Kau's Grimorie to be a True Drafter [WIP]

A collection of useful information, tips n tricks to be a True Drafter!

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  
• Controls
  
• Mechanics
  
• Archetypes
  
• Relics
  
• Decks ideias
  
• Mini-games
  
• NPC's
  
• Quests
  
• Dungeons
  
• Bestiary
  
• Achievements
  
• FAQ
  
• WIP
  
• Credits

Introduction

Hey, Hi! I'm Kau, the creator of this guide. My idea is to collect all the information about the game and have one nice compendium to guide new and veteran drafters through the game.
At the moment I'm writing this guide, I have around 141 hours in the game and 100% completion.

!!!SUPER SPOILERS AHEAD!!!

If you don't want to spoil your experience, I personally recommend coming back to this guide after you beating your first boss.

Archetypes

In this game, there are five archetypes. Oracle, Raider, Traveler, Warden, and Stranger
There's no "best archetype". Each one of the archetypes has its own peculiarity, they are good at its respective strategy, and has its own powerful cards.
The best way to understand is by playing and building your own deck.

Oracle

The archetype is about control, here you don't have any cards that deal direct damage but have a lot of other powerful things

Definitely one of my favorites, the specializations of the Oracle are Charm, Copy things, Destroy, Dispel, Hex, Sleep,Summon things, and Time/Meta Effects
Cards in Oracle don't have conditional triggers

Peculiarities

• If you don't know, if you charm the last enemy in the room, you automatically complete that room
  
• If you inflict sleep on an enemy, they will remain asleep until they are hit. This way, you can stall forever in that specific room; maybe use this time to go back to full HP, set up your combo, copy cards, etc

          Here's a list of the possible booters that drops most of the Oracle cards.[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]

Mysteries of the Arcanum[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]
Map: Glacial Library[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]






Secrets of Oceania[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]
Map: Lost Wreckage[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]

Raider

This archetype is all about damage—I mean, LOTS of damage. Being the one with the most damage in the game

The specializations of the Raider are DAMAGE, Burn, and Wound

And his conditional triggers being Grit, Kill, and Polykill

Peculiarities

• Burn deals damage equal to its stack number; a burn 7 target will take 7 damage at the end of its turn
  
• Wound only make our damage cards deal +1 damage
  
• Grit procs when you are at 30% or below HP. The HP bar has an indicator, and the idle animation of your character changes too

Grit Table

Maximum HP	Grit Threshold	Maximum HP	Grit Threshold
10-13	3	34-36	10
14-16	4	37-39	11
17-19	5	40-43	12
20-23	6	44-46	13
24-26	7	47-49	14
27-29	8	50-53	15
30-33	9	54	16

          Here's a list of the possible booters that drops most of the Raider cards.[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]

War for Draconia[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]
Map: Magma City[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]






Battlegrounds of Karrosh[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]
Map: Dune Dome[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]

Traveler

You like to have super high mobility when you still do good damage and control the board? Be able to draw your entire deck in the first round? Have infinite turns and actions? The Traveler archetype is for you and is my favorite too!

The specializations of the Traveler are Draw, Haste, Mobility (Dash, Flight, Teleport, Zip), and Stealth

And his conditional triggers being Discard, Initiative, Polyhit, and Precision

Peculiarities

• The act of sending a card to the graveyard counts as a Discard, so if a card has an effect, then another effect when discarded, it will trigger both
  
• Initiative and Precision procs even if the mob has multiple HP bars

          Here's a list of the possible booters that drops most of the Traveler cards.[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]

Legacy of the Ancients[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]
Map: Dune Dome[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]







Hessia: New Horizon[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]
Map: Lost Wreckage[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]

Warden

The most balanced of the Archetypes, this one provides immense utility to your deck and makes a lot of other strategies viable

The specializations of the Warden are Crush, Gizmos, Heal/Regen/Purge, Shield, Immune, Retaliate, Pull/Push, Root, and Stun


And his conditional triggers being only Patience.

