Battledome
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| ID # | 781 |
| World | Neopia Central |
| Category | Action |
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The Battledome is a turn based game in which users can have their Neopets spar against either computer-controlled characters or other users' Neopets. Battling is a very popular activity on the Neopets website, and there is an entire NeoBoard section dedicated to the game. There are thousands of items that exist solely to be used in the Battledome, and plots often involve fighting in the Battledome against specific opponents.
History
The Battledome began testing on November 15, 2000. It was officially released as part of the Hunt for the Battledome plot on January 11, 2001. The Battledome became wildly popular upon its release, and it remained largely unchanged for over a decade.
On October 17, 2012, the Battledome was closed down for renovations. The new and improved Battledome began closed beta testing on October 26, 2012. This new Battledome sported updated art, new comic-style animations, and a prize system to reward users for battling. The ability system was also completely overhauled and single player challengers were given multiple difficulty levels. The improved Battledome was opened up to all users on November 9, 2012, and is still active today.
Gameplay
Battledome fights are one-on-one. Neopets that have fewer than one hit point, are hungry, or are sick may not start a new fight in the Battledome. To win a fight, the player must reduce their opponent's hit points to zero before their own hit points are depleted. If both players reach zero HP within the same turn, the fight is declared a draw.
Battledome matches are turn-based. Before each turn, each player selects up to two pieces of battledome equipment and up to one ability. After both players have chosen their equipment and abilities, the turn plays out and the hit point damage dealt to each player is displayed. If both of the competitors still have health remaining, another turn begins. Play continues in this manner until one or both players runs out of HP.
Icons, Attacking, and Defending
In the Battledome, offense and defence are dealt in units known as icons. There are seven distinct types of icons:
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Each piece of equipment/ability deals and/or blocks a specific number and type of icons when it is used. For example, the Battle Faerie Shield blocks two fire icons and two light icons, while the Meepit Stampede ability deals 10 darkness icons.
The damage dealt by each offensive icon depends on the strength stat of the attacking Neopet:
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The amount of damage blocked by each defensive icon depends on the defence stat of the defending Neopet:
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Equipment
Equipment comprises of all the weapons and armour a Neopet may use in. They are bought, sold, or found like all other items, and are equipped to the player's Neopet from the inventory. Up to eight Battledome items may be equipped to a Neopet at any time. They are the main means a Neopet has of dealing damage to and defending against their opponent.
The player may choose up to two items to use each round. The damage they deal and defend against corresponds to the Neopet's stats and the number of icons the equipment does - see the worked example above.
Some items of equipment can heal the Neopet. Only one healing item may be equipped at a time (though there are some exceptions to this with items that heal but are not classed as healing items, such as Illusens Mud Mixture). Other items can freeze their opponent - this is not to be confused with The Neopets Team 'freezing' an account for rules violations, rather, this prevents the opponent from using any equipment or abilities next turn.
Some items reflect icons back at the Neopet that dealt it. These icons use the original Neopet's attack multiplier, not the attack multiplier of the Neopet using the reflector - essentially, using a reflector makes the opponent attack themselves. These icons are removed from the defender's damage calculation. Other items steal an opponent's weapon for the duration of the match - originally they stole the first item in the opponent's equipment list, since the 2012 update they steal a random item.
Equipment may be multiple use, able to be used over and over, single use, that expire after being used once, fragile, that may break after a few uses, or once per battle, that can only be used once in a battle but are returned for the next round. Certain exotic weapons can cause changes that persist outside of the Battledome: Chia Flour turns the enemy into a Yellow Chia, the Eraser of the Dark Faerie permanently deletes a random one of the opponent's weapons, and the Lab Ray Scientist has a weapon that can change a Neopet's gender.
Trivia
- The 2007 April Fools prank said the Battledome was cancelled. Users were unable to access the Battledome Chat, the Hidden Tower, or shops that stocked weapons, until the next day. Premium members were able to access those areas if they switched to portal mode.
See also
External links
- Help File: How do we activate characters for the Battledome?, Will I be able to see my pet's armour in the Battledome?, Where is the Neopets Battledome?, How can I see what items are equipped?, What are Hit Points?, I was playing in the battledome but my opponent hasn't made a move for ages, what do I do?, How do I withdraw from a battle?, Can I browse around the site while the battledome is searching for a quick fight opponent?, I just wanted to know if we can still find the Blumarooo and battle with him because I didn't get a chance to do so?, How do I stop people challenging me to battles?
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