Lxna's Here Comes the (Cross) Rain Again Guide

Introduction

Hello everybody! I'm Lxna, I have played ragnarok for many years but this year I started pushing myself into getting better at the game, understanding mechanics, and helping others so we always have a community to grow together. I started MuhRo around August 24, and since then i've been growing stronger, farming and making some friends on my journey. I started as an Imperial Guard because i really like more chonky (tanky) class and it was the perfect starter for me!

Important to say that I am not even remotely close of being a good Imperial Guard as I just started playing recently, i am just sharing my opinion and thoughts about the progression based in my experience!

Notes

Imperial guard (IG) is a really strong starter, has great dps output, it is really tanky (in farming runs it's almost impervious to damage!) and it has a really smooth and enjoyable gear progression. I do recommend this class, even if it's your first character on the server.

Do note that IG have a magic, a melee and recently a range critical physical build, but this guide will focus only on the magic vertent, which the main skill used is Cross Rain.

Some pros and cons for the magic build in my opinion:

Pros:

• You are immune to magic damage (well, you dodge it, but it is really helpful);
• AOE skill - you use the skill, things die inside the range, you teleport out of it, repeat! No need to click on the specific mob!
• You can almost mantain 100% physical damage immune while farming using Guardian Shield
• Turned off brain for farming! Use skill, teleport, use skill, teleport and repeat until rich!

Cons:

• Farm will get brainless along you upgrade your gear. At the start it will be harder and slower than other classes;
• You will only feel the smoothness of Cross Rain farming once you get the Dimension Weapon + Crown combo, as it almost decrease the skill cd in half!;
• Your damage will be mainly Holy! This means that you will not be able to farm comfortably some endgame maps like Biosphere B - Temple or Depth 1. With Imperial Pressure this no longer will be a problem;
• Cross rain has an animation lock once you use it! At first you will get annoyed but then you get used to it.

Skills, what to use and when

Relevant Skills

Cross Rain

Our main damage dealer, the skill that should in your prefered skill button as this will be the one that you will be pressing it all the time:

This skill has Holy property all the time, so unfortunately, if mob is immune to holy damage we almost cannot kill it!

Imperial Pressure

Our new skill that came just in the latest update (November, 2024). This skill has neutral element, but if use Guardian Stance it will be changed to Holy property. More on that later.

Attack Stance and Guard Stance

IG can only use one stance at a time. Attack stance will increase your damage and lower your defences, while Guardian Stance will increase your defence while lower your weapon attack, so it has no offset for us!

Guardian Shield

This skill can only be used while in Guard Stance and will create an absorbing shield for every party member in 21x21 around you! While farming you can maintain 100% uptime of this skill so you can become immune to damage in most farming scenarios below depth farming.

Auto Guard

Activate this skill to receive a 30% chance to block incoming attacks, nothing more. Use skill, get chonkier. Love it.

Inspiration

One of our most important buffs. It improves all our stats in +30, gives flee and max Hp +20%, but it consumes hp and sp every 5 seconds. We can offset this downside using Shield Spell or The One Potion (50035) .

Prestige

One of our best buffs of it all! With this buff we can dodge every magic damage (almost like self GTB card). The gist of the skill is that the dodge chance is calculated by the following formulae:
(INT+LUK) x (SkillLv /20 * BaseLv/200) + SkillLv

Breaking down this, we will always have level 275 and Prestige at level 5, so the formula will be:

(INT+LUK) x (5/20*275/200)+ 5 = (INT+LUK) x (34,38%) + 5%.

So to get 100% magic chance we would need 277 points distributed in int and luk to get it. You can chase that with gear or while using Inspiration, as it gives +30 in each.

Holy Shield

Our best free buff of it all. It boosts cross rain damage by almost 50% and increase our defences against the force of evil (Shadow and undead). Keep it up all time!

Shield Spell

This buff you will use depending on what you need at the moment.

• If you are low on SP use it on level 2;
• If you are low on HP use it on level 1;
• If you dont need to recover use it on level 3 to increase your MATK!;

Vanguard Force

This skill is toggle, so just use it again in case you die!

What skills do I use to farm?

Once you start gearing your character and getting stronger, you will notice that sometimes you can ditch some buff because you already are overkilling what you are farming. Always adapt the buffs you need conform what you are hunting!

Basic of self buffing

Considering you will be needing all the buffs to start hunting, use all the buffs in this list, in no specific order:

• Vanguard Force (this is toggle, just use it once)
• Guard Stance (this is toggle, just use it once) (If you dont need the extra defences, consider switching this to Attack Stance
• Auto Guard
• Inspiration > Prestige
• Guardian Shield
• Holy Shield
• Shield Spell

Once buffs ends, you will need to refresh them. To know which buff has ended you can keep an eye in the chat as it says in red per example "The Holy shield effect has been canceled";

If you dont want to keep track of every single buff, prioritize these:

1. Holy Shield
2. Inspiration > Prestige
3. Guardian Shield
4. Shield Spell
5. Auto Guard

Offensive Skills

You will be using Cross Rain almost every time with very few exceptions. Your main strategy is to teleport, get the aggro of all the mobs around you and while they are almost on you, you make it rain to kill everything! Don't forget that this skills demands that you need to be in the screen to get kill account, so if you are doing kill quests like eden boards wait for the mob to be killed to get the credit! Thanks @Miku Kitsune, we only need to not be in a party for the kill count! YAY!

