowns are account-based and can be used by any pirate on that account. 47 New Ships and Ship Equipment | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Click the Crown Shop icon at the top of the screen to access the Crown Shop, as seen below: The next screen presents you with all currently available items for purchase in the Crown Shop. The Crown Shop has the following categories available to choose from: Featured items Gold Permanent Mounts and Mount Rentals Units Booster Packs Houses and Housing furniture Clothing Ships and Ship Equipment Jewelry Weapons Elixirs Crowns Use during Beta During the Beta; you will not be allowed to buy Crowns in Pirate101. Each account will be given a certain amount of Crowns to spend, to help test the game and to have fun with. All Crowns from the Beta, and all items purchased with Beta Crowns will be erased at the end of Beta. 48 Equipping Your Ship | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Crowns purchased in Wizard101 will not be useable in Pirate101 during Beta. Wizard101 and Pirate101 will use the SAME crowns after launch. For example, once Pirate101 launches and you buy 5000 crowns and then spend 2000 of those crowns in Wizard101, the next time you log in to Pirate101 you will see a remaining balance of 3000 crowns. Be sure to check periodically for items that may be on sale! To do so, click the “On Sale” blue filter button, as seen above, and you will be presented with all items currently on sale for a limited time. If you only want to view items that are usable (restricted by level) for your particular character, click the “Usable” button, as seen in the above screenshot. You may also search for a particular item name by typing the name in the “Search for Items” box, as seen above. Be sure to check back often as new items will be added to the Crown Shop over time! 49 Equipping Your Ship | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Paygates If you’re buying your way through Pirate101 with Crowns, rather than playing with a subscription, you’ll encounter Paygates in the world. They separate chapters into sections you can purchase individually. Once you buy access to a Paygate, that access stays with that account even if you later get a subscription and let the subscription expire. 50 Paygates | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved When you approach a Paygate, a window will pop up and you’ll have the option to purchase access to a new area in the game with Crowns, as seen below: My Options The gear icon’s menu includes: (Replay) Tutorial Tips Open Help Pages Options Customer Support Select Pirate Quit Game Let’s first select the “Replay Tutorial” option. If you’d like a refresher course on any of the tutorials, you can see them again. Next, select the “Open Help Pages” option. *Access to the Help Pages will not be available during Beta* 51 My Options | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Next, select “Options.” Clicking this opens a menu that has multiple tabs which allows you to configure your Pirate101 client. Options include: Graphics (monitor icon) Sound (speaker icon) Gameplay (joystick icon) Privacy Options (key icon) Realms (world icon) Credits (star icon) Graphics, Sound, and Gameplay are all options that will help adjust the games settings to make the experience more appealing to you. Privacy Options allow you to alter your game experience by limiting or allowing friend requests, friend teleports, party invitations, and home visiting rights. “Realms” options work slightly differently than the other options. In Pirate101, your character is automatically placed in a Realm and Area with an optimal population, so you won’t be surrounded by too many or too few other players. For example, if you and a friend are both standing at the Life 52 My Options | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Fountain in Skull Island Fort, but you don’t see one another—it’s probably because you’re on a different Realm and/or Area instance of Skull Island Fort. Through the magic of the Spiral, there are many Realms, each containing a copy of the entire world of Pirate101. Although your current realm has been chosen for you, you can easily switch to a different one TIP! here on the Realms option page. Never fear, if you’re trying to join Additionally, there are many copies of each Area too, depending on how many players are online. An Area is an area in the world, like an island or a dungeon. For example, if many players are online, there may be many Skull Mountain Areas, ensuring that there’s enough room for a good play experience for everyone. But again, you can easily switch between instances here on the Realms option screen too. an in-game friend, but don’t see them standing where they say they are. Just use the “Go to Friend” button in your Friend’s List to automatically join them on their current Realm and Area. See more information a few pages down in the section labeled “Friend’s List.” There are no differences between the different Realms 53 My Options | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved and Areas outside of the players who are currently there. When you switch, you’ll be transferred to the same location you were in on your old Realm and Area—for example, if you were standing at the entrance to Fin’s chamber in the Temple of Gloom, you’ll also be standing there on your new Realm and Area. There will just be different players there. Next, select the “Customer Support” option. *Access to the Customer Support menu will not be available during Beta. If you need to reach Customer Support, please do so by emailing [email protected] Choose the “Select Pirate” option to return to the character selection screen where you can select or create another pirate character to play with. Last is the “Quit Game” option. Choosing this option will exit you from Pirate101 and bring you back to your computer desktop. Bug Reporter (Beta only) Should you encounter any bugs during your Beta adventures, please use the bug reporter tool by clicking the red bug icon as shown in the below screenshot: Once you click the icon, you will be presented with three options to choose from: Bug, Comment and Idea, as seen below: Clicking on “Bug” will bring up the bug submission form where you will be asked a series of questions that will further assist our development teams. 54 Bug Reporter (Beta only) | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved 55 Bug Reporter (Beta only) | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Should you wish to leave feedback about your experiences in Pirate101, click the “Comment” button. 