Inspirations

Overview

Inspirations are single-use temporary boosts. There are several different inspiration types that provide various ability increases.

Inspiration Slots

A character starts with three inspiration slots at level one, and gradually increases to a maximum of 20 inspiration slots at level 40. The progression is below:

• Level 1: 3 slots (1 row of 3 columns)
• Level 2: 4 slots (1 row of 4 columns)
• Level 3: 8 slots (2 rows of 4 columns)
• Level 10: 10 slots (2 rows of 5 columns)
• Level 25: 15 slots (3 rows of 5 columns)
• Level 40: 20 slots (4 rows of 5 columns)

By default, the F1 through F5 keys on the keyboard are mapped to trigger the bottom inspirations in columns one through five, respectively. It is common to keep similar inspiration types within the same column so that a needed inspiration of a specific type may be used quickly without adjusting the position of the mouse pointer.

For example, a player may always place healing inspirations (Respite, Dramatic Improvement, and Resurgence) into the first row. In an intense battle, the player can then simply press F1 on his or her keyboard to use a healing inspiration instead of moving the mouse pointer away from the battle to the inspiration tray. If a player has more than one healing inspiration in the first row, he or she can quickly press F1 again to use another inspiration if needed.

Current Active Inspirations

Accuracy Inspirations

Insight: +25% Accuracy, +Perception
Makes your attacks 25% more accurate and increases your perception by 25% for 60 seconds.

Keen Insight: +33% Accuracy, +Perception
Makes your attacks 33% more accurate and increases your perception by 33% for 60 seconds.

Uncanny Insight: +50% Accuracy, +Perception
Makes your attacks 50% more accurate and increases your perception by 250% for 60 seconds.

Damage Inspirations

Enrage: +25% Damage
Increases all your damage by 25% for 60 seconds.

Focused Rage: +33% Damage
Increases all your damage by 33% for 60 seconds.

Righteous Rage: +50% Damage
Increases all your damage by 50% for 60 seconds.

Defense Inspirations

Luck: +25% Defense
Increases your defense by 25% for 60 seconds.

Good Luck: +33% Defense
Increases your defense by 33% for 60 seconds.

Phenomenal Luck: +50% Defense
Increases your defense by 50% for 60 seconds.

Endurance Inspirations

Catch a Breath: +25% Endurance
Recovers 1/4 of your endurance.

Take a Breather: +33% Endurance
Recovers 1/3 of your endurance.

Second Wind: +50% Endurance
Recovers 1/2 of your endurance.

Healing Inspirations

Respite: +25% Hit Points
Recovers 1/4 of your hit points.

Dramatic Improvement: +33% Hit Points
Recovers 1/3 of your hit points.

Resurgence: +50% Hit Points
Recovers 1/2 of your hit points.

Resist Damage Inspirations

Sturdy: +5% Damage Resistance
Increases all your damage resistance by 5% for 60 seconds.

Rugged: +10% Damage Resistance
Increases all your damage resistance by 10% for 60 seconds.

Robust: +20% Damage Resistance
Increases all your damage resistance by 20% for 60 seconds.

Resist Effects Inspirations

Break Free: Resist Effects
Frees you from many sleep, hold, immobilization, disorient, fear, confuse, and knockback effects and boosts your resistance to repel, taunt, and placate effects for 30 seconds. This inspiration can be used even while under such effects.

Emerge: Resist Effects
Frees you from many sleep, hold, immobilization, disorient, fear, confuse, and knockback effects and boosts your resistance to repel, taunt, and placate effects for 60 seconds. This inspiration can be used even while under such effects.

Escape: Resist Effects
Frees you from many sleep, hold, immobilization, disorient, fear, confuse, and knockback effects and boosts your resistance to repel, taunt, and placate effects for 90 seconds. This inspiration can be used even while under such effects.

Resurrection Inspirations

Awaken: Self Minor Resurrection, Disorient, -Recovery, +Experience Point Debt Protection
If you are defeated, you can wake up with 1/4 of your hit points. You will, however, be disoriented, have no endurance, and unable to recover endurance for 20 seconds, but you will be protected from experience point debt for 10 seconds.

