Hello everybody, Sakura here, i've been playing MuhRO for over a year at the time of writing this guide. I love the class a lot, being able to carry lots of stuff, hit hard and not afraid of being hit :< and you get to have a mount. The purpose of this guide is to show you how to progress to the end game and some tips and tricks for playing Dragon Knight mainly Dragonic Breath. As this is my first guide please be lenient >//< and enjoy reading! Don't hesitate to look for me or #swordie channel for questions! And Special Thank you to you all!
Suggested Value at 60-100+, increasing Max SP improve some of our damage but not a lot, the main reason to up this stat is for the cast point. Stop adding Int until you get 530 cast point.(1 Int = 1 cast point)
Dex
Reduce Cast Speed, Increase Hit & Slight Increase Attack Speed
Suggested Value at 120, the 2nd most important stats for DcB DK is to get 530 cast point((Dex*2) + int). Not worth to add beyond 120 Dex as it cost a lot just for +1 Dex (2 cast points), instead, relocate the remaining to Int until you reach instant cast. Using Stats to gain Instant Cast is Better than getting Instant Cast by VCT 100%.
Luk
Increase some Hit & Attack
Suggested Value at 1-100, the main reason for this stats is just to get curse immunity (total Luk at 0 or 100).
Tips:- Don't forget to visit Clan Room for Permanent additional Stats gain, can switch between Clan anytime. 「 Sword Clan give +1 Str & Vit」, 「 Arc Wand Clan give +1 int & Dex」, 「 Golden Mace Clan give +1 Luk & Int」, and 「 Crossbow Clan give +1 Dex & Agi」located at (main_office 113, 310).
Traits
Traits
Effects
Notes
POW
Increases Attack & some P.Attack
Suggested Value at 110, max this asap as this is our main trait for damage as it scale with DcB Skill.
STA
Increases RES
Suggested Value at 0-72, this trait reduce Physical damage receive. Choose either STA or WIS at 72, not enough trait points for both.
WIS
Increases Mres
Suggested Value at 0-72, this trait reduce Magical damage receive. Choose either STA or WIS at 72, not enough trait points for both.
SPL
Increases Magic Attack
Suggested Value at 0.
CON
Increases Hit & some P.Attack
Suggested Value at 110, our secondary traits to increase damage.
CRT
Increases Critical Damage
Suggested Value at 0.
Notable Skills from Swordman to Dragon Knight. Further info can can visit here.
Skills
Skills
Effects
Notes
Swordman
Magnum Break
When casted, the buff last for 10 seconds that increase +20% fire physical property to your Damage
This skill is super good to improve damage during MVP fight, not so much for farming as you need to refresh every 10 seconds.
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Endure
When casted, the buff last for 37 seconds or after taking 7 hits from monster (whichever come first) will make you immune to stagger effect from physical hit
This skill has niche usage when you are not wearing Lord Bearer's Shadow Gear.
Knight
Spear Mastery
A Passive skill that +40 Mastery Attack
More Attack is always welcome.
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Riding
A Passive skill that enable us to get a mount which Improve movement speed, increase weight limit, Ignore Size Penalty with Spears Weapon, + Mastery Attack
Never say no to a Cute Mount and all the benefits it bring :3
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Cavalry Mastery
A Passive skill that regain our Attack Speed back to normal
Riding a mount reduces our Attack Speed so this skill balance back the Attack Speed.
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Charge Attack
An Active Skill that you cast on a target and "Jump" towards it from 14 Cells away
This skill is one of the best movement skill in game as it bring you closer to the monster, faster movement = faster kill = faster farming.
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Concentration
When Casted, the buff last for 1 minute that increase +15% Attack, +50 Hit at a cost of -15% Def
This skill improve Damage by a bit, good for MVP and its duration is manageable in farming.
Rune Knight
Dragon Training
A Passive skill that works like Riding but slightly better
This skill alone restore our Attack speed back to normal.
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Dragon Breath
An Active skill that deal AoE Fire Ranged Physical attack to a target
This skill is pre-requisite for Dragon Knight Skill.
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Dragon Breath Water
An Active skill that deal AoE Water Ranged Physical attack to a target
This skill is pre-requisite for Dragon Knight Skill.
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Rune Mastery
A Passive skill that allow us to consume Runestones for self Buff & crafting Runestones
A Passive skill that give reduce damage taken from 10% Small, 15% Medium and 18% Large sized monster
This skill is super good that increase our survivability.
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Dragonic Aura
When casted on a monster, a buff will be applied on you and last for 5 minutes, it increases our main skill Dragonic Breath (DcB) by A LOT
This skill is the most important buff for Dragon Knight.
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Dragonic Breath
An Active skill that deal 9x9 AoE Ranged Physical attack to a target
This skill is our Main Skill, it IGNORE Def of monsters, not element locked and its Damage scale with our POW, Max HP & Max SP. This Skill need 0.5 Fixed Cast Time from Equipment and we need to achieve Instant Cast by getting 530 cast point, the formula is ((dex*2)+int) and 185+ Attack speed for max spam. Try to get 193 (max Attack speed) for seamless Charge Attack + Dragonic Breath spam.
