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Figuring Out the Average Cost of Getting a Risky Armor Refinement Level
by Andrew Sun (AKA Sketches)

For those who don’t want to figure out the math of figuring out the cost of upgrading to a certain refinement level (starting from refinement level 0), I decided to post it up for everyone’s benefit.

Refinement level : Average # of Items needed = Average # of Items needed : # of Elunium needed
+5 : 5/3 = 1.67 : 8.33
+6 : 25/6 = 4.17 : 23.33
+7 : 125/12 = 10.42 : 60.83
+8 : 625/12 = 52.08 : 309.17
+9 : 3,125/12 = 260.42 : 1,550.83
+10 : 15,625/6 = 2,064.17 : 15,518.33

Flip the fraction around and you have your chance of success upgrading from +4 to that level.

Here’s the formulas in simple terms:

Variables Defined:
Cost of Single Item = I
Cost of Single Elunium (including refining costs)= E

+5
Cost = 5/3[I + E(5)]

+6
Cost = 25/6[I + E(5.6)]

+7
Cost = 125/12[I + E(5.84)]

+8
Cost = 625/12[I + E(5.936)]

+9
Cost = 3,125/12[I + E(5.9552)]

+10
Cost = 15,625/6[I + E(5.95904)]

Example:
You know those +10 Tidal Boots you’ve always wanted? Well if Tidal Boots are 650,000 zeny and Elunium is 40,000 then the plug in is this:
Cost = 15,625/6[650,000 + 40,000(5.95904)]
so
Cost = 2,313,441,667 zeny
Ouch! Over 2 billion zeny for +10 Tidal Boots. Even if you hunt the boots and elunium yourself and break those instead, you’re still losing money when you break them since you could have sold the boots (opportunity costs).

And that’s pretty much it. On a side note, Level 4 weapons also follow the same formula without a Whitesmith. Since I’m too lazy to post up the formula of level 4 weapons for a job level 70 Whitesmith, I’ll just give the number of weapons needed for a +10 of different levels.

317.46 weapons are needed on average for a job level 70 Whitesmith to make a +10 level 4 weapon in comparison to 2,064.17 by yourself.
88.18 weapons for a +10 level 3 weapon in comparison to 416.67.
31.75 weapons for a +10 level 2 weapon in comparison to 104.17.
9.52 weapons for a +10 level 1 weapon in comparison to 20.83.
But don’t stick this into a Whitesmith’s face. They leveled up to that level so they deserve to charge a lot because of that reason so don’t bug them to make you a level 10 weapon when you have all the materials unless you’re willing to tip them GENEROUSLY for attempting (you should pay them even if the weapon fails to create). Remember that they could have probably made a nice sum of zeny in the time they took to help you out, not to mention the fact that they can refuse to make your weapon that normally sells for an insane price, which is a good reason to refuse to make your weapon and instead let you try by yourself the 1/2064 chance instead of the 1/317 chance with a Whitesmith.

Now for the for those that want an explanation behind how the formula works, get ready to have a 10 minute math class with Sketches:

Now we know the chance of refinement can be found here:
http://ratemyserver.net/index.php?page=misc_table_refine
Individually the chance of refinement to that level (1 being a 100%):
+5 : 0.6
+6 : 0.4
+7 : 0.4
+8 : 0.2
+9 : 0.2
+10 : 0.1

So now the chance of refinement when going straight from +4 to the selected levels is:
+5 : 0.6 = 0.6 or 60%
+6 : 0.6 * 0.4 = 0.24 or 24%
+7 : 0.6 * 0.4 * 0.4 = 0.096 or 9.6%
+8 : 0.6 * 0.4 *0.4 *0.2 = 0.0192 or 1.92%
+9 : 0.6 * 0.4 *0.4 *0.2 *0.2 = 0.00384 or 0.384%
+10 : 0.6 *0.4 *0.4 *0.2 *0.2 *0.1 = 0.000384 or 0.0384%

Now the average number of armor needed to upgrade is found by 1 divided by the chance of refinement:
+5 : 1/0.6 = 1.667
+6 : 1/0.24 = 4.167
+7 : 1/0.096 = 10.417
+8 : 1/0.0192 = 52.083
+9 : 1/0.00384 = 260.417
+10 : 1/0.000384 = 2604.167

Now say the armor of choice was Silk Robes which you valued for 300k and Elunium for 40k (to make the problem simpler I’m including refining costs in the value of Elunium so let’s say you bought the Elunium for 38k each and the refining cost is 2k). For the amount you spend on the armor, it would be the refinement level’s average number of armor needed multiplied by 300k.
Example:
I wanted a +7 Silk Robe so 10.417 * 300,000 = 3,125,100 zeny
or if I wanted to be more exact:
1/0.096 * 300,000 = 3,125,000 zeny spent on Silk Robes.

Now the amount of zeny spent on Elunium is a bit more complicated. The easiest way to explain it would be to go one by one through the refinement list. The minimum number of Elunium required for +5 Silk Robes is 5. So the average cost of Elunium for +5 Silk Robes is the number of armor needed multiplied by the minimum number of Elunium needed which itself is multiplied by the cost of Elunium.
Example:
I wanted a +5 Silk Robe so 1.667 * (5 *40,000) = 333,400 zeny
I put it in parenthesis to make it more clear, but they are not needed here.
or if I wanted to be more exact:
1/0.6 * (5 * 40,000) = 333,333.33 zeny spent on Elunium

For +6 Silk Robes, we know that some of the Silk Robes broke going to +5 on average, so we have to take the number of the average of those that upgraded and multiply that by the number of armor needed for +6 Silk Robes. The number of the average of those that upgraded successfully is the same as the chance of upgrading to that level multiplied by the number of the armor needed for +6 Silk Robes.
Example:
I wanted a +6 Silk Robe so 1/0.24(5 * 40,000) + 1/0.24(0.6 * 40,000) = 933,333.33 zeny spent on Elunium

For +7 Silk Robes, following the same logic, we just have to know we’re taking the success of the success now.
I wanted a +7 Silk Robe so 1/0.096(5 * 40,000) + 1/0.096(0.6 * 40,000) + 1/0.096(0.24 * 40,000) = 2,433,333.33 zeny spent on Elunium

Notice how we can do some factoring and simplify these problems a bit more:
Average Cost of Elunium for +6 Silk Robe
1/0.24(5 * 40,000) + 1/0.24(0.6 * 40,000) = 933,333.33
can instead be
1/0.24[40,000(5+0.6)] = 933,333.33
which can instead be
1/0.24[40,000(5.6)] = 933,333.33

Average Cost of Elunium for +7 Silk Robe
1/0.096(5 * 40,000) + 1/0.096(0.6 * 40,000) + 1/0.096(0.24 * 40,000) = 2,433,333.33
can instead be
1/0.096[40,000(5+0.6+0.24)] = 2,433,333.33
which can instead be
1/0.096[40,000(5.84)] = 2,433,333.33

Which in this same way we can find the cost of +10 armor in Elunium. Now we can put the two equations together for +7 Silk Robe (the armor cost and the elunium cost).
If 1/0.096 * 300,000 is the armor cost and 1/0.096[40,000(5.84)] is the elunium cost:
1/0.096 * 300,000 + 1/0.096[40,000(5.84)] = 5,558,333.33
can instead be
1/0.096[300,000 + 40,000(5.84)]
which is
Average number of armor needed * [value of armor + value of Elunium*(magical number explained in above paragraphs)]

I hope this explains the formulas I provided.

On a side note, this cost formula is why I found my guild mate selling five +7 chain mail[1] for 2,000,000 crazy on his part and good for the buyer. Let’s figure out the cost of making a +7 chain mail[1]. If we value chain mail[1] at 150k and Elunium at 35k, then:
Cost = 125/12[I + E(5.84)]
Cost = 125/12[150,000 + 35,000(5.84)]
Cost = 3,691,666.67 zeny in cost of making.
So yes, he’s selling at a loss.
But hold on one sec!
The elunium itself costs:
Cost of Elunium = 125/12[35,000(5.84)]
Cost of Elunium = 2,129,166.67 zeny
Yes this means the Eluniums it took to upgrade to +7 were more expensive than the price he offered the chain mail[1] for, so he was losing zeny.

Let’s say my guild mate decided to sell the chain mail to the npc and resold all the Elunium he bought for 33k each.
Assuming he had average luck, he had 10.417 chain mail[1] so he made (32,500 * 10.417) 338553.5 zeny from the armor and (125/12[33,000(5.84)]) 2,007,500 zeny from elunium, so 2,346,052.5 zeny he could have gotten instead for one +7 chain mail instead of 2,000,000 zeny.

I sometimes see people selling things at a loss like this, so I’m just pointing this for the people that plan to sell upgraded equipment.

I may have made a typo as this was a lot of numbers to punch in, so please be kind when pointing it out. I hope this was somewhat useful to know. ;-)

Dona Eis Requiem Æternam

A Comprehensive Guide to Exorcist Priests & High Priests

Table of Contents:

• i. Foreword
• α. Introduction – About Exorcist Priests
  • αa. Who This Guide Is For
  • αb. How This Guide Is Organized
• I. Gears
  • Ia. Cards
  • Ib. Equipments
  • Ic. Equipment Sets
• II. As Divine Grace (non-transcendence)
  • IIa. Character Abilities (stats and skills)
    • Stats Overview
      • Stats Builds
      • How to Distribute Stat Points as You Level
    • Skills Overview
      • Skills Build
      • How to Distribute Skill Points as You Level
• III. A New Dawn (transcendence)
  • IIIa. New Skills
  • IIIb. Character Abilities (stats and skills)
    • Stats Build
    • How to Distribute Stat Points as You Level
    • Skills Build
    • How to Distribute Skill Points as You Level
• IV. Tips
• V. The Long Road Ahead (leveling spots)
• VI. Prevailing Benevolence (other roles)
  • VIa. Partying
  • VIb. War of Emperium
• θ. Appendix (other stuff)
  • θa. Useful Links
  • θb. Credit

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i. Foreword:

This guide is originally made for the generous audience of a server long past (paradiseRO). I have decided to pick up Ragnarok again after a period of inactivity and restore my guide as a tribute to my favorite class in RO.

I have been an avid Ragnarok Online player for the past few years. My very first character in Ragnarok Online was a priest. I enjoyed ME (Magnus Exorcismus) priest very much and eventually reached level 99 and transcended it into a ME high priest. As a young RO player in the old golden days of RO, I was very delighted to have transcended a character. Over the years, despite many setbacks, I have always enjoyed and loved to play ME priests.

I hope you will enjoy this guide as much as I enjoyed writing it for other people. Don’t be taken aback by the length of the guide. You will find it very easy to read through and easy to understand.

α. Introduction – About Exorcist Priests:

The world of Ragnarok Online is filled with masses of vile demons and undeads, and numerous forsaken dungeons filled with dark creatures. Exorcists, or ME (High) Priests are those whose jobs are not only to support and tend to his/her allies, but also to rid those places of the foul creatures. Although they don’t really shine until high levels, ME (High) Priest is the most self-sufficient class in RO. They’re usually their own mobber, tank, damage dealer, healer, and supporter. They are able to solo in many of RO’s demon-infested dungeons and gain high experience and zeny per hour. Not only are they great solo’ers, they work well in parties to high level dungeons like Kiel Dungeon and Cursed Abbey as damage dealers, ME is the highest mass damaging skill to Demons.

This guide teaches you about ME priests and high priests and how to play as one from the beginning stages. By finishing this guide, you’ll have a well-rounded knowledge of this build and will be able to play as one without much difficulty or confusion.

αa. Who This Guide Is For:

This guide is for anyone who wants to make an exorcist priest or high priest, or anyone who wants to become more familiar with the specialized build. Players with moderate knowledge, skill, and familiarity level with RO are able to understand this guide. Players who just started RO are recommended to read other guides or sources as well to become familiar with the game first (please refer to Appendix – Useful Links for a few sources).

This guide is for people who play RO for enjoyment, fun, cooperation, and community (the true way to play RO).

This guide is not for people who’s sole raison d’etre is watching people die in WOE and who ignorantly label ME as “useless”, “suck”, or various other adjectives of low constructive critique values (you are extremely short-sighted and haven’t the cognitive function to perform intellectual arguments).

This guide is not for people who’s idea of partying is dual-clienting characters and powerleveling or leeching solo (you have no friends).

αb. How This Guide Is Organized:

This guide is organized into sections with articles relating to the category:

• Section I – Gears discusses possible equipments and cards for priests and high priests. It is placed outside of nontranscendence and transcendence section because most equipments can be worn by both classes.
• Section II – As Divine Grace covers nontranscendence stats, builds, and acolyte leveling.
• Section III – A New Dawn covers the transcendent high priests and their stats and skills builds.
• Section IV – The Long Road Ahead lists leveling spots and tips.
• Section V – Prevailing Benevolence talks about the roles of ME priests and high priests in other areas, such as supporting in general pvm and the War of Emperium.
• Section θ – Appendix lists various useful information.

For easier access to certain sections of the guide, all sections and subsections are ordered by I, II, etc. and Ia, Ib, etc. You can reach those by searching “IIa. Character Abilities”, etc. for example.

I. Gears:

Gears, or equipments, are vital to any character. Although you can party with a tank or support in a party, as a ME priest, you are expected to be able to solo as well. In order to be your own mobber, tank, damage dealer, healer, and supporter, you’ll need to be well-equipped.

Note: These lists provide useful and common cards and equipments. There are dozens more equipments and cards that are not listed, most of them are not useful. You are encouraged to try out new gears anyway you can.

Note: The equipments and cards have short descriptions on their main effects. For complete information about the equipments or cards, please look them up on a database (refer to the Appendix section for a list of database sites).

Ia. Cards:

For leveling with ME and pvm in general, it is strongly recommended that the player get the Acolyte Card Combo Set. The set is Geographer Card, Seal Card, Cookie Card, Rideword Card, and Enchanted Peach Tree Card. When combined, it gives the following bonus:

• Chance of casting level 2 Blessing (10 if mastered) on the user when taking Physical Damage
• Chance of casting level 1 Heal (10 if mastered) on the user when attacking
• Cast Time -10%
• VIT +10
• INT +2
• LUK +2
• MDEF +1
• Accuracy +10
• Flee +3
• -30% damage from Devil and Undead monsters
• +5% EXP from Devil and Undead monsters
• Critical +9 on Devil and Undead monsters
• +10% Damage with Holy Light

There aren’t any better alternatives to acolyte combo for MEing. Divine Cross and Spiritual Ring combo come close as another viable option, please refer to Equipments and Equipment Sets section for a more detailed analysis. Other than those 2 sets, stuff like khalitzburg buckler or katheryne keyron headgear do not compare to the acolyte combo.

