Strongholds

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Strongholds are a new type of combat zone introduced in V1.3 ahead of the launch of the Into the Abyss expansion.

Currently, 4 Strongholds exist in the base game alongside 4 more in the Into the Abyss Expansion.

Mechanics

Similar to Dungeons, strongholds have a fixed set of monsters but have their own mechanics such as a reversed Combat Triangle and Pure Damage.

Pure Damage is a Damage Type that cannot be negated or resisted in any way - equipment with Damage Reduction does not prevent this damage. The damage values of monsters in strongholds have been adjusted to accommodate for the lack of Damage Reduction. Because of this, the player is intended to try to deal as much damage as possible, while ignoring any defensive bonuses.

The major mechanical differences between Dungeons and Strongholds are as follows:

All monsters drop their normal loot when killed inside Strongholds.
Completing a stronghold rewards a scroll that contains exclusive Enhancements depending on the tier of the stronghold.
There are 3 tiers to each Stronghold - Standard, Augmented and Superior, each with increasing difficulty.
- Enhancements are required to enter and complete Augmented and Superior Strongholds.
- Pets only have a chance to drop from Superior Strongholds.
- Unequipping the required enhancements while in a stronghold will cause all player attacks to miss.

While in a stronghold the player cannot equip nor unequip Food and Equipment, nor can they change Equipment sets. These swapping restrictions can be removed by purchasing the

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Stronghold Equipment Swapping

upgrade from the Shop for 30,000,000

Enhancements

Standard and Augmented Strongholds are guaranteed to reward an Enhancement Scroll, containing Enhancements based on the tier of the stronghold. Superior Enhancements do not come in scrolls, and have a much lower drop chance at only 1%.

Strongholds of a higher tier than Standard require matching Enhancements to be equipped. Wearing enhancements of a certain tier allows entry only to the exact same tier of stronghold and NOT to lower tiers.

Enhancement Requirements:

Tier	Enhancements
Standard	None
Augmented	Standard
Superior	Augmented

Enhancements come in three types, denoted by their shape:

Circle (1)
Triangle (2)
Square (3)

Each stronghold has:

3 Standard Enhancements
3 Augmented Enhancements
1 Superior Enhancement.

Stronghold	Enhancements
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	Standard	+2% Chance To Double Loot in Combat	+3% Melee Max Hit	+2% Global Skill XP
	Augmented	+4% Chance To Double Loot in Combat	+6% Melee Max Hit	+4% Global Skill XP
	Superior	+4% Chance to Double Items Globally, +6% Melee Maximum Hit, +4% Global Skill XP, and +4% Accuracy Rating per attack turn (Stacks up to 5 times)
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	Standard	+2% Rune Preservation	+3% Magic Max Hit	+1% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
	Augmented	+4% Rune Preservation	+6% Magic Max Hit	+2% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills
	Superior	+4% Rune Preservation, +6% Magic Maximum Hit, +2% Chance to Preserve Resources in Skills, and +4% Evasion Rating per attack turn (Stacks up to 5 times)
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	Standard	+2% Ranged critical hit chance	+2% Global Mastery XP	+3% Damage to Monsters in Dungeons
	Augmented	+4% Ranged critical hit chance	+4% Global Mastery XP	+6% Damage to Monsters in Dungeons
	Superior	+4% Ranged critical hit chance, +4% Global Mastery XP, +6% Damage To Dungeon Monsters, and +2% chance to apply Burn, per Attack Turn, stacking up to 5 times (Stacks reset to 0 at maximum stacks)
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	Standard	+10% chance to ignore Stun, Freeze or Crystallize	+1% Damage Reduction	+2% Maximum Hitpoints
	Augmented	+20% chance to ignore Stun, Freeze or Crystallize	+2% Damage Reduction	+4% Maximum Hitpoints
	Superior	+20% chance to ignore Stun, Freeze or Crystallize, +2% Damage Reduction, +4% Maximum Hitpoints, and +4% Maximum Hit while the target is Stunned per attack turn (Stacks up to 5 times)
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	Standard	Gives the Enemy: +10% Damage taken from Laceration	+3% Food healing value while using Normal Damage and +30% Food healing value while using Abyssal Damage	+1 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Harvesting (Cannot be doubled)
	Augmented	Gives the Enemy: +20% Damage taken from Laceration	+6% Food healing value while using Normal Damage and +60% Food healing value while using Abyssal Damage	+2 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Harvesting (Cannot be doubled)
	Superior	+3% Food healing value while using Normal Damage, +30% Food healing value while using Abyssal Damage, +2 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Harvesting (Cannot be doubled), +2% Lifesteal per attack turn (Stacks up to 5 times), and Gives the Enemy: +20% Damage taken from Laceration
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	Standard	+5% chance to ignore Fear	+10% Global critical hit multiplier	+1% Abyssal Resistance
	Augmented	+10% chance to ignore Fear	+20% Global critical hit multiplier	+2% Abyssal Resistance
	Superior	+10% chance to ignore Fear, +20% Global critical hit multiplier, +2% Abyssal Resistance, and +2% chance to apply Slow, per Attack Turn, stacking up to 5 times (Stacks reset to 0 at maximum stacks)
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	Standard	+10% chance to ignore Silence	+5 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Crafting for Abyssal Consumables (Cannot be doubled)	+5 Soul Points gained per Monster kill while using Abyssal Damage
	Augmented	+20% chance to ignore Silence	+10 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Crafting for Abyssal Consumables (Cannot be doubled)	+10 Soul Points gained per Monster kill while using Abyssal Damage
	Superior	+10% chance to ignore Silence, +10 additional quantity of primary resource gained in Crafting for Abyssal Consumables (Cannot be doubled), +2% chance to apply Sleep, per Attack Turn, stacking up to 5 times (Stacks reset to 0 at maximum stacks), and +10 Soul Points gained per Monster kill while using Abyssal Damage
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	Standard	+4% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit	Gives the Enemy: -2% Abyssal Resistance	-3% cost to produce Abyssal Realm Items in all Artisan Skills
	Augmented	+8% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit	Gives the Enemy: -4% Abyssal Resistance	-6% cost to produce Abyssal Realm Items in all Artisan Skills
	Superior	+8% of Maximum Hit added to Minimum Hit, -6% cost to produce Abyssal Realm Items in all Artisan Skills, +1 additional quantity of primary resource gained globally for Abyssal Realm only (cannot be doubled), +2% chance to convert a miss into a successful hit, stacking up to 5 times, and Gives the Enemy: -4% Abyssal Resistance

Pets

Each stronghold has its own Pet. All pets from strongholds have a 1/250 chance to drop upon completing a Superior Stronghold.

Pets do not drop on Standard or Augmented tiers.


Pet	Acquired From	Effect
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hades	Stronghold of the Undead	+2% Damage to Combat Area Monsters
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Caleb	Stronghold of Magic	+2% Damage to Slayer Tasks
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Cindar	Stronghold of Dragons	+2% Damage to Bosses
Error creating thumbnail: File missing Maxwell	Stronghold of the Gods	+2% Damage to all Monsters

Strongholds


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