130 Fun Facts About Wizard101

What is the name of the fictional universe of floating worlds that Wizard101 is set in?

Its worlds are islands suspended in midair inside spheroid atmospheres, which is why you travel between them through Spiral Doors rather than by ship.

Which school of magic can a new wizard NOT choose at character creation?

Sun, Moon, Star and Shadow are learned later with training points; the seven starter schools are Fire, Ice, Storm, Myth, Life, Death and Balance.

Who is the headmaster of Ravenwood who summons the player to Wizard City?

He co-founded both the school and the city with the Grandfather Tree Bartleby, and hails from the Arthurian world of Avalon.

What kind of animal is Gamma, the headmaster's constant companion?

Gamma is voiced by KingsIsle audio lead T.J. O'Leary, and grew up alongside his master in Avalon.

Malistaire Drake, the game's first great villain, was formerly the professor of which school?

He was driven mad by the death of his wife Sylvia, and his twin brother Cyrus still teaches Myth at Ravenwood.

What is the name of Malistaire's late wife, whose death sets the whole first story arc in motion?

She had been Ravenwood's Life professor; Moolinda Wu was brought from MooShu to replace her.

What is the name of the ancient book Malistaire hunts for on a desert world in the first arc?

Alhazred and the Order of the Fang wrote it to record how they put the tyrannical Kroks into the Great Sleep.

What is the premium currency used to permanently unlock areas in Wizard101?

Free-to-play players buy zones once with Crowns, while a Membership unlocks every world for as long as it lasts.

In a duel, what do wizards accumulate each round in order to cast spells?

There is also a chance each round of receiving a power pip, which is worth two ordinary pips for spells of your own school.

What is the maximum number of players or enemies on each side of a Wizard101 duel?

Duels are two teams of up to four; the two teams take turns and the side left standing wins the (randomly distributed) rewards.

Which school specialises in summoning minions to help in battle?

Death wizards instead drain HP from enemies, Life wizards heal, and Balance wizards buff and debuff both sides.

Which school is described as the most defensive, in exchange for low damage output?

Storm is its mirror image: the highest burst damage in the game paired with the smallest health pool.

On which world does the player finally defeat Malistaire at the end of the first story arc?

He was trying to wake the Dragon Titan and force it to revive Sylvia; after the duel his ghost is reunited with her.

In which world does canine detective Sherlock Bones help the Wizard find the stolen book?

Its Victorian-London theme runs to Big Ben, Newgate Prison and a master criminal cat named Meowiarty.

Which master thief does Malistaire free from Newgate to steal the Order of the Fang's book?

After his defeat he was locked in the Glass House, and he claims he could walk out of the front door any time he chose.

How many cursed Onis must the Wizard defeat in MooShu to heal its wounded Emperor?

Emperor Yoshihito was struck down by Malistaire when he refused to hand over the Spiral Key to Dragonspyre.

Who is the Umbra Queen, the main antagonist of the game's second story arc?

A former protégé of Ambrose expelled for experimenting with Astral magic, she came from Avalon and is the sister of Sir Malory.

Which world is destroyed by the comet Xibalba despite the Wizard's efforts in the second arc?

It is the only mainline world the player fails to save, and its dinosaur inhabitants, the Aztecosaurs, remember the First World.

What legendary weapon does Ambrose send the Wizard to Avalon to retrieve as a counter to the Umbra Queen?

The Lady of the Lake makes the Wizard worthy of it by attuning them to five shrines across Avalon.

The mysterious Old Cob met in Khrysalis is later revealed to be which primal being?

He is Grandmother Raven's lover and rival; she used his heart to bind the fragments of the First World into the Spiral.

Which world of storm-wrapped floating islands did Grandmother Raven make to seal Spider's heart?

It is a ring of floating islands wrapped in a giant storm cell, and it closes the third story arc.

In the fourth arc, the entity called 'the Nothing' takes on a name. What is it?

Its sacrifice inside the world synthesizer creates an entirely new world, Novus, whose shards then appear across the Spiral.

Which real-world region inspired the world of Wallaru?

Its areas include Hope Springs, Wobbegong Territory and the Dreaming, and its troublemaker is a frog named Freddie Kroaker.

Which body rules the fifth arc's world of gargoyles and vampires?

Gargoyles, vampires and were-creatures dominate its perpetual night while humans survive as scattered Outsiders.

What did Wizard101's fifth story arc raise the level cap to in 2025?

The cap was 40 at launch and rose to 50 with the third world; the fifth arc pushed it to 180 in 2025.

Which hobby is the odd one out because it uses reagents rather than energy?

Energy is a stat that grows as you level, alongside health and mana; reagents are gathered or bought.

In what year did Wizard101 launch?

