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Strategy Guide for The Tone Rebellion
Written by Marcus Spears
The Tone Rebellion is a trademark of The Logic Factory, Inc.


    This strategy guide is based on my observations from many long hours of
playing The Tone Rebellion.  Some of the tables at the end of this document are
based on what is printed in the manual.  Let's start with a brief discussion of
the four realms and the effect they have on gameplay.

1. Realms of Existence

    There are four realms of existence in The Tone Rebellion.  These are:

? The Physical realm, the realm of matter and objectively defined reality.
? The Supernatural realm, the realm of logic, reason, and understanding.
? The Ethereal realm, the realm of spirits, dreams, and the intangible.
? The Natural realm, the realm of life and instincts.

Living creatures exist on all four realms at once, but they are most comfortable
when their perception is firmly rooted in one realm.  They can dimly perceive
creatures of other realms, but they will seem to have amazing powers and will seem
alien and frightening.    For example, to a physical Floater, creatures of the
natural realm have incomprehensible and otherworldly powers, and what they do
is strange and seemingly without purpose.  Energy flows in limited ways between
the realms.  The direction of the flow determines how much one realm can affect
another, as shown below:

? Physical dominates Supernatural
? Supernatural dominates Ethereal
? Ethereal dominates Natural
? Natural dominates Physical

There are also tides between the realms which oppose each other.  These pairs of
realms are called opposites, as shown below:

? Physical is opposite Ethereal
? Natural is opposite Supernatural

When the energy tide favors a realm, it dominates its opposite across the circle.
The tides spend equal time at each end of their swing so, overall, no realm
dominates its opposite.  An example of this influence is an ethereal vampire, who
has frightening powers at night but is weakened and helpless during the day, when
its nocturnally helpless victims of the physical realm are bold and strong.  Each
of the four tribes of Floaters comes from a different realm.  The Tark exist in
the Physical realm.  They are always more powerful than Supernatural creatures,
but are weak against Natural creatures.  Depending on the tides, they may be more
or less powerful than Ethereal creatures.  The Zygons exist in the Supernatural
realm.  They are stronger than Ethereal creatures and weaker than Physical creatures,
and so forth.  The Cepheans exist in the Ethereal realm, and the Dyla exist in the
Natural realm.
    In game terms, this means that you may be stronger or weaker than some of
Leviathan's creatures that you will face.  There are four Leviathan spawn of each
realm, two with ranged attacks and two without.  When a Tark attacks a Drack, a
Leviathan creature from the supernatural realm, the Tark's attacks will hit more
frequently and do more damage, while the Drack will do less damage than normal.  If
the same Tark is attacked by a Zwacker, a creature of the Natural realm, the Zwacker's
attacks will be stronger than usual, and it will be more resistant to the attacks of
the Tark.  A Zygon would be more effective against a Ronth (ethereal), and less
effective against a Rakalingus (physical), and so forth.
    Some Floaters of a given tribe are able to shift their perception into
another realm.  For example, the Tark Gazers are able to perceive the supernatural
plane.  There are also spells that can shift the perceptions of a Floater to the
next realm, or back to the previous one.  For instance, casting the Realm Transcend
spell on a group of Gazers will shift their perception (temporarily) into the
Ethereal realm.  This affects their strength against creatures of other realms.
Table 4 at the end of this strategy guide gives you some basic information on all
the different enemies you will face in the game.
    At the lower levels of difficulty, you can pretty much ignore these effects.
At higher levels, however, the effect of the tides is more pronounced, and you will
want to learn which creatures should be attacked by which group of Floaters.

