Villain Merit Rewards

Overview

Issue 13 introduced Merit Rewards, which included a reworking of the reward system to obtain Invention Recipes from Task Forces, Trials, and Story Arcs.

Task Forces give an average of 1 merit every 5 minutes of average time (12 merits an hour), Trials give an average of 1 merit every 4.5 minutes (13-14 merits an hour), and Story Arcs give an average of 1 merit every 12.5 minutes (4-5 merits an hour). The reason for this major difference is due to the considerable time and effort Task/Strike Forces can take to set up and complete, so naturally these tasks grant a much greater reward.

Strike Forces and Trials

Name	Merits	Contact	Summary
The Beast Beneath the Mountain	10	Virgil Tarikoss	6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Pirates of the Sky	35	Silver Mantis	6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Temple of the Waters	25	Operative Renault	5 Door Missions, 2 Talks, 3 Hunts
The Crystal of Serafina	25	Ice Mistral	6 Door Missions (3 Defeat All), 1 Hunt
Lord Recluse Strike Force	25	Lord Recluse	5 Door Missions, 1 Talk
First Respec Trial	---	Sparcetriel	2 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
Second Respec Trial	---	Trepsarciel	2 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
Third Respec Trial	15	Ractespriel	2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt
Mender Lazarus Task Force	6	Mender Lazarus	4 Door Missions
Mender Tesseract Strike Force	5	Mender Tesseract	3 Door Missions
Mender Silos Strike Force	5	Mender Silos	3 Door Missions

Story Arcs

Soldier (Level 1-15)

Name	Merits	Contact	Summary
The Vahzilok Conference	4	Dmitri Krylov	3 Door Missions
SpyHunt / After the Wall Feel	5	Dmitri Krylov	6 Door Missions (5 Defeat All)
Midas Touched	3	Dr. Shelly Percey	Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Breaking Bows	2	Peter Themari	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge	2	Peter Themari	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
The Origins of Snakes	2	Matthew Burke	3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
Weird Science (level 8)	2	Doctor Creed	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Earning Arachnos' Favor	1	Kalinda	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Snake Uprising	1	Mongoose	2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt
The Council Cargo	2	Angelo Vendetti	3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
The Hit List	2	The Radio	3 Door Missions
An Arachnos Ghost Story	3	Veluta Lunata	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Power of the Spirit	3	Veluta Lunata	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Give 'em Hellion!	2	Billie Heck	3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
Family War / Last Man Standing	5	Billie Heck	6 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
The Book and The Burning	3	Mr. Bocor	3 Defeat All, 1 Hunt
Steal the Facemaker's Reanimation Chemicals	1*	Dr. Shelly Percey	1 Door Mission
Steal the Outbreak Virus	1*	The Radio	2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt
Hurt the Traitorous Vendetti	1*	Angelo Vendetti	1 Door Mission
The Loa Bone	1*	Mr. Bocor	1 Door Mission

'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts

Malcontent (Level 16-19)

Name	Merits	Contact	Summary
Echo Down the Aeons	2	Marshall Brass	3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
The Aeon Conspiracy	6	Marshall Brass	7 Door Missions (1 Defeat all)
High-Tech Gold	3	Golden Roller	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Breakout at the Zig	3	Operative Wellman	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Master of Destruction	2	Operative Wellman	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
There's a Sucker Born Every Minute	6	Willy Wheeler	---
Oh Wretched Man!	5	Seer Marino	6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk

Insider (Level 20-24)

Name	Merits	Contact	Summary
The Origin of Power	2	Ashley McKnight	1 Door Mission, 5 Talks
Iron Widow	3	Captain Petrovich	6 Door Missions
Kings of the Sky	2	Lt. Chalmers	3 Door Missions
Operation Skyhook	2	Lt. Chalmers	3 Door Missions, 1 Talk
Coral Bonanza	3	Crash Cage	2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk
Breaking the Cage	3	Crash Cage	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk
Any Body Will Do	1	Vince Dubrowski	3 Door Missions
Disturbing the Dead	3	Henri Dumont	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 2 Talks
Carpe Diem	1	Lorenz Ansaldo	3 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
A Web of Intrigue	6	Operative Vargas	7 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)