Peculiarities

• Blocking with Shield or Immunity also blocks the associated effect of that attack

          Here's a list of the possible booters that drops most of the Warden cards.[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]

Craftsmen of Acadia[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]
Map: Glacial Library[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]






Cities of Garada[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]
Map: Magma City[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg]

Stranger

                                     "Stranger danger"                                     

       

Mechanics

Most of the things you find in this section you can easily access in the first tab of the Encyclopedia (Pressing "G" on the keyboard).

In the game, there are some mechanics in the cards, like Effects, Traits, and Precision Triggers.
As well some Conditional Triggers(CT's)

Originally posted by Encyclopedia, 1st Tab, Traits Section:

Traits

"All actions in Dungeon Drafters have Traits, be this action a mob action, counter, death throe or a card casted by the player. Traits are descriptions of mechanics imbued in the action and can be used to have a quick glance at the inner workings and general consequences of an action or card

Area Traits

Area Traits are divided into 4

• Shot: Spawns a projectile that moves in a given direction. It requires a free tile to spawn. It will stop at any obstacle and apply some effect on any unit that it collides with.
  
  
• Phaser: A projectile that passes through most obstacles, only  stopped by walls and indescribable objects. It can spawn on tiles occupied by units, and it can phase through. Phasers never affect allies.
  
  
• Area: Affects multiple titles at once
  
  
• Global: Affects all units or all tiles in the room

Damage Traits

Damage Traits are divided into 4

• Melee: A direct attack made with an unit's equipped or natural weapon
  
  
• Direct Damage: Direct damage inflicted to units. Will trigger any effects that respond to damage from a particular source
  
  
• Splash Damage: Indirect damage inflictted to units. Will not trigger Retaliate against the one who did the action with this trait
  
  
• Recoil: Self-Inflicted damage or negative effect
  Recoil damage can't kill you

Moviment Traits

Moviment Traits are divided into 4

• Dash: Execute a directional movement that traverses every tile from start to finish
  
  
• Zip: Executes a directional movement that traverses every tile from start to finish and phases through most obstacles, stopping only at walls or indescribable objects
  
  
• Teleport: Executes a non-directional movement from one tile to another. This movement ignores any traps that redirect directional movement
  
  
• Jump: Executes a positional movement that doesn't traverse the tiles between start and finish

Disrupt Traits

Disrupt Traits are divided into 4

• Pull/Push: The unit is forced to move in a direction relative to the attacker, traversing every tile from start to finish. If it is ∞ the unit will only stop at an obstacle or after moving 100 tiles
  
  
• Launch: The unit is launched to another tile without traversing the tiles between start and finish
  
  
• Displace: Unit forced to Teleport to another tile. The movement ignores any trap that redirects directional moviment
  
  
• Crush: Forced Launch that will instantly kill a unit if the movement is impossible

Deck Traits

Deck Traits are divided into 6

• Draw: Draw cards from the library if there are cards avaliable
  
  
• Exhume: Draw cards from the graveyard if there are cards avaliable
  
  
• Reshuffle: Reshuffle all cards in the library
  
  
• Copy: Draw a Phantom Card from your hand. Phantom Cards are temporary and aren't discarded to the graveyard, vanishing upon use
  
  
• Discard: Discards a card from hand without casting it. Library cards goes to the graveyard, while Effect and Phantom Cards just vanish
  
  
• Mill: Sends a number of cards from the library directly to the graveyard. This will not trigger Discard Effects

Invocation Traits

Invocation Traits are divided into 3

• Summon: Summon a mob or prop. If it's a mob, it will be a summoned unit having a weaker grasp on reality and being destroyed by Dispel Effects
  
  
• Gizmo: Create a special unit that has mechanical properties. Gizmos are always neutral and always have a specific counter that activates whenever they are attacked. They are immune to all Effects
  
  
• Trap: Place Traps that will trigger an effect when an unit occupies their tile. Each Trap has its own requirements to trigger

Negative Traits

Negative Traits are divided into 10

• Dispel: Removes all Positive Effects from a unit. Summoned units are Destroyed instantly instead.
  
  
• Burn: Affected units take damage equal to Burn's Severity at the end of their turn. Affected caster burns one of their Library cards, discarding it
  
  
• Disease: Affected units cannot recover HP by healing.
  