If you happen to encounter something holy immune (Novices in Bioresearch Laboratory, per example) you can use the following skills, as both will hit neutral magic damage:

• Imperial Pressure with Attack Stance
• Genesis Ray with Inspiration

Skill Tree Build

This is the skills that I use! Feel free to adapt conform your needs!

Swordsman

Paladin

Royal Guard

Imperial Guard

Stats and Traits

Stats

Generally, stats should be based on what best suits you. As such, I won't provide my exact Stat distribution, as you should update yours accordingly.

Int: Provides the highest bonus in StatusMATK. It also provides the second-highest reduction in Variable Cast Time.
Dex: Provides the third-highest bonus in StatusMATK. It also provides the highest reduction in Variable Cast Time from stats. Early on, you will want a lot of Dex, as your gear may not provide the VCT reduction you need. Later on, it will be a lower priority.

Luk: Provides the second-highest bonus in StatusMATK. Personal preference, but i usuaully go with more luk than dex, as it also increases our chance of magic dodge using prestige.

Vit: Provides a lot of tankiness through HP, SoftDEF, and SoftMDEF.

Agi: Provides some additional tankiness by providing FLEE, and the ATKSPD improves DPS by reducing Cast animation.

Str: Provides additional weight capacity which will help for farming.

Traits

Traits are additional stats that provide bonuses for fourth classes. Traits are bit more straightforward:

SPL (110): Provides the highest bonus in S.MATK and your abilities will additionally scale off SPL.
CON (100-110): Provides the second-highest bonus in S.MATK.
STA (72): As we can dodge every magic damage, we can put all the remaining points into STA, as it will increase our Physical Resistance

Gear and farming progression

I've used Choi's Guide To Magic almost entirely to progress through every phase with very few changes. In every phase i will list the equipments expected to have and the changes made from his guide!

One thing that I highly recommend is to progress your gear as your progress the character story! If it is your first time playing renewal or if you have never payed attention in ragnarok story, take a breath and enjoy the npcs and story! Is pretty rewarding to feel that you've farmed what you needed to start farming in some place stronger as you progress with your story together!

Phase Eden

At Level 100, you can talk with Labraham and Louis at @go Eden to get your Advanced Paradise Gear. These gears will require Old Pick (7318) , Blue Hair (1034) , and Elastic Band (7200) .

Additionally, you can talk with Lucy in the same room to receive your Advanced Paradise Shadow Gear by renting it for 20 Eden Coins for 3 days or buying the set permanently for 230 in total.

Phase Eden - Gear Progression Table

Position	Equipment	Note
Head - Top	Advanced Paradise Hat (400140)	Lothaire (moc_para01 109, 79)
Head - Mid	-
Head - Low	-
Body	Advanced Paradise Robe (450186)	Louis (moc_para01 109, 87)
Weapon	Paradise Royal Guard Sword (500036)	Louis (moc_para01 109, 87)
Shield	Mirror Shield (2107)	Peter (paramk 81, 37)
Robe	Advanced Paradise Muffler (480106)	Louis (moc_para01 109, 87)
Shoes	Advanced Paradise Shoes (470093)	Louis (moc_para01 109, 87)
Accessory (Right)	Advanced Paradise Necklace (490129)	Louis (moc_para01 109, 87)
Accessory (Left)	Advanced Paradise Magic Ring (490128)	Louis (moc_para01 109, 87)

Phase One

Moving forward, your main priority is to see where you can reduce your fixed cast time, and your second priority will be increasing your damage output (for now).

Cross Rain only has 1.5s Fixed Casting Time (FCT) and Genesis Ray has 0.5 FCT and 6s Variable Casting Time (VCT), so at this point we should have at least 120 points in INT and DEX to help reduce Genesis Ray VCT.

You should start progressing through the story to unlock all the maps and instances, and if this is your first character ever you will need to do it, so you can just buy the episode unlock with further characters!

With the phase eden equipment you can probably finish episode 16.1 Banquet for Heroes and start progressing through 17.1 Illusion. Episode 17 is the episode where you will start your farm adventure, probably hunting in Rudus 1, 2 and 3 looking for Unknown Parts (25669) and Cor Core (25723) .

If you are only rushing levels to get as soon as possible to 4th class, focus on doing the eden hunting missions for the highest illusion dungeon you can comfortably and constantly kill!

The following table has the minimum level required to access the content related to farm. Focus here is minimum, as chances are that each new map that we unlock will be to hard for us to properly farm there without progressing our gear.

