How to play

The battle rulebook: team formats, every core stat, exact damage math, move roles, type matchups and the four core status effects, so you can understand each turn and make a plan.

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1. The goal

Most wild, trainer and standard PvP battles use an adventure team of up to 5 Soltokemons, with one active at a time. Some arena modes use a fixed 3v3 format instead. You win by knocking out every opposing creature required by that mode. Both sides choose each round's action secretly and at the same time, then actions resolve in Speed order.

2. The four stats

HP (Health): how much damage the creature can take before it faints. The raw number you see.
Attack: a multiplier on the damage you deal. 1.30 means you hit 30% harder than average; 0.85 means 15% softer.
Defense: a multiplier that reduces the damage you take. Higher is better. Damage scales with the attacker's Attack divided by your Defense.
Speed: decides who acts first each round. The faster creature lands its move (and its status) before the slower one. Ties are random.

Soltokemon	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed
Sparkmon Electric	95	1.30	0.85	140
Pyromon Fire	105	1.25	1.00	110
Floramon Grass	115	1.00	1.05	95
Aquamon Water	130	0.85	1.30	75
Cryomon Ice	110	0.95	1.20	90
Rockymon Rock	125	1.10	1.25	65
Galewyrm Wind	100	1.15	0.90	128
Seraphawn Etherial	118	1.20	1.10	108
Gravibun Lunar	124	1.25	1.05	80

Sparkmon: Glass cannon. Fastest and highest attack, but the frailest.

Pyromon: Aggressor. High attack and good speed, burns the foe down.

Floramon: Bruiser. Balanced, drains HP over time to stay alive.

Aquamon: Tank. The most HP and defense, but slow and low attack.

Cryomon: Controller. Tougher than Fire and faster than Water; Frost Bite chills the target, lowering Attack and Speed so Ice can control the pace.

Rockymon: Wall. Highest defense and big HP; slow, but very hard to knock down.

Galewyrm: Striker. Blazing speed and solid attack, but frail; it hits first, then gets out.

Seraphawn: Mystic. The endgame element from the Lands of Etheria; fast, hard-hitting and well-rounded.

Gravibun: Colossus. High HP and attack, neutral against every element while its cosmic cycle is still forming.

3. Type matchups

Two type cycles. Within each cycle a type beats the next and loses to the one before it; matchups between the two cycles are neutral.

Core cycle

Electric

→

Water

→

Fire

→

Grass

↺

Etheria cycle

Rock

→

Ice

→

Etherial

→

Wind

↺

Wind spawns everywhere in the wild like the core types; Etherial is the endgame element, found only in the Lands of Etheria. A type only resists or is super-effective within its own cycle; matchups across the two cycles are neutral.

Hitting a type you beat (super effective): 1.5x damage.
Hitting a type that beats you (resisted): 0.66x damage.
Neutral matchup: 1x damage.

We keep this at 1.5x on purpose. A full 2x would let the type matchup decide the whole game. At 1.5x type is a strong edge, but a bad matchup is something you answer by switching, not a death sentence.

Ice and the second cycle

Cryomon and its evolutions sit outside the four-element core cycle: their matchups against Electric, Water, Grass and Fire are neutral at 1x. Ice belongs to the second cycle, where Rock beats Ice, Ice beats Etherial, Etherial beats Wind, and Wind beats Rock. Against the core four, Cryomon's advantage comes from balanced stats and Frost Bite, which chills the target and lowers Attack and Speed, not from a free type multiplier.

4. How damage is calculated

Every hit runs through this formula:

Damage = Power × STAB × Type × (Attack ÷ Defense) × Random

Power: the move's base power (see the moves table below).
STAB (Same-Type Attack Bonus): damage is multiplied by 1.25 when a move's type matches its user, or by 1.0 when it does not. The move's slot does not matter.
Type: 1.5x super effective, 0.66x resisted, or 1x neutral (section 3).
Attack ÷ Defense: your Attack multiplier divided by the target's Defense multiplier.
Random: a small roll between 0.90 and 1.00, so damage is never fully fixed.
Critical hit: a flat 6.25% chance (1 in 16) on any damaging move to deal an extra 1.5x.
Damage is always at least 1. Status moves deal no direct damage.

Example. Sparkmon uses Thunderbolt (power 24, Electric) on Aquamon (Water, so super effective): 24 × 1.25 STAB × 1.5 type × (1.30 ÷ 1.30) × ~0.95 ≈ 45 damage.

