Trials

Trials are special runs with modifiers that change the rules. Your normal progression stays untouched while you chase trial-specific rewards.

How trials work

• Join with a best wave of 150.
• You play in a group of up to 10 in your league, and your best attempt counts.
• Players with the same best wave share the place and get the same rewards and League Points; the next place is skipped.
• There are six leagues, from Adept to Eternal; your final place earns League Points that move you between leagues.
• Each event is played in one arena: Iron Storm, Blood Moon, Ash Forge or Poison Marsh.
• Rewards: Aether and diamonds for your place, plus diamonds for taking part.
• The first attempt in an event is free; each further one costs diamonds (10, 20, 40, 80, 160, then 250).
• Trials need an internet connection; switching apps pauses the fight.

The four arenas

• Every attempt starts at wave 1 and starting-wave bonuses do not apply; your score is the wave you reach
• Iron Storm: lightning strikes the arena. Later waves add enemy armor and shots that slow your attacks, and bosses break your shield
• Blood Moon: enemies hit harder when your health is low. Later waves weaken your healing, and in the end living enemies drain your health - Drain Resist and drain-to-shield effects protect you
• Ash Forge: embers fall on the arena. Later waves armor enemies against your first hit, give them more HP and harder hits, and make bosses attack faster
• Poison Marsh: poison hurts you from wave 1, bypasses shields (Shield Overcharge absorbs it first) and ignores part of your Poison Resist, and grows stronger when enemies die
• New modifiers join at waves 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50, and bosses gain theirs at waves 100, 200, 300 and 400

Leagues and League Points

• The six leagues, in order: Adept, Challenger, Champion, Conqueror, Sovereign, Eternal. You enter each at 0 / 100 / 250 / 450 / 700 / 1,000 League Points
• Places in a full group of 10 give +25, +15, +10, +5, 0, 0, -5, -10, -20 and -20 League Points
• Groups of 5 to 9 give +10 to the top half and -10 to the bottom half; with fewer than 5 players there are no League Points and no placement diamonds
• League Points never fall below 0, and Adept never loses points; skipping an event leaves your points as they are
• Higher leagues start the arena at a harder reference world and pay more Aether

Attempts and payout

• Results, rewards and League Points are paid about 3 hours after the event ends
• Placement pays Aether, and diamonds in groups of 5 or more; everyone who posts a wave also gets diamonds for taking part
• Arena Seals are the temporary currency of one attempt - they reset with each attempt, while Aether is kept for good
• Leaving to the menu ends the attempt; switching apps or locking the phone only pauses the fight