What and where to farm

Level	Map/Story	Gear related	Related maps	Items to look for
120+	Illusion of Frozen	Illusion Sacred Mission [1] (28922)	Warper > Illusion Dungeons > Illusion of Frozen	Frozen Refine Box (9785) to refine Illusion Sacred Mission
150+	17.1 Illusion	Grace Set	Warper > Dungeons > Rudus (Every floor gets harder, but increases the odds of dropping items)	Every piece costs 20x Unknown Parts (25669) and each refine ticket costs 20x Cor Core (25723)
170+	Illusion of Labyrinth	Illusion Morpheus's Hood [1] (19428)	Warper > Illusion Dungeons > Illusion of Labyrinth	Labyrinth Refinement Box (100423) to refine Illusion Morpheus's Hood

Phase One - Gear Progression Table

Position	Equipment	Note
Head - Top	+9~+11 Illusion Morpheus's Hood [1] (19428)	Check table above
Head - Mid	Cor Core Booster (410091) or Cor Core Booster [1] (410092)	Both drops from Rudus 4, which are for level 200+. It's ok if you can't get these now, but you can buy from other players if you want to
Head - Low	CD in Mouth (420003)	Same as above, buy it only if you want
Body	+9 Grace Genesis Armor [1] (450089)	(sp_cor 118, 131) to buy for 20x Unknown Parts (25669) and 20x Cor Core (25723) to refine to +9
Weapon	Paradise Royal Guard Sword (500036)	We will keep the weapon until we are level +200, so focus on other equipments first.
Shield	+9~+11 Illusion Sacred Mission [1] (28922)	You can farm it in Illusion of Frozen. This shield has plenty of defences so it will help you survive more. You will use this until late game, so maybe is worth an effort of farming here and getting to at least +11. Don't forget to enchant it with either Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) or Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) . Alternatively, you can use Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) at the cost of chonkyness.
Robe	+9 Grace Magic Manteau [1] (480019)	(sp_cor 118, 131) to buy for 20x Unknown Parts (25669) and 20x Cor Core (25723) to refine to +9
Shoes	+9 Grace Magic Boots [1] (470021)	(sp_cor 118, 131) to buy for 20x Unknown Parts (25669) and 20x Cor Core (25723) to refine to +9
Accessory (Right)	Grace Magic Ring [1] (490020)	(sp_cor 118, 131) to buy for 20x Unknown Parts (25669)
Accessory (Left)	Advanced Paradise Magic Ring (490128)	Louis (moc_para01 109, 87)

Pro tip: Check Armor Weapon Tickets page to safely refine level 1 gear to +11.

Phase Two

At this point, we really need to get the 1.5s FCT so we can use Cross Rain to farm even faster. Focus on getting these first:

• Grace Magic Boots [1] (470021) : 0.5s
• Royal Guard Stone (Top) (1000616) : 0.5s
• Brilliant/ Sinful Sapphire Accessories: 0.2s / 0.3s

The final FCT required can be acquired these ways:

• Minor Casting Stone (Garment) (25170)
• Automatic Leg Type B [1] (470023) using Automatic Modification Module (Fixed Casting) (1000134)
• Gray Wolf Shoes [1] (470088) using Wolf Orb (Fixed Casting) Lv.1 (310600)

Or you can wait until next phase where we will get our +9[C] Moan of Corruption [1] (470204) which will already give 1s FCT!

Once we get 1.5s FCT our focus should be getting our weapon ready! This will be the biggest damage jump for the lowest price.

What and where to farm

Level	Map/Story	Gear related	Related maps	Items to look for
170+	Oz Labyrinth 2nd floor	Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178)	Warper > Dungeons > Oz Dungeon > Walk to South Portal	Best place to farm Amethyst Fragment (1000405) used to enchant Gray Wolf Equipment
180+	Odin		Warper > Dungeons > Odin's Past (Ps: You need to walk there by foot the first time to unlock the direct warp. (odin_tem03 279, 234)	Great place to farm as soon as you get level 200 to grind for the first job levels and to farm some good zeny
200+	Rudus 4	Cor Core Booster [1] (410092) , CD in Mouth (420003)	Warper > Dungeons > Rudus F4 (Ps: You need to walk there by foot the first time to unlock the direct warp. (sp_rudus3 380, 42)	Decent zeny and xp farming, specially if you are beginning in the +200 maps!
210+	Episode 19 maps	Issgard Equipment	Warper > Dungeons > Snake's nest	Start farming your Dim Glacier Weapon Box (41246) here and progress to abandoned pit once you get stronger
			Warper > Dungeons > Abandoned Pit	2nd floor is the best place to farm Dim Glacier Weapon Box (41246) to get materials to craft your first glacier weapon and future dim glacier. Decent zeny too. It's hard, you may need to farm in lower maps first.

Between the Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) and the Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) , both options are great. Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) provides more damage and Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) provides more tankiness. Personally I don't like to farm for amethyst fragments because it takes a lot of time to get all the ammount necessary and Oz Dungeon 2 does not drop anything useful other than the amethysts, but this is entirely personal preference.

