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Revision as of 00:18, 16 November 2024

Introduction

Hello everybody! I'm Lxna, I have played ragnarok fopr 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 ranged 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 5256.png 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 5267.png 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 6505.png Imperial Pressure this no longer will be a problem;

Skills, what to use and when

Relevant Skills

5267.png 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!

6505.png 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.

5260.png Attack Stance and 5255.png 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!

5256.png Guardian Shield

This skill can only be used while in 5255.png 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.

249.png Auto Guard

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

2325.png 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 2315.png Shield Spell or 50035.png The One Potion (50035) .

2318.png 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 2325.png Inspiration, as it gives +30 in each.

5262.png 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!

2315.png 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!;

2313.png 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:

  • 2313.png Vanguard Force (this is toggle, just use it once)
  • 5255.png Guard Stance (this is toggle, just use it once) (If you dont need the extra defences, consider switching this to 5260.png Attack Stance
  • 249.png Auto Guard
  • 2325.png Inspiration > 2318.png Prestige
  • 5256.png Guardian Shield
  • 5262.png Holy Shield
  • 2315.png Shield Spell

Once buffs ends, you will need to refresh them. To know which buff had 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. 5262.png Holy Shield
  2. 2325.png Inspiration > 2318.png Prestige
  3. 5256.png Guardian Shield
  4. 2315.png Shield Spell
  5. 249.png Auto Guard
Offensive Skills

You will be using 5267.png 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!

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:

  • 6505.png Imperial Pressure with 5260.png Attack Stance
  • 2321.png Genesis Ray with 2325.png 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 7318.png Old Pick (7318) , 1034.png Blue Hair (1034) , and 7200.png 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.

Position Equipment Note
Head - Top 400140.png Advanced Paradise Hat (400140) Louis

(moc_para01 109, 87)

Head - Mid -
Head - Low -
Body 450186.png Advanced Paradise Robe (450186) Louis

(moc_para01 109, 87)

Weapon 500036.png Paradise Royal Guard Sword (500036) Labraham

(moc_para01 109, 83)

Shield 2107.png Mirror Shield (2107) Peter

(paramk 81, 37)

Robe 480106.png Advanced Paradise Muffler (480106) Louis

(moc_para01 109, 87)

Shoes 400139.png Advanced Paradise Cap (400139) Louis

(moc_para01 109, 87)

Accessory (Right) 490129.png Advanced Paradise Necklace (490129) Louis

(moc_para01 109, 87)

Accessory (Left) 490128.png 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 Cross Rain 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 GR 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 25669.png Unknown Parts (25669) and 25723.png 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.

Level Map/Story Gear related Related maps Items to look for
120+ Illusion of Frozen 28922.png Illusion Sacred Mission [1] (28922) Warper > Illusion Dungeons > Illusion of Frozen 9785.png 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 25669.png Unknown Parts (25669) and each refine ticket costs 20x 25723.png Cor Core (25723)
170+ Illusion of Labyrinth 19428.png Illusion Morpheus's Hood [1] (19428) Warper > Illusion Dungeons > Illusion of Labyrinth 100423.png Labyrinth Refinement Box (100423) to refine Illusion Morpheus's Hood


And the gear you will be focusing on:

Position Equipment Note
Head - Top +9~+11 19428.png Illusion Morpheus's Hood [1] (19428) Check table above
Head - Mid 410091.png Cor Core Booster (410091) or 410092.png 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 420003.png CD in Mouth (420003) Same as above, buy it only if you want
Body +9 450089.png Grace Genesis Armor [1] (450089) (sp_cor 118, 131) to buy for 20x 25669.png Unknown Parts (25669) and 20x 25723.png Cor Core (25723) to refine to +9
Weapon 500036.png Paradise Royal Guard Sword (500036) We will keep the weapon until we are level +200, so focus on other equipments first.
Shield +9~+11 28922.png 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 29001.png Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) or 29010.png Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) . Alternatively, you can use 460018.png Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) at the cost of chonkyness.
Robe +9 480019.png Grace Magic Manteau [1] (480019) (sp_cor 118, 131) to buy for 20x 25669.png Unknown Parts (25669) and 20x 25723.png Cor Core (25723) to refine to +9
Shoes +9 470021.png Grace Magic Boots [1] (470021) (sp_cor 118, 131) to buy for 20x 25669.png Unknown Parts (25669) and 20x 25723.png Cor Core (25723) to refine to +9
Accessory (Right) 490020.png Grace Magic Ring [1] (490020) (sp_cor 118, 131) to buy for 20x 25669.png Unknown Parts (25669)
Accessory (Left) 490128.png 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:


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.

