A Windhawk's Journey by Meer

	Disclaimer!
	Ragnarok Online PvM/PvE build guide for Windhawk. Specifically tailored for MuhRO. Might not work for other servers. Work in Progress

By the time I'm writing this guide 19th July 2023, MuhRO doesn't have Skill Queue. This means your distance to the server MATTERS for your skill spam rate.

Things that affects spam rate:

1. FPS. make sure to have 60fps or higher (by buying high refresh rate monitor)
2. ACDR. Do you meet the required ACDR?
3. ASPD. Do you have enough ASPD? e.g. 193 for Sharp Shooting
4. Ping. How far are you to france?
   • Low ping (50ms) and high ping (200m) tend to have high spam rate.
   • Medium (120~150ms) and very high ping (250ms+) will grant you terrible spam rate.
   • If increasing ACDR doesn't give you higher spam rate, switch it out for damage.

Traits (4th Job Status Build)

There are currently TWO builds that are quite popular. I'm not at endgame yet that's why I can't confirm which one is better than the others.

1. POW 100 > CRT 100 > CON (rest)
2. CON 100 > CRT 90 > POW (rest)

Sharp Shooting (Early Windhawk)

Sharp Shooting Parameters	Required for Maximum Potential
Fixed Cast Time (FCT)	-0.5sec
After Cast Delay Reduction (ACDR)	72%
Variable Cast Time (VCT)	The closer to Instant Cast the better
Critical Rate Required	50 + Target's Crit Shield

This is the first choke point of being Windhawk. The transition towards Crescive Bolt will require you to have -1.0 FCT. Since getting Cast Stone (Garment) (25067) for the -0.5FCT is gacha-based in our server, you will have to be patient and slowly farm the next tier equipments. Grace Set will not work with Crescive Bolt.

Equipment Name	Position How to Get	Note
Paradise Ranger Crossbow (700043)	Weapon 10x Eden Coin (25223)	Really good starting bow, available at Lv100. Use it till you can afford a better one.
Advanced Paradise Cap (400139)	Head Eden Gears	The HP and SP Leech is actually quite good. A cheaper alternative of Rideword Hat [1] (5208) .
Grace Sharp Suit [1] (450090)	Armor Grace Set	Getting Grace Set should be your top priority after getting to Lv150. The combo effect is really strong.
Grace Attack Manteau [1] (480018)	Garment Grace Set	Mainly just to get the combo effect.
Grace Attack Boots [1] (470020)	Shoes Grace Set	Really affordable -0.5FCT. Definitely neeeded to spam Sharp Shooting
Grace Attack Ring [1] (490019)	Accessories (Right) Grace Set	You can use any accesory on your left.
Ranger Advanced Paradise Shadow Weapon (24708) Advanced Paradise Shadow Shield (24693) Advanced Paradise Shadow Armor (24694) Advanced Paradise Shadow Shoes (24695) Advanced Paradise Shadow Earring (24696) Advanced Paradise Shadow Pendant (24697)	Shadow Gears Eden Shadow Gears	A really strong shadow gears set that will last you for so long. Just rent it and do NOT buy.

Entry Crescive Bolt

Crescive Bolt Parameters	Required for Maximum Potential
Fixed Cast Time (FCT)	-1.0sec
After Cast Delay Reduction (ACDR)	50%
Variable Cast Time (VCT)	The closer to Instant Cast the better
Critical Rate Required	100 + Target's Crit Shield

Despite having unlocked Crescive Bolt early on, most beginner Windhawk will probably never get to play this build until later on. Mainly cause this build requires you to have -1sec FCT and 50% ACDR. Unfortunately in our server the chance of getting the -0.5sec FCT Cast Stone (Garment) (25067) is way too low and if it was available in the market, the price would be insanely expensive (150m+). That's why getting +11 Auto Leg A or +11 Illusion Sprint Mail & Shoes combo is mandatory to play this build.

Another sad news is, Grace Set is way too good of a combo to break. That means if you have +11 Auto Leg A, but not having the Auto Armor / Engine Wing B, you gonna have a really terrible experience. This is caused by Grace Set giving good bonuses but only as a combo, if you break the combo, you will lose tons of damage and in the end switching to Crescive Bolt instead of Sharp Shooting is actually a worse decision.

