Beginner's guide to LOC

THIS PAGE IS FOR NOOBS ONLY! ...But then who isn't on some level...

Anybody just starting out (NEW = NEWBIE = NOOB) - share what you have learned and read up for new tips and ideas!

Any questions - cheer me ingame (IOS) at: KAEL12

Recent additions: Revamped and migrated from a blog to a Wiki page on 30 Nov 12

Tip #14, Tip #15, Tip #15a on 30 Nov 12, Tip #13 on 26 Nov 12, Tip #12 on 16 Nov 12, Tip #9a on 15 Nov 12, Tip #10, Tip # 11 on 13 Nov 12

Tip #1 Choose your element carefully - you CAN'T change it. Your options are: Forest, Water, Fire

Tip #2 - Refer SOMEBODY! Anybody... You won't have another chance later on. If you can't find anyone else to send as your referral - use mine: KAEL12



Tip #3 - The 'day' resets at 5:00am Pacific time daily (08:00 for people like me on the east coast). This is when your daily login, ability to remove friends, etc resets. Events typically start at 8:00pm Pacific time, and will end at 7:59pm Pacific Time.



Tip #4 - You don't get credit for logging in until you go to your home page! You can roam around the game all day and not get credit for logging in if you don't go to your home page.



Tip #5 - Abbreviations (a few to start - see: Glossary for more):

PP = Power Potion

EP/ED = Energy Potion/ Energy Drink

MM = Monster Maestro (another game from the same developers that will give you cross bonuses for playing the other title) You can access MM from the 'Top' page

'Pure' = Potions (usually pp, but can be a mix of pp and ep)

Mix = Some of each of pp and ep (pp is usually sought first and values higher - so if you can, trade more ep and save your pp)

Junk = A Rare with a required power to activate of 7 or less

RM = Regular Max - a single card that has been fully enhanced

PM = Perfect Max - two cards were fully enhanced, then evolved together, then the resulting EX card was fully enhanced

Fresh = A card that has not yet been enhanced (level 1)

UR = Ultra Rare.

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<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">Imperfect = A Rare EX or Ultra Rare EX that was evolved without fully enhancing both cards first. The value of an imperfect is considered = an unevolved card (and really hard to sell) You basically just took 2 cards and made them both worthless!

<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">Skilled Common - Just what is says - a common card that has a skill ability. These are used to enhance Rare and Ultra Rare cards in order to raise their  Skill level.

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See: Items for more info

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<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">Beware of people that try to trade PP for EP at any ratio other than 1:1 - to include trades that make you add more for 'mix' or card trade

<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">Enhance Rares, but DO NOT enhance commons! Rares are more valuable when enhanced, but enhancing a common card is a waste of money!

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<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">Don't spend your unbound potions on your progress! Use bound potions to meet event objectives, and save unbound potions for trading. Once you get high enough rank that you have potions to spare you can use them to rank higher in events.

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<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">The front line cards that you use in attacks will be automatically chosen if you don't edit your front line. Sometimes this is okay, as the game chooses your toughest cards for the task - but it also accounts for power requirements. For example: It will choose a front line with a total power of 35 with 42000atk/37000def rather than a line using 45 power with 45000atk/38000 def - as it is deemed that the power increase is not worth the stat increase. If you are fighting Battle Royale or a Raid event this may be okay, but for attacking another player to steal their treasure - you might want the additional stat boost regardless of the power drain (since you will use it all anyway in the attack).

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<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">- When attacking another player from the Attack screen, you will use all attack power (your front line at 100%, and your back line at 80%) until either you run out of attack power, or all of your cards have activated.

<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">- When attacking a boss during Raid events, you will only use your front line.

<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">- During Battle Royale events, you can set the % of your full attack that will be used. Again - your front line will attack at 100%, and your back line at 80% until either you run out of attack power, or all of your cards have activated.

<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">NOTE: Your front line attack power is displayed during attacks. Your total attack power is also displayed above it - this shows the base damage for your full attack power, to include your back line. Skill, and element boosts are not accounted for in this number. The number displayed accounts for how much attack power you currently have - so you will need to look when your ATK power is full to get an accurate number. Also, if you don't have enough cards in your back line to use all of your attack power this number might be lower (ex: you have 300 ATK power, and only 5 cards in your deck - you will only use the portion of your ATK power required to activate the cards in your deck).