Between the 450178.png Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) and the 450207.png 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.

Position Equipment Note
Head - Top +9 400111.png 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 410017.png Battle Processor [1] (410017)

410092.png Cor Core Booster [1] (410092)

Use battle processor if you either got a Yggdrasil leaf or want to craft a 480125.png Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) in the next step.

Otherwise keep the Cor Core as it is.

Head - Low 420003.png CD in Mouth (420003)

420022.png Young Leaf of World Tree (Intelligence) (420022)

If you get the Yggdrasil leaf (any stats, only the enchant matters), try to hit these enchants:

311081.png SPL Lv2 (311081) OR 310985.png S.MATK Lv.2 (310985) , 4814.png Spell Lv2 (4814) OR 310989.png MATK Lv.2 (310989) , 4712.png INT+3 (4712) . Check this page for more information about enchanting it

Body +11 450178.png Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178)

+9~+11 450207.png Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207)
+9~+11 450265.png Glacier Robe [1] (450265)

For Gray Wolf: 310507.png Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.2 (310507) ,310510.png Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.3 (310510) , 310532.png Wolf Orb (Shadow Spell) (310532)

For Snow Flower: 1000717.png Ice Flower Magic Stone(Physical Defense) (1000717) ,1000721.png Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magician) (1000721) ,1000773.png Ice Flower Magic Stone(Shadow Spell) (1000773)
For Glacier: 312066.png Glacier Flower Meow Power(Grand Mage) (312066) ,312063.png Glacier Flower Meow Power(Mage) (312063) ,312059.png Glacier Flower Meow Power(SPL&WIS) (312059)

Weapon +9 500049.png 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: 311353.png Glacier Flower Spell (Magical - Element) (311353) ,311351.png Glacier Flower Spell (Magical - Size) (311351) ,311349.png Glacier Flower Spell (Magical - Race) (311349) ,311343.png Glacier Flower Spell (MATK) (311343)

Shield +9~+11 28922.png 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 29001.png Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) or 29010.png Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) . Alternatively, you can use 460018.png Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) at the cost of chonkyness.
Robe +9 480019.png Grace Magic Manteau [1] (480019) (sp_cor 118, 131) to buy for 20x 25669.png Unknown Parts (25669) and 20x 25723.png Cor Core (25723) to refine to +9
Shoes +9 470021.png 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) 490064.png Brilliant Light Sapphire Ring [1] (490064)

490052.png 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) 490065.png Brilliant Light Sapphire Necklace [1] (490065)

490053.png 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

You can sit pretty comfortably on the Phase Two gears for a while. The best spots to upgrade are probably the Garment and Shoes if you're still on Grace. Now would be a good time to start farming your Shadow gear as well!

Dim Glacier Weapons are a great place to start dipping your toes into the painful world of item grading! Luckily, the Dim Glacier Reinforcement Device (101637) helps ease you in. Dim Glacier and Snow equipment can be obtained after completing Episode 19.

Phase 3 Gear Type Item Notes Upper +9 to +11 Survival Circlet-LT [1] (400154) +9 Vesper Headgear [1] (400111) To Craft and To Reform the Survival Circlet. To Craft the Vesper Helmet Middle Battle Processor [1] (410017) or Deep Blue Sunglasses [1] (410080) Lower Orbs of Survival-LT (420066)

Young Leaf of World Tree (Intelligence) (420022)	OoS: To Craft and To Reform. Use OoS if you're using Survival Circlet.