56 Bug Reporter (Beta only) | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Should you have an idea for Pirate101, click the “Idea” button. For all other inquiries, please email: [email protected] 57 Bug Reporter (Beta only) | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Friend’s List The “My Friends” window should be very familiar to Wizard101 players! For those not familiar with this feature, the “My Friend’s List has a couple of different views as seen below: The view on the left is the default view, showing a list of your friends with a few options. The view on the right is what you get when you click on a friend’s name in your Friend’s List. Clicking on a friend’s name in the Friend’s List allows players to choose from a variety of options: FriendFinder Invite -this is a new feature in Pirate101! Friendfinder allows people that are online friends in one KingsIsle MMO (Pirate101 or Wizard101) to get re-connected in the other game. Look under the Friendfinder header below for more detailed information. This button is where 58 Friend’s List | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved you will generate a Friendfinder code with a friend in Pirate101 so you can be friends in Wizard101. Go To -click this button to teleport to the selected friend’s location in the game world. If clicking this option doesn’t work, it usually means that a friend is either not online, or engaged in some activity that does not allow friend participation (like playing a mini-game). Menu Chat -click this button to start a private “Menu Chat” with your selected friend. Text Chat -if available to you, click this button to start a private “Text Chat” with your selected friend. Add to Group -click this button to invite a friend to your group, which will allow you and your friend(s) to adventure together. NOTE: This button is active only when you don’t have a full group for your ship yet. Report -Click on the player that is harassing you so the correct player appears in the Friend’s List window, and then click on the report button to report that player. *This option is not supported, during Beta. Customer Support has specific rules for what is considered harassment; please see the customer support pages on Pirate101.com for more information. Ignore -Click on the player you want to ignore (meaning they can no longer chat with you) so the correct player appears in the Friend’s List window and click the Ignore button. Be aware that if the player is also on your Friend’s List, clicking this button will also remove them from your Friend’s List. Remove -click this button to remove a selected friend from your Friend’s List. The three buttons on the bottom of the Friend’s List help connect with your friends. True Friend Code Button To create or enter a True Friend code click the “10101” button on the main Friend’s list screen. Doing so will provide you with a new menu, as seen below. To create your True Friend code to share—outside of the game—with another player, click the “10101 Get True Friend Code” image, as seen below. Doing so will bring you to another window where your True Friend code will be displayed. Please note, the True Friend code must be used within 48 hours or it will expire and you will need to generate a new code. Once you have the code, give them the code outside of the Pirate101 game. To enter a True Friend code that you got from a real-life friend, simply enter the code in the box that states “…Enter Code…” as shown below: 59 True Friend Code Button | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Friendfinder Button To enter a “Friend Finder Code”, click the “10101 magnifying glass” button on the main Friend’s list screen. Friendfinder allows people that are online friends in one KingsIsle MMO (Pirate101 or Wizard101) to get re-connected in the other game. First things first, to use the Friendfinder in Pirate101, both you and your friend, must be friends in Wizard101 and generate the Friendfinder code in Wizard101. Next, both you and your Wizard101 friend log in to Pirate101 and enter the Friendfinder code you generated in Wizard101. 60 Friendfinder Button | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved In Wizard101, you’ll be able to generate a FriendFinder code at some point during the Beta process, and use that code in Pirate101 to connect up again in Pirate. Please note…a FriendFinder code is only valid for 24 hours after the first person enters it. Invite a Friend Button To invite a real-life Friend to join Pirate101, click the “pink envelope” button on the main Friend’s list screen. *Please note, this feature will not be available during Beta 61 Invite a Friend Button | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Zone Map Pirate101 contains a zone map which will allow you to see all available areas in a given location. The overhead zone Map is displayed by pressing the ”M” key, or by clicking the map button, as seen below: 62 Zone Map | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved A view of a typical Zone Map, shown below: The large pulsing green arrow on the zone map is your character’s current location within the zone. You will also see several other icons on the Zone Map through the course of your journeys, which are explained below: This icon represents a Buccaneer class trainer location. All classes will have their own icon representation. 63 The large pulsing green arrow on the zone map is your character’s current location within the zone. You will also see several other icons on the Zone Map through the course of your journeys, which are explained below: | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved This icon represents a mini-game location. Mini-games can be found within Taverns and other locations throughout the game. This icon represents a vendor location. Vendors contain many items for sale such as weapons, armor and ship parts. This icon represents an explore goal location. This will provide you with a general location on where your quest is hinting for you to explore. This icon represents a tavern location. Taverns offer mini-games, quests and a basement where you will train your Companions. This icon represents an NPC location. NPCs provide new quests to players and also act as a quest turn in location. This icon represents a quest item. Should you be asked to hunt for a specific quest item, an icon of the item you are searching will be shown on the zone map. Life Fountain Clicking on the yellow Life Fountain icon, shown below, allows the player to teleport to the last Life Fountain they’ve been bound to, as seen below: 64 Life Fountain | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Characters are bound to a Life Fountain when they enter a new area with a Life Fountain. Go Home Clicking on the House icon, shown below, allows the player to teleport to their currently-equipped house (or to their bunkhouse, if there is no equipped house), as