Season 5 : Dynasty of Dunes

[Zanémarossi]

This document compiles the essential information regarding the game's Season 5, titled Dynasty of Dunes, initially launched on April 21, 2022.

Table of content

• 1. How to acces the event
• 2. Stages
• 3. Gameplay specifics : Amulets
• 4. S5 Missions
• 5. The Dune coins
• 6. Dynasty of Dunes summoning Portal
• 7. Families of Dunes
• 8. Resources

1. How to Access the Event

Where to find it: Access is via the Seasons tab.

Prerequisite: You must have completed up to Stage 5 of Season 4.

Base Season: It is available permanently.

Frequency (Summoning Portal): It is part of a 4-day rotation among several reduced-cost seasons: S2 > S3 > S4 > S5 > UT1 > UT2.

Find the reduced-cost season: Judgement of Dunes

 

2. Stages

A. General Overview

Season 5 is divided into 36 provinces of 10 stages that unlock as you progress. 

It features an Easy Mode and a Hard Mode. Hard mode is only accessible once Easy mode is completed.

The required World Energy varies throughout the provinces from 6 to 10 (Easy) and 10 to 15 (Hard).

Each stage is divided into waves (varying from 3 to 5 waves) featuring monsters and final bosses similar to other seasons.

 

B. Stage Properties

 

In Season 5, Stage Properties apply to every other stage.

Enemy Passives: All enemies have various passive abilities, specific to each one. A stage or wave may contain different enemies with different passives.

Stage Status Effects: Stage Status Effects are applied to your heroes every 5 turns.

Nature of Effects: These effects are like normal Status Effects and are mostly dispellable or cleansable.

 

The Iteru River (Provinces 1-3)

Spoiler

• 1: Kemyth Entrance
• 2: The Port
• 3: Lush Island

Enemies periodically regenerate amplified Health in exchange for slightly reduced Defense. Effect applied every 5 turns.

Impetuous Sandstorm (Provinces 4-6)

Spoiler

• 4: Sharp Peaks
• 5: The Sand Current
• 6: Wind Ravine

All heroes take damage every 3 turns. Troops deal -50% less damage.

Kemythian City (Provinces 7-9)

Spoiler

• 7: Caiza Outpost
• 8: Tanat Farmlands
• 9: Tanat

All enemies are Hyperactive (improved Mana Generation, but impaired Accuracy). +25% Mana Generation for all enemies. -10% Accuracy for all enemies.

Cursed Tombs (Provinces 10-12)

Spoiler

• 10: Kemythian Detour
• 11: Tombs of Despair
• 12: Tombs of Hope

Mana is scarce, but Troops deal more damage. Mana Speed set to Very Slow for all. Troops deal +50% extra damage.

Pharaoh's Command (Provinces 13-15)

Spoiler

• 13: Greener Pastures
• 14: Pharaoh's Forest
• 15: Pharaoh's Savannah

All heroes take damage and have lower Defense. -20% Defense for all heroes for 5 turns, applied every 5 turns.

Pharaoh's Barrier (Provinces 16-18)

Spoiler

• 16: Pharaoh's Pyramids
• 17: Caiza
• 18: Caiza Farmlands

Enemies gain Defense against Special Skills. All enemies receive +60% Defense against Special Skills for 5 turns, applied every 5 turns.

Solar Eruption (Provinces 19-21)

Spoiler

• 19: Falcon Ridge

Enemies have a chance to deal 70% damage to all heroes and give -34% Attack to all heroes for 3 turns when casting their Special Skill.

• 20: Sunrise Cape

Enemies have a chance to deal 70% damage to all heroes and make all heroes suffer Sand damage over 3 turns when casting their Special Skill.

• 21: Sunrise Falls

Enemies have a chance to amplify all enemies' Health by 10% and cleanse the last cleansable ailment from all enemies when casting their Special Skill.

Desert Madness (Provinces 22-24)

Spoiler

• 22: Silent Dunes
• 23: Oasis
• 24: Pharaoh's Ponds

Enemies enter an uncontrolled rage when casting their Special Skill. +31% Attack and an additional +20% each time they are hit for 3 turns.

Dense Fog (Provinces 25-27)

Spoiler

• 25: Assassins' Ascent
• 26: Assassins' Peak
• 27: Secret Forest

Mana Generation is slower. Special Skill attacks have a chance to miss.

