Guide to Wars By Atlas, Day and Lyssa Hi everyone! Since the original How to War guide was made in 2013, we decided to update it. Feel free to wall any of us if you have any ideas or criticisms about the guide. Preparing for War Spoiler Read the Rules Spoiler All wars have rules! Rules are set by the host and typically are made to keep the War as fair as possible. In most cases, failure to adhere to these rules may result in the player being removed from the roster, so be sure to read carefully. Upgrading Spoiler Upgrading your stats is often asked to be completed before a certain date so that the organizers can properly balance the war. Tutors Spoiler Having tutors that give you both max plunder and also a good stat bonus is important. For more information regarding max plunder, check out this guide. Additionally, most wars do not permit the hiring of tutors from the opposing team. Attack & Defense Items Spoiler Attack and Defense items are consumable items found in the store that can be used in parties, wars, and PvP. These items, often referred to as “pots” (short for potions), give players a higher chance of winning an attack. Pots are offered at a range of stats and can be intelligence or strength-based. Attack items can be selected individually or you can use ‘select all’ when hitting other players. Selecting all items will only consume the attack pots, items such as pizza bikinis, hypnocats, or invites will not be consumed and will reappear in full after restarting your game. Defense items will be used automatically when owned and if necessary to defend against an attack. Here is a current list of all Attack Items: Spoiler Protein Smoothie / 39EC / Adds 10% to your Strength attack for 30 minutes. Ginseng Smoothie / 39EC / Adds 10% to your Intelligence attack for 30 minutes. Bag of Chips / 2,450 Cash / +4,900 Strength Blackmail Photos / 2,450 Cash / +4,900 Intelligence ElectrolyteZ Sports Drink / 9,500 Cash / +15,000 Strength Beer / 9,500 Cash / +15,000 Intelligence Muscle Milkshake / 28,000 Cash / +65,000 Strength Fake Love Letter / 28,000 Cash / +65,000 Intelligence Grilled Steak / 60,000 Cash / +65,000 Strength Dancing Shoes / 60,000 Cash / +140,000 Intelligence Bottle of Wine / 110,000 Cash / +300,000 Strength Cherry Bomb / 300,000 Cash / +1,000,000 Strength Fake Money / 300,000 Cash / +1,000,000 Intelligence Paintball Gun / 930,000 Cash / +10,000,000 Strength New Spice Bodywash / 930,000 Cash / +10,000,000 Intelligence Here is a current list of all Defense Items: Spoiler Vitamin Smoothie / 39EC / Adds 10% to your Strength defense for 30 minutes. Caffeine Smoothie / 39EC / Adds 10% to your Intelligence defense for 30 minutes. Coffee / 1,225 Cash / +4,900 Strength Physics Textbook / 1,225 Cash / +4,900 Intelligence Purple Bull Energy Drink / 4,750 Cash / +15,000 Strength Spy Camera / 4,750 Cash / +15,000 Intelligence Mom’s Care Package / 14,000 Cash / +65,000 Strength Laptop / 14,000 Cash / +65,000 Intelligence Smelly Socks / 30,000 Cash / +140,000 Strength Sneezing Powder / 30,000 Cash / +140,000 Intelligence Brownies / 110,000 Cash / +300,000 Strength Boxing Gloves / 150,000 Cash / +1,000,000 Strength Spy Sunglasses / 150,000 Cash / +1,000,000 Intelligence Booby Trap / 300,000 Cash / +10,000,000 Intelligence Jock Strap / 465,000 Cash / +10,000,000 Strength Hide Cash Spoiler After buying pots, any extra cash should be hidden to not lose it during the war. Typically, players will ask friends who are not warring to borrow tutors to hide their cash so there is no loss of cash. Alternatively, you can purchase PIMDBanks or deposit cash in the bank. PIMDBanks will have a loss of 25% and the bank will have a loss of 20%. If you don’t have much cash, you can also ask friends or use an alt to hold cash for you in the form of gifts, rejecting the gifts will return your cash in full. What to Equip Spoiler Avatar Before joining the war, you should choose your highest % avi. If you do not have a high enough even % avi, then you should use your highest % avi that corresponds to your build to aid you in your attacks properly. You can not change avatars during a war. Dorm Your dorm can be altered during the war, but it is most beneficial to have your highest leveled furniture equipped in your dorm at all times even if it is not the most aesthetically pleasing. Pet Equip your highest % pet. Costumes currently add no extra bonuses. Declaring War Spoiler To initiate a War, go to the Club Page of the club you would like to War with and tap the button below the club name. Only the president, VP, and execs of a club can challenge another club to war. Check below for examples! Android is on the left, and iOS is on the right. Accepting War Spoiler For a war to progress, admins from both clubs need to accept the challenge. These admins will be made active in the war roster. Each side has between 2-8 hours to accept depending on the duration of the war. After the conditions to start the war are met, your screen should look like the examples