+15% Melee & Range Physical Damage for about 8 minutes+ (500 Seconds)
This Potion increase our Damage by quite a bit, may help to 1 hit Kill the monster you're farming. You can get the 30 Minutes Version by Combining them from Mandy. (main_office 68, 59).
can buy from players or created by Genetic, more info here.
Heal 5% HP, and Max HP increased by 2500 + (10/3)*[Base Level] for 8 minutes+ (500 seconds).
This Potion increases our Max HP by Flat Value and Damage by a bit, You can get the 30 Minutes Version by Combining them from Mandy. (main_office 68, 59).
can buy from players or created by Genetic, more info here.
Recover 25% Max HP upon usage but the important one is it removes Stun, Sleep, Curse, Stone Curse, Poison Blind, Silence, Bleeding, Confusion, Frozen,Deep Sleep, Burning, Freezing, Guillotine Cross Poisons Marsh of Abyss and Mandragora Howling Debuff. Then Immune to those Debuff for 60 seconds
A super useful Runestones in Tower of Trials as monster there cast all sorts of Debuff.
have to be crafted by yourself since the Runestones are untradable, more info here.
There are a Total of 10 types of Runestone, i only listed the one that are useful.
Tips for Runestone Crafting, up 130 stats on Dex & Luk, remaining stats point go towards Str for holding more materials while crafting, click here to see the crafting success chance. You can Reset / Save Stats build with NPC Lotus located at (main_office 124, 167).
This is Newbie friendly route, this may not be the most efficient route for Leveling but it covers most of the early part equipment and slowly build your way to Mid Game Equipment progression. There's a Video Format if it's too much Text (Sorry :'<) , Please Enjoy the Video.
Arguably farming Zeny and buying Equipment is the most efficient way, but this way let you experience the enjoyment, satisfaction and frustration of hunting Equipment, crafting Runestone, Enchanting & Refining. Thats the unique aspect of Ragnarok, please have fun!
It is super important to finish the starting tutorial for Novice Battle Manual (7803) as it boost EXP gain from monster defeated and quest submission by 200% for 30 minutes. This Costume C. Beginner Cap (20307) is super useful for starting out your journey.
The 1st half of the route before rebirth (Lv99) is more relaxed, but the 2nd half is time constraint because of Novice Battle Manual (7803) we only have 30 minutes to get to Lv200, the timer pause at most town but consumables and buff does not.
Few useful Commands, @load - Warp you back to save point, @lw - Warp you back to last location of Warper, @go [map] example :- @go eden or @go main, @al - autoloot everything you kill. You can put them all at Shortcut List - Alt + M so you don't have to manually type each time. Command to add stats are /[stats]+ [value] example :- /str+ 100 and @navi [Map name] example :- @navi odin_tem03 for navigating to that map.
If you ran out of SP or got Debuff like Cursed or Blind, don't hesitate to @load (return to town) and use the Healer then @lw back to dungeon.
Step-by-Step Guide:-
After Tutorial, you should be able to change job [Swordman].
Find any town with Warper and Healer and make that place your save point.
Use Warper > Dungeon > Payon Cave and get to Lv10.
Go Eden and talk to Secretary Lime and Register yourself as a Member of Eden, you'll get Eden Group Mark (22508) . Then walk to (moc_para01 105, 87) and talk to Lucy (1st NPC) for Beginner Shadow Gear「 」 and Lothaire (4th NPC) for Paradise Sword「 」 and Beginner Physical Paradise Set.「 」.
Use Warper > Dungeon > Orc Dungeon, use Magnum Break & Bash and hit everything to Lv70|Job50 and change job to [Knight].
Go Eden and talk to Eden board (Lv70-Lv99 Mission Board) and choose pick all. Then walk to (moc_para01 105, 87) and talk to Labraham (3rd NPC) for Paradise Knight Lance「 」.
Use Warper > Dungeon > Glast Heim(GH) > Monastery, use Magnum Break & Charge Attack and kill x15 Wraith (1192) & x 15 Evil Druid (1435) repeat the board quest until Lv99|Job50. Then talk to Eden Machine and purchase x1 of each Small Life Potion (12460) & Small Mana Potion (23203) , and some Fly Wing (601) from tool dealer.
Use Warper > Dungeon > Einbech Dungeon use Charge Attack & Brandish Spear and kill x20 Pitman (1616) and hunt x15 Old Pick (7318) from the same monster. Do Not Submit the Board Quest yet.
Go (um_fild03 , ) by using Warper > Dungeon > Beach Dungeon 3 > right portal once, top portal once. Use both Small Life Potion (12460) & Small Mana Potion (23203) and use Charge Attack to hunt Wootan Shooter (1498) for x15 Elastic Band (7200) .
