Magister's Path Guild Competition

## Magister's Path

Magister's Path is a competition between guilds. Guild members collectively earn guild points by exploring selected locations listed in the event windows.

To take part in the Magister's Path competition, you must be a member of any guild at the time the event begins. If you join a guild when the competition has already begun, you can only participate in the next competition.

The list of past locations played during the Magister's Path Guild Competition can be found here: List of Magister's Path Locations.

With the release of the Secret Academy update 2.28, released on September 7, 2022, the Magister's Path was replaced with the Darkwood Cup. The Darkwood Cup ran 3 times in the Secret Academy event: September 12, 2022, September 19, 2022 and September 26, 2022.

The Magister's Path competition was brought back with the next update (Fair Deal update 2.29, October 5, 2022). Mytona release the foloowig statement regarding the Darkwood Cup:

**Note from Mytona regarding the Guild Competition:**
*We want to announce that in the forthcoming Update 2.29 "Fair Deal" we're going to launch the Magister's Path instead of the Darkwood Cup event. Following your feedback and requests, we decided to rework and improve the Darkwood Cup before returning it to the game. We will announce its return in advance, so please stay tuned.*
Thank you for being with us and for striving to make Seekers Notes better,
Seekers Notes Development Team

### Quick Overview

* Join a guild to take part
* Obtain guild points by completing guild quests
* You need to increase your rank in the locations listed to earn more guild points
* You spend guild energy points every time you explore a location
* Your points are added to your guild's score, helping it move up the Magister's Path event leaderboard
* The more locations you have with a high rank, the closer you'll be to victory
* Your rewards depend on what league you're in
* There are five leagues in the game altogether, with wooden being the lowest and diamond the highest
* You move to different leagues gradually
* To get into a higher league, finish in the top spots in the guild competition
* If your guild ranks at the bottom of the leaderboard in a competition, you may lose your current position and move back to your previous league
* Collecting guild points will also help you get personal rewards during the event
* You need **Unity Crystals** to get a guild emblem. The number of crystals you get depends on your guild's league and position on the leaderboard

## Leagues

You are playing in leagues made up of several competing guilds.

The leagues are:

* Wooden
* Bronze
* Silver
* Gold
* Diamond

Guide
*Score a top spot on the leaderboard to move to the next league.*
*The higher your league, the bigger your reward!*
*Guilds that finish at the bottom of the leaderboard move down to the previous league!*

Your rewards depend on what league you're in. The higher your league, the bigger your rewards. In total, there are five leagues in the game, Wooden being the lowest and Diamond the highest. You move to a different league gradually. To get into a higher league, take the top spots in guild competitions. Please note that if your guild ranks at the bottom of the leaderboard in a competition, you can lose your current position and move back to your previous league.

You need  **Unity Crystals** to get a guild emblem. The number of crystals you get depends on your guild's league and position on the leaderboard.

## Gameplay

**The idea of the competition is to play the selected locations to level them up by working together as a team, winning prizes for the team, as well as prizes for personal progress.**

* Location progress accumulates for the Guild as a whole.
* You play the selected locations through the competition window and level them up as a team.
* The more locations you have with a high rank, the closer you are to victory!
* Increasing your location rank gets you more points. Earn points to win a personal reward.
* Your personal progress is shown with a target to reach, that increases each time you reach your target.
* A Guild has to earn a minimum of 1,000 points to enter the full competition.
* In the first round, in the Wooden League, your guild has to place 12th or above to move up to the next league, Bronze.
* From the second round onwards, if you were successful in moving up to the Bronze league, your guild must finish in the top three to move up to Silver. If your guild finishes 10th or below in Bronze league, your guild will be downgraded back to Wooden league.
* In Silver league, the top 2 move to Gold league and eighth place and below move back to Bronze
* In Gold league, only the top one moves to Diamond league, sixth and below move back down to Silver.
* Normally, the competition starts on a Monday at 08.00 UTC and ends on a Friday at 08.00 UTC
* There are normally 3 rounds, starting on the Monday after an update, followed by a 1 week break, which falls on the week before the next update.
* *Achievements gained in Locations count towards Guardian Quests*

