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HI, guest. You must be here to learn about World Challenges. World Challenges are an easy way to earn np and rare items. I am glad that you came. I can tell you some things that you need to know about World Challenges. I am not the best at them but I am pretty good. So far I have converted 43 World Challenge maps. You may not know what that means but I will now explain it to you.



Step One: Understanding World Challenges

World Challenges are divided into 12 different worlds. Each world has different games that you games play for World Challenges. Some games are there everyday, others are there ever so often. To play a World Challenge you enter and send your best scores for that game. Each World Challenge lasts for 57 minutes, from 3 past the hour to the end of the next hour. If you win a World Challenges, you get a map piece for a map set in that world. Each world has three map sets. Each map set has twenty map pieces. Once you collect all twenty pieces, you can convert them and get 2000 np and a rare item. Once you convert all three map sets in a world. You can reset them and start back at map one.

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Step Two: Picking a Game

The next thing that you need to do is decide which game to play. The best thing to do is look at all your scores and decide which games you have the best scores at. You do not need to be a grand master or have a trophy to win a World Challenges; you just have to be ok. Different games require different skill levels. A good way to find out the scores for different games is to go to the game's World Challenge page(explained later on) and click on Previous Hours Results. There look at the people to won and see what scores are the best. Once you picked out some games that you are good at, you will need to see if they are World Challenge games. Only some games are World Challenges games. To find out if a game is a World Challenge game, go to the games page. If there is a World Challenge symbol underneath the game, then it is a World Challenge game. If there is no symbol, that it is not a World Challenge game.

The game on the left does have a WC symbol while the game on the right does not.


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Step 3: Playing World Challenges

The first thing that you need to do is click on the World Challenge icon bellow the game(picture above). Then click on the world of your game. After that click on your game. Once at the World Challenge screen, click on "Enter the challenge" to enter. It will cost 100 np.

Next click on "Play and send your score!". That will take you to the game's page. Then open a game window and try to get your best score

Once you get your score, send it. If you go back to the World Challenge page it will look like this with your score there. This means that your score has not been processed.

To processes it, TNT will compare your score to a random other person's score. If you score is better than the other person's score, you get +1 points. If it is worse, you get -1 points. If they are the same, you get +0 points. There are three different ways to win. They are: highest tally of points, highest score, and highest total scores. You can only win once, even if you are at the top in all three categories. To find out how many points you have, look above the score chart.

A sample score chart looks like this. During the hour the score chat will update if you refresh the page.

The numbers on the left show what place everyone is in. Next to that is everyone's username (I erased them for everyone's privacy). The next column over is your tally. Next are how many times you won, how many times you lost, and how many times you tied. The next one over is how many scores you sent. Next is how many neopoints you will win if you are in the lead. Next is your hour's highest score. And the last column is your score totals. The default way that the chart is organized is by tally. If you click on the headings, it will organize the chart by the one you clicked on. In case of a tie, the person with the highest score gets to be in the lead. The bar in the middle is there so people can tell easily who is winning. Everyone above that bar is winning and can get a prize at the end of the hour. Everyone below the bar is losing and will not get a prize. If you click on the username, it will take you to the challenge rating of that person. If you click on scores it will take you to a screen like this.



The first thing is the game. Every score under that is from that game. If you click on the game's name, it will take you to its World Challenge page. The first numbers on the left is the time that your score was processed. The next column is how many points you got. Next is your score that was processed. Next is you opponents score. And last is your opponents username. Under that are the total points that you have. You can only win a World Challenge if you meet all the requirements. Here are some sample requirements.

Every World Challenge that you do will need at least 5 players. If there are not 5 players, it will continue into the next hour. To win a World Challenge you will also need a tally of 0 or greater. The thing that is different with each World Challenge is the top number of people who win. In this example, the top 4 people in each category win a prize. The number of winners changes depending on how many people are in the World Challenge. The more people entered, the more people who win. The less entered, the less people win. Here is a table showing how many people win compared to how many are entered.

