Challenges and Tournaments

Overview

Challenges and tournaments play a part of Potterworld’s competitive side. The Arena Team is in charge of hosting both challenges and tournaments. There are a variety of competitions players can participate in, including the year-round Flying and Duelling. Additionally, there are some seasonal competitions like Star Racing and Sledding. On this page, players can find a full description of how challenges and tournaments work, Arena Tokens, and Seasons.

Each challenge rewards a minimum of 5 Arena Tokens (AT). Depending on how far the individual or team gets, will change the amount of AT given.  Challenges also reward gold and Arena Points. Additionally, the individual or team that wins the challenge overall can win house points. 

Challenges

Challenges are great ways players can practise before monthly tournaments. The challenges can be 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, or 4v4. This goes for both Duelling and Flying, as well as the seasonal styles. There are scheduled challenges that can be found on the calendar. Occasional surprise challenges are also held. 

Duelling challenges are usually set up in brackets that are randomised. Players duel each other and those who win their bracket move on. Semi-finalists would have to win the best of 3 matches in order to move onto finals. In finals, players would have to win the best of 5 duels in order to win. This process also decides who places third. Duelling challenges can also be in styles like King of the Hill where players are set to duel one another 1v1 and the winner of the duel moves on to fight the next player. There is also House Duelling, where players duel each other in their own house until there are only 4 left. Those 4 move into finals against the other houses. 

Flying challenges are set up differently from Duelling challenges. These challenges start with a qualifying race. Depending on how many people are on each team, the number of qualifiers varies from top 12 fliers to top 6 teams. Those who go to the finals will have to fly 4 different maps to earn points. The number of points given is dependent on what place the individual or team gets. The lowest amount of points each round is 1 and the highest is 15. 

Throughout the year, seasonal challenge styles are released. This includes Star Racing and Sledding. Star Racing is released around the time of May in addition to the May the Fourth event. Sledding is a holiday style that is usually released in December. Both run similar to Flying challenges, which have qualifying races and four additional races to determine the placement of players or teams. 

Challenge Tips

Some tips for challenges overall would be finding a team prior to the challenge. This makes the challenge process a lot faster for yourself and the Arena Team. For Duelling challenges, players should set up their wand hotbars before joining. This ensures that players are ready to duel their opponents. Warming up in the Duelling Halls with other duellists is another way to get ready for this type of challenge.  For Flying challenges, players should definitely warm-up using the Flying minigame. Additionally, players should turn down their render distance if they tend to have lag.

Tournaments

Once a month, tournaments for Duelling and Flying are held. They will be run exactly the same as the challenges, but at a more competitive and rewarding scale. Tournaments will always be on a Saturday at 12 PM PST. Each month has a different number of players that are required to be on each team, which can be found on the PotterworldMC website. 

Like challenges, there are also tournaments for seasonal styles like Sledding. They are usually held once or twice, depending on how long the styles are out. The very first Sledding tournament was held in December of 2020. 

As mentioned previously, tournaments reward more than challenges. The top four individuals or teams can earn around 2.5k-10k gold and 16-30 Arena Tokens. The overall winners can receive the champion prefix, temporary PvP Crown, and 500 Potter Points. Other participants also have a chance at earning Arena Tokens. Those who place first and second also earn house points.

Prior to the Revelius update, tournaments held qualifiers before the tournaments themselves. The duelling qualifiers consisted of a Free for All duel where players duelled one another in their respective houses. The top 3 duellists would then compete in the tournament, which was on a separate date. Those who placed fourth through sixth would be used as a backup in case a competitor could not make the tournament. Flying ran similarly, but a race was held instead of a duel. This is pretty much the same as the Flying challenges and tournaments nowadays. The tournaments themselves ran identically to the current tournaments.

Tournament Tips

If the tournament needs a team, it is best to plan at least a month in advance. This is because teams can be harder to set up when it is closer to the tournament date. Attending plenty of challenges prior to the tournament is also very helpful because it gives players a chance to practise their skills in a competitive aspect. When it comes to Duelling, players should come prepared with good gear and spell trees. 

