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I need a pot making guide stats and gear for it

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 02:37:23 -0600

please help like stats and gear

I need a blacksmith guide lvl 75 agi blacksmith

Sat, 25 Apr 2020 23:05:57 -0500

40 dex 88 agi 40 str blacksmith please gimme suggestions where to level like seals I am poor so I am leveling as agi blacksmith.

I need guide to leveling as agi blacksmith to lvl 99.

Unlocking All The Warps

Thu, 11 Apr 2019 16:11:37 -0500

We have the warp brother/sister, and we also have a ridiculous amount of maps to deal with from them. Very few players have all maps unlocked, which means that very few players have seen all of the weird, fun, quirky corners of the game. For this guide I’m going to give general directions and NPCs that you need to talk to, to get to certain locations unlocked. I will NOT be giving an in depth guide of some of the quests and events you need to do to unlock access to some of these maps. For that purpose, I will link to other websites and guides that have much more in depth guides detailing how to do them.

I’ve been working on this offline and decided to share my progress so far. This will be updated as I continue. Part one is going to be the cities, and hopefully soon I'll be able to get you a part two showing how to unlock every dungeon.

I am going to assume that you’re starting in the main town of Prontera and work from there of how you branch out to other areas and cities. However, once I hit some of the main cities and how to get to them, I will not restart in Prontera every single time. I do not have the patience needed to give directions to Alberta over and over again for each dungeon and city that is associated with that city.
Some questions I already have got when working on this and their answers

Why?
o Because I was bored of leveling and wanted to explore and this didn’t exist in one place, so I decided to make it myself.

Couldn’t I just get a priest to memo the map for me and unlock it that way?
o Yes

How much money does this take? How do I get money to save the warps?
o This is not that guide. I’m just telling you how to get there. You have to figure out if you can afford everything.

Let's get to the fun stuff now, and get through the cities and the guide to unlocking every single one.

Prontera
This should be a default for most characters. If you ever need to get to Prontera, the brother/sister duo will warp you there for free. I’m not going to spend much time on all of the Kafra ways of warping here, or even walking here. This is the capital of the game. You should know this and have it unlocked.

Alberta
Talk to the Kafra lady in Prontera or Morroc and use her warp service. She will warp you to the bottom center of Alberta. The warp duo is in the upper left corner of the city map.

Aldebaran
Start in Geffen. Talk to the Kafra lady near the fountain and use her teleport service.
She will teleport you almost barely out of the way of the duo. Walk a bit to the west (left), and you’ll be able to see them.

Amatsu
Start in Alberta and head off to the docks.
Hunt down the NPC named “Sea Captain”. He’s on the east side of the docs on the second pier. Say that you want to go to Amatsu and ride his boat. The duo will be right off of the boat for you to see.

Archer Village
Start in Payon.
Walk to the NE map exit.
In the NE of that map, there is a small pond/lake. The duo is standing to the west of the pond/lake.

Ayotha
Start in Alberta.
Head off to the docks. In the furthest SE corner of the docks is an NPC named “Aibakthing”. Select the option to go to Ayotaya. Head north and then east following the path to find the warp duo.

Beacon Island
Start in Comodo
Talk to the Kafra lady and use the option to warp to “Comodo Pharos Beacon”.
She will drop you straight on the beacon island warp and the duo will be on the screen.

Brasillis
Start in Alberta, and head to the docks.
In the east side of the docks, on the very top there is an NPC “Crewman” agree with him to travel to Brasillis.
Head into the center of the map to find the warp duo NPCs.

Comodo
Start in Morroc.
Talk to the Kafra lady and warp to Comodo. She will warp you really close to the duo. Walk to the north west (upper left) from where you warp in and you will run into the duo.

Caerulia
Start in Fortuna.
North of where you are warped in from Alberta, or South of where the warp duo are, there is an NPC fairy named “Caerulia Envoy”. Talk to her and pay to travel.
Once warped in, walk north to find the warp duo.

Carandel
Start in Fortuna.
Talk to the Kafra and select the Carandel option. The warp duo will be where you warp in.

Crystal Shore
Start in Lutie.
Talk to the Kafra lady and select the teleport option. Select the “Crystal Shore” option. The NPC duo will be visible from when you warp in.

Dewata
Start in Alberta, and head off to the docks!
Find the NPC near the boat in the upper parts of the dock named “Dewata Sailor” and agree to go with him to Dewata.
Walk up north to the center of the map to find the warp duo.

Einbech
Start in Einbroch. To the East side of the map, find the NPC, "Train Station Staff". Grab the train to Einbech.
Walk to the center of the map, and you will find the warp duo.

Einbroch
Start in Juno.
Go to the airport that has two airships. The NPC to the right has a warp to Hugel, Einbroch, and Lighthalzen. Board the airship.
Get off on the stop for Einbroch. Walk into the airport, and talk to the “arrival staff” so that you can leave the airport. Once outside the building the duo will be right outside.

Farsat
Start in Lutie.
Talk to the Kafra lady and select the teleport service. Select the Farsat option.