2. Tone Pools, Tone Flow, and Tone Nodes

You must have an understanding of the way in which Tone functions.  Tone Pools are
the source of Tone Flow, which provides the vital force for the structures and Floaters
of your tribe.  Each Pool that you restore to health will add to the tribal Tone Flow.
Each Floater consumes one point of Tone Flow simply by living.  Each Tone Spreader,
Tone Solidifier, Tone Crystal Grower, and Magic Tone Creator also consumes one point
of Tone Flow.  Tone nodes resemble blue spirals.  They come in three sizes: Small,
medium, and large.  Your four basic structures (Tone Spreaders, Tone Solidifiers,
Tone Crystal Grower, and Magic Tone Creator) should be built on the small nodes
wherever possible.  This allows you to build your Dojos and mage towers on the medium
and large nodes.  You can see the current boundary of the Tone Flow by looking at
which Nodes are lit.  You liberate Tone Pools by removing the spawners and the growths
around it.  If it does not start spouting Tone (which means it has not been primed),
you can prime the pool by spreading Tone over to it.  You always want to build Tone
Spreaders as close to the current boundary of the Tone Flow as possible, and preferably
on one of the smaller nodes.
    New Floaters will only be born when you have a Surplus Flow of 5 or greater.
If you lose all your Tone Pools, no new workers can be born, and the game is over for
you.  If you have more than one Tone Solidifier, Tone Crystal Grower, or Magic Tone
Creator, and you are not using all of them, you can turn the building off to get more
Tone Flow.  You cannot turn off Tone Spreaders, but if you are not using any of the
nodes that it activated, then you can order your Floaters to attack and destroy it.
    If you need more workers, and you are having trouble getting enough Tone Flow,
and if you have more than one Dojo, then try to find a Dojo that you aren't really
using much.  Order your Floaters to attack and destroy it.  The Floaters that were
trained in that Dojo will revert to normal Workers.

3. Workers

Workers are very intelligent, and are the experts on how to get things done.  They
organize their own efforts on the jobs you give them, rather than you giving specific
orders to each Floater.  They balance their work based on the importance you assign
to each job.  Floaters that have been trained in Dojos will not do the job of a
Worker.  Workers can and will cross the bridges between the islands, so they will go
where the work is.  Here are some of the jobs that Workers can perform:

? Build structures
? Charge Dojos and spell towers so their special Floaters can recharge energy, heal,
  and train
? Repair structures
? Enlarge structures
? Use keys and artifacts
? Defend against hostile intruders, usually as a last-ditch measure, when the panic
  button is on

You can control the priority of jobs from the Task List.  Each task can be cancelled,
or you can set it to Normal Priority, High Priority, or Exclusive Priority.  Any job
set to Exclusive Priority will only share Workers with other Exclusive jobs.  Any
High or Normal priority jobs are put on hold as long as an Exclusive job is being
performed.
    High Priority jobs get a larger percentage of the work than Normal Priority
jobs, but the Normal jobs are not put on hold.  For example, if you had 16 Workers
and 4 jobs, then each job would normally get 4 Workers assigned to it.  If you set
two of those jobs to High Priority, they would get 6 Workers each, while the other
two Normal priority jobs would get 2 Workers each.
    Note that in order to build a Tone Spreader, Tone Solidifier, Tone Crystal
Grower, and Magic Tone Creator, you must have at least one point of Tone Flow
available.  If you start building one of these four structures, and you notice that
no Workers are being assigned to it, then you will have to turn off or destroy one
of your other buildings to get the Flow you need.
    Workers can defend against hostile intruders, if you turn on the panic button.
Sometimes, before your first Dojo is built, spores may threaten your only Tone Pool,
or a Leviathan creature may start attacking one of your buildings to try to destroy
it.  If this happens, use the panic button.  Your Workers are physically weak, however,
and if you attack a creature with them, expect some of them to die.  (Spores don't
have an attack, so they are not a danger to your Workers. not directly, anyway!)

4. Tone Creators and Stockpiles

There are three types of Tone, each with its own purpose.  Structure Tone is produced
by a Tone Solidifier.  Your Tribal Center will also produce Structure Tone, but at
a painfully slow rate.  These balls of solidified Tone are used to build, upgrade,
and repair structures.  It is also used when teleporting structures.  Tone Crystals
are the densest, most energetic form of Tone.  A Dojo uses these crystals to fuel the
large amounts of energy that the trained Floaters use in their attacks.  They are
also used for training and healing Floaters.  Tone Crystals and Magic Tone are both
required to cast spells.  Tone Crystals are created by Tone Crystal Growers.
Finally, the intangible orbs of Magic Tone makes the casting of spells possible,
and some is used with each spell cast.  It also supplies one of the components needed
to teleport structures.  It is created by a Magic Tone Creator.  At the start of a
game, your Tribal Center has 50 balls of Structure Tone in its stockpile.  It can
store up to 150 of each type of Tone.  As you discover more islands, your Tribal
Center will become noticeably larger.  A Level 2 Center can stockpile 200 of each
type of Tone, and the largest Center can stockpile 250 of each type of Tone.  When
you teleport a building, it always draws Magic Tone and Structure Tone from this
reserve.  To look at the Tribal Center status, click on any empty part of the screen.
There will be three huts below the "Spare Flow" indicator.  These icons may have a
closed roof (no Tone goes in or out of storage, though the reserve of Structure Tone
and Magic Tone will still be used when teleporting buildings).  If there is an arrow
pointing out of the hut, your Workers may take that type of Tone from your stockpile.
If there is an arrow pointing into the hut, your Workers will begin delivering the
appropriate type of Tone to the Tribal Center, unless you are already storing the
maximum possible amount.Each Dojo also has its own stockpile of Crystal Tone (and
Magic Tone for mage towers).  If this stockpile is less than maximum, your Workers
will automatically start delivering Crystal and/or Magic Tone to the building until
the stockpile is at maximum.  This stockpile is used whenever a Floater is trained,
or when they must return to the building to heal or recharge.  Trained Floaters will
only go back to the Dojo that trained them, never to any other Dojo or your Tribal
Center.