Arena Tokens

Arena Tokens are the currency rewarded to players that participate in challenges or tournaments. At each challenge or tournament, players can receive between 5 to 15 Arena Tokens; this is dependent on how well the player does. The table below shows what players can purchase using Arena Tokens.

Reward	Description	Cost (Arena Tokens)
25 Gold	N/A	1
XP (Amount given depends on player’s level)	Trade in Arena Tokens for Experience. The amount of experience you receive is dependent on your current level.	10
Arena Raven Banner	N/A	50
Arena Serpent Banner	N/A	50
Arena Honeybadger Banner	N/A	50
Arena Griffin Banner	N/A	50
Arena Hogsworth Banner	N/A	50
The Duelist’s Scarf	Show of your advanced dueling skills in style with this royal purple headwear; Perfect to sport in the arena, as it is dyed with the 'Arena Colour'.	90
The Flier’s Scarf	Show of your advanced flying skills in style with this beautiful gold head piece; Perfect to wear while flying, as it is dyed with a 'Winner's Colour'.	90
Violimillio	Discharge a short ranged spark, damaging contacted targets.	150
Get Good Emote	With this emote, you can be honest with your fellow witches and wizards and tell them they need to improve their skills!	150
Broom Woosh Emote	Show off your incredible flying skills by using this emote with your friends!	150
Head shot Emote	Show off your incredible dueling skills by using this emote with your friends!	150
Crown Flare	Cast a beautiful purple firework and golden crown flare for your victories!	165
Pink Flower Crown	Show off your fashion style with this beautiful flower crown, in the sweet colour of pink!	165
Purple Flower Crown	Show off your fashion style with this beautiful flower crown, in the stunning colour of purple, which is the 'Arena' colour!	165
White Flower Crown	Show off your fashion style with this beautiful flower crown, in the angelic colour of white!	165
Broom Dart Spell	Conjure a yellow swirl that summons a broom that you can control!	175
Purple Feather Brimmed Hat	Show off your wizarding fashion style with this feather brimmed hat, in the colour of purple, the 'Arena' colour!	185
Target D'Lighter	Conjures orbs in random locations that can be used as targets to conjure orbs again to cast a projectile to change difficulty.	185
Mage Wand Appearance	Show off your advanced dueling skills with the Mage Wand and fight your way to victory!	250

Seasons

Throughout the year, there are 4 different seasons run by the Arena Team. Each season lasts three months. This is a time for players to earn Arena Score and compete for the Season Champions for Flying, Duelling, and MVP. In order to earn Arena Score, players must place in the top 4 at challenges. There are three different categories: Flying, Duelling, and Overall. The Arena Score earned for Flying and Duelling add up during the season and turns into the player’s Arena Score. The Overall category is a combination of Arena Score earned from Flying and Duelling challenges. Those who become the Season Champion for Flying and Duelling can earn a special temporary prefix, 15k gold, 700 Potter Points, collectable with a custom spell, and Arena wand effects. The individual who becomes the Season MVP will win a temporary prefix, 18k gold, 900 Potter Points, collectable with a custom spell, and the Arena wand effects. 

Additionally, there is also an Arena Exclusives Shop. There are special rewards that can be bought with Arena Score. The table below shows the rewards that can be earned from Arena Score.

Reward	Description	Cost (Arena Score)
Trophy Beaded Handbag	A magically enchanted handbag made to be bigger than it is on the outside	15
Champion’s Scarf	For only the best of competitors. Whether it be dueling or flying, this head piece showcases the talent and hard work that goes into becoming a Potterworld champion.	25
Interwizard Scenery	Train and prepare yourself for upcoming competitions in this Interwizard themed scenery!	35
Arena Crown Death Effect	Explode with a crown flare when you die!	55
The Champion’s Staff	Refine your dueling skills and stay on top, as a champion, with this purple and gold trophy staff.	65

Each season starts with a Season Release, which is when 3 or 4 new maps are released. These would be used at the tournaments and challenges. Halfway through the season, the Arena Team may release more maps or a new type of challenge.