below. iOS is on the left and Android is on the right. Joining the War Spoiler To join the war, you can press the orange button shown below: Or, you can hit any player that is already on the active roster of the opposing team. It is typically advised not to join the war until it has officially started so that the opposing team has fewer targets to start with. Forfeiting the War Spoiler Only the president of a club can forfeit the war. This option is only available once the war is at least halfway through its duration. Forfeiting will make the opposing team win regardless of the current score. During the War Spoiler Dates Spoiler Dates help boost your chance of success when hitting or defending against other players and come in different variations for both intelligence and strength. Attack Here is a current list of all Attack Dates: Spoiler Gym / 80M Cash / +10M Strength for 1 hour Study Date / 80M Cash / +10M Intelligence for 1 hour Yoga / 8M Cash / +1M Strength for 1 hour Library / 8M Cash / +1M Intelligence for 1 hour Defense Here is a current list of all Defense Dates: Spoiler Dog Walk / 40M Cash / +10M Strength for 1 hour Foreign Movie / 40M Cash / +10M Intelligence for 1 hour Hike / 4M Cash / +1M Strength for 1 hour Art Gallery / 4M Cash /+1M Intelligence for 1 hour Reporting Hits Spoiler Reporting hits is a crucial aspect of war and allows your team to know which members of the other team are active. When reporting, you’ll announce all hits you give and receive in club chat like this: Successful Hits/Total Hits, Type of Hit, Not Pinned/Pinned and Minute Pinned, PlayerName Let’s try it out! To make this easier, I’ll be using the same number of hits on each example. If you hit a player 16 total times on Fight, and land 10 of the hits, but did not pin them it would look like this: 10/16f np PlayerName However, if you hit a player the same amount of times but pinned them at 1:31 pm, it would look more like this: 10/16f p:31 PlayerName And lastly, if you are receiving incoming hits with the same amount mentioned before, it would look like this: Inc 10/16f PlayerName Doctor’s Notes Spoiler There is a limit of 6 DNs per player during a war. A common tactic that clubs use during the war is to wait and use a DN at the same time, so be sure to pay attention to CC to ensure that you’re informed of when to best use a DN. There is a known DN glitch that allows players to use an additional 6 DNs if the maximum capacity is reached before the war is at the halfway point. Leading Spoiler While this isn’t required, wars typically function better if there is a leader. The leader will find and call out targets to hit and keep CA up to date with cows. This will ensure that everyone acts as a team to gain the most plunder. If you are not leading, please try to follow your leader. Leadership Suggestions: Spoiler This is a job that requires a lot of activity during the war, you can always switch off with another player partway through though. You should be watching the roster for players who are plundering to pin them and turn them into cows. Alternatively, a good cow is someone who gives good plunder, this is typically a weak but higher-stat player. You should be aware of how long it has been since the team has swept the cows and make sure they are pinned manageably before adding new targets. Be sure to change out the cows every so often to make sure you are focusing on the players who are plundering the most. Depending on the stat range of players in the war, you may want to pick high and low targets for different stat groups of players to increase wins. Don’t forget to remind players to check dates occasionally during the war. A good time to consider a group DN is when you are trying to pin high plundering players very quickly or when many players who give good plunder are up. This should boost your plunder. War Types Spoiler After deciding on what club to war with, you can choose between the different types of wars: Food Fight: Let them eat cake! Duration: 4 hours Starts in 1 hour and 30 minutes Dorm Raid: Toilet paper will be the least of your rivals’ worries. Duration: 6 hours Starts in 1 hour and 30 minutes War: When all else fails. Duration: 1 day Starts in 1 hour and 30 minutes Locked vs. Unlocked Rosters Spoiler Locked Rosters require all participants who wish to take part in the war to be in the club before the war begins. After the war is active, new participants can not be added and participants who leave the club can not rejoin the war. In Locked Roster wars, players can join at any time if an invite is sent before the start of the war. Additionally, players with Gold Passes may join without an invite but must join the club before the war starts. Unlocked Rosters allow participants to join in at any point during the war. Even if a participant has missed the bulk of the war, they can still join with no repercussions. However, if you are active in the war and have earned plunder, leaving before the end of the war will subtract the