‘Earthcore: Shattered Elements’: Top 10 Tips & Cheats

Here are the top 10 tips/tricks/cheats you need to know for Earthcore: Shattered Elements.

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1. Elements are Elementary

• Card duels in Earthcore are based on a simple mechanic, just like in the rock-paper-scissor game. Fire (red) burns Earth (green), Earth absorbs Water (blue) and Water extinguishes Fire. These basic rules are always true and keeping them in mind can sometimes bring victory in the most difficult situation. Oh, there’s also a fourth element called Dust. Cards can be turned into it with certain skills. Dust loses to all elements.

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2. Take the Risk If You Dare

• There’s only one value on Earthcore’s cards. It’s called Risk and it’s different from attack or mana point: if your card loses an elemental duel, then the Risk value from your card hits you back! Of course, this works both ways – when you win, your enemy loses an amount of health points equal to their cards’ Risk value. The stronger the card, the more powerful its skills, the higher its Risk value. Better skills mean you can deal more damage or turn the situation on the table, but also higher chances to lose health points if your card doesn’t win the basic elemental duel. Like they say: no Risk, no fun.

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3. Align With The Right Faction

• After the tutorial missions in Earthcore you need to align your hero with one of three factions:

– The Myth Keepers: mages who mastered powerful spells
– The Tempest Riders: rogues specialized in deception and treachery
– The Iron Brotherhood: warriors relying on brute force

Choosing the faction affects your deck and decreases the Risk value of your faction cards. Picking one side doesn’t mean that you can’t possess cards from other factions; they just have a standard Risk value on them. You can also change the faction at any time to adjust to a new strategy. It’s easy to check which card is aligned with which faction: there’s a faction icon in the bottom left corner of every card.

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4. Double The Trouble!

• Battles are played in three columns, from left to right. In the heat of the battle the middle column on Earthcore’s table can become crucial for the match, because of the Risk multiplier that’s placed there. The Risk multiplier points to a different player every turn and doubles the damage, which can be very painful… especially when there’s a pile of deadlocked cards raising the total Risk value. Sometimes a single targeted attack on the middle column can turn the tide of the battle! Luckily, players are not completely defenseless, as special skills can move the Risk multiplier to another column or change its direction.

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5. Always Read The Descriptions

• Earthcore has a lot of small details to be discovered. Instant skills that activate when the card is placed on the table, passive skills that work in the background, chants which can be placed (along with their card) in a special slot next to the table. If you don’t read the card description you may not notice some combos until too late!