5. Energy ⚡

Energy is the heart of the game. You start each creature at 5 energy and gain +2 at the end of every turn, up to a maximum of 9. Every move has an energy cost, and that +2 regen is lower than a Strike (3), so you cannot just spam your best attack. Each turn the real decision is: spend now, or bank energy for a Burst?

Energy is tracked per creature. Switching does not let you dump a charged Burst onto a fresh fighter, the new one has its own energy bar.

6. The four moves

Each Soltokemon equips exactly four moves. Loadouts are customizable: level-up offers and Technique Discs can replace any slot, including Tackle.

Move	Cost	Power	Acc.
Low-cost move Low-cost move	⚡1-2	12-18	95-100%
Reliable move Reliable move	⚡3-4	24-32	95-100%
Power move Power move	⚡4-6	32-48	82-95%
Status move Status move	⚡2-3	0 (status)	95-100%

Low-cost move: Keeps pressure while conserving energy.

Reliable move: Steady damage for ordinary turns.

Power move: A stronger attack that needs more energy and may be less accurate.

Status move: Applies a battle status instead of direct damage.

Core move examples by type

Type	Strike	Burst	Signature
Electric	Thunderbolt	Volt Cyclone	Static Shock
Fire	Flame Strike	Inferno	Scorch
Grass	Petal Storm	Solar Beam	Leech Seed
Water	Water Gun	Hydro Blast	Soak
Ice	Ice Spike	Glacier Crash	Frost Bite
Rock	Stone Hammer	Earthquake	Stone Bind
Wind	Gust Slash	Hurricane	Gale Force
Etherial	Astral Beam	Ether Nova	Ether Veil
Lunar	Moonstone Smash	Moonfall	Lunar Pulse

Lunar and the forming cosmic cycle

Lunar creatures are found only in the Moon's Reserve. Lunar currently deals and takes neutral 1.0x type damage against every element, so choose it for raw stats, its Shock-based lunar status and its move loadout rather than a type advantage.

Move customization

Build your four-move loadout

Every Soltokemon now fights with four moves. Training and Technique Discs let you reshape that loadout instead of keeping the same attacks forever.

At every 10-level milestone, a Soltokemon is offered a random new move of its own element. You can decline it or replace one of the four moves it already knows.
A Technique Disc contains one specific named move. Its name tells you exactly what it teaches before you use it.
Only a Soltokemon of the disc's exact element can use it. Using the disc consumes it and requires you to replace one existing move.
If none of your moves is affordable during battle, you can still pass the turn, switch creature or use an item.

Technique Discs in boss chests

Each Warden chest has an independent 20% chance to add a Technique Disc to its normal loot. Solroot favors Grass, Rock and Wind; Abyssal favors Water, Ice and Electric; Umbral favors Lunar, Etherial, Fire and Special moves.

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7. Status effects

The four core elements each have a Signature move that inflicts a different status for 3 turns. These are the exact effects documented in this table:

⚡ Shocked (Electric, via Static Shock)

Each turn there is a 30% chance the creature skips its action entirely. Its Speed also drops to 75%.

🔥 Burned (Fire, via Scorch)

The creature takes 7 damage at the end of each of its turns, and its Attack drops to 60% (so its hits are much weaker).

💧 Soaked (Water, via Soak)

The creature's Attack drops to 70% and its Speed drops to 70%. It deals no direct damage, it just defangs a threat.

🌿 Leeched (Grass, via Leech Seed)

The creature loses 9 HP at the end of each of its turns, and that exact HP is given back to the creature that applied the leech.

A creature can carry only one status at a time. Applying a new one (or the same one again) refreshes it back to 3 turns.
A status sticks to the creature. It only ticks down and deals its damage while that creature is the active fighter.

8. Switching

You can swap your active Soltokemon for one on your bench, but switching uses your whole turn: the opponent gets a free hit on the creature coming in. Switch to gain a type advantage or to save a low fighter, while predicting what they will do. When a creature faints, sending in the next one is free and does not cost your turn.

9. What happens each turn

You and your opponent pick an action secretly, at the same time.
Any switches happen first (the switching side does not also attack).
Remaining attacks resolve in Speed order, faster creature first.
End of turn: status damage (Burn, Leech) is applied, then both active creatures gain +2 energy.

10. Quick tips

Lead with a type edge, or with fast Sparkmon to land Shock first.
Use an affordable move to save energy, or Pass Turn if none of your four moves is available.
Status first, then attack. A Burned or Soaked foe deals far less damage.
Do not stay in against the type that beats you. Switch to the one you beat.
Speed wins races. The faster creature lands its move and its status first.

11. Genetic mutations

Caught Soltokemons can have up to 4 mutation slots that grant permanent bonuses. A Mutagen fills one empty slot, while a Helix Spinner rerolls every existing mutation. Both come from Warden Chests or the player-run $STKM Item Exchange; a Helix Spinner can also be forged from rare materials. Neither is sold for Coins at the Solana City Market. The creature must be Level 15 or higher:

Mutagen 🧬: fills one EMPTY slot with a random mutation. Useless on a creature with all 4 slots full.
Helix Spinner 🌀: re-rolls EVERY existing mutation on a creature. Useless on a creature with 0 mutations.
Three tiers, marked by colour and a letter on the slot pill: white C (common, +5%), blue R (rare, +10%), pink E (epic, +18%).
Ten kinds: +HP, +ATK, +DEF, +SPD, vs Electric / Water / Grass / Fire, Wild Hunter (vs wilds), Duelist Edge (vs trainers).
Bonuses are additive across slots. A full set of 4 epics on the same channel caps around +72% - real, but never enough to ignore type matchup or level.
Mutations belong to the individual creature. Your starter, wild catches and claimed NFTs are separate Soltokemon instances, and an item affects only the creature on which you use it.

C Common +5% R Rare +10% E Epic +18%

Mutations are server-rolled with a secret seed, so you cannot grind for a specific id by timing your clicks. The Mutagen always sticks (it goes into an empty slot); the Helix Spinner is the chase - re-roll a 4-common set hunting for that epic +ATK, but every re-roll costs another spinner.

12. Evolutions

Evolution is level-based and applies only to elemental mascots with an available evolution line. It requires no item or trade. Accepting an evolution changes the mascot's name and appearance, but adds no separate stat jump beyond normal level growth:

Stage 1 - Level 30. A mid-game milestone (around the city + a couple of trainers). One ✦ star, one glow ring.
Stage 2 - Level 75. An endgame milestone. Two ✦ stars, a stronger glow.
Stats already scale with level under the hood (engine.ts), so the evolved sprite is the VISIBLE celebration of growth, not a separate stat jump.
Evolutions are OPT-IN: when you cross 30 or 75 the game asks. Decline and you stay on the base form even at high level. You can accept later from the Bag (the ✨ button on the card).
Evolution acceptance is saved per element and follows your account across devices. Each creature must still reach the stage's level threshold itself before it can display that form.

Lv.1+

Base form

Lv.30

✦ Stage 1

Lv.75

✦✦ Stage 2

Level and HP belong to each individual creature. Evolution acceptance is saved per element, but a creature only displays an accepted stage after its own level reaches the matching threshold. Alternate wild species do not use the mascot evolution line.

13. Daily Expedition and the Signal

Open the Quest Journal, the book icon in the overworld, for the Daily Expedition. At 00:00 UTC the server deals your account three missions from a rotating pool, always including at least one battle task and excluding activities you have not unlocked. It is separate from story quests.

The pool contains eight activities: win wild battles, catch a creature, visit an open zone, land fish, play a Degen Arcade round, use the Gear Forge, pray at Solana's statue, or win with the spotlight element.
Each mission awards 60 to 110 coins. The catch task also gives a Capture Net and the visit task gives a Lure. Claim all three to open the Expedition Chest for 160 coins and an EXP Candy.
Claim the chest on consecutive days for milestone rewards on days 3, 7, 14 and 30. The day-30 reward repeats every 30 days; missing a day restarts the streak.
The spotlight rotates through Electric, Water, Grass, Fire, Ice, Rock and Wind. Etherial and Lunar are excluded.
The free Signal can be started once per UTC day. For 15 minutes, each ordinary unrestricted wild encounter has a 35% chance to use the spotlight element. It never overrides swim-only or restricted-zone pools and does not alter level, rarity or catch odds.
A Lure increases encounter frequency while the Signal biases the element roll, so they can run together. The Signal never produces Gems, which must be forged, and upgrade materials still depend on the zone.

The Daily Expedition, chest, streak and Signal are all free and server-tracked. Your progress and reset follow your account across devices. A Lure changes how often ordinary wild encounters occur; the Signal changes the element of some of them, and the two effects stack.

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