Headgear

• Rideword Card: Int +1. If Acolyte Class, Int +1 (+2 total), MDEF +1 [Acolyte Combo]
• Elder Willow Card: Int +2
• Carat Card: Int +2. If refine is 9 or 10, SP +150
• Katheryne Keyron Card: Reduce cast time by 1% for every refine

Armor

• Geographer Card: 3% chance of autocasting level 1 Blessing when receiving damage, if you have level 10 Blessing, that will be used instead [Acolyte Combo]
• Peco Peco Card: +10% HP
• Pupa Card: +700 HP
• Marc Card: Immunity to Frozen status. 5% Resistance to Water property attacks

Weapon

• Seal Card: Hit +10, Flee +3 [Acolyte Combo]
• Drops Card: Dex +1, Hit +3
• Fabre Card: Vit +1, HP +100
• Necromancer Card: [+ Slotted Rod] Int + 1, Add a 2% Magical Defense

Shield

• Enchanted Peach Tree Card: 2% chance of autocasting level 1 Heal when attacking, if you have level 10 Heal, that will be used instead [Acolyte Combo]
• Khalitzburg Card: 30% Resistance to Demon monsters
• Teddy Bear Card: 30% Resistance to Undead monsters
• Thara Frog Card: 30% Resistance to Demi-Human monsters

Garment

• Raydric Card: 20% Resistance to Neutral property attacks
• Noxious Card: 10% Resistance to Neutral property attacks, 10% Resistance to Ranged attacks

Footgear

• Verit Card: HP/SP +8%
• Matyr Card: Agi +1, HP +10%
• Ferus (green) Card: Vit +1, HP +10% [Bard Combo]
• Alarm Card: HP +300, Vit +1. 20% chance of autocasting level 1 Sight when receiving damage

Accessory

• Cookie Card: Luk +2. +10% damage with Holy Light [Acolyte Combo]
• Phen Card: Casting uninterruptible. Cast Time +25%
• Zerom Card: Dex +3
• Smokie Card: Enables use of level 1 Hiding
• Alligator Card: Receive 5% less damage from Long Range Physical attack.

Ib. Equipments:

This section lists useful and common equipments that are good for priests and high priests. Note: slotted headgears, armors, weapons, shields, and accessories are needed for acolyte combo.

Headgears (Upper)

• Biretta[1]: 4 Def.
• Ulle’s Cap[1]: 3 Def. +2 Dex, +1 Agi. If combined with Odin’s Blessing and you have 70 or more base dex, then SP cost -10%.
• Spiky Band: 6 Def. Can be slotted by the Socket Enchanter NPC.
• Munak Hat[1]: 5 Def. Upper and Middle. 10% Resistance to Undead. Slot Enchanted.
• Apple of Archer: 0 Def. Dex +3.
• Frigg’s Circlet: 3 Def. Int +2, SP +50, MDEF +10. [Frigg’s Circlet Set]
• Feather Beret: 1 Def. 10% Resistance to Demi-Humans.

Headgears (Middle)

• Small Ribbons: Middle. 1 Def
• Angel Wing Ears: Middle. 1 Def. +1 Str
• Evil Wing Ears: Middle. 1 Def. +1 Str
• Mini Glasses: Middle. 1 Def.
• Angled Glasses: Middle. 1 Def.
• Red Glasses: Middle. 1 Def.
• Opera Masque: Middle and Lower. 2 Def
• Alarm Mask: Middle and Lower. 2 Def
• Hahoe Mask: Middle and Lower. 2 Def. If Taekwon Class, +1 Luk, +2 Perfect Dodge

Any lower only headgears are up to the players. They offer insignificant bonuses.

Armor

• Saint’s Robe[1]: 6 Def. +5 MDEF.
• Silk Robe[1]: 3 Def. +10 MDEF.
• Glittering Jacket[1]: 7 Def. +5 MDEF. 3% Chance to blind attackers.
• Holy Robe: 7 Def. +5 MDEF. 10% Resistance to Shadow Property. 15% Resistance to Demon monsters. Can be slotted by Slotter NPC.
• Odin’s Blessing[1]: 6 Def. [Combos with many equipments]
• Robe of Orleans[1]: 2 Def. Cast uninterruptible. Cast Time +15%.

Weapon

• Rod[4]: +15% MATK
• Survivor’s Rod (Int): +15% MATK. Int +2. HP + 300.
• Survivor’s Rod (Dex): +15% MATK. Dex +2. HP + 300.
• Survivor’s Rod[1] (Int): +15% MATK. Int +3. HP + 400.
• Survivor’s Rod[1] (Dex): +15% MATK. Dex +3. HP + 400.
• Recovery Staff: +15% MATK. Heal and Sanctuary’s effectiveness raised based on refinement.
• Staff of Piercing: +15% MATK. Int +4. Ignore 10% of target’s MDEF. Amount ignored increases based on refinement.
• Holy Stick[1]: +15% MATK. ME, TU, and HL’s cast time -25%. [Sacred Scripture Set]
• Divine Cross: (two handed staff) +15% MATK. Dex +4. Reduce damage from Demon and Undead monsters by 15%. If combined with Spiritual Ring, MATK +10% (25% total), Dex +2 (+6 total), and reduce damage from Demon and Undead monsters by 10% (25% total)
• Lich’s Bone Wand[2]: +20% MATK. Int +1. Dex +1. Chance to Curse all targets onscreen when receiving damage. Chance increases based on refine.
• Principles of Magic[2]: +20% MATK. Int + 3. SP Recovery +5%.
• Giant Encyclopedia[2]: +20% MATK. Int +3. Dex +2. Crit +20. Crit increases further based on Luk.
• Sage’s Diary[2]: +15% MATK. If base Str is 50 or more, ASPD +5%. If base Int is 70 or more, MATK +5%.

Shield

• Buckler[1]: 4 Def.
• Valkyrja’s Shield[1]: 3 Def. MDEF +5. 20% Resistance to Water, Fire, Shadow, and Undead property. [Frigg’s Circlet Set]
• Sacred Scripture: 5 Def. Int +1. SP Recovery +3%. If equipped with Holy Stick, 20% more damage with ME. Chance to auto cast level 1 TU on attackers.
• Orlean’s Plate[1]: 5 Def. MDEF +2. Reflect magic attack back 5%. If equipped with Glove of Orleans, cast time -10%.

Garment

• Muffler[1]: 2 Def.
• Heavenly Maiden Robe[1]: 3 Def.
• Vali’s Manteau: 4 Def. 15% Resistance to Neutral property attacks.
• Wool Scarf[1]: 3 Def. MDEF +4. [Tidal Shoes Set]
• Mithril Magic Manteau[1]: 3 Def. MDEF +3. When receiving magic damage, chance to increase MDEF by 20, and decrease Def by 20.

Footgear

• Shoes[1]: 2 Def.
• High Quality Sandal[1]: 2 Def. MDEF +10
• Vidar’s Boots: 4 Def. HP/SP +9%.
• Tidal Shoes[1]: 3 Def. 5% Resistance to Water property. If equipped with Wool Scarf, HP +10%, HP Recovery +5%.

Accessories

• Clip[1]: [Spiritual Ring Set]
• Glove: Dex +2
• Glove[1]: Dex +1
• Rosary: Luk +2. MDEF +5 [Spiritual Ring Set]
• Rosary[1]: Luk +1, MDEF +3 [Spiritual Ring Set]
• Earring: Int +2
• Earring[1]: Int +1
• Glove of Orleans[1]: Dex +2. +3% MATK. [Orlean’s Plate Set]
• Spiritual Ring: Int +2. Dex +2. If equipped with Clip or Rosary, +30% ME damage, +50% Offensive Heal damage, SP Recovery +9%. [Divine Cross Set]

Ia. Equipment Sets:

This section discusses the equipments listed above and lists some equipment sets you should work for. It is greatly recommended that you employ the acolyte card set in your equipments, unless you have Divine Cross and Spiritual Ring (see below).

Also, you are greatly encouraged to test out some of these equipments before working towards getting the equipments that you like best.

Note that the Holy Scripture + Holy Stick set may sound good, but it isn’t. Loss of a shield slot means no acolyte combo and no khalitzburg which will make you take much more damage and lose a lot of benefits, Holy Stick by itself [with Seal Card for combo] is good.

Note: Phen switching refers to the act of casting a skill (i.e. Magnus Exorcismus) and then immediately switching to a phen accessory, so that your casting is uninterrupted while not incurring the +25% cast time.

Set 1: Universal Set

• Headgear: Biretta[1] - [Rideword Card]
• Armor: Saint’s Robe[1] - [Geographer Card]
• Weapon: Rod[4] or Survivor Rod[1] (int or dex) - [Seal Card]. Other slots are up to you
• Shield: Buckler[1], Enchanted Peach Tree Card
• Accessory 1: Clip[1] or Glove[1] or Rosary[1] (up to you) - [Cookie Card].
• Accessory 2: Other accessory is up to you. It’s recommended you have a phen accessory to phen switch
• Footgear and Garments: are up to the player’s choices. Vidars and Vali’s are a good idea for here (you can use Odin’s Blessing[1] instead of the Saints if you want the combo, but keep in mind Odin is heavy). Or Tidal Shoes and Wool Scarf.

This equipment set is employs the acolyte card combo and are easy to obtain for players. Good if you are rushing or don’t want to spend too much effort on pvm gears.

Set 2:

• Headgear: Biretta[1] or Ulle’s Cap[1] or Munak Hat[1] or Spiky Band[1] - [Rideword Card]
• Armor: Saint’s Robe[1] or Odin’s Blessing[1] or Holy Robe[1] - [Geographer Card]
• Weapon: Holy Stick[1] or Lich’s Bone Wand[2] or Magic Tactics[2] or Giant Encyclopedia[2] - [Seal Card], Drops or anything you want in other slots.
• Shield: Buckler[1] or Valkyrja Shield[1] - [Enchanted Peach Tree Card]
• Accessory 1: Clip[1] or Glove[1] or Rosary[1] (up to you) - [Cookie Card]
• Accessory 2: Nimble Glove and Phen Glove on other for phen switching, Spiritual Ring
• Footgear and Garments: Tidal Shoes - [Verit/Matyr/Green Ferus Card]. Wool Scarf - [Raydric Card]

These are for those who want to own or have the time/zeny for better equipments for his/her ME (high) priest. These equipments give more bonuses in addition to the acolyte combo set than Set 1.

Note: If you have a Spritual Ring, since you can’t use a Cookie accessory and phen accessory and Spiritual Ring at the same time, you could simply swap to a Spiritual Ring at the end of cast time. This will mean you need to swap 2 accessories when casting (1 for phen, 1 for Spiritual Ring).

Set 3: Orlean’s Set

• Headgear: Biretta[1] or Ulle’s Cap[1] or Munak Hat[1] or Spiky Band[1] - [Rideword Card]
• Armor: Robe of Orleans[1] - [Geographer Card]
• Weapon: Holy Stick[1] or Lich’s Bone Wand[2] or Magic Tactics[2] or Giant Encyclopedia[2] - [Seal Card], Drops or anything you want in other slots.
• Shield: Orlean’s Plate[1] - [Enchanted Peach Tree Card]
• Accessory 1: Glove of Orleans[1] - [Cookie Card]
• Accessory 2: Anything you like except a phen accessory, Spiritual Ring
• Footgear and Garments: Tidal Shoes - [Verit/Matyr/Green Ferus Card]. Wool Scarf - [Raydric Card]

This set is similar to Set 2, except you are employing the Orlean’s Set in addiction to the acolyte card set. Orlean’s Set gives you uninterruptible cast time but only increases cast time by 15%, then -10% from aco combo, then another -10% from Orlean’s set (giving you a total of -5% cast time). You will reduce cast time even more when equipped with a Holy Stick, although at this point, a +20% MATK weapon will make more difference since your cast time is super fast already. Note that if you have Spiritual Ring, you should go for the Divine Cross set mentioned below.

Set 4: Divine Cross + Spiritual Ring + Clip or Rosary

• Headgear: Biretta[1] or Ulle’s Cap[1] or Munak Hat[1] or Spiky Band[1] - [Rideword Card or Elder Willow or Katheryne Keyron Card]
• Armor: Saint’s Robe[1] or Odin’s Blessing[1] or Holy Robe[1] or Robe of Orleans[1] - [Peco Peco Card or Pupa Card or anything you like]
• Weapon: Divine Cross (two handed)
• Shield: Divine Cross (two handed)
• Footgear and Garments: Tidal Shoes - [Verit/Matyr/Green Ferus Card]. Wool Scarf - [Raydric Card].
• Accessory 1: Spiritual Ring
• Accessory 2: Clip[1] or Rosary[1] - [Phen Card (if not using Robe of Orleans) Zerom otherwise]

This set does not employ the acolyte card set. Divine Cross and Spiritual Ring are the only set that is equal to the acolyte card set. I won’t say better, because both are good at different areas (aco set has more versatility, divine cross set loses vit and def for great damage). Divine Cross + Spiritual Ring offers 25% resistance to Demon and Undead monsters, comparable to aco combo. And also offers huge MATK bonus (+25%). Spiritual Ring, then combined with Clip or Rosary offers huge ME damage bonus (+30%). Combined with the +25% MATK, you’ll pretty much obliterate Demons and Undead, who already take increased damage from Holy.

The only drawback to this set is that the 5% less damage reduction from demons and undead and the loss of a shield will result in considerable increased damage from monsters. Not to mention a noticeable loss in hp without the +10 Vit.

Remark: You don’t neccessarily have to use the Spiritual Ring set when you have a Spiritual Ring. You could use one of the other sets listed above and simply swap to a Spiritual Ring after casting ME. I personally prefer this method as I still get the damage boost and don’t have to sacrifice defense.

II. As Divine Grace

Nontranscendence acolytes and priests

The first step in the game is the non-transcendence stage. This section will cover acolytes and priests and their stats and skills and leveling spots

IIa. Character Abilities:

Stats and Skills

In Ragnarok, a player’s skillfulness and knowledge is important for performance. However, they are limited by a character’s abilities. Every character’s ability and performance at a given situation is based on its stats and skills. This section will go over stats and skills, and which are important to your ME priest.

Stats Overview

• STR: The only use strength has for a ME priest is raising the weight limit so more items can be carried. Even so, you’d probably not want to put points in strength because you’ll need the points in other stats. Carrying more items doesn’t affect your abilities much.
• AGI: Agility has no uses whatsoever to a ME priest.
• VIT: Vitality is a vital stat for many classes. It raises hp and resistance to many physical ailments (the most dangerous of which is stun). Every 1 point of Vit gives 1% more base hp and roughly 1% resistance to physical statuses. You could invest points into vitality mainly for the increase in hp. But keep in mind, you need high intelligence and dexterity mainly.
• INT: Intelligence is one of the two main stats for a ME priest. It raises sp, sp regeneration, and magic attack (MATK). MATK is crucial because ME is MATK dependent. MATK bonuses come in intervals of 5 (max matk bonus) and 7 (min matk bonus). You want to have INT at a multiple of 5 or 7 or both. To be a functional ME priest, you need 105 Int at least (doable with 90 base int + 5 job bonus + 10 Blessing). 105 Int insures you kill a Disguise in Niffleheim (niff) 1 all the time with 1 full ME. The next good (closest to both a max and min interval) breakpoints for MATK is at 112 Int, then 115, then 120, and then 126. For a priest, 105 Int is enough if you want to do niff and head to transcendence high priest as fast as possible, this allows you to save points for other stats like Dex. As a ME high priest however, it is recommended you go for 120 Int, in order to do higher level dungeons (cursed abbey, Geffen guild dungeon, etc.) more efficiently, both with or without a party.
• DEX: Dexterity is the other crucial stat for ME priests. Unlike intelligence however, Dex has no bonuses for cast time. So there is no specific interval to plan for. Every 1 Dex lowers cast time by 2/3% (0.667%), or .1 second for ME, so every 10 points lowers ME cast time by 1 second. For getting to high priest as fast as possible, the more Dex you have, the better, assuming you have your Int at 105 already.
• LUK: Luck raises turning (Turn Undead) chance, otherwise useless for priests. Do not increase points here.

