Dungeons And Dragons Beginner Guide

[Anthony Small]

Forthose of you not sure what Puzzle and Dragons is, have a look at the official website. It's a puzzle based Pokemon-ish battle game in which you build teams of monsters and take on dungeons. It's available on iProducts, Android and Kindle Fire, and totally free to download. The game can have a very steep learning curve - as a beginner I made loads of mistakes and didn't understand many of the concepts, so I really hope this beginner's guide will help you guys avoid some of the same problems I had!

The best thing about Puzzle and Dragons is that the dungeons are constantly changing and the monsters are frequently updated with new evolutions, so there's always a goal to work towards. If you get burned out, it's easy to get excited the next week when there's a special event going on and a chance to get monsters you need and want!

There are two major ways Puzzle and Dragons is played - using in app purchases (IAP player), and not using in app purchases (non-IAP player). I am writing this primarily for non-IAP players, since I tend to lean that way when playing the game and I think it makes it more fun. :)

Awoken Skill/Awakening: Some monsters have awoken skills can be activated through using a TAMADRA. You also have a chance to activate these skills by fusing them with a monster that has the same skill, but it is not guaranteed. These skills are represented by tiny boxes to the right of the monster on their info screen.

Friend slots/Friend leader: Once you've ranked up enough, you'll have 50 friend slots to add compatible leader monsters into. You always want to pick friends with compatible monsters and skills. Using friend leaders gives you Pal Points.

Magic Stones: Special items that can be used to increase monster box capacity or number of friend slots, recover stamina, continue in dungeons after defeat, and buy special monsters from the Rare Egg Machine.

Pal Egg Machine: An egg machine that will allow you to roll for a monster for 500 Pal Points. Sometimes this machine comes in special versions that offer limited time monsters for 1000 Pal Points a piece.

Pal Points: Given to the player for choosing a friend leader when entering dungeons. Players on your current friend list will give you 10 pal points. Players not on your friend list will give you 5 stamina. Once you've used a friend's monster, you can't get more Pal Points from them that day.

Skill: Nearly all monsters have a skill that they can use in battle. Each skill requires a certain number of turns to have passed before the skill can be used. You can decrease the numbers of turns that have to pass by fusing the monster with a monster of the same type or one with the same skill.

Rarity: Each monster has a rarity associated with it - rarity is marked by the number of stars a monster has next to its name. Rarity scales from 1 star to 8 stars. The higher the stars/rarity, the more valuable the monster in most cases.

Team: Your monster team consists of one leader and four other monsters, as well as a friend leader. Teams come in many different flavors, including mono-color, mutli-color, healer, devil, spike, etc. You want to build teams around different types of monsters and leader skills.

During the tutorial that follows, you'll also get a chance to roll the Rare Egg Machine with the magic stones you earn in the tutorial. This is your chance to get an amazing leader monster! There's a ton of fuss about getting the perfect starter monster in PAD, but when I started I just went with what I got.

Each dungeon you enter requires stamina. Stamina will vary quite a bit - typically the harder the dungeon, the more stamina it requires! The minimum stamina a dungeon requires is 3 - the very beginning Normal Dungeons will range from 3-5 stamina for each level. The max stamina I've seen a dungeon require is 99.

Your Player Rank will be the biggest limiting factor for you at the beginning of the game. When you first start the game, you'll only have 20 stamina points/20 team cost/20 friend slots. As you rank up through the game, you'll increase these stats and be able to clean more dungeons at once and have many more powerful monsters on your team.

Before I realized they were super limited, I spent them on restoring stamina and adding more friends. Don't be like PAD-noob me. Save your stones for Godfest or until a fancy version of the REM comes along, or buy more box space. Nothing else! (though I totally own up to using magic stones a few times to give myself another chance in a Descended dungeon)

I love PAL points! I am much more strict with them. I always save my PAL points until there's a special event. I normally roll when rare evo materials have a chance to appear, but sometimes I'll roll when the King Metal/Jewel dragons are appearing.

You will receive at minimum 200 PAL points a day if you log in every morning. In some events, you can get an additional 1000 free PAL points a day. The rest of your PAL points come from user friend list monsters or having your friends use your leader monster.