  
• Hex: Mob or Caster becomes a helpless frog, unable to attack. This reduces max HP by half, and mobs cannot counter or trigger their death throe
  
  
• Lure: Affected mobs will be compelled to pursue and attack whatever unit they are lured by. Affected caster cannot attack any unit that isn't it
  
  
• Poison: Affected unit gradualy lose HP each turn
  
  
• Root: Affected unit by Root cannot move or be forced to move by other effects
  
  
• Sleep: Affected unit becomes unable to act until it takes damage. Affected caster discard all Phantorm Cards and cannot act until it casts Sleep
  
  
• Stun:Affected unit will not act during its turn. Affected caster discards all library cards from hand
  
  
• Wound: Affected unit will take increased damage from every attack

Positive Traits

Positive Traits are divided into 8

• Purge: Removes all Negative Effects from an unit
  
  
• Flight: Affected unit gain flying movement
  
  
• Stealth: Affected unit cannot be detected by enemies and becomes untargetable by most effects that require a specific target. Doing a melee attack while affected by stealth yields bonus damage.
  
  
• Heal: Recover HP up to Maximum HP. Healing never recovers. Extra Lives from mobs and gizmos
  
  
• Regen: Affected unit gradually recover HP each turn
  
  
• Retaliate: Affected unit will inflict damage to any unit that directly damages it
  
  
• Shield: affected units raise up a directional shield. A shield will block any directional attacks coming from its direction but will not block non-directional attacks, such as area-of-effect attacks 
  
  
• Immunity: Affected unit becomes immune to most damage types

Special Traits

Special Traits are divided into 9

• Charm: Affected mobs temporarily change alignment. Enemies become allies. Allies become Enemies. A caster, when charmed, can't attack the source of the charm
  
  
• Destroy: Affected unit is instantly destroyed and doesn't trigger its death throe
  
  
• Meta-Effect: A special effect that has no comparable rule in the world. Considered dangerous by adventures
  
  
• Petrify: Affected unit is instantly destroyed and becomes a stone statue prop. Affected caster will die if it has two Petrify cards in hand
  
  
• Random: The forbidden art of randomly picking a value. A blasphemy in the world of the 4 corners
  
  
• Recast: immediately recast the card without spending AP on the previous cast
  
  
• Timecraft: Manipulates or interacts with time itself. May cause a Paradox if used incorrectly
  
  
• Paradox: ?????
  
  
• Taboo:???

Conditional Triggers

Runes

Runes are the spice of your deck; they change a few rules of the game.

Besides the 5 archetype runes, there are a total of 20, with 19 of them being Clear Runes.


11 of the Clear Runes give immunity to some Effects.
4 modifies your HP.
1 modifies your deck build.
1 modifies your hand size and draw.
1 changes the max AP you have
And the last one [Redacted]

Curios

Curios are items that allow you to break the rules of the game and how it is played; they are what make a deck idea possible or even broken.



There are a total of 81 Curios in the game, of which 42 (51,85%) you get from scavenging locations. The other 39 Curios (48,15%) you get from quests, exploring, challenges, and secrets.

Here's a list of the curios you can find scavenging at each location.
===Scavenge (42 of 81)===
-Garada Heartlands
Battlemage Pin
Healing Pin
Heavenly Slip
Hunter's Eye
Porcupine Hat
Riches Magnet
Shepherd's Stick

-Hessian Frontier 
All seeing Eye
Bloodied Blade 
Clean Mirror 
Empty Bag
Old Ruleset
Shark Teeth
Stormring

-Acadian Tundra
Cursed Chisel
Cursed Purse
Golden Frog
Plague Worm
Planar Prism
Scourge Ring
Wax Wings

-Karrosh Badlands 
Barbed Wire
Crazy Rooster 
Lands Bounty
Mind Bug
Pyro Glove
Smoke Bomb
Vampire Hood

-Draconian Spires
Boots of Greed
Living Toxin
Megistus Boots
Panacea
Plasma Quartz
Rosetta Stone
White Stone

-Island of Doom
Amulet of Yore
Behemoth Horn
Bountiful Key
Cold Heart
Reaper Scythe
Time Bottle
Tinkers Tools

