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Overview
Issue 13 introduced Merit Rewards, which included a reworking of the reward system to obtain Invention Recipes from Task Forces, Trials, and Story Arcs.
Task Forces give an average of 1 merit every 3 minutes of average time (20 merits an hour), Trials give an average of 1 merit every 2.5 minutes (24 merits an hour), and Story Arcs give an average of 1 merit every 7.5 minutes (8 merits an hour). The reason for this major difference is due to the considerable time and effort Task/Strike Forces can take to set up and complete, so naturally these tasks grant a much greater reward.
Strike Forces and Trials
| Name | Merits | Contact | Summary
|
| The Beast Beneath the Mountain | 12 | Virgil Tarikoss
| 6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hero, 1 AV
|
| Pirates of the Sky | 35 | Silver Mantis
| 6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 AV
|
| Temple of the Waters | 22 | Operative Renault
| 5 Door Missions, 2 Talks, 3 Hunts, 3 AVs
|
| The Crystal of Serafina | 25 | Ice Mistral
| 6 Door Missions (3 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 AV
|
| Lord Recluse Strike Force | 25 | Lord Recluse
| 5 Door Missions, 1 Talk, 1 Monster, 18 Heroes
|
| First Respec Trial | 15 | Sparcetriel
| 2 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 2 EBs, 1 AV
|
| Second Respec Trial | 15 | Trepsarciel
| 2 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 1 AV
|
| Third Respec Trial | 15 | Ractespriel
| 2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 AV
|
| Mender Lazarus Task Force | 6 | Mender Lazarus
| 4 Door Missions, 5 AVs
|
| Mender Tesseract Strike Force | 4 | Mender Tesseract
| 3 Door Missions, 4 EBs, 2 Heroes
|
| Mender Silos Strike Force | 6 | Mender Silos
| 3 Door Missions, 14 Heroes
|
Story Arcs
Soldier (Level 1-15)
'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts
Malcontent (Level 16-19)
Insider (Level 20-24)
| Name | Merits | Contact | Summary
|
| The Origin of Power | 3 | Ashley McKnight
| 1 Door Mission, 5 Talks
|
| Iron Widow | 4 | Captain Petrovich
| 6 Door Missions, 1 EB
|
| Kings of the Sky | 4 | Lt. Chalmers
| 3 Door Missions, 1 EB
|
| Operation Skyhook | 4 | Lt. Chalmers
| 3 Door Missions, 1 Talk
|
| Coral Bonanza | 3 | Crash Cage
| 2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk, 1 AV/EB
|
| Breaking the Cage | 4 | Crash Cage
| 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk
|
| Any Body Will Do | 2 | Vince Dubrowski
| 3 Door Missions
|
| Disturbing the Dead | 3 | Henri Dumont
| 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 2 Talks
|
| Carpe Diem | 3 | Lorenz Ansaldo
| 3 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 1 Hero/EB
|
| A Web of Intrigue | 9 | Operative Vargas
| 7 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
|
Undesirable (Level 25-29)
| Name
| Merits
| Contact
| Summary
|
| Aurora Fades
| 1
| Darla Mavis
| 2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 Hero/EB
|
| Power Mine
| 3
| Darla Mavis
| 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
|
| Sabotage!
| 4
| Kristof Jaeger
| 4 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 1 Talk
|
| Trust and Betrayal
| 5
| Lt. Demitrovich
| 6 Door Missions, 1 Talk
|
| Zag Breakout!
| 2
| Shadowy Figure
| 3 Door Missions, 1 Talk
|
| Midnight Draws Near
| 10¹
| Darrin Wade
| 5 Door Missions, 4 Heroes/EBs
|
| Forging the Blackwand
| 8
| Archmage Tarixus
| 5 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 1 EB
|
| Die by the Freak!
