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Its actually more of Bejewled + Pokemon = Hello Kitty... And Batman... and Dragonball.
Think of bejeweled if you could move an orb as far as five seconds could get you, and make as many combos as you can. Colored orbs cause your monsters of the same color to attack when 3+ are matched, and hearts restore damage you take from monsters attacking you. Make as many combos as possible to rack up the damage. Unless you have row enhance awakenings in which case get six orbs of the same type across. Unless you are trying to stall in which case... actually this game gets absurdly complicated for a Match 3 game. Luckily the resources below have all the answers if you want to poke through them. This thread is also monitored by a lot of people who have (sadly?) been playing the same mobile game for over a year everyday. So feel free to ask if you have any questions.
Don't roll outside of Godfest.
Unless there is extenuating circumstances:
Don't continue
Don't spend stones to restore stamina.
You'll regret it eventually.
Previous Threads
March 1, 2013 - June 13, 2013
Second PA thread
Third PA Thread
Fourth PA Thread
Super Helpful Starter Document.
FAQ:
How much does this cost?
The game is free to play, with a premium currency of magic stones. 1 Magic Stone = 1 Dollar.
How long before I hit the pay wall?
Luckily, the game distributes ~14-20 stones per month so if you get a good start by following the tips below you won't need to spend a cent to clear all the content.
Okay, so how do I get a good start?
I'm sure you noticed the fun tutorial? At the end it makes you pull the golden dragon and out pops an egg? Well here's the thing: That egg can be anything that comes out of the Golden Dragon. You could get the most powerful monster in the game, or you could get some trash that has no purpose except to make you weep. You can also delete the application and redownload it to get another run through the tutorial and another free roll on the Golden Dragon.
Do you see where I'm going with this? Depending on your tolerance for Pain, you can run through the tutorial over and over until you start with exactly what you want.
What is a good starting monster than?
If you are planning on spending money in the game, it doesn't matter as much what you start with as you can always buy more stones if not here are some recommendations:
Starting rolls:
What is the most important thing to know about this game?
If there isn't a Godfest Active *DO NOT PULL ON THE GOLDEN DRAGON*
Godfest? Golden Dragon?
The Golden Dragon/Rare Egg Machine/REM/Premium Gacha is a machine that eats 5 magic stones and barfs out a monster. This can be a farmable monster or an incredibly powerful God. Remember 5 stones= 5$, so unless you are willing to donate a lot of money you probably want to maximize your chances at getting a God, since you'll get the farmable monsters with a bit of effort, but Gods are only from the Golden Dragon. Every other week there will be a "Godfest" where you have a 3x chance to hit a God when you roll, or an estimated 1 out of 3 chance. Only spend your stones to roll during Godfest. Its recommended to not roll at all until you get a good amount of box space and friends, but pulling is one of the fun parts of the game, so as long as you only pull during Godfest no one will yell at you. Probably.
I'm out of Box Space!
That's not a question, but it will be a common problem. The solution is to spend magic stones on increasing your box size. This should be where all of your early stones go. Try to get up to 100 boxes at least before you spend magic stones on *ANYTHING* else
Which Monsters are Worth Keeping?
This article is a great resource on what to do with the monsters that drop as you go along. pad.wikia.com/wiki/Valuable_Monsters
How do I keep track of all these monsters?
Setup an account on Padherder.com. This site will keep track of what you need to evolve the monsters you get, and how much exp to get them to the next level.
What should I call the Chinese Gods
(Color) Chinese god.
How do I play with other awesome Penny Arcade People?
Add yourself to the Penny Arcade Puzzle and Dragons User Database of Wonderment and Joy, and send friend invites to everyone on it. If people are full, then @ them in this thread and they will typically make room for a fellow forumer.
How do I know how what % Life a boss has/I have?
How does skilling up a monster work?
If you feed your monster another monster with *the exact same skill name*, you'll have a 10% chance to increase the skill level, which makes the skill charge one turn faster. During events the skillup rate is x2, so do not try to skillup outside of an event unless you hate your time/money.
Does anyone know what the math is for combos vs. multi-orb matches?
Like, how much does a 2-combo multiply my attacks? How about a 4 or 5 orb match in one color? If I've got 6 orbs of one color in the grid, am I better off making a line of six or two 3-orb matches? If I've got two adjacent lines of 3 in the same color that are touching they clear as one match instead of a two combo. Does that count the same as matching six in a line?
Short Answer making combos is better than making big clumps of orbs unless Awoken skills/orb enhancers are in play.
pad.wikia.com/wiki/Game_Mechanics#Damage_Calculation
Although this whole page is a good read.
How to beat most levels in challenge mode:
Make Ronia friends.
Get a Hera-Ur.