Then go back main office to Rebirth you'll be at Lv1. Go Payon Cave and get to Lv10 then change job [High Swordman]. 「↓↓ 30 minutes time limit starts below (the EXP Manual will pause in most town but consumables does not) ↓↓」
Use Novice Battle Manual (7803) and Submit Board quest (Pitman) that you kept before Rebirth to job 50 then change job [Lord Knight].
Use Warper > Dungeon > Glast Heim(GH) > Monastery and repeat Eden board quest (GH Monastery) until job 70 and change job [Rune Knight]. After changing job, go back GH Monastery and kill anything to get past Lv100.
Use Warper > Dungeon > Ice Dungeon > Walk 1 portal down to (ra_fild01 , ) use Charge Attack, Brandish Spear or Wind Cutter and hunt x30 Desert Wolf (1106) and keep its drop Claw of Desert Wolf (7030) , then go 1 portal down to (ra_fild04 , ) to hunt x30 Hill Wind (1680) , then go 1 portal right to (ra_fild05 , ) and hunt each type x20 of Kobold (1133) Axe, Kobold (1134) Hammer & Kobold (1135) Mace and keep its drop Blue Hair (1034) .
Return to Eden and Submit Eden board (Lv100-Lv110 Mission Board). Then walk to (moc_para01 105, 87) and talk to Lucy (1st NPC) for renting Advance Paradise Shadow Gear「 」 cost x20 Eden Coin and Louis (2nd NPC) for Advance Physical Paradise Set「 」 cost x15 Elastic Band & x3 Blue Hair and lastly talk to Labraham (3rd NPC) for Paradise Rune Knight Two-Handed Sword「 」 cost x15 Old Pick . Return to save point and talk to NPC Roxanne (Daily Hunts). 「↓↓ Runestone Crafting & Some Shopping ↓↓」
Use Warper > Illusion Dungeon > Illusion of Moonlight use Charge Attack, Wind Cutter and kill x100 any monster there, talk to NPC Roxanne after you're done. Keep Cards, Claw of Desert Wolf (7030) , Blue Hair (1034) and anything you think its valuable and sell the rest, you should be close to 888,000 Zeny. If not, use Warper > Dungeon > Gefenia and farm awhile to get that amount, keep Cursed Water (12020) , Light Of Cure (2864) , Seal of Basilica (2865) , Ring Of Archbishop (2866) & Ur Plate (15036) if you get them.
Complete Illusion of Teddy daily once use Magnum Break, Charge Attack, Aura Blade, Parry, Concentration & Wind Cutter (Kill count 100), this should bring you past Lv170 if not, you can keep repeating this until higher Level or move on to Illusion of Labyrinth, beware not to lure too much monster.
Do Illusion of Labyrinth until Lv200 (Kill count 100) and change job to Dragon Knight (Congratulation! ), you can continue to farm even after Lv200 for Illusion Labyrinth Box (41088). That Box have a chance to get Illusion Tae Goo Lyeon [2] (21050) and can be refine to +9 using Labyrinth Refinement Box (100423) also from the same dungeon. 「↓↓ Journey After Lv200 ↓↓」
Even if you didn't manage to get during your Leveling to 200, you can skip that first and use Warper > Dungeon > Glast Heim(GH) > Chivalry (gl_knt02 , ) and farm x20 or less Ur Plate (15036) depending if you have some Mora Equipment from Gefenia to recycle, Ur Plate drop from Khalitzburg (1132) . Mora Coin (6380) is for purchasing Peuz Set 「Peuz PlatePeuz ManteauPeuz GreavesPeuz Seal 」(need total of x40 Mora Coin , x10 coins per Equipment). There's a chance Raydric (1163) may drop Peuz Plate (15037) and that will save you some time. For each Ur Plate , Light Of Cure , Seal Of Basilica , Ring Of Archbishop can be recycled into x2 Mora Coin , Recycler NPC (mora 121, 73). Once you get enough Mora Coin , go find NPC Guardian of Power (mora 153, 93) to buy your Peuz Set. More info here. Then return back to Illusion Labyrinth to hunt for .
After getting Peuz Set 「 」 and +9 , you can proceed to farm (odin_tem03 , )Odin's Past Dungeon for Odin Relic (23986) , try to get DEX Soutane [1] (15400) , Clergy's Boots [1] (22209) & Clergy's Manteau [1] (20947) . You can enchant them with Angel's Dream (25767) more info click here. This is all towards DcB Progression Equipment. Please use Cursed Water (12020) (Enchant your weapon Shadow for 20 minutes) can get from Gefenia and use those Runestone 「 」 you crafted before and Eden Consumable 「 」during your farm in Odin's Past Dungeon. If you lack Eden Coin , repeat steps 14, though only the x20 Blue Hair board submission have daily cooldown. You'll still get about x16 Eden Coin for the rest of submission, and farming for Peuz Set in GH Chivalry also give you some Eden Coin by hunting x30 each of Khalitzburg (1132) & Raydric (1163) . Remember to always use [Bound] Bubble Gum (12264) when farming if you have enough Eden Coin , and don't forget to up your POW Traits Leveling Up as Dragon Knight.
