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.