Miscellaneous Merit Rewards

Overview

Issue 13 introduced Merit Rewards, which included a reworking of the reward system to obtain Invention Recipes from Task Forces, Trials, and Story Arcs.

Task Forces give an average of 1 merit every 5 minutes of average time (12 merits an hour), Trials give an average of 1 merit every 4.5 minutes (13-14 merits an hour), and Story Arcs give an average of 1 merit every 12.5 minutes (4-5 merits an hour). The reason for this major difference is due to the considerable time and effort Task/Strike Forces can take to set up and complete, so naturally these tasks grant a much greater reward.

Miscellaneous Merit Rewards include Giant Monster slaying and any other Merit Rewards that don't fit into the other categories.

Merits will be rewarded to any character who does damage to the Giant Monster. The merits are not linked to the 10% minimum damage that is required to get a badge.

Giant Monsters

Hero Side

Name	Merits	Zone
Adamastor	2	Dark Astoria
Arachnos Flier	2	Statesman Task Force
Babbage	2	Boomtown / Spawns as ambush from Synapse Task Force
Eochai	2	Croatoa
Jack in Irons	2	Croatoa
Jurassik	2	Crey's Folly
Kraken	2	Perez Park
Kronos Class Titan	2	Spawns as ambush from Crimson's story arc
Lusca	2	Independence Port
Paladin	2	Kings Row

Bug! Castle has confirmed that the Arachnos Flier should not be giving merits in the Statesman Task Force, and is exploring how to fix this for a future release.

Villain Side

Name	Merits	Zone
Arachnos Flier	2	Grandville
Deathsurge	2	Cap au Diable
Caleb	2	Nerva Archipelago
Ghost of Scrapyard	2	Sharkhead Isle

Special Spawns

Name	Merits	Spawn Notes
Eochai	2	Halloween Event -- all applicable zones
Jack in Irons	2	Halloween Event -- all applicable level 20+ zones
U'Kon Gr'ai	2	Rikti War Zone -- during a Rikti Ship Raid
Winter Lord	2	Winter Event -- all applicable zones
Lord Winter	8	Winter Event -- Lord Winter's Realm
Hamidon	52	Hamidon Raid -- The Hive (Heroes), The Abyss (Villains)

Enemies that don't give merits

• Devouring Earth monsters (Lattice, Quarry, Stropharia, and Thorn) are classified as Monsters, not Giant Monsters.
• Kronos Class Titan on the Lord Recluse's Strike Force is classified as a Monster, not a Giant Monster.
• Dreadnaught Red Kronos 02, a Kronos Class Titan from Crimson's "World Wide Red" mission Deal with Jack Firenze, aka Director 17, is classified as a Monster, not Giant Monster.
• Lusca's Tentacles do not give merits, only the defeat of Lusca.
• Monstrous Construction from the Paladin Construction site does not give merits, even though it is labeled Giant Monster.
• Quarries on the Eden Trial, even though they are labeled Giant Monsters, do not give merits.
• Sally is classified as a Monster, not a Giant Monster.
• Winter Guardians in the Winter Event 2009, even though they are labeled Giant Monsters, do not give merits. However, Lord Winter's defeat awards 8 merits, which is equivalent to four GM defeats (three Guardians and Lord Winter himself).

See Also

• Merit Rewards
• Hero Merit Rewards
• Villain Merit Rewards
• Cooperative Merit Rewards