shown below: Return to Skull Island Fort Clicking on the skull icon, shown below, allows the player to teleport to Skull Island, as shown below: 65 Go Home | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Notifications Throughout your adventures, you may notice a number in a red triangle at the top center of the game screen. This number represents how many unread “active notifications” you have. Think of them like emails from the game. To view all unread notifications, move your mouse to the top of the screen until the drop down menu appears. Look for a number in the bottom right corner in one of the icons and you will see a number representing how many unread notifications in that category, as seen below, where the chalice has 9 notifications and the hook has 4 notifications, as seen below: Click on the icon with the notification number and you will be able to read what notification you recently received. You may clear the notification from the menu by clicking on the blue button labeled “See All Notifications”. To read all previously acquired notifications, click on “see all notifications” under the same menu, as seen below: 66 Notifications | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Grouping with Other Pirates! Are you the type of pirate who loves seeking fame, fortune and adventure with others? If so, then you’ll most likely want to group up with other Pirates. To invite another pirate to your group, click on them and the Friend’s window will appear. Next you’ll want to click on the “Add to Group” button, as seen below: 67 Grouping with Other Pirates! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved After clicking the “Add to Group” button you’ll be prompted with a window asking for your confirmation, as seen below: If you invite another pirate to join your group and they decline, you will receive a message stating so, as seen below: 68 Grouping with Other Pirates! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Only 4 pirates may be in a group at a time, so choose your group mates carefully! Land Combat! To enter land combat, approach a hostile creature. Hostile creatures have orange (more powerful than you), gray (less powerful than you) or yellow (as powerful as you) names displayed above their heads. Blue named characters are other players, and green named characters are friendly characters controlled by the game. When you enter combat, you’ll be joined by one or more Companions. The chance for each Companion to join you is based on their order in the “My Companions” screen. (See “Companion Management” information.) Of course, any Companion that is knocked out won’t join (See the section labeled “Defeat” for more information about reviving your Companions. Once engaged in combat, your camera moves to a top down view, a battle board will be displayed and you will enter the Planning Phase. Planning Phase During the Planning Phase, you choose actions for your character and Companions. Before executing your action, you can review information about characters and objects on the battle board by mousing over their portraits. Each portrait represents a combatant, obstruction or an object you can interact with or destroy. Items that are not under your control or cannot directly harm you will have silver borders and appear not as bright, so that your units and your enemies are more obvious on the board, as seen in the below screenshots: 69 Land Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved 70 Land Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved - - - Pirates and Companions under your control, collectively called “Units”, all have the same combat color (blue, if you’re the first or only player in the combat). They are outlined in gold and appear brighter than other players’ units or obstacles, so they stand out. Your units also appear in the lower left corner. Although the game will automatically select the next unit when you finish giving one a command, you can also click on one (either in the lower left or on the board) if you change your mind. If you intentionally skip over a unit, the game notices that and won’t auto-select it. If you move your mouse to click on the “Done” button, the game will warn – but not stop – you if there are any units that still don’t have commands. Other players’ Characters and Companions will all have colors unique to them (Player 2 is teal, Player 3 is green, and Player 4 is dark green). They will be outlined in a silver border and will be darker than your own units. Your allies (units that help you, but you can’t control) have a dark yellow background and a silver border and are also darker than your own units. Inanimate objects all have a brown background and a silver border. Objects with a health bar are breakable and can be destroyed. Enemies always have a red background and a gold border. 71 Land Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Click on any of your Units to choose an action or let the game auto-select each unit in turn. - - - - - Players can walk on any gray tile. Your currently selected Units can move to any square that’s highlighted in blue. Their movement is limited by their own movement range and any obstructions in their path. They can walk through friendly participants, but they can’t walk through enemies or obstacles. o Some Companions can jump or fly to bypass enemies or obstacles! They may see more board square pathways than those that can only walk. o Since opponents always turn to face their attackers, there are no bonuses to attacking an enemy from the side or behind. Melee units can attack any enemy located on or adjacent to a highlighted blue square. Ranged units can often shoot farther than they can walk. When you mouse over an attackable enemy, your cursor will change to either a fist (for a melee unit) or a bull’s-eye (for a ranged unit). Melee units can walk to an attack in the same round, but Ranged units cannot (that’s the tradeoff for being able to attack from afar). Some Units can cast Powers! Some Powers have beneficial effects on friendly targets, and other Powers have negative effects on hostile targets. Not everyone starts with powers, but you can train to get them. If your selected Unit has Powers, they will show up at the bottom of the screen. You can review them by moving your mouse over them to get an informational pop-up. To use a power, click on the power. A beneficial Power shows a green target reticule over allies the Power can reach and a red target reticule for enemies the Power can affect. The Power may also be able to affect an area, rather than a single unit—in that case you see green or red colored squares that move around as you move your cursor. Click on a target to use the power. NOTE: Some Powers are auto-casting. They don’t rely on