Introducing: Infinity Dungeons! [Updated April 25th]
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Summoners!
The might of the Infinity Gauntlet is under Thanos’s control, and with it, he now wields unfathomable power! To quell the chaos and disorder, Thanos has locked the Champions of The Contest away in the underbelly of The Battlerealm in a series of never-ending catacombs. Now, the fate of The Contest, and the hopes of all that dwell within it, are on you, Summoner! Enter the Infinity Dungeons and defeat the Champions that Thanos has imprisoned within them to free their minds of his control!
Infinity Dungeons is a brand new, cooperative, small scale Multiplayer mode arriving April 25th at 4:00pm Pacific Time, and lasting until June 6th at 12:00pm Pacific Time!
Let’s Start with the Basics!
Infinity Dungeons is a brand new mode in the game, and you’ve never seen anything like this in the Contest! While there are multiplayer modes within The Contest, they are fairly large in scale, and require participation from an entire Alliance over hours or days. Infinity Dungeons is a cooperative game mode for you, and one friend, Alliance Member, or stranger to play together quickly. That’s right… You don’t have to be Alliance Mates to play this new mode together!
In Infinity Dungeons, you and a Friend or Alliance Member can pair up, select your team, and face off against Rooms of randomly generated Enemies and Buffs whose difficulty will increase infinitely! Get through as many Rooms with your partner as you can, but make sure you can take on the next Room before you commit, otherwise you’ll lose out on some major rewards!
What kind of rewards? Infinity Dungeons are your go to place for Dark Artifacts! Score points in Infinity Dungeons to hit daily milestones that grant you Dark Artifacts that you can exchange for Special Crystals! You’ll also be scoring Gold for every Room that you finish, and Gold and Infinity Dust in the Milestones. You’ll be able to find Infinity Dust during next month’s special event, and redeem it in the special Event store for a variety of resources! More information on Infinity Dust, and where to get it, will be coming your way next week!
Get Ready to Rumble!
Infinity Dungeons will pit you and your partner against an endless supply of timed dungeon rooms. Each of these rooms will start with a branching path, one for each of you, on that path, you will find 2 possible encounters that link to the Miniboss on your friend’s side. It’s up to you to take down the linked node that you think will aid your partner in their fight. But beware Summoner! Some of these Buffs are brand new, and unlike anything we’ve done before!
After you’ve cleared a Miniboss, you’ll be able to take on the Boss of the Room. In Difficulties 3-6, If both Minibosses have been defeated, the final boss will use a node that will degenerate their health by 3% per second, and will heal your character for every hit you land on them, making them an excellent way to heal up before heading to the next room! However, if only one Miniboss was defeated before you decide to take on the final boss, leaving one Linked Node still active, you’re gonna have a bad time, and your health will be the one to degenerate! This will take the fight from a light bonus that can provide you with health, to a much more difficult fight!
You’ll only have 12 minutes and 30 seconds to clear each room, so don’t dawdle!
Everyday, the Infinity Dungeons will feature 2 classes. These classes will determine what Champions you’ll find in the Dungeons that day. Each half of the map will feature only one class, and the Boss will be randomly selected from one of those two classes. While the Buffs are random like those found in MODOK’s Lab, these Buffs are not able to be rerolled. Before you worry too much, you’ll never be up against more than one of those Buffs at once (unless you’re on Difficulty #6, the hardest difficulty available, which will feature 2 of them).
Moving On!
After you’ve defeated the Boss of the Room, both Summoners will be presented with a choice to either Quit your Current Dungeons Session, or to move on to the next Room. Both Summoners must agree to move to the next room in order for the pair to progress forward.
Every room you complete grants you points for the Infinity Dungeon. These points are guaranteed, but completing more rooms in the Dungeon will give you bonus points that you can claim when you conclude your Dungeon session!
When you complete a Dungeon, you can see how many points you are guaranteed if you keep going, but also the potential amount you can earn, including your bonus points, if you keep going.
If you plan on healing up before you take on the next Encounter, remember that your Quest and Alliance Potions will not be usable in Dungeons. Infinity Dungeons will use mode specific Potions and Revives. You’ll be able to find Dungeon Revives in 3-Day Alliance Event Milestones, and Dungeons Potions have a small chance of dropping when you beat an enemy in a Dungeon. We will also be including a small amount of Dungeons Items in a welcome message when Dungeons launches.
Cashing Out
Once you and your Partner are satisfied with the progress you have made (or one of you has to go make dinner or something), you’ll want to choose to claim your rewards and exit. The bonus points you earn can only be claimed by concluding your Dungeon session. If you’re unable to complete a Dungeon room you have entered, you will still walk away with all of the points you’ve earned for Room Completion. You can do this by hitting the “Conclude Dungeon” button on the Room Completed Screen.