Use Hera-Ur as your leader, and fill up the rest of the team with fully awoken Ronias. Clear everything easily with the power of poor balancing.
Also Green/White Present Dragon and 5 Awoken Odins can clear some tricky tech dungeons.
How do I beat the Hardest Evo Material Dungeons?
Tuesday - Keeper of Gold. A ton of plus eggs and luck. There are many teams listed on puzzledragonx, I haven't gotten one to work yet.
Wednesday - Blue/Green Masks (aka 99 turn skill bind fun) Get an autohealer and a friend Green Odin. Fill your team with dual attribute monsters, first few waves group attack as much as possible,
mystic mask round kill the red masks first, no group attacks.
Last wave, target the blue mask, combo/heal until skill bind lets up. Poison the blue mask and gravity if you have it. When blue mask is almost dead, start lowering the green masks' life.
Thursday - Dreaming Dragonfruit - I hear Shiva/Ronia works great here. Satan can work or get you orb screwed, tough with combo leads due to less orb match time. I haven't gotten a good plan here.
Friday - Funding Sky Prison ☺T╩♦•◘○♣♦☻ - There are many teams out there, most popular is ultimate zeus/ultimate zeus, Hera-Is, Poison/ra/bane, Naga, something else (spread cats is good).
1st round make enough combos to kill all but one/two mythlits. If you start with no light orbs or you get too many combos, you just wasted 50 stamina! FUN!
2nd round you want to use poison to clear before the Dubs kill you. They hit very hard.
3rd round use naga, make a couple of mass attacks then kill the dubs leaving the tamadra. Let it bind you then move orbs until you get all skills up.
Round 4 35%gravity x 2 30% gravity, spread cats, delay, make as many combos as possible and hope you kill them. This dungeon is very frustrating.
I have too many coins, what's with these coin dungeons?
Misc Links to be sorted:
Dungeon Bonus Timetable
SomethingAwful.com P&D thread
pad.wikia.com
Puzzledragonx Database
Puzzle & Dragons Global Wiki
Monsters Beginners Should Farm For
Efficient Power Up Fusions
Official Facebook Page
Puzzle & Dragon Simulator
Added September 4, 2013:
Skill up info with chart
Drop Rate info with chart
+Egg Farming Info
+ = Its actually more of Bejewled + Pokemon = Hello Kitty... And Batman... and Dragonball.
Think of bejeweled if you could move an orb as far as five seconds could get you, and make as many combos as you can. Colored orbs cause your monsters of the same color to attack when 3+ are matched, and hearts restore damage you take from monsters attacking you. Make as many combos as possible to rack up the damage. Unless you have row enhance awakenings in which case get six orbs of the same type across. Unless you are trying to stall in which case... actually this game gets absurdly complicated for a Match 3 game. Luckily the resources below have all the answers if you want to poke through them. This thread is also monitored by a lot of people who have (sadly?) been playing the same mobile game for over a year everyday. So feel free to ask if you have any questions.
Don't roll outside of Godfest.
Unless there is extenuating circumstances:
Don't continue
Don't spend stones to restore stamina.
You'll regret it eventually.
Previous Threads
March 1, 2013 - June 13, 2013
Second PA thread
Third PA Thread
Fourth PA Thread
Super Helpful Starter Document.
FAQ:
How much does this cost?
The game is free to play, with a premium currency of magic stones. 1 Magic Stone = 1 Dollar.
How long before I hit the pay wall?
Luckily, the game distributes ~14-20 stones per month so if you get a good start by following the tips below you won't need to spend a cent to clear all the content.
Okay, so how do I get a good start?
I'm sure you noticed the fun tutorial? At the end it makes you pull the golden dragon and out pops an egg? Well here's the thing: That egg can be anything that comes out of the Golden Dragon. You could get the most powerful monster in the game, or you could get some trash that has no purpose except to make you weep. You can also delete the application and redownload it to get another run through the tutorial and another free roll on the Golden Dragon.
Do you see where I'm going with this? Depending on your tolerance for Pain, you can run through the tutorial over and over until you start with exactly what you want.
What is a good starting monster than?
If you are planning on spending money in the game, it doesn't matter as much what you start with as you can always buy more stones if not here are some recommendations:
Starting rolls:
Sonia, particularly red www.reddit.com/r/PuzzleAndDragons/comments/2c4bba/the_seven_stages_of_sonia
Any Egyptian God, most of the 3K gods, any Chinese God, but especially Kirin.
Any Egyptian God, most of the 3K gods, any Chinese God, but especially Kirin.
What is the most important thing to know about this game?
If there isn't a Godfest Active *DO NOT PULL ON THE GOLDEN DRAGON*
Godfest? Golden Dragon?