Here's a list of the curios you can find by completing quests, challenges, secrets, etc.
=== Arena (18 of 81)===
-Puzzle Arena 1 [Right]; Saints
Stone Sigil
Crystal Sigil
Mallet Sigil
Hearth Sigil
Torch Sigil
Jar Sigil

-Puzzle Arena 2 [Left]; Characters
Mage Pendant [Mage]
Vanguard Lamp [Explorer]
Shinobis geta [Shinobi]
Black Belt [Brawler]
Odd Incense[Monk]
Callers Brooch [Bard]

-Puzzle Arena 3 [Top]; Saints
Glass Sigil
Astro Sigil
Quill Sigil
Rope Sigil
Tome Sigil
Sword Sigil

===Masters (13 of 81)===
-Master Raider
Red tear ring -> Ritual dagger -> Spear Charm [talk after ?]

-Traveler Master
Lime Tear Ring -> Strider Gloves -> Sandals Charm [talk after ?]

-Warden Master
Orchre tear ring -> Gear Belt -> Anvil Charm [talk after ?]

-Oracle Master
Cerulean Ring -> Ghost Shroud -> Abacus Charm [talk after ?]

-Strange Master
Scissor charm [Last quest?]

===SPECIAL=== (8 of 81)===
=Progression (5 of 81)=
Core Drill [Scavenger]
Horai Mask [Fool]
Lost suzu [Stonekeeper]
Mystic Sandals [Lore Room]
Pilgrim's Lamp [Tavern Keeper]

=Secrets (3 of 81)=
Fisher's Reel [Fisher]
Makhor's Sigil [Mysterious Presence]
Rosary [Blessings]

Deck Ideas

Mini-Games

There are two mini-games in the game:
The Slime Minigame and Fishing Minigame
And the Arena Puzzle

Fishing Guide

Slime Mini-Game Guide

Arena Puzzle

One of my favorite parts of the game is the Puzzle Arena. Some puzzles took me 3 minutes, others 3 hours.
A guide to all of them already exists—here's the link to a guide from my friend Prib!
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2969893210

NPC's n Quests

Areas n Dungeons

Achievements

FAQ

WIP

= = = TO DO = = =

• Table of contents [Need update]
  
  
• Introduction
  
• Archetypes
  
• Oracle
  
• Raider
  
• Traveler
  
• Warnder
  
  
• Stranger [Danger]
  
  
• Mechanics (About effects, traits, conditional triggers) [add CT's and images]
  
• Runes [images missing and more context]
  
• Curios [Format // Add some images]
  
• Deck Ideas [Add decks or at least explain some combos]
  
• Mini-Games [Make a guide for Slime-Minigame]
  
• NPC's n Quests [Add quets and rewards // Give a few tips to complete]
  
• Areas n Dungeons [Prints from each area // Explatin each location puzzle]
  
• Achievements [add images and a guide how to get each one]
  
• FAQ [Add questions]
  
• Credits

Credits

To each one of the Devs that worked on Dungeons Drafters, a wonderful game!
To the wiki of this game,[dungeondrafters.wiki.gg] thanks to let me using their images/assets/sprites
To Prib! That make the Arena Puzzle Guide


♡ SPECIAL THANKS TO ♡
Fressato, who gifted me a key of this game
Demo, who made the booters list image

[blue pawn]

Hi! You should add, how to open each expedition pre-boss megavaluable room. Devs tells it in a discustion)

[Finalhazzard]

actually found it was a bug that requires a game reset.

[Finalhazzard]

I have a really hard time equipping and unequiping curios. Is there a command that is reliable? I hit RT and can sometimes equip but sometimes can't

[🌟 K a u 🌟]

"When faltering" means when u are at 30% or lower of ur HP, basicily when Grit is trigged, in HP bar has a mark and the character idle animation also changes

[4MUL8ers]

Maybe you can answer this, and if so thanks a million.
Some curios state ' when faltering'
Please explain

[🌟 K a u 🌟]

Many thanks ♥

[4MUL8ers]

Thanks a million

[JVLajinWolfe]

Very helpful.

[Wand]

Thanks for you work bro , Appreciat it !