So, if you are under frequent attack, and your trained Floaters are returning
frequently to the Dojo, you may want to check the task list and find which task is
supplying Tone to that Dojo, and assign more workers to it by raising the task's
priority.  The reason they may be returning frequently may be because there is not
enough Tone being delivered to fully recharge the Floaters.

5. Giving Orders to trained Floaters

The quickest way to give orders to your trained Floaters is to left-click on one
of the Floaters from a group, then right-click on a target.  They will perform the
most appropriate action based on where you clicked.  If you right-clicked on a
building, they will guard that building.  If you right-clicked on a creature or
growth, they will attack that creature, and so forth.  You can also send them back
to the Dojo to recharge if you have time between attacks, to ensure that they are
ready for the next attack.  When you attack an enemy, the Floaters attacking that
enemy will automatically try to flee back to their Dojo when either their charge
or their health gets too low.  It is advisable later in the game to have at least
two Dojos, so that you can have one on the front lines while the other returns to
its Dojo to recharge.  Spell casters tend to hang around their mage tower, and will
protect it if it is threatened.  You want to keep your mage tower close to the front
lines so your mages can respond quickly, but not so close that the building gets
threatened because your spell casters are physically weak.  You can order Spell
Floaters to a specific location by right-clicking on where you want them to go when
their spell tower is selected.
    Remember that you can order your Dojo Floaters to attack your own buildings
if you need extra Tone Flow.  If you desperately need Workers, you can attack one
of your own Dojos.

6. Getting Started

No matter which tribe you start the game as, you will start with the same resources:
You will have one Tone Pool, four Workers, and 50 Structure Tone in your Tribal Center.
If you play as the Tark, you will start on the island Tarzus; the Cepheans start in
the Cephean Sea (duh!), the Dyla start on the island Pangir, and the Zygons originate
from the Crystal Caves.  Your first objective should always be to build a Tone Solidifier
in one of the small Tone Nodes.  Once that is complete, you should begin construction of
a Tone Crystal Grower and your first Dojo.  Your first Dojo will be the Brotherhood of
the Tentacle for the Tark, the Clan of Sol for the Zygon, the Banshees for the Cepheans,
and the Summoners for the Dyla.  Once all these buildings are completed, you might want
to build a Magic Tone Creator and start stockpiling all three types of Tone for later
use.  Your Tribal Center can store 150 Tone of each type.  As you visit more islands,
your Tribal Center will grow; a Level 2 Tribal Center can store 200 Tone of each type,
and a Level 3 Center can store 250 Tone of each type.  Depending on the level of
difficulty you selected, you may be able to build all four of these buildings and fill
your stockpile without ever encountering any enemies, except for spores.

7. Early Expansion

Now it's time to start expanding.  Build a Tone Spreader as close to the edge of the
Tone Flow as possible.  This will reveal more Tone Nodes and allow you to see more of
the map.  Hopefully, this will include a second Tone Pool, which will have a huge
spawner growing over it.  You should start by ordering your trained Floaters to
attack any spawn with a ranged attack, especially if there is more than one.  These
include the Plasid, Grender, Mesron, Clockwork Sentinel, Anenepode, and Xylus.  If
there is more than one of these types of spawn, you may want to ignore any creatures
until you've destroyed the spawn, because the spawn are much easier to kill.  Next,
attack any creatures in the area, then start attacking the spawn without a ranged
attack.  Once all the spawn and creatures are gone, start attacking the spawner.
(The spawner itself cannot attack, except to create new creatures; this is why you
want to save it for last.)  If the spawner creates any new creatures while you are
attacking it, destroy the creature, then return to the spawner.