Fortuna
Start in Alberta.
Go to the docks. Talk to the NPC that looks like a fairy. Say that you want to travel to Faeheim. Walk north from the docks that you are warped to. The warp duo will be just north.

Geffen
Talk to the Kafra lady in Prontera and use her warp option.
She will warp you to the center south of the fountain in Geffen. The duo is just north of the fountain. Walk around it and you’ll find them.

Gonryun
Start in Alberta and head off to the docks. Find the NPC named, “Kunlun Envoy” agree to go to Kunlun. Once you’re off the boat, go to the center warp in the map. This will lead you to the Gonryun map. Once on that map, head towards the center of the floating islands to find the warp duo.

Hugel
Start in Juno.
Go to the airport that has two airships. The NPC to the right has a warp to Hugel, Einbroch, and Lighthalzen. Board the airship.
Get off on the stop for Hugel.
Once off the airship, walk down the ramp and to the west to the center of the city. The warp duo will be there.

Izlude
Talk to the Kafra lady in Prontera, and use her warp option. She will warp you to the town. The duo can be found in the center of the map.

Kaldheim
Start in Lutie.
Talk to the Kafra employee and select the teleport option. Select the Kaldheim option.

Lighthalzen
Start in Juno.
Go to the airport that has two airships. The NPC to the right has a warp to Hugel, Einbroch, and Lighthalzen. Board the airship.
Get off on the stop for Lighthalzen.
Walk through the airport, and talk to the “Arrival Staff” NPC to leave the airport. Once outside of the airport, go west and follow the pathways to the warp duo.

Louyang
Start in Alberta.
Head off to the docks in the bottom right corner. Talk to the NPC, “Girl” (she’s standing on the bottom dock on the east side). Ask to go to Louyang, and take the warp. Once off the boat, head one map north through the mantis and mi gaos (soils), to get to Louyang.
From the entrance of the city, walk north and the warp duo is waiting for you there.

Lutie
Start in Alberta.
Talk to the santa girl and agree to be sent to Lutia. Take one map to the NE (upper right corner) and then one map N (up) to be in Lutie.

Malangdo
Start in Alberta.
Find the Cat Sailor NPC and agree to go to Malangdo. From here, walk north to find the warp duo. They’re in the lower center of the paw.

Manuk
Start in Midcamp
Do the fishing quest (so you can avoid the maps of mobs killing you on the trip).
Talk to the Cat Hand Agent, and select the warp option. Select Manuk. The warp save girl is not visible when you walk in, but if you walk south just a bit you can find her.

Marasmius
Start in Fortuna.
Talk to the Kafra employee.
Select the Marasmius warp. The warp duo will be just a hair north of where you warp in.

Mid Camp
This is part of the new world, which is locked behind a quest (or a very kind person willing to give you a warp to mid camp) to start this off. The quest is found here. https://irowiki.org/wiki/Onward_to_the_New_World_Quest There's also the HeRO quest guide of the exact same thing - http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...orld_Quest

The killing the monsters part of the quest, you do not have to kill all 50. I lazily killed 30 while walking around, and came back to the NPC late, and still managed to get to midcamp.

To help out with later quests, I HIGHLY recommend that you talk to the Cat Agent by the center, and start the cat agent quest of mining and fishing. This will make warping available, which will also make finding the maps you want easier. With 6 points of fishing (which can be doable within one day next to the NPC) will unlock Manuk, Splendide, and Mora.

Mora
Start in Midcamp
Do the fishing quest (so you can avoid the maps of mobs killing you on the trip).
Select the teleport option, and then select the Mora option. Walk a bit north to find the warp duo.

Morroc
Talk to the Kafra lady in Prontera and use the warp option.
She will warp you to the southern part of Morroc. Walk north to find the duo.

Morroc Ruins
Start in Morroc.
Walk to the NW corner of the Morroc map.
In the center of that map is the duo for the Morroc Ruins.
Side note – this is a FAR better map than Morroc, because within your save point you have access to all NPC’s you need, and even multiple NPC vendors. It’s a personal favorite of mine that doesn’t get used that often, but has everything close by without having to travel around to find things.

Moscovia
Start in Alberta.
Go to the docks and find the NPC called, “Moscovia P.R. Officer”. Select the option to go to Moscovia. Walk to the center of the map to find the warp duo.

Niflheim
Start in Umbala. There are two options you can bungee jump to your death to speed pass all the way to Niflheim, but that requires a quest to understand the NPCS in Umbala. https://irowiki.org/wiki/Language_Quest If you finish the quest, you can talk to the NPC that allows you to try to bungee jump. You will either land at the bottom of the bungee, or directly warp to Niflheim with 1hp. Bring heals.
If you do not want to do the language quest, there’s quite a walk. From Umbala, go one map north into the Umbala dungeon.
Make your way to the center of the map, to go to the next level of the Umbala dungeon. In level 2, make your way again to the middle of the map to get to the Ygg tree. The Tree has no minimap, but you need to walk east. Warp to the second layer of the tree through a bamboo hut, and continue NE.
That will bring you to a field outside Niflheim, exit to the NE corner.
One more map to go! Exit to the east.
Once through the warp the warp duo is waiting for you right there.

