Battleground of the Obelisk

Six factions from around Neopia wage battle to impress the Oracle.

The Battleground of the Obelisk is a site feature that was introduced as part of the War for the Obelisk plot. At the Battleground, users can join one of six different warring factions and battle to win the favor of the powerful Orcale.

How to Play

	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
Week 1	Signups			Battling
Week 2	Truce: Boons are active

The Battleground of the Obelisk is played in two-week rounds. Only three of the six warring factions participate in each round. The three participating faction are randomly selected; however, whenever a faction wins a round, they are excluded from participating in the next round. As such, a single faction cannot win two rounds in a row.

Each round begins with a three day sign-up period. During this time, users are allowed to join any of the three participating factions. After sign-ups are over, a battling period begins. During this four-day period, users can rack up points for their faction by defeating certain Battleground exclusive 1-player challengers in the Battledome.

When the battling period ends, a seven day truce period begins. The faction with the most points wins the round and receives the Oracle's blessings. Users that supported the wining faction are presented with a selection of five different boons and are allowed to choose one. Users who supported either of the two losing factions will instead receive a small consolation prize.

Opponents

Each faction is represented by five unique Battledome opponents. After a user joins one of the three factions participating in the current round, they will be able to fight all the opponents from the other two remaining factions.

All of these opponents are exclusive to the Battleground of the Obelisk, and they cannot be fought any other way:

Awakened Opponents
Grumpy Mummy	Zombie Hooligan	Ghostly Knight
Unchained Monster	Lanie and Lillie

Brute Squad Opponents
Rent-a-Brute	Back Alley Bruiser	Brutal Mercenary
Unyielding Sentinel	Commander Flint

Order of the Red Erisim Opponents
Minor Warlock	Hedgewitch	Licensed Conjurer
Master Wizard	Rasala the Bright

Seekers Opponents
Assistant Scientist	Smug Philosopher	Stalwart Explorer
Genius Inventor	Professor Lambert

The Sway Opponents
Amateur Insider	Charming Subversive	Nefarious Plotter
Cunning Mastermind	The Duchess

Thieves Guild Opponents
Petty Pilferer	Roadside Bandit	Midnight Smuggler
Shady Prowler	Kanrik, Master Thief

Boons

Boons are temporary boosts that give users specific advantages on the Neopets website. There are many different boons and each one has a unique effect. Boons can only be earned by supporting the winning faction during a round of the Battleground of the Obelisk and participating in at least 10 battles during that round. Each faction has a fixed set of five boons that they can receive from the Oracle. The exception to this is the Awakened, who instead are presented with a set of five boons that are randomly selected from among the other faction's boons.

Boons only remain active during the one-week truce period that occurs at the end of a round. They expire as soon as sign-ups for the next round begin.

Boon	Effect	Available to
Bank Bribery	Your interest rate at the National Neopian is increased by 3%.	Awakened* Seekers Sway
Black Market Goods	Extra items that have a rarity of 85 or more will restock at official Neopian shops. These extra items are only available to users using this boon.	Awakened* Sway
Book Smarts	Your Neopets will receive 2 - 4 intelligence points when reading a book instead of the standard 1 point.	Awakened* Seekers
Cartogriphication	Your Neopet will automatically know which way to go when navigating the Faerie Caverns.	Awakened* Order of the Red Erisim
Cheaper by the Dozen	Allows you to buy stocks for as low as 10 NP at the Stock Market.	Awakened* Sway Thieves Guild
Doctor Who?	Your Neopets will automatically be cured whenever they contract a disease.	Awakened* Order of the Red Erisim Seekers
Doppelgänger	Gives a small chance that a one-use item will not be destroyed after being used in the Battledome.	Awakened* Brute Squad Order of the Red Erisim Thieves Guild
Double Bubble	Gives a small chance that Healing Potions will not be destroyed after being used on your Neopet.	Awakened* Order of the Red Erisim
Equip ALL THE THINGS	Allows you to equip a ninth piece of battledome equipment onto your Neopets.	Awakened* Brute Squad
Five-Finger Discount	You receive a 10% discount when haggling at official Neopian shops.	Awakened* Thieves Guild
GRRRAAAAHHHHHH!	Your Neopets do 10% more damage when attacking in the Battledome.	Awakened* Brute Squad
LOL AVIES	Allows you to copy one user's active avatar for as long as you have this boon. This "pilfered" avatar does not count toward your avatar high score.	Awakened* Thieves Guild
Refreshed Quest Request	Allows you to swap a currently active Faerie Quest for a new one. This new quest is randomly selected.	Awakened* Order of the Red Erisim Sway
Right Round Round Round	Allows you to spin each of Neopia's Wheels twice before having to wait the normal amount of time between spins.	Awakened* Brute Squad Seekers
Scratch Master	Allows you to buy two scratchcards before having to wait the normal amount of time between purchases.	Awakened* Brute Squad Thieves Guild
Strength of Mind	Your Neopets are granted the Mind Blast ability.	Awakened* Seekers
That Millionaire Feeling	Allows you to make a bid higher than 2,000,000 NP at the Trading Post.	Awakened* Sway