Number of People Entered in WC Number of People Who Will Win WC
less than 5 0
5 2
6-15 3
16-25 4
26+ 5
In most World Challenges the top 3 or 4 people win. I have only seen a few times where the top 5 had won. I have never seen a World Challenge where more than the top five won.

At the end of the hour if you meet all the requirements you will win some np and a map piece for the world that the game is in. TNT will send you a neomail telling you that you won. The next competition starts at 3 past the hour. To make it easier to understand how to win a World Challenge, I have put a list below with the ways to win.

Ways to win World Challenges

  • You can be in the top places for Highest Tally.
  • You can be in the top places for Highest Individual Score.
  • You can be in the top places for Highest Score Totals.
  • Remember, for all these catagories you must have a tally greater than or equal to 0. Also, every hour the top number of places that win a prize change. remember to look at the Requirements For Prize Winnings table to see how many people win.
  • Also, even if you are in the top places for each category, you can only win once per hour.

Remember, When you win a World Challenge you not only win a great WC map piece, you also get some np. The amount of NP that you get depends on how many people are entered and what place you got. Remember the 100np you spent to get into the WC. Well those np go into the jackpot which determines how many np each winner gets. The jackpot is right below where it says how much time is remaining.



Here is a table showing how much everyone wins depending on the placement and number of people entered. The numbers represent a fraction of the jackpot. For example, 1/4 means that the person would win 1/4 of the jackpot. Or if the jackpot was 1200np, they would win 300.

# of Winners 2 winners 3 winners 4 winners 5 winners
# of people Entered 5 people 6-15 people 16-25 people 26+ people
1st place 1/2 1/2 1/2 1/2
2nd place 1/4 1/4 1/4 1/4
3rd place x 1/8 1/8 1/8
4th place x x 1/16 1/16
5th place x x x 1/32

Hints while playing World Challenges:

  • Send all you scores, you may never know what will happen.
  • There is no best time to send your score, you just have to get your best score and get lucky. Some times the same score could get you +1 and other times -1.
  • If you are winning in an category and your tally is 0, do not send your score unless absolutely necessary. You do not want to go down to -1.
  • Make sure that you check all three categories, you could be losing in one category and be winning in another category.

The left score chart is organized by score totals. The one on the right is organized by tally. If you look on the one on the left, I am losing. But if you look at the one on the right, I am winning.

  • Scores that go under review will not be entered into the World Challenge. You want to make sure that you know the review score for the game that you are playing and try not to over it.
  • You always want to have a completed game as a back up. When you send in your score into the challenge, go ahead and play another game. Except this time don;t send it. Check the WC page to see if you need to send it. IF you need to, then send it. If you don't, hold on to it until you need to send it. Otherwise you can use it the next hour.
  • It is better to aim for 1-2 great scores than 3-4 ok scores. Remember, in case of a tie in the score chart, the person with the highest score is on top.
  • If you are not getting the 5 people needed for the World Challenge, advertise your challenge on the game's neoboard by going to the "WC Chat and Players Needed Thread". It is always there and there are many nice players on the board who would be more than happy to help.
  • Last but not least, keep on practicing and do not get discouraged. When you first start playing, you will probably not win very many World Challenges. If you continue to practice, you will get better and win more often. Remember even the best World Challenge players will not win every World Challenge that they enter.

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Step 4: Converting and Selling World Challenge map pieces

When you win a World Challenge, you win a map piece for the world that the game is in. So, once you start winning World Challenges a lot, you will get a lot of map pieces. These map pieces are items and can be stolen, so make sure you take good care of them. There are two things that you can do with the pieces. You can either sell them or save up and convert them. I personally like to convert them, but it is your choice.

World Challenges map pieces are usually worth between 10-30k. They are worth more if you collect all of them and sell it as a set. You can auction them, sell them, or trade. I would suggest collecting all of the set and then selling them on the trading post. I also suggest advertising you lot on the trading board. That way you will get the most np for them.

You can also save up all your map pieces and convert them for 2000np and a rare item. To do this you need to move the map pieces into the map gallery. To do that click on the map piece in your inventory. Then click on "add piece to picture".

You will see that there are two maps. Scroll down to the bottom one and click "add to picture".