Payon
Talk to the Kafra lady in Prontera and use the warp option.
She will warp you outside the gates of Payon. Walk north and you will find the duo to unlock the map.

Poring City
This one is a bit different, you start on a dungeon map. Start on Old Poring Island, and have a drops doll in inventory.
Walk to the NE of the map and talk to the poring NPC “Bloop”.
Agree to go to Poring City.
Head north from where you are warped in to find the warp duo.

Rachel
Start in Izlude
In the bottom right corner there is an airship. Board the airship.
One of the stops on the airship is the Rachel stop. When the announcement comes that it is the Rachel stop, exit the airship to get off in Rachel.
When you are off the airship, you will be one map away from the city. You need to walk west one map over.
Once in the city, walk to the center of the map. The duo will be just a bit south of the center fountain.

Splendide
Start in Midcamp
Do the fishing quest (so you can avoid the maps of mobs killing you on the trip).
Talk to the Cat Hand Angent. Select the warp option. Select Splendide, and the warp duo is right there.

St. Capitolina Abbey
Start in Prontera.
Travel one map east, one map north, and then two maps east.
Once to the grounds of the abbey, head to the center of the map to find the warp duo.

Tessera
Start in Fortuna. Talk to the Kafra employee and use her warp option. Select the Tessera map to warp to.
Walk east from where you warp in to find the warp duo.

Umbala
Start in Comodo.
Talk to the Kafra employee, and Select the option for Umbala. The warp duo is down the stairs to the SE of where you warp in.

Veins
Start in Rachel.
Talk to the Cool Event Corp Staff NPC – NW of the center fountain. He has a teleport option. Select the option for Veins.

Yuno
Start in Aldebaran.
Talk to the Kafra lady and warp to Juno.
Walk north from where she warps you, and the duo will be to the NW of the circle of NPC’s standing around (That’s where the zodiac quest is).
Alternate option – start in Izlue.
Walk to the bottom right hand corner where there is an airship. Walk in the airship.
One of the stops on the airship is Yuno. Once in Yuno you will have to walk to the center of the map to the map duo.

There you go. All cities you can warp to, and how to get there. Next up, dungeons. Wish me luck.

fastest ASSA lvl 99 way

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 10:43:05 -0600

I think this is the most efficient leveling assa way i ever tried xD. Enjoy guys

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRcxU58bBJI

Basic guide to restock (with examples)

Sun, 24 Sep 2017 14:03:58 -0500

This guide is a quick start to @restock. We try to achieve that providing you with simple examples. I hope that will be enough to encourage you to make your own restock lists

But what is it? Well, the restock system enables you to automatically restock usable/amno/etc items by just walking near a Kafra!!! No more tedious "open storage > search > drag and drop" chore.

For example, if you want to always get 1 Butterfly Wing and 50 Fly Wings automatically, type in the chat bar (one by one, in this order):

Example 1 (activate and create a simple list with Butterfly Wing, Fly Wing):

Code:
@restock on

@restock list 1

@restock + 602 1

@restock + 601 50

And walk near the Kafra (2 cells or less). That's it, your items will be refiled. Of course, those items have to be present in your storage.

Let's say you already have 1 Butterfly, and 33 Fly wings. Then, it will complete with 17 Fly's to provide you with the configured amount.

If you want to modify the quantities of Fly Wings to 30 and remove Butterfly, for example, type:

Example 2 (change quantity and remove a item from list):

Code:
@restock + 601 30

@restock - 602

Now it should be clear the command syntax is:

Quote:Add item to list: @restock +
Remove list item: @restock -

You can find the item id by typing in the chat window @ii Holy Water, for example.

Let's extend our initial list. Suppose you'r leveling a Hunter killing Soil's south of Louyang. Then we need Fire Arrows, and optionally Awakening Potion.

Example 3 (add Fire Arrow and Awakening Potion):

Code:
@restock + 1752 500

@restock + 656 2

Pretty simple no? Let's have one more handy example. This time for High Priest's:

Example 4 (add Blue Gem and Holy Water):

Code:
@restock + 717 20

@restock + 523 20

Now, remember you typed "@restock list 1" back in example 1? This command selected the list 1, and you can have 5 different lists. This is useful when you change activities which require different set of items.

For example, let's say your Hunter is now in a leveling party in ice_dun03. You need Wind Arrows optimally. So, let's create a new list with items for this situation:

Example 5 (change list and add Butterfly Wings, Fly Wings, Wind Arrows, Awakening Potion):

Code:
@restock list 2

@restock + 602 1

@restock + 601 20

@restock + 1755 700

@restock + 656 2

When the party ends and you go back to your usual dungeon just change the list with "@restock list 1" to go back with Fire Arrows. You may create lists for: Farming, Fishing, MVPing, PVPing, WOEing, etc.

Example 6 (Change the name of a list)

Code:
@restock list name WOE

Those lists are particular to this specific character. You need to activate and create lists for others chars.

Hope this guide have helped you to start using this handy mechanism. As this was intended to be a simple reference guide it lacks some details, so for more info refer to my original source.