Phase Two - Gear Progression Table

Position	Equipment	Note
Head - Top	+9 Vesper Headgear [1] (400111)	To craft Vesper Helmet Vesper helmet is a great mid game helmet. Into the next step we will start grading it until grade C, but keep it ungraded for now.
Head - Mid	Battle Processor [1] (410017) Cor Core Booster [1] (410092)	Use battle processor if you either got a Yggdrasil leaf or want to craft a Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) in the next step. Otherwise keep the Cor Core as it is.
Head - Low	CD in Mouth (420003) Young Leaf of World Tree (Intelligence) (420022)	If you get the Yggdrasil leaf (any stats, only the enchant matters), try to hit these enchants: SPL Lv2 (311081) OR S.MATK Lv.2 (310985) , Spell Lv2 (4814) OR MATK Lv.2 (310989) , INT+3 (4712) . Check this page for more information about enchanting it
Body	+11 Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) +9~+11 Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) +9~+11 Glacier Robe [1] (450265)	For Gray Wolf: Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.2 (310507) , Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.3 (310510) , Wolf Orb (Shadow Spell) (310532) For Snow Flower: Ice Flower Magic Stone(Physical Defense) (1000717) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magician) (1000721) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Shadow Spell) (1000773) For Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Grand Mage) (312066) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Mage) (312063) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(SPL&WIS) (312059)
Weapon	+9 Glacier Sword (500049)	Number one priority after getting the required FCT! You can farm for the materials like I did, or you can just buy one as they are cheap. Enchants: Glacier Flower Spell (Magical - Element) (311353) , Glacier Flower Spell (Magical - Size) (311351) , Glacier Flower Spell (Magical - Race) (311349) , Glacier Flower Spell (MATK) (311343)
Shield	+9~+11 Illusion Sacred Mission [1] (28922)	You can farm it in Illusion of Frozen. This shield has plenty of defences so it will help you survive more. You will use this until late game, so maybe is worth an effort of farming here and getting to at least +11. Don't forget to enchant it with either Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) or Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) . Alternatively, you can use Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) at the cost of chonkyness.
Robe	+9 Grace Magic Manteau [1] (480019)	Keep the Grace Manteau for now
Shoes	+9 Grace Magic Boots [1] (470021)	Keep the grace shoes for now and focus on other equipment as our next show upgrade will be a huge one!
Accessory (Right)	Brilliant Light Sapphire Ring [1] (490064) Sinful Sapphire Ring [1] (490052)	For Brilliant Enchants: Any Happiness, Any Destructive Evil. For Sinful Enchants: Any Horror, Any Dragon Scale. I recommend at least level 3 for both.
Accessory (Left)	Brilliant Light Sapphire Necklace [1] (490065) Sinful Sapphire Necklace [1] (490053)	For Brilliant Enchants: Any Happiness, Any Destructive Evil. For Sinful Enchants: Any Horror, Any Dragon Scale. I recommend at least level 3 for both.

Phase Three

Now it's time to start part of our endgame equipment! Our biggest focus in this step will be shoes, garment and dim glacier weapon! You will also start doing and understading grading and refinement. These wiki pages are good reads so you can understand how to self craft the following gear:

• Refinement
• Grade Enhancing

Be prepared to farm a lot. Serious, you will need something near 3k dim glacier boxes so you can fully craft your weapon lol.

Now you will notice that you will need tons of Oridecon (984) , Elunium (985) , Zelunium (25731) , Shadowdecon (25729) and Etel Dust (1000322) ! Don't sleep on those, as you will use thousands of them to craft equipment like Moan of Corruption [1] (470204) , transform into Blacksmith's Blessing (6635) to refine or craft your shadow gear!

What and where to farm

Level	Map/Story	Gear related	Related maps	Items to look for
210+	Episode 19 maps	Issgard Equipment	Warper > Dungeons > Abandoned Pit	2nd floor is the best place to farm Dim Glacier Weapon Box (41246) to get materials to craft your first glacier weapon and future dim glacier. Decent zeny too. It's hard, you may need to farm in lower maps first.
200+	Niflheim		Warper > Dungeons > Niflheim Dungeon (Ps: You need to walk there by foot the first time to unlock the direct warp. (sp_rudus3 380, 42)	Good zeny and xp farming. This map tends to be easier to us IGs as monster has weakness to holy. Good starting map!
240+	Clock Tower Unknown Basement		Warper > Dungeons > Clock Tower Unknown Basement (Ps: You need to walk there by foot the first time to unlock the direct warp. (c_tower1 243, 22024)	One of the best places to farm. You will get Oridecon (984) , Elunium (985) , Zelunium Ore (25730) , Zelunium (25731) , Shadowdecon Ore (25728) and Shadowdecon (25729) , which you will need a lot at this point. Awesome raw zeny too, by killing monster and selling the gear that drops here.
240+	Niflheim 2		Warper > Dungeons > Niflheim Dungeon > Climb the stairs going south and enter the portal	Most of your grind will be on this map! Focus on killing Grotes as they drop Bloody Branch (12103) which can be sold to players. Tons of Zelunium Ore (25730) , Zelunium (25731) , Shadowdecon Ore (25728) and Shadowdecon (25729) and raw zeny too. Go crazy but don't ks other people as it's rude!

