Atlantis

Atlantis is a global tournament in which all of the players in each faction come together to compete with the other factions. Details for past Atlantis tournaments can be found at Atlantis History.

Finding Atlantis
At the beginning of every month, Atlantis is placed somewhere in a body of water and players must search the globe to find it. Atlantis is always found adjacent to land but is usually far enough off the coast so that no land will appear on the screen, if you are looking at an Atlantis zone on the map. Hints for the location of Atlantis are posted to the QONQR Twitter account.

Stacking Phase
Once all factions have found Atlantis, the location becomes public and the Stacking Phase begins. This is where each faction must establish a defense in their zones. All factions start with the same number of zones. Atlantis Prime is the center zone for Atlantis and may not be used by any faction during the stacking phase. Booster, Strengthen, and Divert bots are not allowed in Atlantis.

Battle Phase
Stacking phase is followed by a battle phase where each faction attempts to capture the most zones before the tournament ends.

Choosing a Winner
There are 3 tiebreakers for choosing the winner of Atlantis.


 * 1) The winner is the faction with the most zones under their control at the end of Atlantis.
 * 2) If two factions have an equal number of zones under their control, the winner between them is whoever is in control of Atlantis Prime.
 * 3) If neither of the two factions controls Atlantis Prime, the winner between them is the faction with the most total bots in all zones.

Game Formats
see more at Atlantis Formats

There are several Atlantis formats, including Traditional, Formation Duels, Free For All, and more.

Medals
Medals are awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd top launchers for each each faction. The first person to discover Atlantis also receives a medal.

Qredits
The faction who wins the Atlantis tournament will receive a harvesting bonus for the last 7 days of the month. All bases of all players in the winning faction will hold 200% capacity. When Atlantis was first implemented, this was the most requested prize, labeled the “gift of sleep” for those players who would harvest their bases in the middle of the night to avoid missing qredits.

There are 15 million Qredits awarded to the top 100 players from each faction. 1st place faction will receive 10 million credits, divided among the top 100 players broken down by their percentage of overall launches compared to the other 99 players. 2nd and 3rd place will receive 4 million and 1 million respectively.

Marksman
A player that destroys over 1 million bots in Atlantis is awarded “Marksman” status. This is similar to Gold Status, however Marksman only applies to bots destroyed in Atlantis. The player will retain the Markman symbol on their profile for the whole month.

New Players
In the Traditional format, players in training (level 1-99) play an important role in Atlantis. They are the only players allowed to launch into Grunt zones, and the faction with the best new players often have a large advantage.