It should move it to the top map. All map pieces in the top means that it is in your map gallery. The questions marks mean that you do not have it in your gallery. The map pieces in the bottom map are in your inventory.

Once you collect all 20 map pieces click on "convert" to convert them for 2000 np and a rare item.

And now you get your great prize!!!:)

You can get many different prizes from world challenges. Usually it is a paint brush, although you can also get a petpet paint brush or a valuable petpet. When I have converted mine, 80% of the time it is a paint brush. To see a full lists of everyone's prizes, look at _knight_dog_'s pet page

Mooshell252 is collecting the times that people have converted WC maps. She is testing the theory that time effects what prize you get when you convert a map. When you convert a map, please neomail mooshell252 with your conversion times and your prize. You can see her data on Windkissed petpage.

Sometimes you will get more than one of the same map piece as a prize. In that case you would need to sell it and buy one that you do not have. I would suggest putting all your duplicates in your safety deposit box until you get 20 pieces total (In gallery and SBD). Then sell all your extras for ones that you do not have. That way you will not need to keep on selling them and you can also probably sell them for more np.

Personally, I keep all of my pieces in my normal gallery. That way I can easily see how many pieces I have and other people can trade their duplicates with mine. The are also WC swap shops where you can trade your pieces for someone else's piece.


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WC Game Frequency Statistics

This statistics include data from June 4 to September 9 and September 26 to the present. I have compiled the results and have put them here so that everyone can enjoy. If you click on a game's name, you will be taken to its WC page. Remember, these stats just represent the average so they cannot be used to predict on what exact day a game will be playable. The do, however, give you a good idea as to how often each game shows up in the rotation. If you have any questions about the stats or wonder how I got them, feel free to
neomail me.
A VERY, VERY BIG thank you to 0o0slytherinpride0o0 for allowing me to use her data from June 4 to September 9. Thanks:)
NOTE: I will continue to collect data each day and I will update the page with new stats every few months.

Worlds
Kreludor Neopia Central Haunted Woods Lost Desert
Faerieland Krawk Island Mystery Island Virtupets Space Station
Meridell Tyrannia Terror Mountain Maraqua


Kreludor
2-3 Games Per Day (2.80 Average)
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Freaky Factory 99% 1.01
Spacerocked! 77% 1.3
Kreludan Mining Corp. 31% 3.22
Lost in Space Fungus 27% 3.64
Moon Rock Rampage 24% 4.2
Escape to Kreludor 22% 4.6





Neopia Central
5 Games Per Day
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Meerca Chase II 100% 1
Wingoball 100% 1
Trouble at the National Neopian 70% 1.43
Smug Bug Smite 57% 1.75
Hot Dog Hero 42% 2.35
Meepit Juice Break 19% 5.36
Hungry Skeith 11% 9.19
Usuki Frenzy 10% 10.16
Cooty Wars 9% 11.35
Gwyl's Great Escape 8% 12.87
Nimmos Pond 8% 12.87
Techo Says 7% 13.79
TNT Staff Smasher 7% 13.79
ToyBox Escape 7% 14.85
Warf Rescue Team 7% 14.85
Meepit vs. Feepit 6% 16.08
Mootix Drop 6% 16.08
The Usul Suspects 6% 16.08
Flycatcher 6% 17.55
Petpetsitter 6% 17.55
Defender Trainer 5% 19.3
200m Peanut Dash 4% 27.57





Haunted Woods
2-3 Games Per Day (2.97 Average)
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Web of Vernax 94% 1.06
Carnival of Terror 59% 1.71
Sophie's Stew 39% 2.57
MAGAX: Destroyer II 20% 5.08
Chemistry for Beginners 18% 5.68
Ghost Bopper 17% 6.03
Hubrid's Hero Heist 15% 6.89
Edna's Shadow 13% 7.42
Bruno's Backwoods Breakaway 13% 7.72
Korbats Lab 10% 9.65





Lost Desert
2-3 Games Per Day (2.9 Average)
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Sutek's Tomb 100% 1
Word Pyramid 52% 1.91
Tug 'O' War 29% 3.45
Ruins Rampage 26% 3.86
The Great Qasalan Caper 23% 4.29
Swarm - The Bugs Strike Back 23% 4.39
Piper Panic 22% 4.49
The Great Desert Race 15% 6.89