Phase Three - Gear Progression Table

Position	Equipment	Note
Head - Top	+9 C Vesper Headgear [1] (400111)	To craft Vesper Helmet Grade it only to C as anything further will not be worth it as we will change our headgear later on.
Head - Mid	Battle Processor [1] (410017)	Battle processor has a combo with Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) so I highly advise you getting one.
Head - Low	Young Leaf of World Tree (Intelligence) (420022)	Hit these enchants: SPL Lv2 (311081) OR S.MATK Lv.2 (310985) , Spell Lv2 (4814) OR MATK Lv.2 (310989) , INT+3 (4712) . Check this page for more information about enchanting it
Body	+11 Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) +9~+11 Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) +9~+11 Glacier Robe [1] (450265)	For Gray Wolf: Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.2 (310507) , Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.3 (310510) , Wolf Orb (Shadow Spell) (310532) For Snow Flower: Ice Flower Magic Stone(Physical Defense) (1000717) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magician) (1000721) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Shadow Spell) (1000773) For Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Grand Mage) (312066) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Mage) (312063) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(SPL&WIS) (312059)
Weapon	+9 Glacier Sword (500049) +12A Dim Glacier Sword [1] (500054)	You will start your journey on refining and grading equipment with this one. Hopefully it has a refine box, so it's pretty easy to begin and to understand. Check the next table to get a glimpse on how to do it. Aim for these enchants: Glacier Flower Spell (Cross Rain) (311278) , Glacier Flower Spell (Cross Rain) (311278) , Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458)
Shield	+9~+11 Illusion Sacred Mission [1] (28922)	You can farm it in Illusion of Frozen. This shield has plenty of defences so it will help you survive more. You will use this until late game, so maybe is worth an effort of farming here and getting to at least +11. Don't forget to enchant it with either Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) or Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) . Alternatively, you can use Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) at the cost of chonkyness.
Robe	+11 Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) , +9 Glacier Muffler [1] (450267)	Check Choi's Mini Guide on how to craft CMW or alternatively use a Glacier Manteau. I think that CMW is easier and better at this point. If you choose Glacier, use these enchants: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Physical Defense) (312056) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Caster) (312070) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Powerful) (312073)
Shoes	+9 C Moan of Corruption [1] (470204)	This will be our first end game item. We only need it grade C for now. Prioritize this along the dim glacier weapon.
Accessory (Right)	Brilliant Light Sapphire Ring [1] (490064) Sinful Sapphire Ring [1] (490052)	For Brilliant Enchants: Any Happiness, Any Destructive Evil. For Sinful Enchants: Any Horror, Any Dragon Scale. I recommend at least level 3 for both.
Accessory (Left)	Brilliant Light Sapphire Necklace [1] (490065) Sinful Sapphire Necklace [1] (490053)	For Brilliant Enchants: Any Happiness, Any Destructive Evil. For Sinful Enchants: Any Horror, Any Dragon Scale. I recommend at least level 3 for both.

Crafting your own Dim Glacier Weapon

To craft the +12 [A] Dim Glacier Sword [1] (500054) you will need the following items:

11x Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637)

Cost:

• 110x Encroached Magical Crystal (1001031)

• 110x Neutralized Magical Crystal (1001032)
• 11x Poisonous Magic (1001033)

Source: opening Dim Glacier Weapon Box (41246) and then incinerating it at (icas_in 191, 56)To use the boxes to increase the refine you will use more:

• 440x Flower Petals (1000608)
• 110x Encroached Magical Crystal (1001031)
• 110x Neutralized Magical Crystal (1001032)

Ps: Flower Petals (1000608) will drop from the same monster that you will kill to get the weapon boxes.

To do the grade, each attempt will consume it specific Etel Stone, which can be bought from Grade Enhancer Garm at (grademk 33, 183) with Etel Stone (1000323) and the correct stone.
All of the stones can be bought at Jeweler at (morocc 165, 54)

