Welcome to Sylestia! Here's a little thing I decided to save recently that has some of the things I've seen new users struggle most on!
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Some Tips and Info:
- As a newer player, don't buy or breed too many pets immediately. Buying and breeding pets is great, but your stable space is limited until you buy more stable tabs or stables. If you run out of space for pets, you'll end up having your pets released, which costs Diamonds for them to be reclaimed(50 Diamonds to be exact).
It's best to be careful about the pets you get until you have enough gold coming in to buy extra space.
- Always do the missions that are available in Esior's Haven, and when you reach Umbra Forest, the Sanctuary of Saerielle. This will help you get a steady income of gold.
Missions are matched to either Health, Strength, Intelligence, Agility, or Dexterity so make sure you use a pet with the matching stat, or else you may fail the mission. And also make sure that depending on the mission level, the pet is strong enough to complete that mission. Even with the matching stat, a pet can fail the mission if the stat isn't high enough due to low level or bad gear.
You'll also receive mission satchels(The amount you get depends on how well you did on the mission), which can contain more gold, potions, elixirs, revival draughts, pet gear, and even pet essences(Which are used to generate pets you design, kinda like your starter pet), which can all be very helpful to you.
You can unlock up to 6 mission slots.
- As you progress, make sure you buy all the pet party slots that become unlockable in the first two areas, for your pets. It'll allow you to have three active party pets at a time which will help make battles easier.
- When equipping gear on your pets, make sure the gear matches the stats of your pets. Such as pets with strength and agility, having gear that has high strength and agility, and not high intelligence and dexterity, if that makes sense.
Epic rarity gear and above is typically the best route to go once you're able.
I'd suggest looking at the player guides forum(Linked later in this post), since I'm not the best at explaining equipment, and I know there are guides that can explain far better than I can.
- As your pets level up, make sure you assign all their proficiency points. Pets get 1 point at level 0, then gain more at levels 30, 60, 65, 70, and 75, if I remember correctly.
- If you're struggling with any parts of the game, look in the Player Guides(This is a clickable link to that forum) forums. There are lots of guides in this forum section that can help a lot if you're stuck, need some help, or just need a better understanding of something in the game.
- To post a clickable link if you ever need to, use the blue URL button in the forums and PMs to do so.
The easiest way to do this is to copy and paste the link you're trying to post, highlight it, then click the button, and it'll instantly put the brackets around the link for you.
It would look like this, minus the periods in the brackets I used to keep the example from turning into a link;
[url.]https://www.sylestia.com/view/pets/?petid=2808307[/url.]
- To post an image if you need to, in the forums or PM, press the blue IMG button. An easy way to do this is to copy the image address, paste it, highlight it, then press the button, and it'll immediately put the brackets around the image for you.
To adjust the image size, add at the end of the address (&size=250)*This is typically the standard size*, or whatever size you need the image to be.
Like this(The (&size=250) in bold for clarification);
https://www.sylestia.com/image_builder_pet.php?species=qitari&gender=male&E=4&gd1=NN&gd2=NN&gd3=NN&md1=MM&md2=NN&md3=HH&ec=010300&c1=50514F&c2=070808&c3=7B0808&c4=070808&c5=7B0808&gd1c=5c2767&gd2c=ea265d&gd3c=bcf055&md1c=700302&md2c=b268bc&md3c=790507&ac=304366&ac2=304366&maturity=648&costume=companion_yuletide_corgi_rudolph&unconscious=&size=500&owned=1(&size=250)
With the IMG brackets, it would look like this, excluding the periods used to keep the brackets visible;
[img.]https://www.sylestia.com/image_builder_pet.php?species=qitari&gender=male&E=4&gd1=NN&gd2=NN&gd3=NN&md1=MM&md2=NN&md3=HH&ec=010300&c1=50514F&c2=070808&c3=7B0808&c4=070808&c5=7B0808&gd1c=5c2767&gd2c=ea265d&gd3c=bcf055&md1c=700302&md2c=b268bc&md3c=790507&ac=304366&ac2=304366&maturity=648&costume=companion_yuletide_corgi_rudolph&unconscious=&size=500&owned=1(&size=250)[/img.]
- When you're responding to someone in the forums, hit the blue @ at the bottom of their post, it'll ping them and notify them you responded to them.
- If you need a pet genetically tested(This will show if it has carried or hidden traits that can't be seen elsewise, or reveal mutations before the pet is an adolescent, or reveal mutations that are carried or have hidden traits), look in Groups, Guilds, Clubs, and Services(Clickable link) forum.
Many users, including myself, offer free testing to those who don't have Exceptional Genetic Test Kits.
- You can buy Diamonds(The site's premium currency), on the Currency Exchange(Clickable Link), for gold. Diamonds can be used to buy stables and other Diamonds Shop items. Elsewise, Diamonds can bought with real money, here:
Diamond Shop
- You can buy an array of different items for gold off the Trade Broker(Clickable Link). So if you're ever looking for something you may need, such as gear, pet dyes, genetic mutators, avatar items, etc, you can look there.
- Pet rarity. As you progress through the game, you'll come across different rarities of Sylestis. Here's a mini guide on the rarity and the traps needed for each rarity:
The color of the stars on a pet represents the rarity of the pet you're encountering and how many trait points it has.
One thing to note is how trait points work, a carried trait is worth 1 trait point while a visible trait is worth 2 trait points.
