We're into our second month of community-ran events within the Orna Legends framework - next event this weekend is a fishing event available for all to enter with a chance of winning some awesome summonable prizes!

Thanks to our Events Manager: Regular Beans, he's set up the OrnaEvents site for easy events submission and management. 

So get yer rods out this weekend for some fishing fun! Check out the events page for this weekend or also the rules and prizes below in this post.

Orna Legends Fishing Event Rules
1. All fish must be acquired during the Fishing Event.
2. All fish submissions must come with a screenshot from the inventory screen. (See screenshot below)

Rewards for the Small Fry July:
Largest Azure Carp will receive: 3 Summoned World Raid Bosses
Second Largest Azure Carp will receive: 1 Summoned World Raid Boss
Third Largest Azure Carp will receive: 12 Monster Remains Bosses
​Winners of the event must have a Wayvessel in Origin town in order to redeem prize.
Players will have the option to redeem prize at a later date in the case of: No Wayvessel or Class is Below Tier 8

Check the sidebar on this site to see when our next Orna Legends event is. We generally host an event every 2 weeks and it can be fishing, speedrunning or anything really so keep an eye open, get involved in the fun and hopefully pick up some prizes along the way!

Once your character reaches level 50 (tier 3) you will unlock the ability to enter Gauntlets and Dungeons to slay the foul demons and beasts within! You will need gauntlet keys to enter but don't worry, there are plenty of opportunities to find these by playing the game normally. One of the best ways early on is to kill as many bosses in the world that you can, also keep an eye out for quests giving keys as a reward.
Dungeons and your menu Gauntlet are effectively the same content, just that Dungeons are statically located on the world map and your menu Gauntlet is of course accessible wherever you are. All dungeons and your gauntlet have individual cooldowns, they are not shared, allowing you to complete many many dungeons if time allows.

What you may have realised if you've completed a number of dungeons already through different levels, is that the number and type of monster you encounter within Dungeons actually changes depending on what tier of Dungeon you have entered. You can actually change the tier of dungeon (up to your tier) with the drop down menu. If you enter without changing anything the game will create a dungeon of your current tier automatically.

Each Dungeon Tier has a set number of mobs/bosses that will appear within the dungeon. For example a tier 5 dungeon has 3 extra floors and 2 extra bosses than any tier 1 - 4 dungeons, but also certain floors will have a certain tier of mob that always spawns. The mobs within those tiers are always random. Any mob can spawn in dungeons except from weather specific mobs, so it's a great place to farm water biome mobs for example. There also exists dungeon-only mobs which can be lucrative also.

The infographic below is a useful resource showing what tiers of mobs spawn in each tier of dungeon, as well as what floors you will find bosses on. 
The X-axis dictates which tier of Dungeon you are entering and Y-axis shows how deep or how many floors and therefore number of mobs the relevant tier of Dungeon contains within.

Bear in mind if you are doing Boss Dungeons the tier of bosses will be the same as if you were doing a normal dungeon. Typically any Boss floors can actually be a random Boss of lower tiers also.
Excluding Tier 10-11, the final boss at each tier should be within a tier range of the Dungeon tier - 2. For example in a tier 9 dungeon the final boss could be tier 7, 8 or 9.

Completing a Dungeon grants extra rewards compared to the actualy killing of monsters inside. Please note that these rewards are unavailable in Endless Dungeon Mode because it requires you to actually complete the Dungeon... Endless Mode has not been completed by anyone as of yet!

You will always receive some extra Orns and some random materials on completing any Dungeon. You can also receive items:

• Random Unknown Origin Items (can have elemental res)
• Quest Items: Previously completed story quest or NPC quest items (can be of improved qualities and gear can have elemental res). This is how you get your second Band of Gods and Aldons Hats etc.
• Hard Mode (normal or boss) increase the amount of Orns and materials you receive. It also ensures any item drop is of at least superior quality. Probably the best way to find Ornate Old Nothren Crown if you're lucky!