Try to get x2 Rekenber Guard Card (300263) for your +9 to boost your Damage further, you can also try crafting a Black Ribbon [1] (5899) doesn't need refine, click here on where to craft. 「↓↓ Beyond here is Completely Optional ↓↓」
The next upgrade is another Weapon and Armor set. They're just making it easier to farm Odin's Past, save up 6,000,000 Zeny and go (main_office 94, 57) look for NPC Temporal Tina and buy Episode 17.1 Clear Ticket (1000285) & Episode 17.2 Clear Ticket (1000287) . Use those Ticket by double clicking them, it complete all the Quest for episode 17.1 and 17.2 allowing you to have access to those map.
After getting your +9 , Use Warper > Dungeon > Rudus and walk down until you reach Firmly Closed Gate, click on it and choose Jump over the barrier. Enter the Portal on the left and hunt everything here until you get x60 Cor Core and x80 Unknown Parts .
Wind Cutter require 40% After Cast Delay (ACD) and 185 Attack Speed for Max Spam.
Peuz Set may be strong but we are forced to use a +9 just for its ACD until we have more budget to look for ACD from Cards & Shadow Gears.
Grace Set let us have more flexible on Weapon Choice, provide ASPD, Max HP %, increase Physical Damage to all Size and by having Card Slot on Armor we can use Shelter Card combo with Shelter Card a very strong combination early on.
For Progression (In my opinion), after getting to Dragon Knight with Wind Cutter Equipment, you can start making Progression Equipment for Dragonic Breath Build (Listed below).
After you get most of the Equipment from the List below and achieved Instant Cast. You can try +12 A your Dimensions Dragon Lance , after that try saving zeny and get a +11/+12 A Time Dimensions Rune Crown Dragon Knight (Without Enchant) for -0.15 CD for DcB, or ask some one with depth 2 reputation to help you craft a clean one, after that you should be focusing on getting Shadow Gear. Enchanting Dragon Lance and TDRC is a bit tricky as you need Depth 1 & 2 reputation, you can join public party at #lfg to build up your reputation or buy the Equipment with Full Enchant and may cost a lot.
After that you can revisit the rest of the Enchant/Refine that is not fully upgraded, or even invest in some MVP Card (RK Seyren, TGK & Ghost Ship Captain), lastly visit Shadow Gear Enchanting for min/maxing.
This Crown doesn't need to be Graded too much, just at +9 D with Runestones Buff, it is sufficient to 1 hit kill monsters in Niflheim Dungeon 2, you can invest on it more but i'd recommended stop at Refine +11 Grade C. Further info can visit here.
Try to get Drops Balloon (19147) because of the +2 Dex but can get any balloon from Poring Family for 5% drop rate if you don't need the stats. Balloons from Poring Family can be Enchanted, BiS for the enchant is MaxHP Lv.2 (310991) more info here. Further info for drop rate can visit here.
This Armor provide the highest Dex Boost in all off the Equipment and with Dex Blessing, it give 0.3 FCT (DcB needed 0.5 FCT, the remaining 0.2 can get from Brilliant Light Accessories Combo). Best enchant on 2nd slot is DEX Blessing (310079) 3rd slot and 4th is DEX+8 (4727) , you don't have to get a perfect +8 Dex, +7/+6 Dex works too, so long as you can get instant cast. Further info can visit here. Tips:- For Refining Lv1 Armor please use Guarantee Certificates, Click here for more info.
Once you reached Lv250, switch to Dimensional Dragon Lance. At just +9 without enchant it already out damage +9 Glacier fully enchanted. This is the single piece of equipment on this list that is worth fully refine and grade it to +12 A, it is future proofed. Can use Dimensions Weapon Refinement Device (102668) for refine. Further info can visit here.
The main reason for this Garment is for the Dex stats enchant it provide. Best enchant for 2nd, 3rd and 4th slot is DEX+8 (4727) , you don't have to get a perfect +8 Dex, +7/+6 Dex works too, so long as you can get instant cast. Further info can visit here. Tips:- For Refining Lv1 Armor please use Guarantee Certificates, Click here for more info.
This Shoe provide Dex stats on its enchant and some Long Range Physical Damage %, best enchant to get is Rune of Dexterity Lv2 (29004) . Don't have to spend too much on the enchant, if you get Rune of Dexterity Lv1 (29003) it works too. Can use Twins Refinement Box (100699) on the +4 Illusion Sprint Shoes [1] (470066) to try for +10 and use HD Carnium (6225) and try for +11 refine. For Enchantment can use Illusion Stone (25271) . Further info on getting it can visit here, for enchantment can visit here.