    This should reveal a new Tone Pool, which may or may not be primed.  If it
is not yet primed, build another Tone Spreader as close to the current edge of the
map as possible.  This should prime it and allow it to add Tone Flow to your tribe.
    Once you've captured a second Tone Pool, you may want to teleport a Tone
Solidifier and a Tone Crystal Grower closer to the front lines, or build new ones.
Then build a new Dojo near the front lines.  Have the Floaters from your current Dojo
get to guard the Tone Spreader that is closest to the Tone Pool.  This way they can
defend the Tone Pool from spores, and defend your workers from Leviathan's creatures.
    Continue advancing in the same manner: Clear a Tone Pool, and set some of your
floaters to guard that general area.  At the lower difficulties, you may not have to
keep teleporting your structures to the front lines.  At higher difficulty levels,
when the enemy attacks far more frequently, you will probably want to teleport your
buildings closer to the front lines as you advance, so that your Floaters won't have
to go so far to recharge.
    Once you have destroyed all Spawners on an island, it becomes a mop-up job,
destroying any remaining creatures and growths.  Leviathan creatures cannot cross
over the bridges to re-infest an island that has been cleared.

8. Experience and Advancement

As your Floaters attack the enemy, they gain experience.  All Floaters (except for
Mage Floaters) gain one experience point per successful hit.  Mage Floaters gain 5
experience points for each spell they cast.  Floaters with enough experience are
able to advance to a higher level.Simply having the experience is not enough, though.
As you open bridges to new islands, your wisdom increases, and you will be able to
upgrade your Dojos, or build a new type of Dojo.  If you can upgrade a Dojo, a blue
double-arrow will indicate that it can be upgraded.  Once a Dojo has been enlarged
to level two, your two most experienced Floaters from that Dojo will become 2nd-level
Floaters.  This will increase their hit points and the strength of their attacks.
Two Workers will be recruited to replace the two 1st-level Floaters.  Likewise, when
you upgrade a Dojo to level three, your most experienced 2nd level Floater may be
advanced to 3rd level.  Your most experienced 1st-level Floater will be advanced to
2nd level, and a Worker will be recruited to replace the 1st level Floater, for a
maximum of six trained Floaters per Dojo.  If your Floaters do not have enough
experience to advance, that Dojo may be understaffed for a while.
    Mage towers are different.  They only train one Floater of each level, for
a maximum of three mages per tower.
    The number of upgrades you will have depends on the size of the world, not
on the difficulty level.  On a small world (six islands) you will not be allowed to
have most of the upgrades and new Dojos.  On a medium world (ten islands) you will
have all but one of the upgrades, and on a large world (14 islands), you will be able
to have all the upgrades.  This makes a high-difficulty game with a small world
extremely difficult, since you will not have as many high-powered Floaters.  Table 1
at the end of this strategy guide gives you some information on the types of Dojos
each tribe can build.
    On most games, you can win with only a few buildings (other than Tone
Spreaders).  Usually, this consists of two or three Tone Solidifiers, three Tone
Crystal Growers, and two Magic Crystal Generators.  One of each of these, you will
keep close to your Tribal Center for when you want to replenish your stockpile.
The others you will place close to your front lines, so that you can resupply your
Dojos more quickly.  I usually build two Dojos of each type, except for Mage Towers;
I usually only build one Mage Tower, because my mages rarely engage in direct combat.

9. Late Expansion

You will probably find one or more Bridge Keys on each island.  These are used to open
passages to other islands.  I recommend advancing slowly, one island at a time.  When
you open a bridge, take a look at the new island first.  You may need to send some
trained Floaters to that world to destroy any creatures in the area first.  Otherwise,
when you start teleporting your buildings to that world, the building may be attacked,
and can be badly damaged or destroyed before the Floaters catch up.  Teleporting a
building is instantaneous; the Floaters from that Dojo still have to get to the bridge
and cross the bridge to get there.

Also, before you start teleporting buildings, go to your Tribal Center and make sure
your stockpile is fully charged.  Remember that the Structure Tone and the Magic Tone
stored in your Tribal Center is used to teleport buildings.
    After you have cleared out the creatures, and perhaps the spawn with ranged
attacks, the first thing you will teleport is one of your Dojos, followed by a Tone
Crystal Grower and a Tone Solidifier.  Teleport more Dojos to the island as you free
up more Tone Nodes.