Bounce Back: Self Minor Resurrection, Disorient, -Recovery, +Experience Point Debt Protection
If you are defeated, you can wake up with 1/2 of your hit points. You will, however, be disoriented, have no endurance, and unable to recover endurance for 10 seconds, but you will be protected from experience point debt for 15 seconds.

Restoration: Self Minor Resurrection, -Recovery, +Experience Point Debt Protection
If you are defeated, you can wake up with 3/4 of your hit points. You will, however, have no endurance and unable to recover endurance for 10 seconds, but will not be disoriented, but you will be protected from experience point debt for 20 seconds.

Obtaining Inspirations

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Shopping

You can only buy first level inspirations (first in each group of three above). Most Inspirations cost 50 Infamy; Awakens cost 250. You can buy all the different types from most of your Contacts, and the shopkeepers in the Arena.

Your Super Group's base could have an inspiration dispenser, which can sell Respites, Catch a Breaths and with an upgrade, Break Frees. This is the only way to sell Inspirations.

Drops

So long as you have an empty inspiration slot, you have a chance of getting a random Inspiration after defeating an enemy. Level 2 and 3 inspirations don't drop often, but this is the only way to get them.

Obsolete Inspirations

These inspirations have been removed from the game and replaced by newer types.

Discipline: Resist Effects
Slightly boosts your resistance to immobilization, sleep, disorient and hold effects for 120 seconds. Must be used before you are slept, held or disoriented, but can be used after being immobilized. (Replaced by Resolve.)

Strength of Will: Resist Effects
Moderately boosts your resistance to immobilization, sleep, disorient and hold effects for 180 seconds. Must be used before you are slept, held or disoriented, but can be used after being immobilized. (Replaced by Determination.)

Iron Will: Resist Effects
Greatly boosts your resistance to immobilization, sleep, disorient and hold effects for 240 seconds. Must be used before you are slept, held or disoriented, but can be used after being immobilized. (Replaced by Sheer Willpower.)

Resolve Resist Effects
Frees you from some sleep, hold, immobilization, disorient, fear and confuse effects and slightly boosts your resistance to such effects for 30 seconds. This inspiration can be used even while under such effects. (Replaced by Break Free.)

Determination Resist Effects
Frees you from many sleep, hold, immobilization, disorient, fear and confuse effects and slightly boosts your resistance to such effects for 60 seconds. This inspiration can be used even while under such effects. (Replaced by Emerge.)

Sheer Willpower Resist Effects
Frees you from many sleep, hold, immobilization, disorient, fear and confuse effects and slightly boosts your resistance to such effects for 90 seconds. This inspiration can be used even while under such effects. (Replaced by Escape.)

Special Inspirations

These inspirations are available only during special events

Winter Event 2004 and Winter Event 2005

These "presents" were available during the Winter Event 2004 and the Winter Event 2005. The actual effect of using a present inspiration is not known until the present is actually used. At that point, one of the five actions listed below will happen.

Present Gift of Defense
You receive the Gift of Defense. Your Defense is now greatly increased.

Present Gift of Energy
You receive the Gift of Energy and gain a lot of endurance.

Present Gift of Experience
You receive the Gift of Experience. You will not accrue any experience point debt if you are defeated. This protection will last for 1 hour or until you are defeated.

Present Gift of Life
You received the Gift of Life and some of your health is restored.

Present Gift of Power
You received the Gift of Power and you now strike with a lot more damage.

Present Lump of Coal
You were bad this last year. You got a lump of coal and nothing else.

Other Inspirations

The following inspirations are defined, but at this time they are not implemented in the game.

Academia Breakthrough Level 1

Academia Breakthrough Level 2

Academia Breakthrough Level 3

Eden Trial

Recall

Science Breakthrough Level 1

Science Breakthrough Level 2

Science Breakthrough Level 3