Skills Overview

This section goes over the acolyte and priest skills and comments on each skill.

For simplification and saving space, rather than listing out the skills, a link to them has been provided instead.

Acolyte Skills

http://ratemyserver.net/index.php?page=skill_db&jid=4

Priest Skills

http://ratemyserver.net/index.php?page=skill_db&jid=8

Skills Builds - Priest Stage

Note: this section is for priests. For high priest, please refer to Section III.

As a ME priest, your acolyte skills is similar to that of a FS priest’s. You can however drop Angelus if you’re not getting Kyrie and change job earlier.

SW/ME Build

• Divine Protection Level 5
• Ruwach Level 1
• Pneuma Level 1
• Teleportation Level 2
• Warp Portal Level 4
• Heal Level 10
• Increase Agility Level 10
• Decrease Agility Level 2
• Aqua Benedicta Level 1
• Angelus Level 2
• Blessing Level 10
• Cure Level 1
• Increase SP Recovery Level 4
• Safety Wall Level 10
• Resurrection Level 1
• Impositio Manus Level 3
• Aspersio Level 4
• Sanctuary Level 3
• Status Recovery Level 1
• Magnificat Level 1
• Lex Divina Level 5
• Turn Undead Level 6 (can be dropped to 3)
• Lex Aeterna Level 1
• Magnus Exorcismus Level 10
• Redemptio Level 1

http://web.hc.keio.ac.jp/~fk061999/himeyasha/skill3/pri.html?10axensXd AhEbajOqxdBHnbK

A good ME build. Alternatively, you can lower TU to no lower than 3 for extra points. But it’s recommended to keep it for earlier leveling with TU. A suggested skill to put those 3 points into is Sanctuary.

KE/ME Build

• Divine Protection Level 5
• Ruwach Level 1
• Pneuma Level 1
• Teleportation Level 2
• Warp Portal Level 4
• Heal Level 10
• Increase Agility Level 10
• Decrease Agility Level 2
• Aqua Benedicta Level 1
• Angelus Level 2
• Blessing Level 10
• Cure Level 1
• Increase SP Recovery Level 4
• Safety Wall Level 1
• Resurrection Level 1
• Impositio Manus Level 3
• Aspersio Level 4
• Sanctuary Level 3
• Status Recovery Level 1
• Kyrie Eleison Level 10
• Magnificat Level 1
• Lex Divina Level 5
• Turn Undead Level 5 (can be dropped to 3)
• Lex Aeterna Level 1
• Magnus Exorcismus Level 10

http://web.hc.keio.ac.jp/~fk061999/himeyasha/skill3/pri.html?10gXdNsXd AhEbamoqxdBeabx

This build complements the Vit ME Build listed above. You can drop TU to 3 for more skill points. A suggested skill to put those 3 points into is Sanctuary.

How to Distribute Skill Points as You Level

As an acolyte, get level 10 Heal at first. Then work towards getting Pneuma. It’s optional to get Increase AGI 1 for faster move speed after Heal 10. After Pneuma, get Blessing 10 next. And then max Increase AGI to 10. This will be the majority of your points already. Get the other needed but less useful skills last such as Aqua Benedicta, Cure, Decrease AGI, and Angelus. Note: You can go earlier than job 50 if you are going SW/ME build and don’t want Angelus and/or want to skip Decrease AGI. But you need all required skills first.

As a priest, get Magnificat 1 as your first point. Then work for TU to your maximum planned level (no higher than 6 for SW build, 5 for KE build, make sure you have enough points for everything else). TU will help you level earlier on. Then work for ME 10, the order you get the prerequisite skills does not matter. And finally SW 10 if you’re SW/ME build, KE 10 if you’re KE/ME build.

III. A New Dawn

Transcendence High Priests

ME high priests are greatly improved over nontranscendence priests. The transcendence skill Assumptio is an invaluable skill that makes even fragile builds comparable at tanking and surviving with a Vit class. The 20 extra skill points also makes making ME/support builds possible since you won’t need all 20 skill points in your new skills.

IIIa. New Skills:

For simplification and saving space, rather than listing out the skills, a link to them has been provided instead.

http://ratemyserver.net/index.php?page=skill_db&jid=4009

IIIb. Character Abilities:

Stats and Skills

As a high priest, you should take more consideration in your stats and skills.

Stats Builds - High Priest Stage

*All total values are with job bonus (job 70) and priest buffs but without equipments

High Priest Job Bonus (job 50):

STR +7, AGI +8, VIT +7, INT +12, DEX +9, LUK +2

Pure INT/DEX (99/99/25) Build

• STR 1
• AGI 1
• VIT 25 (base)
• INT 99 (base)
• DEX 99 (base)
• LUK 1

This build goes for the highest damage and quickest cast time. With 99 base Int, you can reach 120, 125, or 126 easily, giving huge damage output with ME. The drawback to this build is the low HP and status resistance. It’s not recommended to go for this build especially if you want to WOE as well.

INT (or DEX) (99/93/40) Build

• STR 1
• AGI 1
• VIT 40 (base)
• INT 99 (or 93) (base)
• DEX 93 (or 99) (base)
• LUK 1

This build retains the high damage output from having 99 INT while sacrificing a little cast time for greater Vit and resistance.

Alternatively, the Dex and Int could be swapped. But it’s most likely the high MATK bonuses in the 120s Int outweigh the ~0.6 second more or less quicker cast. (See Discussion: Int vs. Dex for ME HPs in Stats Overview in Section II).

All Purpose Build

• STR 1
• AGI 1
• VIT 50 – 70 (total)
• INT 112 or 115 or 120 (total)
• DEX 100 – 120 (total)
• LUK 1

This build sacrifices MATK and/or cast time for greater survivability and resistance. Although good for tanking and in WOE, keep in mind, dropping Int and Dex makes a noticeable decrease in damage and performance with ME.

How to Distribute Stat Points as You Level - High Priest Stage

Just like priests, start with mostly (or all) Int. Place reminder points into Dex or Vit if you want. When your Int is 80 base, start upping Dex mainly with reminder points into Vit each level. Make sure you have 105 Int by level 75-80 for soloing niff. Raise Int slowly to your final planned amount. Once your Dex is nearing your final amount, start upping Vit too.

You might do your stats differently, it’s all up to you. But don’t let your Dex overtake your Int at lower levels.

Skills Builds - High Priest Stage

ME HP skill builds varies a lot more than ME priests. You have 20 extra skill points but you won’t need to use them all on your new skills. There’s too many skill builds you can make, I’ll only list two different ones.

When planning your skill build, remember your key skills are Assumptio 5, ME 10, and SW 10.
Sanctuary is a nice skill that’s recommended to be put at level 7, because it’s useful for soloing in higher level dungeons.
Meditatio is something to consider, based on how much Int you have, you could drop some levels for more points if you really need it.
Don’t put points into any Acolyte skills, priest ones are more important and useful. 
All else is up to what you want.

ME with Meditatio Build

• Divine Protection Level 5
• Ruwach Level 1
• Pneuma Level 1
• Teleportation Level 2
• Warp Portal Level 4
• Heal Level 10
• Increase Agility Level 10
• Decrease Agility Level 2
• Aqua Benedicta Level 1
• Angelus Level 2
• Blessing Level 10
• Cure Level 1
• Increase SP Recovery Level 5
• Safety Wall Level 10
• Resurrection Level 1
• Impositio Manus Level 3
• Aspersio Level 4
• Sanctuary Level 7
• Status Recovery Level 1
• Kyrie Eleison Level 1
• Magnificat Level 3
• Lex Divina Level 5
• Turn Undead Level 3
• Lex Aeterna Level 1
• Magnus Exorcismus Level 10
• Assumptio Level 5
• Meditatio Level 10
• Skill points left: 0

http://web.hc.keio.ac.jp/~fk061999/himeyasha/skill3/hpr.html?20gXdNsXd AhEbnkbqxkbInaScAJy

This build uses up all its points and has Meditatio 10.

ME/support Build

• Divine Protection Level 5
• Ruwach Level 1
• Pneuma Level 1
• Teleportation Level 2
• Warp Portal Level 4
• Heal Level 10
• Increase Agility Level 10
• Decrease Agility Level 2
• Aqua Benedicta Level 1
• Angelus Level 2
• Blessing Level 10
• Cure Level 1
• Increase SP Recovery Level 4
• Safety Wall Level 10
• Resurrection Level 1
• Impositio Manus Level 3
• Suffragium Level 3
• Aspersio Level 4
• Sanctuary Level 3
• Status Recovery Level 1
• Kyrie Eleison Level 4
• Magnificat Level 3
• Gloria Level 1
• Lex Divina Level 5
• Turn Undead Level 3
• Lex Aeterna Level 1
• Magnus Exorcismus Level 10
• Assumptio Level 5
• Skill points left: 8

http://web.hc.keio.ac.jp/~fk061999/himeyasha/skill3/hpr.html?20gXdNsXd AhEbbkOqxkbHnkF1Jy

This build skips out on Meditatio for more support skills. Because of the lack of Meditatio, this build is recommended for stats builds with 120+ Int. You have 8 skill points left which you can put into Meditatio or more Resurrection or Sanctuary to 7 for WOE or more Kyrie Eleison for WOE.

How to Distribute Skill Points as You Level - High Priest Stage

Depending on your skill build, it’ll different. But they all start the same. Get Magni 1 first (you’ll have magni 1 for a long time). Go for Assumptio 5 next. Then TU 3 for faster early leveling. Then work for ME 10 (the order you get prerequisites does not matter). Then SW next. At this point, whatever you get next depends on your build and what you want. Sanctuary 7 is good for soloing if you get it now, or you can choose to get support skills first.

IV. Tips

• When mobbing, it is a good idea to cast Safety Wall on the run (i.e. casting Safety Wall on the tile you’re about to move to, then click on it to walk inside) rather than stopping and then centering your cursor over yourself to cast Safety Wall because this gives your mob time to catch up.
• Sometimes it’s a good idea to cast 2 Safety Walls, one where you’re standing on, and another close by. This way you can move to the second one when the first one dies down and you’re in delay from ME.
• When leveling in places where monsters hit hard, it is a good idea to cast Sanctuary to heal yourself. Walk around till the mob is on one side (not around you). Cast Sanctuary on the other side so that the edge hits you. This way you’ll be healed by Sanctuary without it hitting the mob (which will shorten it’s duration drastically).
• In dire situations where your Assumptio runs out, quickly cast a Level 1 Assumptio by rolling down the mouse wheel. This will buy you a little time to deal with the mob. Afterwards, recast Assumptio 5.
• When mobbing, it’s a good idea to cast Lex Aeterna on monsters as you’re gathering, so when you cast ME, those monsters will take double damage.
• In PVP or WOE situations, you can cancel enemy Assumptio by casting a level 1 Kyrie Eleison on him/her. Kyrie cancels Assumptio, and the level 1 is because they want them to not receive a greater effect on the buff.
• Holy Light cancels Kyrie Eleison on players even if they take no damage (i.e. holy armor).

V. The Long Road Ahead

Leveling Spots

This section will provide leveling spots from acolyte to the time you turn Priest (or High Priest) and then all the way to level 99. Each spot will have a short instruction on how to reach there, a recommended level you should start there (as priest or high priest), a list of monsters you’ll be leveling on, and a description of what to expect and what to do. Level recommended is to give you an idea of its difficulty, not to be taken literally. Factors such as gears or a party mean you can probably start there earlier than expected level.

For priests, I’m assuming you are moderately geared. For high priests, I’m assuming you have a phen accessory and the aco set (see Equipment Set 1 under Section I).

Prontera Fields

• Where: South of Prontera
• Recommended level: right after acolyte job change
• Monsters:
  • Poring: ATK: 7-10. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 2/1
  • Pupa: ATK: 1-2. ASPD: Average. EXP: 2/4
  • Lunatic: ATK: 9-12. ASPD: Average. EXP 8/2
  • Drops: ATK: 10-13. ASPD: Average. EXP 4/3

Use the a Mace or Rod for these few job levels, you don’t have any skills yet. Simply kill the monsters here until you have Heal 5+. If you still have the Novice Potions from the new players area, you can try Rockers. They are on the map to the left.

Payon Cave F1

• Where: Go north 1 map in Payon. Portal on the left.
• Recommended level: ~10 (whenever you have high level Heal)
• Monsters:
  • Skeleton: HP: 234. ATK: 39-47. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 18/14
  • Zombie: HP: 534. ATK: 67-79. ASPD: Very Slow. EXP: 50/33

Now that you have Heal, use it offensively (shift-click or /ns) to kill Skeletons and Zombies. Your SP will deplete quickly but you’ll be leveling up fast at this point. Familiars are your greatest pests, best way is just to flywing away from them, you might be able to take it on melee with Heal.

Orc Dungeon 1 & 2

• Where: Go into the northwest building in Orc Village and head down.
• Recommended level: ~20
• Monsters:
  • Orc Zombie: HP: 1568. ATK: 151-181. ASPD: Very Slow. EXP: 196/120
  • Orc Skeleton: HP: 2278. ATK: 190-236. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 315/194

Like Payon Cave, healbomb Orc Zombies or Orc Skeletons. Your SP will deplete quickly but you can always exit the dungeon to regenerate.

Amatsu Dungeon F1

• Where: Go to the docks in Alberta. Pay 10,000z to get to Amatsu. The Dungeon is in the top story of the Amatsu Palace in northwest Amatsu. Note: You need to complete Amatsu Dungeon quest to enter the dungeon. (http://ratemyserver.net/quest_db.php?type=70000&qid=70001)
• Recommended level: whenever you have Pneuma
• Monsters:
  • Firelock Soldier: HP: 3852. ATK: 289-336. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 1293/1003

Firelock is a great place for acolytes to level up to priest. They are ranged so Pneuma will block their attacks (their elemental attacks will go through Pneuma though). Simply Pneuma and Heal bomb or Holy Light Firelocks to death. Stay away from Miyabi, they are non aggressive. There is 1 Shinobi on map, run away from them if you can. You aren’t allowed to teleport on this map.

Amatsu Dungeon 2 is good as well, it’s smaller and you can teleport. But watch out for Horongs and Papers.

