FAQs ::: Frequently Asked Questions 
Dragon Court
by Diane M. Jones
Updated: 8/13/2003

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FAQ 3: How do I Quest, Gain Experience, Fame and Rank?







FAQ 3a:  What kind of monsters should I fight?
 

  • Run from anything with more stats than you!   

  • Here's a few more tips from the Dragon's Loft Page to help 
get you started:

	-Starting heros should only fight rats & goblins
	-Watch the guts+wits of your opponents.
	-Running can improve your Wits.
	-Trade and Bribe can improve your Charm.
	-Defense is more important than Attack.
	-Attack is more important than Skill.
	-High Skill lets you dodge.
	-More clues can be found in early travel logs
	-You can learn Dragon Court tips from wise players in the forums


You can visit Dragon Court Fan web sites (see link next to 
Dragon Court on the grey column "fan links") where
you can gain advice from experienced Dragon Court players.



    FAQ 3b:  How do I get to the forest, hills or mound?
      

    1. From inside the Dragon Court World, places to quest
will appear in small graphic icons.  Just click, and you 
can head to different places to quest.  

    2. At first, only the fields are available for you to adventure.  

    3. Be patient and build your hero.  

    4. Slowly more and more places will become accessible for you 
to adventure, among these, the forest, the hills and the goblin 
mound. 

    5. The basics of how to navigate you'll learn from your early 
quests in the fields and trips to the Township. 
    

    

    FAQ 3c:  How do I get into the Castle?
    1. Once you are a noble you will be allowed to enter the Castle 
and the Throne Room without restriction.  However to BECOME a 
noble you have to get into the Throne Room the hard way.

    2. You must be level 6 to enter the castle.

    3. You can get past the first guard by buying a 'Castle Permit' 
from Sally Trader at the Town Store.  This will cost 5,000 marks.
With this permit, you can enter the Castle as much as you like.

    4. Without a permit, you can pass the Castle Guard by defeating 
him in battle, or by bribing him.  Bribing is very uncertain and 
depends a lot on your charm.

    5. Once inside the castle, you will need to get past the Throne 
Room guard.  There is no easy way here.  You must defeat him or 
bribe him.  Bring a lot of money.

    

    

    FAQ 3d:  Why should I join the guild?
    

When you join the Guild, you get guild skills.  
Guild skills are: 
      

    • fighter 

    • thief

    • wizard skills
    

Guild skills cost money, experience and time.

The guild will give you special abilities 
that allow you access to hidden areas and effect combat 
skills.  

When you build your hero at the start of the game, you
have the choice of some of these GUILD abilities. If you don't 
take them at the start of the game, you CAN acquire these 
abilities later.

These are aspects that you can consider when
creating your character if you are interested in the 
GUILD:

WARRIOR: this lets you use the BERZERK skill.  It also gives 
you access to the GUILD.  
TRADER: this lets you use the BACKSTAB and SWINDLE skills.  
It also gives you access to the GUILD.  
MAGE: this lets you use the HYPNOTIZE skill.  It also gives 
you access to the GUILD.  

    

    FAQ 3e: How do I become a noble?
      

    1. It is difficult to gain rank in Dragon Court.  You must make your way 
into the inner court and win the approval of the queen.

    2. First, you must enter the castle.  You can do this by bribing the guard,
but the fastest method is to buy a castle pass from Sally Trader.

    3. Second, you muster enter the court.  You must either defeat the guard 
OR bribe him.  Bribing him is safer, but much more expensive.

    4. Third, you must have 5000 marks to petition the Queen.  The very first 
time you speak with the queen, you are guaranteed to become a Squire.

    5. To gain further ranks, you must raise your court favor.  This can 
be spending time in the court mingling with other nobility.

    6. When your favor is high enough, you will recieve a hint that you 
might petition the queen again for greater rank.

    


    

    Dragon Court 1 Ranks
    

    Male RanksRank ValueFemale Rank
    

    PeasantsRank 0Peasants
    

    SquireRank 1Lady
    

    KnightRank 2Dame
    

    CaptainRank 3Amazon
    

    BaronRank 4Baroness
    

    CountRank 5Countess
    

    ViscountRank 6Comtessa
    

    MarquisRank 7Marquessa
    

    EarlRank 8Earl
    

    DukeRank 9Duchess
    

    PrinceRank 10Princess
    

    ViceroyRank 11Viceroy
    

    RegentRank 12Regents
    

    SeneschalRank 13Seneschal
    

    Players can not attain these ranks:
    

    King
    

    Emperor
    



    

Rank Lists

  • The Rank Lists are based on Favor, not on the actual
rank of your hero.

  • It is possible have a high favor but lower rank beat out
the higher rank (lower favor) on the Score Boards

Why?

  • Court Favor decays.  If it drops too low, Queen Beth has
been know to remove Rank.

What to do:

  • Visit the Court Regularly to maintain your rank and favor



    FAQ 3f:  How do I get fame?
     
      
You gain fame through adventuring.  

    1. All heroes start at zero fame.  

    2. Any loss of fame is always a percentage of the total. 

    3. Fame degrades ten percent at the beginning of each day.  

    4. As you adventure you can make up lost fame and add to it 
based on how much you can do per day.  

    5. At first the ten percent loss of fame will be easy to make 
up and improve.  But, as your fame grows, there will be an 
equilibrium point where fame will be hard to improve. 

    6. Castle activities won't help your fame.  You can only improve 
your fame through questing, especially questing in harder areas.

    7. Dieing will cost you fame.
    

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