After reaching the Orna end-game one of the greatest min-max mechanics is Godforging your gear, taking it from level 12 (Demonforged) to its max potential at level 13. Apart from killing Mammons out in the world you have the possibility of Godforging gear in tier 10-11 dungeons by killing Arisen Superbosses (Bosses with yellow glowing aura) with at least one Demonforged item equipped in your loadout.

Tier 10 contains 13 bosses in total where 5 of which are Arisen Superbosses and can Godforge your gear. These bosses can only spawn on the final floor of tier 10 dungeons, and on floors 16 and 25 of tier 11 dungeons, giving max level characters (tier 11, lvl 250) double the odds of finding an Arisen Superboss and therefore doubling their realistic chances of Godforging gear per dungeon.

Raid bosses are also a great source of keys, and another good reason you should join an active kingdom as soon as you feel like it. From the tier 5 raid boss Starlord onwards, you can get gauntlet keys as drops even if you're not at that tier yet. All you need to do is tag the boss with at least 1 point of damage, anything above zero will get you into the loot drop. You will not receive gear pieces above your tier, but auxiliary items like gauntlet keys, dowsing rods and potions are all available to drop for lower tiers.

​That's why it's important to try and tag all the raid bosses. You will need to be selective about what skill you use, you'll need an armour/resistance penetrating skill like Double Edge to do damage to higher tier raid bosses.

I've finally got round to writing down a bunch of helpful tips that typically answer a lot of common questions about Orna. How many do you know?!

• Fishing can get you some decent things:

1) Fish, used at the Herbalist for brewing potions or to enter fishing contests
2) Water biome mobs/bosses (e.g. Lizzar Lord for story quest)
3) Random items that can genuinely be awesome sometimes (I once found an Ornate Arisen Monster Tome from fishing, but I was already max level)
4) Fisher sprite! ​

Stacking any Realmshifter Swash build full of crimson pinions creates a delicate balancing act between available mana and your maximum attack stat. So by using Fey Arrows as our off-hand we can forget about balancing mana and in-fact forget about mana entirely and smash out arena wins using the Volley 3 off-hand skill instead. Farming arena is ideal for accumulating Greater Souls, a fairly rare material that's used to upgrade a tonne of endgame items.

With the right DPI on your phone you can actually line up Volley 3 and the Rematch button to AFK farm the arena and still win vast majority of fights. 

🠕 Volley 3 melts most builds, big win streaks possible, excellent clear speed
🠕 Tap same spot to kill and rematch arena fights, don't need to look at phone
🠕 Don't need to think about mana
🠕 Netflix and farm greater souls (or better Fey Arrows)

🠗 Occasionally lose fights without knowing why, breaking the flow
🠗 Gets more consistent with higher attack stat
🠗 May need to change phone settings to line up Volley 3 and Rematch​
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We can generally just go for max attack here and at the very least we don't have to worry about mana at all so can pack in crimson pinions however we like. A good status immunity option is Aldon's Hat as stun is most likely the most common status we get hit with, although if you just kill them first there's not much coming in the way of retaliation.
Use your highest attack weapon, ensuring you have preferred weapon bonus for that 5%.
Fey Arrows are the one item that make this build work, thanks to Volley 3. So work towards finding a better quality Fey Arrows however you should be able to use this build with a normal quality version, level up and Masterforge each one you find of better quality, every little attack helps. The materials are quite common.
Chest is Lunar Garb from Titan kingdom raid. A really high base attack on this makes it ideal for crimson pinions and you don't need loads of them.
Unknown origin boots for the 8 slots all crimson pinion filled, if you don't have a lot of pinions use Lunar Boots.
​Use your best Arisen Rings to bost attack and lower defense as much as possible.
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​Lol. None needed. Volley 3 is gained automatically from equipping Fey Arrows in off-hand.
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Attack above 6.5k should allow you farm like this relatively easily.
The goal should be to breach 9k attack to genuinely demolish everybody in the arena without care.
Be sure to have party bonus and preferred weapon bonus available, as swash makes these bonuses very lucrative in terms of boosting our attack stat.

