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===x1 Experience Rate===
===x1 Experience Rate===
The benefit of creating a x1 EM character is the '''+50% drop rate buff''' that you will get once you've reached '''Base Level 250''' and it is capped at this level. Going for Base Level 251 and above will no longer give you any additional drop rate buff. As you climb higher starting from Level 1, you will already get the drop rate buff but at a much lower percentage. The drop rate buff you get from x1 only affects raw loots but not cards though so keep that in mind. Some players will settle for Level 250 and stop, but there are those who would level up 'til 260, 265, and 275 so they can equip items that has level restrictions or so that they can enter and farm dungeons that have level requirements like [[Zero Cell Sector|Zero Cell Sector.]]
In all honesty, the experience of leveling a x1 character is really fun, and brings in the authentic RO grinding experience closer to officials—still far from it but closer as compared to x50 experience rate. I say this because unlike in officials, all the consumables and comforts in life that will help you level up faster are basically free and farmable. We are even allowed to dual client, wherein the other client can be reserved for your '''{{#skill:307}}''' performer buff slave so you can get '''+60% EXP points when killing monsters'''; triple client is also feasible if you want another buff slave like Cardinal that can give you '''{{#skill:5278}}''', '''{{#skill:5281}}''', and '''{{#skill:5271}}''' to help your character level up faster. We have the means to buy +50% EXP {{#item:12263}} from the Eden Machine {{#navi:moc_para01|49|31}} at the cost of 20 {{#item:25223}}; we can even condense these Battle Manuals into +100% {{#item:14533}} by talking to '''NPC''' '''Nyang Time''' {{#navi:malangdo|208|161}} in '''Malangdo'''. If you are hardcore and have lots of {{#item:50000}}, you can buy +100% EXP {{#item:12411}} from '''NPC''' '''Muh Coin Shop''' {{#navi:main_office|90|59}} in the '''Main Office''' ('''@go 15''') for 150 Muh Coins each. Use all these benefits to create your x1 character to make the experience unforgettable and fun. It will be very rewarding in the end and you'll get to enjoy that +50% drop rate buff!
So before everything else, I'd like to list the top six things you will always need when leveling for x1 Experience Rate:
# '''{{#skill:307}}''' buff from either a Troubadour or Trouvere. I prefer Troubadour over Trouvere because the males can buff you with their '''{{#skill:321}}''' which is basically a free {{#item:4403}} that gives you 30% after cast delay (ACD) reduction. As Elemental Masters, we will need a lot of ACD to smoothly cycle our skills or spam '''{{#skill:17}}''' as a Mage.
# {{#item:12411}} or {{#item:14533}} should always be used before you start your level grind. Do no waste all the free commodities that our server offers.
# Never ever forget to use {{#item:12265}} before your farming sessions! You can get away with the EXP losses at the earlier stages from 1st to 3rd Jobs, but the moment you reach 4th Job, the EXP penalty you get by dying becomes unbearable. Don't let your efforts go to waste!
# Ideal to start your x1 character during the so-called '''EXP Event'''. During EXP event, everybody gets a free +100% EXP buff that is additive with your battle manuals! Watch out and pay attention as to when will be the next EXP event; every EXP event only lasts for a week, and after which it will have a one week cooldown before the next one starts, and so long as the entire server has amassed enough donation points to start the new one.
# Gather '''EXP gears''' such as {{#item:24770}}, {{#item:24683}}, {{#item:2195}}, {{#item:490374}}, and {{#item:490375}} before starting your level grind. These gears will help you level up even faster and they are fairly cheap if you craft or farm them yourself too.
# Prepare your '''progression gears''' such as {{#item:550012}} or {{#item:450128}}. These progression gears are the pieces of equipment that will help you level up at each stages of the game. If for x50 Experience Rate these gears are barely used, here you will the need to use them so you can level up faster and easier.
====Leveling from Novice to Mage / Sage / Professor (1-99)====
====Leveling from Novice to Mage / Sage / Professor (1-99)====
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