Legends and Letters was a word game for the iOS App Store and Google Play.
Plot[]
Several years after his escape from the Lost Desert, Aurrick accidentally released the evil Claymaker from their prison, and they proceeded to curse the population of Neopia. An unlikely band of allies came together to try and save the day!
Gameplay[]
The game has been described by TNT as "Scrabble meets Neopets battling." To defeat enemies, you had to spell out words by dragging letters onto the board. The first word used in battle had to have at least one letter on the central star tile. The game board was pre-rendered, so power-ups will stay in the same places.
You also had the ability to speed up your game a bit by auto-playing old levels for rewards. (But be careful, you may still lose if the opponent AI is smarter than your team's AI level!)
Power-ups[]
- Bombs instantly cause significant damage to all enemies in the battle.
- Potions heal a significant chunk of health for your party or revive defeated allies. These could be purchased from the Gem Store.
- Tile Swap Pouches were used during battles to give yourself an advantage if you were struggling with a word.
Energy[]
Each character had 15 energy that slowly replenishes over time, but if it reached 0, you would be unable to play any levels for a few minutes. You could also buy Smoothies from the Gem Store to replenish energy early.
Card Inventory[]
You could pick out a Neopet to have as a bonus member of your party for the battle. If you had any friends, they would appear near the top of the list. However, using a friend in battle would put them on cooldown afterwards. Some specific story battles also had famous Neopians that you could use as your bonus members, such as Aurrick or Fyora.
Stats[]
- Attack
- Defence
- Health
- Strength
- Element - There are four elements in Legends and Letters: Fire, Water, Earth, and Lightning. These give 35% bonuses against enemies of different elements while also being 35% weaker against another.
- Rarity - Cards are sorted into 4 rarities: Common, Rare, Epic, and Legendary. Typically, rarer characters have better stats and can level them up further.
- Party Size - Each character has a size, and this increases depending on Star rating, being the current Star rating of a character +2 (making the current maximum size 7). There's a limit on total Party Size in battle, which can be increased by earning experience.
- Level
- Star - Each time a character reaches the maximum level, they can be 'ascended' to a new star rating and begin leveling again to further increase stats. The maximum stars a character can attain is largely dictated by card rarity, with Legendaries having 5 stars.
- Secondary Stats could only be altered by the special attacks of Neopet party leaders. They were:
- Armor Penetration - Ignores a certain amount of an enemy's defence.
- Critical Chance
- Critical Damage
- Evasion
- Accuracy
- Speed
Ascension[]
Ascending a character card involved resetting it back to level 1, but keeping its stats beforehand and gaining a higher star rating and level cap. This cost coins and other character cards, and could only be done if the ascending card in question was at max level of their set star rating.
Characters[]
- Hannah
- Isca
- Thogrin
- Aurrick
- Jacques
- Benny the Blade
- Cap'n Threelegs
- Chiazilla
- King Kelpbeard
- Lady Frostbite
- Naia
- Fyora
- Scrap
- Talek
- Krawk Island Team
- Sandro
- Nabile
- Maraqua Team
- Underwater Chef
- Karpoh
- Captain Scarblade
- Goregas
- Xandra
- Your player character (Neopet Leader) in-game; they had special attacks that came with extra bonuses.
- Claymaker
- Qasalan Soldier
- Skellectrus
- Maelstromo
- Magmavipor
- Snickering Shardpelt
Locations[]
- Krawk Island - Your starting point, having 20 levels to complete.
- Maraqua - The second world, where, like Krawk Island before it, had 20 levels to complete.
- Lost Desert - The third world, where Aurrick was up to his old tricks! Unlike the other two worlds, there were 60 levels to complete in this one.
Rainbow Pond[]
In addition to getting new character cards for finishing levels, you could also unlock them via the Rainbow Pond, where the Fountain Faerie would accept summoning tokens (that were rewards for leveling up) to unlock new characters.
Gem Store[]
Legends and Letters had its own micro-transaction store that used Gems as currency. It was possible to earn Gems in small amounts from playing parts of the game.
Items[]
- Summoning tokens
- Coins
- Wearables, which were mostly here for cosmetic purposes and did not affect the gameplay.
- Paint Brushes, which, as you know, could change your Neopet Leader's colour. Unlike on Neopets.com, however, Paint Brushes were not one-use items in Legends and Letters.
- Power Ups
- Healing & Revive Potions
- Tile Swap Pouch
- Smoothies, which replenished the energy of your Neopet Leader.
- Monster Keys, to be used in Monster Battles
- Skip Tickets, which allowed you to skip straight to the loot in any level. However, these could only be purchased:
- if you had already beaten the level once
- if you had enough energy to complete the level otherwise
- once every 8 hours.
