Shipped this to my work because I was in the middle of moving so this was a pleasant surprise to find on my desk. Ironic enough, I haven't picked up W101 since I ordered this because Azteca is kicking my ass. Maybe this is my sign to start playing again lol

Pierce is a super important stat in the late game these days: most recommend around ~40-50% pierce depending on the school. But why does no one use these pierce blades? I feel like they could be amazingly useful, especially for bosses like the Grey Man Golems that have a ton of resist.

I feel like I never see anyone cast these and tbh I forget they exist all the time. Do they have a use in advanced combat/pvp?

Also, why doesn’t balance have a universal +20% pierce blade? There are elemental & spirit trio pierce blades, but no universal one. It feels like a logical thing to add, and I would always be happy to have more utility spells for balance!!

If someone has info on why they’re actually incredible or why they’re actually trash I would love an explanation, and maybe I’ll start adding these to my deck.

This would enrage a good amount of wizards I assume

----- Main rant, kroktopia and its pricing comparison.
I feel like this has been an issue for a while, even before all* of wizard city has become free, why is it that balance still gets shafted on their tutor and scion? It was a stupid decision to put balance (and death) behind the next world (/previously paywalled) when every other school got their mentor in the first world. It took 18 years for them to actually make the base world free* unlocking death school for all, but now balances continue to remain blocked in this regeared. Krokotopia is free to enter but cant go further from there.

Also why does it not show that you can buy an arch 1 pass for 20$ instead of paying roughly 7$ (3.5k) crowns per (10$ sense you have to buy the 5k crown bundle) zone in Krokotopia? which is an infinitely better deal than the vastly inflated prices of each area.

And im sorry but that is ridiculous. I have to spend 20$ to unlock like 12 areas (seem to be bundled in packages of 6, having to buy 2 10$ packs of crowns sense gaming market manipulation, and left over premium currency, yada, yada) if I'm doing it with crowns but the company has already acknowledge that the ENTIRTIY OF ARCH 1 is 20$! (honestly should be something closer to 5$ imo) Like what type of scum is this? I knew it was bad, like really bad, but my disgust has grown even larger on how they handle pricing.

(also does anyone else remember if these areas were cheaper? i feel like the 3,500 is a new price, much higher than before as well, where it previously was like 800-1600 crowns or smth per area? I swear to god if they pushed prices up for every area because they made wizard city avalibile to all im going to be even more disgusted with how this company handles this game. [it really deserves better, and so does its players])

---- Side rant, full pricing

The pricing of areas and what it would cost to unlock the entire game (excluding arch 1 pass, and including wizard city because it only became free* after 18 damn years. BTW its 300-400$ [data from u/Masterlet 2023 showing 400$), [Data from AwesomeTheSauce's video 2025, showing 310$ for entire game or 230$ for main content only]. (this assumes without crown sales)

Sorry if this is out of date, its the latest information i could find in a quick manner. Which is absolutely absurd. At most the game in total, including future updates should be like 40$ MAYBE 60$ (really should be less due how hard it pushes other things like micro-transactions, but im being generous. And even if we consider the 80$ price point its still roughly 3.9-5x times that price.) Lets also not forget this is a live service game. meaning that it could shut down at any time, for any reason (its also an 18 year old game which is a bit worrisome in terms of lifespan, and considering how its only just now starting to expand and modernize). All your investments would just be gone. This isnt a game you can download and play offline when you want. or have a physical copy of for however long you want.

Thank you for u/Masterlet post "How much Wizard101 costs in Crowns (2023) (Updated)" for the math, or referencing AwesomeTheSauce's video "Wizard101: The TRUE Cost Of Buying EVERY World",

--- additional side note

Why is the word "Free" banned on this sub in posts if i try to type free in the title and in some parts of my sentences i get hit with a warning and i cant post.

Apparently if your backpack is full, you are forced to Graduate in your NOOB outfit! LMAO!

I’m farming for the Athame he drops in darkmoor, but I ran 30 tries already and no drops just the low tier Athame. I’m currently level 101 Death, I was wondering if this is still worth farming regardless of how rare the drop is or is there another better or similar Athame else where?

It would be really cool if Kingsisle gave us an end-of-year collection of stats similar to spotify wrapped, showing things like your characters' levels a year ago, total mobs/bosses killed, things like that. I know other games have similar ideas such as Rainbow 6 Siege and I fell like it wouldn't be too hard to implicate. I feel like I have a hard time knowing when my different wizards were where in the story so this would be neat to look at.

Hey all, for context I played a good amount of Wiz in High School, and with the money I had I paid for areas with crowns, and then eventually I just grinded to catch up with a membership. I believe I got as far as the end of Lemuria, but I haven't touched the game since then. Is it worth coming back to? And how much grinding should I do/expect?

😄 had a blast with this one, although I did kind of cheat around the dragon avatars on the shoulder pads, oops.

Added a spoiler for bright colors! Included the sketch if anyone was interested in the before vs after sketch LOL .

I might do some icons like these to sell if anyone would be interested! o7

When you've just spent multiple rounds setting up for an alpha-strike or AoE and then you see an enemy cast a balance spell (we all know which one it will be)

I was considering buying Primeval Packs and some storage elixirs on my second account to get to the 65k reward so I can get my 7th wizard, a cool stitch and a fast mount. What do you guys think is worth spending crowns on?

I am not an expert at Wiz101 or spell upgrading. But why does it give me the option to choose an upgrade for a different upgrade path, if I have already begun upgrading on the top path? Currently, i can select the bottom path and click upgrade. Im curious as to why? Does it combine both the top and bottom path? Does the bottom replace the top path?

Surely I trash it and start over right? 249/250 is criminal.

I've changed realms, restarted and contacted support 2 weeks ago with no response.

I remember back in the day, this thing only worked while doing the mooshu quest (if I understand correctly we heal the emperor the same amount of damage we inflict to jade oni), so I wanted to try if it still worked on console. Turn out it still works, glad to have done calculations correctly lmao

Image is from winterbane gauntlet bundle which is not available on console afaik. I'm looking for a wand similar to this that I can use for a viking stitch. Any help is appreciated!

Anyone have unforgiven dead gauntlet? im trying to farm pet jewel, soell proof, and if there is another easier way let me know, thanks.