YL: SPL Lv2 (311081) or S.MATK Lv.2 (310985) , Spell Lv2 (4814) or MATK Lv.2 (310989) , INT+3 (4712) . Use Young Leaf if you are using Vesper Helm. Any Young Leaf is fine; it's the enchants that matter. Armor +11 Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) +9 to +11 Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) +9 to +11 Glacier Robe [1] (450265) GW: Wolf Orb (Shadow Spell) (310532) Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.3 (310510) Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.2 (310507) SF: Ice Flower Magic Stone(Physical Defense) (1000717) or Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magical Defense) (1000718) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magician) (1000721) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Shadow Spell) (1000773) Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Grand Mage) (312066) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Mage) (312063) or Glacier Flower Meow Power(Power Force) (312067) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(SPL&WIS) (312059) Weapon +12 [A] Dim Glacier Wand [1] (550089) EXO: Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458) Glacier Flower Spell (Exorcism of Malicious Soul) (311320) Glacier Flower Spell (Exorcism of Malicious Soul) (311320) Talisman: Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458) Glacier Flower Spell (Talisman of Black Tortoise) (311319) Glacier Flower Spell (Talisman of Black Tortoise) (311319) or Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458) Glacier Flower Spell (Talisman of White Tiger) (311317) Glacier Flower Spell (Talisman of White Tiger) (311317) Shield +11 Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) +10 Glacier Guard [1] (460040) ISG: Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) Glacier: Your choice on the enchants for the Glacier Guard. Garment +11 Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) +9 or +10 Glacier Muffler [1] (450267) CMW: Please see below notes for more information on the convertible Wing Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Caster) (312070) for Slot 2 Shoe +7 to +9 [C] Moan of Corruption [1] (470204) to craft it 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.

To craft the Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) , you'll need a +7 Supplement Part VIT [1] (20732) , a +7 Upgrade Part - Engine [1] (20733) , a +7 Pile Bunker S [1] (16030) , 5 Opal (727) , and 3 Repair Robot Turbo Card (27015) .

The Supplement Part VIT [1] (20732) and Upgrade Part - Engine [1] (20733) can be bought from the Mass Charleston npc with Charleston Component (6752) which are farmed in the Charleston Crisis instance or exchanged for instance coins. They are also a random drop from the MVP in the Charleston Crisis The Pile Bunker S [1] (16030) require 300 Dented Iron Plate (6751) , 1 Pile Bunker (1549) , and 15 Broken Engine (6750) , and will be exchanged with the Mass Charleston npc. The Pile Bunker (1549) requires 200 Steel (999) , 30 Flexible Tube (7325) , and a Brocca (1415) . The Pile Bunker (1549) can be exchanged with the Gomer npc in Yuno with a mechanic class. You need Episode 15 done (you can use a clear ticket) You can use Safe to Refine Tickets on Supplement Part VIT [1] (20732) , Upgrade Part - Engine [1] (20733) , Pile Bunker S [1] (16030) , and Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125)

Zeny Tip: You should be able to farm comfortably at Clock Tower Basement and Niflheim 2 now, and they'll provide a lot of great end-game material as well. As mentioned, now would be a great time to work on your shadow gear, as both those maps provide Shadowdecon (25729) .

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.

For Talisman Builds, the Time Dimension Combo will be the biggest upgrade for the build, and you will be dropping Vesper Helm for the TD Crown. However, Depth 2 is a very difficult map, so you won't be able to farm there until Phase 5. That being said, feel free to Grade and upgrade your Vesper Helm or keep it at +9 or +12 or continue to use the Survival Circlet-LT until you can get to the TD Combo. For EXO Builds, you will continue to use the Vesper Helm, so you will want to Grade and Enhance it.