It is good when fighting Angel & Demon Race. The best enchant on 3rd slot is Solace Lv5 (310236) and 4th slot is Divine Evil Lv5 (310251) but prioritize on 4th slot more than 3rd slot. Further info on getting it can visit here, for enchantment can visit here.
It is good when fighting Angel & Demon Race. The best enchant on 3rd slot is Solace Lv5 (310236) and 4th slot is Divine Evil Lv5 (310251) but prioritize on 4th slot more than 3rd slot. Further info on getting it can visit here, for enchantment can visit here.
Both of these Cards Combo with Yoster Negotiator Card (Garment Card), both work about the same can choose either one. (Yoscopus Sorcerer for Dex stats and Yoscopus Guardian for Str stats)
Amitera Card is good if you prefer more HP, but it loses out some Damage against Yoscopus Sorcerer and Yoscopus Guardian.
Use Observation Card to combo with Empathize Card (Garment Card) if this is the only option for you.
Yormi Card + Scalleg Card combo is BiS if you are starting out, and depending on the card availability and your budget, you can try the rest of the listed card.
Cliolima Card, BiS card for farming Demon race. Best for Niflheim Dungeon 2, since most of the monster there are Demon.
Papila Card is good for general farming and the the +2 Dex is good for Instant Cast if you haven't already reach it. Any Shoe Cards from Episode 17.2 that give +10% Max HP & Max SP works too.
BiS card for all purpose farm, any Vit stats + % Max HP are welcome.
Get Broken Omega Cleaner Card if you still need Dex for instance cast. Or can get any accessories card from Episode 17.2, that give +10% Max HP if Broken Beta Guards Card is unavailable.
Can use Snow Rabbit Iceslug Card if this is the only option available to you.
BiS card for all purpose farm, any Vit stats + % Max HP are welcome.
Get Broken Omega Cleaner Card if you still need Dex for instance cast. Or can get any accessories card from Episode 17.2, that give +10% Max HP if Broken Beta Guards Card is unavailable.
Can use Aferde Card if this is the only option available to you.
These Blue Shadow Gear were BiS before the release of Advance Shadow Gear from Tower of Trials. You can wear these Blue SG for quite some time while farming for the Advance Shadow Gear.
Best enchant on slot 1 is +3 Pow and for slot 2 is +5 Vit or +5 Dex, pick Vit for Damage or Dex for instant cast. Further info can visit here for enchant, and here for the Shadow Gear.
Best enchant on slot 1 is +3 Pow and for slot 2 is +5 Vit or +5 Dex, pick Vit for Damage or Dex for instant cast. Further info can visit here for enchant, and here for the Shadow Gear.
Farm gear are basically gears that provide increase drop rate %, the higher it is the more item drops you'll get. Be wary equipping farm gear may reduce your Damage, and always try to aim for 1 Hit / 2 Hit kill the monster you're farming for maximum efficiency.
BiS is 5 Vit and 7% Long range but Prioritize on 7% Long range then follow by stats, use Loki's Advice (Ranged Physical) (102342) to enchant. Further info can visit here.
BiS is Happy Balloon for the 10% drop rate but if it's too pricey, 2nd best would be Drops Balloon (19147) because of the +2 Dex but can get any balloon from Poring Family for 5% drop rate if you don't need the stats. Balloons from Poring Family can be Enchanted, BiS for the enchant is MaxHP Lv.2 (310991) more info here. Further info for drop rate can visit here.
Best enchant to get from 1st line is Indestructible, 2nd line would be either Vit or Dex. You can use Uniform Repair Kit (23175) for the enchant. By replacing Nebula Armor, you'll lose a lot of Attack Speed and may slow down your farm. Further info can visit here.
This Garment should be the most expensive gear to make but it has the highest damage boost and should last a very long time. Prioritize to max the enchant on 2nd slot and aim for Life of Summer (Concentration) (313015) (RNG involved to get Concentration). After 2nd enchant then only start focusing on 3rd enchant Physical Fruit Lv20 (312538) . The last enchant to focus is the 4th enchant Physical Flower Lv5 (312513) . Further info can visit here.
This is like the cheat code damage boost for DcB DK, once the bonus vit is proc from the boots, your damage will be boosted by a large amount. BiS is 10% Max HP, the 2nd line enchant preferably MHP (flat 50~1000) too but can be any as long as you get 10% max HP on the first line enchant. Tips to use Doil the Instance Coin Shop if you don't want to run the instance. Further info can visit here.
Glade Rune Boots have higher damage IF hitting the monster that match the element of the 2nd enchant of the boots at Lv5 (Example:- Varmundt's Crystal (Plain) Lv5 (311876) against Wind and Earth element, other elements Glade Rune Boots fall behind in Damage compared to Yorscalp. Further info can visit here. Click here for Glade Rune Boots VS Yorscalp Boots test.
