Tidewild · Player guide
Everything you need to get strong on the island: how stats work, what each element does, how gear and sets stack up, and what's waiting in every open chapter. Numbers come straight from the game.
The Journey is a solo story campaign that saves as you go, one chapter per element. The Arena is a free-for-all PvP arena that opens once you reach chapter 3.
Everyone starts with the Starter Sword and Starter Shield. After that, the weapon you hold decides your basic attack: melee slashes for swords, greatswords, axes, hammers and spears, arrows for bows, magic bolts for wands. Two-handed weapons roll 10% more damage but leave no hand for a shield.
Fall in a chapter and you wake on the landing beach and carry on. The first time the chapter 1 boss beats you, Hero Joe is waiting there with a Ranger Helmet and a tip on what level to come back at.
Lose sight of a monster for 5 seconds, or die to it, and it walks home and heals to full. A kill always counts; only an unfinished fight is undone. Beaten bosses return 30 minutes later, so you can come back for another stone.
There are no stat points and no STR / AGI / INT. A level-up only raises your max HP. Everything else you farm:
Weapon damage only counts for the family you're holding: sword damage works with any melee weapon, bow damage with bows, wand damage with wands. That's why it pays to keep more than one build.
Weapons drop neutral. Spend 3 gems of an element to imbue it into a weapon: it gets an elemental basic attack, that element's on-hit passive (switched on and levelled at the Sorceress's Gem Altar), and an ability slot for the Forge. Imbuing is a 75% roll (90% with an ad), except your very first one, which can't fail. An element and a forged ability stay locked to that weapon, so a new build means a new weapon.
| Element | Passive (level 1 → max) |
|---|---|
| Fire | Burn for 5% → 15% of your hit, over 2 → 6 s |
| Ice | Slow by 5% → 25% for 2 → 4 s |
| Lightning | Chain 5% → 30% of your hit to nearby foes, 3% → 10% stun |
| Wind | Knockback 5 → 20 on hit |
| Light | +2% → 14% damage on every hit, basic attacks and abilities alike |
| Dark | 1.5% → 3% chance per hit to kill instantly |
Regular kills never drop a gem. Each chapter boss drops his own element's stone every time you beat him. The Chest Monster (the quests' Treasure Monster) runs from you and drops one random stone if you catch him. Hero Joe gives you your first three.
The Forge rolls a random ability into an imbued slot (slot 1: 75%, slot 2: 15%). Abilities deal a percentage of your current max hit, so they grow with your gear, and levelling one (up to 25) adds up to +96%. The Summon raises two real creatures, bigger ones as it levels:
Lv 1+ Bulb Imp → Lv 4+ Claw Devil → Lv 8+ Skeleton → Lv 12+ Little Demon → Lv 16+ Orc → Lv 20+ Dragon → Lv 24+ Bone Dragon
114 items: 48 weapons, 22 armors, 27 helmets and 17 shields. Every piece needs a level and nothing else, and new gear opens up as you level. Regular kills have a 0.25% chance at an item; chests and bosses are the reliable source. The ladder tops out with the likes of Dragon Slayer, Titan Edge, Worldender, Skypiercer, Starcaller, Runeblade.
11 Swords
Melee slash · one-handed, keeps your shield
8 Greatswords
Melee slash · two-handed
4 Axes & hammers
Melee slash · two-handed
5 Spears
Melee slash · two-handed
10 Bows
Arrows · two-handed
10 Wands & staffs
Magic bolts
Rarity decides where a weapon's damage roll lands in its band, multiplies base stats, and adds a fixed bonus. Never a random affix.
| Rarity | Drop chance | Base stats | Bonus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Common | 75% | ×1 | — |
| Rare | 15% | ×1.3 | Weapon +10% attack speed · armor +5% HP |
| Epic | 7% | ×1.7 | Weapon +10% damage, +10% attack speed · armor +5% HP, +5% damage |
| Legendary | 3% | ×2.4 | Weapon +10% damage, +25% attack speed · armor +15% HP, +5% damage |
A set is a matching helmet and armor (the helmet arrives one level before the armor). Wear both and you get the set bonus and your weapon's second ability slot. Plate, leather and robes also add damage for their weapon family, from +2% at level 7 up to +10% at level 35; the any-weapon sets skip that for a bigger bonus.