Faerieland
2 Games Per Day
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Faerie Bubbles 99% 1.01
Faerie Cloud Racers 77% 1.3
Maths Nightmare 24% 4.2





Krawk Island
2 Games Per Day
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Dubloon Disaster 100% 1
Stowaway Sting 51% 1.97
Petpet Cannonball 49% 2.03





Mystery Island
2-3 Games Per Day (2.80 Average)
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Hasee Bounce 100% 1
Mynci Beach Volleyball 69% 1.45
Berry Bash 36% 2.76
Goparokko 31% 3.27
Caves and Corridors: Mystery Island 26% 3.78
Gadgadsgame 18% 5.51





Virtupets Space Station
2-3 Games Per Day (2.93 Average)
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Splat-A-Sloth 100% 1
Zurroball 64% 1.57
Spell-Or-Starve 28% 3.51
Neverending Boss Battle 23% 4.39
Advert Attack 19% 5.22
Typing Terror 18% 5.68
Evil Fuzzles from Beyond the Stars 16% 6.23
Bumble Beams 12% 8.04
Itchy Invasion 12% 8.04





Meridell
3-4 Games Per Day (3.80 Average)
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Kass Basher 100% 1
Turmac Roll 100% 1
Ultimate Bullseye II 93% 1.08
Skies Over Meridell 31% 3.27
Wicked Wocky Wobble 28% 3.51
Extreme Herder 23% 4.29
Extreme Potato Counter 5% 19.3





Tyrannia
2-3 Games Per Day (2.90 Average)
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Destruct-O-Match III 100% 1
Pterattack 83% 1.2
Magma Blaster 26% 3.78
Volcano Run II 22% 4.49
Ugga Smash 18% 5.68
Petpet Rescue 16% 6.23
Tyrannian Mini Golf 14% 7.15
Chia Bomber 2 10% 9.65





Terror Mountain
2-3 Games Per Day (2.90 Average)
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Snowmuncher 97% 1.03
Ice Cream Machine 96% 1.04
Snowbeast Snackrifice 25% 3.94
Snow Wars II 23% 4.29
Snowball Fight 23% 4.29
Igloo Garage Sale - The Game 21% 4.71
Let It Slide 4% 27.57





Maraqua
2 Games Per Day
Game % in WC Occurs every ____ days
Jubble Bubble 100% 1
Whirlpool 83% 1.21
Raiders of Maraqua 17% 5.85




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Frequently Asked Questions

In this section of my guide, I will answer your questions. Just neomail me with a question and I will put it in this section and neomail you back the answer. This is a new section so I currently only have a few questions. Remember to neomail me your questions. Thank you.




With a challenge I was told you can receive 3 pieces a day. Is it 3 pieces total or 3 pieces per map?

It is three pieces total. For example, you could win three pieces from Faerieland, or you could win one piece from Faerieland, two from Virtupets Space Station. In both of these situations, you would have won your maximum pieces for the day.

If I send a score at the end of the hour of the challenge and it does not get processed, what happens?

Your unprocessed scores will carry to the next hour's competition. They will then be processed in the next hour and you will get your tally points for them.

Do you know if the prizes for level 1 , 2, and 3 are about the same?

Generally, level 2 is better than level 1. And level 3 is better than level 2. If you want to see a list of all the prizes, go to _knight_dog_'s pet page.

Say that I play a game (say Wingoball) and win a Neopia Central 1.3 WC Piece. If I play the same game and win, will I get the same WC piece in the same gallery?

The piece that you win from any game is random. TNT selects a random pieces from that map(in this case Neopia Central map 1), and puts it in you inventory. Sometimes you can get the same piece more than once. You will usually get a few duplicates every so often.

How many times can you send a score for a single game in a world challenge contest?

You can send as many scores as you want in the challenge. However, only the first three scores that you send will earn you neopoints. Also, make sure you open the game window after you have entered the challenge, otherwise you will not be able to enter in more than three scores.

