Back to basic | A Splinterlands How-to-Play Guide

about 2 years ago

If this is your first time encountering Splinterlands, I hope this finds you well. 🙂

Splinterlands is a Free to Play | NFT | Play to Earn Card battle where you can earn DEC (Dark Energy Crystal) Splinterlands in-game token that is convertible to cryptocurrency.

In order to start, first is Creating an Account. Don't worry opening an account requires you $0 dollars. You can practice all you want and if you're comfortable, you can start earning by purchasing the Summoner's Spell book. Currently the spellbook cost is at US$10.00 which you can pay through Hive, BTC, ETH, LTC etc.

Owning a Spellbook will give you the access to Card shop, Daily Quest Reward, Ranked Season Chest Reward.

You can earn **DEC** through Rank Battles,Tournament Battles, Rewards and Airdrops!

Since Splinterlands is an NFT Card Game, You can also earn via Card Trading, Selling, Renting.

The Game

Splinterlands Card battle is compose of Summoner Cards, are different Magic users that holds one of the six primal forces and has there own specific skills that can help you win battles. The second kind of card are the Monster Cards, This are the person, creatures cards with different type of element that are usable based on your Summoner's Primal force or there Element type.

Card Stat

Mana cost - The more powerful the card, the higher the Mana Cost. This cost will influence how you create teams.

Stat - These numbers reflect the physical power, speed, toughness, and health of the character.
Splinter/Rarity - The icon represents Splinter and the color indicates Rarity (Common, Rare, Epic, or Legendary).

Name This is the name of the character.
Level - A higher level translates to a more powerful card. Gaining levels may increase STATS or unlock abilities.

Experience - Experience is gained by combining duplicate cards. A green bar indicates your progress to the next level.

Abilities - These are special skills or powers that are used during combat.

ATTACK TYPE

MELEE ATTACK This means you’re slashing at the enemy up close. Under normal circumstances, the attacker must be in the front row. Damage is assigned to the enemy Armor before health is affected. Chance to miss.

RANGED ATTACK The character attacks from a distance. Unable to attack from the front row. Damage is assigned to the enemy Armor before health is affected. Chance to miss.

MAGIC ATTACK Characters with magic attack may do damage from any row. Not only that, this form of attack ignores the defender’s Armor STAT (damage is applied directly to health). There is no miss chance. It always hits.

OTHER STATS

THE BATTLE

THE BATTLE Play out automatically, you can choose to fast-forward the game x1, x2, x3, or you can skip to end to game result

THE RULES

Battlefield

In Splinterlands, to be successful in battle you have to understand the terrain. The battlefield consists of two rows and six positions. The strength of your forces depends on how you can utilize these positions and anticipate your opponent.

Front Row - AKA position 1. Ranged attacks do not work in this position.
Back Row - Melee attack monsters cannot attack from the back row unless otherwise specified by a ruleset or ability.

Preparation

What to know..

Filling Vacancies When a monster dies, the monsters behind it all move up one position to fill in the vacant spot. Think carefully about how your monsters will be positioned if one dies. There can be no holes in formation.

Adjacency
Certain abilities affect adjacent positions, so what does it mean to be adjacent? Notice positions 1, 2, and 3. Position 2 is adjacent to both positions 1 and 3. Position 1 is only adjacent to position 2. Likewise, position 6 is only adjacent to position 5. Think of the formation in terms of a line and not a grid.

COMBAT

Time for you to choose a summoner and practice some battles. The battleground is split in half, with your team on one side and the enemy on the other. At the halfway point, the front-row Monsters from each team face off against each other. The Monsters with the highest Speed will take their turns first.

If two monsters' speeds are equal, then attack type is used to break the tie: first magic, then ranged, and finally melee. If the attack types are the same, then a random order is chosen.

Participating in several fights, you will become more familiar with what combinations of Monsters work well for different types of battles and in what positions they are most effective.