Bosses[]
| Character | Element | Character Type | Special Attack | Lore |
| Magmavipor | Fire | Normal | Coiler Boiler - It coils its tail around a foe and sizzles immense damage. 2 Cooldown. | The Claymaker forges these monsters from Neopia's volcanoes. The swift slitherers live in gigantic lava pockets until they're forced out by immense seismic activity. They burn a path through forests and towns, destroying everything in their way. |
| Skellectrus | Lightning | Normal | Shocking Reassembly! - Broken pieces of its mighty armor electromagnetically fly back into place, regaining lost health. 1 Cooldown. | The Claymaker draws lightning into ancient stones and uses it to carve out these terrifying creatures. They're drawn to electricity so any towns that survive an electric storm are often faced with these monstrous beasts. |
| Maelstromo | Water | Normal | Guided Cyclones - It pulls in cyclones from the oceans and engulfs all foes with devastating damage. 1 Cooldown. | While out at sea, the Claymaker forms these sea monsters from violent waves. They become masters of tidal manipulation. All of them are drawn to coastal towns to test their powers. |
| Snickering Shardpelt | Earth | Normal | Quake N' Chuckle - It stomps and hammers both ground and foe with a force of an earthquake, dealing damage. Then, it laughs. 4 Cooldown. | These creatures are molded from the remnants of devastating rockslides. They emerge from the ground with a ferocious sense of humor that usually involves smashing boulders with their fists. |
Monster Battles[]
Monster Battles were introduced in version 1.6.0 of Legends and Letters and served as the main way of earning Ascension Stones.
Each week, one of four possible bosses would be made available in Monster Battles, one representing each element. They did not drop random loot like normal enemies do; instead, they had fixed loot drops for beating them a specific number of times.
To begin a Monster Battle, you needed three Monster Keys, whi9ch could be purchased from the Gem Store. (Had you selected a friend or random Neopet to help you, you would be charged an extra two Monster Keys per battle.) Each time a new boss appeared, your key count would be reset to 20 - provided you had less than 10 at reset. If your key total dropped below 10, you would begin to earn more free keys at a rate of one key per 8 hours until you got over 10 keys again.
Leaderboard Prizes[]
| 1st | 100,000 Coins, 300 Gems, 3 Remarkable Summon Tokens |
| 2nd | 75,000 Coins, 200 Gems, 2 Remarkable Summon Tokens |
| 3rd | 40,000 Coins, 150 Gems, 2 Remarkable Summon Tokens |
| 4th | 20,000 Coins, 75 Gems, 1 Remarkable Summon Token |
| 5th | 15,000 Coins, 60 Gems, 1 Remarkable Summon Token |
| 6th | 10,000 Coins, 50 Gems, 15 Monster Keys |
| 7th | 10,000 Coins, 40 Gems, 15 Monster Keys |
| 8th | 10,000 Coins, 35 Gems, 8 Monster Keys |
| 9th | 10,000 Coins, 30 Gems, 8 Monster Keys |
| 10th | 10,000 Coins, 25 Gems |
Codex Quest[]
Codex Quest was a limited-time event run on the Legends and Letters Instagram page in October 2019 that awarded exclusive prizes for both Legends and Letters and the main Neopets.com site.
It took the format of the Mystery Pic contest on Neopets, just with a Legends and Letters character theme.
Clue #1[]
| Aurricks Finest Hat
(wearable) |
Clue #2[]
| Aurricks Shirt and Battle-Belt
(wearable) |
Clue #3[]
| Aurricks Pants and Boots
(wearable) |
Bonus Prize[]
Anyone that correctly answered at least one of the clues over the course of the Codex Quest event was awarded a Codex Quest Map Room for both Legends and Letters and Neopets:
Final Grand Prize[]
An additional grand prize of 1,500 Gems and a Rare Item Code was awarded to three lucky users who had all of the correct answers to the clues.
Challenge of Challenges[]
Launched in version 1.11.0, the Challenge of Challenges was a limited-time event that lasted one week and restarted each Sunday evening. For one week out of every month, it offered additional prizes that could be redeemed on your Neopets account.
All For One![]
Defeat the Claymaker's monsters 1-3 times without losing a hero.
This required reaching level 14 in the Krawk Island map to access.
All Out Attack![]
Use a character's special ability to damage all enemies 10-30 times.
All Too Easy![]
Defeat 10-25 foes in a single turn.
Bomb Specialist[]
Deal damage to at least 10-25 enemies with the tablet's bombs in Maraqua.
Consonant Challenge[]
Make 10-20 words with at least 3-4 consonants on the tablet.
Heavy Healer[]
Use a character's special ability to heal all friendlies 10-30 times.
Helping Paw[]
Defeat the Claymaker's monsters 1-3 times with a friend's Neopet.
Much like All For One!, this required reaching level 14 in the Krawk Island map to access.
Letter Limits[]
Make 10-25 "4" letter words on the mystical tablet.
Monster Mashing[]
Defeat one of the Claymaker's monsters 1-5 times.
Much like All For One! and Helping Paw, this required reaching level 14 in the Krawk Island map to access.
Mystical Restraint![]
Defeat 3-10 levels without using the tablet's bombs or health potions in any world.
If your team was powerful enough, you could use the Autoplay feature, which can avoid triggering bombs and health potions on the tablet.