If you’re not ready to call it quits, and decide to take on the next Room, but fail to be able to clear it, you won’t receive as many points as you would have had your team concluded your dungeons sessions of your own volition.
EDIT: This post originally stated this event ends of June 4th, instead of June 6th
Summoners!
The might of the Infinity Gauntlet is under Thanos’s control, and with it, he now wields unfathomable power! To quell the chaos and disorder, Thanos has locked the Champions of The Contest away in the underbelly of The Battlerealm in a series of never-ending catacombs. Now, the fate of The Contest, and the hopes of all that dwell within it, are on you, Summoner! Enter the Infinity Dungeons and defeat the Champions that Thanos has imprisoned within them to free their minds of his control!
Infinity Dungeons is a brand new, cooperative, small scale Multiplayer mode arriving April 25th at 4:00pm Pacific Time, and lasting until June 6th at 12:00pm Pacific Time!
Let’s Start with the Basics!
Infinity Dungeons is a brand new mode in the game, and you’ve never seen anything like this in the Contest! While there are multiplayer modes within The Contest, they are fairly large in scale, and require participation from an entire Alliance over hours or days. Infinity Dungeons is a cooperative game mode for you, and one friend, Alliance Member, or stranger to play together quickly. That’s right… You don’t have to be Alliance Mates to play this new mode together!
In Infinity Dungeons, you and a Friend or Alliance Member can pair up, select your team, and face off against Rooms of randomly generated Enemies and Buffs whose difficulty will increase infinitely! Get through as many Rooms with your partner as you can, but make sure you can take on the next Room before you commit, otherwise you’ll lose out on some major rewards!
What kind of rewards? Infinity Dungeons are your go to place for Dark Artifacts! Score points in Infinity Dungeons to hit daily milestones that grant you Dark Artifacts that you can exchange for Special Crystals! You’ll also be scoring Gold for every Room that you finish, and Gold and Infinity Dust in the Milestones. You’ll be able to find Infinity Dust during next month’s special event, and redeem it in the special Event store for a variety of resources! More information on Infinity Dust, and where to get it, will be coming your way next week!
Get Ready to Rumble!
Infinity Dungeons will pit you and your partner against an endless supply of timed dungeon rooms. Each of these rooms will start with a branching path, one for each of you, on that path, you will find 2 possible encounters that link to the Miniboss on your friend’s side. It’s up to you to take down the linked node that you think will aid your partner in their fight. But beware Summoner! Some of these Buffs are brand new, and unlike anything we’ve done before!
After you’ve cleared a Miniboss, you’ll be able to take on the Boss of the Room. In Difficulties 3-6, If both Minibosses have been defeated, the final boss will use a node that will degenerate their health by 3% per second, and will heal your character for every hit you land on them, making them an excellent way to heal up before heading to the next room! However, if only one Miniboss was defeated before you decide to take on the final boss, leaving one Linked Node still active, you’re gonna have a bad time, and your health will be the one to degenerate! This will take the fight from a light bonus that can provide you with health, to a much more difficult fight!
You’ll only have 12 minutes and 30 seconds to clear each room, so don’t dawdle!
Everyday, the Infinity Dungeons will feature 2 classes. These classes will determine what Champions you’ll find in the Dungeons that day. Each half of the map will feature only one class, and the Boss will be randomly selected from one of those two classes. While the Buffs are random like those found in MODOK’s Lab, these Buffs are not able to be rerolled. Before you worry too much, you’ll never be up against more than one of those Buffs at once (unless you’re on Difficulty #6, the hardest difficulty available, which will feature 2 of them).
Moving On!
After you’ve defeated the Boss of the Room, both Summoners will be presented with a choice to either Quit your Current Dungeons Session, or to move on to the next Room. Both Summoners must agree to move to the next room in order for the pair to progress forward.
Every room you complete grants you points for the Infinity Dungeon. These points are guaranteed, but completing more rooms in the Dungeon will give you bonus points that you can claim when you conclude your Dungeon session!
When you complete a Dungeon, you can see how many points you are guaranteed if you keep going, but also the potential amount you can earn, including your bonus points, if you keep going.
If you plan on healing up before you take on the next Encounter, remember that your Quest and Alliance Potions will not be usable in Dungeons. Infinity Dungeons will use mode specific Potions and Revives. You’ll be able to find Dungeon Revives in 3-Day Alliance Event Milestones, and Dungeons Potions have a small chance of dropping when you beat an enemy in a Dungeon. We will also be including a small amount of Dungeons Items in a welcome message when Dungeons launches.