| 4
| Doc Buzzsaw
| 7 Door Missions, 1 EB
|
| Heavy Metal Doctoring
| 3
| Doc Buzzsaw
| 3 Door Missions
|
| The Cult of the Shaper
| 5
| Diviner Maros
| 6 Door Missions, 2 AV/EBs, 1 EB
|
| On the Trail of the Leviathan
| 2
| Operative Kirkland
| 2 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
|
| Retrieve Crash's Shipments
| 0*
| Vince Dubrowski
| 1 Door Mission, 2 Talks
|
| Bust Up the Dockworker's Strike
| 1*
| Lorenz Ansaldo
| 1 Door Mission
|
'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts
¹ Denotes recent increase in Merit Rewards
Wiseguy (Level 30-34)
| Name | Merits | Contact | Summary
|
| Taming the Tigress | 3 | Crimson Revenant
| 2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 Hero/EB
|
| Brawling with the Big Boys | 3 | Crimson Revenant
| 3 Door Missions, 1 Hero/EB
|
| Snuffing the Light | 4 | Operative Rutger
| 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hero/EB
|
| Into Valhalla | 7 | Operative Rutger
| 4 Door Missions, 2 Hunts, 1 Hero/EB
|
| Nictus Dissection | 2 | Psymon Omega
| 3 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
|
| Psymon Sez | 5 | Psymon Omega
| 6 Door Missions, 1 EB, 1 Hero/EB
|
| Miss Fortune's Wheel | 2 | Slot Machine
| 3 Door Missions
|
| High Roller's Last Gamble | 4 | Slot Machine
| 3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
|
| Strange Memories | 4 | Timothy Raymond
| 3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
|
| Breaking the Streak | 3 | Hard Luck
| 2 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
|
| Silver-Tongued Devil | 3 | Hardcase
| 3 Door Missions
|
| Sold for a Song | 7 | Hardcase
| 5 Door Missions, 2 Hunts, 1 Talk
|
| Chaos Unbound | 5 | Vivacious Verandi
| 5 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 2 Talks
|
| Offer Soul of Akarist | 1* | Archmage Tarixus
| 1 Door Mission
|
| Eliminate Negotiator and Witnesses | 0* | Operative Kirkland
| 1 Door Mission
|
'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts
Criminal (Level 35-39)
| Name | Merits | Contact | Summary
|
| No One Gets It | 3 | Arbiter Leery
| 3 Door Missions, 2 AV/EBs
|
| Crossfire | 3 | Arbiter Leery
| 4 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hero/EB
|
| A Traitorous History | 2 | Magus Mu'Drakhan
| 3 Door Missions
|
| The Secret of the Circle | 6 | Magus Mu'Drakhan
| 6 Door Missions
|
| Bravo for the Shadow Shard | 5 | Technician Naylor
| 3 Door Missions, 1 EB
|
| Automatic Villainy | 5 | Technician Naylor
| 6 Door Missions, 2 EBs
|
| The Devil's Card Deck | 5 | Mercedes Sheldon
| 2 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 2 Talks
|
| Blurring the Lines | 3 | Kelly Uqua
| 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 EB
|
| Fat Cat City | 4 | Basse Croupier
| 3 Door Missions
|
| Pied Piper | 2 | Hardcase
| 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
|
| Chaos Affair | 5 | Hardcase
| 5 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt
|
| The Missing Maidens | 3 | Jezebel Jones
| 3 Door Missions, 1 hunt
|
| Johnny's Squeeze | 3 | Jezebel Jones
| 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
|
| Devil May Care | 10 | Johnny Sonata
| 5 Door Missions, 2 Talks, 1 EB, 1 AV/EB
|
| The Unlucky Artifact | 1* | Hard Luck
| 1 Door Mission
|
'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts
Captain (Level 40-45)
| Name | Merits | Contact | Summary
|
| Breaking Knives | 4 | Arbiter Daos
| 3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
|
| Absolute Vengeance | 2 | Arbiter Daos
| 3 Door Missions
|
| The Arachnoid Cure | 2 | Terrence Dobbs
| 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 EB
|
| Arachnoid Appetizers | 2 | Terrence Dobbs
| 2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk
|
| Building a Better Vermin | 5 | Terrence Dobbs
| 4 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 Talk
|
| Project Fury | 3 | Dr. Forrester
| 2 Door Missions, 1 Hunts, 1 EB
|
| Countess Coup | 3 | Regent Korol
| 3 Door Missions, 1 AV/EB
|
| Kuhr'Rekt Diplomacy | 3 | Ambassador Kuhr'Rekt
| 3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
|
| Kuhr'Rekt Revenge | 3 | Ambassador Kuhr'Rekt
| 3 Door Missions, 1 EB, 3 Hero/EBs
|
| Apt Pupil | 5 | Number 204
| 6 Door Missions (3 Defeat All)
|
| Miss Francine the Freakshow teacher | 3 | Westin Phipps
| 4 Door Missions, 1 Hero/EB
|
| The Rebels | 2 | Westin Phipps