Open beta began on 6 August and the game went live on 2 September, three years after the studio was founded.

Which sister MMORPG did KingsIsle release in 2012, set in the same universe?

Its hero is a pirate orphan racing the clockwork Armada to the golden world of El Dorado; the two games even share Zeke and Eloise.

Which pop star was revealed as the 'mystery composer' behind seven tracks for the Wintertusk expansion?

He worked with KingsIsle for two months; the game's regular composer, Nelson Everhart, was still scoring expansions in 2022.

Which singer had a Celestia questline in 2010 that rewarded players with her statue and portrait?

It cross-promoted the single 'Round and Round' and has since been removed from the game.

Wizard101 was re-released on which PC storefront in September 2018 for its tenth anniversary?

Wizard City's graphics and the character models were revamped ahead of the anniversary update.

When did Wizard101 first arrive on PlayStation and Xbox consoles?

The launch overwhelmed KingsIsle's servers; a Nintendo Switch version followed on 13 January 2026.

Under the game's chat rules, players under what age are limited to 'menu chat' by default?

Filtered words show red as you type and are sent as three dots; verified adults over 18 get the loosest filter.

How much premium currency does the in-game shopkeeper charge for a one-time name or gender change?

Names themselves are not free-typed: you assemble one from a list of first names and optional two-part surnames.

Roughly how many Wizard101 accounts had been created by November 2014, according to KingsIsle?

The count had gone from 2 million in April 2009 to 30 million by mid-2013.

Which company partnered with KingsIsle to run the European version of Wizard101 from 2011 until 2022?

European servers were transferred to KingsIsle and gamigo in 2022 with player progress and Crowns balances preserved.

The Chinese version of Wizard101 put players into a "fatigued" state that halved rewards after how many hours?

After five hours the 'unhealthy' state cut rewards entirely, and all references to skeletons and death had to be removed.

Who founded KingsIsle Entertainment in January 2005?

He bankrolled the studio with money from selling his telecoms software company Inet Technologies for $325 million.

In which Texas city did KingsIsle Entertainment consolidate its headquarters after Austin?

The company began in Plano and grew in Austin's Domain complex before consolidating in Round Rock, north of Austin.

Which Malta-based holding company acquired KingsIsle in January 2021?

The deal was $126 million up front plus an $84 million earn-out; the founder spun off the mobile games as Wimo Games.

Which id Software co-founder served as creative director on Wizard101's original development?

He had also co-founded Ion Storm; J. Todd Coleman headed development until leaving in January 2013.

What is Bartleby, the being at the heart of Ravenwood?

He is the Grandfather Tree whose mouth becomes the door to the Spiral Chamber, and whose Eye of History was stolen by Malistaire.

Which professor teaches Ice at Ravenwood, and was the first instructor Ambrose ever hired?

She is half-fairy, was born in the candy world of Karamelle, and rescued Ambrose from a cage set by the Brothers Bonbon.

Which cow from MooShu became Ravenwood's Life professor after the previous one died?

She belongs to the House of Wu, the royal gardeners who tend Emperor Yoshihito's Garden of Eternal Brightness.

Where is Ravenwood's School of Death located after Malistaire tore it from the campus?

Dworgyn kept teaching there without knowing what had happened; you reach it through the waterfall behind Rainbow Bridge.

The School of Balance is unusual among Ravenwood's schools because it is based on which other world?

Its founder Alhazred is a Krok whose classroom sits under the Krokosphinx; his best student Arthur Wethersfield teaches Balance basics in Wizard City.

Ravenwood's Duelmaster, Diego, is what kind of creature?

Diego Santiago Quariquez Ramirez III comes from Valencia and has a criminal twin brother, Roberto, who stole the family's lucky unicornshoe.

What is the Wysteria school of magic whose dueling tournament the Wizard enters at level 25?

Its teachers cannot actually perform magic, and its tournament was nearly derailed when Lord Bramble stole the Cup.

Which world's population is made up largely of warrior Bears, Wolves and Ravens?

The Norse-styled side world arrived in June 2009 and later gained the Wintertusk expansion, where the Coven tries to wake the Ice Titan.

What is Karamelle, the first world of the fourth arc, best known for producing?

Nana's Olde Fashioned Karamelle Delights grew big enough to employ nearly everyone on the world before the resistance group W.I.T.C.H. brought it down.

The Immortal Games, a three-stage contest against Zeus, Poseidon and Hades, take place on which world?

Players face Zeus on Mount Olympus, Poseidon in Atlantea and finally Hades in Tartarus.

On which world was Malistaire's ghost finally laid to rest in a second duel with the Wizard?