Lunar Effect (Provinces 28-30)

Spoiler

• 28: Deserted Valley

Enemies have a chance to deal 70% damage to all heroes and give -24% Mana Generation to all heroes for 3 turns when casting their Special Skill.

• 29: Deserted Massif

Enemies have a chance to deal 70% damage to all heroes and dispel the last dispellable buff from all heroes when casting their Special Skill.

• 30: Deserted Hollow

Enemies have an innate resistance to negative ailments/stacks. Casting their Special Skill gives them +31% Attack and an additional +20% each time they strike for 3 turns.

Disturbed Warriors (Provinces 31-33)

Spoiler

• 31: Immortal Dunes
• 32: Tombs of Devastation
• 33: Isolated Pyramid

Enemies gain +31% Attack and an additional 20% increase each time they are hit for 3 turns, up to a maximum of +131%. All enemies are immune to negative effects and stacks.

Aura of Seth (Provinces 34-36)

Spoiler

• 34: Cursed Canyons
• 35: Approach of Evil
• 36: The Forbidden Pyramid

Hero Mana Generation is reduced in this area. All enemies are immune to negative effects and stacks.

 

3. Gameplay Specifics: Amulets

Amulets are ancient Kemythian artifacts discovered in Season V stages, offering beneficial effects in combat.

 

A. Acquisition and Unlocking

Method: Amulets are unlocked by progressing through the Season V story.

Special Stages:

• Stages that grant new Amulets or increase the number of slots are marked with a special icon.
• These stages cannot be replayed immediately the first time, as a new screen appears to inform you of the unlocked item or slot.

Tutorial: A short tutorial on Amulets is presented after completing Province 1 for the first time.

 

B. Slot Management

Total Slots: A total of 3 Amulet Slots can be unlocked and used.

Slot Unlock Conditions:

• Slot 1: After completing Province 1.
• Slot 2: After completing Province 10.
• Slot 3: After completing Province 28.

 

C. Inventory and Equipment

The inventory is accessible from the Season V map and via a small panel before the battle.

 

Inventory Structure:

The upper section shows the currently selected Amulets.

The lower section shows the selectable ones.

 

Equipment Actions:

Equip: If there is a free slot, click the Amulet to equip it.

Change: If there is no free slot, you must first unequip an Amulet, then select a new one.

Unequip: You have the option to battle without any Amulets by unequipping them all.

In Combat Check: During battle, you can check which Amulets are in use by clicking the associated icon on the left side of the screen.

 

D. Amulet Types and Effects

There will be 9 types of Amulets in total.

Ankh (Unlocked Province 1): Grants 10% amplified Health to your hero each time they cast a Special Skill.

Was Scepter (Unlocked Province 1): Increases the damage enemies receive from your Special Skills by 30%.

Tjet (Unlocked Province 4): Grants 20% Mana to your heroes every 3 turns.

Udjat Eye (Unlocked Province 7): Weakens all enemies with stacks of -7% Attack and -7% Mana Generation each time you cast a Special Skill.

Shen (Unlocked Province 13): Protects your heroes against status ailments and reflects them back to the enemy when possible.

Scarab (Unlocked Province 16): Increases your Troops' damage against weaker elements by 200%.

Djed (Unlocked Province 22): Revives your heroes as Mummies (10% Attack and -50% Defense) after being defeated for the first time.

Benben Crystal (Unlocked Province 25): Gives your heroes +30% Attack and makes them counter-attack with +30% of the damage received. Active only if all heroes are of different elements.

Crook & Flail (Unlocked Province 31): Increases the stats of all your Rare/Epic heroes.

 

4. S5 Missions

Specific missions allow you to recover gems or avatars.

• Log of Missions

Overall S5 Mission: Solve the Mystery of the Dunes

Note: image is just “easy” completion. A second mission will unlock on its fulfillment for the “hard mode”.