Undesirable (Level 25-29)

Name	Merits	Contact	Summary
Aurora Fades	1	Darla Mavis	2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt
Power Mine	2	Darla Mavis	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Sabotage!	3	Kristof Jaeger	4 Door Missions, 1 Hunt, 1 Talk
Trust and Betrayal	---	Lt. Demitrovich	6 Door Missions, 1 Talk
Zag Breakout!	2	Shadowy Figure	3 Door Missions, 1 Talk
Midnight Draws Near	5	Darrin Wade	5 Door Missions
Forging the Blackwand	---	Archmage Tarixus	5 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
Die by the Freak!	3	Doc Buzzsaw	7 Door Missions
Heavy Metal Doctoring	2	Doc Buzzsaw	3 Door Missions
The Cult of the Shaper	---	Diviner Maros	6 Door Missions
On the Trail of the Leviathan	1	Operative Kirkland	2 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
Retrieve Crash's Shipments	0*	Vince Dubrowski	1 Door Mission, 2 Talks
Bust Up the Dockworker's Strike	1*	Lorenz Ansaldo	1 Door Mission

'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts

Wiseguy (Level 30-34)

Name	Merits	Contact	Summary
Taming the Tigress	---	Crimson Revenant	2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt
Brawling with the Big Boys	2	Crimson Revenant	3 Door Missions
Snuffing the Light	3	Operative Rutger	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Into Valhalla	5	Operative Rutger	4 Door Missions, 2 Hunts
Nictus Dissection	2	Psymon Omega	3 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
Psymon Says	7	Psymon Omega	6 Door Missions
Miss Fortune's Wheel	---	Slot Machine	3 Door Missions
High Roller's Last Gamble	---	Slot Machine	3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
Strange Memories	3	Timothy Raymond	3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
Breaking the Streak	2	Hard Luck	2 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
Silver-Tongued Devil	3	Hardcase	3 Door Missions
Sold for a Song	6	Hardcase	5 Door Missions, 2 Hunts, 1 Talk
Chaos Unbound	4	Vivacious Verandi	5 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 2 Talks
Offer Soul of Akarist	1*	Archmage Tarixus	1 Door Mission
Eliminate Negotiator and Witnesses	0*	Operative Kirkland	1 Door Mission

'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts

Criminal (Level 35-39)

Name	Merits	Contact	Summary
No One Gets It	---	Arbiter Leery	3 Door Missions
Crossfire	---	Arbiter Leery	4 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
A Traitorous History	2	Magus Mu'Drakhan	3 Door Missions
The Secret of the Circle	6	Magus Mu'Drakhan	6 Door Missions
Bravo for the Shadow Shard	2	Technician Naylor	3 Door Missions
Automatic Villainy	4	Technician Naylor	6 Door Missions
The Devil's Card Deck	3	Mercedes Sheldon	---
Blurring the Lines	2	Kelly Uqua	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Fat Cat City	2	Basse Croupier	3 Door Missions
Pied Piper	2	Hardcase	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Chaos Affair	4	Hardcase	5 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt
The Missing Maidens	2	Jezebel Jones	3 Door Missions, 1 hunt
Johnny's Squeeze	2	Jezebel Jones	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Devil May Care	---	Johnny Sonata	5 Door Missions, 2 Talks
The Unlucky Artifact	1	Hard Luck	1 Door Mission

'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts

Captain (Level 40-45)

Name	Merits	Contact	Summary
Breaking Knives	9	Arbiter Daos	---
Absolute Vengeance	3	Arbiter Daos	---
The Arachnoid Cure	2	Terrence Dobbs	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Arachnoid Appetizers	2	Terrence Dobbs	2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk
Building a Better Vermin	4	Terrence Dobbs	4 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunt, 1 Talk
Project Fury	1	Dr. Forrester	2 Door Missions, 1 Hunts
Countess Coup	2	Regent Korol	3 Door Missions
Kuhr'Rekt Diplomacy	2	Ambassador Kuhr'Rekt	3 Door Missions
Kuhr'Rekt Revenge	3	Ambassador Kuhr'Rekt	3 Door Missions
Apt Pupil	4	Number 204	6 Door Missions (3 Defeat All)
Miss Francine the Freakshow teacher	3	Westin Phipps	4 Door Missions
The Rebels	2	Westin Phipps	3 Door Missions
The Bane of the Heart	5	Westin Phipps	7 Door Missions
Shucking Souls	3	Mage-Killer Zuhkara	3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 1 Talk
The Hunt	4	Mage-Killer Zuhkara	---
The Circle's Plot	4	Mage-Killer Zuhkara	5 Door Missions, 1 Hunt
Party Crasher*	1	Dr. Forrester	1 Door Mission
Selestar*	1	Mage-Killer Zuhkara	1 Door Mission
Attack Longbow Portal Base	1*	Technician Naylor	1 Door Mission
B4nKbUsTah	1*	Basse Croupier	1 Door Mission

