Arena (SoW1)

The Arena in Symphony of War, like most Dancing Dragon games, allows the player to fight enemies in predetermined conditions. In this case, the player with five chosen squads, is fighting against pre-determined squads (boss is always the same) and random generated squad in a controlled skirmish in different terrain for each arena. The player can lose by being defeated or its castle being taken by the enemy.

The player will be rewarded with tech points and money from capturing enemies and will gain some items, which includes level-up tomes, class points tomes (+500 points). random money and items, with the amounts increasing on more difficult arenas.

In New-Game plus, it's possible to enter the arena without a token, but that also offers no reward. Thus it can be used to test squad compositions in real circumstances.

Arena tokens

Most arena tokens can be gained by defeating squads, the odds can be increased with Treasure Hunter and Landis's Fixed Dice, finding them in marketplaces and bazaars. There also a few tokens that can be found in chests, which is always the same. These are needed to enter the arena.

In case the match is not to the liking of the player, the player can retreat without forfeiting the token. This can also be done at the first turn. In case the match is concluded with a win, the token itself will be consumed and the player will receive random and static rewards, according to arena level and the rank gained for the match.

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Arena token	Item value	Exchange ratio bronze	Arena setup	Squads
Bronze	450	1	Symmetric arena on a temperate plain, with woods and farm fields for ambushes. Is the easiest arena, though one could face tough squad, when firearm units are deployed very early in the game.	Two predetermined archer squads, one boss squad. Five random squads.
Silver	750	2	Snowy terrain in a symmetrical setting, with a river dividing the two opposing groups. Three bridges, though the middle one is most often the bottleneck for combat.	One archer squad, one infantry squad and a boss squad. Five random squads.
Gold	Example	4	Desert arena in a symmetrical setting, with walls having ramparts dividing the two parties. Ramparts do no allow straight paths. The groups must zigzag to reach the other castle or deploy flying squads. The oasis or the western wall is most often the place where the combat plays out.	One boss squad, which consists of two Sentinels, one Paladin, two Templars and three mages in the back row. Three archer squads, with a spearman front.
Platinum	2500	8	Symmetric arena on a temperate plain, with walls in the middle and swamps north and south being the main obstacles for either party. This a quite tough arena. According to the devs, it should drop a Legendary or Epic artifact (when no legendary artifacts are available) upon completion.	Two Warbow squads with front infantry, one mixed infantry squad. Boss squad consists of front Champions, two Templars and three mages in the back. Five random squads.

Bronze arena

Rewards

• Around 2000
• 2 XP Scrolls
• 2 CP Scrolls
• 4 random items (artifacts, affinity/trait scrolls, or stat boosters)
• Up to 40 Memory Fragments (NG+, scales up depending on which story chapter you are up to)

Silver arena

Rewards: S rank

• Around 4500-6000
• 4 XP Scrolls
• 4 CP Scrolls
• Proof of Merit (sometimes)?
• 4 random items (artifacts, affinity/trait scrolls, or stat boosters)
• Up to 80 Memory Fragments (NG+, scales up depending on which story chapter you are up to)

Gold arena

Rewards: S Rank

• Around 6000-8000
• 6 XP Scrolls
• 6 CP Scrolls
• 1 Proof of Merit?
• 4 random items (artifacts, affinity/trait scrolls, or stat boosters)
• 1 trait scroll that you haven't possessed in this playthrough (random trait scroll if you have had all of them)
• Up to 120 Memory Fragments (NG+, scales up depending on which story chapter you are up to)

Platinum arena

Rewards S: Rank

Conditions: No squad lost and victory is achieved in the default amount of turns.

• Around 15000
• 8 XP Scrolls
• 8 CP Scrolls
• 1 Proof of Merit
• 6 random items (artifacts, affinity/trait scrolls, or stat boosters)
• 1 Epic or Legendary artifact that you haven't possessed in this playthrough (random epic artifact if you have had all Legendary artifacts)
• Up to 160 Memory Fragments (NG+, scales up depending on which story chapter you are up to)

Rewards A: Rank

Conditions: Lost one squad at least.

• Around 15000
• 8 XP Scrolls
• 8 CP Scrolls
• 1 Proof of Merit
• 4 random items (artifacts, affinity/trait scrolls, or stat boosters)
• Up to 160 Memory Fragments (NG+, scales up depending on which story chapter you are up to)

Fixed token locations

Bronze locations

• Chapter 4: Paradigm Shift, chest at (23,2)

Silver locations

• Chapter 7: Tidereaver, chest at (22,16)
• Gaiden Chapter D: Clockwork City, chest at (25,23)

Gold locations

• Chapter 14: Paladin, Undaunted, chest at (7,2)
• Chapter 20: Wild Card, chest at (3,6)
• Gaiden Chapter C: No Mercy for the Merciful, chest at (15,10)

Platinum locations

• Chapter 17: Coaxing the Divine, chest at (5,23)
• Chapter 28: Downfall, chest at (24,36)
• Gaiden Chapter E: Ishtar's Lament, chest at (10,6)