plunder you collected from the club total. This cannot be undone by rejoining. Terms Spoiler Cow Spoiler A player that is kept pinned during war for easy cash. Cows are usually denoted in the format of: 🐮PlayerName🐮 DTW Spoiler ‘Defender Too Weak’. This occurs when a player doesn’t have enough regen for others to be able to hit them. They may still be eavesdropped though. Inc Spoiler Short for ‘incoming’ hits, which is when you are hit by another player regardless of whether it is a successful hit or not. Mercenaries Spoiler Players who are added to the roster while the war is active. These players can be any size and typically can join any side. Pesting Spoiler Hitting players who are sending inc with the intent to lower the opponent’s regen so that players on your side can regen without being hit. Pin Spoiler Hitting a player until their energy is low enough to show DTW. Essentially pinning a player down so they can’t do anything. Plunder Spoiler Plunder refers to the money your club makes during the war. The amount of plunder changes throughout the war as both sides continue to hit each other. This is also the deciding factor as to which side wins the war. It is advised to pattern hit during war due to decreasing plunder with lower regen. This is typically something along the lines of 2-2-1, the -’s referring to a 5-minute waiting period to regen. Regen Spoiler This refers to regenerating energy or the strength and intelligence bars that you see at the top of your screen. Self Pinning Spoiler A technique in which a player intentionally uses all of their regen and keeps themselves DTW to avoid hits. Sweeping Spoiler This is used when players ‘sweep’ ca/cows. This means checking the cows from left to right to ensure they are still pinned. Target Spoiler A target is a player that an individual or group in the war is focused on hitting for a set amount of time. They are usually denoted in the format of: 🎯PlayerName🎯 Up Spoiler When a player is ’up’, that means that they are out of pin. Basics of Hosting Your Own War Spoiler Advertise & Collect Signups Spoiler When advertising, you will need to provide: - the date & time of the war - the length of the war - the stat minimum, if there is one - where to sign up - the date when signups close - the date players cannot upgrade past - (optional) the names of the warring clubs, oftentimes there are themed wars Signups can be collected however is easiest for you. Commonly, players ask for signups on a wall or on a forum thread. Hosts will often ask players to include their stats in their post so they can avoid the hassle of checking everyone’s profile. Occasionally hosts will ask for a preferred war side during themed wars, though this does make the roster slightly harder to balance and it is likely that not everyone will get their preferred pick. Compile List & Balance Teams Spoiler Once the signups are complete, you should make a list of the players and their stats. Doing this process on Excel or Sheets is recommended. You can sort by stats and separate them equally so that the war is as balanced as possible. Occasionally, when hosting larger wars with leaderboard players, you will want to check their misc or tutor lb ranking to get a more accurate understanding of their comparison to other players. You should also consider the players who will be leading each side of the war and place them accordingly. Posting Rosters & Contacting Players Spoiler Post your club rosters where convenient, commonly these are posted on the original war thread or on the warring club’s walls. Be sure to contact members to let them know the rosters have been posted and contact them again on the day of the war to make sure they remember to show up. If you have cancelations, you should advertise spots for substitutions of similar stats to keep the war as balanced as possible. There are typically a few no-shows on warring days for whatever reasons, so don’t be discouraged, you can always find some last minute subs or move a few players around if need be. Don’t worry about it too much though cause plunder directly depends on the activity of the players during war. War & Have Fun! ________________ Appreciation & Credits Special thanks to Lyssa for adding in the last segment about hosting and editing! You’re a star and I strongly appreciate your efforts in forums and guides ♡Day Big thank you to Day and Lyssa for their impeccable work, as always. Love y'all both and appreciate the effort you give to every guide. Atlas Thank you to the creator of the original guide, How to War, that provided the base information for this guide. Related Helpful Links Avatars of PIMD Guide to Clubs Guide to the Dorm Tower Plunder Guide More Helpful Links
Couldn’t find a related topic but, can someone answer this please? What’s the math for getting the appropriate hire value for a tut? This is to ensure that a tut is not underpriced. I appreciate all the answers I can get. I stopped for a while and I couldn’t find the 2013 guides. 🥺