Companion System general information

5 July 2013 Leave a comment

HOW MANY

Character can have the following number of companions:

  • One (1) summoned, following you around and aiding you in combat.
  • Three (3) active companions initially; you can buy additional active slots unlocks one by one and extend this number to five (5) active companions total. Active slots allow you to have your companion fully equipped and ready to go just one click away.
  • Sixteen (16) idle companions initially; you can buy additional idle slots in packs of 8 to a maximum number of 96 idle companion slots total. Idle companions have their equipment unequipped, however runestones are not affected.

QUALITY & RANKS

A Companion’s quality determines its maximum possible rank. Companion rank DOES NOT EQUAL character’s level. It does reflect Companion’s progress, but not in the same way.

There are 4 quality tiers:

  • White – max rank 15
  • Green – max rank 20
  • Blue – max rank 25
  • Purple – max rank 30

RUNESTONES

You can equip a Companion with 3 Runestones, but you gain ability to do so gradually:

  • Runestone slot 1 – available at rank 1
  • Runestone slot 2 – unlocks at rank 10
  • Runestone slot 3 – unlocks at rank 15

Runestone slots are either Offensive or Defensive – which are which, it all depends on particular Companion. Each slot will grant either an offensive or a defensive bonus of a Runestone accordingly, NOT both at once. Companions of all qualities can unlock all of the runestone slots.

EQUIPMENT

Companions can have up to 3 pieces of equipment. They don’t utilize main armor pieces, but generally wear trinkets and accessories, such as rings, belts, certain off-hands, neck pieces, etc. Equipment slots unlock gradually:

  • Equipment slot 1 – available at rank 1
  • Equipment slot 2 – unlocks at rank 15
  • Equipment slot 3 – unlocks at rank 25

It means that white and green quality companions won’t be able to unlock the last equipment slot. Most important thing about Companion equipment slots and ranks not being levels, is that there are no gear level restrictions when arming a Companion. You can equip slot 1 of your fresh rank 1 Companion with lv60 purple gear right off the bat.

APPEARANCE

Companions can have up to 4 skins, that represent visually their progress through ranks/ evolution/ gaining strength/ etc. Companion’s skins unlock gradually:

  • Skin 1 – available at rank 1
  • Skin 2 – unlocks at rank 10
  • Skin 3 – unlocks at rank 20
  • Skin 4 – unlocks at rank 30

It means that white Companions can switch between 2 skins, green and blue choose from 3 skins and purple companions have access to all 4 skins. Those skins are purely cosmetic and do not grant any bonuses whatsoever.

TYPES

Each Companion can be assigned to one of 5 categories.

There are 4 combat roles, the same types that character classes are split into:

  • Strikers – designed to deal damage
  • Leaders – healers or supporters
  • Guardians – meant to protect you in battle, tanks
  • Controllers – provide crowd control assistance

Additionally there is 1 non combat type among companions:

  • Augment – transfers all of its stats (both from ranking up and all items in slots) to the owner; does not fight in combat, it’s passive, but at the same time it cannot be killed, so the boost it provides is always on while its summoned

SKILLS

Every combat Companion, regardless of quality, has 2 skills that are actively utilized in battle since rank1. Additionally, purple companions get to unlock 3rd passive skill when they achieve their max rank 30. Skills are unalterable – specific Companion will always have the same skills.

QUALITY UPGRADE

Upgrading white to green to blue to purple will be possible with the introduction of Fury of the Feywild expansion. You will be able to upgrade your companion directly from the Companion UI (=) when it levels up to it’s current max rank.

Upgrading white to green (uncommon) quality:

  • costs 300 000 Astral Diamonds
  • comapanion gains 10% rating bonus in comparison to white
  • max rank raised to 20

Upgrading green to blue (rare) quality:

  • costs 500 000 Astral Diamonds
  • companion gains 10% rating bonus in comparison to green
  • max rank raised to 25

Upgrading blue to purple (epic) quality:

  • costs 750 000 Astral Diamonds
  • companion gains 4% rating bonus in comparison to blue
  • max rank raised to 30
  • able to unlock 3rd passive skill, when leveling up to rank 30

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