How to make a Dim Glacier Weapon 12A

Refine	Grade	Action
+0	No grade	Acquire the weapon that you will craft by opening Dim Glacier Weapon Box (41246) (in our case we are looking for Dim Glacier Sword [1] (500054) )
+9	No grade	Refine to +9 using Etherdeocon (1000332) with Refiner Leona at (grademk 20, 183)
+10	No grade	Use a Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) that can be bought from Forr in (icas_in 188, 59) and combine it to get +1 refine, getting to +10
+11	No grade	Use a Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) that can be bought from Forr in (icas_in 188, 59) and combine it to get +1 refine, getting to +11
+11	No grade > D	Talk to Grade Enhancer Garm at (grademk 33, 183), buy 5 Etel Aquamarine (1000325) and try to get the grade D on the weapon. ALWAYS go for the safest option so your equipment do not get destroyed! Base chance is 70% so this will need 1-2 tries in average!
+9	D	Refine to +9 using Etherdeocon (1000332) with Refiner Leona at (grademk 20, 183)
+10	D	Use a Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) that can be bought from Forr in (icas_in 188, 59) and combine it to get +1 refine, getting to +10
+11	D	Use a Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) that can be bought from Forr in (icas_in 188, 59) and combine it to get +1 refine, getting to +11
+11	D > C	Talk to Grade Enhancer Garm at (grademk 33, 183), buy 5 Etel Topaz (1000326) and try to get the grade C on the weapon. ALWAYS go for the safest option so your equipment do not get destroyed! Base chance is 60% so this will need 1-2 tries in average!
+9	C	Refine to +9 using Etherdeocon (1000332) with Refiner Leona at (grademk 20, 183)
+10	C	Use a Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) that can be bought from Forr in (icas_in 188, 59) and combine it to get +1 refine, getting to +10
+11	C	Use a Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) that can be bought from Forr in (icas_in 188, 59) and combine it to get +1 refine, getting to +11
+11	C > B	Talk to Grade Enhancer Garm at (grademk 33, 183), buy 5 Etel Amethyst (1000327) and try to get the grade B on the weapon. ALWAYS go for the safest option so your equipment do not get destroyed! Base chance is 50% so this will need 1-2 tries in average!
+9	B	Refine to +9 using Etherdeocon (1000332) with Refiner Leona at (grademk 20, 183)
+10	B	Use a Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) that can be bought from Forr in (icas_in 188, 59) and combine it to get +1 refine, getting to +10
+11	B	Use a Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) that can be bought from Forr in (icas_in 188, 59) and combine it to get +1 refine, getting to +11
+11	B > A	Talk to Grade Enhancer Garm at (grademk 33, 183), buy 10 Etel Amber (1000328) and try to get the grade A on the weapon. ALWAYS go for the safest option so your equipment do not get destroyed! Base chance is 40% so this will need 2-4 tries in average!
+9	A	Refine to +9 using Etherdeocon (1000332) with Refiner Leona at (grademk 20, 183)
+10	A	Use a Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) that can be bought from Forr in (icas_in 188, 59) and combine it to get +1 refine, getting to +10
+11	A	Use a Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) that can be bought from Forr in (icas_in 188, 59) and combine it to get +1 refine, getting to +11
+12	A	Use a Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) that can be bought from Forr in (icas_in 188, 59) and combine it to get +1 refine, getting to +12 - WE ARE FINISHED!

Phase Four

We're almost at End Game. Time to make some of the tougher gears. You can skip to Phase Five if you think you can comfortably get the Equipment from Constellation Tower (Hard), Alice Twisted Madness (Hard) and Depth 1 and 2.

What and where to farm

Level	Map/Story	Gear related	Related maps	Items to look for
240+	Clock Tower Unknown Basement		Warper > Dungeons > Clock Tower Unknown Basement (Ps: You need to walk there by foot the first time to unlock the direct warp. (c_tower1 243, 22024)	One of the best places to farm. You will get Oridecon (984) , Elunium (985) , Zelunium Ore (25730) , Zelunium (25731) , Shadowdecon Ore (25728) and Shadowdecon (25729) , which you will need a lot at this point. Awesome raw zeny too, by killing monster and selling the gear that drops here.
240+	Niflheim 2		Warper > Dungeons > Niflheim Dungeon > Climb the stairs going south and enter the portal	Most of your grind will be on this map! Focus on killing Grotes as they drop Bloody Branch (12103) which can be sold to players. Tons of Zelunium Ore (25730) , Zelunium (25731) , Shadowdecon Ore (25728) and Shadowdecon (25729) and raw zeny too. Go crazy but don't ks other people as it's rude!
240+	Constellation Tower	Nebula Robe of Spell [1] (450173)	Warper > Instances > Constellation Tower	Try to join a group of people to run this at the harder mode, but even if you cannot find it's good to run solo at least until Naght Sieger as you will need his souls to craft Nebula
240+	Alice Twisted Madness	Gambler's Seal [1] (410233) and Ace of Spades in Mouth (Magical) (420213)	Warper > Instances > Alice Twisted Madness	Try to join a group of people to run this at the harder mode, but even if you cannot find it's good to run solo as the normal mode is easy
240+	Varmundt's Biosphere Death	Death Rune Manteau [1] (480233)	Warper > Dungeons > Varmundt Dungeons > Biosphere A > east portal to Death Biosphere	This is a really good place to farm. Tons of Zelunium (25731) and Shadowdecon (25729) , but your focus should be to deliver all the hunt 100 quests to get Death Rune (1000643) and Death Essence (1001141) . If you happen to cross the MVP and kill it is a free BSB! Yay!