I like to use PadGuide or puzzledragonx.com to plan my week. There are always events happening, so it's good to look ahead and see what sort of Descends and special dungeons will be happening so you can build appropriate teams.

You get daily login bonuses of 200 PAL points and 500 coins if you log in everyday for a week and then never miss a day. You might also receive a message from game admins that includes 1000 PAL points, a TAMADRA, or a magic stone, depending on the current event.

Nearly every day you'll be able to run a special dungeon featuring a certain element of jewel/metal dragon. The elements will vary, and the dungeons are only available for one hour at a time. These are a great way to level monsters in a cost effective way.

Descended dungeons are the thing most high level players focus on completing. They're much harder than the standard dungeons and are normally only available for 24 hours, so keep an eye on the upcoming schedules!

Early on in the game when you're a broke noob, it's a good idea to sell excess low level monsters. Say you're really only focusing on leveling fire and wood monsters - in this case you should sell all the dark, light, and water fodder monsters you have. Anything that's not valuable, at least. :D

There are two flavors of egg machine: the Pal Egg Machine and the Rare Egg Machine. Both of these machines run special events that allow you better chances to get the types of monsters you want, so keep an eye out on puzzledragonx.com (see the second image) and PAD's Facebook page to see which events are coming up.

REM events include Galas and Godfests. During Galas, you will have a higher chance of rolling certain types of monsters by element - Fire, Water, Earth, Light, Dark. During Godfests, you have a higher chance to get certain types of Gods. To learn more about Godfests, check the previous ones here.

The REM also comes in different types. Certain events allow you to roll at special REMs that contain a very limited set of themed monsters, including Hello Kitty, Evangelion, Batman, Sticker Girls, etc. These are rare but well worth a roll when you see them!

When you're just starting out, it's best to friend pretty much everyone. Friending folks gives you an additional monster to use in battle and that's all you really need at first. Plus, friending people that use your leader monster will guarantee you a few more PAL points.

As you rank up and begin building more specific teams, you'll want to start culling your friend list and adding players with leaders that work well with your team. In my case, I have a large amount of Ronia, Kushinada, devil, and healer friends.

Technical dungeons are very focused on certain element types and allow enemies to use skills instead of regular attacks, which can make them tricky. Higher level technical dungeons also introduce restrictions where you can only use certain types of monsters on your teams or render you unable to use leader skills.

These dungeons vary wildly in time frames, team limitations and cost, but are a great way to get rare monsters, coins, experience, skill ups, evo materials and magic stones. Always check the special dungeons for the day/week and plan ahead for best results

If you check the dungeon page for each of the descended dungeons on puzzledragonx.com, you'll also be able to see team builds from other players. These team builds can help give you a good strategy in harder descended dungeons. :)

As a bonus, these three levels are fire, water and wood element based and routinely offer 1.5 drop rates during the week. This means you can rank up and also feed the monsters that drop to monsters of the same element and level them up pretty quick, too.

Monsters come in fire, water, wood, light and dark elements. As with type, they can be up to two elements. The main element (in the upper left hand corner of their card) is the element that counts for any dungeon restrictions based on element.

Each monster in the game has a cost associated with it. This will vary based on the rarity of the monster. For example, a monster with a rarity of 7 stars will have a much higher cost than a monster with a rarity of 1 star.

Awoken skills are found on the right hand side of the monster card, represented by small tiles. When awoken, the tiles become bright. Awoken skills are one of the best perks of evoing your monsters - you can get HP/ATK/RCV bonuses, auto healing, additional damage bonuses, skill boosts, etc.

You can awaken monsters by feeding them a TAMADRA. Each TAMADRA awakens one skill, and the skills awaken from top to bottom. You can also feed a monster the same exact monster via power up fusion for a chance at awakening, but it is pretty rare.

Skills require a certain number of turns to pass before they can be used. You can decrease the number of turns a skill requires by skilling up a monster by fusing it with a monster of the same skill. Skilling up is not guaranteed, but there is always a chance.

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