Combat: Difference between revisions

Melee weapons, as their name implies, have an attack range of 1one tile, whilst ranged weapons have a range of 5five tiles. Upon initiating combat, if necessary, the player will automatically move to within attacking range for the weapon they have chosen.

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If initiating combat with a ranged weapon, a player may retreat to keep their distance from mobs, kiting it to some degree to take full advantage of their ranged weapon until it runs out of ammo. As of writing this, [[Game updates/2024-11-27|this update]] has rendered kiting slightly more tedious, but not impossible, to execute, as the player's in-combat movement pathing is cancelled after every ranged hit.

Reaching 0zero hitpoints in combat will cause the player to [[Death|die]] and respawn in the [[Hopeport]] infirmary. Other than inconvenience, there currently appear to be no other consequences.

Monsters are classed into two main categories, active and passive. Killing a monster rewards [[experience]], [[coin]]s, and a chance to drop equipment of variable [[rarity]] and randomized stats. The level of equipment dropped range between the level of the monster killed and the level of the monster immediately preceedingpreceding it in the same episode. Certain mobs throughout the game may also occasionally drop items used for other professions.

Active monsters may be further subdivided into neutral and aggressive monsters. The names of neutral monsters are displayed in orange, while aggressive monsters are indicated by a red name. An exclamation mark (!) will appear over the head of an aggressive monster if it has aggroed ontotargeted you. Active monsters may have vulnerabilities and/or immunities to certain elemental [[Attack Style|attack style]]s, as displayed on their card, and are immune to its own elemental attack style. It is generally inadvisable to fight an active monster with a weapon matching its elemental immunity.

Passive monsters may be fought as an offline activity and combat is initiated in a similar way to that of active monsters. Passive monsters cannot physically harm the player, but require weapons with a minimum strength rating of the monster's <math>Combat Level + 20</math> to fight. Players may not select any weapons below this strength rating. The combat level of passive mobs is always equal to its combatunlock level.

Bosses, as indicated on their card, boast increased HP compared to normal monsters of the same level, as well as mechanics the player will be required to perform correctly to avoid taking significant damage.The only mechanic currently implemented in-game are area of effect attacks, indicated by orange highlighted tiles and a blue cast bar above their combat panel. As of writing this, bosses are only found as part of [[quests]] and thus may only be killed once. Most named bosses currently ingamein-game do not have any elemental vulnerabilities or immunities.