In fact I discovered this today while looking the Wiki and I'm still learning. If you have questions/suggestions, please share so we all improve

Beginner's Guide to heRO Customs

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:33:58 -0500

The heRO server is a pretty customized server. This guide is intended for newbies or for returning players needing a refresher. I only intend to touch on custom features here that a newer player should consider. So no, I don’t intend to discuss topics such as the Brasilis Puppies Quest here. You can look that up yourself on iRO Wiki along with any other official quests you may be interested in doing. So without further ado, let’s begin.

Table of Contents:
=====
-Post 1, Starting Out

Welcome Lady NPC
Warper NPC
Job Manager

-Post 2, Getting Acquainted

Sisterly Affection Quest
Buddy Beanie
Item of the Day

-Post 3, Taking Sides

Joining an Allegiance Quest
Army Supply Quest
Monster Extermination

-Post 4, Traveling for Fun & Profit! ...Part 1
-Official but Customized:

Splendide Fields
Manuk Fields
Nyddhoggur’s Nest
Brasilis Field + Dungeon
Scaraba
Discates Fields
Byalan 6
Dewata Field
Tina Grace Cave
Krakatau Volcano
Nightmare Pyramids
Malangdo Dungeon + Instance

-Post 5, Traveling for Fun & Profit! ...Part 2
-heRO Custom Dungeons:

True Poring Island
Poporing Island
Fairy Paradise
Muspelheim
Flooded Root of Yggdrasil
Thanatos Basement
Warzone

-Post 6, Do All The Things!

Novice Events
Holiday Questing
Special time hosted events
Forum Events

-Post 7, All About Them Points

Vote for Points
War Points
Battlegrounds

-Post 8, Extra Extra, These Fit Nowhere Else~

Hatter
Monster Dropped Gears
Wings
Enriched Ore

Dewata BGM, and other resources

Mon, 15 Aug 2016 01:06:10 -0500

Ah hell couldn't find another place to put this. Here's a ZIP of the BGM for Dewata and the surrounding area.

[Mediafire Link]

Put the folders into the respective places, and reboot the game if running, or run the game~

Solo Knight Mobbing Video: Bathories

Thu, 17 Mar 2016 11:53:16 -0500

Heya, bark! w00f here. I have a video to share about vit knights soloing to farm materials and exp. =) Check it out if you'd like to know more.

Knight Mobbing Video: Bathories

There are a few variations that will make this setup more efficient. Such as having a racial shield and using a valk mant for the reflect damage. You can also use a Tormented Soul to bypass all gear switching, but you won't get the extra benefits of item drop gear. Also, using a mid headgear that gives item drop (such as quiver from vote4points custom) will grant more rewards.

Stats:

92 str
90 vit
49 dex

This is the stat goal for 99, but this can be done at lower levels around 80+. Just make sure you have 92 base str and 30 dex, put the rest in vit. More vit = less curse / mute. If you want to do this much early with lower vit, bring Holy Water and Green Potions.

Skills:

10 Bowling Bash
5 Spear Boomerang
Peco Peco Riding
5 Calvary Mastery
(These are the essential, the rest is optional.)

Items:

If no Peco Peco Headband, use Authoritative Badge. If no badges, use Agility Up Scroll. If no scrolls, go kill sohees for badges.

On peco peco with 92 base str you get enough weight to carry 2500 fish. Adjust according to your str / weight limit.

Bring about 40 fly wings.

You will need 1 key of underground each time you visit. You can find the npc to transfer you here by going:

Enter clock tower from alde > enter level 2 where clocks spawn and go to bottom left portal > npc is located at the bottom of the maze to the left of the portal.

Gear:

SP generator: Moonlight Dagger or Tormented Soul
Damage Reflection: Valk Mant, Tormented Soul, High Orc shield.
Kill Weapon: %Demi Human, %Shadow, BG weapon
Armor: Bathory Carded Armor. (Ask me if you need any.. =3)
Garment: Raydric / Some Neutral% Reduction
Shoes: %Hp
Accessory: Yo Yo is recommended, perfect dodge will reduce fish cost.
Shield: High Orc if you need a reflector otherwise use Racial. (demihuman)

(Request) Gearing Up Guide

Sun, 25 Oct 2015 21:38:14 -0500

*Bold spot is added in an edit...

Okay, so there's a 'where to level' guide -(http://www.pandoraonline.net/forum/showt...?tid=17468)
- but is there a guide for what the best gear is for each class depending on their goals which include links to where to get it?

If not then I humbly request one be made!

Perhaps it can be a thread where people explain their job/build and goals and get a response to what gear they'd need.
People can fill out a short form even!
I'll use myself as an example.

Job: Dancer (not Gypsy yet cuz I'm reeeally slow at levelling)
Build: DPS as Dancer, primarily support but with Arrow Vulcan as Gypsy
Goals: PvM, Allegiance, and ToH
Funds: Poor as heck (willing to quest/farm for items)
Extra notes: Not max level or even transcendent yet, so also needing gear to simply help with levelling.

DISCLAIMER: This is not a begging thread, this is an advice thread!
We're here to ask what gear is best for us NOT asking to be given the gear!

