Duels

A duel is started by walking in front of an enemy. A duel circle will appear, and the first turn will begin.

First, your hand appears on the screen, which is a list of pictures of seven cards that you currently are able to use from your deck. Next, all the players/enemies pick the card they want to use for this turn. To pick the card you want to play, click on it, and then click on the player you wish to cast it upon.

Vs. NPCs

To engage in a duel with a Creature; simply walk in front of it. If you walk beside or right behind it you'll probably get in a duel too. If you walk on the sidewalk or the area that would be the side walk if there was one, you can't get in duels. Once you get in a duel the duel circle will appear and you will be assigned to the first position, assuming you are alone. In most locations in Wizard City, the first world, there will be as many Creatures in the fight as there are players.

The number of Creatures in each duel is equal to the number of players. If you're in Colossus Boulevard or any other world that isn't Wizard City it'll be the number of players plus one. However if you're in Sunken City the number of Creatures allowed in a duel will always be 3 or 4. Although, the maximum number of creatures is four. Minions do not count as players and will not affect the number of creatures.

Player vs Player

What is Player vs Player?

Player vs Player (or PvP) is a combat feature where players compete against each other instead of against creatures. Similar to dueling, Player vs Player dueling is a much more in depth method of matching your skills against other players.

Where can I play PvP?

The Player vs Player Arena is located in Unicorn way, inside the current dueling arena.

Just look for Diego the Duelmaster, he's standing next to the entrance. Inside you will find two Guards.

The Guard on the right is for Practice Dueling and all players can participate in this.

The Guard on the left is for Ranked Dueling. These are duels that can earn you Arena Tickets and are only available to players with a Subscription Account or you can pay 80 crowns per battle.

Joining a Match

When you first get started, you may want to join a match that someone has already created. To do this, simply click on either Guard, depending on the type of match you're interested in joining. A window will appear showing you all the matches that are currently waiting for players to join. To join any of these matches, simply click on the word Join in any circle. You can choose to leave at any time.

You can also choose to 'Quick Join' which will place you in any open spot.

You cannot join if the match is greyed out. This could be because it is a friends only match or you do not meet the level restrictions.

Entering the Match

You can continue to explore Wizard101 while you wait for your match to start. You can check your match status by clicking on the PvP Icon on your screen.

Once all players have joined a match, you will be asked to confirm that you still want to participate by clicking on to "Go to Arena". This will teleport you and the other duelists to a random arena once everyone has accepted.

If you flee, you automatically lose, even if you were already defeated.

Creating a Match

If you want to create a match, click "Create Match" and this window will appear, letting you set all the settings for the match, including how many people, friends only and the levels of the opponents you'd like to compete against.

Watching a Match

You can choose to watch a match in progress. Just click the Eye Flag to see a list of matches you can watch. Then select a match and you will be teleported to an area outside of the dueling circle. There is an exit placed in each arena, that will return you to the Ravenwood Commons.

Your PvP Rankings

Subscribers can see their PvP rankings in their character screen. Just press C when you are not in combat and you will see the PvP panel tab on the right. It is the logo of the crosses swords. Click it to bring up this window, listing all your ranks.

Arena Tickets

Subscribers, bring up your Character Screen (C) to see how many Arena Tickets you have. Tickets can be spent at Diego to buy lots of rare and powerful clothing!

Strategy

After each character has chosen a spell to cast, each card’s animation is played in a pre-determined order, which is usually monsters firsts or players first. This order will stay the same for the rest of the fight.

Now that you have used this spell, it is removed from your hand, and another card replaces it. So on the next turn, you have the 6 cards you didn’t use from the turn before, and the new card which replaced the one you used on the previous turn to choose from in your hand. This process is repeated until one side is completely defeated, that is, all their health points are taken down to zero or you have no more cards.

The duel is then over, and the winning side is rewarded with experience and loot. You put yourself at risk of losing the duel if you run out of cards, so don’t discard too many!

Hint: You can toggle the 2D dueling display to view the monster’s exact health by pushing Control + I. You can also target the monster via this display. This display is automatically on, and is the boxes you will see at the top of the screen during a duel.