| 3 Door Missions, 1 Hero/EB
|
| The Bane of the Heart | 5 | Westin Phipps
| 7 Door Missions, 1 EB, 1 Hero/EB
|
| Shucking Souls | 4 | Mage-Killer Zuhkara
| 3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Talk
|
| The Hunt | 5 | Mage-Killer Zuhkara
| ---
|
| The Circle's Plot | 6 | Mage-Killer Zuhkara
| 5 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
|
| Party Crasher* | 1 | Dr. Forrester
| 1 Door Mission, 1 AV/EB
|
| Selestar* | 1 | Mage-Killer Zuhkara
| 1 Door Mission
|
| Attack Longbow Portal Base | 1* | Technician Naylor
| 1 Door Mission
|
| B4nKbUsTah | 1* | Basse Croupier
| 1 Door Mission
|
'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts
Made (Level 46-50)
| Name | Merits | Contact | Summary
|
| Ouroboros Initiation | 3 | The Pilgrim
| 4 Door Missions, 6 Talks, 1 EB
|
| Power from the Past | 2 | Sister Airlia
| 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hero/EB
|
| Politics, Cimeroran Style | 3 | Sister Airlia
| 6 Door Missions (4 Defeat Alls), 4 Talks, 1 Hunt, 1 EB
|
| Midnight's Hand | 2 | Ashley McKnight
| 3 Door Missions
|
| Vindication | 3 | Abyss
| 3 Door Missions, 5 Hero/EBs
|
| Light and Darkness | 2 | Abyss
| 3 Door Missions, 1 Hero/EB
|
| Ancient History | 2 | Operative Grillo
| 2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 2 Talks
|
| Escaped! | 2 | Operative Grillo
| 3 Door Missions
|
| Snake Fest | 6 | Operative Grillo
| 5 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 4 Talks, 1 AV/EB
|
| Alone in the Darque | 3 | Efficiency Expert Pither
| 3 Door Missions
|
| Indigo Hunt | 3 | Shadow Spider
| 3 Door Missions, 1 EB, 1 Hero/EB
|
| Crimson Hunt | 2 | Shadow Spider
| 3 Door Missions, 1 Hero/EB
|
| The Code Merlin | 4 | Tavish Bell
| 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 AV/EB
|
| Vigilante Justice | 4 | Tavish Bell
| 6 Door Missions, 6 Hero/EBs
|
| The TV Report | 5 | Television
| 3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 5 Talks
|
| Video Killed the Radio | 2 | Television
| 2 Door Missions, 1 Talks
|
| The TV Invasion | 3 | Television
| 3 Door Missions
|
| The Conference of Evil | 8 | Viridian
| 6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
|
| Von Grun's Science | 3 | Vernon von Grun
| 3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 EB
|
| The Great Grun Gathering | 3 | Vernon von Grun
| 3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 2 Talks, 1 Hero/EB
|
| Von Grun's Lament | 2 | Vernon von Grun
| 3 Door Missions, 1 Hero/EB
|
| Von Grun's Redemption | 7 | Vernon von Grun
| 6 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Talks, 1 Hero/EB
|
| Video Games Made Me Do It | 1* | Television
| 1 Door Mission
|
'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts
Patron Arcs
| Name | Merits | Contact | Summary
|
| Armor Wars | --- | Black Scorpion
| 5 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk, 1 AV/EB
|
| Chink in the Armor | 5 | Black Scorpion
| 5 Door Missions, 2 Talks, 1 EB, 2 AV/EBs
|
| The Destiny Raids | 5 | Black Scorpion
| 6 Door Missions
|
| Time After Time | --- | Black Scorpion
| 5 Door Missions, 5 Talks, 3 EB, 1 AV/EB
|
| Killer Instinct | 5 | Captain Mako
| 5 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk
|
| The Perfect Killing Machine | 5 | Captain Mako
| 4 Door Missions , 2 Talks
|
| Iron Fist | 5 | Captain Mako
| 5 Door Missions, 1 Talk
|
| Time After Time | --- | Captain Mako
| 5 Door Missions, 6 Talks, 2 EBs, 1 AV/EB
|
| Mystic Mayhem | 4 | Ghost Widow
| 6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 2 Talks
|
| Life and Death | 5 | Ghost Widow
| 4 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunts, 2 Talks
|
| Brain Power | 5 | Ghost Widow
| 5 Door Missions
|
| Time After Time | 5 | Ghost Widow
| 5 Door Missions, 3 Talks, 2 EBs, 1 AV/EB
|
| A Wind Called Serafina | 5 | Scirocco
| 6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 2 Talks
|
| Hammer of the World | --- | Scirocco
| 7 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 3 Talks
|
| The Spirit City of Hequat | 5 | Scirocco
| 6 Door Missions, 2 Talks
|
| Time After Time | --- | Scirocco
| 5 Door Missions, 5 Talks, 3 EB, 1 AV/EB
|
'* Not in Flashback.
Soldiers of Arachnos Only
Events
| Arc Name | Merits | Contact | Summary
|
| Spring Event (1-50) | 2 | Scratch
| 2 Door Missions
|
See Also
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