Fixing AI after the last update

Wed, 14 Oct 2015 18:22:46 -0500

Good night all
Since the last update this week (october 2015) mostly AI stopped working and crashed, making it unnable to play with homuns.

Not too long I posted here (Default AI) a default AI used on test server, so you can at least log in with your alchemist.

Analyzing the errors messages when the client crashes it has found that some commands on the old AIs doesnt work anymore for the new client. I've found 3 types of errors that il try to show how to fix:

Cannot open "file"
This happens because the client runs the AI.lua first and this one "calls" other files.
The error happens because of two things:
- The old AI uses a command called "require "file"", which may seem to be not working anymore. To fix this, change the

PHP Code:
require "./AI/USER_AI/Const.lua" 

PHP Code:
dofile("./AI/USER_AI/Const.lua") 

for example, you will need to search on all files from your USER_AI folder for those lines and change this. do not forget to close the () before any --
-- means that line is a comment and the client will not recognize anything after it, for example

PHP Code:
require "./AI/USER_AI/Config.lua" -- configuration file 

change to

PHP Code:
dofile("./AI/USER_AI/Config.lua") -- configuration file 

instead of

PHP Code:
dofile("./AI/USER_AI/Config.lua" -- configuration file) 

-The second part of this error is that now the client will only recognize the files from AI_sakray folder instead of AI folder, so, you will need to create another folder called AI_sakray and put all files on it.
After that you will need to correct the way the command dofile calls those files from, all of them should be "./AI/USER_AI/file", you will need to change to "./AI_sakray/USER_AI/file", for example:

PHP Code:
dofile("./AI/USER_AI/Const.lua") 

change to

PHP Code:
dofile("./AI_sakray/USER_AI/Const.lua") 

again, do this TO ALL FILES ON YOUR AI FOLDER.

attempt to call a table value
This is another error I found, but I cant just explain how it works, if you are curious you can read this (Tables Tutorial - LUA), basically it tries to check a value from a table, but the syntax is not recognized by the new client.

to fix this you will need to log into your char and crash it, it will show a error message with a number, which is the number of the line with the error on the code.
go to this line and you will find something like this:

PHP Code:
for i,v in NoAggroMobList do 

the name can vary but the important is to change it to something like this:

PHP Code:
for i, v in pairs(NoAggroMobList) do 

again, do it on all lines like this on your code. If you miss any line the client will crash again and say which is the line with the error.

I hope you guys understand this.

Good luck
Gianluca

@edit: One more thing. You should expect some crashes even after those corrections, which means that you probably forgot to correct some lines of the code or this is a new error (which I doubt but is possible). In this case, please send the screenshot with the error log.

Quest List

Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:12:12 -0600

I was talking to a friend about the game, and they promptly said that higher levels non-trans sounded like way too much of a grind. I know that there used to be a list of quests that people would do to help them on their way through the 80's and 90's of non-trans levels, but for the life of me I can't seem to find it to show him.

I did find a few references to it through the search function from older players, but does anyone have a full list that's up to date of quests to do for exp to help lessen the grind of how to trans a character?

Thank you!

Request for Stalker Guide

Sat, 22 Nov 2014 03:50:06 -0600

I'm finishing up my characters that I know how to build, gear, level and get experience on, and my eye is set on making a stalker next. . . but I feel like I'd be horrible at trying to figure all of it out on my own and would take far too long to level and most likely come up with a bad build.

Does anyone know of any good guides for different builds (because from what I can tell there are about 5 or 6 different ones), gears, and even leveling guides? Or even write one of your own?

Stalkers look amazing and the possibilities of what they can do seems sort of stupid crazy, but I don't know if I'm just looking at it wrong because I can't seem to get there on my own.

Thank you!

ToH Strategems

Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:47:42 -0600

Assuming you're not going for PVP trials, what are some of your strategies for doing well in ToH?

I'm usually at a fairly large disadvantage since I love going on High priest to take care of stuff (Monster trials, if I can't kill it with wing bolts in the time allotted or I can't healbomb/ME them to death, I run like the wind!)

Especially looking for tips with the Item trial, though I have been working on a stalker to Gank some of the loots there.

Soloing Bio3 (Creator Edition)

Fri, 26 Sep 2014 20:22:44 -0500

Introduction

I originally wrote this guide in early 2011 for members of my guild who were interested in soloing Bio3. I leveled two creators there (only one of them extensively) and found it to be the most fun I've had in Ragnarok Online during my entire time playing (not just on heRO).

I'm releasing this guide more publicly because there's really no reason to keep it secret. I hope any Creators that attempt this get to discover the joy and excitement that is Bio3 soloing (or leeching for friends / profit). I don't think much else compares in terms of challenge / fun - and the experience per hour is ridiculously good for soloing (and still, in some cases, better than partying).

With a tag from your homunculus and demi-human experience shoes, you're looking at 687,500 experience per monster killed. And they're all over the place. And the ones you want to target die in 2-4 AD. That's (even with only 75 DEX) 3-6 seconds of chucking AD to rake in almost 700k experience. It also gives you MORE Job EXP than Base, meaning you'll easily hit Job 70 before you 99 if you level primarily in Bio3.