​Greetings Travellers!
Welcome to Part 2 of our written guide of our Thief Class Progression Guide for Orna. I've also uploaded a video version to YouTube you can check out here:
​In this guide we'll cover itemisation and gearing options for thief classes from tier 1 to tier 10. We do go into a little more detailed discussion in the video guide which you can find here on YouTube.
The items considered in this guide are core-game items, not event raid items. Therefore some best-in-slot items may not be in the guide, however all items suggested can be found throughout all parts of the year.

Greetings Travellers!
Welcome to the written guide of our Thief Class Progression Guide as part of our Beginner Guide Series for Orna. I've also uploaded a video version to YouTube you can check out here:
​This will act as Part 1 where we cover Classes, Specs and Pets in particular. In Part 2 we'll cover itemisation and gearing options for thief classes.

We'll start with the general overviews of the thief class tree and supplementary classes, followed by recommended specs and pets. Following that I have written out in more detail some solid description of each class below.

rite folks!
We've just uploaded part 1 of a 2-part Mage Class Progression guide video series to YouTube and are currently in the process of fleshing out a proper written guide for this site. You can check out the video guides here:
Part 1: Classes, Specs and Pets
Or at the bottom of the page!
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In the meantime we'll post the summary screenshots for each tier that we mention in the video. If you haven't watched the video yet, these screenshots give a general class progression guide for you to follow the true and pure mage path in Orna. It also shows what supplementary classes you'll want to pick up for their useful skills.

In the second image we can see what specialisation options I recommend, unfortunately a bit boring with Beserker spec again recommended as our first pick up but it's just too strong! For pets in general you can follow the top line of pets and then situationally can consider the pets along the bottom also.

Orite folks!
We've just uploaded a 2-part Warrior Class Progression guide video series to YouTube and are currently in the process of fleshing out a proper written guide for this site. You can check out the video guides here:
Part 1: Classes, Specs and Pets
Part 2: Itemisation

In the meantime we'll post the summary screenshots for each tier that we mention in the video. If you haven't watched the video yet, these screenshots give a general overview of which items you should be aiming for at each tier, without the added detail as to why we missed certain items out.

Greetings Traveller!

Welcome to my beginner basics guide to Orna, which I've decided to create after some deliberation. Asides from the excellent wiki Orna.Guide, there's not really much in the way of guides, builds or game info available yet, and the stuff I do see online is usually either out of date, not greatly explained, or even provides bad advice for new players. So if you've been desperately trying to find a decent Orna guide, you've found it! Light your torches, grab a beverage and settle in, I will share all the knowledge and lower your entry threshold to begin dominating your world.

Orna blends classic fantasy RPG features with modern mobile technology, developed by one ethical man Odie, he takes a strong stance against pay-to-win models that . This mobile game has zero ads. I'll repeat, this game has zero ads! Almost unheard of in free mobile games available in the app stores. This fantastic GPS powered RPG has got so much to offer fans of the genre, including immersive multiplayer and turf-war-like augmented reality features.

This is a solid and comprehensive guide that covers all the basic features Orna has to offer once you've made a new character and you're ready to slay. There's plenty of game mechanics, tips, tricks and understanding to be had which takes time to learn and master. The depth of the game will surprise people considering the size of the dev team. In order to make this guide as future-proof and robust as possible I will concentrate on the fundamentals of the game in this guide, with links dotted about to other guides and builds as we expand our content and delve deeper.

Particular and specific knowledge is learnt with experience and long hours of playtime. I always say it's best to play the game in a way that is FUN for you. For many people that involves getting more knowledgeable about the game allowing you yourself to share knowledge, and of course to get strong. Get sick loot, learn powerful spells and unleash domination upon your local world, that's what Orna Legends is all about!