Common/Grey/White Stars: No trait points.
Uncommon/Green Stars: 1 trait point. Can be only 1 carried trait.
Rare/Blue Stars: 2 trait points. Can be either 2 carried traits, or 1 visible.
Epic/Purple Stars: 4 trait points. Can be 2 visible, 4 carried, or 1 visible and 2 carried.
Legendary/Orange/Yellow Stars: 6 trait points. Can be 3 visible, 2 visible and 2 carried, 1 visible and 4 carried, or 6 carried.
Mythical/Red Stars: 8 trait points. Can be 4 visible, 3 visible and 2 carried, or 2 visible and 4 carried.
Outside of the Lost Grove(The current endgame content), the only way to trap a Legendary or Mythical Pet in battle is with a Masterful Snare Trap, which can be purchased from the diamond shop, from other users on the trade broker, or earned through the Seasonal Festival(Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter) task of catching 50 themed pets. Masterful Snare Traps immediately catch the pet it's used on.
Any traps from the areas outside of the Lost Grove can fail when attempting to use them to catch a pet. This may lead to multiple traps used or a pet running away from the battle to avoid being caught. So, if you're trying to catch a pet, and it suddenly disappears from the battle but is not in your stables and you didn't defeat it either, that means it ran away.
I remember reading that the lower you make a pet's health, the higher your chance you have of catching it.
Common pets can be caught with any type of trap.
Uncommon pets need a Lesser Snare Trap at least to catch it. Standard and Strong Snare Traps can be used for them as well.
Rare pets need a Standard Snare Trap at least to catch it. Strong Snare Traps can be used on them as well.
Epic pets need a Strong Snare trap to catch them.
You can use a Masterful Snare Trap on any rarity outside of Legendary and Mythical, but they're rarely worth using on anything below that rarity unless it's a valuable themed pet.
In the Lost Grove, the traps you use are effective based on the pet's health. The higher rarity of the trap, the less health you need to lower from the pet to attempt to catch them. Though it can still take multiple attempts to catch the pet, but unlike in the other areas of the game, it can't run away.
Also, the higher rarity a pet is in the Lost Grove, the stronger it is. So, don't be too surprised if you get killed by a higher rarity pet, especially while still starting out in the Lost Grove.
You can also use Masterful Snare Traps in the Lost Grove.
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Apologies for this being so long, but I wanted to explain as much as I could. ^^ |
Hey, I'm not sure if I'm reading your post right about the party pets or not, but if I am, I thought I'd give a few pointers, Tonowari.
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- You can actually have 3 pets in a party at once, not just two.
As you can see here in my stable, I have three party pets equipped currently. Hearse, Gloomy, and Melancholia:
https://www.sylestia.com/stables/?stable=83028&tab=1
Once you reach the second section of the game, Umbra Forest, you can unlock a third-party pet slot Here in the Plaza Area.
Battling only with two party pets will make your battling significantly harder and won't be beneficial to you at any point in the game unless done as an experiment or for fun, especially when you're in the Lost Grove, which is the hardest and grindiest portion of the game.
- Having multiple party pet sets, or pets you can interchange is a good idea, but if your party pets are constantly being knocked unconscious, then you may need to invest in better pet gear so as to improve their health.
Make sure the pet gear actually matches the stats of the pet. So, as a basic example, if you use a pet whose two main stats are Strength and Agility, the gear they wear should have the highest stats in Strength and Agility, rather than Intelligence and Dexterity, since it wouldn't be beneficial to the pet's element the stats it needs.
Epic rarity gear and above is the best way to go once possible.
I'm not great at explaining gear, so looking at player guides for further help may be a good idea to get a better understanding.
- This kinda pairs with the point above, but I thought it'd be best to separate for clarity.
Once again, switching between different pets for your party isn't a bad thing at all. In fact, you can have multiple different party presets that can be used to keep track of all your different teams. I have about 14 different party presets for different teams, some I must admit need updating, that I use.
But, if your pets are fainting often, you don't actually have to change them out just because you don't want to use a healer.
Your pets will revive after 15 minutes of being knocked out, I believe. And not only that, they will regain health every 5 minutes.
Not only that, but healers are not the only way to revive your pets immediately after they've been knocked unconscious, nor the only way to gain health.
Doing missions and opening mission satchels can earn you Revival Draughts, which can be used from your inventory to revive each pet individually, that way you don't have to spend gold on healers. Revival Draughts can also be used during a battle to revive a pet if it's been knocked unconscious.
From mission satchels, you can get an array of different Elixirs and Potions that can be used to restore health to your pets without needing to pay gold, or waiting.
Elixirs can be used in battle. So, if you have a pet who's getting low on heath during a battle, you can restore health to them during the battle using your elixirs. There is a cooldown though.
Potions cannot be used in battle.
You can also use items like the Fairy Mushrooms found early in the game, to restore small bits of health to a pet.
Doing missions is a great way to earn both gold and items. Mission satchels can give you more Gold, the mentioned Revival Draughts, Potions, and Elixirs. You can also get the likes of pet gear and essences.
As you get used to missions and how they work, and start earning gold easer, you can unlock 6 mission slots and have 6 missions running at once.
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I really hope this info was helpful to you in some way since it took a while to write out since I wanted to include as much as I could think of. ^^ |