At one point I was making between 150,000,000-200,000,000 base experience per hour of (successful) soloing. Just so you can see how awesome this is, I went from level 98 trans @ 0% to 99 trans in one play session without going for too long.

I hope this introduction wasn't too long - if you're interested in having a lot of fun and raking in exp solo, read on.

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Table of Contents
I. Prerequisites
II. Bio3 Monsters
III. Gear and Items
IV. Stats
V. Actually Doing It

NOTE: Much of this is based on my own experiences in Bio3 (getting from 90/55 to 99/70 soloing there). But I owe a major thanks to pictish for teaching me how to do it in the beginning.

I. Prerequisites

There are a few things you simply need to be able to solo Bio3 effectively as a Creator. I hope I don't forget any.

1. Frilladora-carded Garment - doesn't matter which garment (I used a Frill Wool Scarf so that I could use it with wool/tidal combo even after leveling, but it doesn't matter for the Bio3 process).

2. Smokie pet with accessory (so Eremes and Seyren don't own your face off while you try to cloak).

3. A homunculus with somewhat decent flee (not sure what level of flee is "Good" versus "Crap" exactly). My vanilmirth had almost literally the highest flee possible @ 242+ (might have been 245), and could flee several Bio mobs reliably. Having amazing flee certainly makes it easier, but it can be done by simply using your homunculus as a puller and not as a tank. If your homunculus cannot flee some mobs, this process (and exp/hour) will be slowed substantially.

4. Base level 90 (required to get into floor 3).

5. Demi-Human resist gear (really, just a cranial shield - preferably valk shield - but feather beret is a nice bonus if you don't need the INT from a headgear). Some might claim demon resist gear should be used. Myself, I prefer to keep everything I need on one skillbar for Bio3 so that BattleMode errors don't add to my death count, so I never bothered to bring demon resists (and you'll never want to kill Seyren anyways - explained later).

6. Enough INT to kill efficiently (get gear specifically for this - discussed later). Options include: Earring (no slot), Bazerald, Isilla Headgear (Drooping Lif, Crown[1] come to mind), Red Glasses, and maybe Evil Druid armor.

7. Marc carded armor (not strictly a necessity, I guess, but if a HWiz ever Frost Divers you out of nowhere, you'll be glad you're wearing it). Evil Druid works too, and gives INT.

8. Demi-Human EXP Shoes. Again, not strictly necessary - but the exp boost is welcome. You're looking to not get hit (and when you do, you'll most likely die with or without the extra 20% damage so you might as well get the exp). If you find you're dying too much at the beginning, consider taking the shoes off and using them once you have more experience/confidence down there.

9. Not a "prerequisite" but I wanted to note that you should ALWAYS be using Fly Wings in Bio3 - not a Teleport Clip. Teleport is simply too slow to reliably escape threats in Bio3, and it also opens up both slots for earrings which is nice.

On to the main part of this "guide"...

II. Bio3 Monsters

Howard Alt-Eisen (2 AD = 343,750 BExp / AD) - One of your primary targets. He has NO ranged attacks, which makes him easy as long as he's by himself (or with other Howards). 109 INT is enough to one-shot him. There are a number of ways to easily get that INT. Example: 2 Earrings, Red Glasses, Un-carded Crown[1] or Drooping Lif[1]. Use your homunculus to pull him within AD range and then either let it engage him (if it has the flee to life through one aftercast of AD) or have it then run past him and AD him again. If your homunculus dies, you can cloak and walk 9 cells away from him and AD him without resurrecting the homunculus since he'll die to the next AD (make sure he's not Assumptioed though, or you're in trouble as he'll be a four-shot instead of a two-shot).

Margaretha Sorin (2-3 AD = 229,166-343,750 BExp / AD) - Another primary target. You can 2 shot her with just 99 INT (maybe even lower) if she has no Assumptio up. You can 3 shot her with 113 INT even if she has Assumptio up from the beginning. She can be a minor threat because her Holy Light can one-shot your homunculus (and even you, if you're not stacking MDEF - which, if you are, you're doing something wrong). If you have Angeling and you want to be really safe you could toss it on, but I only died to Holy Light once or twice while down there. Other than that, use the same strategy as Howard and just keep her away and cloak if your homunculus dies.

Eremes Guile (3-4 AD = 156,250-208,333 BExp / AD) - I actually enjoyed Eremes as one of my three big targets. He is surprisingly easy to flee with a homunculus (though he may occasionally do a quick retarget-soul breaker on you for massive damage so be very careful if you're homunculus does not flee him at a high rate). Most Creators going down at low job levels will not be able to kill him in 3 AD. You need 117 INT to three-shot him. If he's Assumptioed you should avoid him entirely if possible - even if it means waiting out the buff. If you know he's nearby definitely get your homunculus out and then recloak, he can Soul Breaker from cloak (I believe) and do all of his other attacking WHILE coming out of cloak, so use your homunculus to lure him out. Once he's out, either let the homunc tank or AD and then recloak. I would not recommend staying out too long against this one unless you know your homunc can take a hit or two because of how quickly he retargets with ranged attacks.

