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The Elements in Rune Seeker

Hello, The Chosen One! The Four Elements, including Aqua (Water), Ignis (Fire), Aer (Air) and Terra (Earth), are fundamental aspects of the world of Rune Seeker. Most objects in the game, including Terrain, Heroes, and Buildings, carry one of these four Elements.

These Elements oppose each other according to the principle: overcomes , overcomes , overcomes , and overcomes . This contrast brings advantages or disadvantages to all objects in the game, depending on the Element they belong to and our game design (as the development team).

In this article, I will detail how Elements function and impact important objects in Rune Seeker.

1. Hero

Heroes are the primary combat units that players can deploy in battle. Each Hero belongs to one of the four Elements mentioned above. Due to the contrast between these Elements, Heroes may have advantages or disadvantages when facing opponents of different Elements.

For instance, a Hero of the Ignis element will deal 20% increased damage when attacking a Hero of the Aer element. Conversely, an Aer Hero will deal 20% less damage when attacking an Ignis Hero. For further details, see the table.

Attacked Attacker	Ignis Hero	Aer Hero	Terra Hero	Aqua Hero
Ignis Hero		Attacks lose 20% damage		Attacks gain 20% damage
Aer Hero	Attacks gain 20% damage		Attacks lose 20% damage
Terra Hero		Attacks gain 20% damage		Attacks lose 20% damage
Aqua Hero	Attacks lose 20% damage		Attacks gain 20% damage

In addition, each hero also has an Elemental Affinity index, calculated from 1 to 5 stars. The higher the number of stars, the greater the bonus the hero will receive from Terrain of the same Element in battle. For more information, please read our article on Heroes.

2. Terrain

Terrain tiles on the field are categorized into two types: Plains (non-elemental Terrain) and Elemental Terrain.

Heroes will gain certain stat bonuses when standing adjacent to Terrain tiles of the same Element. And vice versa, the stats are significantly reduced if the Hero stands next to Terrain of the Element that opposes theirs.

For example: Each tile will increase the ATK of the adjacent Hero by 14%. For detailed information on the impact of Terrain on 1-star Elemental Affinity Heroes according to Elemental rules, see the table.

Terrain	Element	Impact on Ignis Hero	Impact on Aer Hero	Impact on Terra Hero	Impact on Aqua Hero
Plains	None
Level 1 Mountains	Terra			+2 Block per turn	+5% DMG taken when Hero is attacked
Level 2 Mountains	Terra			+4 Block per turn	+10% DMG taken when Hero is attacked
Level 1 Waters	Aqua	-5% HP per turn			+3% HP per turn
Level 2 Waters	Aqua	-10% HP per turn			+6% HP per turn
Level 1 Lava	Ignis	+7% ATK	-5% ATK
Level 2 Lava	Ignis	+14% ATK	-10% ATK
Level 1 Forest	Aer		+7% SPD	-5% SPD
Level 2 Forest	Aer		+14% SPD	-10% SPD

Note: To learn everything about Terrain, check this article.

3. Rune

Most Creation Runes possess abilities that revolve around transforming Terrain Elements in battle to give your side an advantage. And some of them can even summon powerful entities from the Terrain such as Spirits or Troops. These entities possess different formidable abilities, depending on the Element of the Terrain they are summoned from.

List of Spirits corresponding to each Element:

Name	Element	Ability
Phoenix		Deal 35 damage to all adjacent creatures each turn. Phoenix remains active for 2 turns.
Golem		Convert all adjacent Terrain tiles to Plains. Additionally, Golem has a 35% chance to inflict for 2 turns on each adjacent creature. Golem remains active for 1 turn.
Hydra		Upgrade all adjacent Lv.1 Terrain tiles to Lv.2. Additionally, Hydra restores health equal to 25% of the current HP of all adjacent creatures. Hydra remains active for 1 turn.
Sylph		Inflicts for 3 turns on all adjacent creatures. Sylph remains active for 1 turn.

List of Troops corresponding to each Element:

Name	ATK	HP	SPD	Ability
Flamengo	40	30	10	Attack an Enemy with DMG = 100% ATK. Flamengo gains +5 ATK if summoned on a Lava Terrain tile.
Rocky	25	50	50	Select the ally with the lowest %HP as the target to protect, and absorb all damage that ally would receive this turn. Rocky gains +20 MaxHP if summoned on a Mountains Terrain tile.
Airbas	25	35	40	Attack an Enemy with DMG = 100% ATK. Airbas gains +5 SPD if summoned on a Forest Terrain tile.
Qaterlulu	25	50	20	Every time Qaterlulu is attacked, they launch a counterattack with DMG = 100% ATK. Qaterlulu will restore 15% of its Max HP each turn if summoned on a Waters Terrain tile.

4. Building

The Building is responsible for producing and exploiting the resources and items necessary for your journey in Rune Seeker. Each Building has its own unique function and can be upgraded to increase its productivity.

Basically, there are two ways to upgrade buildings:

- Arrange the location of the Building at the Base.

- Authorize the management of the Building to a Hero with the same Element or not.

For more details about Buildings, please read this article.