Cashing Out
Once you and your Partner are satisfied with the progress you have made (or one of you has to go make dinner or something), you’ll want to choose to claim your rewards and exit. The bonus points you earn can only be claimed by concluding your Dungeon session. If you’re unable to complete a Dungeon room you have entered, you will still walk away with all of the points you’ve earned for Room Completion. You can do this by hitting the “Conclude Dungeon” button on the Room Completed Screen.
If you’re not ready to call it quits, and decide to take on the next Room, but fail to be able to clear it, you won’t receive as many points as you would have had your team concluded your dungeons sessions of your own volition.
EDIT: This post originally stated this event ends of June 4th, instead of June 6th
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Now that you know how Infinity Dungeons work when you’re in the mode, let’s talk about how to get started!
The first thing you will see when entering the Dungeons Screen is the Lobby page. This is where you will invite anybody from your Friends list or your Alliance to start a Dungeons session. You’ll be able to see which of your Friends and Alliance Mates are online here as well, and will only be able to invite Players that are currently online. While this will be pretty accurate (accurate to within 1 minute), there might still be a little delay between a player logging in and being seen as online.
*NOTE: You will see both your friends, and all of your Alliance Mates on this screen.
When you send an invite to a player to party up, they will receive a notification on the bottom of their screen (if they are in a fight, they will receive it after the fight has concluded). They’ll be able to choose whether or not they would like to join your party right from the notification.
Once you have a party of 2, you’ll both be able to choose your team of 3 Champions.
Then, the Summoner that started the party (sent the invite) will select one of the predetermined Difficulties. Because you are able to play with a Summoner of any progression level, the difficulties available to your party will be based on the Team Rating of the weaker team in your pair. You will then be able to go one difficulty level up or down from the recommended level for that team.
All by Myself
If you find yourself without any Friends or Alliance Mates currently online, there will also be an option to matchmake with a stranger. This option will not be available right at the launch of Infinity Dungeons, but will be activated in the weeks following the launch of Infinity Dungeons.
Let’s Talk
Infinity Dungeons are going to rely on communicating with each other. A lot. To make this easier, especially with new Summoners that you meet through the matchmaking system (and friends who don’t like typing), we’ve implemented a brand new Quick Chat system. Quick Chat can be easily accessed using a button at the bottom of the screen next to the chat bar that comes preloaded with a number of key phrases that will help you speak to each other and communicate quickly, and concisely. Quick Chat will also automatically translate the message you send into the language your partner is playing in, so you can communicate even if you don’t speak the same language! Quick Chat will only be available in Infinity Dungeons.
We’ve also upgraded our chat system, so instead of opening the chat window to send a message, you can now tap on a new Keyboard icon, and the keyboard will appear on the screen you’re currently on, so you don’t have to navigate away from where you are to send a message! This means you can keep the Dungeon Room in view while you type, so you’ll never miss a moment.
Take a Breather
After you finish a Dungeon session, the Champions that you used will go into a cooldown, and will not be available to use in Infinity Dungeons again until the refresh timer runs out, or until you choose to refresh them with Units.
There are no limits on which Champions you can use in Infinity Dungeons. You can use Champions that are currently in Quests, Alliance Wars, or are cooling down from the Arena, so we want to use this mode to encourage Summoners to try and use a greater variety of their Champions, and not just rely on the same team that they are used to. Below are the cooldown times for all rarities of Champion, and the Unit cost to refresh them:
1-Star Champions - 5 Hours
2-Star Champions - 5 Hours
3-Star Champions - 10 Hours or 20 Units
4-Star Champions - 20 Hours or 40 Units
5-Star Champions - 40 Hours or 70 Units
6-Star Champions - 70 Hours or 100 Units
Friendship can be quite Rewarding…
While making new friends and strengthening relationships are their own rewards, we’ve got more planned for you all.
Every Day, a new theme of Infinity Dungeon will appear, and your Milestones for the Dungeon Event will refresh. Each Round of Infinity Dungeons, you’ll be able to push for points towards the top milestones in order to earn Dark Artifacts, Gold, and Infinity Dust!
Then, you’ll be able to use your collected Dark Artifacts to purchase special Crystals, each containing only 10 Champions! There will be 18 Different Crystals, 6 of each 3-Star, 4-Star, and 5-Star Varieties. 3 of each will be available every week, flipping back and forth between the two. Use your Dark Artifacts for your chance at some of the Fan Favourite Champions, like Magik, Archangel, Dr Voodoo, Hyperion, Angela, and so many more!