Kathryne Keyron - No experience noted here because you really can't kill her (unless you're really bored and want to let your homunculus slowly wear her down). A better option, however, is to use your vanilmirth (it's the only one I ever had down there so I don't know if it works with the others) attack her while you stand in cloak around some wall or corner (to be safe). If you get lucky, the vanilmirth will either hit with an attack or (more reliably) a bolt right as it dies, and she will teleport. This is only really useful if you're trying to clear a spawn point so you can camp it. If not, just consider her a form of are denial, don't stick around if she's there. Her sight is too scary in high population areas (and I'm convinced she wears Maya Purple sunnies *shakes fist*).

Cecil Damon - No experience noted here because, while you can kill her it's generally not worth it. It takes 127 INT to one-shot her. That's like decent INT gear + Bless. If you're Blessed then you're probably not soloing, so you wouldn't need my advice anyways because she'd probably be Blade Stopped or already dead before you got to her. Consider her area denial. It's possible to teleport her with a homunculus (like the HWiz), but it's much harder since she will generally kill your homunculus before it gets to attack her. The only "good" way to deal with her might be to use the absurdly useless (otherwise) skill Summon Flora (which I never had). I've read that it can be used to teleport things by summoning a Parasite and then pulling the monster near it and cloaking. It thinks it's being rude attacked so it teleports - not that many Creators even get that skill - but I wish I had just to use it like this. You can't even really Suicide-AD into a Flywing to kill her because then she'll just respawn and ruin your spot again.

Seyren Windsor - No experience noted because he's simply not worth targeting. In fact, he bothers me more than Cecil because I don't even like to be on the same screen as him, no matter the conditions. He used to be okay before they gave him a ranged instant-cast Spiral Pierce (seriously? wtf?). If I recall correctly, he once used this insane attack to hit me for about 85,000 damage (I think it was 17k / hit) since I didn't carry demon resist gear. That means that, even with GR on it still would have one-shotted me. And it's instant cast. And it has either a 9 or 11 cell range (maybe even higher). He will often retarget even while your homunculus is still attacking as well. The ONLY reason to ever AD him is to do it right as your homunc dies and then cloak before the damage numbers stop (trying to teleport him) - but I'd still prefer my unreliable teleport method mentioned in Kathryn's section over this. He's WAY scary - which sucks because of his nice VIT.

The 99s - I wouldn't bother mentioning most since they're obviously not worth killing (90k exp? OBB drops?). But one of them ruined my experience for about 1 out of every 3 or 4 runs. Assassin Cross Eremes... if I could I would literally murder the game designer that created him. He spends 99% of his time in cloak, so you won't even know he's there until you're dead. He can Envenom, Sonic Blow, Grimtooth, Meteor Assault, Soul Breaker, Stun Attack, and a few other random ones - all while cloaked. Why? Because rather than giving him cloaking lvl 1 (like the regular Eremes has) the designers gave him an NPC ability called Invisible. He NEVER has to reveal himself except when the duration runs out. He has a 20% chance of using it when idle or attacking, and it lasts 30 seconds meaning you will almost never see him. If you manage to see a glowing SinX while teleporting around try to take note of where it was and NEVER GO THERE AGAIN! I kid you not, he will destroy you and there's nothing you can do about it.

Also, obviously, avoid the MVP (though I sent my vani at them once for fun... dear god the damage was huge).

III. Gear and Items

As long as you hit 113 (117 is better, though) INT and have demi-human resists you should be fine but here's what I used in terms of gear:

Headgear: +5 Feather Beret
Mid Headgear: Red Glasses
Armor: ToH Wings w/ Evil Druid Card (for 2 DEF/INT instead of one - it's how I hit 117 INT @ Job 60)
Weapon: +4 Bazerald
Shield: +4 Cranial Valkyrja's Shield
Garment: +7 Guard Wool Scarf
Shoes: +4 Assassinator's Shoes
Accessories: 2x Earring[0] (Spiritual Rings / Angelic Rings are also good, but they didn't exist when I did this)

As for items (I feel this is rather relevant) I would recommend bringing the following:

200+ Flywings (balance these out with fish/pots as these will usually be what determines when you go back to town - other than death).

As many Mutants as you can fit in your inventory / cart (I used mutant because I often made mistakes which required me to heal, and SP is constantly needed due to AD/Resurrect Homunculus/Cloaking). Really Mutants are the only viable options. Bass/Trout are too small in terms of healing. Salmons blind (which isn't the end of the world, but I'd still rather avoid it). And anything above this has a chance to freeze you or worse. Needless to say Freezing in Bio3 is essentially like asking for a trip back to town. You could alternatively bring White/Blue potions - but unless they're ranked they're less efficient than fish.

300-ish of each AD material. You usually won't need more than this due to running out of flywings or healing. If you have set up a respawn camping spot on a previous recent run, though, you can drop flywings (and maybe even fish) in favor of AD materials. Remember that if you set up a nice spot, you need to RUSH back or the map might reset if you take too long.

IV. Stats

I wasn't planning to put this in here because it's somewhat obvious, but just in case there are questions, here's what I did.