Ocean Warrior[]
Defeat 15-35 "water element" foes.
On Fire![]
Defeat 15-35 "fire element" enemies.
Power-Shy[]
Be victorious in 8-15 levels without using power-ups in any world.
Self-Love[]
Use a character's special ability to heal themselves 10-30 times.
Shocking Challenge![]
Defeat 15-35 "lightning element" enemies.
Slayer[]
Deal 20,000-80,000 damage to one of the Claymaker's monsters.
Once again, like All For One!, Helping Paw, and Monster Mashing, this required reaching level 14 in the Krawk Island map to access.
Specialist[]
Deal "special ability" damage 15-40 times with any friends.
Subterranean[]
Defeat 15-35 "earth element" foes.
Totality[]
Deal a total of 25,000-100,000 damage to enemies.
True Survivor[]
Survive 8-20 waves without losing a friendly in Maraqua to complete the challenge.
Villainous[]
Defeat 4-10 boss levels without losing a friendly in Maraqua.
Vowel Challenge[]
Make 5-20 words with at least 2 vowels on the tablet.
Challenge Prizes[]
In-app prizes[]
- Day 1: 1,500 Coins
- Day 2: 1,500 Coins
- Day 3: 1,500 Coins
- Day 4: 15 Gems, Gold Chest x2 (containing Healing Potion x2)
- Day 5: 15 Gems, Gold Chest x2 (containing Healing Potion x2)
- Grand Challenge: 50 Gems
Neopets.com prizes[]
| Days 1-3 | Days 4 and 5 | Grand Challenge |
Additionally, for completing at least one challenge for Crossover Week, the L&L - Bravo, Aurrick! was rewarded.
Achievements[]
| Achievement | Requirement | Reward |
| First Meal | Earn More Energy by Feeding Your Leader
(Feed your Neopet any item to increase its energy) |
50 Gems |
| Notorious Bandits! | Beat 500 Enemies in Battle
(Defeat 500 enemies in battles) |
15,000 Coins |
| Notorious Bandits! | Beat 500 Enemies in Battle
(Defeat 1000 enemies in battles) |
20,000 Coins |
| Word Master! | Spell 300 Words in Battle
(Spell 300 words in battle) |
3000 Coins 1 Gold Chest |
| Swashbuckler! | Beat on Medium
(Complete all Krawk Island stage on medium difficulty) |
10,000 Coins 1 Gold Chest |
| Perfect Pirate! | Beat on Hard
(Complete all Krawk Island stages on hard difficulty) |
15,000 Coins 1 Gold Chest |
| The Legend Begins! | Complete All Tutorial Sections
(Finish the prologue) |
2000 Coins Swashbuckling Background |
| Fast Learner! | First Character Level Up
(Level up any of your characters once) |
500 Coins |
| Ascended to Infamy! | First Character Star Ascension
(Ascend any character once) |
Gold Chest x1 |
| Token of Appreciation | First Store Summons
(Use any Summon Token) |
Gold Chest x1 |
| Quite a Character | Earn a Rare Card
(Obtain a Rare rarity rated card from any source) |
25 Gems |
| Wordsmith | Spell 50 Words in Battle
(Spell 50 words in battle) |
500 Coins 12 Gems |
| Warrior-Thieves! | Beat 100 Enemies in Battle
(Defeat 100 enemies in battles) |
10,000 Coins |
| Wordcrafter! | Spell 150 Words in Battle
(Spell 150 words in battle) |
1500 Coins 1200 Coins |
| Setting Sails! | Beat on Easy
(Complete all Krawk Island levels on easy difficulty) |
5000 Coins |
| Will You Become a Legend of Neopia? | Register in Legends and Letters
(Create a Legends and Letters account) |
Claymaker's Curse (Background) |
Release and Retirement[]
It was revealed at the 2018 Comic-Con After Party and was released for iOS and Android devices on January 17th and February 7, 2019, in Singapore and Australia while adjustments and improvements continued to be made based on user feedback.
We've heard from TNT that the premature worldwide release on February 21, 2019, was a mistake. A new version of the beta app was meant to be published, but instead, the prior version was actually released worldwide.
On May 20, 2020, Neopets has announced that Ghoul Catchers and Legends and Letters were going to be discontinued to make way for upcoming apps:
BREAKING NEWS: To make way for some of our new, exciting products coming to stores soon, we have decided to retire Ghoul Catchers and Legends and Letters from the app store. If you already have the apps, you can continue to play them even after they are removed from the store. So, if you do not have the apps and want to play, be sure to download them as soon as you can!
Legends and Letters' servers had finally shut down in September 2022.
Trivia[]
- A Mimbi appeared when the game was loading.
Glitches[]
- If your Neopets username was 19 or more characters long, your game would crash and not link your account properly. This was soon fixed after it was spotted.
- When you would reach level 15, the game would crash, but you would still obtain your rewards. This glitch was only visible just after the launch of the game.
- Users affected by the experience glitch to high-level cards during the beta could then submit tickets to have those cards fixed.
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