 

• Minion/Mob Avatar Missions

Spoiler

• • 1 - 250x Ibises
  • 2 - 300x Jackal Warriors
  • 3 - 400x Cryptic Tetrahedrons
  • 4 - 450x Canopic Jars of the Falcon
  • 5 - 550x Wandering Mummies
  • 6 - 600x Desert Acolytes
  • 7 - 700x Hyenas
  • 8 - 800x Crocodiles
  • 9 - 850x Sand Golems
  • 10 - 950x Sand Servents
  • 11 - 1050x Kemythian Sarcophagi
  • 12 - 1500x Canopic Jars of the Jackal

  

  

  

 

• Boss Avatar Missions

Spoiler

• • 1 - 30x Furious Hippopotamuses
  • 2 - 40x Camel Rider Lancers
  • 3 - 50x Majestic Ammits
  • 4 - 60x Corrupt Undead Maus
  • 5 - 70x Omniousus Scarabs
  • 6 - 75x Nightfall Saraps
  • 7 - 85x Provoked Apeps
  • 8 - 95x Raging Undead Maus
  • 9 - 105x - Angered Apises
  • 10 - 115x - Sun Sphinxes
  • 11 - 130x Hierarco Sphinxes
  • 12 - 150x Moon Sphinxes

  

  

  

 

• Amulet Missions

Spoiler

• • 1 - 65x Ankh Amulet
  • 2 - 80x Was Sceptre
  • 3 - 100x Tjet Amulet
  • 4 - 110x Udjet Eye Amulet
  • 5 - 125x Shen Amulet
  • 6 - 145x Scarab Amulet
  • 7 - 160x Djed Amulet
  • 8 - 180x Crystal Benben
  • 9 - 240x Crook & Flail

  

  

Note: with amulet missions, it doesn’t matter what stage you complete in S5, just has to be with the specified amulet equipped.

 

• Guide to stages for Avatar missions

Credit by Zartanis

 

5. The Dune Coins

This is the exclusive currency for summoning Season 5 heroes.

Obtaining: They are given as a reward the first time you complete a map stage.

Amount:

• Normal Mode gives 3 coins per stage.
• Hard Mode gives 5 coins per stage.

Summoning: It takes 100 Dune Coins to perform one free summon.

 

6. Dynasty of Dunes Summoning Portal

Summon Cost

• 1 Summon: Costs 350 Gems or 100 Underworld Coins (Dune Coins).
• 10 Summons: Cost 3000 Gems.
• 30 Summons: Cost 8400 Gems.

Each summon in the portal credits a summoning chest. Every 10 summons, the retrieved chest grants rewards. You can only obtain a maximum of 12 chests per session.

Appearance Rates

Presence of heroes from three groups:

• Season 5 heroes.
• Season 1 heroes (without their costumes).

 

7. Families of Dunes

A. Moon Family

Heroes become stronger when paired with other unique heroes from the same family.

Bonus for 1/2 Heroes:

• 50%/75% chance to apply -24% Defense for 2 turns and 196 Water damage over 2 turns to an enemy who deals damage via Special Skill to this character.
• If the enemy's Special Skill defeats this character, the chance increases to 75%/100%.

Season Hero Bonus: Members of this family receive additional benefits in Season V stages.

 

List of Heroes (By Rarity)

Each of the heroes listed below has obtained a costume.

• 5: El Naddaha, Khonshu, Papyros, Tetisheri, Khepri, El Naddaha, Bastet, Ahmos, Hathor, Anubis, Seti
• 4: Ahhotep, Junaid, Scoratek
• 3: Aqeela, Jarif

Heroes become stronger when paired with other unique heroes from the same family.

 

B. Sun Family

Bonus for 1/2 Heroes:

• 50%/75% chance to apply -35% Accuracy for 2 turns and 196 Burn damage over 2 turns to an enemy who deals damage via Special Skill to this character.
• If the enemy's Special Skill defeats this character, the chance increases to 75%/100%.

Season Hero Bonus: Members of this family receive additional benefits in Season V stages.

 

List of Heroes (By Rarity)

• 5: Benu, Cleopatra, Eset, Heteperes, Horus, Khufu, Ma’at, Mesresankh, Sekhmet, Sobek
• 4: Azmia, Ptolemee
• 3: Faiez, Rekhetre, Waqas

 

8. Resources

A. Farming

Find the farming (collection) thread here: Reference Farming

To search stages, cover S2 to UT2 by BirksG : https://monsterfarm.pages.dev/

Find details of Stages by Elioty on his drive

  

Infographics available by BirksG, Nynaeve, Minzi

 

Edited March 6 by Zanémarossi (see edit history)

[NevarMaor]

On 2/26/2026 at 5:07 PM, Zanémarossi said:

I first read that as Djent Mastery and thought "Wait, are we playing guitar hero now?" ¹

Also -- April 2022!?!?! I guess I should get around to finishing this season sometime soon.

 

¹ If you know, you know