This is the stage where you will enjoy the best part of being an acolyte: regenerating SP. Enjoy it, you’ll be doing it a lot. You will be in the level 60s range by the time you can turn into a priest.

After Job Change into priest (Priest Trials), you can come here to get your first job levels, until you get your maximum planned Turn Undead level.

Glast Heim St. Abbey

• Where: Go to Glast Heim (3 west, 1 north of Geffen. Or use the Cool Event NPC in Prontera). It’s the long rectangular building in middle bottom.
• Recommended level: ~50 and after job change [priest and high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Evil Druid: HP: 16506. ATK: 420-670. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 2890/1827
  • Ghoul: HP: 5418. ATK: 420-500. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 1088/622
  • Wraith: HP: 10999. ATK: 580-760. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 2199/1099

Alternatively as an acolyte, you can Healbomb here instead of Firelocks, but you need Teleport to get away from Mimics or when out of sp. After job change, you can level here for a good bit of your job levels. Start with Heal bombing the monsters and Magnificat when you need SP. After you get Turn Undead, you can use that instead.

The Evil Druids have some useful drops such as Biretta[1] and Yggdrasil Leaves, their card is extremely valuable as well.

Pyramid B2

• Where: Go upper left portal in Morroc. Enter the pyramid, go to center warp (not shown on map), keep going down 2 levels.
• Recommended level: Whenever you have TU [priest and high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Ancient Mummy: HP: 40599. ATK: 836-1129. ASPD: Average. EXP: 8040/3499

Whenever you have TU, you can level here instead for some earlier levels and job levels. Ancient Mummies have too much HP to Heal bomb efficiently. TU and run around during the delay. Other than some early job levels after TU, this map is not exp-efficient. There are too much pests like mimics and arclouses around to level efficiently here, not to mention Amon Ra in the center of the map.

Sphinx F4

• Where: Go left portal in Morroc. Enter the sphinx and go up 3 levels.
• Recommended level: 80 [priest] / Whenever you have TU 3 prerequisite for ME [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Anubis: HP: 38000. ATK: 530-1697. ASPD: Average. EXP: 28000/22000

Another good place for levels and job levels till you can level with ME efficiently. Anubis do very high damage and have Sonic Blow. Your edge over normal TU priests is your Dex. You can avoid taking damage altogether by casting fast and moving around. Lex Divina and Decrease AGI and Blessing on Anubis helps too. Stay away from Minorous, Pasanas and Mimics.

Geffen Dungeon F3

• Where: Go to Geffen Tower (in center of Geffen). Keep going down till you reach a dungeon. Go down 2 more levels.
• Recommended level: 80 [priest] / Whenever you have ME 10 [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Nightmare: HP: 4437. ATK: 447-529. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 1912/1912
  • Deviruchi: HP: 6666. ATK: 475-560. ASPD: Average. EXP: 2662/1278
  • Marionette: HP: 3222. ATK: 355-422. ASPD: Average. EXP: 1078/1276
  • Whisper: HP: 1796. ATK: 180-221. ASPD: Very Slow. EXP: 591/599

Geffen Dungeon offers good loots, like Whisper Card and Infiltrator. Stay away from hunter flies and Doppelganger.

Priest (80):

At this point, you’ll start to level with Magnus Exorcismus. Start slowly, especially if you don’t have a phen yet (if you don’t, get one as soon as you can). Start with only 1 or 2 monsters first, and SW and ME if you’re Dex SW/ME build, or KE (should already be on) and ME if you’re Vit KE/ME build. If you have a phen, you can try getting more monsters. Also if you have a phen, practice phen switching, you’ll be using it a lot later on.

It is greatly encouraged to party with a mobber or tank, it’s very likely you can earn greater exp per hour with a mobber especially since you probably can’t mob too much at first. Also if you have a mobber, you can start this place before you have SW 10 or KE 10.

High Priest (whenever you have ME 10):

With assumptio and acolyte combo, you can tank a mob for a good while. You won’t need to safety wall.

Ayothaya Dungeon 2

• Where: You need to complete Ayothaya Dungeon Entrance Quest to enter level 2.
• Recommended level: 80 [priest] / N/A (see below) [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Tamruan: HP: 10234. ATK: 489-534. ASPD: Average. EXP: 3812/55

This place is easily soloable and offers great experience as a priest. Krabens will be a pest though. You’ll also need to bring Green Potions as Tamruans have silence.

Priest (85):

Tamruans do fairly low damage and is tankable even without SW. Be careful as they can silence.

High Priest (whenever you have ME 10):

Tamruans offer basically no job experience, it’s not recommended to level here as a high priest.

Glast Heim Underprison

• Where: Enter Glast Heim Castle. Take one of the middle 2 portals.
• Recommended level: 85 [priest] / 80 [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Rybio: HP: 9572. ATK: 686-912. ASPD: Average. EXP: 6317/3520
  • Zombie Prisoner: HP: 11280. ATK: 780-930. ASPD: Very Fast. EXP: 2635/1724

This place is soloable and offers fairly good experience. Rybios have Sonic Blow and Provoke, so you’ll need a Phen Accessory.

Priest (85):

You’ll need a phen and be SW/ME build to do this place effectively. Stay away from Hunter Flies and Injustice.

High Priest (whenever you have ME 10):

At this point you may not have SW. If you don’t, it’s more efficient to do Niff 1 as monsters there don’t have any great damaging skills.

Niflheim Field 1

• Where: Go to Umbala. Go into north portal, and enter the center portal on next 2 maps. Then walk down the green path (Yggdrasil Tree).
• Recommended level: 90 [priest] / 80 (need to have ME 10 and 105 Int) [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Disguise: HP: 7543. ATK: 279-546. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 2815/1919
  • Dullahan: HP: 12437. ATK: 647-1065. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 4517/2963
  • Quve: HP: 4559. ATK: 299-469. ASPD: Average. EXP: 414/306
  • Hylozoist: HP: 7186. ATK: 317-498. ASPD: Average. EXP: 2314/1297
  • Gibbet: HP: 6841. ATK: 418-656. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 4011/1849

Probably the best place soloable by ME. All monsters here are “ME-able”. There are plenty of monsters so you never have to go far to get a mob making you get experience really fast. Mobs here also drop good loots. Niff 1 yields high experience per hour (way faster than a majos party and you don’t have to split experience) and great zeny per hour. You can stay here for the reminder (also the longest part) of your levels (as a priest)

It’s also really recommended that you get a mobber to party with. It’s very likely you actually get more experience partied with a mobber and still sharing experience than you do soloing. Stay offscreen a few screens behind or be on a separate part of the map mobbing. Coordinate with your partymate so you know when to kill the mob. Cast ME about a screen away and have your party mate walk the mob in. You should run far offscreen after casting or teleport or flywing so the mob doesn’t switch to you.

Priest (90):

Niff monsters attack fast and hit hard, so they eat through SW or KE fast. But with fast cast, you should be able to minimize the damage taken. You can also get the mob to one side and cast a sanctuary on the other side such that it heals you but not the mob, as it will disappear quicker if it hits monsters.

High Priest (75):

You can start here very early as a HP if you have 105 Int. Same as Geffen Dungeon, just mob slowly at first and cast.

Niflheim Field 2

• Where: Go to Umbala. Go into north portal, and enter the center portal on next 2 maps. Then walk down the green path (Yggdrasil Tree). Take the right portal on Niff Field 1.
• Recommended level: 90 [priest] / 80 [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Loli Ruri: HP: 23470. ATK: 1476-2317. ASPD: Average. EXP: 6641/4314
  • Dullahan: HP: 12437. ATK: 647-1065. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 4517/2963
  • Lude: HP: 3214. ATK: 287-451. ASPD: Average. EXP: 392/247
  • Hylozoist: HP: 7186. ATK: 317-498. ASPD: Average. EXP: 2314/1297
  • Gibbet: HP: 6841. ATK: 418-656. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 4011/1849

Freya’s Sacred Precinct F3

• Where: You need to have completed Rachel Sanctuary Quest. Enter Rachel Sanctuary and go through portals until you reach this map (portals are random)
• Recommended level: 90 [priest] / 80 [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Hodremlin: HP: 12180. ATK: 845-1678. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 6782/2022

Nogg Road 2

• Where: From Yuno, go South, then East. Enter Magma Dungeon from the portal in middle left. Go to second level
• Recommended level: 90 [priest] / 90 [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Diabolic: HP: 9642. ATK: 796-1059. ASPD: Very Fast. EXP: 3662/2223
  • Nightmare Terror: HP: 22605. ATK: 757-1007. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 6683/4359
  • Blazer: HP: 8252. ATK: 533-709. ASPD: Average. EXP: 3173/1871

Kiel Dungeon F2

• Where: You need to complete the Kiel Hyre Quest to enter this place
• Recommended level: 90+ [priest] / 90+ [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Alicel: HP: 37520. ATK: 1800-2700. ASPD: Average. EXP: 8890/5420
  • Aliot: HP: 48290. ATK: 950-2470. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 13020/4006

As a priest, you’ll definitely need a party here to level efficiently. Avoid attacking Constants as they self detonate when attacked, which will deal 10,000 def-ignoring damage. Alicel and Aliot have high attack and are neutral property. They take 2-3 MEs to kill. But they do have nice drops, Vali’s Manteau and Falcon Muffler are a pretty high chance, they also drop Thin Blade and Drill Katar.

Priest (90+):

You’ll need to be partied to do this place efficiently, tanks help too for redrawing aggro after each ME. If soloing, you’ll need to have Safety Wall and/or Sanctuary.

High Priest (90):

Same as priests, except you can solo here effectively at higher levels. It helps a lot if you have Sanctuary 7. Place Sanctuary behind you with the mob in front of you, that way you get healed while casting but they don’t eat away Sanctuary.

Britoniah Guild Dungeon (Geffen Guild Dungeon)

• Where: Go to your guild’s Geffen castle, find the switch and hit the switch to be teleported inside. *Note: you need to be in a guild that holds a Geffen castle to enter the guild dungeon*
• Recommended level: 90+ [priest] / 90+ [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Wraith Dead: HP: 43021. ATK: 1366-1626. ASPD: Average. EXP: 10341/3618
  • Mini Demon: HP: 32538. ATK: 1073-1414. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 8396/3722
  • Zombie Master: HP: 14211. ATK: 824-1084. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 7610/2826

All monsters here are “ME-able”, although you’ll probably want to stay away from the minibosses and Dark Lord. This dungeon is faster than niff and offers great drops. You’ll definitely need a party to level here efficiently, especially as a normal priest. Monsters here deal very high damage. Also unlike niff or regular Geffen Dungeon (where 1 ME kills), monsters here take 2 – 3 full MEs to kill, depending on your Int. This place offers one of the highest experience output as ME build.

Priest (90+):

Even with a party, it’s best you safety wall (if you are SW/ME build) yourself when casting because the monsters take more than 1 ME and most likely will switch to you. SW/ME builds do better here. If you are KE/ME build, you won’t be using KE unless you don’t have a high priest in your party. Have your other priest heal you, run around, and have your mobber or tank redraw aggro after each ME.

High Priest (90):

Same as priests, except you can solo here effectively at higher levels. It helps a lot if you have Sanctuary level 7. Place Sanctuary behind you with the mob in front of you, that way you get healed while casting but they don’t eat away Sanctuary.

Nameless Island Surface and Cursed Abbey

• Where: Go 1 map south of Veins, talk to the NPC at the bottom part of map. Enter the top building in Nameless Island, and exit to enter the night version Nameless Island.
• Recommended level: 90+ [priest] / 90+ [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Ghoul: HP: 5418. ATK: 420-500. ASPD: Slow. EXP: 1088/622
  • Zombie Slaughter: HP: 43000. ATK: 1055-1655. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 12000/8500
  • Ragged Zombie: HP: 25000. ATK: 1200-1500. ASPD: Average. EXP: 8500/5500
  • Hell Poodle: HP: 9000. ATK: 400-600. ASPD: Average. EXP: 4000/3000
  • Banshee: HP: 35111. ATK: 1666-2609. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 15012/12000
  • Flame Skull: HP: 10800. ATK: 100-1200. ASPD: Average. EXP: 3000/2600
  • Necromancer: HP: 98000. ATK: 3500-4000. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 45000/35000

This dungeon is aimed towards high level trans characters, and you’ll need to be partied with such if you want try this place. Monsters here have very high attack and powerful skills. Zombie Slaughter Sonic Blows very often, watch out for them. Banshees have high mdef, you need a physical attacker to kill them fast. Monsters here also take many MEs to kill. This place yields high experience and very nice and new drops.

Priest (90+):

You need to be partied for this place. You’ll do much better here if you went SW/ME build. Have tanks or other damage dealer keep the monsters off of you. If you don’t have SW, have your HP SW you or run around after each cast. Zombie Slaughters can be turned. Banshees can be silenced easily.

High Priest(90+):

Same as priests, except you can solo this place somewhat if you take it slowly. Banshees will take the longest time to kill, but you can silence them at least. It’s best to solo level 2 as there are no Banshees.

As for soloing Necromancers, it’s much easier if you have a Spiritual and 126 Int, as Necromancers will usually die in 1 cast of ME. Necromancers summon 2 zombie slaughters and have annoying spells such as change to undead property, critical wounds, thunderstorm, slow casting, quagmire. You’ll definitely need to SW yourself and walk slowly when soloing Necromancers.

It’s more efficient to do this place with a party as well, instead of soloing.

Geffenia

• Where: You need to have completed the Sign Quest and have Lucifer’s Lament in your inventory. Click the fountain in Geffen to open the portal to enter Geffenia.
• Recommended level: 90+ [priest] / 90+ [high priest]
• Monsters:
  • Succubus: HP: 16955. ATK: 1286-1686. ASPD: Very Fast. EXP: 5357/4322
  • Incubus: HP: 17281. ATK: 1408-1873. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 5254/4212
  • Mini Demon: HP: 32538. ATK: 1073-1414. ASPD: Fast. EXP: 8396/3722

This dungeon requires the completion of the Sign Quest to enter. This dungeon is difficult to solo as a priest. It’s more efficient with a party. There are a lot of non ME-able monsters running around as well. Monsters usually take 1-2 casts of ME to finish off unless you have 120+ Int and a Spiritual Ring. Incubus also drain a high amount of SP.

In return for having to finish Sign Quest and high difficulty, Geffenia offers a very high amount of cash in loots.

Priest (90+):

You need to be partied for this place. You’ll do much better here if you went SW/ME build. Have tanks or other damage dealer keep the monsters off of you.

High Priest(90+):

This place is soloable effectively as a High Priest. Gather a fair sized mob, safety wall yourself and cast ME. Having a Sanctuary up is very helpful as it heals you during aftercast delay after safety wall goes down. Monsters here die in 1 cast of ME if you have 126 Int and a Spiritual Ring.

It’s a good idea to hotkey Mastelas for emergency situations as they drop here. Blue Potions dropped by Succubus helps when you get SP drained by Incubus.