Sombre Shoe provide 10% drop rate or any other drop rate shoe. If you have trouble 1 shot killing the monster, considering not using drop rate shoe and go for Yorscalp or Glade Rune Boots. Further info can visit here.
Best enchant on 2nd slot is Signet of Concentration Lv5 (312991) (There's a perfect enchant concentration Lv1 but cost x20 times the materials) 3rd slot is Token of Life (312981) . Further info can visit here.
This Card can be used for general farming give +10% Max HP and a total of 4% decreased damage from Earth and Poison elemental @ base vit 130.
Use this Card if you lack Damage against Encroached Tan (22373) since his Element is Poison. It 30% increased damage against poison monster.
Use this card only when fighting Neutral type MVP (Rigel and Betelgeuse) when proc it will double your damage against neutral monster and must use with the Singing Pere Card (Accessory slot) and Playing Pere Card (Accessory slot), not recommended to use for farming since the proc is unreliable and it hinders movement.
This MVP Card is BiS for armor, it gives +100% Max HP and is the highest impact card to improve Damage. The downside of this card is -50% of Def & Mdef. Encroached Tan Card is not really good for DcB Build. Click here for MVP Tao Gunka Card VS MVP Encroached Tan Card.
x2 MVP Ghost Ship Captain Card is BiS for farming Boss Protocol Monster where their sizes are mix (Example:- Biosphere D1, D2 and Tower of Trials)
Abysmal Knight Card + Polluted Wander Man Card are 2nd Best for Fighting Boss Protocol Monster if there's only Large and Medium sized monster. (Example:- Biosphere D2)
Yormi Card + Scalleg Card is a good combo if fighting non-boss protocol and good for Small, Medium and Large sized monster.
x2 Gan Ceann Card is good for ONLY fighting Large sized Monster. (Example:- Rigel and Betelgeuse)
x2 Brutal Murderer Card is good for ONLY fighting Medium sized Monster. (Example:- Biosphere D1)
The Highest Damage output for weapon card combo from this list is to have Boss + Size (MVP Ghost Ship Captain Card + Gan Ceann Card for Large sized monster or MVP Ghost Ship Captain Card + Brutal Murderer Card for Medium sized monster)
This card is Bis and provide the best utility for DcB DK, +2 Aspd, +15% physical damage to all races and most importantly +20 to all stats which help reaching instant cast tremendously.
This card give a huge boost to Long Range damage, @ +15 refine it gives 55% LR%, but the important one is +10% boss damage as this modifier is quite rare.
BiS card for ALL purpose farm as it provide 15% Max HP & Max SP which scale with DcB damage, the flat Max HP boost is a bonus since with the rest of the card and gear, we will reach a very high % Max HP and flat Max HP will provide a slight boost.
Letterster Card, BiS card for farming Insect race.
Cliolima Card, BiS card for farming Demon race .
Rockstriker Card, BiS card for farming Undead monster race . Can be use on MVP Ghost Ship Captain or MVP Lasgand.
Yoster Cleaner Card, BiS card for farming Dragon monster race . Can be use on MVP Betelgeuse.
Yoster Collector Card, BiS card for farming Formless monster race . Can be use on MVP Rigel, or field farming Forgotten Time Zone 1 or Zone 2.
These New Advance Shadow Gear from Tower of Trials triumph when facing High RES monster because of the -20% ignore RES from both sets and it surpasses the Blue Shadow Gear even at RES 0. Click here for the Test Result. Be aware that using this new set may improve Damage but you'll lose Max HP and have to relocate your stats again for Instant Cast.
Best enchant on slot 1 is +3 Pow and for slot 2 is +5 Vit or +5 Dex, pick Vit for Damage or Dex for instant cast. Further info can visit here for enchant, and here for the Shadow Gear.
Best enchant on slot 1 is +3 Pow and for slot 2 is +5 Vit or +5 Dex, pick Vit for Damage or Dex for instant cast. Further info can visit here for enchant, and here for the Shadow Gear.
DK Stone II (Garment) Combo with RK Stone II (Top & Mid) which provide +15% physical damage against all size, +5% Max HP and +10% DcB Skill Modifier. Ranged Stone (Dual) provide +4% Long Range Damage on it's own and another +2% Long Range Damage with the combo with Ranged Stone (Low). Further info can visit here for Dragon Knight Stone II (Garment), and here for Ranged Stone (Dual).
The best pet for fighting any Boss Protocol monster, the easiest way to tell is by these symbol on the monster name and . It provide Atk + 5%, P.Atk + 2 Increases physical damage against boss monsters by 5% when intimacy level is at Loyal. Further info can visit here.
One of the best pet for fighting any monster that is NOT Boss Protocol monster. It provide +4 Vit, +5% Max HP and chance to auto cast Lv2 Kyrie Eleison on yourself when receiving physical damage (not very important) when intimacy is at Loyal. Further info can visit here.