Already have those Champions? This is your chance to awaken them! With smaller pools of Champions in each Crystal, and an equal chance at every Champion in the Crystal, your chances of awakening the Champion your after are at their highest!
NOTE: These Crystals contain Basic Versions of the Champions. That means that duplicating them will only give 1 Signature Level, and does not include Crystal Shards, etc.
Not all Summoners will be able to see all of the Crystals! In order to ensure that we don’t unbalance the game, these rewards will be locked by brackets based on the strength of your roster. Newer players will only see the 3-Star Crystals, while more experienced players will see the 3-Star and 4-Star Crystals, and our stronger Summoners will have all the Crystals available to them.
Why Can’t we be Friends?
With all of the friends you’ll be making by playing Infinity Dungeons, you’ll need space in your friends list to keep in touch! You’ll now be able to store 50 Summoners in your Friends List!
You’ll be able to add Summoners that you have met through matchmaking at the end of your Dungeons Session with the quick push of a button.
Prepare your Team!
Infinity Dungeons are only here for a limited time, so take this opportunity to play the game in a way that you never have before!
In order to take part in Infinity Dungeons, both you and your partner must update to Version 18.0, which will be available on April 25th!
This is a lot to take in, and you’ve probably got a lot of Questions! Ask us in the Discussion thread here: http://forums.playcontestofchampions.com/en/discussion/63525/infinity-dungeons-discussion-thread
We've just released this video that might also help answer some of your questions! If you've got a few minutes, I suggest giving it a watch!
The Champions contained in these Crystals are Basic Champions. Which means that a duplicate will only grant 1 Signature Level, and no Crystal Shards.
These are the Crystals that will be available to you:
3-Star and 4-Star Crystals:
3-Star Crystals Cost: 3000 Dark Artifacts
4-Star Crystals Cost: 9,000 Dark Artifacts
Chaos Crystal:
Rogue
Groot
Iron Fist
Punisher 2099
Spider-Gwen
Civil Warrior
Cable
Crossbones
Captain America
Phoenix
Nightmare Crystal:
Ultron (AoU)
Beast
WWII Captain America
She-Hulk
Drax
Guillotine
War Machine
Black Panther (Civil War)
Archangel
Spider-Man (Symbiote)
Genesis Crystal:
Electro
Star Lord
Nightcrawler
Kingpin
Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
Angela
Mordo
Old Man Logan
Dormammu
Spider-Man
Evolution:
Venompool
Superior Iron Man
Loki
Joe Fixit
Daredevil (Classic)
Dr. Voodoo
X-23
Hulkbuster
Spider-Man (Stark Enhanced)
Hawkeye
War:
Carnage
Winter Soldier
Ghost Rider
Ms. Marvel
Psylocke
Agent Venom
Vision (AoU)
Luke Cage
Gambit
Red Hulk
Death:
King Groot
Black Bolt
Magik
Rocket Raccoon
Abomination
Yellow Jacket
Karnak
Wolverine
Black Panther
Colossus
5-Star Crystals:
Cost: 27,000 Dark Artifacts
Chaos Crystal:
Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
Hawkeye
Rhino
X-23
Iron Fist
Guillotine
Miles Morales
Drax
Nightcrawler
Starlord
Nightmare Crystal:
Falcon
Phoenix
Ant-Man
Civil Warrior
Thor (Jane Foster)
Ultron (AoU)
Angela
Magik
Cyclops (New Xavier School)
Moon Knight
Genesis Crystal:
Hulkbuster
Captain Marvel
Beast
Daredevil (Netflix)
Gwenpool
Juggernaut
Magneto
Ghost Rider
Yellow Jacket
Captain America
Evolution Crystal:
Red Hulk
Cyclops (Blue Team)
Nebula
Gambit
Quake
Dr. Voodoo
Spider-Man (Symbiote)
Winter Soldier
Iron Patriot
Karnak
War Crystal:
Agent Venom
Rogue
Groot
She-Hulk
Luke Cage
Hyperion
Old Man Logan
The Hood
Rocket Raccoon
Elektra
Death Crystal:
Iron Man
Howard the Duck
Mordo
Venom
Crossbones
Archangel
Cable
Black Panther Civil War)
Spider-Man
Loki
There will be 3 Crystals of each rarity available each week. Weeks 1, 3 and 5 will feature the Chaos, Nightmare, and Genesis Crystals, and Weeks 2, 4 and 6 will feature the Evolution, War, and Death Crystals. Note that week 6 is not a full week, and is a little shorter.
Edit: Clarified Ultron is not Ultron (Classic).
It looks like we had an incorrect end date in this post. Infinity Dungeons will be live in game until June 6th, not June 4th as we had originally posted.
We apologize for sharing the wrong information.