The Golden Dragon/Rare Egg Machine/REM/Premium Gacha is a machine that eats 5 magic stones and barfs out a monster. This can be a farmable monster or an incredibly powerful God. Remember 5 stones= 5$, so unless you are willing to donate a lot of money you probably want to maximize your chances at getting a God, since you'll get the farmable monsters with a bit of effort, but Gods are only from the Golden Dragon. Every other week there will be a "Godfest" where you have a 3x chance to hit a God when you roll, or an estimated 1 out of 3 chance. Only spend your stones to roll during Godfest. Its recommended to not roll at all until you get a good amount of box space and friends, but pulling is one of the fun parts of the game, so as long as you only pull during Godfest no one will yell at you. Probably.
I'm out of Box Space!
That's not a question, but it will be a common problem. The solution is to spend magic stones on increasing your box size. This should be where all of your early stones go. Try to get up to 100 boxes at least before you spend magic stones on *ANYTHING* else
Which Monsters are Worth Keeping?
This article is a great resource on what to do with the monsters that drop as you go along. pad.wikia.com/wiki/Valuable_Monsters
How do I keep track of all these monsters?
Setup an account on Padherder.com. This site will keep track of what you need to evolve the monsters you get, and how much exp to get them to the next level.
What should I call the Chinese Gods
(Color) Chinese god.
How do I play with other awesome Penny Arcade People?
Add yourself to the Penny Arcade Puzzle and Dragons User Database of Wonderment and Joy, and send friend invites to everyone on it. If people are full, then @ them in this thread and they will typically make room for a fellow forumer.
How do I know how what % Life a boss has/I have?
How does skilling up a monster work?
If you feed your monster another monster with *the exact same skill name*, you'll have a 10% chance to increase the skill level, which makes the skill charge one turn faster. During events the skillup rate is x2, so do not try to skillup outside of an event unless you hate your time/money.
Does anyone know what the math is for combos vs. multi-orb matches?
Like, how much does a 2-combo multiply my attacks? How about a 4 or 5 orb match in one color? If I've got 6 orbs of one color in the grid, am I better off making a line of six or two 3-orb matches? If I've got two adjacent lines of 3 in the same color that are touching they clear as one match instead of a two combo. Does that count the same as matching six in a line?
Short Answer making combos is better than making big clumps of orbs unless Awoken skills/orb enhancers are in play.
pad.wikia.com/wiki/Game_Mechanics#Damage_Calculation
Although this whole page is a good read.
How to beat most levels in challenge mode:
Make Ronia friends.
Get a Hera-Ur.
Use Hera-Ur as your leader, and fill up the rest of the team with fully awoken Ronias. Clear everything easily with the power of poor balancing.
Also Green/White Present Dragon and 5 Awoken Odins can clear some tricky tech dungeons.
How do I beat the Hardest Evo Material Dungeons?
Tuesday - Keeper of Gold. A ton of plus eggs and luck. There are many teams listed on puzzledragonx, I haven't gotten one to work yet.
Wednesday - Blue/Green Masks (aka 99 turn skill bind fun) Get an autohealer and a friend Green Odin. Fill your team with dual attribute monsters, first few waves group attack as much as possible,
mystic mask round kill the red masks first, no group attacks.
Last wave, target the blue mask, combo/heal until skill bind lets up. Poison the blue mask and gravity if you have it. When blue mask is almost dead, start lowering the green masks' life.
Thursday - Dreaming Dragonfruit - I hear Shiva/Ronia works great here. Satan can work or get you orb screwed, tough with combo leads due to less orb match time. I haven't gotten a good plan here.
Friday - Funding Sky Prison ☺T╩♦•◘○♣♦☻ - There are many teams out there, most popular is ultimate zeus/ultimate zeus, Hera-Is, Poison/ra/bane, Naga, something else (spread cats is good).
1st round make enough combos to kill all but one/two mythlits. If you start with no light orbs or you get too many combos, you just wasted 50 stamina! FUN!
2nd round you want to use poison to clear before the Dubs kill you. They hit very hard.
3rd round use naga, make a couple of mass attacks then kill the dubs leaving the tamadra. Let it bind you then move orbs until you get all skills up.
Round 4 35%gravity x 2 30% gravity, spread cats, delay, make as many combos as possible and hope you kill them. This dungeon is very frustrating.
I have too many coins, what's with these coin dungeons?
Also, I tried some more of the coin dungeons. My overall reviews:
Alt Castle of Satan in the Abyss - 1 million
Shrine of Green Water - 1 million
Challenging dungeons with quite good Exp and Coins per stamina. It also drops high level monsters that provide 10k-15k experience each. Overall a very efficient use of stamina if you have some to burn. Don't forget the free stone.
