The Battle of Polytopia News

We are happy to announce another month of Polysseum! This month we are playing Bardur!

How to join?

1. Open The Battle of Polytopia -> Multiplayer -> Tournaments. Once you find the tournament that suits you, click "Join".
   
2. Follow our Tournaments Hub on Challengermode and find your favourite tournaments.
   

Don't forget to confirm your participation 30 minutes before the tournament start.
You can find more details on how to join in the FAQ.

[h3]This December[/h3]

[h3]Schedule[/h3]




Maps



Leaderboard scoring

• 1st - 400 pt
  
• 2nd - 250 pt
  
• 3rd-4th - 125 pt
  
• 5-8th - 40 pt
  
• 9-16th - 10 pt
  

Tournament capacity
Players will be split between up to 3 tournaments.

• There will be a maximum of 16 players per tournament.
  
• If there are any more on the waiting list, then a new tournament will be created for them (to a maximu m of 3 total tournaments)
  
• Players will be distributed evenly based on their check-in time. So if 16 players confirm participation and 10 are on a waiting list, it will create 2 tournaments with 13 players in each.
  
• All of this means that if you are on a waiting list, don't go too far from your device because you might have a tournament to play.
  

[h3]A reminder about Polysseum format[/h3]

Daily tournaments

• 9 weekly tournaments - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. 27 tournaments per month.
  
• Up to 48 players, split into a maximum of three 16-player tournaments.
  
• 1v1 Single elimination, finals Bo3.
  
• Live games, Might, Small map.
  
• Tribe of the Month.
  
• Prize pool per tournament - €10.
  

Monthly Leaderboard
Players will be automatically placed on the leaderboard once they participate in the tournament. The top 16 players will be invited to the Monthly tournament.

Monthly Finals

• December Finals - January 4th
  
• 8 players.
  
• Live games, Might, Small map.
  
• Prize pool - €200 and 4 spots in the Season Finals.
  
• Bracket format TBA.
  

[h3]How to follow Polysseum?[/h3]

• Follow us on Twitter
• Join our Discord #polysseum-discussion
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel

Hey Polytopians!

This new patch doesn't just showcase "The Forgotten", the new Aquarion Skin, but also has some balance changes for the recent Aquarion Rework and some new languages.

If you want to get straight to the changes, click here.

[h2]Let's Meet the Forgotten![/h2]

Deep in the Ritiki Marshlands, a lone Aquarion outpost lost contact when their Empire sank beneath the waves long ago. Believing themselves to be the last of their kind, the forgotten outpost attempted to carry out the Aquarion mission - monitor their land-dwelling siblings from afar and step in if a large-scale conflict ever erupted. It's been centuries since then, and the outpost has developed quite differently from its parent empire, befriending the swampy fauna and adapting to their environment in new and interesting ways.
These interesting Squids are well-suited for the swamp they live in and are able to do all the things their fishy counterparts taught them before they lost contact. They can find Lost Cities, recruit impressive Toads, aquaform the land into more swamps, and plenty of other things!


[h2]Let's Meet the Languages![/h2]
Not only are the Aquarion getting an update, but so are the game's localizations!

Added in this update are translations for:

• Hindi
  
• Indonesian
  
• Malay
  
• Polish
  
• Thai
  
• Turkish
  
• Vietnamese
  

If you speak these languages (or even if you don't), we'd love to hear what you have to think about them on our Discord. There's a link to it down below.

[h2]Let's Meet the Changes![/h2]
Based on your feedback, we've made some changes to the Aquarion, but we'll keep this pretty fast.

[h3]Bubbles[/h3]
A common complaint with the recent Aquarion Rework is that the Aquarion weren't very speedy, especially on the water, primarily because they lacked their own version of Roads. If you were one of the complaining fans, feast your eyes on this! A Bubble!


These Bubbles are unlocked in the Waterways tech (Aquarion's replacement for the Roads tech), and they'll form around an Amphibious unit of yours automatically when they move onto Flooded terrain. A Bubbled unit gets +1 movement, and it will be removed when they step on land or are attacked. Do note, as we said, these bubbles only work for Amphibious units, like Tridentions and Squids. No, we don't want 4 Movement Sharks, either.

These Bubbles should make it much easier to move your slower Amphibious units around in the water and toward the frontlines.

[h3]Other Notable Changes[/h3]

• Atoll improvement moved to Aquaculture
  
• Lost Cities from water ruins are now smaller but spawn with resources around them
  
• Crab defense reduced from 5 to 4
  
• Aquarion start with 2 guaranteed fish in the capital
  
• Shark attack increase from 3 to 3.5
  
• Jelly attack increase from 0 to 2 so that they can make regular attacks
  
• If multiple tentacles on one tile, the strongest will now always do the attack
  

You're always able to discuss this update at our Discord, which you can get to by clicking right here! We'll not only have dedicated channels for discussing the Aquarion Rework changes, but each of the new languages will have its own channel. If you find any issues, let us know there!

