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Welcome to the official Rebirth Wiki, the comprehensive reference written and maintained by the players.

Celebrate the return of City of Heroes!

City of Heroes is back and it showed us one important thing.

Seems not everything is remembered with rose tinted glasses, older games can be just as fun if not better than what you actually remembered. Value those memories but also relish the fact that you can finally, not only relive those memories; but also create new ones with your friends and loved ones in City of Heroes. The game lives today thanks to the brave leakers and self-less coders who worked day and night (for free) to bring you the possibilities you have at hand today. Don't let their efforts go to waste, what are you waiting for? Hop on your favorite AT and start playing today!

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News & updates

Game status: ▪ Game updates - Sunday, 23 July 2023; ▪ Upcoming changes; ▪ Server reset

July 23, 2023: ▪ Rebirth Issue 6, Episode 1
February 26, 2023: ▪ Rebirth Issue 5, Episode 1
July 24, 2022: ▪ Rebirth Issue 4, Episode 1
April 17, 2022: ▪ Rebirth Issue 3, Episode 1
December 12, 2021: ▪ Rebirth Issue 2, Episode 3
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Basics

Starting the game: ▪ Keybinds ▪ User interface ▪ Binds
Characters: ▪ Character Creation ▪ Archetype ▪ Movement ▪ Interacting ▪ Options
Communication: ▪ Global Handle ▪ Mail System ▪ Friends ▪ Emotes
Groups: ▪ Team ▪ League ▪ LFG ▪ Supergroups ▪ Coalition
Using your Map: ▪ Map Window Guide ▪ Coordinates ▪ Supergroup Bases ▪ Objects ▪ Badges ▪ Day Jobs
Dictionary ▪ Abbreviations

Gameplay

Combat Mechanics: ▪ Leveling ▪ Status Effect ▪ Endurance ▪ Powers ▪ Buffs and Debuffs ▪ Experience
Player vs Enviroment: ▪ Contacts ▪ Missions ▪ Giant Monsters ▪ Trials ▪ Task Forces ▪ Raids ▪ Flashback ▪ Cooperative Zones
Mission Architect: ▪ Architect Entertainments ▪ Test Mode ▪ Tickets ▪ Hall of Fames ▪ Developer's Choices
Player vs Player: ▪ Arena ▪ PvP Zones ▪ PvP Special Missions ▪ Base Raids

Gear

Inventory: ▪ Enhancements ▪ Salvage ▪ Components ▪ Recipes ▪ Super Packs
Appearance: ▪ Costumes ▪ Costume Sets ▪ Power Customization ▪ Animation Customization ▪ Weapon Customization
Inventions: ▪ Invention System ▪ Invention Salvage ▪ Invention Worktable
Rewards: ▪ Influence, Infamy and Information ▪ Prestige ▪ Merits ▪ Paragon Rewards ▪ Auction House ▪ Vendors ▪ Trading ▪ Vault

Places and lore

Paragon City: ▪ Atlas Park ▪ Brickstown ▪ Founders' Falls ▪ Galaxy City ▪ Independence Port ▪ Kings Row ▪ Faultline ▪ Peregrine Island ▪ Croatoa ▪ Skyway City ▪ Steel Canyon ▪ Talos Island
Rogue Islands: ▪ Mercy Island ▪ Sharkhead Isle ▪ Port Oakes ▪ Cap au Diable ▪ Nerva Archipelago ▪ St. Martial ▪ Grandville ▪ The Abyss
Praetoria: ▪ Nova Praetoria ▪ Imperial City ▪ Neutropolis ▪ The Underground ▪ First Ward ▪ Night Ward
Story Arcs: ▪ Personal Story ▪ Hero Story Arcs ▪ Villain Story Arcs ▪ Praetorian Story Arcs ▪ Signature Story Arcs
Lore ▪ Timeline

Wiki community

We are currently maintaining 11,719 articles!