Resurrected by Morganthe as 'Malistaire the Undying', he invoked the Law of Kan Davasi to demand the rematch at Castle Darkmoor.

Which school of magic specialises in damage-over-time effects?

Storm goes for burst damage instead, at the cost of a small health pool.

Which school deals high burst damage but has the lowest health pool?

Storm wizards are the glass cannons of the Spiral.

Which school specialises in healing spells and high-accuracy damage?

Death wizards instead steal health from their enemies.

Which school specialises in buffing all allies and debuffing all enemies?

Its spells reach every combatant on the field at once.

A 'power pip' is worth how many regular pips for a spell of the wizard's own school?

The chance of gaining one each round comes from the wizard's gear.

Along with health and mana, which base statistic rises automatically when a wizard levels up?

Energy is spent on pets, fishing and gardening.

Which of these hobbies does not require reagents?

Crafting is the odd one out, consuming reagents instead.

What is the name of Malistaire's brother, Ravenwood's Myth professor?

He tries to stop his brother with Sylvia's ghost, but fails.

What slumbering being does Malistaire plan to awaken to force the revival of his wife?

His ghost finally reunites with Sylvia after his defeat.

Ambrose expelled the future Umbra Queen for experimenting with which type of magic?

She shares an ominous prophecy on Celestia.

What artifact does the Umbra Queen reclaim on Zafaria?

She announces her plan to rewrite the Spiral in her image.

Who helps the Wizard become worthy of the sword in Avalon by attuning to five shrines?

The five shrines are scattered across Avalon.

What is the name of the Umbra Queen's adopted home world, site of her Shadow Palace?

Local resistance groups help the Wizard storm it.

What order does Old Cob give his 'children' after Morganthe's fall?

He had used the Wizard to eliminate a rival.

Which chaotic schemer does the Wizard foil on Polaris?

Overlord Xerxes is his counterpart on Mirage; both are disguised sons of Spider.

Mellori, the Wizard's arc-three ally, is the adopted daughter of whom?

She turns out to be Raven's biological daughter.

What are the secret agents of Spider embedded throughout the Spiral called?

They later host a peace summit in Karamelle.

What does Spider hope to achieve by claiming the Sands of Time?

Killing him would destroy his heart and unmake the Spiral.

Which of Spider's sons turns against him and allies with the Wizard in Empyrea?

Together with Mellori they defeat the Aethyr Titan.

What insane being is spawned by Spider and Raven's hatred at the heart of the Spiral?

The Wizard convinces the two primal beings to forgive each other and go into exile.

In what form does the Nothing first communicate through combat in Karamelle?

After its defeat the Nothing assumes the guise of the Old One.

What device did the Old One use to build Lemuria from fragments of other worlds?

It was locked away in the Arcanum.

Where was the Old One's world-building device locked away, and later destroyed?

Dasein merges with the device to stop its activation.

Which of these is NOT one of the four civilisations that discovered shards of Novus?

Marleybone was the fourth.

What is the name of the Manticore's vision of paradise that the Wizard defeats?

The Cabal wanted to use Dasein to restore the First World.

Which frog-like troublemaker causes problems across Wallaru?

Wallaru's regions include Hope Springs, Wobbegong Territory and the Dreaming.

What is the forbidden academy at the heart of Darkmoor's curse called?

Its founder Balaur manipulated the Great Houses from the shadows.

Who founded Darkmoor's forbidden academy and secretly manipulated its Great Houses?

The Wizard defeats him but Miranda escapes.

Which Broken Branch member vanishes after an attack on the Wizard's sanctum, drawing them to Darkmoor?

She escapes with a seed of Sybil's Dreamwalking Spell Tree.

Which Wizard City street, including its Haunted Cave, is free to all players?

The Commons, Ravenwood, Shopping District and Olde Town are also free.

Subscribers can enter ranked contests of what kind, besides PvP?

Subscribers can also post on the message board and hold more items.

How does a filtered word appear to other players once sent?

While typing, filtered words are marked in red.

Filtered words that verified 18+ players are allowed to see are marked in what colour?

Verification requires a credit card on the account.

Who served as the game's creative director from launch through 2013?

He had previously sold Wolfpack Studios to Ubisoft.

On what date did the game formally launch after its open beta?

Open beta had begun on August 6 that year.

Which company partnered with KingsIsle to bring the game to China, Taiwan and Hong Kong?

The Taiwan version launched in April 2012.

References to what had to be censored or removed from the Chinese version?

Quests there also demanded more monsters defeated and items collected.

After five hours of play, the Chinese version's 'unhealthy' state did what to rewards?

The two-hour 'fatigued' state only halved them.

In 2022 the European servers transitioned to KingsIsle and which other team?

Progress and Crowns balances were assured to carry over.