you to tell them where to be used. A self-heal Power is one such Power. If you want to ask someone playing with you to target a specific spot, you can right-click on that spot to “mark” that spot. A special mark will pulse—for about 3 seconds— on that tile, with your combat color. That helps indicate what square you’re talking about. Each player can trigger their own mark, so you can have up to 4 marks on the screen at a time. If you mouse over another player’s unit, you can see what they’re going to do. If you mouse over another player’s Character, you’ll see what all their units plan to do. A solid blue arrow represents someone running up to the opponent to attack A dotted blue arrow represents an attack from a distance If you want to ask someone playing with you to target a specific spot, you can right-click on that spot to “mark” that spot. A special mark will pulse—for about 3 seconds—with the color of the player that created the mark. That gives everyone an indication about the location you’re talking about. Each player can trigger their own mark, so you can have up to 4 marks on the screen at a time. 72 Land Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Once you’ve selected actions for all of your Units, click the green “Done” button to proceed to the Execution Phase; where the results of your actions unfold. If there are other players fighting with you, you may have to wait for them to complete their Planning Phases before you continue. When the Planning Phase timer hits 0, all players will go into the execution phase even if they have not clicked on the “Done” button. If you decide that you’d rather not continue the battle, you can choose the red “Flee” button at the bottom of the screen—but be careful! If you flee, you will suffer all of the consequences of a defeat! If you flee from combat, you will be returned to the nearest Life Fountain and your Health will be reduced to 1. 73 Land Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved You may also notice that certain combat squares contain an eyeball in the bottom right corner of the square. This is commonly referred to as LOS (line of sight). Any square that contains an eye ball will not allow you to use a ranged attack in to that square normally due to something blocking the way. Example below: 74 Land Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Execution Phase After you and your friends have completed your actions in the Planning Phase, combat proceeds to the Execution Phase, where all of the Units in combat play out their orders in turn. Once all your units perform their commands, then enemies and then any allies (units that fight with you, but you don’t control) get their turn! 75 Execution Phase | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Combat continues in turns until one side is defeated, or until the victory conditions are met. Note that not all combats require you to defeat all your enemies! In fact, in some combats you need to pay close attention to other (sneakier!) paths to victory. These Victory Conditions are displayed at the top of the screen, during the Planning phase. Careful, if you don’t meet a certain victory condition that’s listed, you could lose the combat. Victory Conditions Most battles are won by defeating all of your opponents on the Battle Board. Occasionally a combat scenario will have different Victory Conditions for winning or losing, such as: Defeat All Enemies—defeat all opponents on the Battle Board to win. Use objects—interact with objects on the Battle Board. Using these objects will either count as a victory or advance the current victory conditions. You can’t win until you do this, even if there are no enemies left. 76 Execution Phase | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Protect an ally—keep the listed ally alive for the duration of the fight. Failing to do so will count as a defeat. Survive X Rounds—survive the listed number of combat rounds. Defeat the King—defeat the listed Unit. It is important to note that you do not need to defeat any minions. Combat ends as soon as the “King” is defeated. Complete in X Turns—This Victory Condition will always only be present along with other Victory Conditions. You must complete the other Victory Conditions within the listed number of Combat Rounds; otherwise it will count as a defeat. The victory conditions for a battle are displayed at the top of the Planning Phase view. Note that victory conditions can change even during a battle, so be sure to check them between rounds. Victory! If you win combat, your enemies may drop treasure chests for you to loot! Run around the area and press “X” to open each of the treasure chests before time runs out. During this time you’re untouchable—no enemy will attack you and you’ll be transparent. 77 Victory! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Each enemy you defeat in combat has a chance to drop some loot. If you want to see more treasure, consider grouping with another player. Bigger combats will have more enemies to fight and you’ll earn treasure faster. If you decide to group with other players, don’t worry—everyone receives an equal share of the treasure no matter who opens the treasure chest. Blue and Red Yum Yum Fruit Once combat has ended your health may need replenishing. You may have noticed little red flying fruit buzzing around the land. These are referred to as “yum yum fruit.” All you need to do is walk up to one of the flying red yum yums and you will automatically collect it which in turn will return some of your health to you. 78 Blue and Red Yum Yum Fruit | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved There are also blue yum yum fruit flying around the world. The blue yum yums replenish your mojo potion bottle, which ultimately is used to revive fallen Companions. 79 Blue and Red Yum Yum Fruit | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Secret Treasure Chests! Combat isn't the only way to get treasure in Pirate101. Keep your eyes peeled as you explore the islands of the skyway. You may just find a Secret Treasure Chest tucked away somewhere. Any pirate can claim the treasure in these chests. Just walk right up and hit the "x" key. First come, first served! Defeat! When you’re defeated in combat, you’ll be returned to the last Life Fountain you visited—unless you’re currently in a group with other players. If all of your crewmates have been defeated as well, you’ll all return to your own Life Fountains. However, if any crewmates are still alive, you’ll all stay where you are to give them a chance to heal you, and bring you back into the fight!” If any of your Companions have been defeated, you can use the Life Fountain to revive them. The Life Fountain will also begin healing the player – while they TIP! remain in the zone. If you’re not near a Life Fountain but It’s a good idea to always use a Life have a full potion bottle, the bottle can be used to revive Fountain any time you see one, just to any defeated Companions too. be sure that all of your Companions are ready for battle. 