VI. Prevailing Benevolence

Other Roles

Va. Partying:

ME (high) priests aren’t just limited to killing demons and undeads. They can function as great supporters and healers as well from the rear ranks much like the traditional role of healers in RPGs. As a high Int and Dex character, your cast time will be really fast and you often won’t have many problems with SP, especially if you’re a HP. Depending on how much Vit you have, you can act as a moderate tank as well. ME high priests usually have much more Vit than ME priests because of the extra stat points. You’re pretty much a support priest with faster cast and lower hp.

Skills-wise, a ME priest won’t have much points left over for support skills. But ME high priests have pretty much all important support skills depending on the skills build.

Vb. War of Emperium:

War of Emperium is a weekly mass organized guild vs. guild event, and one of the most popular features of the game. Although not very tough due to low Vit, ME (high) priests are very useful in WOE too. Quick cast time is great for supporting in WOE. Their fast cast is good for protecting the Emperium by Safety Walling and Sanctuary’ing. Many Emp breakers wear Evil Druid armor (making them Undead element), MEing, turning, or healing them can be good support damage. ME can also be precasted along with wizards although gem costly. Turning Evil Druid players deal a great chunk of their HP in damage regardless of MDEF. Heal bombing also bypasses MDEF. In addition to those, you do what any support priest would do.

Tip: Casting Kyrie Eleison on Assumptio gets rid of Assumptio. Use Kyrie Eleison 1 on enemy players with Assumptio

Casting Holy Light on a player with Kyrie Eleison gets rid of Kyrie Eleison even if no damage is dealt (i.e. holy armor)

θ. Appendix

θa. Useful Links:

• DoddlerRO: http://ro.doddlercon.com/ Reliable source of new RO information. Has a wiki on upcoming things, most up-to-date character calculator, video clips, and others.
• iROWiki: http://www.irowiki.org/ A good source of general RO information. Its forums are a good place to read up on builds, builds suggestions, and tips and tricks.
• RateMyServer Database: http://ratemyserver.net/ A good RO database as will as skill simulator and guides.
• Ragnarok Online Database: http://ro.truesource.info/ An eAthena-based RO database.
• RoCards: http://www.rocards.de/ Another RO database. German.
• RO Addiction: http://web.hc.keio.ac.jp/~fk061999/himeyasha/ Features a good skill simulator and potion brewing calculator
• Ragnarok Online Character Simulator: http://www.ragnarokcs.com/ A how your character looks simulator

What is Abra?

Abracadabra (Skill ID# 290) iRO Name: Hocus-pocus

Type: Random Max Level: 10

Requirements: (May vary for different classes, view skill by classes is recommended)

Auto Spell Level 5, Land Protector Level 1, Dispell Level 1

SP Cost: 50

Target: Random

Cast Time: As casted spell After Cast Delay: As casted spell

Duration: As casted spell

Item Required: 1 Yellow Gemstone

Effect: Casts a random skill (can be ANY player skill e.g. Auto Counter or Hide and some special skills) at your own skill level. May produce some odd and funny effects. Requires 1 Yellow Gemstones to use, and anything the produced skill would require e.g. Trap, Blue Gem, Red Gem or Paintbrush. The produced skill will change in a random pattern with each cast. Even with catalyst reducing items (Mistress Card) or buffs (Bard/Dancer Into the Abyss) the cost will not drop below 1 Yellow Gemstone; a For-Fun-Skill.

This is the official description of Abra. It also includes some other interesting effects. One of these is a skill that looks like this:

????

This skill will do 5 things:

· Instant Kill

· Monocell (changes monster into a Poring)

· Change Class (Transform normal monster to MVP and MVP to normal monster)

· Fortune (Increase zeni = your level x 100 zeni)

· Tame monster

Preparation

The most effective way to Summon an MVP using Abra requires some support classes… meaning friends. All of you should be in a party together. It will reduce the cost of Abra if both dancer and bard are in the same party as the Profs.

Classes you need:

Prof or more to cast Abracadabra the more the better,

Creator to spawn mushrooms with Plant Cultivation to be transformed into the MVP and to Acid Demo the MVP,

Dancer and Bard for Into the Abyss Ensemble: All party members within the area of effect are able to cast spells without gemstones and lay traps without using an item; then vs. the MVP the Bard uses Poem of Bragi and the Dancer uses Please Don’t Forget Me and Service For You.

High Priest for Ruwach during the Abra stage and to Lex Aterna vs. the MVP,

Sniper with boss bow and/or Champ with boss chain just to kill the MVP,

High Wizard for Aoe spells and Ice wall,

Paladin in Gospel/Devotion build to keep people alive or tank low MVPs, and

Assassin Cross or Stalker to lure large MVPs.

How to get Abra:

Monster Property Na / 1

Advanced Book 5 / 10

Cast Cancel 1 / 5

Magic Rod 1 / 5

Spell Breaker 3 / 5

Free Cast 4 / 10

Auto Spell 5 / 10

Flame Launcher 2 / 5

Frost Weapon 2 / 5

Lightning Loader 2 / 5

Volcano 3 / 5

Deluge 3 / 5

Violent Gale 3 / 5

Land Protector 1 / 5

Dispell 1 / 5

Abracadabra 10 / 10

Items you need

If you have a dancer bard playing Into the Abyss as I suggest, it will not cost any gems (I know what the skill says, but it’s not true unless the GMs fix it). Otherwise, you will need alot of Yellow Gems on the prof. I suggest that everyone involved pitches in for the expense of buying gems. Use a discount merchant to buy them. You will also want to have potions on everyone in addition to using the town healer. Green potions in case the MVP has a screen silence. You will also want to have fwings if a strong mvp is summoned and it is camping spawn point. Blue gems in abundance on the High Priests ready to res.

• White Potions, or Condensed White Potions, or Mastela Fruits
• Green Potions
• Fly wings
• Blue gems
• Yellow gems (if you don’t have Into the Abyss)

Getting Started

Before doing anything warn everyone in all allied guilds that you will be doing Abra. Once you tell the afk people in town, set up a nice big party with exp on Share and items on Take. If you have enough people make 2 parties. While the Abra summoners work on summoning have the rest of the party hang in pvp, or hunt gear. The wait on summoning an MVP can be long or short it truly is random.

Set up the ensemble song Into the Abyss. Once that is set the Profs can stand in the AoE and spam the Abra Skill. Just keep pressing the hot-key and watch the letters for the skill in Green.

While the Profs spam, the Creator should set up 2-3 mushrooms. When one of the Profs gets the “????” skill target a mushroom with it. It may change into an MVP if you’re lucky; if it doesn’t keep spamming.

Make sure that those who aren’t spamming stay patient. It’s kinda rude when there’s one or two people doing everything. *Hint if you get bored of waiting, make a Sage or Prof and help Summon too*

Killing the MVP

Once the MVP is summoned send a call out to everyone in your party and double check with allied guilds to see if anyone new wants to join. One trick is spider web + safetywall + tank/devotion + ice walls + town healer + lex aeterna + Abyss Knight carded weapons = almost any MVP dead, or you can make a Stargladiator with Feeling set in the town. First have the Sinx lure the MVP off screen south from the spawn point. Clown and Gypsy set up bragi and service for you while the High Priest buffs. Paladin Gospels then Devotions the essential classes (HP and damage dealer). High Wizard sets up Ice Wall to discourage the MVP from walking north. All classes prep for onslaught. Buy items and get specific gear for the MVP. Example: Fire Armor vs. Eddga, Holy Weapon vs Atroce, etc. Land Protector can help against some MVP AoE skills, but be sure to be careful where you cast it. LP blocks Gospel, Sanctuary, Safetywall, and Ice wall also.

If you don’t know what to use vs an MVP go to http://ratemyserver.net and look up its race/size/element. Then look up cards that affect each type. By alternating cards the bonuses stack completely. Ex: 4 Hydras is not as good as 3 Hydras and 1 Skeleton Worker.

Special Thanks!

Thanks to ratemyserver, for having a complete database and convenient search engines. Thanks also to everyone in guild who tolerates random MVPs in town.

Tips and Tricks to Brew:

Dexterity and Luck affect potion creation.

Strength affects how much you can carry without being over 49% weight. Use your cart to stay underweight and minimize storage visits.

Intelligence affects how much SP you have maximum and how quickly you recover SP.

To use Twilight Alchemy not only do you need to be soul linked, you also need a Super Novice in your party, and you need all the ingredients you would normally consume.

For ingredients visit the Creation Database.

For more information on item creation and ranking alchemist visit Antimage’s Guide; Comprehensive Guide to the Creator Class.

Creation Stat Build:

• Str ~
• Agi ~
• Vit ~
• Int 30+
• Dex 100+
• Luk 100+

Brewing Skill Build:

• — Merchant Skills Below —
• Enlarge Weight Limit 10 / 10
• Discount 10 / 10
• Overcharge 10 / 10
• Pushcart 10 / 10
• Identify 1 / 1
• Vending 8 / 10
• Mammonite Na / 10
• Cart Revolution 1 Quest Skill
• Change Cart 1 Quest Skill
• Crazy Uproar 1 Quest Skill
• Merchant Skill Points Used: 49 Left: 0
• — Creator Skills Below —
• Axe Mastery Na / 10
• Learning Potion 10 / 10
• Pharmacy 10 / 10
• Twilight Alchemy I 1 With Soul Link (must have super novice and linker in party)
• Twilight Alchemy II 1 With Soul Link
• Twilight Alchemy III 1 With Soul Link
• Creator Skill Points Used: 20 Left: 49

Creation Gears:

Viking Helm/Golden Flower (FeelRO Donation Item; All stats +4, [slotted]), with Carat Card (+2 int) or Elder Willow Card (+2 int)

Sunglasses of Intelligence/Elven Ears of Intelligence (FeelRO Donation Item; DEX + 1, INT + 3, after-cast delay reduced by 10%)

Slotted Lower Headgear (FeelRO Donation Item), with Carat Card (+2 int) or Elder Willow Card (+2 int)

Lord’s Clothes (Int +1, MDEF +5), with Baby Leopard Card (LUK + 3, [Merchant Class: Make an armor indestructible (except in upgrade attempts)], [Raggler & Zipper Bear & Hylozoist & Myst Case Card Combo])

Fortune Sword (Perfect Dodge + 20, LUK + 5)

Shield (unimportant, unless you have +7 shield or better with a Thanatos Despero Card [INT - 6, Increase INT by an amount equal to the refine rate of the equipment this card is compounded on])

Morrigane’s Manteau (LUK + 2, Perfect Dodge + 8)

Crystal Pumps (LUK + 5, MDEF + 10)

Glove (slotted, Dex +1), with Zerom Card (Dex +3) x 2

Support Classes to Maximize Brew Success:

• High Priest (Bless and Gloria)
• Paladin (Gospel)
• Gypsy (Str and Int both 99, Marionette Control)
• Clown (Poem of Bragi)
• Soul Linker (Alchemist Link to give Twilight Alchemy)
• Super Novice (in party so that Twilight Alchemy will work)

Special Thanks~

To ratemyserver.net for being my best and favorite resource.

To my guild for working together to get ranking alchemist.

To Antimage for having the most Comprehensive Creator Guide.

The High Priest is the standard healing class in Ragnarok Online.

Table of Contents:

I. Support Type

I.1 Support Stats

I.2 Support Gears

II. ME type

II.1 ME Stats

II.2 ME Gears

III. The Guide

III.1 Woe

III.2 PvM

III.3 PVP

IV. Leveling

V. Skill

VI. Hints and Tips

VII. Notes

I. Support Type HP

- this type mainly focuses on healing party members and buffing them. They also serve as ‘tanks’.

I.1 Support Stats

-the basic build for a support priest is 80/80/80 (vit/int/dex). Vit gives higher HP and defense, making them a good tank. Int gives bonus SP and improves the ‘Heal’ skill. Dex reduces casting time and after-cast delay. This is necessary in a party because of priests being ‘rare’.

I.2 Support Gears

PvM/MvP:
upper head: Apple of Archer/Feather Beret/PooPoo Hat
mid head: Sunglasses + Marduk Card or Grand Peco Card
lower head: ???
armor: Orlean’s Uniform + Peco Peco Card
right hand: Staff of Recovery
left hand: Valkyrie Shield + Hodremlin Card or Alice Card
garment: wool scarf + Raydric Card
footgear: tidal shoes + Verit Card or Green Ferus Card
accessory 1: Safety Ring
accessory 2: Safety Ring

*during PvM, you can use Magni’s Cap, Stone Buckler and Odin’s Blessing Set for high def. This makes you a good tank. Also, if you have low dex, playing Full Support or when using ‘Redemptio’, i suggest you to wear Orlean’s Uniform. When MvP-ing, swap elemental armors (pasana for Amon Ra, etc.) this is proven very effective.

PvP/WoE Equipments:
upper head: Feather Beret or Poopoo Hat
mid head: Sunglasses + Marduk Card
lower head: ???
armor: Silk Robe + Marc Card or Evil Druid Card
right hand: Staff of Recovery
left hand: Valkyrie Shield + Thara Frog Card
garment: Wool Scarf + Raydric Card
footgear: Tidal Shoes + Green Ferus Card
accessory 1: Rosary + Smokie Card
accessory 2: Safety Ring or Rosary + Alligaror Card

II. ME Type HP

- these priests can Solo ‘demon’ and ‘undead’ MvPs. They can kill undead monster easily (turn undead) or players wearing Evil Druid card.

II.1 ME Stats

-ME type priests are not good tanks. They focus on Int to give higher damage, dex for fast cast, and luk. They’re also useless in WoE. (99/99/25:int/dex/luk)

II.2 ME Gears

upper head: Apple of Archer or Crown
mid head: Sunglasses + Marduk Card (this is a MUST)
lower head: ???
armor: Orlean’s Uniform + Elemental Cards (swapping)
right hand: Staff of Recovery or Rod + Drops Card x 4
left hand: Valkyrie Shield + Thara Frog Card or Hodremlin Card
garment: Wool Scarf + Raydric Card
footgear: Tidal Shoes + Verit Card or Matyr Card
accessory 1: Safety Ring
accessory 2: Safety Ring

IV. The Guide:

IV. 1 WoE

During woe, you don’t need to bring many blue gemstones (unless your role is a town portal). Thus, bring mastellas, a little blue pots, and some holy water. Mastellas should only be consumed when you’re on Evil Druid Armor. You need to bring Unfro and against some opponents (agi type), pest card is also good. There are enemies, such as WS, that can break your armor so you need to bring extras. You can’t use Asumptio inside the castle so buff yourself and your allies with it before entering. Kyrie should be effective here now. You may also use it to cancel your opponent’s Assumtio. When a professor soul burns you, this is the time to use those little blue pots you brought. After using one, cast Magnificat and try to get away from him. He has ‘dispell’ skill so don’t bother buffing in front of him. In some cases, hide is necessary (dodging asura, etc) so perma on it and don’t swap. I suggest you use the /q1 command with hide to make it easier to dodge. Holy water is used to cast Aspersio not to allies but to enemy breakers. This gives them the holy attribute thus, making them unable to damage the emperium.

IV.2 PvM

during PvM, all you can do is support your party but if you’re a ME priest, you can help them fight against undead/demon monsters. Turn undead and ME till you kill them all! YEAH! Like I mentioned earlier, ME priests can solo MvPs, depending on the player and his equipments. Basically, these type can be killed in one shot so it’s difficult and takes time to master.

*Basilica

Basilica is another great skill of HPs. It has a fixed range of 5×5 cells around the caster. People inside cannot attack so this is used only as ‘bait’. This doesn’t work to Boss monsters and WoE. Just for PvM and I tried it in PvP room. LOL it worked. This is called ‘Absolute Defense’.

IV.3 PvP

buff and heal is all you can do here, unless you’re a battle priest. I did not include a guide to battle priest because i haven’t played like that before but i’ll share my opinion regarding that. Battle priests use magnum break (marine sphere card) as their main offensive skill while supporting themselves. When soul linked, they deal 4x damage with Holy light. I tried it many times before and it was awesome. Other classes such as snipers/wizzies can be killed with just one holy light. When Lexed (lex aeterna), you can deal 4000-8000 damage to a single target and more if they’re wearing Evil Druid card. The status build for PvP priest is… dunno? I think 80/80/80 LOL no. For sure they need str, int and dex.  Vit? XD

V. Leveling

This is not a difficult job for this class, until you reach level 80+. When you already have heal, go to payon cave (zombies, skeleton soldiers, etc). Glast Heilm is a paradise for priests. Killing Undead monsters and taking a break when you run out of sp is a nice hobby, since they really have a slow movement speed. With turn Undead, you can go and kill anubis but it is tough and is not advisable because of the minorous, pasanas, mimics, and those anubises themselves. Turn undead depends on INT, LUK and base level.Most of the time, a party hires acolytes/priests and share exp in exchange of heal and buffs. ME types can level alone but that’s too boring :P

V. Skill:

*i generated this skill tree from rms. this is mainly for Support/WoE priests. (generated in RMS)

this is the skill tree for acolyte class (job level 50). If you want to prioritize buffing and add angelus, you may boost it to level 10 and lower the warp portal and pneuma skill.

this is the skill tree for a high priest (job level 70). as you can see, there are still 10 skill points left. you can use it to add on the first skill tree however, this build is a little ‘hybrid’. This is my personal build used in supporting (PvM/MvP), PvP and WoE.

VI. Hints and Tips

*battlemode or /bm

-i highly suggest that you read this tutorial about battlemode.

*the /q1 command

-it enables you to use the skill in the 9th position (f9) on the first skill bar using right click. (mentioned in my previous guide on professors). in this case, put Hide and perma on your hiding rosary.

*if you can get ahold of a ‘Spiritual Ring’, you may try it’s Set of Equipments. They’re mostly useful for ME type priests because of int bonuses. If you’re a Support Priest, stick with your SoR (staff of recovery). It helps a lot in healing. Depends on the refinement, it gives ‘Heal’ bonus.

*resistance cards:

fire = pasana, jakk, leib olmai

water = swordfish/marc, marse, leaf cat

wind = dokebi/steel chonchon, dustiness, giant hornet

earth = sandman, hode, dryad, munak

poison = argiope, myst, ghoul

shadow = bathory, isis, permeter

undead = evil druid, orc zombie, permeter

holy = angeling,

ghost = ghostring, marionette

neutral = raydric/deviling/noxious/harpy/orc baby, parasite,

-these are the cards for resistance. I collected pasana, swordfish, marc, dokebi, bathory, and evil druid cards and made 6 pieces +7 silk robes for them. I used them for PvM and MvP to gain advantage of the enemy.

*personal build w/o MvP cards:

-these are my equipments during woe:

upper head: +7 Feather Beret
mid head: anything cute XD
lower head: ???
armor: +7 silk robe (Marc Card) and  +7 silk robe (Evil Druid card)
right hand: +9 Staff of Recovery
left hand: +7 Valkyrie Shield (Thara Frog Card)
garment: +7 Wool Scarf (Raydric Card)
footgear: +7 Tidal Shoes (Green Ferus Card)
accessory 1: Rosary (Smokie Card)
accessory 2: Safety Ring

-base stats: 93/40/99 (vit/int/dex)

base vit is 93, and it has +7 from the equipments (that makes it 100). it gives 100% resistance to most of the Status ailments. low int because i want to have a fast cast with 99 dex. this status build leaves no status points; thus, not even a single one is wasted.

-skill bar

this is the skill bar that i use with bm. arranged from qwe, asd, and zxc.

qwe: lex aeterna, lex divina, aspersio, pneuma, safety wall, basilica, decrease agi, kyrie elison, teleport

asd: resurrection, redemptio, recovery, heal, cure, sanctuary, holy light, ruwach, town portal

zxc: asumptio, increase agi, bless, angelus, magnificat, gloria, imposito manus, suffragium.

the unoccupied slot is used for /q1 command; ‘Hide’.

VII. Notes

-i based this build in a mid rate server (ArcanaRO rocks \m/)
-mail me @ xile015 @ yahoo.com for suggestions and corrections.
this is just a guide and my opinion so don’t bother flaming :)

Thanks for Reading and Have a Nice Day!! :) REDEMPTIO!!!

I: Introduction
II: The Basics
III: Skills
IV: Stats
V: Builds
VI: Gear
VII: Consumables
VIII: WoE tactics
IX: Links
X: Acknowledgments

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I: Introduction

Champions have the single most powerful skill in the game. They are a popular class because of this.
Recently it has come to my attention that a surprising number of people do not understand how Champions work, even experienced Champions.
This is the reason for forming this guide on how to make a good Champion and how to play this class effectively.
I will not cover how to level this class. Many players will be able to tell you this. Or you can figure it out :P
I will not explain everything in detail and what every skill is. I will add links at the bottom of this guide which you should jump to for information, otherwise Google it ;)

Sorry for not making this flashy, but it’s not my style :P
Feel free to point out any errors.

NOTE: I play on low rate servers where the max level is 99/70 with no kafra/donation gears.
NOTE: I did not originally write this for RMS.

II: The Basics

A Champion is designed to kill. They use the skill Asura. This is based on your attack and current SP.
It is key that you can kill a player with one usage of this, because they can easily pot up to full before you cast another.
There are some exceptions though. If a character has the Apple song, they will have substantially more HP. If they wield a Combat Knife, Diablos Manteau or Diablos Armour then the damage will be reduced.
Gypsy’s Kiss increases your SP substantially. If your Asura is too strong, then you may die to a Paladin’s reflect, especially the target has a Valkyrie Manteau and/or Buffalo & Thorny combo. The reflected damage is part of the damage after reductions.

Always Asura with full SP unless you are a high damage build. This is because Kyrie is impossible to identify on other players, they may also have the Apple song or be devoted.
Professors and High Wizards have Energy Coat which reduces a large amount of damage, so do not underestimate them.

How to Asura?

This is very simple. You use Zen (or Dangerous Soul Collect), followed by Fury (or Critical Explosion) and another Zen.
You must be in the Fury state with five spheres in order to cast Asura. If either condition is not met after the cast has finished then you will lose all SP and the skill will ‘Miss’.
Note that Fury does wear off after a short while, so it is wise to re-Fury if you’ve been doing nothing for a few minutes otherwise you will look silly.

For now this is all I will cover. Yes, there is a lot more to Champions then just three skills.

III: Skills

This is a highly debatable subject and does depend on preference. I will not explain the skills.

a: Acolyte

You NEED job 50 to make the most of the points.

Ruwach 1 -> Teleport 2 -> Warp 4 -> Pneuma 1

Heal 3-10 -> Increase Agility 1/5 -> Decrease Agility 3-10

Divine Protection 10 -> Demon Bane 10

Angelus 0
Cure 0 (Panaceas)
Aqua Benedicta 0
Signum Crusis 0

b: Champion:

Iron Fists - 5 minimum. 7 if you want PPS (Raging Palm Strike)
RPS/PPS - 1/5. It’s your only real spammable skill which doesn’t use spheres. Isn’t really required outside of PvP.

Call Spirits (Summon Spirit Sphere) 5
Sphere Absorption 1
Fury 5
Zen 1
Guillotine First (Asura Strike) 5
Occult Impaction 5
Flee 5
Trifecta 5
Quadruple Blow 3
Raging Thrust 3
Spiritual Cadance 2
Snap 1

Throw Spirit Sphere 3 pre req. 5 if you’re dex/PvP build.
Root 2 pre req. Higher can be useful in certain PvM situations but shouldn’t be necessary.

Mental Strength 3/5

Glacier Fist 0
Chain Crush Combo 0

Leftover points usually go in Agi up or Dec agi.

IV: Stats

Ah. This is where Champion gets really interesting. Balance and turning stats around to get the most points is really important for a good Champion build. Gears affect this a lot.
Stat foods benefit a Champion GREATLY, so you should attempt to get some.

Strength. This is important. Boosts weight limit and increases damage output.

Agility. Very minor impact, but Luck is probably better for leftover points.

Vitality. 70 total is the very minimum. Preferably 75~80. SE builds will have 85-97.

Intelligence. Increases Asura damage and blue pot efficiency. Most builds will have 20~40. Lowering Str by 10 and putting it into Int can result in better damage. It reduces damage from Ruwach, so other Champions Ruwach will not hit you. This can be very benefitial.

Dexterity 120~130. Depends if you want an advantage against other Champions or want to get Asuras off in Storm Gust without bragi. I wouldn’t suggest below 120. Higher dex usually has lower Vit.

Luk. 1~3. 5 total will give you 1 atk. You will have this with valk armour. A little status resistance never hurts.

V: Builds

I am WoE orientated, so I’ll explain those builds only. Remember that these are not set in stone.

a: 120 Strength (’Cookie cutter’ build)

Chain/LBW without Diablos Rings with Feather Beret.

Dex 120+, Vit 70~75. Int 1~20.

Pros: Needs few gears/cards to level. Good weight limit. Professors will never have a problem giving you SP. Slotted Rings easier to obtain than slotted Gloves.
Cons: Bad blue pot efficiency. Very prone to sleep. Low Vit. Just an outdated build.

b: 110 Strength (Common build)

You will use a LBW. Incubus/Carat headgear or Feather Beret. No Diablos Rings.

Dex 120+, Vit 75~80. Int 23~36

Pros: Better blue pot efficiency. Some sleep resistance. Able to reach good HP and stun resist with Incubus/Carat. 
Cons: Average weight. Low Int Professors don’t give you enough SP without SP gears. Better tankiness with Feather Beret.

c: 100 Strength

Chain with ~1650SP, otherwise LBW. Diablos Rings and Feather Beret/Incubus/Carat/Diablos Robe.

Dex 115+, Vit 80~97. Int 10~31

Pros: Great blue pot efficiency if you don’t need a LBW and have the Int. Incredible survivability and stun resist which is great for SE. Might not need +8 Strength food. No problem running out of SP at Sleepers.

Cons: Low weight, less Asuras with high vit build. A pain to give SP in PvM since you’ll probably be 200~500 SP higher than most Full Support Professors. Requires high end gears. Requires more gears/cards to level and maybe Strength food. Blue pot efficiency can be very low.

VI: Gear

There are two main styles. Feather beret - you get lower Vit, or are not aiming for Incubus/Carat headgear (more reduction). Incubus/Carat headgear - less Int, more Vit (better HP), better for SE WoE.

I will exclude Slotted Sunnies, kafra/donation gears. Double Bloody Lich Bone Wand is better without Masquerade but Masquerade is the best.

Weapon: +9/10 Chain w 2xHydra 1xSkel Worker, +9 LBW w 1xHydra 1xSkel Worker, Long Mace for precast
Left Hand: Valkyrie Shield, Orlean’s Server #w Thara Frog

Top Head: +9 Ulle’s Cap/Biretta w Carat else Incubus, Feather Beret, Nightmare headgear
Middle Head: Masquerade
Bottom Head: Gangster Mask, Gangster Scarf

Torso: Saint’s Robe, Valkyrie Armour, Diablos Robe #w Marc/ED
Garment: Wool Scarf, Diablos Manteau #w Raydric/Dustiness/Frilldora
Feet: +9 Tidal Shoes w Firelock, +4 Variants, Green Ferus/Matyr Tidal Shoes for precast

Accessories: Glove[1]s, Ring[1]s, Orlean’s Gloves, Diablos Rings #w Zerom/Smokie

VII: Consumables

I highly suggest all of this as the minimum.

a: Status Food

+5/8 Str
+7 Vit
+7 Int
+5/8 Dex

b:

Mastela Fruit, Blue Potion, some Ygg Seed/Berry.
Box of Resentment, Aloevera, some Box of Gloom.
Awakening Potion, Speed Potion.

VIII: WoE Tactics

You have to think on your feet and switch fast from being offensive to defensive. With lower Vit you are squishy and with higher Vit you are AD bait.
Playing with effects/refreshing helps a lot, that way you can see whether people have Assumptio, also required to see Safety Wall and Pneuma.

Don’t use resentments or speed pots in cloak on other people’s screen, you’ll give yourself away. Your spheres show if a player is using effects and you cloak or Hide while they are on your screen. This means you should never cloak on another players screen when ready to Asura.  Less experienced players are often easy prey. Experience and development is the best thing gameplay can bring you.

Ruwach before you go to Asura someone (unless you Asura from cloak), stay inbetween your guildies. When you’re outnumbered or alone, cloak/retreat.
If you’re having trouble Absorb yourself so they cannot see spheres if you cloak/hide on their screen.
If you see a guildless Professor, Super Novice or Swordman class which isn’t yours, kill it.

Suggest to camp the flag spawns if your guild is having trouble and can afford one less Champ up front. Frilldora and patience comes in mighty handy here.
Take note that they will probably come in with Assumptio or Apple song, so you should use Incubus/Carat headgear.
If they come in groups then leave them and notify your guild unless they suck which is a general rule I guess. It also helps to have higher dex, but people don’t see it coming.
Just be careful if party buffs will reveal you. Overthrust, Magnificate, Adrenaline, etc.
Move a little when you cloak, otherwise a cloaked Sinx who saw you might Meteor Assault/use a Box of Gloom next to you. Surprise them with Asura.

Champions - Number one priority. Absorb their spheres so they cannot Asura. Check you have your spheres before. If they are cloaked next to you, use a Gloom and Asura him! :D

Professors - Number two priority. Stay out of their range/hide their Dispel unless speed potting. They have Safety Wall as well as High Wizard and High Priests, so always pneuma them unless you Asura from cloak.

IX: Links

Rate-my-server: http://ratemyserver.net/index.php?
Lots of resources as well as private server information.

RO Datazone: http://rodatazone.simgaming.net/
Old, but still useful.

RO character calculator: http://calcx.wushuang.ws/
Always test your character and build before you make it! This is key to your success. Play around to see if you can optimize your build.

ProjectRageRO: http://www.projectrage.net/

I am playing on this server with my guild. It could do with a few more guilds :)

X: Acknowledgements

I suppose all the links and more experienced players which I have learnt bits from.