Phase 4 Gear Type Item Notes Upper Talisman: +9 to +11 Survival Circlet-LT [1] (400154) or +9 to +12 Vesper Headgear [1] (400111) EXO: +11 to +12 [A] Vesper Headgear [1] (400111) Talisman: Grading and Upgrading of Vesper Helm is optional for Talisman builds. Middle Battle Processor [1] (410017) or Deep Blue Sunglasses [1] (410080) Lower Orbs of Survival-LT (420066)

Young Leaf of World Tree (Intelligence) (420022)	OoS: To Craft and To Reform. Use  Orbs of Survival-LT (420066) if you are using the Survival Circlet-LT

YL: SPL Lv2 (311081) or S.MATK Lv.2 (310985) , Spell Lv2 (4814) or MATK Lv.2 (310989) , INT+3 (4712) . Do not change to Young Leaf until you switch to the Vesper Headgear. Any Young Leaf is fine; it's the enchants that matter. Armor +11 Gray Wolf Robe [1] (450178) +9 to +11 Snow Flower Robe [1] (450207) +9 to +11 Glacier Robe [1] (450265) GW: Wolf Orb (Shadow Spell) (310532) Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.3 (310510) Wolf Orb (Mage) Lv.2 (310507) SF: Ice Flower Magic Stone(Physical Defense) (1000717) or Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magical Defense) (1000718) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Magician) (1000721) , Ice Flower Magic Stone(Shadow Spell) (1000773) Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Grand Mage) (312066) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(Mage) (312063) or Glacier Flower Meow Power(Power Force) (312067) , Glacier Flower Meow Power(SPL&WIS) (312059) Weapon +12 [A] Dim Glacier Wand [1] (550089) EXO: Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458) Glacier Flower Spell (Exorcism of Malicious Soul) (311320) Glacier Flower Spell (Exorcism of Malicious Soul) (311320) Talisman: Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458) Glacier Flower Spell (Talisman of Black Tortoise) (311319) Glacier Flower Spell (Talisman of Black Tortoise) (311319) or Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458) Glacier Flower Spell (Talisman of White Tiger) (311317) Glacier Flower Spell (Talisman of White Tiger) (311317) Shield +11 Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018) or +10 or +11 [C] Glacier Guard [1] (460040) ISG: Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) Rune of Intellect Lv2 (29001) Glacier: Your choice on the enchants for the Glacier Guard. Garment +11 Convertible Magical Wing [1] (480125) +9 or +10 Glacier Muffler [1] (450267) Glacier: Glacier Flower Meow Power(Caster) (312070) for Slot 2 Shoe +12 [A] Moan of Corruption [1] (470204) Accessory (Right) Temple Rune Ring [1] (490304) 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) but its a .05% chance. Accessory (Left) Temple Magic Ring [1] (490307) 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) but it's a .05% chance.

Phase Five

AKA the final phase. Phase Five revolves around the gear you get from Constellation Tower, Alice Twisted Madness, and Biosphere Depths and Depths 2. The Enchants on the Stellar Spell Seal provide a large boost in VCT reduction that you'll need after losing the Convertible Magical Wing and Wolf Robe. I don't recommend switching out of the Convertible Magical Wing until you get the Stellar Spell Seal fully enchanted and upgraded.

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.

The Items from Alice Twisted Madness can provide S.Matk and Magic Damage with Element or provide a lot of VCT Reduction. You should get enchants according to the amount of VCT reduction you need for your build.