80 Defeat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Your Ship Early on in the game, you’ll earn your first ship. So, what can you do with it? Sail, of course! Skull Island isn’t the only place in the game. Un-bottle your ship, sail between different islands…or eventually different worlds. And there just may be the occasional battle, too! Your first acquired ship will be a raft. To get a better ship, you’ll need to invest time in questing and to participate in Broadside Combat. Getting on/off Your Ship When you un-bottle your ship, you’ll be teleported to it. When you dock your ship, you’ll still be on your ship but there will be a deboarding sigil on the ship’s deck. Stand on the deboarding sigil and press “x” to teleport to the nearby dock, as seen below: 81 Your Ship | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Once you appear on a dock, there will be a boarding sigil to get back to your ship, as seen below: There are bound to be a lot of ships at the dock and we’ve made it easy for you to locate yours. When your ship is docked, a dockside banner will be placed next to the boarding sigil adjacent to your ship. The banner will have your chosen sail emblem on it. 82 Getting on/off Your Ship | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Note that you can visit other docked ships as a Visitor. So there may be sigils for other ships besides yours, but the name of the ship will appear when you stand on the sigil and you’ll see their banner too. Passengers can run around on a ship and ride along with the Ship until such time the ship enters a private or restricted zone, at which point they will be kicked off and returned to their last Life Fountain. Sailing your ship! To start sailing your ship, find the sailing station sigil and press “x”. The sailing station sigil is located in front of the ship’s wheel. (Visitors cannot activate this sigil), as seen below: Once you interact with the sailing station sigil your ship will appear in the skyway. Steer the ship just like you would your character, using the mouse buttons or the WASD keys. You’ll see a new interface item on the lower right for ship sailing, which includes a speedometer. 83 Sailing your ship! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved If you want to stop the ship, press the Spacebar to drop anchor. Press it again to raise anchor and get underway again. But be careful not to drop anchor where enemies can attack you. You can sail pretty much anywhere you want on the skyways between islands. You’ll want to be careful because there are enemies out there too, but there is also a safe passage path. As you sail, you will see various colored Windlanes. These are safe areas to travel in. Each Windlane flows in a direction and you may actually boost your ship’s speed if you travel in the correct direction on them. Many islands have docks where you can land. These areas are “No Wake” zones, so your ship will automatically slow down as they approach them. If you can dock, you’ll get a prompt telling you so. Note that you can also stop steering the boat by pressing the TAB key. Once you do, you’ll be able to run around the ship with any of your crew. But letting your ship move without a pilot isn’t the safest plan unless you’re in a Windlane. 84 Sailing your ship! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Broadside Combat! Ahoy there, Pirate! It's time to set your sails for adventures in the Skyways of the Spiral. Make no mistake though, danger lurks outside every Windlane! You and your crew will meet blackguards aplenty in the Skyway and when you do you need to take them on head first and cannons ablaze! Enemy ships, just like enemy monsters on land, will have names that are gray, yellow or red. When you approach these ships, you have the option to do some ship-to-ship combat, something we call “Broadside Combat.” Broadside Combat controls: Clicking on a ship selects it as the current target. The [ ] keys select the next valid target counter-clockwise and clockwise, respectively Drop/raise anchor by pressing Spacebar Hotkeys 1-4 activate powers, as does clicking on their buttons on the HUD Toggle Boost on/off with Z, or by clicking on the Boost button on the HUD To enter Broadside combat, approach an enemy ship. Once you are within range of an enemy ship, hover the mouse icon over the enemy ship and left click the mouse. Once you left click on the ship, you will see the enemy ship’s name appear at the top of the screen as seen below: Once your ship is within range of the enemy ship your targeting reticule will change from grey to orange to indicate you are within LONG RANGE. As you move within SHORT RANGE your reticle will change from 85 Broadside Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved orange to red. It is important to note that different cannons (and powers) have different accuracy and damage ratings at each of these ranges. When engaged in Broadside Combat, your ship’s speed range is slowed to a fraction of its normal minimum and maximum speed, and your turning speed is increased to allow for sharper turning. Your ship will also coast quickly to a stop any time a direction is not held. Holding backward will cause your ship to move in reverse up to the same max speed as you can move forward. Holding left or right will turn your ship on the spot, even if not moving. Also, while engaged, your ship will auto-fire its default power at your current target and the target, as seen below: This mode is toggled on by firing any offensive power at a target, or being fired upon, whether the attack hits or misses. If you have no target or are not in auto-fire mode, the attacking ship will be forceselected as your target. This mode is toggled off only when you are no longer in range of the ship you last fired upon, the ship you last fired upon is invalid (in No Aggro mode or defeated), and no enemy ship is currently targeting or chasing you. If an enemy ship is not attackable (even when within range), the targeting reticule switches to a grey cross out symbol, as seen below: 86 Broadside Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Multiple ships can fire on any target, but a target can only fire on ONE ship at any time (this is applicable to all players and mob ships, alike). As you continue to attack the enemy, you will soon begin to see smoke and fire rising from the enemy ship. This is a good indicator that the enemy ship is weakening and deck side combat is about to begin, as