Equipment Name	Position How to Get	Enchants & Card	Note
+11 Virtual Bow-OSAD [2] (700054)	Weapon OS / OSAD Weapons	ATK or ATK% Critical Damage % or Long Ranged Damage% Can even go without enchant. 2x Polluted Wander Man Card (27361)	Stormus (One of our end game Windhawk): OSAD combo is really affordable and strong set for beginners. Beginners should be able to farm this (Rudus F2) even with Eden Gears + Unlimit. DO NOT CRAFT Sharp Star Bow [2] (18185) yourself. It's not worth the price being paid and you better of using something else. Only buy from market if it's "cheap" e.g. below 25m fully enchanted +11.
+11 Illusion Hunter Bow [2] (18174)	Weapon Illusion of Luanda	ATK or ATK% Crit Damage, Ranged Physical Damage or ACDR% Any tbh Physical Damage to Normal > Boss 2x Polluted Wander Man Card (27361)	Illusion Hunter Bow is a decent bow that I personally started with, cause I didn't know Virtual Bow-OSAD existed and is that affordable.
+11 Ignis Cap-LT [1] (400266) or Rideword Hat [1] (5208) or +11 Celestial Luxurious Crown [1] (400116)	Head Equipment Crafting OS / OS-LT Headgears	Abysmal King Dramoh Card (300150)	Ignis Cap-LT combo with Virtual Bow-OSAD The HP and SP Leech is better than Advanced Paradise Cap (400139) . Celestial Lux Crown prolly only worth using if you happen to find cheap Sharp Star Bow [2] (18185) from market, and you use more Sharp Shooting than Crescive Bolt.
Sealed Chain (410093) or Sealed Chain [1] (410094)	Middle Headgear Niflheim Dungeon	none	Quite affordable yet really strong combo that will last you till end game.
Bondage Necklace (420076)	Lower Headgear Niflheim Dungeon	none
+11 Automatic Armor Type A [1] (450127) or +11 Illusion Sprint Mail [1] (450182)	Armor Automatic Equipment (17.2) or Illusion of Twins	2x Automatic Modification Module (Attack Power) (1000122) Automatic Modification Module (After Cast Delay) (1000133) Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) Any combination of the enchantments above. Observation Card (4392)	not confirmed if Dex2/Dex2 gonna be better than Str2/Str2)
+11 Automatic Engine Wing Type B [1] (480021)	Garment Automatic Equipment (17.2)	2x Automatic Modification Module (Critical) (1000127) Automatic Modification Module (Fast) (1000125) Empathize Card (300270)	Mainly just to get the combo effect.
+11 Automatic Leg Type A [1] (470022) or +11 Illusion Sprint Shoes [1] (470066)	Shoes Automatic Equipment (17.2) or Illusion of Twins	Automatic Modification Module (Fixed Casting) (1000134) Automatic Module (Firing Shot) (1000146) Automatic Module (Over Power) (1000147) Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) Any combination of the enchantments above. Abysmal Merman Card (300144)	Mandatory -0.8sec FCT or -0.7sec FCT. not confirmed if Dex2/Dex2 gonna be better than Str2/Str2)
Sinful / Brilliant Accessory	Accessories Thanatos Tower Accessories	Any enchants that you think useful for farming. 2x Void Mimic Card (300278) or Lowest Rgan Card (300366) Intermediate Rgan Card (300368)	Mandatory -0.3sec FCT if worn together as combo. Void Mimics are mostly for damage. Rgan combo is if you are lacking Crit Rate.

Mid Game Crescive Bolt

This part is actually kinda not recommended to make. It serves as a stepping stone before getting to the real end-game build. If you think you can skip some gears listed down below or using the lower grade version e.g. [D] instead of [C], without actually impacting your farming sessions, then feel free to skip. I personally used these gears to make my farming sessions smoother. If you don't need the extra damage, just save up for the next tier.

Etherium spent to refine items from +0 to +10 from 17x attempts.

For those who never heard of Item Reform or Grade Enhancing, feel free to read more on that topic.

The best way I personally got advised to refine your item from +0 to +10 during Grade Enhancing is just to raw refine with Etherium or Etheorodecon. This is cause MuhRO actually have enhanced refinement rate compared to kRO even using the normal ores. In average I spent 700 ores to refine an item form +0 to +10 only using Etherium. The table on the right side. You can start using the hammer from +10 to +11. I still gonna keep repeating this, only grade your item if you really need the extra damage to farm your next items. This is cause by the time I'm writing this (21st July), my excel sheet indicates that I just spent 200m (Elunium, Etel Dust and refining cost) to refine an item from +0 to +10 (1018 Etherium spent). If in average we spend 700x (140m) to do a grading cycle, and on this section if you do all the grading it will be 10+ grading cycles to be done. That amount of zeny investment for items that you will not use anymore at end game, seem kinda wasteful in my opinion. So only grade the item if you really need the extra damage for your specific farming spot.

