Ten minutes after Dawn City issued its citywide quest, the first proper guide finally appeared on the forum-"Dawn City's crisis (windfall?): a simple guide to the Shadow God."
The poster was the familiar professional guide writer Blue-Eyes White Dragon, affectionately called "Mama Dragon" by Dawn City's players. She had an enormous following, and the post's views skyrocketed the moment it went up.
"I squeezed in time to write this guide between actions every ten seconds, to give everyone an introduction to this boss fight."
"First, stamina. Since there's only one enemy, each person's entire quest will count as a single battle, meaning it only costs one stamina in total. Also, since dying in War Mode doesn't deduct stamina, you don't need to worry about stamina at all during the fight."
"Second, the rewards. Assuming you have the Proof of Courage title, you'll die once every twelve attacks, paying one year of lifespan. In return, you'll receive permanent Health equal to your total damage dealt, experience equal to 1.3 times your total damage, and Reputation equal to one-tenth of it.
As you can see, whether exchanging one year of lifespan for these rewards is worthwhile depends directly on how much damage each of your attacks deals to the Shadow God.
I'll skip the calculations and go straight to the conclusion: as long as each attack deals more than 1.65 damage to the Shadow God, your gains are guaranteed to outweigh your losses. The higher the damage of each attack, the more you'll gain from this quest! If you're unsure whether to participate, simply log in, hit the Shadow God once with your strongest attack, check the damage displayed in the text, and decide whether to join."
"In fact, 1.65 damage is very easy to achieve. Even players below level 10 can