When did the Nintendo Switch version follow the other consoles?

By February 2026 console downloads had passed one million.

Where did the game rank among free-to-play titles on the US PlayStation Store in October 2025?

The launch response far exceeded KingsIsle's expectations, causing server queues.

Who has composed the game's music since 2008?

He got the job by writing a Harry Potter-style audition track.

What average score does the game hold on GameRankings?

A GameShark reviewer praised the ambiance but criticised the restrictive chat.

How many players had the game reached by June 2010, according to KingsIsle?

It hit 20 million by July 2011.

In which Texas city was KingsIsle originally established?

Its Austin studio later hosted most staff before the move to Round Rock.

Akilian funded KingsIsle with money from selling which company to Tektronix?

The 2004 sale fetched $325 million.

Which studio had the game's first creative director sold to Ubisoft before joining KingsIsle?

He became KingsIsle's third employee and its first in Austin.

KingsIsle's 2010 iOS game WizardBlox was based on which in-game mini-game?

It was released free in February 2010.

What was KingsIsle's 2012 tower-defence game in which guard animals protect towers?

EverClicker and Animal Cove followed on mobile in 2017 and 2018.

How many Austin employees did KingsIsle lay off in May 2016?

It cited cancelled mobile games and a shift in strategy.

What was the base price Media and Games Invest paid for KingsIsle in 2021?

A further $84 million was available as an earn-out.

Akilian spun off KingsIsle's mobile segment under what name?

He heads it as executive chairman.

In the sister game, the player pirate begins by escaping from what?

They then work for Captain Avery to earn their keep.

The sister game's pirates race to find which mythical world made of gold?

Seven map pieces point the way.

Who is the main antagonist of the sister game, Supreme Commander of the Armada?

He is a superintelligent clockwork who wants to remake the Spiral.

What is the Armada in the sister game?

Its clockworks invade and dominate many worlds of the Spiral.

What is the first world of the sister game, a cluster of jungle islands?

It serves as a pirate haven.

What are the open skies between islands called in the sister game?

Ships sail and make port in midair.

Which two characters serve as voiceover guides in the sister game's prologue?

The player never physically meets them again.

Which wealthy retired pirate owns the first world's Skyway and gives the first quests?

He sends the player after the map pieces.

Which American frontier-themed world features in the sister game?

Its enemies are Bison and Birds.

How many map pieces lead to the golden world in total?

The player collects three and the Armada two before the showdown with Kane.

Which legendary sailor joins the pirate's crew at the start of the sister game's second arc?

The arc visits the underworlds of Tartarus and Duat.

What are the tradeable one-use battle powers in the sister game called?

They can be discarded mid-battle to draw new ones.

What do the guns in the sister game shoot instead of bullets?

Defeated foes also vanish bloodlessly, with its preteen audience in mind.

Which game did the sister title edge out for MMORPG.com's 2012 Player's Choice Game of the Year?

It won with 27.8% of the vote, a margin of just 0.5%.

What are the two open PvP arenas in the sister game called?

Up to four players a side can fight.

What is Kane's greatest creation, who escapes after his defeat?

The parents' ghost message afterwards turns out to be a forgery.

KingsIsle formally announced its existence in April 2008 after how many years of secrecy?

It already had 100 employees in Plano and Austin.

On what date did Wizard101 enter open beta, about a month before its full launch?

Development had begun in 2005, soon after KingsIsle Entertainment was founded.

In the fourth arc, what swallows the Old One during the peace summit in Karamelle?

The other Cabal members blame the Wizard for the appearances, which are really the work of the Nothing.

Mellori, the Wizard's ally in the third arc, is revealed to be whose biological daughter?

Raised by Baba Yaga, she tries to kill Spider on Raven's orders before helping to defeat the Aethyr Titan.

What is the website-level login that controls parental settings for a family of players called?

A setting changed there applies to every connected account, including restrictions on chat functions.

How many accounts had Wizard101 reached by April 2009, according to KingsIsle press releases?

The count hit 5 million that September and 30 million by July 2013.

Besides two housing items, what free item came with the September 2018 tenth-anniversary update?

One housing item required a short quest in which established characters thanked the game's supporters.

In Pirate101, which two companions fight alongside a player who chooses the Witchdoctor class?

Choosing 'shipwrecked' as a parent's fate in character creation adds Lucky Jack Russell of the Presidio Five.

How many registered users did Pirate101 report in October 2013, matching Wizard101's first year?

Reviewer Suzie Ford of MMORPG praised its bright aesthetics and strategic turn-based combat.

Which former Midway Games executive was KingsIsle's president when it broke cover in April 2008?

The company then had 100 employees across Plano and Austin after three years of 'lock down secrecy'.