Overview
To Explore in a Kingdom, that Kingdom must be unlocked and the main quest line must be completed.
Explore can be accessed from the Kingdom Map on the left.
Explore Run Basics
Explore Runs consist of 5-6 Battles and contain the following phases:
- Difficulty: First choose the difficulty on which to attempt the Explore Run.
- Explore: You will need to win 4 Explore battles to progress to the Mini-Boss Battle. These battles will not contain any Troops higher than Epic base rarity.
- Mini-Boss: You will fight against a Mini-Boss (always a Kingdom Legendary), no other troops than the Mini-Boss will be Legendary.
Explore Runs will end here unless you have collected the required amount of Mythstones.
If you lose the Mini-Boss battle, you will only gain half the amount of Mythstones compared to if you had won.
Explore Difficulty 1 - 12 requires 100 Mythstones to progress through the Boss fights
Explore 13+ requires 250 Mythstones - Mythic or Eternal Boss: The Mythic Boss will always be a Mythic Kingdom troop (which will be the only Mythic troop on the team), whereas the Eternal Boss will be a Eternal Dragon! Each Kingdom will have their own Eternal Dragon to defeat.
- Boss Chest: If you defeat the Mythic Boss you can open the Boss Chest to claim your rewards.
Your Explore run will end if one of the following conditions are met:
- You have fought the Mini-Boss and you have less than 100 Mythstones
- You have fought the Mythic/Eternal Boss and lost
- You have defeated the Boss and opened the boss Chest
- You have retreated from any of the battles
- You will be asked if you want to cancel the Explore Run as well, so you can change difficulties. This provides you was of ending the Explore Run if the difficulty you've chosen is too hard.
- You will be asked if you want to cancel the Explore Run as well, so you can change difficulties. This provides you was of ending the Explore Run if the difficulty you've chosen is too hard.
Side Quests
In Explore difficulty 2 and higher, there is a chance Side Quests will appear in your Explore run.
Each Side Quest consists of a single battle, and the enemy teams follow the same construction rules as Explore Mini-Boss battles.
A Side Quest will appear on the map after the preceding map location has been defeated. Your battle pop up on the left will then give you the option to complete the next Explore battle, or complete the discovered Side Quest battle.
Once you start the next Explore battle after a Side Quest has been revealed, the Side Quest is no longer available. So, once you pass it on the map if you have not completed it, you cannot go back to it.
As you can see in the example above, the Side Quest path will show you what reward is available for completing the Side Quest battle. Each Side Quest will always reward Mythstones, as well as one of the following:
- 10,000 Gold
- 200 Souls
- 100 Glory
- 3 Minor Traitstones (matching Kingdom Colour)
- 2 Arcane Traitstones (matching Kingdom Colour)
- 4 White Pet Food
Mimics in Explore Runs
You may encounter some mischievous mimics during your Explore run. After defeating a Mythic Boss, there is a chance that the Boss Chest may actually be a Mimic, triggering a new battle. Defeating the Mimic Battle will upgrade the Boss Chest to a Mimic Boss Chest which will multiple the number of tokens received by 2.
When opening a Mimic Boss Chest there is a chance it may be a Hoard Mimic, a new Mythic Troop. Defeating the Hoard Mimic Battle will upgrade the Boss Chest to a Hoard Mimic Boss Chest which will multiply the number of tokens received by 5. The Hoard Mimic Boss Chest also has a very rare chance to drop a copy of the Hoard Mimic Troop.
Both battles against the Mimic and Hoard Mimic in Explore will be based on the highest difficulty the player has unlocked, rather than the currently set difficulty of the Explore Run. If a player loses the battle against either the Mimic or Hoard Mimic, they will receive the rewards from the last earned Boss Chest.
Explore Bonus
At any time, a number of Kingdoms will be marked for an Explore Bonus. This gives them 20% bonus Mythstones.
Kingdoms with an Explore Bonus are marked with an orange lantern icon and the bonus will be written on the Explore button in the Kingdom's menu.
It will also be displayed at the bottom of the Kingdom map.
Once you've completed an Explore run in a Kingdom with an Explore bonus, the Bonus will be removed from this Kingdom and moved to a different Kingdom.
Tip: Your Mythstones for all Kingdoms are shared, so Mythstones you earn in 1 Kingdom will be added to your Mythstone tally for all Kingdoms. This allows you to chase the Explore Bonus and earn Mythstones in any Kingdom and then use the Mythstones to fight the Mythic Boss in the Kingdom of your choosing to target a specific Arcane Traitstone.
Earning Traitstones
The Traitstones that can be earned are all Traitstones matching the Arcane Traitstone shown in the image on the Explore button.
For Example, in Broken Spire you can find:
Minor, Major and Runic Earth and Water Traitstones as well as Arcane Shield Traitstones (Blue/Brown) and Celestial Traitstones.
There is an increased chance of earning rarer Traitstones in Explore:
- Runic Traitstones have a x2 chance
- Arcane Traitstones have a x3 chance
- Celestial Traitstones have a x3 chance
- There is an increased chance to find Arcane Traitstones when fighting the Mini-Boss
- There is a guaranteed chance to find an Arcane Traitstone when fighting the Mythic Boss
Explore mode is one of the two best ways to target specific Traitstones, besides the Soulforge.
Alternatively, you can accumulate Glory - some Weekly Event Troops may come on offer in the Shop for Glory rewards where you can also obtain Arcane Traitstones.