'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts

Made (Level 46-50)

Name	Merits	Contact	Summary
Ouroboros Initiation	2	The Pilgrim	4 Door Missions, 6 Talks
Power From the Past	3	Sister Airlia	---
Politics, Cemerora Style	3	Sister Airlia	---
Midnights Hand	2	Ashley McKnight	---
Vindication	3	Abyss	3 Door Missions
Light and Darkness	2	Abyss	3 Door Missions
Ancient History	1	Operative Grillo	2 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 2 Talks
Escaped!	1	Operative Grillo	3 Door Missions
Snake Fist	5	Operative Grillo	5 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 4 Talks
Alone in the Darque	2	Efficiency Expert Pither	3 Door Missions
Indigo Hunt	3	Shadow Spider	3 Door Missions
Crimson Hunt	2	Shadow Spider	3 Door Missions
The Code Merlin	2	Tavish Bell	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Vigilante Justice	3	Tavish Bell	6 Door Missions
The TV Report	4	Television	3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All), 5 Talks
Video Killed the Radio	1	Television	2 Door Missions, 1 Talks
The TV Invasion	2	Television	3 Door Missions
The Conference of Evil	7	Viridian	6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All)
Von Grun's Science	2	Vernon von Grun	3 Door Missions (2 Defeat All)
The Great Grun Gathering	2	Vernon von Grun	3 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 2 Talks
Von Grun's Lament	1	Vernon von Grun	3 Door Missions
Von Grun's Redemption	12	Vernon von Grun	6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talks
Video Games Made Me Do It	1*	Television	1 Door Mission

'* Badge Missions award Merits in Flashback, but not through the regular contacts

Patron Arcs

Name	Merits	Contact	Summary
Armor Wars	---	Black Scorpion	5 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk
Chink in the Armor	---	Black Scorpion	5 Door Missions, 2 Talks
The Destiny Raids	5	Black Scorpion	6 Door Missions
Killer Instinct	---	Captain Mako	5 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Talk
The Perfect Killing Machine	---	Captain Mako	4 Door Missions , 2 Talks
Iron Fist	---	Captain Mako	5 Door Missions, 1 Talk
Mystic Mayhem	4	Ghost Widow	6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 2 Talks
Life and Death	---	Ghost Widow	4 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 1 Hunts, 2 Talks
Brain Power	---	Ghost Widow	5 Door Missions
A Wind Called Serafina	5	Scirocco	6 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 2 Talks
Hammer of the World	---	Scirocco	7 Door Missions (1 Defeat All), 3 Talks
The Spirit City of Hequat	5	Scirocco	6 Door Missions, 2 Talks
Time After Time	---	Any Patron	6 Door Missions, 1 Talk

'* Not in Flashback.

SoA Only

Name	Merits	Contact	Summary
Time to make Some Money (10-14)	1	Brick Johnson	1 Door Missions, 1 Talk
Choose Your Own Adventure (15-19)	7	Fortunata Hamilton	3 Door Missions
If At First You Don't Succeed (Level 20-24)	1	Fortunata Hamilton	3 Door Missions, 1 Talk
The Miracle River (I can change the future) 25-29	1	Fortunata Hamilton	3 Door Missions
The Longbow List (Level 30+)	---	Alan Desslock	2 Door Missions, 1 Hunt

'* SoA is short for Soldiers of Arachnos

See Also

• Merit Rewards
• Hero Merit Rewards
• Cooperative Merit Rewards