Warning - Watch out for the King Metal Dragon, he'll eat your face
Together At Last! Evo Rush!! - 3 million
Costs 35 stamina. Gives you a shot at a Dragon Fruit, a Dub-Mythlit, a Mystic Mask, and a Rainbow Keeper. Includes a guaranteed random Keeper. Worth doing once for the free stone, I'd avoid it otherwise.
Tamadra Village - 10 million
Awesome! Bring two poisons and you can't lose. The only downside is that at 99 stamina a run it'll almost certainly cost you a stone per try, but it's still worth it. At worst you'll get 4 Baby Tamadras a run, plus you have a shot at skillups for GrOdin and ROdin. If you run a lot of different teams and need a lot of awakenings, this is the perfect dungeon for you.
Bonus Review: Weekend Dungeon - Legend
The individual waves of this dungeon are about as hard as the boss wave on Master difficulty. Watch out for wave 5 with the three Mystic Masks - bring poison or some massive burst to break their armor. If you don't have a Robin or Kushinada, grab a Poison Ivy while the DC Collab is still around.
Otherwise, wave 9 is fairly easy. Wave 10 is the same as the final wave of Two Heroes, so make sure you can survive a hit from Berserk and get past Highlander's armor,.
For fun, my team:
Dungeon Bonus Timetable
SomethingAwful.com P&D thread
pad.wikia.com
Puzzledragonx Database
Puzzle & Dragons Global Wiki
Monsters Beginners Should Farm For
Efficient Power Up Fusions
Official Facebook Page
Puzzle & Dragon Simulator
Added September 4, 2013:
Skill up info with chart
Drop Rate info with chart
+Egg Farming Info
38thDoE on steam
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This post stolen from @_J_ until such a time as I can work through it.
I actually updated the OP this time. I need new pictures but I don't have time to image search right now, feel free to submit some.
Pfff what makes you think I didn't just image search for it?
I think my wife called me while I was dragging an orb.
No way 38thDoe chooses yes.
And to think I spent like $20 trying to get a lucifer in the first release of Angels & Demons. To get almost everything from that fest besides the 2 useful monsters at the time (AA Lucifier & Astaroth).
PaD id - 346,240,298
Marvel FF - Lil bill12
Streaming 8PST on weeknights
Back when all you needed to do was tank Descended Dungeons, she was far more efficient at it than Lucifer due to her counter-attack.
Now that everything requires burst teams, she's not so useful.
Nevermind that tragedy, I'm not seeing Red Sonia anywhere on that tier list.
PaD id - 346,240,298
Marvel FF - Lil bill12
Her all devil team is immune to god gaze, lets her beat Zeus dios. Lucifer gets bound and dead.
Heh I spent 60 on that fest and got all the other archangels. Go us.
My opinion is lucifer is okay but not great.
I'm open to debate though.
That should be remedied. I'll fix that when I'm back on a computer. Dark metatron too probably?
Have you seen him? Now you have
I couldn't figure out if I wanted it to feed it to my ChuChu, GrOdin #2, or Susano... ChuChu I almost never use, I don't have a king woodsie, only at skill level 2. GrOdin #1 has 2.9m experience so if fed to him would of maxed level but wasted a good amount of experience. GrOdin #2 is skill level 1 and has 0 awakenings right now, so wasn't sure of point to get him into the 90s.... So I fed it to Susano with 4 moltdra, he is only skill 4 right now, but I got him to level 94 and he is bind immune.
PaD id - 346,240,298
Marvel FF - Lil bill12
Wait for Byakko.
First wave, orb trolled, no lucky skyfalls, dead. That was a fun 50 stamina.
395 Days
I still wanna try Luci nuke + Vritra nuke to see how far I can get. Need good support to stall though.
PaD id - 346,240,298
Marvel FF - Lil bill12
Puzzle
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Puzzle and Dragons
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Have you seen him? Now you have
As long as you're not like me and don't buy said stones.
Oh I'm not opposed to do so in such cases, but that's something you learn in the time it takes to get there. Or at least that was the though process.
I wasn't sure considering I have no idea what you're saving 159 stones for!
Little Red Riding Hood maybe?
https://www.padherder.com/user/mugs@PA/monsters/#31,0,31,2047,,0,0,0,eq,0,0;default,0
It's a testament to how much money I've wasted on the game that I'm at 147 despite quitting for 5 months.
PaD id - 346,240,298
Marvel FF - Lil bill12
Merely funds allocated to the golden god.
Have you seen him? Now you have
I'm not sure I like PADListener. You can close the app in your system tray so the icon just sits there, taunting
Streaming 8PST on weeknights
It's pretty good. You can heal once with Angelion if you get orb trolled.