Good for farming any map that you've already able to 1 hit kill the monster. It provide Max SP +5% with low chance of healing your SP with your 1% damage dealt when intimacy is at Loyal. Further info can visit here.
Good for farming any map that you've already able to 1 hit kill the monster. It provide Max HP +1% with low chance of healing your HP with your 5% damage dealt when intimacy is at Loyal. Further info can visit here.
Runes Tablet
Tablet
Notes
Demigod Set
This is the best rune tablet in the game right now if you're fighting Boss Protocol monster . It may look intimidating to fully activate it (3 pieces) but you can just activate the 2 pieces to get +10% increase damage against Boss Protocol . When its fully activated (3 pieces) you can go ahead and upgraded to +15, you'll get +40% Damage increase damage against Boss Protocol . Further info can visit here.
After activate the Demigod Set, don't forget to Equip it on your character. It is shared across your Master Account, all your alts benefit from it but you have to equip them 1 by 1.
To Activate the Demigod 2 pieces, first you'll need to activate the Phantom Kite Rune and Grey Wolf Rune, after that you can activate the Demigod Set, collect the item listed Below.
All of these item and cards can be farmed at Villa of Deception, both Normal and Hard mode drop the card, and both purification potions only drop from Hard mode.
Coldproof Potion is important against Encroached Tan Jack Frost, if still get one shot by it, get 72 WIS.
Hagalas Runestone is crucial to gain Freeze immunity (100 Mdef from equipment) from Jack Frost, Encroaced Tan is level 268 if your Level is lower than him, you may need more Mdef.
Can use any Elemental Converter to imbue your weapon and deal extra 25% Damage against Poison.
Encroached Tan Hard Mode just need to out Damage his Regen, where as in Normal mode if you kill all his "Shadows" it stuns him and you'll deal significantly more damage to him. Shadows are Ghost property. Click here to watch the fight.
There are a total of 10 types of monster in D2, consist of 6 Large sized and 4 Medium sized. All are unique Race, but some having the same Element. Please use this to plan which Element / Race you want to target and enchant your Time Dimensions Weapon accordingly. Click here for more info.
Earthquake from Salamander, spam potions through it or kill it before it cast. WIS trait will help to reduce the damage.
Sonic Blow from Salamander, it will cast this when in melee range. Kill it before it reaches you.
Meteor Assault from Flame Ghost, it always cast this when near with Cloaking (Invisible) or Snap, if its uncloak kill him before he gets near. Use Magnum Break or detection (Horong Card (4103) ) when its in Cloaking. Having High MaxHP and STA trait will help you survive or High Flee at 970 (95% dodge).
Skills that are very annoying:-
Pneuma from Ancient Tree & Morroc Incarnation, they will cast it when you deal Physical Range damage when near them. Have to kill them further away. Example:- Using Charge attack (Range Physical Damage) on them will make them cast Pneuma instantly.
Wide Curse from Morroc Incarnation, having total of 0 or 100 Luck stats will prevent curse.
Deadly Curse from Flame Ghost, this only affects people who use Golden Thief Bug Card. This skill remove Magic Immune Effect from GTB.
Fiber Lock from Duneyrr & Bio Ancient Tree, if you get Fiber Lock and Pneuma on you. Try to use charge attack on another monster to temporarily escape.
Dispel from Morroc Incarnation, although it doesn't cast very frequently but still good to keep an eye on it.
Death grasp (Pull towards monster) and Arrow Repel (Push away from monster) , these skill cause displacement. Usually only affects Melee Class.
There are many other Leveling route out there, but this is the one that i always use as it is quite straight forward and this route may not be newbie friendly. Try to wear some EXP Gear to speed up the Leveling process, but don't over wear them to the point that it affects your Damage.
It is super important to finish the starting tutorial for Novice Battle Manual (7803) as it boost EXP gain from monster defeated and quest submission by 200% for 30 minutes. This Costume C. Beginner Cap (20307) is super useful for starting out your journey.
Einbech 3 EXP gain from Eden Board yield higher EXP and Faster submission (160 kill count) compared to Abyss Lake 4 (240 kill count). In my opinion, if you are leeching Alts without Even Share EXP Party Setup, do Einbech 3. IF you are SOLO or Leveling Alts with Even Share EXP Party Setup, do Abyss Lake 4 (Monster at Abyss Lake 4 is about 43% more exp than monster in Einbech 3).
Step-by-Step Guide:-
After Tutorial, you should be able to change job [Swordman].
Go Eden and talk to Secretary Lime and Register yourself as a Member of Eden, you'll get Eden Group Mark (22508) .
Go Payon Cave kill anything to get some skills and be aware not to level pass Lv40.
Use Novice Battle Manual (7803) and go Orc dungeon and hit anything to at least Lv70 or able to change job [Knight].
Then go Dungeon > Glast Heim(GH) > Monastery and kill x15 Wraith (1192) & x 15 Evil Druid (1435) keep doing the board quest until 99/50 then do once more but this time keep and don't submit the quest.