Equipment Name	Position How to Get	Enchants & Card	Note
+11 [B] Thanatos Bow-AD	Weapon Thanatos AD Weapons basic version from Ghost Palace	Nullify weapon's damage size penalty or Long Ranged% Attack%, Critical%, Damage to Normal, or Damage to Boss 2x Polluted Wander Man Card (27361)	Remember to only Grade Up this weapon if you really need it to farm the next tier gears. Make sure to farm instances for Instance Coin cause you will need it to buy Modified Thana Hammer
+11 [C] Thanatos Helmet-LT	Head Thanatos Helmet Reform basic version from Tomb of Remorse	Abysmal King Dramoh Card (300150)	Tomb of Remorse is one of the end game instance. I suggest try farming the mobs for Minneas with alt windhawk chars and stop at the first MVP. You will need those to enchant your helm.
+11 Gray Wolf (Breeze Shooting, ACDR, Shooter2)	Armor 18 Direction of Prayer	Observation Card (4392)
Pirate Captain's Coat or +11 Convertible Critical Wing or +10 Fallen Warrior Manteau [1]	Garment	Empathize Card (300270)	Probably can just skip to Pirate Captain's Coat if you think you don't need new garment. Placeholder: FWM is a good alternative cause I legit have no clue how to farm Convertible Wings, like tons of items I never heard of, while FWM no slot is cheap 5m and Vicious Mind Aura is 3m, just the grind to get it slotted is ultra painful (Bio3 Mobs) but as lv260 it's one shot as Windhawk +10 FWM&VMA is about 2.9% stronger in terms of damage compared to +11 Convertible Critical Wing&Bondage Necklace, but you will gain 10CRIT with Convertible and another 3CRIT from Bondage Necklace. Good alternative if you need CRIT rate
+11 [C] Hero Boots-LT (Will of Sharpshooter, Sharp, DEX)	Shoes Ancient Hero / Great Hero / Hero's-LT Boots Reformbasic version from Bioresearch Laboratory	Abysmal Merman Card (300144)	Mandatory -0.8sec FCT
Automatic Accessory	Accessories Automatic Equipment (17.2)	2x Void Mimic Card (300278) or Lowest Rgan Card (300366) Intermediate Rgan Card (300368)
Hero's Badge (Dexterity/Sharp/DEX)	Accessories Hero's Badge

End Game Crescive Bolt

Current best in slot gears for non-MVP user based on Episode 19.

POW enchants if planning to share gear with other classes, CON if only playing Windhawk (?)
Not confirmed if CON actually gives higher damage than POW.

Equipment Name	Position How to Get	Enchants & Card	Note
+12 [A] Dim Bow (Physical, CB, CB)	Weapon	Polluted Wander Man Card (27361)	----
+12 Temporal Circlet Ranger (Acute5, JewelLuk3, LUK/DEX)	Head
+12 Nebula Suit of Creative (Creative, Ranged Physical/Sharp, any)	Armor		Ranged enchant was said to deal higher damage > Sharp (based on Leaf)
+14 [A] Pirate Captain's Coat	Garment
+12 [A] Ice Rune Boots	Shoes		Mandatory -1.0sec FCT
Wolf Accessories with Crit	Accessories		If you need Crit Rate

Shadow Gears

No more eden shadow gears? I got you covered (based on priority, make the one on top first, slowly walk down to bottom). I still didn't try out the Master Shadow Gears, so I'm not sure if those are better.

If you plan on min maxing the enchants I guess POW > CON > CRT would be the way.

Name	Slot How To Get	Note
+9 Full Penetration Shadow Earring (24661)	Accessory (Right) Shadow Gear	Full Penetration combo should be the first priority cause having 100% DEF bypass is really important for general players without [MVP] Thanatos Card (4399) . Monsters like Grote in Nifl Dun F2 has 456 DEF. Which translates to -45% Damage for someone with 0% DEF Bypass.
+9 Full Penetration Shadow Pendant (24662)	Acessory (Left) Shadow Gear
+9 Separate Reload Shadow Shield (24746)	Shield Shadow Gear	The extra 9% ACDR is really nice to have while only occupying 1 slot.
+9 Infinity Shadow Weapon (24386)	Weapon Shadow Gear	Depending if you need ACDR more or farming Large monsters more you can put this shadow gear at higher priority than the reload.
+10 Maximum Mammoth Shadow Armor (24679)	Armor Shadow Gear	The only shadow gears I think "worth" getting to +10 due to the 12% to all elements bonus. The reason I prefer +10 Max Mammoth Shadow Armor, instead of having the Max Mammoth Set on accessory slot, is because the unupgraded version of Mammoth Shadow Armor gives HUGE CRIT. It will make things easier to get the 140 CRIT just by having the non upgraded version.
+10 Maximum Mammoth Shadow Shoes (24680)	Shoes Shadow Gear

Optional nice to have:

Name	Slot How To Get	Note
+9 Mega Blitz Shadow Shield (24767)	Shield Shadow Gear	If you don't need the extra 9% ACDR from Separate Reload Shadow Shield (24746) you can go for this shadow gears for the +10 Critical, 8% ASPD and some Crit Damage %.

Special Thanks

1. Pipo a.k.a Stormus for the peer-review. At this point it should be co-writer of the guide LMAO. Tons of stuffs written here are based on Stormus's knowledge as well.
2. Cannon Meat for end game gears.
3. Hurt Locker for Illusion Sprint Mail and Shoes combo.