Climbing Tower

The Climbing Tower is a challenging trial that Players may undertake to be rewarded with the gift of being able to climb the outside world.

Navigation
The journey towards the Climbing Tower is a long trek, beginning at The Rocklands. This treacherous journey will lead you past areas infested with Turabadas, Wyrms & Groteras. a small area dubbed The Tarn, & a long upwards trek through the Climbing Canyon.

The Challenge
The Climbing Tower is a challenge that will lock the Player in until they complete it. Once you activate the first of many Checkpoint Orbs, your items will be whisked away until the challenge is completed, or until you leave the tower. Once a Checkpoint Orb is activated, it will stick itself to your belt, but more Orbs will slow you down.

The challenge comprises 5 "levels" (or phases) with a Checkpoint Orb corresponding to each, and each gets progressively more difficult in terms of the climbing skill required. Climbing is performed by grabbing one of the specific grab points, such as Rough Stone, Wooden Planks, Metal Chains, and Hanging Metal Rings.

The second checkpoint you reach (with the hand and crystal floating above it) will give you the climbing ability, albeit at a low stamina. The more checkpoints you complete past the second, the more stamina you unlock.

You MUST collect all previous orbs to get the next orb. You cannot place your hand on the pedestal if you do not have the previously unlocked orb. This prevents cheating by skipping checkpoints.

Technique
Climbing is an easy to learn, but hard to master skill. Though it can be difficult to convey how to climb through just text alone, there are a few techniques that can be translated:


 * Aligning your real life hands with your virtual hands will result in better grip.
 * You must pull yourself up quickly with each grip, and never keep one hand off the climbable object for an extended period. (UPDATE:The new ATT update has removed this feature. You can now keep one hand on the climbable object until you run out of stamina.)
 * In some sections you must "fling" yourself, and this can be done by quickly moving your hands to the opposite direction of where you wish to go, and letting go to maintain momentum. The new update has made this significantly easier.
 * How long you can climb is dependent on your Stamina, and is displayed by a vertically-segmented circle on either of your wrists. Each side corresponds to the Stamina of either arm. Stamina drains faster the more weight you have on your person. To get more Stamina you must complete each checkpoint of the tower. Each checkpoint increases your Stamina.

Player Times
Since its release, many Players have attempted the Tower. Those who wish to compete competitively have been submitting their times to the official Climbing Tower Speedrun Leaderboard.

Trivia

 * The tower is 268m(879.2ft) tall from the basement to the top.