Phase 5 Gear Type Item Notes Upper EXO: +11 to +12 [A] Vesper Headgear [1] (400111) Talisman: +12 [A] Time Dimensions Rune Crown(Soul Ascetic) [1] (400544) TD: INT+5 (4714) , Time Dimension Jewel (Wisdom) 3Lv (312718) or Time Dimension Jewel (Agility) 3Lv (312700) or Time Dimension Jewel (Intelligence) 3Lv (312709) , Magic Essence Jewel 1Lv (312759) Middle Gambler's Seal [1] (410233) Lower Ace of Spades in Mouth (Magical) (420213) Armor +12 [A] Nebula Robe of Spell [1] (450173) +11 to +12 [A] Engraved Soul Purification Rune Robe [1] (450284) Nebula: Star Cluster of Spell Lv.3 (310688) , Nebula of Spell Lv.3 (310738) or Nebula of Health Lv.3 (310744) , INT+5 (4714) Depth: Soul Purification Rune 10Lv (312374) , Purification Rune 5Lv (312364) , Soul Rune 5Lv (312359) Weapon EXO: +12 [A] Dim Glacier Wand [1] (550089) EXO: +11 [A] Flush Welding Wand [2] (550092) Talisman: +12 [A] Dimensions Soul Stick [2] (550131) or +12 [A] Dimensions Soul Rod [2] (550132) Dim: Glacier Flower Spell (Magical Grade) Lv5 (311458) Glacier Flower Spell (Exorcism of Malicious Soul) (311320) Glacier Flower Spell (Exorcism of Malicious Soul) (311320) Flush: Expert Magician Lv5 (311393) Caster Lv5 (311404) Time Dim: For the Dimensions Weapon, use the enchant you prefer. Shield +9 to +12 [A] Mad Bunny-LT [1] (460020) +10 to +12 [C] Glacier Guard [1] (460040) MB: Variable Casting (Magical) Lv.3 (310860) or Magical Lv.3 (310872) . Glacier: Your choice on the enchants for the Glacier Guard. Garment +11 [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) Shoe +12 [A] Moan of Corruption [1] (470204) 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)

For pure damage, Temple Rune Ring [1] (490304) is better than Stellar Spell Seal [1] (490136) due to the power of the Second Slot Enchant. However, the Second Slot Enchant is limited to two races (unless you get the normal/boss enchant). Additionally, the Stellar Seal gives 30% variable cast reduction from a single accessory which is very powerful.

Sinful Sapphire Ring [1] (490052) and  Sinful Sapphire Necklace [1] (490053) will still be useful to have due to its race modifiers against dragon which will be very strong against Betelgeuse and Jabberwocky.

Misc

Shadow Gear

For more information on Magic Shadow Gear, please check out the Shadow Gear section on the Guide to Magic.

Some great options for mixed Blue Shadow Gear are:

Armor: 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 and Pets

Costume Stones:

Soul Ascetic Combo: Soul Ascetic Stone (Garment) (1001789) , Soul Reaper Stone (Top) (1001050) , Soul Reaper Stone (1001051) , Soul Reaper Stone (Low) (1001052) / Soul Linker Stone (Low) (25845) The Soul Ascetic Combo is better for Talisman builds.

Arch Bishop Combo: Arch Bishop Stone (Top) (1000857) , Arch Bishop Stone (Low) (1000859) , and Archbishop Stone (Garment) (25709) / Archbishop Stone II (Garment) (1000019) The Arch Bishop Combo is better for EXO builds


Cute Pets: White Knight Egg (9134) , Gloom Under Night Egg (9122) , Dark Illusion Egg (9139) , and Icewind Egg (9147) are good choices.

Cards

You can find a list of cards to use in my Guide to Magic. Depending on which element you are planning on using with Mild Wind, the cards that you use may be different. However, the focus of the cards below are for a neutral element focus.

Cards Type Item Notes Upper Plaga Card (27310) or Katrinn Card (4366) Depends on how much VCT you need Middle Plagarion Card (300251) or Dark Illusion Card (4169) Depends on how much VCT you need Armor Two Eyes Dollocaris Card (300376) or Meyer Lugenburg Card (300308) Weapon Mutating White Knight Card (27384) , Copo Card (300455) , or Solace Card (4394) Copo Card (300455) Pairs with Icewind Card (300458) Shield Mutating Khalitzburg Card (27385) or Modified Senior Rgan Card (300379) Modified Senior Rgan Card (300379) should be used on a +12 shield Garment One Eye Dollocaris Card (300375) , Friedrich S. Heine Card (300424) , or Smile Card (300273) Smile Card (300273) pairs with Solace Card (4394) Shoe Nightmare Verit Card (4658) , Icewind Card (300458) , or Tumblering Card (300221) Copo Card (300455) Pairs with Icewind Card (300458) Accessory (Right) Icebear Card (300470) or Creamy Card (4040) Creamy Card (4040) allows the use of teleport! Accessory (Left) Ashhopper Card (300218)