10. Mystic Locations and Artifacts

Each island has one of the ancient Mystic Locations on it.  Each of these mystic
locations requires two artifacts to activate it.  You will find these artifacts
randomly scattered around the islands.  (This randomness is the reason why it is
impossible to write an actual "walkthru" for this game.)  The mystic locations will
be on the same islands every time, though.  Table 5 at the end of this strategy guide
tells you which artifacts are needed for each mystic location.  Each Mystic Location
you activate will give you another rune.  All the runes must be found before you can
destroy the Leviathan.  At some point after you get your first rune, an Awakened One
will be born.  This special floater will glow blue, so it is easy to identify.  It
tends to hover around your Tribal Center, except when you send it to Friid (the
Leviathan's home) to use the runes you've collected.  You must keep this floater
alive; it is the only one who knows how to use the runes.  It will not act as a Worker,
nor can it be used to attack the enemy, except when the Panic button is turned on.

11. Using Spells

This section is slightly out of place, but I had to put it in somewhere.  To use a
spell, select a spell tower.  Eight icons will appear in the lower right corner of
the screen, each one indicating a different spell.  If the tower doesn't have any
mages experienced enough to cast the spell, the name of the spell will appear in
red when you pass your cursor over it.  If you have the skill to cast it (but not
necessarily enough Tone Crystals or Magic Tone), the name of the spell will appear
in white.  Most spells require a target after casting.  Six spells do not require
a target at all.  These are: Healing, Sacrifice, Enchant Tribe, Chi Flare, Cadmus,
and Channel Chronomyst.  Three spells require you to target a Tone Pool.  These are
Free Tone Pool, Tone Pool Rebel, and Pool Ward.  Six spells require you to target
one of your Dojos.  These are: Heal Dojo, Repair, Force of Will, Realm Transcend,
Stamina, and Racial Memory.  The spell of Silent Shield is the only one that targets
a specific Tone Node.  Enchant Dwelling can target any of your buildings.  Star Disk
can be used on any structure or growth except Spawners.  Sky Stoner and Paralyze
Growths require you to target a growth, though Paralyze Growth has an area of effect
and also paralyzes any growths near the target.  Far Obtain's target is an artifact.
Spell duration can be classified as Temporary, Instant, or Permanent.  Those with
Instant effects are usually those which destroy something.  These are Sacrifice,
Star Disk, Sky Stoner, Free Tone Pool, and Chi Flare.  Most spells are temporary, and
last for only a certain period of time.  These spells include Channel Chronomyst,
Cadmus, Racial Memory, Tone Pool Rebel, Stamina, Enchant Tribe, Realm Transcend, Force
of Will, Pool Ward, Silent Shield, Enchant Dwelling, Paralyze Growths, and Far Obtain.
Those spells that I classify as "Permanent" are usually healing spells.  They don't
have a specific duration, and their effects are permanent until the target is damaged
again.  These include Heal Dojo, Healing, Repair, and Awaken Spirit.  Table 2 at the
end of this strategy guide tells you which spells can be used by which tribes.  Table
3 tells you how many Crystal Tone and Magic Tone are needed to cast the spell, and a
brief description.

12. Useful Spells

This section includes a listing of all the spells in the game, who can use them, and
when you will find them most useful.  Some spells are more useful than others.  Your
mileage may vary.