Leather · bow
+12% attack speed · +10% move speed
Ranger Helmet · Ranger Armor
Any weapon
+10% attack speed · +10% move speed
Horned Helm · Regal Plate
Plate · sword
+10% attack · +10% HP
Knight Helmet · Knight Armor
Leather · bow
+12% crit · +12% attack speed
Assassin Helmet · Assassin Armor
Robes · wand
+12% attack · +12% resist
Frost Cap · Azure Tunic
Plate · sword
+18% HP · +8% resist
Paladin Helmet · Paladin Armor
Leather · bow
+12% attack · +10% attack speed
Ranger Cap · Storm Tunic
Robes · wand
+12% attack · +10% move speed
Jade Skullcap · Verdant Tunic
Leather · bow
+20% crit damage · +10% crit
Ranger Helm · Ranger's Tunic
Plate · sword
+15% attack · +8% crit
Berserker Helmet · Berserker Armor
Robes · wand
+12% HP · +8% attack
Warlock Helmet · Warlock Armor
Plate · sword
+20% HP · +10% resist
Winged Helm · Frostguard Plate
Leather · bow
+15% attack · +10% crit
Champion's Helm · Harlequin Tunic
Plate · sword
+20% crit damage · +15% attack
Sentinel Cap · Steel Plate
Robes · wand
+15% attack · +10% crit
Ember Hat · Crimson Guard Plate
Any weapon
+30% crit damage · +12% crit
Jester's Cap · Nightfall Plate
Each chapter is a region of the island with its own camps, quest chain and boss. Beat the boss to earn that element's mark on your journey belt. Here's what each camp monster pays when it dies.
Chapter 01 · Lv 1–5
Fire · 23 quest steps
Land on the beach, meet Hero Joe in the watchtower, choose your element and forge your first gem. Then find the Sorceress in the hills.
| Slime | Lv 1 | +5 HP |
| Smiling Mushroom | Lv 1 | +1 sword damage |
| Angry Mushroom | Lv 2 | +2 sword damage |
| Cactus | Lv 2 | +10 HP |
| Spider | Lv 3 | +10 HP |
| Turtle Shell | Lv 3 | +15 HP |
| Salamander elite | Lv 4 | +3 sword damage |
| Lizard Warrior elite | Lv 5 | +0.2 move speed |
Boss: the Lizard Warrior
Chapter 02 · Lv 6–10
Ice · 26 quest steps
Hero Joe hands you a bow. Find the mysterious portal, beat Hero Joe’s Colosseum, and chase down the Treasure Monster.
| Mushroom Giant elite | Lv 6 | +3 bow damage |
| Lizard Warrior elite | Lv 7 | +25 HP / +5 bow damage / +0.2 speed |
| Rat Assassin elite | Lv 7 | +30 HP / +4 bow damage |
| Evil Mage elite | Lv 8 | +6 bow damage / +50 HP |
| Chest Monster elite | Lv 8 | a random gem, if you catch it |
| Werewolf elite | Lv 9 | +5 bow damage / +60 HP |
| Naga Wizard elite | Lv 10 | +7 bow damage / +80 HP |
| Ice Golem miniboss | Lv 10 | +15 bow damage |
Boss: the Ice Golem
Chapter 03 · Lv 11–15
Lightning · 12 quest steps
Eye Jellies in three colours, a red and a blue Bone Dragon to put down, the Stonewatch portal, and the green Bone Dragon waiting at the end.
| Eye Jelly | Lv 11 | — |
| Star Fish | Lv 11 | — |
| Crawler elite | Lv 12 | — |
| Gold Shell elite | Lv 13 | 25 gold |
| Flower Monster elite | Lv 13 | — |
| Chest Monster elite | Lv 13 | a random gem, if you catch it |
| Bone Dragon miniboss | Lv 15 | — |
Boss: three Bone Dragon brothers
A free-for-all against other players, open from chapter 3. The Arena pays no kill stats; instead it runs a weekly points race, and the top 100 win a prize when the week resets. Staying alive counts too.
+100
A player
+500
The world boss
+10
Every 5 minutes alive
+1
A monster