Phase Four - Gear Progression Table

Position	Equipment	Note
Head - Top	+9 [C] Vesper Headgear [1] (400111)	Keep Vesper for now as it is but be prepare to upgrade it in the next step!
Head - Mid	Battle Processor [1] (410017)	Battle processor has a combo with Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) so I highly advise you getting one.
Head - Low	Young Leaf of World Tree (Intelligence) (420022)	Hit these enchants: SPL Lv2 (311081) OR S.MATK Lv.2 (310985) , Spell Lv2 (4814) OR MATK Lv.2 (310989) , INT+3 (4712) . Check this page for more information about enchanting it
Body	Any of the previous armor OR 11 [A] Nebula Robe of Spell [1] (450173)	Entirely up to your choice at this point. If you are in a guild that constantly runs Constellation Tower you can start crafting your Nebula from scratch or you can buy one. Up to you! 12A Nebula will be a HUGE dps boost tho. Enchants for Nebula: INT+5 (4714) , Star Cluster of Spell Lv.3 (310688) , Nebula of Spell Lv.3 (310738)
Weapon	+12A Dim Glacier Sword [1] (500054)	You will hold on your weapon for now, but you will soon change to the endgame weapon!
Shield	+9 Glacier Guard [1] (460040)	Finally it's time to switch our shield. This one will give you more surviveability and slightly more damage! Enchants: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Attack) (312091) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Physical Resistance) (312092) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Intelligence) (312095)
Robe	+11 Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) , +9 Glacier Muffler [1] (450267)	Hold your garment for now, as we will start farm Varmundt Biosphere A to craft the next gear!
Shoes	+11 C Moan of Corruption [1] (470204)	You can put this at +11 to get the extra elemental size damage, as we will continuing grading in the next step
Accessory (Right)	Brilliant Light Sapphire Ring [1] (490064) Sinful Sapphire Ring [1] (490052)	Soon we will change these acessories into the varmundt and CT ones!
Accessory (Left)	Brilliant Light Sapphire Necklace [1] (490065) Sinful Sapphire Necklace [1] (490053)	Soon we will change these acessories into the varmundt and CT ones!

Phase Five

We are finally at the end. I can guarantee that you have spent at least a good ammount of hours to get here, but I can assure we are far from over! At this phase we will slowly upgrade each piece of our gear up until we have nothing more to change and the only possible upgrades are MVP cards and refines past +12!

Also I am also at this phase, so i havent tested or either have each piece that are suggested here! Please feel free to PM me with suggestions of gear to use at this point!

Our focus will revolve around the gear you get from Constellation Tower, Alice Twisted Madness, and Biosphere Depths and Depths 2. We will also switch over Vesper+Dim Glacier to Time Dimension Crown+Dimension Weapon.

Suggested priority to upgrade

Unlikely the other phases, I will put a priority suggestion so you can try to upgrade each one at a time:

1. 9 [A] Time Dimensions Rune Crown(Imperial Guard) [1] (400530) &12 [A] Dimensions Imperial Sword [2] (500092) (You NEED both at grade A, otherwise dim glacier is better)
2. 11 [A] Moan of Corruption [1] (470204)
3. 11 [A] Death Rune Manteau [1] (480233)
4. 12 [A] Nebula Robe of Spell [1] (450173) , if you haven't yet
5. 12 [A] Moan of Corruption [1] (470204)
6. Gambler's Seal [1] (410233) and Ace of Spades in Mouth (Magical) (420213)
7. Varmundt Rings (Varmundt rings will only be better than Brilliant/Sinful if you get Intelligence of Varmundt Lv5 (311958) beyond lv 3, that is why the rings are bottom of the priority!)

Again, take this with a grain of salt and decide for yourself what's the best next upgrade you should focus on!

The Engraved Soul Purification Rune Robe [1] (450284) is the better armor, particularly against bosses. However, you will still likely need Nebula Robe of Spell [1] (450173) before being able to farm Biosphere Depths effectively. Once we get the Hall of Life update, it seems that Nebula will be the better armour because of the new enchants!

Phase Five- Gear Progression Table

Position	Equipment	Note
Head - Top	+12 [A] Time Dimensions Rune Crown(Imperial Guard) [1] (400530)	Only change for the crown once you have it grade A ALONG with the weapon also grade A!
Head - Mid	Gambler's Seal [1] (410233)
Head - Low	Ace of Spades in Mouth (Magical) (420213)
Body	+12 [A] Nebula Robe of Spell [1] (450173) +12 [A] Engraved Soul Purification Rune Robe [1] (450284)	Enchants for Nebula: INT+5 (4714) , Star Cluster of Spell Lv.3 (310688) , Nebula of Spell Lv.3 (310738) Enchants for Depth: Soul Rune 5Lv (312359) , Purification Rune 5Lv (312364) , Soul Purification Rune 10Lv (312374)
Weapon	12 [A] Dimensions Imperial Sword [2] (500092)	Only change for the weapon once you have it grade A ALONG with the crown also grade A!
Shield	+12 [C] Glacier Guard [1] (460040) +12 [A]   Mad Bunny-LT [1] (460020)	You will need it to be at +12 so you can use Modified Senior Rgan Card (300379) that will help you survive in depths! Glacier enchants: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Attack) (312091) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Physical Resistance) (312092) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Intelligence) (312095) Mad Bunny enchant: Variable Casting (Magical) Lv.3 (310860) or   Magical Lv.3 (310872)
Robe	+12 [A] Death Rune Manteau [1] (480233) +11 [A]   Dim Glacier Muffler [1] (480284) )	DRM:   Spell of Varmundt Lv3 (310925) ,  INT+5 (4714) , Second Slot Enchant is your choice. Dim:   Grace of the Snake God (312157) ,   Malice of the Snake God(MATK) Lv10 (312156) , Malice of the Snake God(DEF) Lv10 (312136)
Shoes	+12 [A] Moan of Corruption [1] (470204)	Once you get to grade A it will be a good dps boost! So much SPL!!!
Accessory (Right)	Stellar Spell Seal [1] (490136) Temple Rune Ring [1] (490304)	SSS:   Star of Spell Lv.5 (310711) ,  Star of Spell Lv.5 (310711) TRR:   Intelligence of Varmundt Lv5 (311958) , Fragment of Varmundt (SPL) Lv5 (311998) If you don't need the VCT Reduction from Stellar Spell Seal you can use a Temple Rune Ring instead.
Accessory (Left)	Temple Magic Ring [1] (490307)	TMR: Intelligence of Varmundt Lv5 (311958) , Fragment of Varmundt (SPL) Lv5 (311998) , Second Slot Enchant is your choice. Best is Brilliant Biosphere Gem (Boss Type) (311943)