Community Portal: ▪ Ourodev; ▪ Portal Corps; ▪ CoX Community; ▪ Other Servers; ▪ Tools
How to contribute: ▪ List of articles needing expansion; ▪ List of incomplete articles; ▪ List of WIP articles; ▪ List of wanted pages
Need help?: ▪ Frequently Asked Questions; ▪ [Join us in our Forums]; ▪ [Join us on Discord]
Policy
Guidelines

Changes for the main page are proposed here, and the featured article can be changed here.

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-== Welcome to the Paragon Wiki! ==
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+<p>Welcome to the official <span>[[File:Coh_gr_line.png|x25px|link=Rebirth|alt=Rebirth]]</span> Rebirth Wiki, the comprehensive reference written and maintained by the players.</p>
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-[[Image:CoHBanner.png|frame|right|[http://www.cityofheroes.com City of Heroes] official site]]
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-[[Image:CoVBanner.png|frame|right|[http://www.cityofvillains.com City of Villains] official site]]
+<div class="mainpage-cell mainpage-cell-double">
-Welcome to City of Heroes and City of Villains, the online world that's home to an entire universe of heroes and villains, where you and thousands of other players take on the roles of super powered heroes and villains in a stunning, 3D graphical world.
+{{Main Page/featured}}
+</div>
-This wiki is intended to be a central repository of all things that have to do with NCSoft's two MMORPG's, [http://www.cityofheroes.com City of Heroes] and [http://www.cityofvillains.com City of Villains].  This wiki is a community effort.  If you cannot find the information you are searching for, please add it to the wiki for other users to see.
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+<h2>News & updates</h2>
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+:▪&nbsp;[[Upcoming changes]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Server reset]]
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-To find information, use the search box on the left, or feel free to browse the available [[Special:Categories|categories]] or view the [[Table of Contents|table of contents]].
+<div class="mainpage-cell">
+<h2>Basics</h2>
+;[[The_Players'_Guide_to_the_Cities|Starting the game]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Default Keybinds|Keybinds]] ▪&nbsp;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/User_Interface|User interface]] ▪&nbsp;[[Binds]]
+;[[Character]]s
+:▪&nbsp;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/Creating_a_Character|Character Creation]] ▪&nbsp;[[Archetype]] ▪&nbsp;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/Movement|Movement]] ▪&nbsp;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/Interacting_with_the_Environment|Interacting]] ▪&nbsp;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/User_Interface/Options_Window|Options]]
+;[[Communication Channels|Communication]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Global Chat Handle|Global Handle]] ▪&nbsp;[[Mail System]] ▪&nbsp;[[Friends]] ▪&nbsp;[[Emote]]s
+;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/Teams|Group]]s
+:▪&nbsp;[[Team]] ▪&nbsp;[[League]] ▪&nbsp;[[LFG]] ▪&nbsp;[[Supergroup]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Coalition]]
+;[[Maps|Using your Map]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Map|Map Window Guide]] ▪&nbsp;[[Coordinates]] ▪&nbsp;[[Supergroup Base]]s ▪&nbsp;[[:Category:Objects|Objects]] ▪&nbsp;[[Badges]] ▪&nbsp;[[Day Jobs]]
+;[[:Category:Definition|Dictionary]] ▪&nbsp;[[Abbreviations]]
+</div>
-This wiki is provided by the [http://www.pcfreepress.com Paragon City Free Press], a fansite dedicated to the enjoyment of City of Heroes and City of Villains by providing more depth to the game.
+<div class="mainpage-cell">
+<h2>Gameplay</h2>
+;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/Fighting_and_Other_Actions|Combat Mechanics]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/Leveling|Leveling]] ▪&nbsp;[[Status Effect]] ▪&nbsp;[[Endurance]] ▪&nbsp;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/Powers|Power]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Buffs and Debuffs]] ▪&nbsp;[[Experience]]