This is the pre-quest to the Biolabs Enterance Quest, so if you’re planning on doing that quest, read through this guide carefully. It’s a simple quest and shouldn’t actually take you very long.

Please take note that to enter the Lighthalzen slums, you will need to speak to the Guard [lighthalzen 267 200] several times until he lets you pass. It can take a while, so if you have someone who can let you borrow a Pass for this quest it could save you a lot of time.

Requirements
• A character with base level 50

Rewards
• Base EXP [the amount depends on your level]
• Pass
• Knife [3]

Step 1
First of all you will need to head to the Lighthalzen slums [the method on how to do this was stated above]. Once in the slums, look for a NPC called Maku [lighthalzen 337 232]. Start talking to him and he will talk to you about the slums. Since the slums aren’t a nice place, he’ll suggest that you go back to the main parts of Lighthalzen.

Step 2
Once back in the “nice parts” of Lighthalzen, head off to find a guy called Digotz [lhz_in02 201 210]. You can access his location by entering the hotel in Lighthalzen [lighthalzen 158 131] and heading off into one of the rooms upstairs. Start talking to Digotz and you’ll notice a bond between him and Maku.

Step 3
Stroll back to Maku [lighthalzen 337 232] and talk to him about Digotz. He will start explaining some of their past.

Step 4
Annoying as it is, you’ll then have to go back to Digotz [lhz_in02 201 210] again. Speak to him and he will tell you to pass on a message to Maku.

Hopeless bastard!
You’re still a stubborn jerk!
You owe me at least 3 lunches!
Not to mention an apology!
But who cares what you think?!
I’m so goddamn happy without you!

Step 5
Fullfil Digotz’s request and go to Maku [lighthalzen 337 232] to pass on the message. When you are told to do so, insert all of the lines of the message which Digotz gave you. You will have to pass on the exact words he gives you with all of the punctuation being correct, so I recommend that you copy the lines from above and paste them in-game using shift + insert. You will need to talk to Maku again. Due to his anger, he will somewhat try to kill you and you’ll lose 50% of your maximum HP, so make sure your HP are above 50% full or you’ll die. Once talking to him again, he will mention the name of another friend of his, Benkaistein.

Step 6
Return to Digotz [lhz_in02 201 210] and tell him that you passed on the message to Maku. Like Maku did, he will also mention Benkaistein.

Step 7
Since both of the old friends mentioned a man called Benkaistein, you’ll decide to head off to Yuno to find this guy. Head off to the Yuno Library [Yuno 340 203] and look for a Student [yuno_in04 107 14] and ask where Benkaistein is. He’ll tell you to go to the room opposite the current one.

Step 8
Look for the Passionate Student [yuno_in04 96 106], who is actually Benkaistein, and talk to him about Maku and Digotz. Due to him being busy, he will tell you to look for a book which may solve their problem.

Step 9
Head to the room above and look for the Book [yuno_in04 167 115] on the table. Pick it up and go back to Benkaistein [yuno_in04 96 106]. He will then tell you to show the book to both Maku and Digotz.

Step 10
Go back to Digotz [lhz_in02 201 210] and show him the diary. He will read through it and remember some good old times.

Step 11
Go back to Maku [lighthalzen 337 232] and give him the diary to read through. At this point, he will give you some EXP, depending on your base level.

Step 12
Due to Maku still not being so sure about what’s happening, you’ll be heading back to Digotz [lhz_in02 201 210], only to find that he got stabbed with a knife. Digotz dies and you’ll obtain a Knife [3].

Step 13
Now that’s it’s over with Digotz, head back to Benkaistein [yuno_in04 96 106] and tell him about the events. He will give you more EXP depending on your base level, along with a Pass which will enable you to access the Lighthalzen slums at any time you wish.

This interview was a test of my patience and I decided to write a guide based on all the little things new players don’t know about woe and RO in general (yes, this was an actual interview with an actual player).

Interview with a Newbie

New Player: how to join guild?
New Player: :S
Sonja: Apply
New Player: wait second pls
Sonja:  Most serious woe guilds have a guild website and an application process

Sonja: Apply in the guild forum’s Application section

New Player: wht is /bm for?
New Player: understand
New Player: understand
New Player: dont*
Sonja:  /bm makes your letter keys into hotkeys
Sonja:  so F1 bar becomes z x c v b n m
Sonja: the bottom row of letters
New Player: ´hmm
New Player: hmm
Sonja: to talk while in /bm use space bar or enter to open the chat
New Player: hoo
New Player: ok
New Player: ^^
Sonja: and then press enter when done
Sonja:  to end/start battlemode press /bm

New Player: why cant you be frozen or stone cursed?
Sonja: hmm?
New Player: frozen or stone cursed?
New Player: cant
New Player: why
Sonja: Marc card stops frozen
Sonja: ED card stops SC
Sonja: ED = Evil druid
New Player: hmm

Sonja: you leave people who SC/Freeze because it takes longer to unfreeze/SC than it takes to die and come back again
Sonja: plus people that do Freeze/SC are probably wearing GR (ghostring)
Sonja: and won’t be killed except by asura when frozen/SC
Sonja: Frozen turns armor property to water
Sonja: Stone curse turns armor into earth
Sonja: negating the ghost property

New Player: lol beret for wht?
New Player: thats good?
New Player: i though wasnt
Sonja: beret is for overall reduction of damage from demi human source
Sonja: 10%
Sonja: (Angelic tiara and Baahls are better - 15%)
Sonja: depends on class though
Sonja: only HW, Champ, and Creos can sacrifice survival enough for stat helm
Sonja: read the Paradox War of Emperium guide

Sonja: since you’re intent is to pump int as HW (no not dex) int
New Player: and dex
New Player: ho
New Player: ok

New Player: evil tiara wht do ? dont remember—
Sonja: it’s for melee people
Sonja: ET doesn’t apply to magic
Sonja: look up the donates on feelro.nu
Sonja: …
New Player: i saw

New Player: to champ wht i need?
New Player: morpheus equip
Sonja: it’s all in the Paradox Woe Guide
Sonja: no.
Sonja: not morph
New Player: no?
Sonja: not in woe
New Player: hmm
New Player: ok
Sonja: maybe a couple pieces
New Player: xD
Sonja: read the dang guide
New Player: ty for help ^^
Sonja: there’s a whole champ section
Sonja: yw
New Player: thx a lot
Sonja: *peace sign*

Other FAQ of Ragnarok not covered in the Interview:

Q: How do I make a guild?

A: You need an Emperium and then you type in /guild “Guild Name”

Q: How do I use a custom emblem for my guild?

A: This can be tricky if you don’t know what to do. First, the Emblem must be a 24 x 24 pixel image in the .bmp (bitmap) format. In the RO folder, make a folder named Emblem. Put the Emblem you want to use into the Emblem folder. In game open your guild information screen, click the edit button, and select the emblem you want to use. For help on how to create a cool looking emblem read this post at the RO Empire Forums.

Q: How do I delete a guild?

A: First, only the current guild master can break a guild. Expel everyone from guild and then type in /breakguild “Guild Name”

Q: How do I leave a guild?

A: Open the guild screen with Alt G. Find your name in the List of members, right click your name, choose the option to leave guild. It will ask you for a reason, it’s common courtesy to tell them why you are leaving.

Q: Where do I level (class here) at (number) level?

A: Read my leveling guide, I get tired of repeating myself.

Q: How do I get to (such and such) dungeon?

A: Read my Map Access Guide.

Q: What does ks mean?

A: KS is kill stealing. This is more than just rude, it’s illegal on many servers. Some servers have the command @noks

Q: What is a bot? Is botting allowed?

A: Lazy players set up programs to run their character to hunt or do other tasks. Botting is illegal on most servers.

Q: Heal, Zeni, Items please?

A: No, get it yourself everyone else has to do it. Here’s a link to my Money Making Guide.

Q: I shared my equips with this random person and now I can’t find him, what do I do?

A: Don’t fall for scams. Don’t share stuff with people. If you do share with others you can try to screenshot the deal and chat, but it’s all up to the GMs of your server. Report the person, and if you don’t have a screenshot then you’re screwed.

Q: How do I auto-follow?

A: The character you wish to auto-follow with must have /nc turned off. If you turn it off you will have to start auto-follow twice. Hold shift and right click the person you wish to auto-follow, a small triangle will appear over their head and you will follow them. Remember if it doesn’t work: turn off /nc and click twice to autofollow.

Q: How do I stop lagging so much?

A: There are a few ways to reduce lag. Use the command /effect to turn on and off your effects. Use the command /aura to simplify auras. If these don’t work you can go into the RO Folder > Setup.exe. The Setup has options for sprite detail and texture. Turning these down will help reduce lag, but make the characters blotchy and ugly.

Q: The ground went white, can I fix it without relogging?

A: Yes, use the command /lightmap to fix it.

Q: What do these mean: B>, S>, T>, A>, N>, R>, AFK

A: Buy, Sell, Trade, Auction, Need, Recruiting, Away From Keyboard

Q: How do I create (such and such item)?

A: There is a specific skill you need based on class and specific items to use as ingredients. Follow the instructions in the RMS Creation Database.

Most Common Terms:

NPC: Non Player Characters, they open a pop up dialog box when you click on them with pre-set responses or set items they sell. You can also sell items to an NPC to make money. There are useless filler NPCs with no purpose, Quest NPCs which will open a dungeon or give you a needed item, Vending NPCs which buy and sell goods, informative NPCs, and basic game mechanic NPCs. The basic game mechanic NPCs are Healer, Town Warper, Dungeon Warper, Stylist, Class Change, Resetter, Platinum Skill NPC, etc.

Town Map: Maps that have Kafra and many other NPCs and no aggressive monsters. (Do I really have to define a town?)

Field Map: The World Map shows Field Maps only. To access a Dungeon, you must first travel through the correct field map in most cases (there are some short-cuts but it costs zeni).

Dungeon Map: This does not appear on the World Map. The entrances are accessed via Field Maps. Though usually “underground,” this is not always the case.

Drops: Items that the monsters “drop”. If your server does not have @autoloot 100 automatically set, the monster will drop your items on the ground. If you want to change the percentage of dropped items you keep to 50%, type the command @autoloot 50. I suggest keeping all your drops and then sell everything, except for: Equipment, Healing Items, and Cards.

Equipment: An item that can be worn by your character, found in the second tab of your inventory Alt E. Alt Q will bring up your “gear” or “equip” screen. Gear can be obtained by killing the right monster or buying from another Player or NPC.

Healing Items: An item in the first tab of inventory that can be consumed to heal hit points or spell points. Certain special “consumables” can increase a stat or give a skill your class might not have. For example, Authoritative Badges provide the Priest buff Increase Agility.

Card: An item in the third tab of inventory. It can be put on to a specific kind of equipment to enhance your skills, stats, or provide an additional bonus.

Epic Fail, Phail, FTL: For the Loss. Basically, “You suck” in internet lingo.

FTW: For the Win! Basically, “You rule” in internet lingo.

Powned, pwn3d, pwnd, pwnt: I believe this was derived from power and owned, it means, “You just got your butt kicked.”

Noob: A new player that many experienced gamers look down on. They will often make many mistakes at crucial moments and fail to listen to organized commands.

Pro: Power gamers who play their game with almost religious faith and on a daily basis. They will usually - but not always - have little to no real life social skills.

IRL, irl: In Real Life

Emp: The Emperium of the Castle must be defended or the castle will be taken by an enemy guild. It has only one real location in game despite that it takes up four spaces. Only cast safety wall on the top right space of the Emp. Sanctuary and Slim Potion Pitcher will heal the Emp.

Emp Room: The inner most room of the castle which contains the Emp. Usually the bulk of the defense is set up in this room.

Spawn Point: The spot next to a portal on the map where your character appears. You can abuse the spawn point if you know how.

Precast: The ledge or area furthest from the Spawn Point from which High Wizards and Creators can “cast” on enemies. The idea is to kill them as soon as they enter the room, on the spawn point.

AoE: Area of Effect, a skill that hits more than one square or target.

WoE: War of Emperium. A battle to hold a castle against enemies to obtain the treasures in the treasure room.

Alphabetized Terms and Abbreviations

1337: Leet, meaning pro, awesome, or amazing

AD: Acid Demonstration

Aggro: Aggressive Monsters attack without provocation

Alde: Aldebaran Town

Alt + F4: Closes the program

Alt Tab: Used to switch windows

Alt: Alternate Character that is not your main class

Amp: Amplify Magic Power, Wizard Skill

Assu: Assumptio, Priest Skill

Ayo: Ayothaya Town

BB: Bowling Bash, Knight Skill

BBL: Be Back Later

BF: Best Friend OR Boyfriend

BGM: Background Music

BL: Base Level

Bot: A Character that is controlled by a botting program, illegal.

BS: Blacksmith

Buff: Cast on a character to improve their abilities

Bwing: Butterfly Wing

Char: Short for character

Cya: see you later

DC: Disconnect

EDP: Enchant Deadly Poison, Assassin Cross Skill, uses up a Poison Bottle

Ein: Einbroch Town

Elu: Elunium, item used to upgrade armor

Endow: gives the target weapon an elemental property

Farming: repetitive action in the game which yeilds needed items or ingredients

FS: Full Support

FUBAR: Fouled Up Beyond Recognition

Fwing: Fly Wing

FYI: For Your Information

GD: Guild Dungeon

GH: Glast Heim Dungeon

GL: Good Luck

GM: Game Moderator (enforces rules and runs events) or Guild Master (creator of the guild and leader)

GT: Grimtooth

GTB: Golden Thief Bug

GTFO: Get The F*** Out

GTG: Got To Go

GvG: Guild versus guild

HJ: Hell’s Judgement

HP: High Priest, Hit Points

HW: High Wizard

IDC: I Don’t Care

IDK: I Don’t Know

IMO: In My Opinion

JL: Job Level

JT: Jupitel Thunder

L/I: Leave Information

L/N: Leave Name

L/O: Leave Offer

L2P: Learn To Play

Lex: Lex Aterna, Priest Skill

LK:  Lord Knight

LMAO: Laugh My Arse Off

LMFAO: Laugh My F***ing Arse Off

LOD: Lord of Death

LOL: Laugh Out Loud

Looting: Stealing another persons items that dropped on the ground

Lou, LY: Louyang Town

LOV: Lord Of Vermillion

Lvl: Level

Mag: Magnificat, Priest Skill

MMORPG: Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game

Mob Training: Dragging aggressive monsters to another player to kill them, illegal

Mob: A group of Monsters

Mobbing: Collecting a large group of monsters and then killing them all at once

MVP: Most Valuable Player

Nerf: Something that makes a character weaker, a deliberate change to the server.