1. 99 INT (dur)
2. 50 Base DEX (I got this before anything else, after INT - maybe before Bio, I don't feel like calcing what level this is possible at).
3. Whatever your final level of VIT is (get this after 50 DEX to make you as survivable as possible in Bio3, maybe even before DEX if you feel like it?)
4. Whatever your final level of DEX is.
5. Why do you need anything else???

V. Actually Doing It

So now we know we want to shoot for a minimum of 113 INT (117 being the ideal - for Eremes Guile killing purposes). You've done the quest and you're in Bio3 - now what? Well, first remember that all you have to lose is the hours of time you spent farming AD and any experience you currently have (I jest, but really...). No, you'll be fine. Even if you die after every kill you'll still be profiting JExp-wise until you're well into your job levels. But, in all seriousness, you should be prepared to die - a lot. No matter how good you are at Creator, RO, or life in general, Bio3 is insanely hard (and also somewhat unpredictable). Dying is nothing to be ashamed of (unless you have gone from 99% to 0% - then you should probably just stick to Ice Titans).

The first step (which I often messed up) is to make sure you take off your Teleport clip (if you used one to get to Level 3) and put your other Earring on. I only note this because it was my most common mistake and made my 3-hit Eremes kill into a 4-hit, which was a waste of AD. The next step is to cloak (I never even brought another Garment down, I ONLY used Frilladora). Remember to check your homunc and smokey's hunger levels - just to be safe - then take a look around the entrance. The spawns here aren't great for camping but I found that I was often able to find a solo priest or priest/whitesmith combo that I could easily take out. If there's nothing good here, or you've killed the only good things already, rest your homunc (you don't usually want it out while FWinging through Bio3).

After you've checked the entrance you basically just fly wing around until you find something that's relatively isolated (and by "something" I mean Eremes, Howard, or Margaretha). Also, you need to land on a wall (near a wall is okay if Howard or Margaretha are the only monsters nearby - otherwise you need to be able to cloak right out of the wing). Once you find it, wait a few seconds after your immunity wears out (assuming you've already cloaked on a wall) to make sure there are no hidden Eremes (they will almost always Venom Dust the ground near you if they're around, even before immunity expires), then call out your homunculus and pull the monster toward you. AD it until your homunc is almost dead, then cloak and run along the wall to safe homunc res spot and then res it and rest it. Go back to the spot and call the homunc and AD again if need be. The nice thing about Call Homunculus is that somehow enemies around you register the homunculus as being there BEFORE they register you coming out of teleport immunity/cloak, so your homunc will get all the aggro. Send it away from you immediately and begin ADing.

Any time you land near the NW, SW, or NE corner rooms, check to see what they're like. If you're lucky you may sometimes find that a room is missing it's HW, LK, and Sniper. If not, sometimes you can pull the remaning members away carefully. If you can clear one of the rooms (or any other spawns, but I always found the rooms to be the easiest/safest) of all but Eremes, Howard, and Margaret you have yourself a nice spawn camp. If you find a spot with only one or two of the above monsters, it will be slower exp but it's also safer as you know for a fact you'll only ever have to deal with one monster at a time. I was once lucky enough to find the SW corner with only an HP and WS there, I gained all of 96-97 there without using more than 10 fish.

Dealing with multiple monsters is pretty tough - mostly because more than one monster on your homunculus will kill it almost instantly. And more than one monster on YOU is obviously worse. Your best bet is to cloak and hope they spread out (in case you aren't aware yet, like 80% of your time in Bio3 should be spent teleporting/cloaking, in my opinion). Another option is to get out of range and call your homunc and hope to grab just one on the edge of the screen and pull it. If all else fails, Fly Wing and hope for a better spot.

If you teleport a lot (your own definition) and can't find anything safe/good then feel free to take a break and check back after the server has had some time to move mobs around. Better to take a break than waste AD on crappy setups.

I'm sure there's a ton I'm forgetting because after section III. (or IV. I dunno) I was drinking and writing. So feel free to post any questions / comments so I can make this better (even if you don't play Creator, post, it will help me think critically).

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If you've made it this far, I hope you decide to give Bio3 a try on Creator. As I mentioned in the introduction, I have found it to be the most fun experience in RO and I hope you do too.

Go forth and Acid Demonstrate!

Public Soul Linker

Thu, 01 May 2014 12:51:49 -0500

Hello hero-players ,

I made a public account with a Soul Linker on it who has the soul links of all classes and the Ka-buffs. This Soul Linker can be used by everyone since I will post the account information at the bottom of this post!
Like this all you need is a friend who loggs on the Soul Linker to give you a soul link. This is mainly meant for brewing, Super Novice reset, some tests with a soul link and maybe for a little help for rebirthed people to start with a rebirth link.

Let me just say a few things since everyone can always logg on this account and it would be sad if the account would get abused or cause fights. It would be nice if you could follow the guide lines:

1. Please don't break any rules of the server on this account, it would be sad if this account would get banned.
2. Please check "@who Public Link" before you logg on the account, because else you might interrupt someone who is currently using the account and wait until the current user logged off before you logg in.
3. Please don't transfer any gear or too much zeny (you might need some for the healer) on this account.

Hope there are some people who have a use of this, enjoy your linked souls!

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