## Energy

* Guild members get guild energy (purple lightning) to use for competition locations.
* You start with a maximum of 120 Guild Energy.
* Energy regenerates at a rate of 1 unit every 4 minutes.
* Energy can also be purchased for Rubies, but only belongs to that player, not the whole guild.
* Guild events have now moved to a 3rd tab in the Guild chat window.
* The Shield turns from green to red when the event is active.
* You have 120 energy to start as before.
* Videos now add 20 extra Guild Energy.
* The cost of Rubies to buy extra Guild Energy is as follows:
	+ 20 Guild energy for 10 Rubies
	+ 50 Guild energy for 20 Rubies
	+ 200 Guild energy for 50 Rubies

## Guild Points

Guild points can be obtained by completing guild quests. These points are added to your guild's score, helping it move up the leaderboard of the Magister's Path event. What's more, they will help you get personal rewards during the event!

* You will get 10 points every time you explore any location without the fire icon.
* If a location is marked with the fire icon, the points will triple, and you'll get 30 points.

Number of explorations at each rank before moving on to the next:

Novice: 5
Amateur: 8
Connoisseur: 12
Sleuth: 25
Detective: 50
Virtuoso: 100
Expert: 175
Master: 300
Grand Master: 500
You also simultaneously get points for increasing a location rank in the guild event:

Novice: 5 points
Amateur: 6 points
Connoisseur: 7 points
Sleuth: 10 points
Detective: 15 points
Virtuoso: 20 points
Expert: 35 points
Master: 60 points
Grand Master: 100 points
 The fire icon indicates that if you successfully explore a marked location, you will receive three times as many guild points as usual. The number in the icon shows how many times you can explore this location with the bonus before the icon moves on to another location.

Personal progress is a meter that shows how many guild points you need to collect in order to receive a great personal reward!

If two guilds have gained the same number of points at the end of an event, first place goes to the guild that scored its points earlier.

## Guild Emblems

* You can win Guild Emblems. To do this you compete against other guilds.
* You get Unity Crystals at the end of each round of the competition.
* Collect 50 Unity Crystals to win an Emblem.

Once you have completed your Guild emblem you continue collecting Unity Crystals to get an upgrade, which costs another 50.

Unity Crystals awarded vary per league.

*NB. This information was updated on 2021 11 22*

**In Wooden League, Unity Crystals are awarded as follows:**

* 5 Unity Crystals are awarded for 1st place.
* 3 Unity Crystals are awarded for 2nd and 3rd place.
* 2 Unity Crystals are awarded for 4th to 10th place.
* 1 Unity Crystals are awarded for 11th place and below.

**In Bronze League, Unity Crystals are awarded as follows:**

* 10 Unity Crystals are awarded for 1st place.
* 7 Unity Crystals are awarded for 2nd and 3rd place
* 5 Unity Crystals are awarded for 4th to 10th place.
* 3 Unity Crystals are awarded for 11th to 20th place.

**In Silver League, Unity Crystals are awarded as follows:**

* 15 Unity Crystals are awarded for 1st place.
* 10 Unity Crystals are awarded for 2nd and 3rd place.
* 7 Unity Crystals are awarded for 4th to 7th place.
* 5 Unity Crystals are awarded for 8th to 15th place.

**In Gold League, Unity Crystals are awarded as follows:**

* 20 Unity Crystals for 1st place.
* 15 Unity Crystals for 2nd and 3rd place.
* 10 Unity Crystals for 4th and 5th place.
* 7 Unity Crystals for 6th place and below.

**In Diamond League, Unity Crystals are awarded as follows:**

* 50 Unity Crystals for 1st place.
* 25 Unity Crystals for 2nd place.
* 20 Unity Crystals for 3rd place.
* 15 Unity Crystals for 4th place.
* 10 Unity Crystals for 5th place.

## Prizes

You can win prizes, which vary according to the league you are in and the position you finish in.

