From a reputation rating of 1500, the Apprentice Academy becomes available. Access to it is located in the character's Backpack.
The academy trains apprentices of mages, warriors, and assassins.
These are your indispensable allies in battle, who can be leveled up and improved in terms of stats and equipment, equipped with armor, and given elixirs and effects.
Initially, they may seem weak in battle, but with each level and armor upgrade, your combat companions will become stronger and stronger, turning into a real fighting machine!
The quest "Getting to Know the Apprentices" for starter rewards can be obtained from the Mentor in the backpack - in the Apprentices section. To do this, you need to click on the book in the lower left corner.

Apprentices are divided by gender. For female characters, the apprentices are girls, and for male characters, they are boys.
Warriors - available from 1500 reputation points
Mages - available from level 70 Warrior
Assassins - available from level 70 Mage and after upgrading all armor to 3*, also for Mages
Level restrictions: 3-6 player levels - up to level 29 apprentice, 7-10 player levels - up to level 54 apprentice, then 11+; armor restrictions: 1 star per apprentice level, 2 stars at level 30, 3 stars at level 55.
Apprentices have their own backpack where items belonging to them are stored. Currently, these are experience potions and elixirs.

Each apprentice has their own starting equipment.
You can increase the power of your apprentice's armor using gold.
Currently, the maximum upgrade is 3 stars. Armor with 1 star costs 100 gold, armor with 2 stars costs 200 gold, and armor with 3 stars costs 300 gold.

To upgrade armor further, you must have all armor of the same star rating. That is, it is impossible to upgrade a one-star helmet to a two-star one if you have at least one armor piece without stars.

Each type of apprentice has its own abilities that unlock as they reach certain levels.

Warrior Abilities
Mage Abilities
Assassin Abilities
In the academy, you can see the progress of other mentors' apprentices, as well as a summary of your own operations.

In the academy, you will see the first apprentice diary, which will provide you with daily quests from the mentor. Tasks will be added over time.

Apprentices can be summoned into battle; the summon button is located under the monster provocation button.

Summoning is done using summon tokens, depending on the type of apprentice.
There is a cooldown period for summoning apprentices. Warriors can be summoned once every 30 minutes, mages - every 25 minutes, and assassins - every 20 minutes. Alternatively, you can reset the cooldown for 3 diamonds.

Apprentices can gain experience by drinking an experience potion and also from battles!
The experience will depend on the difference in level with the opponent.
The maximum apprentice level is 100.
Each apprentice level will increase all stats by +2.
You can always view an apprentice in battle and observe their abilities and stats.
To view an apprentice without armor, just hover the mouse over the hide icon.

The main question remains. How to get summon tokens and experience potions? The answer is by completing daily quests from the Mentor (in the Apprentices section), participating in battlegrounds, and participating in annual events and promotions. And most importantly, obtaining them is through Battlegrounds. This is why magic symbols are introduced. The description shows how each symbol can be obtained.
A separate article will be dedicated to the symbols. Also, the number of new and unique items will be expanded. So we advise you to actively visit Battlegrounds and collect symbols.
Currently, thanks to these artifacts, the following items can be collected from the collections: