Throne and Liberty PVP explained: Boonstones, Riftstones, and Conflict bosses

Throne and Liberty’s PVP scene is pretty varied - you’ve got lots of great ways to clash against other players, especially if you’re in a guild. Moonstone Wars, Riftstone Wars, Arena battles, and even pitched fights against Conflict bosses are options for players. While not forced, the MMO was originally centered around PVP gameplay, so players will have quite a few options in this realm if they want to show off their own and their guild's strengths.

Whether you’re a fan of small-scale or large-scale combat, there are some great PVP choices for Throne and Liberty players, now that the game has officially gone live. Here’s what you need to know.

How does PvP work in Throne and Liberty?

The way PVP works in Throne and Liberty is pretty simple. The game has a schedule you can check, and it shows when each PVP event is going to begin. Sometimes these are Guild vs. Guild, Conflict bosses, and more:

PVP comes in a wide assortment of flavors in this MMO (Image via Amazon Games/@DeityVengy)

Peace: Players are working towards specific goals, but cannot fight each other directly.
Conflict: The same concept as Peace, but players can fight each other.
Dominion: Players are assigned to teams randomly and compete for objectives while fighting one another.
Guild: Complete the objective alongside your guild, and rewards are doled out based on guild performance.

Whether you’re defending a castle or riftstones, or just seeing who the better player is in Arena PVP, Throne and Liberty has great options for the playerbase.

What are Boonstones and Riftstones?

Boonstone Wars can get really intense, that's for sure (Image via Amazon Games/@ISpicYI

Boonstone and Riftstone Wars are Guild-focused PVP options in Throne and Liberty. Both center around taking control of a Boonstone or a Riftstone out in the world. A guild has to declare that they’re going to attack a Boonstone, and the game will determine which of the Boonstones your guild can attack.

Once you’ve claimed the actual spot in the world, you can protect it from other guilds who would claim it. At this point, other guilds can attempt to take it for themselves. To succeed in a Boonstone War, your guild must hold control of the Boonstone at the end of the event, which usually lasts around 20 minutes. During this time, many other guilds can attempt to claim it for themselves.

Riftstone Wars are just as chaotic and dangerous - but they have a greater reward (Image via Amazon Games/@Freshy)

Upon succeeding, your guild will receive bonus resources every hour to use on Guild Skills, as well as a variety of buffs, depending on the Boonstone you’ve claimed. There are Boonstones for Skill Damage Boost, Hit, Critical Hit, Mana Regen, and Defense.

Riftstones are similar in a few ways. This PVP style in Throne and Liberty is also built around claiming and controlling a specific in-world location: a Rifstone. Success grants the guild a stat bonus, and they have to also defend it for some time against other guilds who want it.

However, the major difference between these and Boonstones is that Riftstone owners also get access to a Field Boss they can fight, that’s in an instanced state. That means they won’t have to fight other guilds/players at the same time.

Throne and Liberty conflict bosses explored

Not only do you fight other players, but a powerful boss too! (Image via Amazon Games/@cocomonstermortal)

Conflict bosses are one of the most contentious PVP options in Throne and Liberty. Some players love it, while others find it frustrating. When a field boss is available in a Conflict Zone, that gets you a Conflict boss.

That means you must fight the boss and deal with all of their powerful attacks while also potentially having to fight off other players. As soon as the Conflict Zone opens, players can fight each other, and five minutes later, the boss will appear. Dying will lower your rewards, making it far more stressful, and challenging of a PVP battle.

What's the Arena in Throne and Liberty?

Arena battles are smaller scale, which means it's much more obvious when you've made a mistake and handed a match to your opponents (Image via Amazon Games/@insan3d)

The Arena is a PVP small-scale PVP activity in Throne and Liberty. Designed for 3 vs. 3 battles, level 50 players can queue solo or grab a few allies to go into battle with them. Players can battle on two different maps and can queue for three types of arena battles: Friendly, Regular/Normal, and Ranked.

Typically, you get Arena Coins for winning Arena Matches. Friendly Matches have no restrictions, but also have no rewards — consider this just for fun, or to practice team compositions.

Normal PVP matches aren’t determined by rank, and you can queue up however you’d like. If you queue for Ranked matches, the game will try to keep you closer to your own rank, to keep it fun and challenging.

However, teams also have a limit to the number of weapon types they can bring to the battle, to prevent certain unfair matchups. You can have only one Sword and Shield user, one Wand user, and two of the other weapon types.

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Edited by Adarsh J Kumar