*N.B. This information is currently incomplete*

**Wooden League**

* 1st place - Gold Triumph Chest (+1 Precise Arrow, +1 Treasures of Fortune Chest, +500 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 2nd place -Victorious Silver Chest (+5000 Coins, +1 Diadem of Wisdom, +200 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 3rd place - Victorious Silver Chest (+5000 Coins, +1 Diadem of Wisdom, +100 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 4th to last place - Honorable Bronze Chest (+1000 Coins, +30 Bloom Festival Tickets)

**Bronze League**

* 1st place - Gold Triumph Chest (+1 Fire Crystal, +2 Precise Arrows, +2 Treasures of Fortune, +500 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 2nd place -Victorious Silver Chest (+1 Precise Arrows, +1 Treasures of Fortune, +200 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 3rd place - Victorious Silver Chest (+5000 Coins, +1 Diadem of Wisdom, +30 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 4th to last place - Honorable Bronze Chest (+1000 Coins, +30 Bloom Festival Tickets)

**Silver League**

* 1st place - Gold Triumph Chest (+2 Fire Crystal, +2 Precise Arrows, +3 Treasures of Fortune Chest, +500 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 2nd place - Victorious Silver Chest (+1 Fire Crystal, +2 Precise Arrows, +2 Treasures of Fortune Chest, +200 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 3rd place - Victorious Silver Chest (+1 Fire Crystal, +2 Precise Arrows, +2 Treasures of Fortune Chest, +100 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 4th to 10th place - Honorable Bronze Chest (+1 Precise Arrows, +1 Treasures of Fortune Chest, +30 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 11th to 15th place - Noble Wood Chest (+5000 Coins, +1 Diadem of Wisdom, +30 Bloom Festival Tickets)

**Gold League**

* 1st place - Gold Triumph Chest (+1 Magisterium, +1 Tool Kit, +1 Dragon's Gifts Chest, +500 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 2nd and 3rd place - Victorious Silver Chest (+2 Fire Crystal, +3 Precise Arrow, +3 Treasures of Fortune Chest, +200 Bloom Festival Tickets)
* 4th to 10th place - Honorable Bronze Chest (+1 Fire Crystal, +2 Precise Arrow, +2 Treasures of Fortune Chest, +30 Bloom Festival Tickets)

**Diamond League**

* 1st place - Gold Triumph Chest - 3 magisterium, 3 toolkit (each 3 libs, 3 lanterns, 3 times, 3 arrows), 3 dragon gifts (each food 3\*60 and 3\*180 and 1 fire crystal and 1 SOV, 2 clairvoyant lantern, 3 libs and 3 times) and 500 festival tickets
* 2nd place -Victorious Silver Chest - 2 magisterium, 2 toolkit (each 3 libs, 3 lanterns, 3 times, 3 arrows), 2 dragon gifts (each food 3\*60 and 3\*180 and 1 fire crystal and 1 SOV, 2 clairvoyant lantern, 3 libs and 3 times) and 200 festival tickets
* 3rd place - Victorious Silver Chest - 2 magisterium, 2 toolkit (each 3 libs, 3 lanterns, 3 times, 3 arrows), 2 dragon gifts (each food 3\*60 and 3\*180 and 1 fire crystal and 1 SOV, 2 clairvoyant lantern, 3 libs and 3 times) and 100 festival tickets
* 4th and 5th place - Honorable Bronze Chest - 1 magisterium, 1 toolkit (each 3 libs, 3 lanterns, 3 times, 3 arrows), 2 dragon gifts (each food 3\*60 and 3\*180 and 1 fire crystal and 1 SOV, 2 clairvoyant lantern, 3 libs and 3 times) and 30 festival tickets

## History

* *The first guild competition for Seekers Notes: Hidden Mystery was included as part of the August 2020 update: Searching for a Dream and has continued with a few changes along the way.*
* *Round 16 fell outside the normal sequence, by starting on a Tuesday, also by being the 4th round in a row. Probably due to the 2020 Christmas Holiday.*
* *Starting in Round 7 of the competition the scoring system was changed (again). You are randomly presented with a 3x (fire) icon on one of the competition locations. After completing that location, the fire bonus icon moves randomly to one of the 6 locations. This bonus multiplies the available points for that location by 3 (30 instead of 10). The fire bonus locations vary for each guild member and do not change until they have been played. You can also score additional points for your guild if you level up a location.*
* On September 12th 2022, the Magister's Path competition was replaced with the Darkwood Cup.

### Energy

From Round 1, August 17th 2020
* ~~You can get videos which reduce the cost per play from 20 Guild Energy to 15.~~
* ~~Energy regenerates at a rate of 1 unit every 6 minutes.~~
* ~~The current cost is 50 Rubies to buy 100 Guild Energy.~~