    Enchant Dwelling is a 1st-level spell.  The Cepheans and the Tarks can use
this spell.  It is most often used when you have a building (any building, not
necessarily a Dojo) close to the front lines that the enemy seems determined to destroy.
Casting this spell on that building will temporarily protect it from all damage.
    Far Obtain is a 1st-level spell, used only by the Zygons.  This is useful when
you want to grab an artifact that is in a spot surrounded by a lot of dangerous creatures
or spawn, and you aren't ready to try to destroy them yet.  It will fetch an artifact
from any visible spot on the island where your mage tower is located.  It would be more
useful if it would fetch an artifact from any island, not just the one that the tower
is on.
    Heal Dojo is a 1st-level spell, used by the Zygons and the Dyla.  When you cast
this spell and pick a Dojo, all the trained Floaters from that Dojo are fully healed.
This is especially useful when you're engaged in a hot battle on the front lines, and
you really can't risk pulling them back to heal.
    Healing is a 1st-level spell known only by the Dyla.  It calls upon the essence
of Tone to heal several of your most wounded Workers.  I didn't think this spell was
that useful, since Workers are usually easy to replace, and if you're careful, they won't
be attacked anyway.
    Paralyze Growths is known by the Zygons and Cepheans.  This spell must be targeted
on a specific Leviathan growth, but it has an area effect, temporarily paralyzing the
target and any other growths nearby.  It can be useful when you are getting ready to clear
out a large cluster of growths.
    Pool Ward is a 1st-level spell known only to the Dyla.  This is a very useful
spell, since it surrounds a Tone Pool with an energy shield that prevents Leviathan
Spores from infecting it with a new Spawner.  If you don't have enough Magic Tone and
Crystal Tone in your stockpile, this spell can protect a newly-freed Tone Pool until you
can teleport a Dojo close enough to defend it.
    Repair is another 1st-level spell known only to the Dyla.  It is useful in the
same circumstances as Enchant Dwelling.  If one of your buildings keeps being attacked,
you can use this spell to keep it repaired until help can arrive.  It won't prevent it
from being damaged again, but its relatively low Tone cost makes it economical to cast.
    Sacrifice is a 1st-level spell known to the Tarks.  The Wizard gives up his life,
creating a wave of Tone power that will severely damage anything nearby.  I almost never
use this spell, because it deprives you of one of your mages until a new one can be
trained.
    Silent Shield is a 1st-level spell known only by the Cepheans.  It works like
Pool Ward, but it protects a Tone Node from being infected by Leviathan Spawn.  This
spell is not really very useful as far as I'm concerned; it's easy enough to just send
some trained Floaters to attack the infection before it grows into a new spawn.
    Star Disk is by far the most useful spell known by the Tarks.  It will destroy
a structure or growth at any distance (not spawners, however), so you don't have to risk
your valuable Floaters in a direct assault.
    Awaken Spirit is a 2nd-level spell, known by the Dyla and Tarks.  The target is
one of your Dojos.  All Floaters from that Dojo will be given additional hit points equal
to their base hit points.  (For example: The base hit points of a Dyla Summoner is 17.
If it had only 11 hit points left, and you cast this spell on its Dojo, 17 more hit
points would be added, giving it a total of 28 hit points.)  These hit points are
"permanent" until the Floater is damaged again.
    Enchant Tribe is known to the Zygons and Tarks.  It temporarily makes all your
workers immune to all harm.  It's useful when you must send them into combat, or to
pick up an artifact surrounded by dangerous growths.
    Free Tone Pool is known by the Cepheans and Dyla.  It summons the Tone Fury
(which looks like a glowing magical bird) to destroy a Leviathan Spawner at any distance.
By far this is one of the most useful spells.
    Force of Will is known to the Tarks only.  The target is one of your Dojos.  All
Floaters from that Dojo will temporarily have higher strength (more damage per attack)
and skill (more damage per attack).
    Realm Transcend is a spell used by the Zygons and Dyla.  The target is one of
your Dojos.  It temporarily shifts the Floaters of that Dojo into the next realm of
existence, allowing them to have better effectiveness against certain creatures.  Most
useful on the higher difficulty levels, where the effect of the tides between the four
realms is more pronounced.
    Sky Stoner is also known only by the Tarks.  The target is any Leviathan creature.
It calls down celestial boulders that will totally destroy that creature.  Very useful.

    Stamina is known only by the Zygons.  The target is one of your Dojos.  This
allows the Floaters from that Dojo to continue fighting without having to return to the
Dojo to resupply their Crystal Tone (though they may still have to return to heal).
Very useful in a pitched battle.
    Tone Pool Rebel is a spell used by the Cepheans.  It temporarily paralyzes the
Spawner that you use it on, so it can't create spores or new creatures.
    Cadmus is a 3rd-level spell known by the Cepheans and the Tarks.  It mesmerizes
the hostile creatures (both growths and creatures) so they turn their hostility randomly
against each other.  Very useful.
    Channel Chronomyst is known by the Zygons and Dyla.  It temporarily doubles the
speed of all your Floaters, both your Workers and your trained Floaters.  Exceptionally
useful.
    Chi Flare is a spell used only by the Zygons.  No target is required; the area
of effect is centered on the caster, shattering anything nearby.  Rarely useful to me
because I don't let my mages get into front line battles.
    Finally, Racial Memory is used only by the Cepheans.  It temporarily shifts the
Floaters of a Dojo into the previous realm of existence, which can change how effective
they are against certain creatures.  Most useful at the higher levels of difficulty.
    Keep in mind that in a multi-player game of The Tone Rebellion, any spell that
targets a Dojo can be used on the Dojos of another friendly tribe, though this is hard
to coordinate.

