How To Start Playing Splinterlands :
Complete Guide For Beginners

You would have access to two types of cards – Summoners and Monsters.

• Summoners are magic users who can use one of the six primal forces (splinters). They use this magical power to summon monsters.
• Monsters are the creatures called upon by the Summoner to do the actual fighting in a battle.

Splinterlands has six different elements or sources of magics – these are called splinters. The six Splinterlands’ splinters are: Fire, Water, Earth, Life, Death, Dragon. Every Splinterlands’ card belongs to one of the above six splinters. When a battle takes place, it happens between cards from the same splinter. For example, it will be either all Fire cards or all Earth cards in a battle. You can’t shuffle or mix different cards within a battling team.

Abilities are different powers attributed to each card and play an instrumental role in the outcome of a battle. Hence abilities help you form a winning strategy and make the fights interesting. There are more than 60 unique 

abilities available, and each one has its own impact. For example, monsters with the ability “Opportunity” can attack from any position and target the least healthy enemy Monster. Similarly, a Monster with the “Halving” ability will cut the target’s ability to attack in half.

First of all, the players must build a team or collection of cards from the available catalog to fight a battle. Battles will have different rulesets and conditions, so you will need to pair up your Summoners and Monsters accordingly. However, to win and perform well at battles, you need to understand the battlefield layout that features two rows and six positions. The field is split in half, where your team is listed on one side, and your opponent’s on the other.

Monsters from the front row of each team fight against each other at the halfway point. When one monster dies, the next in line moves up, and the play continues until none of the monsters are left to fight. How the monsters perform depends on the stats and the abilities of their cards. These battles are quick and last around a minute only. It is not mandatory to watch the whole battles, but it’s recommended that you watch the early battles in your career to learn what’s working for your team and what’s not.

• How to Play – This mode will let you learn the basics of the game and understand card types, abilities, stats, and the battlefield.
• Practice – Practice mode lets you play a match against an opponent, but the results will not affect your ranking.
• Ranked – This mode allows you to play the actual ranked matches whose results will help you rise higher in the league.
• Challenge – The challenge mode lets you invite a friend to battle and enjoy a custom match without affecting your rank.