Have fun!
-Zoythrus

We are happy to announce another month of Polysseum! This month we are playing Hoodrick!

This month we will be reducing the number of players reaching the monthly final to just 8. If you want to participate in it, then make sure you play as much as you can!

How to join?

1. Open The Battle of Polytopia -> Multiplayer -> Tournaments. Once you find the tournament that suits you, click "Join".
   
2. Follow our Tournaments Hub on Challengermode and find your favourite tournaments.
   

Don't forget to confirm your participation 30 minutes before the tournament start.
You can find more details on how to join in the FAQ.

[h3]This October[/h3]

[h3]Schedule[/h3]




Maps



Leaderboard scoring

• 1st - 400 pt
  
• 2nd - 250 pt
  
• 3rd-4th - 125 pt
  
• 5-8th - 40 pt
  
• 9-16th - 10 pt
  

Tournament capacity
Players will be split between up to 3 tournaments.

• There will be a maximum of 16 players per tournament.
  
• If there are any more on the waiting list, then a new tournament will be created for them (to a maximu m of 3 total tournaments)
  
• Players will be distributed evenly based on their check-in time. So if 16 players confirm participation and 10 are on a waiting list, it will create 2 tournaments with 13 players in each.
  
• All of this means that if you are on a waiting list, don't go too far from your device because you might have a tournament to play.
  

[h3]A reminder about Polysseum format[/h3]

Daily tournaments

• 9 weekly tournaments - Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. 27 tournaments per month.
  
• Up to 48 players, split into a maximum of three 16-player tournaments.
  
• 1v1 Single elimination, finals Bo3.
  
• Live games, Might, Small map.
  
• Tribe of the Month.
  
• Prize pool per tournament - €10.
  

Monthly Leaderboard
Players will be automatically placed on the leaderboard once they participate in the tournament. The top 16 players will be invited to the Monthly tournament.

Monthly Finals

• October Finals - November 2nd
  
• 8 players.
  
• Live games, Might, Small map.
  
• Prize pool - €200 and 4 spots in the Season Finals.
  
• Bracket format TBA.
  

[h3]How to follow Polysseum?[/h3]

• Follow us on Twitter
• Join our Discord #polysseum-discussion
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel

We are happy to announce another month of Polysseum! This month we are playing Quetzali!

How to join?

1. Open The Battle of Polytopia -> Multiplayer -> Tournaments. Once you find the tournament that suits you, click "Join".
   
2. Follow our Tournaments Hub on Challengermode and find your favourite tournaments.
   

Don't forget to confirm your participation 15 minutes before the tournament start.
You can find more details on how to join in the FAQ.

[h3]This September[/h3]

Leaderboard scoring

• 1st - 400 pt
  
• 2nd - 250 pt
  
• 3rd-4th - 125 pt
  
• 5-8th - 40 pt
  
• 9-16th - 10 pt
  

Maps

Tournament capacity
Players will be split between up to 3 tournaments.

• There will be a maximum of 16 players per tournament.
  
• If there are any more on the waiting list, then a new tournament will be created for them (to a maximu m of 3 total tournaments)
  
• Players will be distributed evenly based on their check-in time. So if 16 players confirm participation and 10 are on a waiting list, it will create 2 tournaments with 13 players in each.
  
• All of this means that if you are on a waiting list, don't go too far from your device because you might have a tournament to play.
  

[h3]September schedule[/h3]

[h3]A reminder about Polysseum format[/h3]

Daily tournaments

• 9 weekly tournaments - Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday. 27 tournaments per month.
  
• Up to 48 players, split into a maximum of three 16-player tournaments.
  
• 1v1 Single elimination, finals Bo3.
  
• Live games, Might, Small map.
  
• Tribe of the Month.
  
• Prize pool per tournament - €10.
  

Monthly Leaderboard
Players will be automatically placed on the leaderboard once they participate in the tournament. The top 16 players will be invited to the Monthly tournament.

Monthly Finals

• September Finals - September 28th
  
• 16 players.
  
• Live games, Might, Small map.
  
• Prize pool - €200 and 4 spots in the Season Finals.
  
• Bracket format TBA.
  

[h3]How to follow Polysseum?[/h3]

• Follow us on Twitter
• Join our Discord #polysseum-discussion
• Subscribe to our YouTube channel

The new reworked version Aquarion is here! They now have mermaids that can rule both land and sea, hang out with Sharks & Jellies and discover lost cities in the ocean.