If you have multiple of the same pieces, you can trade them, correct?

That is correct. WC map pieces are just normal items; you can sell them, trade them, put them in you galley or do anything you want with them.

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World Challenge High Score Table

Below are two HSTs showing some of the WC players with the most WC wins. The HST on the left contains the top players who have won in the most number of games in the WC. The HST on the right contains the top players who have the most number of total WC wins. Congrats to everyone on the list and good luck to those hopping to be on it soon.
If you know anyone who should be on this list but i forgot to put on, please
neomail me.

Name # of games user has won in # of WC won
1 0o0slytherinpride0o0 81 1238
2 blondlogix 72 1588
3 nickt666 71 907
4 honestgirl888 70 3481
5 yan_123321 69 789
6 kileca123 66 378
7 felix77777 65 2007
8 sk8brdrme 65 423
9 tri_633 65 416
10 sweep_the_doghouse 58 2618
11 cloudshaper2k 58 589
12 mskind81 56 730
13 podge1993 55 2053
14 gsklyne 55 1207
15 patrick418 55 600
16 maninchen 53 1477
17 mesospl0x 53 428
18 paulinha753_ 53 294
19 noicepls 51 292
20 maiden_tas 49 3792
21 maddinka 49 1765
22 forever_puppys 49 571
23 sweetpeagirl618 48 1953
24 angelnoemy 48 497
25 meanmoddy 47 4873
26 godzimir 47 1636
27 mystiquesprite 45 2349
28 ultraspider 45 874
29 unforgivenvampire 44 1210
30 wawaf 44 875
31 ___dragon___ 44 830
32 kwsmith 44 606
33 fox4ce1 43 1542
34 bartdrunkeys 43 603
35 kipani123 43 168
36 schnuffel_puffel 42 857
37 jezzicat 42 790
38 titelucky 42 636
39 suna9793 42 456
40 contemno_hominum 41 1271
41 kitandman 40 2313
42 djc003 40 1607
43 vinylvixen 40 1561
44 julchen1b 40 755
45 mauk54 40 586
46 taniake 40 571
47 candy_4158_1168 40 165
48 duanezz 39 2418
49 mamapurdy2 39 2369
50 buzzbrian 39 809
Name # of WC won # of games user has won in
1 1_chrissie 6939 9
2 111volt111 6789 4
3 moncour 5664 8
4 bjm80 5465 12
5 meanmoddy 4873 47
6 nelfeb 4692 28
7 realms_fan 4366 5
8 geneames1 4190 24
9 goro0614 4180 34
10 onwind 4032 16
11 raccoon1964 3997 16
12 cs_na6ce 3900 10
13 maiden_tas 3792 49
14 cyberheld 3619 18
15 anoutza 3613 12
16 tractorgirl78 3604 2
17 ketale 3582 24
18 kurumi_san 3570 15
19 niclonniklon 3554 12
20 ciccibny 3552 4
21 squirrelfury 3522 1
22 honestgirl888 3481 70
23 jpeekaboo 3462 11
24 mae1979 3434 5
25 primopuel 3373 12
26 snowfairy199 3252 7
27 aakid 3236 8
28 wuwwy_w 3226 4
29 7haplos7 3225 17
30 mcabre 3150 8
31 boccalocca 3146 1
32 bossewolf 3121 8
33 carlosjml 3109 22
34 timothyvincent 3109 5
35 angelfire1a 3089 24
36 lennylenny103 3076 27
37 topdeck88 3013 25
38 angeluponclouds 2998 7
39 matthewhuichikin 2958 10
40 turkeybabe241 2951 29
41 miyunama 2914 28
42 buttonwood193 2883 33
43 patric21 2867 20
44 mon_zhou 2861 1
45 cran_b 2787 7
46 momma_uni 2760 2
47 northern_paradise 2753 12
48 netreya 2746 9
49 drakesweeper 2735 3
50 i_deal 2713 5


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Well that is the end on my guide. I hope that you enjoyed it and learned some thing about World Challenges. If you get frustrated, remember that practice makes perfect. Feel free to neomail me with comments, questions, and suggestions about my guide.



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