13. The Final Assault on Friid

The island of Friid, home of the Leviathan, can be tough, especially at the higher levels
of difficulty.  It has no less than six Spawners creating spores and creatures, surrounded
by dozens of growths.  The rune towers are also here; there is one rune tower corresponding
to one of the runes you have collected.  If possible, use long-range spells like Star Disk
to destroy growths, Free Tone Pool or Tone Pool Rebel to destroy or paralyze the Spawners,
or Cadmus to turn the growths and creatures against each other.  If you don't have some
of those spells, attacking from both sides is advisable.  There are three Spawners on each
side of the Leviathan, and the quicker you can kill them the better.  Once your Floaters
are no longer being threatened, send in the Awakened One to use the runes.  There is one
rune for each tower.  As you use the runes, the towers are destroyed.  Once all the towers
are destroyed, the Leviathan will also be destroyed.  Game over!
    I hope this strategy guide helps you in your quest to defeat the Leviathan.  If
you have any questions, or need more help, I'm willing to try.  Send comments and e-mail
to:

Marcus Spears


Tables
Table 1: Building Types

            Tark            Zygon        Cephean        Dyla
Name            Brotherhood of Tentacle    Clan of Sol    Banshees    Summoners
Range (1)        close            160        close        230
Realm (2)        physical            supernatural    ethereal        natural
Hit Points (3)        17            13        14        17
Attack Charge (4)    19            13        14        19
Strength (3)        5            5        5        5
Speed (1)         3            4        4        3
Levels            1-3            1-3        1-3        1-3

            Tark            Zygon        Cephean        Dyla
Name            Gazers            Spirit Callers    Stormers    Den of the Beast
Range (1)        145            close        175        close
Realm (2)        supernatural        ethereal        natural        physical
Hit Points (3)        14            15        15        14
Attack Charge (4)    17            15        16        17
Strength (3)        4            5        3        4
Speed (1)        3            3        4        3
Levels            1-3            1-3        1-3        1-3

            Tark            Zygon        Cephean        Dyla
Name            League of the Star    Light Shaping    Astral Travelers    Wind Shapers
Range (1)        120            close        195        close
Realm (2)        physical            supernatural    ethereal        natural
Hit Points (3)        15            14        13        16
Attack Charge (4)    19            14        16        18
Strength (3)        5            6        4        3
Speed (1)        4            4        3        4
Levels            1-2            1-2        1-2        1-2

            Tark            Zygon        Cephean        Dyla
Name            Soc. Of Magicians    Sorcerors    Arcania        Druids
Range (1)        close            close        close        close
Realm (2)        physical            supernatural    ethereal        natural
Hit Points (3)        16            14        15        16
Attack Charge (4)    10            10        10        12
Strength (3)        3            2        2        2
Speed (1)        3            4        4        3
Levels            1-3            1-3        1-3        1-3

1) I'm not sure how the range is measured; possibly in pixels.  I also don't know exactly
how speed is determined.
2) Remember the progression: Physical dominates Supernatural, Supernatural dominates
Ethereal, Ethereal dominates Natural, and Natural dominates Physical.  Physical may
dominate Ethereal, and Supernatural may dominate Natural, depending on the tides between
realms.  This means that some creatures will be more or less resistant to your attacks.
3) This indicates the basic Hit Points and Strength of the Floaters.  As they go up in
level, these two values will also go up.
4) The Attack Charge indicates how many attacks that these Floaters may make before
they must return to their Dojo to recharge.  Usually, they retreat automatically when
they are down to 2 or 3 charges.

Table 2: Spell Types

Race            1st level            2nd level            3rd level
Zygons            Heal Dojo        Realm Transcend        Chi Flare
            Paralyze Growths        Enchant Tribe        Channel Chronomyst
            Far Obtain        Stamina

Cepheans        Paralyze Growths        Force of Will        Cadmus
            Enchant Dwelling    Free Tone Pool        Racial Memory
            Silent Shield
            Tone Pool Rebel

Dyla            Heal Dojo        Awaken Spirit        Channel Chronomyst
            Healing            Realm Transcend
            Repair            Free Tone Pool
            Pool Ward

Tarks            Enchant Dwelling    Awaken Spirit        Cadmus
            Sacrifice            Force of Will
            Star Disk        Enchant Tribe
                        Sky Stoner

Table 3: Spell Descriptions

    All spell effects (except for ones that completely destroy a spawner, growth, or
creature) are temporary.  The caster must have enough magic tone and tone crystals to cast
the spell (stored in the mage tower he's from).  Unless otherwise specified, spells that
affect floaters (such as Awaken Spirit) affect only floaters from one dojo.

