2. Tutorial: Trials
Trials are a challenge that you do to acquire Pristine Matter (I'll be explaining it later). In trials you will fight the System Glitch (I'll be explaining it later too) and the mobs of the category you chosen.
Trial Keys are what you will be using to getting the attention of the System Glitch and challenging it to a fight.
Now that you have a Trial Key, you must bind it to the category and tier you want to fight. Just put an unbound Trial Key in the crafting table next to any Data Model. All the data inside your Data Model will be transferred to the Trial Key, and the Data Model will be gone.
I'd advice you to pay attention to the tier and category of the Data Model you bind to the Key. Certain categories are harder than others, and high tiered trials can be very difficult. It's recommended to use brewing, good enchantments and beacons to fight high-tiered Trials.
You may have noticed that your Trial Key also has a weirdo "Affixes" list. Those are special effects that can occur during the trial. Some of them may help you, some may not.
Well, the key is not magic (well, its kinda)! You will need a special device to put your key to be able to start a trial. In other words, you need to craft a Trial Keystone.
The Trial Key used in the crafting has no effect, so I's suggest you to use an Unbound one to avoid losing your precious data.
After you have one, put it in a good location in the world and start getting ready to your fight.
Unfortunately not all places are good to fight, so you'll need to terraform it to have a good circular, flat arena:
Don't worry if you miss something! There will be fiery particles in the wrong blocks of your terrain. Attempting to start a trial on this state will also give you a list of coordinates where there's something wrong.
Before getting into the fight, I'd like to present to you who you're going to fight:
The System Glitch is a pretty strong mob, its life will vary depending of the tier of the Trial you are running. He is also pretty fast, and will be teleporting and tricking at you. To get the trial succeeded your task is pretty simple: Kill Him!!!
As I said before, you will be facing the System Glitch at your fight, but it is not alone! Along with the System Glitch, he will call the most powerful armies of the category you chosen as waves. Higher tiers will have bigger waves, and they will be called faster. So, pay attention to it. Sometimes the waves will be enemies even worst than the System Glitch itself.
To get started, get a bound Trial Key and click in the Trial Keystone!
If you want to run the Trials with friends, no problems, just ask them to be around when you start the trial and you will be fighting it together.
Don't try to trick the system! You cannot make it easier using sign floors, building walls during the trials or things like that.
You also will not be able to leave the trial area. If all the players that are participating of the trial leave the trial arena (by getting killed, for instance), the System Glitch will not wait for you and will be gone, he has a lot of other System Glitchy tasks to do, you are not the priority! In other words, your trial will be a failure!
But if you manage to get the System Glitch killed, congratulations, you won! The System Glitch will accept its failure and leave some rewards for you. The rewards are Pristine Matters. You also will be getting your Trial Key back!