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<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">Tip # 11 - Easy Enhancing

<p style="padding-bottom: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 1em 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; border-left-width: 0px; font-weight: inherit; padding-top: 0px">Take a look at my deck - every Rare, Rare EX, Ultra Rare and Ultra Rare EX I have is fully enhanced! How, you may ask - well, it is simple: Questing gives you cards as a reward. Event quests do not allow you to go back and replay past quests, but you ARE able to repeat the standard quests.

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I got asked: How would you evolve a referral card? Do you evolve it to its second form then evolve agian or do you need to store 11 of those cards before evolving?

There are two answers to this question: 1. The regular way -and- 2. Maximum

1. Evolve each card as you get it - they are already maxed, so you get 10% per evolution

2. YOU NEED INFINITELY MORE TO DO THIS: Evolve the first two cards, then evolve two others - now evolve the two sets. the next level would require two sets like this to max. This will maximize your gain, but you need more cards to do it - by the time you get to level 11 it will be a really nice card, but you need 2^10 cards (1024 cards) to do it!!!!

Tip #13 - Where should I put skill points?

You get skill points as follows:

1 - Every time you complete a 'regular' quest from the quest tab (event quests do not give you skill points)

3 - Every time you level up

5 - Every time you add a new friend

Now, for the important part - where should you use them...?

The way I see it, you have? 4 options: Energy, Rounded,? Defense, Attack.

1. Energy: If you are trying to level up quickly, you will want a lot of points in your energy.?

- The good: You will level quickly, and if you are away from the game for an extended period you will have a lot of energy to work with when you return

- The bad: Energy recharges at the same rate regardless of your maximum, so if you are very active you will likely not hit the maximum often, and therefore may be wasting the skill points

2. Rounded: You can evenly distribute points accross energy/attack/defense - or you can hit 'Auto Assign', and the system will distribute your points for you in this fashion.

- The good: This will make you equally good on attack and defense, while also allowing you to level up at a moderate rate

- The bad: You will not be overly strong in either attack or defense, and your battle record will reflect this

3. Defense: You can heavily distribute points into defense, and be all but unbeatable when attacked

- The good: You will be less likely to have treasure stolen, and a lot of high level guilds recruit defense leaders

- The bad: You will not be able to win an attack often, if at all - limiting how much you can participate in certain areas? of events

4. Attack: I saved this for last, as it is the most common. You can put everything into attack at the detriment to the rest.

- The good: There are a lot of times that a strong attack will help you reach your goals - especially during events

- The bad: You will lose quite often in defending if you have neglected points to defense - to include event defeats and lost treasure

Tip #14 - My game locked up or has an error that won't fix itself

Try closing the app and restarting. For iOS:

1. Go to the home screen

2. Double tap the home button

3. Press and hold the icon until you see a red minus (-)

4. Click the minus

5. Reopen the game

If this still doesn't fix your issue (or if it is a game issue and not a device issue) - contact the Legend of the Cryptids Support Team: [mailto:legend_support@applibot.co.jp legend_support@applibot.co.jp ]

Tip #15 - EVENTS: How do I participate in an event?

Events are accessed through the 'Top' page, your main page or by selecting the menu, and then selecting 'Event Top'/'Event Quest'. If you do not use these methods, you will normally NOT get credit toward the event for whatever you are doing! One exception to this rule is the recently added Battle Masters, which is a new, permanent addition that expounds on the 'Top Fighter' idea that is posted on the 'Top' page.

Tip #15a - EVENTS: What is 'Forge Ahead' and what does it do?

During Raid Events there is an option to Quest the same way you normally would, and there is an additional button that says 'Forge Ahead'. This new button allows you to complete Raid quests much faster, by 'skipping through' the quest until you hit a stopping point: Quest complete, Boss appears, Level Up or you run out of energy. Learn it, live it, LOVE it! Tip #15b - EVENTS: What is the benefit of joining a Guild?

Raid Events give you the option to have your 'Friends' and/or your Guild members. You will also have the ability to help your friends and guild members to repel the bosses they are having trouble with.

Battle Royalepits guilds against each other.