Building a Better Character: Part 2
Why Should I Use Crests?
No Crest for the Wicked
Crests are avital, yet easy to miss form of character customization. Crests are a great wayto take your stats to the next level.
The Basics, Basically
Crests areitems that can be applied to your character’s Crest slots. A Crest will bepermanently consumed when it is applied to your Crest slot, but once it hasbeen applied, it will stay until you remove it.
In manydungeons, or in certain special items, you can find items called Plates. Youcan take these plates to Stashy, Bailey and Hernandez and give them certainLustres, and in return, they will create a Crest for you.
Crests comein 3 rarities; Magic, Rare and Epic, just like most items. The rarity of aCrest corresponds to the quality the Stat bonus the Crest grants.
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Level to Level
Starting atlevel 10, you will start to unlock Crest slots.
Your Crestslots are located on the Crest tab of your Character Menu (Hotkey: P).
The first 2types of slots you unlock are Enhancement Slots, which will allow you toenhance 1 particular type of stat, such as Strength, Defense, Max HP and more.
At level 16,you get your first Skill Crest slot. Skill Crests will enhance one specifictrait of a particular Skill, such as the amount of Damage it deals, the Skill’scooldown, the Skill’s MP Cost and more. When creating a Skill Crest, you areoften given a chance to choose between 2 different bonuses.
With bothSkill and Enhancement Crests, you can only equip one crest for each stat orSkill enhanced. Keep this in mind, as there are numerous versions of everyCrest.
Best of the Nest
Your centerCrest slot will allow you to equip a Nest Skill Crest. Nest Skill Crests willallow you to learn a new Skill that comes directly from a Nest Boss. Theseskills have varying effects, so make sure you research them all to find the onebest suited to your character’s needs.
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Crest Slot
You will get13 Crest Slots from leveling up. Many players will find that these are enoughto run most Dungeons on Normal or Hard. However, more difficult Dungeons orNests require even greater stats. There is an item in the Dragon Vault, calledthe Hidden Crest Slot Pass, which will allow you to apply 3 of any type Crest. Thispass will last for 30 days, so make sure to keep it renewed.
Why Should I Use a Costume?
Looking Good, Feeling Good
One of themost popular types of items in the Dragon Vault, Costumes are the best way tomake your character stand out. Not only do they make you look cool, they canalso provide a great enhancement to your character’s stats.
One Piece or a la Carte?
Costumescome in 2 varieties; One piece, which will offer moderate stats, but a singularlook, or individual pieces, which offer a far greater level of customization.The advantage of One piece costumes it that they can be equipped at level 1, asopposed to normal Costumes, which can be equipped from level 15 to level 30.
Putting Together Your Look
There are 12different Costume slots, which let you customize the look of everything fromyour hat to your Weapon.
Costumes areavailable in the Dragon Vault, however, certain pieces, like Wings, Tails andSpirits, can also be found in Dragon Eggs.
Just likemost items, Costumes come in different rarity levels; Normal, Magic and Rare.There rarer the costume, the better the stats.
Mixing it Up
CostumeSynthesis Tablets are a great way to mix up your wardrobe. These items can befound in the Dragon Vault, and will allow you to take two Costumes of the sameslot type and use them to create an entirely new Costume piece. Synthesis Tabletsare also the only way to create Rare Costumes, the crown jewel of any DungeonFighter’s closet.
What Other Customizations are Available?
Wellspring has Sprung
Wellspringsare temporary items that grant you stats or protection from certain hazards inNests. Wellsprings can be found in the Furious Mezzanine, or by beating mostNests.
Pets R Us
Pets are agreat way to add a little flavor to your character. They can enhance yourstats, collect gold and items for you, and they are sooooo cute.
There are 2varieties of Pets; Poochums and Cats. The differences between the 2 are purelycosmetic. Each pet type has a version that enhances physical attacks, and onethat enhances magic attacks.
You can alsoequip cosmetic items to your pet, allowing for further customization.
A pet willremain active for 30 days, after which you can buy a Pet Alicorn from theDragon Vault that will allow it to fight alongside it for another 30 days. Petslevel along with you, so make sure to keep your favorite pet active as much aspossible.
Put on Your Game Face
When youcreate a new Character, you can choose the character’s base costume, hairstyle, hair color, facial expression, eye color and skin tone If you want to change things up, you can always get new hair styles, expressions and skin tones. You can also find skin and hair tones in the Dragon Egg.
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