WIZARD101

      By: Aaron Horowitz 

                                             

       Wizard101 is a virtual-world game where you travel to the imaginative zones of the spiral. Every few months, the creators introduce new worlds for players to explore, which are treated with great care. It is very realistic, even if it is animated.  You feel as though you really are the wizard that you created. In this game you are able to buy clothes, houses, pets, (such as Fire Cat, Ice Cat, Mini Minotaur, Fire Elf) and Mounts, or ‘rides’ if you prefer. (Such as Horses, Dragons, Griffins, 3 person Hydra ride)

    Once you have your equipment, you are able to battle your way to the edge of the game. This means you will be able to use your cards from your school and class along with others to fight monsters and creatures. There are 88+ levels that you play and more levels coming. It would take months just to get to level 30, years even to get to level 90.

    The first worlds of this universe are- (1)Wizard city, where the game starts, and you will meet the legendary Merlin the wizard for the first time, though he is named Merle Ambrose in this game. (2)Krokotopia, which looks very much like Egypt. (3)Marleybone, just like the Streets of Paris, France and you will meet a talking dog named Sherlock Bones, but mostly cat people. (4)Mooshu looks like China. I don’t know very much about this place, but I do know one thing, beware of the Ninja pig! (5)DragonSpyre, you feel as though you are in a land of insanity here, luckily you are able to withstand it. Also there are ghosts and stone giants here. Celestia is Neptune Themed, this place has mostly water, but it also holds Hawaiian-themed islands on the coast, and I mean the coast since the islands are floating on the water, also you can fight fish, like shark people, goldfish people, Hermit crab people, and many more. (6)Zafaria, This is where you meet African Animal people that you would most likely encounter after completing your level 68 quests. It has an African theme.

 And there will be many more fun adventurous places that you will someday find amazing if you played today. Just Type www.wizard101.com into your browser

This is my Character in the game

~ Wizard: Aaron FireEyes, Class: Fire, Pyromancer, Pet: Life Treant, Rare

I interviewed a couple of students who play Wizard101 to get their opinions.

What is your favorite world?

Davey Breaky- “Celestia, Underwater land in the stars.  

Drew Meier- “Grizzlehiem, Home of the legions of Bears, Wolves, Treants (Tree people) and other talking creatures.

Choose the best teacher from the schools of Magic.

(1) Madame Falmea- Fire School Teacher

(2) Lady Greyrose- Ice School Teacher

(3) Cyrus Drake- Myth School Teacher

(4) Haleston Balestrom- Storm School Teacher

(5) Moolindu Wu- Life School Teacher

(6) Malorn AshThorn and Dworgyn- Death School Teachers

(7) Arthur Wethersfield and Alhazred- Balance School Teachers

Davey- “Halston Balestrom, Storm School Teacher”

Drew- “Alhazred, Balance School Teacher”

Any useful advice from some high-level wizards would be helpful, here are some-

Davey Breaky- “Follow your main quest line, but do every quests!”

Drew Meier- “Don’t skip any quests! Rare prizes are common on side quests.”

Here is a list of Pets you can acquire in the game

Wildfire Treant, (Fire, Ultra-Rare) Treant, (Life, Ultra-Rare) and Symbol Knight. (Balance, Hybrid of Hollow Knight, and Sea Dragon, Ultra-Rare) Fire Walker (Fire, Ultra-Rare)

The game is free but you can purchase gift cards to buy crowns (The currency of Wizard101) or membership and you can purchase the (A)Mega Bundle, which includes: a Sultans Palace, a Magic Carpet mount, some epic gear, a Cobra pet, and a Genie with daily prizes from the eternal sands. (B)Super Bundle which includes a Sun Palace, a two person Hornocerous Rhino mount, some epic gear, a Giraffe pet, and a friendly gorilla with daily prizes from his banana pile and also holds a mystery teleport tapestry. (C)Dino Bundle, which includes The Aztecosaur Pyramid w/ Hidden Catacombs), a two person Dino mount/ ride, some epic gear, a pet babysaurus. (D)Hawk Rider bundle, which includes, a high flying hawk mount, some epic gear, and a Night hawk pet. (E)Prehistoric Bundle, which includes, a Scarodactyl tree house decoration, a two person scarydactyl mount, some epic gear, a Babydactyl pet Scarydactyl tree house housing  decorations which gives daily prizes, (F)Pagoda Gauntlet, which includes, a Midnight Sun Pagoda, a Rickshaw mount, some epic gear, and a Shaolin Monkey pet. (G)The Majestic Bundle includes a Tower of Winter Winds, Arthurian Dragon Mount, a Silver Lance of Day Break, True Silver Armor, and a Strange Beast pet

 The prizes all include random things. If you don’t like them you can sell them for wickedly high (or low) prices. Also there is a limitation for buying 3 houses (MAX) since there are so many players that it slows down the game if you buy more, there is no limit on mounts or pets, so you can get as many as you want. The mounts in my inventory include: Hornoceros (War Rhino) Magic Carpet mount, and High Flying Hawk mount, and I have too many pets to list, but I have about 30 of them. If you want a way to get around that 3 house rule, Go to the Crown shop in the upper left corner, and click on potions, you will find a tunic called Additional Housing Slot, Buy it and you will be able to get another house, but only do this if you already have 3 houses.

This game is very fun and creative. It would have to be my #1 favorite game!   Happy Adventuring Wizards! I hope you have good luck with your character. J