seen below: 87 Broadside Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved The YELLOW HEALTH BAR is another indicator that an enemy ship can be boarded. This takes place when the enemy ship is at 50% health. The same goes for player ships. At 50% health, the player ship can be boarded! Once boarded, you will still have the option to flee battle, by clicking the FLEE button. Should you decide to stick it out and continue to take on cannon fire from the enemy ship, you may notice rotating objects on your ship. These are referred to as damage tokens. Damage tokens come in many forms, such as fire. Damage tokens can be interacted with which will allow your crew to “extinguish” them. Captains who are driving the ship are unable to extinguish the tokens unless they stop driving the ship, but that can be dangerous and even more reason to have a crew! To extinguish a damage token, run up to one and click “x” to interact, as seen below: Each damage token that a player does not extinguish before deck side combat begins will result in that effect being part of deck side combat. An example would be a fire damage token not being extinguished. Any fire damage tokens that remain after broadside combat will later become a fire obstacle on the battle board during deck side combat. Units standing near fire during this phase of combat will take damage every round of combat. Screenshot examples below: 88 Broadside Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved There are other tokens that have different effects on the player – but you will have to discover these through gameplay! If you are unsuccessful escaping the clutches of an enemy ship and become defeated your ship will be teleported back to the Captain’s previous dock with all passengers’ health reduced to 1. 89 Broadside Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved If you successfully destroy an enemy ship, Nautical XP is awarded, a loot crate is dropped in the skyway and Quest credit is granted. A single loot crate is dropped per ship destroyed in Broadside Combat. Only the captains of the attacking ships can pick up the loot crate. The crate can be picked up by approaching and pressing “x” when prompted. If the crate is not picked up before its loot timer expires, it de-spawns. When an enemy ship is destroyed in Broadside Combat, Quest and badge credit are granted for the enemies that would have spawned on that ship. This credit is granted to each passenger on each ship that attacked the enemy ship at least once, whether that attack hit or missed, so long as they are still within the influence range (within sight) of the enemy ship when it was destroyed. Fleeing from Broadside Combat If you believe you are not yet ready to take on the enemy you have the option to flee from battle and head for the nearest Windlane for safety. Windlanes will increase the repair rate on ships, as seen below: Ship Boost and Boost Fuel As you attempt to escape the clutches of the enemy, you have the option to use boost fuel to hasten your attempt. To activate, toggle the boost button by clicking or pressing “z”. To deactivate boost you can press reverse (S), drop anchor (Spacebar), or toggle the boost button by clicking or pressing “z”. While boost mode is active, fuel is consumed to rocket your ship forward at increased speed and acceleration. 90 Fleeing from Broadside Combat | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Be sure to keep an eye on your boost fuel when using speed boost! On the bottom right of the screen you will see a green globe with a number in it. That number reflects how much fuel is left for your ship, as seen below: To refill your boost fuel, visit a Fuel Shop vendor on a city dock. This is where you can purchase fuel for your un-bottled ship. If you want to purchase fuel for other ships, you must bottle your current ship and un-bottle the other ship. 91 Ship Boost and Boost Fuel | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Deck Side Combat! Once either your ship or the enemy ship has been reduced to below 50% health, either ship can then be boarded at which point deck side combat ensues. Depending on whose ship reduces below 50% first will determine who attacks first in Deck Side combat. If the enemy boards you, they go first. If you board the enemy, you go first. Deck side combat plays very similarly to land combat in which there is a planning phase, an execution phase and a victory phase. As stated in the “Broadside Combat” section, if there are any previous damage tokens that have not been dispersed before deck side combat begins, those tokens will become obstacles on the battle board. Should you defeat your enemy in deck side combat you will have the opportunity to run around and collect the spoils of war…treasure! Remember, if you decide to group with other players, don’t worry—everyone receives an equal share of the treasure no matter who opens the treasure chest. Should you lose to your enemy in deck side combat, your ship will sink and you will be returned to the last visited life fountain. Your ship will be available once at the docks if it is unbottled. Nautical Ranks Each player has a Nautical Rank/Level (up to level 50), which they increase via Nautical XP gained from destroying enemy ships in Broadside Combat. The amount of Nautical XP needed per Nautical Rank is the same as normal XP needed per player level. Unlike player level, however, each player begins at Nautical Rank 0, and increases to rank 1 with their first Broadside kill. This grants their first Nautical Rank badge -the badge is replaced at regular Nautical Rank intervals, similar to the PvP and Gardening badges in Wizard101. Nautical XP is granted only to the captain of each ship that attacked the enemy ship. A single attack on the enemy ship is all that is required, whether the attack hit or missed, though the player must be within the influence range of the enemy ship (within sight) at the moment of its defeat to receive the Nautical XP. Unlike normal leveling, Nautical Rank can ONLY increase through engaging in Broadside Combat. As you increase your nautical rank, higher end ship equipment will become available for you to purchase from a ship vendor or from the Crown Shop. Increasing your nautical rank is completely optional and is not required to complete the main storyline. New ships will become available for players to purchase as they increase their class level, not nautical level. Broadside Combat Powers Purchasing The first power in a player ship is the ship’s default power, fired repeatedly when in auto-fire mode. Obtaining additional Broadside powers for use in combat are acquired by purchasing additional ship equipment, as listed below: 92 Deck Side Combat! