Miscellaneous Merit Rewards
Overview
Issue 13 introduced Merit Rewards, which included a reworking of the reward system to obtain Invention Recipes from Task Forces, Trials, and Story Arcs.
Task Forces give an average of 1 merit every 5 minutes of average time (12 merits an hour), Trials give an average of 1 merit every 4.5 minutes (13-14 merits an hour), and Story Arcs give an average of 1 merit every 12.5 minutes (4-5 merits an hour). The reason for this major difference is due to the considerable time and effort Task/Strike Forces can take to set up and complete, so naturally these tasks grant a much greater reward.
Miscellaneous Merit Rewards include Giant Monster slaying and any other Merit Rewards that don't fit into the other categories.
Merits will be rewarded to any character who does damage to the Giant Monster. The merits are not linked to the 10% minimum damage that is required to get a badge.
Giant Monsters
Hero Side
| Name | Merits | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Adamastor | 2 | Dark Astoria |
| Arachnos Flier | 2 | Statesman Task Force |
| Babbage | 2 | Boomtown / Spawns as ambush from Synapse Task Force |
| Eochai | 2 | Croatoa |
| Jack in Irons | 2 | Croatoa |
| Jurassik | 2 | Crey's Folly |
| Kraken | 2 | Perez Park |
| Kronos Class Titan | 2 | Spawns as ambush from Crimson's story arc |
| Lusca | 2 | Independence Port |
| Paladin | 2 | Kings Row |
Bug! Castle has confirmed that the Arachnos Flier should not be giving merits in the Statesman Task Force, and is exploring how to fix this for a future release.
Villain Side
| Name | Merits | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Arachnos Flier | 2 | Grandville |
| Deathsurge | 2 | Cap au Diable |
| Caleb | 2 | Nerva Archipelago |
| Ghost of Scrapyard | 2 | Sharkhead Isle |
Special Spawns
| Name | Merits | Spawn Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Eochai | 2 | Halloween Event -- all applicable zones |
| Jack in Irons | 2 | Halloween Event -- all applicable level 20+ zones |
| U'Kon Gr'ai | 2 | Rikti War Zone -- during a Rikti Ship Raid |
| Winter Lord | 2 | Winter Event -- all applicable zones |
| Lord Winter | 8 | Winter Event -- Lord Winter's Realm |
| Hamidon | 52 | Hamidon Raid -- The Hive (Heroes), The Abyss (Villains) |
Enemies that don't give merits
- Devouring Earth monsters (Lattice, Quarry, Stropharia, and Thorn) are classified as Monsters, not Giant Monsters.
- Kronos Class Titan on the Lord Recluse's Strike Force is classified as a Monster, not a Giant Monster.
- Dreadnaught Red Kronos 02, a Kronos Class Titan from Crimson's "World Wide Red" mission Deal with Jack Firenze, aka Director 17, is classified as a Monster, not Giant Monster.
- Lusca's Tentacles do not give merits, only the defeat of Lusca.
- Monstrous Construction from the Paladin Construction site does not give merits, even though it is labeled Giant Monster.
- Quarries on the Eden Trial, even though they are labeled Giant Monsters, do not give merits.
- Sally is classified as a Monster, not a Giant Monster.
- Winter Guardians in the Winter Event 2009, even though they are labeled Giant Monsters, do not give merits. However, Lord Winter's defeat awards 8 merits, which is equivalent to four GM defeats (three Guardians and Lord Winter himself).