# Duels and Festivals

There are two kinds of battles your Taruchi will engage in: Duels, and Festivals. You can enter battles from the "Arena" screen. 

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Duels are one-on-one matches against other players. Win or lose, both Taruchi survive and level up - but, if you're losing a lot, you probably won't survive the Festival, so make sure to learn from your losses!&#x20;

For this playtest, rounds 1-10 are Duels, and round 11 is the Festival of Consecration.

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The Festival of Consecration is a tournament where 8 Taruchi enter, and only 1 survives to become Marked. The other 7 participants will die. This is permanent. They cannot be saved.

All the battles are resolved in the same onchain transaction.

You can also face off against AI in free practice tournaments, if you want to experiment with your build before the real thing.


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