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Attack powers are always on Figureheads and Horns Defensive powers are always on Steering wheels and Sails Heal powers are always on Steering wheels Speed boost powers are always on Sails Additional Broadside ship equipment can be purchased from a ship parts vendor found on various docks, as seen below: 93 Mini-games | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Mini-games Throughout your adventures you may come across a wagon or a tavern table with a sigil as seen below: These locations are for playing Mini-games. Playing Mini-games offers many rewards that will assist you on your adventure, such as: 94 Mini-games | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Mojo Potions Gold Weapons Armor Ship Equipment Mini-game rewards are given in 12 different scoring tiers. Each successive tier offers progressively better rewards and is accessed by achieving higher scores in a mini-game. Rewards are also relative to your pirate’s level and quests completed. For instance, a level 30 pirate receives a larger gold reward than a level 10 pirate. So you’ll get larger and larger gold awards as your pirate levels up! To play a Mini-game, simply stand on the icon next to the game stall and press "x" you'll then be given the option to play any of the following games: Coin Drop Use the Coin Claw to drop your coins next to identical coins. The more sets you match the higher your score! Rat Attack Rid your ship of rats with well-placed blasts of your cannon. Watch out for Spiders and Scorpions! 95 Mini-games | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Pirate's Pub Serve up glasses of yum juice to a crew of thirsty pirates and collect your tips. Mind you don't spill anything! Powder Keg Set your sights and defend your pirate's tower against monsters and Redcoats! Rogue's Range Practice your aim in the Rogue's Range shooting gallery! Windjammer Navigate your ship through hostile territory! Watch out for enemy ships and barricades! Equipment Vendors Please note, during Beta there won’t be a Bazaar/Auction House like Wizard has. We hope to add a Bazaar sometime after the launch of Pirate101. Stay tuned to the Pirate101 website for future details! As you play Pirate101 you'll acquire plenty of jewelry, clothing and equipment that will give your character an edge in combat. Sometimes though, it's easier to just go shopping. Vendors can be found both indoors and outdoors. Indoor vendors can be located by the shop signs that hang outside a building, as seen below: 96 Equipment Vendors | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Vendors will have the shop type listed under their name as seen below: The main areas of each different skyway will feature multiple vendors willing to sell boots, hats, outfits, jewelry and even weapons. It's easy enough to buy from a vendor. Just walk right up to one and hit the "x" key. This will bring up a menu of what the vendor has to offer. If you see something you like, simply click on the item and then click the "BUY" button, as seen below: 97 Equipment Vendors | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Looking to earn more Gold? Click the Gold Piece icon and sell some of the things your character isn't using as seen below: 98 Equipment Vendors | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Equipment Dyeing Vendors Is that dashing red color just not working for your shirt? Then look no further as you can dye many items at a vendor dye shop. Equipment dye vendors are located within a town’s interior. Once you interact with a dye vendor, click on the article of clothing you wish to dye. Next, click on either the primary color selector (to the left in the preview window) or the secondary color selector (to the right in the preview window) as seen below: 99 Equipment Dyeing Vendors | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Each selector allows you to custom dye a particular part of the item. Each inventory item—if it can be colored—has its own set of acceptable colors, so the color selectors’ options will change as you select different inventory items. Dye shops often offer more color selection than vendors do—there are a total of 27 different colors that an item may have available. Next, choose the color you wish to apply to your selected equipment choice as seen below: 100 Equipment Dyeing Vendors | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved There are a total of 27 colors to choose from. Once you like your choices, click on “Dye Item!” And the deed is done (including removing the required Gold from your purse). Ship Dyeing Vendors Along with being able to dye your player equipment, you can also dye your ship (Please note: ship equipment will not be dyeable during BETA). Ship dye vendors are located on the docks throughout the world, as seen below: 101 Ship Dyeing Vendors | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Once you interact with a ship dye vendor, click on the ship you wish to dye. Next, click on either the primary color selector (to the left in the preview window) or the secondary color selector (to the right in the preview window) as seen below: Renaming Your Ship Not quite satisfied with the name of your ship? Not a problem! You may rename any ship that you own by visiting the ship naming vendor and hitting “x”, as seen below: 102 Renaming Your Ship | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Next, click on the second tab on the left side, as seen below: Now, select one of the ships you wish to rename and click the green rename button at the bottom of the ship preview window. Doing so will open a screen where you can select a new ship name, as seen below: 103 Renaming Your Ship | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Banks and Shared Banks Is your personal inventory nearing capacity? Do you want to store a few items from your personal inventory for safe keeping and later use? Look no further, as you can store items in your very own bank! 104 Banks and Shared Banks | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved The bank will function as an extended inventory for you. Any equipable item may be held within your bank. Banks will only hold equipable items, not Gold. The bank may only be accessed within your bunkhouse or purchased house. The Shared Bank system, represented as a bank safe with a yellow bi-directional arrow above it, is a shared storage area that all of your characters on a single account can place items into and take out of. Housing In Pirate101 you can own your very own home! Each boy and girl pirate will begin with their very own bunkhouse, free of charge, as seen below: 105 Housing | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved You can purchase new houses at housing vendors or at The Crown Shop, as seen below: 