+;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/Missions|Player vs Enviroment]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Contacts]] ▪&nbsp;[[Mission]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Giant Monster]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Trial]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Task Force]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Raid]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Flashback]] ▪&nbsp;[[:Category:Cooperative Zones|Cooperative Zones]]
+;[[Mission Architect]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Architect Entertainment]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Test Mode]] ▪&nbsp;[[Ticket]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Hall of Fame]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Developer's Choice]]s
+;[[Player vs Player]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Arena]] ▪&nbsp;[[PvP Zones]] ▪&nbsp;[[:Category:PvP Special Missions|PvP Special Missions]] ▪&nbsp;[[Base Raid]]s
+</div>
-Please see the [[wikipedia:Help:Editing|Editing User's Guide]] for information about how to write and create articles for this wiki.
+<div class="mainpage-cell">
+<h2>Gear</h2>
+;[[Inventory]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Enhancements]] ▪&nbsp;[[Salvage]] ▪&nbsp;[[Component]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Recipes]] ▪&nbsp;[[Super Packs]]
+;[[Costumes|Appearance]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Costumes]] ▪&nbsp;[[Costume Sets]] ▪&nbsp;[[Power Customization]]  ▪&nbsp;[[Animation Customization]]  ▪&nbsp;[[Weapon Customization]]
+;[[Inventions]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Invention System]] ▪&nbsp;[[Invention Salvage]] ▪&nbsp;[[Invention Worktable]]
+;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/Rewards|Rewards]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Inf|Influence, Infamy and Information]] ▪&nbsp;[[Prestige]] ▪&nbsp;[[Merit]]s ▪&nbsp;[[Paragon Rewards]] ▪&nbsp;[[Auction House]] ▪&nbsp;[[Vendor]]s ▪&nbsp;[[The_Players%27_Guide_to_the_Cities/Trading|Trading]] ▪&nbsp;[[Vault]]
+</div>
-== News ==
+<div class="mainpage-cell">
+<h2>Places and lore </h2>
+;[[Paragon City]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Atlas Park]] ▪&nbsp;[[Brickstown]] ▪&nbsp;[[Founders' Falls]] ▪&nbsp;[[Galaxy City]] ▪&nbsp;[[Independence Port]] ▪&nbsp;[[Kings Row]] ▪&nbsp;[[Faultline]] ▪&nbsp;[[Peregrine Island]] ▪&nbsp;[[Croatoa]] ▪&nbsp;[[Skyway City]] ▪&nbsp;[[Steel Canyon]] ▪&nbsp;[[Talos Island]]
+;[[Rogue Islands]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Mercy Island]] ▪&nbsp;[[Sharkhead Isle]] ▪&nbsp;[[Port Oakes]] ▪&nbsp;[[Cap au Diable]] ▪&nbsp;[[Nerva Archipelago]] ▪&nbsp;[[St. Martial]] ▪&nbsp;[[Grandville]] ▪&nbsp;[[The Abyss]]
+;[[Praetoria]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Nova Praetoria]] ▪&nbsp;[[Imperial City]] ▪&nbsp;[[Neutropolis]] ▪&nbsp;[[The Underground]] ▪&nbsp;[[First Ward]] ▪&nbsp;[[Night Ward]]
+;[[Story Arc]]s
+:▪&nbsp;[[Personal Story]] ▪&nbsp;[[Hero Story Arcs]] ▪&nbsp;[[Villain Story Arcs]] ▪&nbsp;[[Praetorian Story Arcs]] ▪&nbsp;[[Signature Story Arc]]s
+;[[Lore]] ▪&nbsp;[[Timeline]]
+</div>
-=== Monday, September 3, 2007 ===
+<div class="mainpage-cell">
+<h2>Wiki community</h2>
-==== Tabula Rasa Beta Key Contest Winners ====
+We are currently maintaining [[Special:Statistics|{{NUMBEROFARTICLES}}]] [[Special:Allpages|articles]]!<br>
+;[[Rebirth Wiki:Community Portal|Community Portal]]
-Congratulations to the winners of the Tabula Rasa Beta Key contest!  I've posted a message with the answers to the contest trivia questions and the winners in the [http://paragonwiki.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=4133 Paragon Forums].  I'd also like to give a heavy-duty shout-out to Wikia, who will be hosting the Paragon Wiki in the very near future, and who acquired the beta keys for this contest!  Thanks again, and keep an eye out for future contests. --[[User:TonyV|TonyV]] 23:22, 3 September 2007 (EDT)
+:▪&nbsp;[[:Rebirth Wiki:Ourodev|Ourodev]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[:Rebirth Wiki:Portal Corps|Portal Corps]]
-=== Wednesday August 29, 2007 ===
+:▪&nbsp;[[:Rebirth Wiki:CoX Community Sites|CoX Community]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[:Rebirth Wiki: Other Servers|Other Servers]]
-==== Tabula Rasa Beta Key Giveaway ====
+:▪&nbsp;[[:Rebirth Wiki: Tools|Tools]]
+;[[Help:Contents|How to contribute]]