Misc

Shadow Gear

For more information on Magic Shadow Gear, please check out the Shadow Gear section on the Choi's Guide To Magic.

Some great options for mixed Blue Shadow Gear are:

• Armour: Full Spell Shadow Armor (24883)
• Weapon: Magical Spell Shadow Weapon (24753)
• Shield: Magical Spell Shadow Shield (24754)
• Shoes: Full Spell Shadow Shoes (24884)
• Earring: Full Tempest Shadow Earring (24665)
• Pendant: Full Tempest Shadow Pendant (24668)

Costume Stones

Imperial Guard Combo:

• Garment: Imperial Guard Stone (Garment) (1001603) ;
• Garment Dual: Spell Stone (Dual) (1000921) ;
• Top: Royal Guard Stone (Top) (1000616) ;
• Mid: Royal Guard Stone (1000617) ;
• Low: Royal Guard Stone (Low) (1000618) ;

Pets

• Am Mut Egg (9089) ;
• White Knight Egg (9134) ;
• Gloom Under Night Egg (9122) ;
• Dark Illusion Egg (9139) ;
• Icewind Egg (9147) ;

These are your options, choose what you like / can afford at the moment!

Nebula x Soul Rune - Stats Comparison

Comparison made with a +12 [A] Nebula Robe of Spell [1] (450173) and +12 [A] Engraved Soul Purification Rune Robe [1] (450284) , assuming you have at least 120 INT and 105 SPL:

Stat	Nebula	Soul Rune
Spl	1	25
Con	0	22
MATK	430	390
MATK%	47%	47%
S.MATK	51	49
DEF	0	330
MDEF	0	50
All elemental magical damage	121%	108%
After Cast Delay Reduction	0%	10%
% Magical Damage against Boss class	0%	15%

As we can see, Soul Rune gives a little more damage overall than Nebula because of the added SPL which converts to S.MATK, but Soul Rune gives tons of defence and utility, which Nebula does not. Important to say that Soul Rune gives % Magical Damage against Boss class which IS HUGE in depth farming as we don't have a lot of that in our stats and it will multiply a lot better than all elemental damage%.

Cards

Please refer to Choi's Guide To Magic for a full breakdown in which card you can use. I will list the ones I currently use:

Position	Card	Note
Head - Top	Mutant Heart Hunter Sanare Card (27309) Katrinn Card (4366)	Use Katrinn Card (4366) if you need the VCT, otherwise use Mutant Heart Hunter Sanare Card (27309) for more damage!
Head - Mid	Deadre Card (300252) Elite Rgan Healer Card (300459)	Elite Rgan Healer Card (300459) only if you are using Superior Rgan Healer Card (300463) in the weapon
Head - Low	-
Body	Meyer Lugenburg Card (300308) Two Eyes Dollocaris Card (300376)	Meyer Lugenburg Card (300308) if your body has a refine < +12, if else Two Eyes Dollocaris Card (300376)
Weapon	Mutating White Knight Card (27384) Copo Card (300455) Superior Rgan Healer Card (300463)	Use Mutating White Knight Card (27384) if you are using Mutating Khalitzburg Card (27385) in your shield Use Copo Card (300455) if you are using Icewind Card (300458) in your shoes Use Superior Rgan Healer Card (300463) if you are using Elite Rgan Healer Card (300459) in your mid
Shield	Modified Senior Rgan Card (300379) Mutating Khalitzburg Card (27385)	Mutating Khalitzburg Card (27385) if your shield has a refine < +12, if else Modified Senior Rgan Card (300379)
Robe	One Eye Dollocaris Card (300375) Yellow Pitaya Card (300122)	Yellow Pitaya Card (300122) if your robe has a refine < +12, if else One Eye Dollocaris Card (300375)
Shoes	Icewind Card (300458) Nightmare Verit Card (4658)	Use Icewind Card (300458) if you are using Copo Card (300455) in your weapon
Accessory (Right)	Elite Rgan Warlock Card (300464)
Accessory (Left)	Dispol Card (300448)

Special thanks

I'd like to thanks the following people that helped me so much since the start, giving valuable knowledge and gave me something to focus very hard in the last few months! I thank you all with all my heart!

• Ririka and Dominicus, my best friends in the world!
• Choi for helping me since I couldnt even properly farm Illusions!
• Brozenwall (Zyrus) for teaching me all about gear progression on IG and with some eventual items needed!
• All of Shady Communication for the instance / depth runs that we do almost daily!