As a final precursory note before getting into it, please note that I am just one person, and although I have played this game a lot (top 20 first players to reach max level), I may be wrong on some points. What's important is this guide exists to assist you in getting more enjoyment out of your own game-play. Please feel free to contact me in regards to this guide, and about anything on this site with any comments you may have! Without any further ado let's take our first steps into Orna!

Orna is described by the dev as: "... a classic-style RPG that augments your real world. Enjoy turn-based combat, collect and upgrade your weapons and armor, learn spells, fight bosses, and claim real world landmarks with your mobile phone, wherever you are." Although you can of course play single player, Orna has fantastic multiplayer features that you'll definitely want to check out. That revolves mainly around kingdoms, basically the game's guild function. Participate in wars, defeat kingdom raid bosses for sweet loot, and fight other kingdoms for glory and kingdom orns.

There's no trading mechanic in this game, no "economy" or "auction house" to play. This will surely turn away some players but it leaves the essence of the RPG genre at the heart of the game, so that's what we'll concentrate on here; playing the actual game.

Orna has many classes available to unlock and play. All classes you unlock can be switched to freely. There are also specialisations which act like sub-classes you can switch between, allowing you to mix and match class+specs to further specialise your play-style. Want to be a tanky mage or specialist big damage spells - no problem. Want to be a warrior with a raging beserker mode to do more damage to both you and your enemy, or a warrior that sacrifices all defense for attack, or even a warrior who likes massive shielding extra hitpoints - absolutely no problem.

The simple class and spec based system starts with the classic warrior/mage/rogue archetypes, that gets more in-depth as you progress further into the game. You can even end up going full pokemon style with pet-based builds where you buff your pets to do obscene damage (if they can be bothered to attack).

There are no stat points in this game. Each class has a base level of stats that grows a number of pre-determined points each time you level-up.

"What! No stat points? But how what about build diversity?!" We all remember dumping all spare stat points into Vitality in Diablo 2 right? Did that stop build diversity? Not really. A big power source of stats in Orna come from your gear. Build diversity in Orna comes from the combination of class, spec, follower, gear, play-style and the content you want to play in the moment. Some builds are better than others at certain aspects of the game, but that often depends on what level your gear is at. Every build can do all content and that's a fact. Odie (the dev) is great at improving the game with content and balance, and tends to roll out updates on a monthly basis.

Notice I did not talk about build diversity in Diablo 3, let's quickly move on.

​As I said, there's no ads in this game and no pay-to-win aspect. There's a small amount of temporary pay-to-progress a wee bit available in the form of a temporary experience boost available, but that is also easy to find in the actual game, especially if you move around. Speaking of which...

Orna is a GPS augmented reality game, that works similarly to Pokemon Go in that the in-game world map is based around the real-life world map, and Orna uses OpenStreetMap in that regard. So that means you have to move around in real life, go for a walk, bike ride or ride shotgun down the highway to find cool new mobs and bosses to smash, new lands to claim and other player's territory to conquer. Find an Arcanist down the street to buy new spells, a rare Demonologist to unleash your weapon's maximum potential, or even a dungeon at the in-laws' to defeat and claim its special rewards (now you might even look forward to visiting). 

​Well if you're reading this then Orna probably is for you, or you've already tried it and want to get more hardcore. I just want to point out that Orna can be enjoyed by everyone in their own way. It's not hardcore in the fact that you can die and resurrect yourself ad infinitum, there's no "hardcore" die-once mode. It gets grindy sure, but towards the mid to late game as you may expect. You can still enjoy the game logging in to kill a few mobs, fight your kingdom war battle and a couple of raids every day or so. You can still make progression that way, and being a mobile game it's perfect for a wee passive grinding session whilst commuting or chilling on the couch. There's also plenty of kingdoms (guilds) that cater to all levels of player activity, whether you can only play once a day or you can't stop playing and find yourself at the higher tier levels super fast, you'll be able to find a great kingdom to call home, there's a great community within the game.