-Aw, shucks, anything I write here is for historical purposes since there's a big yellow banner across the top of the page.  Still, if historical purposes we need, historical purposes we'll have!
+:▪&nbsp;[[:Category:Stubs|List of articles needing expansion]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[:Category:Incomplete|List of incomplete articles]]
-The Paragon Wiki and Wikia are giving away several beta keys to [http://www.rgtr.com/ Richard Garriot's Tabula Rasa], compliments of NCsoft! To enter to win one of the keys, simply answer a [http://paragonwiki.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=658 few trivia questions], all of which can be found right here in the Paragon Wiki. The contest ends this Saturday (September 1, 2007) at 8:00pm Eastern.
+:▪&nbsp;[[:Category:Work in Progress|List of WIP articles]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[Special:WantedPages|List of wanted pages]]
-=== Thursday August 23, 2007 ===
+;Need help?
+:▪&nbsp;[[FAQs|Frequently Asked Questions]]
-==== Paragon Wiki is moving to Wikia ====
+:▪&nbsp;[[//forum.cityofheroesrebirth.com Join us in our Forums]]
+:▪&nbsp;[[//discord.gg/rPvHX26 Join us on Discord]]
-Hey all, the Paragon Wiki is going to be moving to Wikia in a week or two.  The plans have all been made, and I'm working with their technical gurus to get it all moved over.  Don't worry, though, I'm not going to be leaving any time soon, I'll still be the administrator of the wiki and active in its continued growth and development.
+;[[Rebirth_Wiki:Policy|Policy]]
+;[[Rebirth_Wiki:Article Guidelines|Guidelines]]
-I've [[Wikia_Move|written an article]] specifically about the move, including some questions and answers.  If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel free to post a message on the [http://paragonwiki.com/forums Paragon Forums] or e-mail me directly at [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]].
+</div>
+</div>
-While the site is moving, I ''highly'' encourage everyone to pop over to [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] and have a look around.  I think you'll be impressed with their setup, and hopefully you'll be as excited as I am about us moving over!
+<div id="editcopylink"><span>Changes for the main page are proposed [[Main Page/editcopy|here]], and the featured article can be changed [[Template:Main Page/featured|here]].</span></div>
+</div>
---[[User:TonyV|TonyV]] 21:37, 23 August 2007 (EDT)
-=== Tuesday July 24, 2007 ===
-==== Issue 10: Invasion live! ====
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-Issue 10 was released to the live servers this morning. The [[Rikti]] have been upgraded and are invading once again. Heroes and Villains must join together under the flag of the [[Vanguard]] to face this common foe.
-All related articles will be updated by the end of the week (hopefully).
-=== Monday July 23, 2007 ===
-==== Update: Daily backups up and running again ====
-After last weekend's disaster on a stick, a lot of time and effort has been dedicated to ensuring that reliable automated daily backups are being made once again.  The results so far are that the entire wiki and forums databases are being backed up every morning at 4:30am Eastern (8:30am UTC), the least busy time of day for the wiki, and being stored off-site.  Other changes are coming as well to make the wiki more stable and reliable; read [http://paragonwiki.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=588 this thread] in the Paragon Forums for more information.
-=== Sunday July 15, 2007 ===
-==== Major Outage!  DOOOM!!! ====
-Okay, not DOOOM, but still a pretty major outage.  The short version is that I did something stupid that wiped out the entire wiki database, and it's taken me a couple of days to get it restored and back online.  <span style="color:red;">All edits from 18:19 UTC on Tuesday July 10 until approximately 14:00 UTC on Saturday, July 14 have been lost</span>, and Paragon Wiki has been inaccessible almost this whole weekend. http://paragonwiki.com/forums/images/smiles/icon_cry.gif
-I can't apologize enough for the inconvenience, but just in case one more time helps, I'm really sorry.  We've gone for over a year and a half without any major hiccups, so I guess we were almost due.  Nevertheless, I'll take corrective measures this week to make sure that nothing like this happens again and to mitigate the consequences a lot better in the event that it does.  I'll post updates in the forums as I make progress.
