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Dvergr Duels
Duels are non-lethal companion-vs-companion sparring between two players. It's a safe, repeatable way to train your ally and earn bonus XP — framed as a friendly training exercise, not a high-stakes wager.
A companion in duel mode only fights another player's duel-mode companion. That means:
- You cannot duel your own two allies against each other.
- Both owners must opt in (each toggles duel mode on their own companion).
- There's no way to farm duel XP solo.
You need a second player with their own companion to duel.
- Hover your own companion and press the duel key (
Jby default) to toggle duel mode on. Press again to stand it down. - Have your duel partner do the same with their companion.
- When two duel-mode companions with different owners are in range, they seek each other out and fight.
While hovering your companion, a [J] Duel hint appears whenever another player's companion is nearby.
- Nothing else is a target. A duel-mode companion ignores — and is ignored by — players, monsters, and same-owner allies. It fights only its rival duelist.
- Players can't hurt it. A duel-mode companion is immune to player damage even with PvP on. The duel is strictly between companions.
- No permadeath. The loser is subdued to low HP, never killed. Heal it back up afterward with a mead (anyone can feed it — see Companion Commands).
- The winner gains bonus XP — the main reason to duel.
- Auto stand-down. A companion leaves duel mode on its own when no rival remains, after a wait if no challenger ever shows, or if its owner logs out or wanders too far away.
- Win is announced in chat as a shout so everyone sees it.
Because duels are cross-player, every companion's floating name shows its owner's name — so it's always clear whose ally is whose in a fight.
Duel notifications (speech bubbles and center messages) show for the owning client and on a listen host. On a dedicated server where creature ownership sits on the server, some of those messages may not appear locally — the duel itself still resolves correctly.