106 Housing | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved 107 Housing | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved You can also purchase additional housing and bunkhouse furniture at The Crown Shop and housing vendors. To place furniture in your house or bunkhouse, follow the below steps: Click the hook icon from the drop down menu and then click on “Place Decorations”, as seen below: At this point you will be able to begin decorating your house by selecting from various furniture categories as seen below: 108 Housing | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved To place a piece of furniture, click on the item of your choosing then click again in the house where you would like to place the piece of furniture. When looking for a location to place your furniture, if the furniture glows red, that means you are unable to place it at that particular location as seen below: 109 Housing | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved If you are not satisfied with placement of your furniture, you can pick it up and place it at another location. To do so, click on the piece of furniture that you placed and then click on the treasure chest with the yellow arrow as seen below: Once you do so, the piece of furniture will be placed back in the “decorate house” window. You can also move a piece of furniture that you have placed in your house. To do so, click the grey block as seen below: 110 Housing | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved If your backpack is filling up with housing items, you have the option to move these items to your attic space. To do so, click the attic button from the “Decorate House” window. Next, click on the furniture that you wish to place in your attic and click on the “move to attic” button as seen below: Furniture items stored in the attic are accessible via all purchased houses. 111 Housing | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved KingsIsle Customer Support Representative (CSR) Employees Should you be contacted by a KingsIsle CSR, the CSR will have the title “KingsIsle Support” under their character name as seen below: Remember, it is against the game’s Terms of Service to impersonate a KingsIsle employee. If someone claims they are a KingsIsle employee but they cannot show you this badge, report them immediately. Mounts If you're in a hurry to explore all the worlds of Pirate101, you may be in the market for a mount. Mounts are creatures your character can ride upon that enable faster travel (about 20% to 40% faster than a pirate can walk). You can buy a premium mount from the Crown Shop by clicking on the saddle button at the top of the screen as seen below: 112 KingsIsle Customer Support Representative (CSR) Employees | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Sigils, Timers and Dungeon Exit Warnings Some locations in Pirate101 can only be entered under certain circumstances. These locations are marked by a semicircle of sigils. When a location is ready for access, the sigil will glow as seen below: 113 Sigils, Timers and Dungeon Exit Warnings | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Once the sigil begins to glow, walk up to it and press the 'x' key when prompted. There will be a ten second countdown and then your character and any other players standing on the sigil (one player per sigil) will enter the next location. Note: If other players near the sigil have not already completed the quest or they are not on the same quest as you to cause the sigil to appear, they will not be able to see or use the sigil. Some sigiled locations are known as dungeons. This means that if you leave the location for longer than 30 minutes your character will have to start from the beginning when you re-enter. When you enter and leave a dungeon you will receive a message telling you how long the dungeon takes to play along with warning you upon exit that you must re-enter within 30 minutes to pick up where you left off as seen below: 114 Sigils, Timers and Dungeon Exit Warnings | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved 115 Sigils, Timers and Dungeon Exit Warnings | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved In summary: Once you get a quest that requires using the sigil, it will appear and glow. As long as the goal to use the sigil hasn’t been completed, the sigil will continue to glow. Once you complete the goal, the sigil will still be visible (and stay visible) but will no longer glow – but you can still use it to repeat the adventure, if you want to. In Pirate, seeing a sigil means (a) Glowing – an active quest location. (b) Not glowing – you’ve already been inside and completed the goal inside. You can go back in, to re-participate in the content. Taking Screenshots! Throughout your adventures you will undoubtedly want to take many in-game screenshots that capture that post card moment and share with your friends and family. To do so follow these steps: Press CTRL-C to bring up necessary data at the top of the screen. This information will assist our team in tracking down your bug Click the Print Screen button on your keyboard For Windows 7/Vista users the screenshot will be saved at: C:\Users\yourusername\Documents\Pirate101 For Windows XP users the screenshot will be saved at: C:\Documents and Settings\yourusername\My Documents\Pirate101 Please remember that during your time in Beta, you are still under a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA) and screenshots should not be shared with anyone not currently in the Pirate101 Beta. 116 Sigils, Timers and Dungeon Exit Warnings | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved If you have more to tell us than the in-game bug reporter will allow, please send us an email at [email protected]. We also welcome screenshots if they help describe the problem you are having, but please do not send more than three screenshots per email. Please remember to use the CTRL+C feature to show your current location in game when submitting screenshots. 117 Sigils, Timers and Dungeon Exit Warnings | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved Thank You! We at KingsIsle Entertainment would like to thank you for participating during this phase of testing. Your feedback and time spent playing Pirate101 is greatly appreciated and will undoubtedly contribute to making Pirate101 a fantastic game, for all ages. Please continue to share your feedback and comments in the Pirate101forums, at https://flagship.kingsisle.com/partner . Please remember, your participation in the Pirate101 Beta is subject to the agreed Terms of Service and all information is strictly confidential as outlined in the NDA. 118 Thank You! | © KingsIsle Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved