Difference between revisions of "Flight Rising"

The Sparrow Skull item is described as smelling of rum, as a reference to Captain Jack Sparrow from the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.

When using Baldwin's Bubbling Brew, the player has the option to reduce familiars into mucks which can be used to create other items, such as the alchemy-specific familiars. It is not specified exactly how transmuting familiars works, but it is commonly interpreted that the creatures are placed into the boiling cauldron where they either die or leave behind something which becomes the muck before fleeing from the clan. If the player would prefer to not transmute familiars, they can use the Auction House to buy mucks or the alchemical products produced with these mucks.

When using Baldwin's Bubbling Brew, the player has the option to reduce familiars into mucks which can be used to create other items, such as the alchemy-specific familiars. It is not specified exactly how transmuting familiars works, but it is commonly interpreted that the creatures are placed into the boiling cauldron where they either die or leave behind something which becomes the muck before fleeing from the clan. If the player would prefer to not transmute familiars, they can use the Auction House to buy mucks or the alchemical products produced with these mucks.

The Kelp Beds Coliseum venue is underwater, and the enemies are similarly aquatic. However, combat in the Kelp Beds is no different than combat in any other venue, despite the underwater appearance to the venue.

Fish-themed enemies such as sharks and eels are also present in the Coliseum venue of the Waterway.

Water-element dragons and enemies can use special water-based moves, including a special move called Drown which slows the enemies, but does not actually drown them.

The Amberwing Waveskimmer and Great Blue Waveskimmer familiars can be created at Baldwin's Bubbling Brew. Baldwin's also features the options to craft bird-like plague doctor's masks.

Avian enemies are encountered frequently in the Coliseum and drop as familiars after the battles. They can also be purchased from the Marketplace or Auction House or discovered in chests or received from Pinkerton. These include:

• Training Fields:
  • Ruby Webwing/Emerald Webwing - Bat-winged birds
  • Yellow-Throated Sparrowmouse/Dark-Tufted Sparrowmouse - Quadrupedal bird-like creatures
• Woodland Path:
  • Wildwood Owl/Sakura Owl - Plant-themed owls
  • Basilisk/Cockatrice - Reptilian chicken-like creatures
• Scorched Forest:
  • Red-Winged Owlcat/Banded Owlcat - Griffin-like creatures with the body of a cat and the face and wings of an owl
  • Smoke Gyre/Steam Gyre - Birds which appear to be made of steam or smoke.
• Sandswept Delta:
  • Storm Seeker - Crow-like birds with an eye on their torsos
• Bamboo Falls:
  • Tengu/Wandering Surge Priest - Japanese-themed avian humanoids (Wandering Surge Priest not available as a familiar)
  • Raptorik Warrior/Blacktalon Striker - Spear-wielding avian humanoids
• Rainsong Jungle:
  • Zalis/Paradise Zalis - Large, colorful birds
• Boreal Wood:
  • Poultrygeist/Woodland Turkey - Turkeys (Woodland Turkey only present during November)
• Harpy's Roost:
  • All enemies in this zone are Avian and all are available as familiars
• Golem Workshop:
  • Chromefeather Lookout/Sentry Squawker - Avian-shaped robots

The Scratch, Slash, and Eliminate attacks in the Coliseum cause a red gash or gashes to briefly appear over the attacked creature to denote that the creature has been attacked. It then fades quickly. The move Irradiated Scratch uses a green version of the slashes to appear instead of the red.

The Bloody Bandages apparel set features bloody white bandages which are wrapped around the dragon’s various body parts.

The leader of the Plague flight, the Plaguebringer, is a rather gruesome female dragon whose wings are composed of tendinous tissue and whose dark-red body is covered by green pustules. Her face is also a bare skull mask. Other emissaries of the Plague flight, like the Plague Sprite and Graveyard Guardian and Fungusbearing Phony bear familiars are similarly grotesque.

Canine enemies are encountered frequently in the Coliseum and drop as familiars after the battles. They can also be purchased from the Marketplace or Auction House or discovered in chests or received from Pinkerton. These include:

• Bamboo Falls:
  • Hainu/Red-Breasted Hainu - Winged dogs
  • Ethereal Trickster/Trick-of-the-Light - Wispy fox creatures
  • Umbra Wolf/Gale Wolf - Wispy dog creatures
• Boreal Wood:
  • Winter Wolf/Black Wolf - Angry-looking wolves
  • Permafrost Impaler/Nochnyr - Canines with spindly skeletal legs
• Golem Workshop:
  • Steelhound/Scrapmetal Tracker - Robots shaped like skeletal dogs

The aesthetic of the Shadow flight frequently features clown- or jester-like imagery as the flight is depicted as tricksters. This frequently shows up in the apparel and skins associated with the holiday which takes place in February.

The game features apparel which is commonly worn by jesters in the form of the items Trickster's Bellcap and Trickster's Collar. These items and their bundle pack are currently cycled out of the gem marketplace and are currently only available through the Auction House, though they could appear on any dragon whose owners acquired the items while they were sold.

The Shadow flight is based on the embodiment of darkness.

Coliseum venues change in appearance depending on the time of day, based on USA Pacific time. During the day, they appear sunlit, but during the evenings and at night, the venue backgrounds change to the same areas at night. This does not impact combat at all, but it makes some of the venues a bit creepier than they are during the day.

The Plague flight is themed after disease and pestilence.

Baldwin's Bubbling Brew features the options to craft plague doctor's masks.

Dolls of the Dragon deities can be found in the game, and all twelve can be collected for an achievement.

Plush toys of the Mammertee and Kelp Tender enemies and familiars can also be found, but they resemble the creatures they are designed after more than they resemble a doll.

All felines featured outside of the Coliseum are stationary and unanimated.

A few cat-related items can be found throughout normal gameplay. The Nickel Cat Figurine is a trinket item that can be collected by scavenging, received from Pinkerton, or purchased from the Auction House. The Chimera Relic is a trinket item that can be received from Rusted Treasure Chests, purchased from the Auction House, or dropped by Chimeras in the Coliseum. It is also a component for a Swipp trade.

There are several retired feline familiars. These are difficult to acquire at this point, unless someone has played the game for several years. Two of these familiars were gifts for backers of the Flight Rising Kickstarter: the Skycat, a winged cat; and the Golden Idol, golden lion. The Golden Bantam Fangar was a gift given in compensation for dealing with downtime during the early years of the site; it's a small saber-toothed lion. A variant, the Smoky Bantam Fangar, can be collected from chests, purchased in the Marketplace or Auction House, and received from Pinkerton.

Floracats are hybrid cat-plant familiars. Swipp offers trades for the Snowsquall Floracat and the Harvest Floracat, and the Tuxedo Floracat and Velvet Floracat can be purchased from the Marketplace. All Floracats can also be found in the Auction House.

Feline enemies are encountered frequently in the Coliseum and can drop as familiars after the battles. They can also be purchased from the Marketplace or Auction House or discovered in chests or received from Pinkerton. These include:

• Woodland Path:
  • Bamboo Phytocat - Wildcat-like creatures with bamboo for a tail
• Scorched Forest:
  • Red-Winged Owlcat/Banded Owlcat - Griffin-like creatures with the body of a cat and the face and wings of an owl.
• Sandswept Delta:
  • Scaleback/Iridescent Scaleback - Sabre-toothed-cat-like creatures with armor-like scales on their backs.
• Bamboo Falls:
  • Tigerblood Foo/Mantled Foo - Large Chinese-styled tigers
• Arena:
  • Chimera - Lion-like creatures with snakes for tails
  • Double-Tailed Warcat/Warcat Protector - Armored, two-tailed large cats
• Rainsong Jungle:
  • Parda/King Parda - Feline creatures with feathery manes

Poultrygeist enemies and familiars are ghostly turkeys and can be fought in the Boreal Wood Coliseum venue. They can also be purchased in the Auction House or Marketplace, found in chests, or received from Pinkerton.

All insects featured outside of the Coliseum are stationary and unanimated.

Insects are frequently featured as a food item. These are unfortunately unavoidable. They can be gathered while insect catching, dropped by Coliseum enemies (mostly the ones listed below), purchased in the Auction House, or given randomly by Pinkerton.

Insect enemies are encountered frequently in the Coliseum and can drop as familiars after the battles. They can also be purchased from the Marketplace or Auction House or discovered in chests or received from Pinkerton. These include:

• Training Fields:
  • Leafy Moth/Amaranth Moth - Plant-themed moths
  • Bumble/Coral Carpenter - Large, fluffy bees
  • Death's-Head Stag/Crimson Emperor - Deer-like creatures with butterfly-like wings
  • Luna Mith - Moth-like humanoids
• Woodland Path:
  • Leafy Moth
  • Death's-Head Stag/Crimson Emperor
• Scorched Forest:
  • Death's-Head Stag
  • Crowned Bonepriest - Centipede-like creatures
• Sandswept Delta:
  • Crowned Bonepriest
• Forgotten Cave:
  • Crowned Bonepriest/Corpse Cleaner
  • Crimson Reef Snail/Blue Dragon Reef Snail - Large sea-snails
• Rainsong Jungle:
  • Petal Jumper/Budwing Morpho - Mantises with butterfly wings
• Golem Workshop:
  • Sentinel Mith/Construction Mith - Moth-like humanoids in mechanical armor

All rodents featured outside of the Coliseum are stationary and unanimated.

Rodents are frequently featured as a food item. These are unfortunately unavoidable. They can be gathered while hunting, dropped by Coliseum enemies (mostly the ones listed below), purchased in the Auction House, or given randomly by Pinkerton.

Swipp offers a trade for a mouse-themed familiar, the Glossy Duskrat, by trading certain rodent food items. He offers this trade fairly randomly, so it is difficult to avoid them.

Rodent enemies are encountered in the Coliseum and can drop as familiars after the battles. They can also be purchased from the Marketplace or Auction House or discovered in chests or received from Pinkerton. These include:

• Training Fields:
  • Ember Mouse/Glowing Pocket Mouse - Luminescent mice
• Forgotten Cave:
  • Cursed Bat/Runic Bat - Bats with rune-like patterns on their wings
• Golem Workshop:
  • Swift Lumen/Swift Volt - Mechanical squirrels

The dragon breeds of Guardians, Spirals, Mirrors, Fae, Wildclaws, and Snappers are reptilian in appearance.

All reptiles featured outside of the Coliseum are stationary and unanimated.

Reptiles are frequently featured as a food item. These are unfortunately unavoidable. They can be gathered while hunting, dropped by Coliseum enemies (mostly the ones listed below), purchased in the Auction House, or given randomly by Pinkerton.

The Anomalous Skink and Conjoined Skink familiars can be created at Baldwin's Bubbling Brew.

Reptilian enemies are encountered frequently in the Coliseum and can drop as familiars after the battles. They can also be purchased from the Marketplace or Auction House or discovered in chests or received from Pinkerton. These include:

• Sandswept Delta:
  • Fuiran/Nightsky Fuiran - Scaly quadrupedal reptiles
  • Greatshell - Snail-shelled turtle
• Forgotten Cave:
  • Emerald Cave Jewel/Citrine Cave Jewel - Luminescent salamanders
  • Parasitic Fungus/Bramble Guardian - Fungus-covered reptiles
• Waterway:
  • Blueridge Greatshell - Snail-shelled Turtle
• The Mire:
  • Shellion/Mistwatch Shellion - Turtle-like enemies
  • Common Podid/Southmarsh Podid - Crocodile-like reptilians
  • Blackwing Croaker/Heartred Croaker - Bat-like amphibians
  • Poisonous Toridae/Venomous Toridae - Alligator-like enemies
  • Wartoad/Molten Wartoad - Large toads

All snakes featured outside of the Coliseum are stationary and unanimated.

Snakes are frequently featured as a food item. These are unfortunately unavoidable. They can be gathered while hunting, dropped by Coliseum enemies (mostly the ones listed below), purchased in the Auction House, or given randomly by Pinkerton.

Swipp offers two trades for cobra-themed familiars, the Maned Cobra and the Spined Cobra, by trading certain cobra food items. He offers these trades fairly randomly, so it is difficult to avoid them. These Cobras can also be found in the Auction House.

Buttersnakes are snake familiars with butterfly wings. Swipp offers trades for the Swallowtail Buttersnake and the Colorburst Buttersnake, and the Mimic Buttersnake and Mottled Buttersnake can be purchased from the Marketplace. All Buttersnakes can also be found in the Auction House.

Serpentine enemies are encountered frequently in the Coliseum and can drop as familiars after the battles. They can also be purchased from the Marketplace or Auction House or discovered in chests or received from Pinkerton. These include:

• Woodland Path:
  • Strangler/Blooming Strangler - Plant-themed snakes
• Sandswept Delta:
  • Shattered Serpent/Shadow Serpent - Bony snake creatures
  • Carmine Serthis/Opheodrys Serthis/Serthis Potionmaster/Serthis Alchemist - Lamia-like creatures with a humanoid torso that tapers into a snake body at the waist.
• Bamboo Falls:
  • Carmine Serthis/Opheodrys Serthis
• Arena:
  • Chimera - Lion-like creatures with snakes for tails
• Rainsong Jungle:
  • Ultramel Amphithere/Ringlet Amphithere - Winged snakes

All spiders featured outside of the Coliseum are stationary and unanimated.

Spiders are occasionally featured as a food item. These are unfortunately unavoidable. They can be gathered while insect gathering, dropped by Coliseum enemies (mostly the ones listed below), purchased in the Auction House, or given randomly by Pinkerton.

Arachnoid enemies are encountered in the Coliseum and can drop as familiars after the battles. They can also be purchased from the Marketplace or Auction House or discovered in chests or received from Pinkerton. The Coliseum venues which feature arachnoid enemies include:

• Sandswept Delta:
  • Peacock Scorpion/Fan Scorpion - Multi-tailed scorpions (Fan Scorpion not available as a familiar)
• Golem Workshop:
  • Coppercoil Creeper/Black Iron Creeper - Spider-themed robots

The Shade is an evil supernatural entity that has threatened the world twice in the lore of the game. It is not depicted beyond the game's lore.

Emperor dragons are undead creatures which are a fused amalgamation of dead Imperial dragons. They are never depicted and are only mentioned in the lore of the game.

Several swords are available as apparel for dragons, though they are purely decorative. They can be purchased in the Auction House or Marketplace.

Certain enemies wield weapons. They are encountered in the Coliseum and can drop as familiars after the battles. They can also be purchased from the Marketplace or Auction House or discovered in chests or received from Pinkerton. These include:

• Scorched Forest:
  • Painted Centaur/Wintermane Spearman - Spears
  • Centaur Archer/Wintermane Bowman - Bows
• Bamboo Falls:
  • Raptorik Warrior/Blacktalon Striker - Spears
• Arena:
  • Sprangyroo/Charcoal Sprangyroo - Spiked Gloves
  • Longneck Mender/Longneck Magi - Magical Staves
  • Longneck Interloper/Longneck Skirmisher - Wooden Staves
• Boreal Wood:
  • Longneck Hunter/Longneck Wanderer - Axes