OBB: Old Blue Box

OC: Overcharge

OCA: Old Card Album

OMFG: Oh My F***ing God

OMG, ZOMG: Oh My God

OPB: Old Purple Box

Ori: Oridecon, used to upgrade level 3 and 4 weapons

Plox, Pls, Plx, Plz: Please

PvM: Player versus Monster

PvP: Player versus Player

Quag: Quagmire, Wizard Skill

RO: Ragnarok Online

ROFL: Roll On the Floor Laughing

Sac: Sacrifice, Paladin Skill

Sanc: Sunctuary, Priest Skill

SB: Sonic Blow, Assassin Skill

SBK: Soul Breaker, Assassin Cross Skill

SG: Storm Gust, Wizard Skill or Stargladiator

Sin: Assassin Class

SinX: Assassin Cross Class

SL: Soul Linker Class

Slim: A special potion that is made by a creator, lighter than regular potions

Slotted: An item that has a space for a Card

SP: Magic Points, Mana, consumed when you use a skill, regained over time

Spam: There are three ways to spam. One is to use an item repeatedly. Second is to repeat the same or similar thing over and over in chat.  Last is garbage mail or advertisments via mail.

STFU: Shut The F*** Up

SW: Safety Wall, Priest, Prof, Wizard skill

Tank: Player that takes the damage for a party or another player

Thx: Thanks

TK: Taekwon class

Trans: A char that has leveled up to 99/50 and Transcended to Novice class to play a 2-1 or 2-2 class

TU: Turn Undead, Priest Skill

TYT: Take Your Time

Valk: Mini Boss called Valkyrie, or High Level MVP called Valkyrie Randgris

W8: Wait

Wb: Welcome Back

Wiz: Wizard Class

Woot: Shout of excitement of happiness

WS: Whitesmith Class

WTF: What the F***

XP: Experience

*More Terms and Definitions coming soon*

Note from the author: the below guide is not for people who are new the game . If u are new to the game then please visit other guides about knights and then visit here.I hope that those people who are reading this guide know the basics of how the game functions and about the knight class.

DO NOT JUMP TO THE FINAL BUILD LISTED HERE!!. Read all the pros and cons and then proceed.

Introduction to Lord Knights(LK):

LK’s have the highest HP mode in game i.e simply they gain the highest HP with respect to vit, and yes even more than paladins.Lk’s have very nice offensive as well as defensive skills and have very high survivability.

They have good offensive power but not as much as other pure offensive class e.g(champion,assasin cross)
and have good defensive but not as much as pure defensive classes e.g(vit paladins). So LK’s are a good blend of power and durability. Much skill(and money!!) is needed to perfect the art of playing a lord knight effectively.

Different builds of Lord Knights:

There are three main LK builds and the fourth special build.

1)Two-Hand quiken parry Lord Knights
2)Spear bowling bash(BB) LKs/Spear clashing spiral(CS) LKs
3)one handed sword BB LK using link
4)Ultimate pvp/pvm/woe LK build(This is the special build that you are interested in)

1)Two-Hand quiken parry Lord Knights

This is the staple LK build and one of the most common and popular build in ragnarok.this build uses the skill parry with two handed swords with 2 handed quiken to reduce incomming meele attacks by 55% i.e it blocks 55% of all attacks on the player.

This is the best PVM build among LKs because parry acts like two racial carded shields and reduces the consumption of healing items , but this build very weak agains magic and is not advisable for for people who are intrested in serious pvping and woeing.

Rare weapons like the executioner can be used to have a very high dps but the 10% extra damage and the missing carnial shield is too greater a handicap for this build.

Stats:-

VIT build

str 100~120
vit 70~90
agi 20~50
dex 40~60
int 1~6
luk 1

AGI build

str 100~120
agi 70~90
vit 30~60
dex 40~60
int 1~6
luk 1

Pros:-
a)Very good build agains monsters and to level up.

b)A very cheap build as compared to other LK builds.

c)High dps with berserk pot,agi up and 2 handed quiken,can break emperium very fast with 190 aspd(berserk skill).

cons:-
a)Weak vs magic attacks.

b)Quite brittle if parry fails to block powerful attacks.

c)Not a good build for pvp and woe.

2) [a]Spear bowling bash Lord Knights

This build utilises spears mainly pike[4] with different set of cards as the main offensive weapon.
A spear gains more damage if the user is riding peco peco (Dont know if its true with the latest updates).

This build can use shields and can do good damage using BB and bash.Because of the use of spear the aspd is quite low, so the dps of this build is also low,due to this it is not an advisable build for pvp/woe, it can still do good damage but not threatning damage.By using weapons like brocca this build can do high damage,but to have good dps it need highter amount of agi which is not advisable at all.

stats:-
the only viable build for spear type is the hybrid vit/agi LK.If u go less agi then the dps will b too low to do serious damage.

str 100~120
vit 50~70
agi 40~60
dex 50
int 1~6
luk 1

Pros:-
a)Can do higher damage per hit than sword builds because of spear atk bonus for mounted LKs.

b)A very versatile build with many skills to use in pvm/pvp/woe.

c)level up is quite easy because of pierce and bowling bash.

Cons:-
a)Poor aspd as compared to sword builds.

b)Poor dps because of poor aspd.

c)Most of the spear skills except spear boomerang to some extent is usless in woe(in pvp its useful).

2) [b]Spear clashing spiral build(CS)

This build is sometimes refered to as the old school LK build because this build was very famous during the initial implementation of 2nd job class.

This type uses the skills clashing spiral to achieve the high damage. Clashing spiral can do anything from 2.5k to 5k+ damage to a player depending on the reductions.

It requires high investment on dex, str can be neglected or reduced considerably because most of the damage is taken from the weight of the spear than the players str.

CS has a cast time and cooldown time, the cast time can be reduced by increasing dex but the cooldown time(2 sec) cannot be reduced without outside help(strings).Due to this the dps of this build is the least among all the LK builds.

stats:-
this build can have highest vit/HP for LKs, and can have very high hit rate.

str 50~100 (str can b minimum,if going for pure spiral LK)
vit 99
dex 70~100
agi 1~30
int 1~30
luk 1

Pros:-
a)Can do high damage with just 1 hit.

b)Has high vit and dex , thus increasing  hit rate, defence and HP.

c)With support like strings and lex aterna can do very high damage on large monsters.

Cons:-
a)Has very less apsd as compared to other builds,can never achieve 190 aspd with spear+berserk.

b)Has very less dps due to poor aspd.

c)Can be completely blocked by penuma.

d)Due to cast time this skill can be hidden from easily(hide accessory).

e)Very Less damage in woe because of long range skills reduction.

3) One-handed quicken LK build

This build uses knight spirit from soul linker to use the one handed quiken skill.This skill is similar to 2 handed quiken but increases aspd of 1 handed swords.

This build can have as much dps as the 2 handed parry build if not more.Has the shield equiped all the time hence has high damage reduction.

This build has no ranged skills except charge attack which is quite weak skill.Bowling bash and bash are the only two effective offensive skills.

This build is one of the most pwerful LK builds in terms or offense to defence ratio.Has endure lvl 10 and head crush, gives mdef and status.

Can include use of spear skills but ill talk about it later!!.

stats:-
str 100~120
vit 80~100
dex 50~60
agi 30~40
int 1~6
luk 1

Pros:-
a)Has high apsd with the use of 1 handed quiken skill can reach 190 aspd effectively.
b)Dps is also very high due to increase in aspd coupled with bowling bash.
c)One of the best builds for pvp/woe.

Cons:-
a)Cannot use high end weapons like brocca or executioner to its maximum potential as compared to other specific builds (doesnot have any spear skills to complement brocca use , dose not have parry to complement executioner use).

b)Not very effective in pvm.Needs many shields with different cards and weapons.

c)Dosenot have any ranged skills except charge atk which is weak.

d)Once the link weares off then its not possible to use 1 hand quicken again(soul link dependent).

e)can b crippled by using dispel.

f)Not a versatile build at all.

Varsitile LK with mix-match skills from other builds:-

A) Bowling bash - clashing spiral spear build

this build is a hybrid between speak BB LK and spear CS LK.
it has both BB and clashing spiral to use in specific situations.

Pros:-
a)You have both BB and CS^^.
b)Leveling up is very easy because u have 3 of the best pvm skills available(BB,CS,Pierce).

Cons:-
a)BB requires high str and CS requires high dex to work effectively,so if u up str and dex to a considerable amount like 110 str and 70 dex,then it is not possible to have more than 70 vit which is not at all good for LKs.

b)agi will be 30 with this build so dont hope to drop many with BB.

c)this build will have lees HP and less defence so making it less durable.

d)Very high money investment on equips is required for this build since pvp pike and hydra hunting spear is a must.

B) 1 hand quicken - clashing spiral build
this is really a something build because ITS JUST SOO WIERD!!,this build will really be a surpice for people.

Pros:-
a)Great aspd with 1 hand quicken skill.

b)PVM will be easy because of 1 shot level up with CS skill.

Cons:-
a)Pierce skill can not be maxed.

b)CS will b less useful after level up is complete as the most offensive skill here will be 1HQ BB^^.

C)The parry-clashing spiral build

This buildis not possible because after you take BB and CS you are only left with 6 skills to put in to parry!.

4) Ultimate pvp/pvm/woe LK build

So, this is the icing on the cake, the build which incorporates all the positive aspects of all the above builds.

Skills:-

The six majoy skills that this build has is
a)One hand sword mastry lvl 10
b)Two hand sword mastry lvl 10
c)Parry lvl 10
d)Spear mastry lvl 10
e)Bowling Bash lvl 10
f)Bash lvl 10

you need at least 68 job lvls to get every thing, but its worth the wait.

Pros:-

a)Since 2 hand quiken + parry is the best pvm skills(Blocks 55% of all incoming melle atks+ great aspd) level up will be piece of cake.

b)Very high aspd(182) and dps because of 1 hand quiken + berserk pot. 1HQ builds are the best in pvp/woe.

c)2 hand sword mastery and spear mastery both lvl 10 allows you to use both brocca and executioner(if u get them) effectively without any loss in damage potential.

d)Has high aspd with less agi,which means that more points can be given to vit(more vit is always nice).

e)In woe you can use 1HQ + BB to achieve high dps without loosing your carnial shield,When link wears off then can switch to spear or 2 handed sword+parry.So this build can never be totally crippled by dispell.

f)Can achieve 190 aspd in 2 ways(what more could  want).

g)Can use every weapon available to LKs effectively.

Cons:-
a)There is absolutely no disadvantages to this build,at least in my mind.

b)Has no spear skills whatsoever (no spear stab,pierce,spear boom,CS,brandish spear) 99% of all the spear skills are useless in woe,except spear boom to some extent, but let the snipers do the ranged status giving(hehe).  As for breaking casts use provoke or just BB spam them.

c)You will not miss CS ever, if you play this build.(BB out shines CS/brandish in nearly all aspects)

Stats:-
str 94+1+15 or 92+1+2+15 (evil/angel wing ears ,+9 firelock footwear)
vit 85+8
dex 51+9 (60 dex w/o buffs and 70 dex with buffs gives very high hit rate(221)and even more if coupled with bash)
agi 32+8 (this gives 182+ aspd which means awsome dps)
int 1~6  (just pot a few blues or RJs !!)
luk 1    (do you really need this ?)

Tips:-

a) 1 handed sword must be your preferred offensive weapon against players because of the following reasons brocca surely does more damage per hit but has less aspd.So 1HQ will do more damage over time(use brocca to kill high def chars like 99 vit paladin with +10 equips!!)

Executioner has the Power to kill any 1 because of dps and ignore def of opponent, but the 10% extra damage from demihumans and the missing crucial shield can not be compensated.  You will be 1 shotted easily if you use executioner in all situations.

b) While it is possible to use 1 handed swords as emperium breaking weapon, it is highly not advisable because you will be dispelled 99% of the time even before entering the emp room.  After you loose link u cant recast 1 HQ so kiss breaking emp good bye.  So it is advised to go 2handed sword + parry for breaking emps.

HOPE you guys like my build!!

A) Taking a closer look at “Grim”

Grimtooth has a lot of unique features, especially for the Assassin class. On lv 5 Grim deals 200% Atk at 6 cells range, with a 3×3 splash effect. It is the only non-poison skill a Sin can deal splash damage with, until rebirth. Most important, besides the splash damage, is the fact that you have to hide to use it. While hidden, the enemies will not see you or attack you. Grimtooth carries your weapon’s element and any status of status arrows you equipped, once you finished the “Throw Venom Knife” quest. This means we can stun, curse or blind the mob we are attacking.

B) Stats/Skills

This is an easy part for Grimtoothers. Put Str, Agi and Dex, leave the rest at 1 (some people might want to add a little bit of Int, but if your server provides SP healing items, you won’t need it).

Enough Dex to hit: A total of 60-70 will be enough.

Enough Agi foor ASPD: An ASPD of 176-178 will b

e enough.

Enough Str to kill: All the remaining points should go here… Try to reach at least 100.

The Skills is even easier. Put 10 Skill points into hiding as a Thief, then as Assassin, get Grim to 5 as soon as possible.

C) How to mob and kill

Mobbing is a thing one needs a lot of practice for. Basically you run from aggressive monsters fast enough so they can’t hit you, but not too fast, so they still follow you. That way you gather a mob of monsters. Then you hide and use grimtooth to kill them. In images:

D) Tipps and Tricks

1. Use two Fortune Swords. They add a total of 41 lucky dodge to your flee. Lucky dodge is great, because it is not reduced by the number of enemies attacking you. Wear them while you gather the monsters and switch to the katar you use to kill when you’re hidden. The feature /q2 makes the Hotkeys F7 and F8 available on the mouse wheel down and up respectively. Putting the Katar on one and the Fortune swords on the other makes switching a matter of less than a second.
2. Stand a tiny bit before hiding. When you stand still for an instant before you hide, the monsters will be aggroed on the cell you hid on and come together right next to it. That way you’ll hit all the monsters with every grimtooth.
3. Get a Smokie, if your server has pet skills. A Smokie with its equip will allow you to hide from demons and insects, opening up a great range of new spots to go!

E) Equips

Important Equips are:

• A set of Elemental Katars (fire, earth, wind and water)
• Two Fortune Swords
• Fitting Jurs depending on the spot you level at

This being a short list shows, that the grimtooth assassin is not very gear dependant. Of course there are higher-level gears that will help a lot:

• Immune Garment
• Matyr Shoes (or other shoes that increase your hp)
• Evil Druid Armor / Bathory Armor

The last armors are required for soloing Nameless.

F) Spots to go

I’ll comment every spot with required (r), recommended (c) equips and a level range (Sin / SinX):

• Sandman (Fire Katar (c), lvl 60/60)
• Hill Winds (Earth Katar (c), lv 80/70)
• Turtle Island Surface (Dragontails) (Smokie (r), Earth Katar (c), lv 80/80)
• Payon Field 11 (Dragontails, Ninetails) (Smokie (r), lv 80/80)
• Juperos Dungeon 1 (Anti-Formless Jur (c), lv 90/85)
• Anolians (Wind Katar (c), lv 85/80)
• Banshees (Evil Druid/Bathory armor (r), Smokie (r), Inverse Scare (c), Stun arrows (c), (lv 95/85)
• Ferus (Anti-Dragon Jur (c), lv 95/90)

G) Thanksayings

I want to thank HeRo server for giving me an awesome place to play Ragnarok, and to learn all these information!