Arena

The Arena is the primary PvP area of the game where players may fight 1v1 other players for a rank on the server and various rewards. All heroes and units are those the player possess. It is unlocked at Player Level 15. All War Machines and Formation features are enabled in this mode, if available: Backup, Support, and Adjutants. Spell Marks are enabled.

The arena is the most reliable source of  Diamonds in Era of Chaos.

# Offense

Each player may choose to attack players with a higher or lower rank than them. The player will be able to set up an attack formation (with a hero and up to 8 units) but then the combat will happen on auto.

It makes little sense to attack players of a lower rank manually - winning the match will not increase your rank, and the battle rewards are similar. You may choose to sweep the battle though if you don't expect to be able to beat anyone of a higher rank (or if you are already ranked 1 of course).

As the attacker you always get a very strong advantage: you can adjust to your opponent's formation. You will never know the exact units, but you will be able to see their class (Offense, Defense, etc.), if they are awakened or not, and the accompanying hero. This gives you a really big advantage in abusing weaknesses in the formation - for example positioning Chargers in a way that they can attack the backline unhindered, or on contrary, placing a defensive in the face of enemy Chargers.

## Attacks per day

Each player can freely attack up to 5 times daily.

Depending on the VIP level, the player may be able to purchase additional charges, up to 25. These charges however cost an increasing amount of diamonds.

## Battle Rewards

Regardless of victory or defeat, the attacker will always get a random reward.

While in theory, the player may choose one of 3 hidden options every time, it has been strongly suggested by the community that the choice in truth makes no difference as the reward and the alternatives are generated only after the player has already chosen an option.

The three possible rewards are randomly generated out of the following pool of rewards. It is possible for the same type of reward to be generated in the same set of options, but not with the same quantity:

# Defense

Each player can set up a defense formation dedicated to the arena. This includes a regular formation of a hero with up to 8 units, together with an associated artifact preset. Unfortunately, a particular roster configuration can not be specifically associated with the defense formation - instead, the game will automatically take the currently active roster configuration into account.

Keep in mind that the opponents attacking you will always know your formation, so try to avoid a formation they could abuse (such as an empty lane enemy chargers may sneak through for your backline).

# Ranking

The PvP Arena follows a server ranking system where each player occupies a particular rank in the arena.

To advance, players must fight and defeat the player in a higher rank. As a result, the two players will exchange positions.

Notice that unlike other PvP such as Duel of Champions, Glory Arena, or others, the rank of each player does not reset at the end of the week, and it has no seasons.

## Daily Rewards

At the end of each day (at 9 PM, server time), each player is rewarded by their rank in the arena at that particular moment.

## One-Time Rank Diamond Rewards

Each time a player advances to a particular rank for the first time on the server, they are rewarded with a one-time Diamonds reward.

For example, let's assume Timmy currently occupies Rank 55, and it is the highest Rank he has ever occupied on the server. He fights and defeats Johnny who is on Rank 45. As a consequence, he is going to receive a one-time only reward of 130  for his global progress (from Rank 55 up to Rank 45).

An hour later, Timmy finds he has been defeated and dropped down to Rank 50. He goes ahead and defeats Johnny, becoming a Rank 40. As a result, he is awarded 100  for his global progress (which is from Rank 45, which was the highest position he ever held on the server, up to Rank 40).

## Arena Rewards

Supplementary rewards can be purchased from a special "Arena Reward" menu (see at the top of the Arena main screen).

Each reward can only be purchased once with Arena Coins. Also, each reward has a minimum current rank required. This takes into consideration the current player rank, and not that player's maximum rank in the history of the server.

# Arena Store

This store is closely related to the main PvP **Arena** (both unlocked at the same time at Player Level 15), as this is where you will obtain the necessary currency,  Arena Coins, to buy items. Arena Store is the main source to buy Soul Stones for some of the more common units, necessary for ranking up Awakening Level.

**Main Currency**:

**Refresh time**: 5:00 (daily)

**Refresh cost**: 50

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