Premium Boons

In addition to their normal boon, Premium users can also choose one of the following two premium boons:

Boon	Effect	Available to
Full Pockets	You receive more NP from Premium Scratchcards.	All Premium users
Premium Dreamium	You can submit 4 scores each day for the Premium featured game of the day.	All Premium users

Avatars and Site Themes

There are six avatars that can be unlocked by participating in the Battleground of the Obelisk. In order to unlock these avatars, the user must have participated in at least 10 battles during the round:

	Battleground: Awakened Help the Awakened win a round of the Battleground of the Obelisk
	Battleground: Brute Squad Help the Brute Squad win a round of the Battleground of the Obelisk
	Battleground: The Order Help the Order of the Red Erisim win a round of the Battleground of the Obelisk
	Battleground: Seekers Help the Seekers win a round of the Battleground of the Obelisk
	Battleground: The Sway Help the Sway win a round of the Battleground of the Obelisk
	Battleground: Thieves Guild Help the Thieves Guild win a round of the Battleground of the Obelisk

In addition to this, there are six site themes, one for each of the six factions, that can be unlocked by participating the Battleground of the Obelisk. Like the above avatars, users can unlock each faction's site theme by being a member of that faction when it wins a round of the Battleground. In order to qualify for a site theme, the user must have participated in at least 10 battles during the round in which the faction won.

Consolation Prizes

If the user sides with a losing faction during a round, they will randomly receive one of the below consolation prizes:

Battleground of the Obelisk Consolation Prizes
Biscuit Table Lamp Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Blackberry Rug Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Bobbing Lenny Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Bony Bracers Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Bottled Volcano Steam Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Broken Desert Pottery Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Checked Kitchen Chair Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Cheese and Pickle Packed Lunch Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Chesterdrawers Antique Almanac Vol. IV Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Christmas Zafara Picture Frame Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Cream Cheese Pretzel Bites Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Cucumber Salad Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Dipping Apples Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Egg Salad Packed Lunch Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Encyclopedia Neopia Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Engraved Short Sword Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Fiery Carved Torch Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Fire Chomby Plushie Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Fire Tipped Spear Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Fizzy Apple Juice Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Flaming Shield Of Fire Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Framed Toast Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Freeze Dried Bacon Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Garlicy Mushrooms Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Gooseberry Jam Packed Lunch Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Granola Parfait Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Green Ruki Plushie Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Green Wocky Figurine Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Ham and Mustard Packed Lunch Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Hot Fudge Sundae Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Kacheek Flower Vase Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Laced Wooden Staff Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Maractite Throwing Net Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Meepit Painted Rock Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Muffin Baking Book Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Neopian Jambalaya Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Oatmeal Raisins Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Orange Wocky Puzzle Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Pile of Logs Foreground Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Professional Sock Collections Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Protective Lime Helmet Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Pull Along Kougra Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Purple Hissi Plushie Stats Attack None Defence None Links	River Rocks Foreground Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Ruki Ornament Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Salisbury Steak Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Sentimental Sediments Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Set Of Spoons Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Singularity Play Set Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Sketch Sofa Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Spotted Kiko Plushie Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Sturdy Blue Sword Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Sunglasses Book Stats Attack None Defence None Links	The Biographies of Mostly Important Neopians Stats Attack None Defence None Links	The Month of Eating Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Tomato Bomb Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Toy Pirate Cannon Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Tyrannia Travel Brochure Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Volcano Diagrams Stats Attack None Defence None Links	Von Roo Dice Stats Attack None Defence None Links
Wooden Vampire Stake Stats Attack None Defence None Links

External Links

• Battleground of the Obelisk