​With all that being said, Orna has certainly become one of my favourite games ever. You must find it within yourself to learn to play the game with your own passion. Play for fun in these crazy covid times. Respect yourself and your kingdom mates, respect the local hero who controls your entire city. Motivate yourself to take them down!

Let me help you with that, let's start assisting your world domination. Carry on!

Apart from your character name the most important decision here is choosing your starting class. You have three choices: Warrior, Mage or Thief which set the scene with your classic RPG class archetypes. You can choose your gender but also switch at anytime in-game.

Now I certainly recommend you choose your first character thematically, you're not going to miss out on anything and you'll end up unlocking most of these classes anyway. This guide will ensure you can smash things up nicely with swords and daggers or blast mobs away with powerful magic spells. We'll find out later how class progression works so you can target a certain higher tier class easily, and we'll also release class-specific progression and build guides soon to check out.

You've set the scene for your play-style with your initial class choice and now you've loaded up the world screen. Welcome to the world of Orna, or to be more precise, our own world; planet Earth, with the game world of Orna augmented on top of it! If you've ever checked a local map or something like Google Maps you'll probably be familiar with the map layout with roads and such in game.

You'll see your character sprite in the centre of the screen, surrounded by a few menacing-looking mobs and maybe a building or two. You'll notice your character sprite represents your physical location in the real-world without any obvious way to control character movement.
Yes you'll have to physically move in real life to move in the game. That doesn't mean you can't play sitting on the couch though!

Tap a mob to get a little more information about it, and you can then tap the battle button to attack it. You can also long tap mobs in the world to go straight into battle, hold your finger for a second on tapping the mob.

Orna utilises turn-based gameplay in battles. You'll notice you can use a spell, attack, defend, check skills, flee or use items. On the top row tap on the spell or attack button to start dealing damage to the mob, you may receive some in return! Hopefully you slaughtered the mob and claimed some rewards for your troubles!

• Experience Points - Killing mobs, players and completing quests will all grant you experience points, allowing you to level up your character and unlock new content. Every 25 levels are split into tiers where you'll face new mobs and bosses, unlock stronger classes and be able to wield more powerful equipment. One reason we all loves RPGs is the experience gain and grind, beware this does become a very grindy game!

• Gold - Primarily used for the acquisition and upgrading of equipment. Spells can also be bought with gold from Arcanist buildings you may find in the wild. Throughout the beginning and into mid-game you'll naturally accrue considerable quantities of gold without even trying. You won't have a clue what to with all your stash and may wonder if you'll ever get the chance to spend it. Well the answer is yes, you will! Praise the Ornaconomy. Higher tier items will start costing you BILLIONS to upgrade and adorn.

• Orns - The game's most precious and sought-after currency, the game is called Orna after all! Unlocking new classes, swapping between specifications and buying new followers are the main reasons you'll love grafting for more orns. Orns are also used for constructing buildings and upgrading certain types of equipment, mainly boss loot and elemental resistant armour.

• Items - Your main power source in this game will come from equipment gained from looting the corpses of thousands of slain enemies. Kill mobs to get loot to get stronger to kill more powerful mobs to get more powerful loot to kill even stronger mobs... You get the idea! Orna has a fantastic array of different items to find and equip, with a great system that keeps you on the hunt for upgrade after upgrade.

If you're coming to Orna from another Augmented Reality game such as Pokemon Go, the first major difference and improvement you might notice is the unlimited spawning of mobs in Orna. Of course in Pokemon Go you catch the few pokemon on your screen then there's nothing in that location for quite some time forcing you to move if you want to keep catching.

In Orna there's a limited amount of mobs that can appear on your screen but they keep on spawning as you kill them with fresh meat. Now that you've decided to go on a rampage and killed a few mobs you'll likely notice your health and mana going low and you're close to impending doom.

If a mob kills you do not worry, you won't lose gear or stats or anything to that affect. You can die an unlimited number of times. The mob that killed you will have a cool-down of 5 minutes before you can attack it again. Gives you time to heal up and re-assess your strategy!