Spell Name        Magic Tone    Tone Crystals    Description
Awaken Spirit        33        13        Double floater's hit points
Cadmus            59        33        Make enemies randomly attack each other
Channel Chronomyst    46        22        Double the speed of all floaters
Chi Flare        39        18        Shatter anything nearby (area effect)
Enchant Dwelling    10        9        Protect structure from damage
Enchant Tribe        36        17        Make workers immune to harm
Far Obtain        9        14        Fetch an artifact from visible location
Force of Will        28        17        Boost floater's might and skill
Heal Dojo        9        7        Heal all floaters from one dojo
Healing            12        9        Heal most workers
Paralyze Growths        16        11        Paralyze Leviathan growths (area effect)
Pool Ward        14        10        Protect a Tone Pool from infection
Racial Memory        43        18        Shift floaters into previous realm
Realm Transcend        34        12        Shift floaters into next realm
Repair            9        12        Completely repair a building
Sacrifice            11        17        Wizard self-destructs, area effect damage
Sky Stoner        7        13        Destroy any spawn of the Leviathan
Silent Shield        12        7        Protect a Tone Node from infection
Stamina            22        19        Allow the floaters of a dojo to fight w/o rest
Star Disk        11        13        Blast a growth (not spawners) at any dist.
Tone Pool Rebel        35        12        Temporarily freeze a spawner

Table 4: Enemy Types

Spawn Name        Range        Realm        Hit Points    Strength        Speed
Spores            n/a        all        4        n/a        1
Rakalingus        close        physical        16        4        2
Broontilingus        close        physical        27        7        3
Zeeth            130        physical        11        4        2
Keth            130        physical        18        7        3
Drack            close        supernatural    13        3        3
Nadrack            close        supernatural    22        6        3
Tone Wasp        140        supernatural    8        3        3
Sasp            140        supernatural    13        6        3
Ronth            close        ethereal        14        5        4
Varnth            close        ethereal        23        8        4
Metha            150        ethereal        9        4        3
Koalint            150        ethereal        15        7        3
Zwacker            close        natural        15        3        3
Zwaup            close        natural        25        6        3
Shandi            160        natural        10        5        2
Flindex            160        natural        17        8        2

Growth Name        Range        Hit Points    Strength
Blind Arm        close        15        3
Blistin            close        10        5
Quitch            close        18        4
Hydron            close        22        7
Fire Hive        close        24        8
Mabus            close        23        10
Plasid            150        9        2
Grender            100        13        3
Mesron            200        11        4
Clockwork Sentinel    175        20        5
Anenepode        260        15        6
Xylus            320        16        6

Table 5: Mystical Locations and Artifacts

    All mystical locations require two artifacts to activate.  These artifacts will be
randomly scattered across the islands, so I can't tell you where to find them.  The
mystical locations themselves will always be on one specific island.  Each mystical
location you activate, gives you another of the runes needed to defeat the Leviathan.
You do not have to find or deliver the artifacts in any particular order, nor do you have
to activate the mystic locations in any particular order.

Mystic Location            Island            Artifact 1        Artifact 2
Mantu the Still            Tarzus            Tetrajen        Octajen
Tone Amplifier            Crystal Cave        Taze Crystal        Taze Crystal
Vortex of Perception        Cephean Sea        Ether Lantern        Ether Lantern
Last Respiria Plant        Pangir            Respiria Spore        Growth Tone
Dreest the Bog Shade        Dreen Bog        skull of a Floater    skull of New One
The Krajin            Onsama            idol of Strength    idol of Surrender
The Hall of Stories        Palomon            Key            Key
Memory of the Ancestors        The Core        Lunar Disk        Solar Disk
Shrine of the Storm        Frenza            Xaphen            Xenog
Disk of Time            Lethe            Power Disk        Sands of Time
Spire of the Dead        Mymus            Lamp of the Living    Lamp of Dead
Haunt of the Mad One        Morfid            Tone Canister        Tone Canister
Span of Norasten        Norasten        East Key        West Key