-==== Changes, changes, changes ====
-The changes that were being made when this whole mess was instigated have been implemented.  The most major one is that the URL to access the wiki and its articles has changed.  Before, it was <nowiki>http://paragonwiki.com/</nowiki>''stuff''.  Now, it is buried one subdirectory deeper, under <nowiki>http://paragonwiki.com/wiki/</nowiki>''stuff''.  Why?  [http://paragonwiki.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=571 here is the full discussion].
-I've also taken advantage of the fact that the wiki was down hard for so long to go ahead and make a minor upgrade of MediaWiki from version 1.10.0 to 1.10.1.  Lemonade, right?
-Last, but not least, I've made a few back-end changes to make managing the site easier.  (This is the step which actually caused all the kerfuffle.)
-I'll post more information as I can on the forums, and if you have any trouble, please let me know.
---[[User:TonyV|TonyV]] 20:34, 15 July 2007 (EDT)
-=== Wednesday June 27, 2007 ===
-==== Issue 10 Public Beta ====
-Issue 10 open beta testing is open! Hit the [[Test server|Test Server]] and give the new content a run for its money.
-=== Monday June 4, 2007 ===
-==== Double XP Weekend ====
-Double XP Weekend is rolling around once again. This time, it's June 15-17. Time to pull out all those level 30-somethings you have and see how far up you can take them! A great time to sidekick and lackey your friends, and an even better time to [http://www.cityofheroes.com/community/referral_program.html refer them to the game].
-=== Wednesday May 2, 2007 ===
-==== Wiki Optimizations ====
-Wow, what a hard day this has been on the Paragon Wiki!  You guys pounded our sparkly new server with 100% utilization almost all day today!  No, really, it wasn't our fault at all!  It was Issue 9, and it's not like we had a configuration parameter set wrong that could have been a contributing factor.  No, really we didn't!  We really...  Um...
-What were we talking about again?  Oh yes...
-We have installed the accelerator software on the new server, and it has made a big difference in the Wiki's performance.  Will it be big enough?  We'll know better once the throngs of people are hitting the site again at peak hours.  In the meantime, you can keep up with our progress in the [http://paragonwiki.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=4 Site Issues forum].
-Sorry again for the miserable performance today, and rest assured that we will continue making improvements!
-[[Archived News]]
-=== Wanted: Your Mad Writing Skillz (with a Z) ===
-Want to contribute to the Paragon Wiki but don't know where to start?  One good place to start is by editing articles that are designated as [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Stub|Stub]] articles and [[Special:Whatlinkshere/Template:Wip|Work in Progress]] articles.  These articles need anything from minor tweaks to major overhauls, and anything you have to add would be appreciated!
-If you want to dive into writing some highly needed articles from scratch, check out the list of [[Special:Wantedpages|Wanted Pages]].  These are pages that are linked to from other pages but that have no articles associated with them.  They are sorted by the number of links that point to them, so by filling in the articles towards the top of the list, you will be giving the most bang for your temporal buck.
-== Contact Info ==
-[[User:TonyV|TonyV]] is the administrator of this wiki.  If you need to contact him, please send an e-mail to [mailto:[email protected] [email protected]].  Please see the [[Paragon Wiki:Administrators|Administrators]] page for more information about the administrators of the Paragon Wiki.
-== Legal Information ==
-City of Heroes is ©2004 NCsoft Corporation and Cryptic Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.<br>
-City of Villains is ©2005 NCsoft Corporation and Cryptic Studios, Inc. All rights reserved.<br>
-City of Heroes, City of Villains, game content, logos, and materials are trademarks and copyrights of NCsoft Corporation and its Licensors and used with permission.
-Please see the [[Paragon Wiki:General_disclaimer|General Disclaimer]] for more information.