After Rebirth you'll be at Lv1. Go Payon Cave kill anything then change job [High Swordman].
Submit Board quest (GH Monastery) that you kept before Rebirth to job 50 then change job [Lord Knight].
Repeat Eden board quest (GH Monastery) until job 70 and change job [Rune Knight].
Do Eden board quest (GH Monastery) once to Lv100+ and talk to Daily Hunts NPC Roxanne.
Complete Illusion of Moonlight daily once (Kill count 100).
Complete Illusion of Vampire daily once (Kill count 100).
Complete Illusion of Twins daily once (Kill count 100), this should bring you past Lv180+.
Go Eden and talk to Eden board (Lv130-Lv190 Mission Board) and choose pick all. Then go Einbech 3 dungeon (use Acolyte Skill Warp Portal to Einbech 3 if you have the memo, otherwise just walk from Einbech dungeon 1) finish the board quest once (160 kill count) and change job [Dragon Knight]. Then rinse repeat at Einbech 3 to Lv250 (Just focus on the 160 kill count and submit, the different kill count quest from Daily Hunts NPC (Example:- kill x10 Abyssman (20603) is just bonus). Or you can go over to Abyss Lake 4 depending on your Party EXP Setup. Don't forget to use Fire Elemental Converter (12114) for ghost type monster in Einbech 3 and Abyss Lake 4.
Lv250-275 go Depth 1 or Depth 2 depending on your gears.
All the EXP Bonus from EXP Gear are from Defeating monster, it doesn't boost EXP gain from Board Quest / Daily Quest submission. However, it does provide Bonus EXP from an Even Shared EXP Party Setup even though you are not the one who defeat the monster. Super awesome for Leeching :3
EXP Gears are great investment if you are planning to create more Alts.
By wearing ALL the EXP Gears, potentially you'll get 99% EXP Bonus for any defeated monster.
All stats +1, -10% SP Consumption for skills, +5% EXP and Drop rate, Refine at +9 give Aspd, at +12 give Movement speed. It is Enchantable with Gunslinger Scroll (23100) .
Each +2 refine give +1% EXP and Drop rate, Each +4 refine give +4% Max HP & SP, Refine at +9 give +40% HP & SP Recovery Rate, at +12 give +3% Max HP & SP.
Give +5% EXP and Drop rate. Each refine +100 Max HP & +20 Max SP, Refine at +7 give +3% Max HP & SP, at +9 give +5% Max HP & SP, +12 give +100% HP & SP Recovery Rate
Increase +5% EXP and Drop rate, or use any other Balloon from Poring Family. It can be Enchanted, and most preferably try to get Blessing of Rune Midgarts (311004) for extra 5% EXP from Any monster defeated, this enchant is optional as it is quite rare.
All of these Cards are to be slotted into Shoes Slot. Super useful if you know which monster you are going to kill the most. (Example:- Abyss Lake 4 consist more of Dragon Race. Einbech 3 most of them are Formless Race. Bioshpere Depth 1, x4 of the monster there are Angel Race.)
Increase +10% EXP from defeating Angel race monster.
Advance Leveling Guide
Best time to level a character is during EXP Event, with proper preparation it is possible to get from Lv1 to Lv275 in under 1 Hour. Click here to watch the Video.
Before we start, there are few things to cover :-
The main EXP gain is from EXP Event and Battle Manual Books (Bonus EXP on defeating monster, Quest & Daily submission). This is optional but with Dancer/Bard Skill Mr. Kim A Rich Man (a buff that give 60% Bonus EXP from defeating monster). Further info on EXP Event can visit here.
If you don't mind using Alts for Buffing, Cardinal and Trouvere/Troubadour are both super good. In order to use Mr. Kim A Rich Man, you'll need a partner Dancer/Bard but you can bypass this condition and perform solo with Trouvere skill Sonata of Kvasir. Further info can visit here.
The Leveling route that i used in the video is the same as the one i posted above. I transition from Lv120 Rune Knight Wind Cutter Build (Equipment Listed Below) to Lv250 Dragon Knight Dragonic Breath Build (change Equipment to this set), but Shadow Gear remained the same as below.
Rune Knight Wind Cutter Skill have some requirement to achieve but its easier to achieve compared to Ignition Break Skill and Dragon Breath Skill. Since Wind Cutter Skill ignore monster Def and have 0 Cast Time, you'll just have to get minimum 185 ASPD and 40% ACD for max Spam.
Consumables that i used are listed below. Equipment are entirely Optional and dependent on your budget.
A super good starter weapon for Wind Cutter Build for the 20% ACD, the enchant could be any but preferably Physical Attack to Normal monster on the 4th Line Enchant, will be changing into a better weapon later. You can use Labyrinth Refinement Box (100423) on a +4 Illusion Tae Goo Lyeon [2] (21050) to try and get to +9. Further info on getting the weapon can visit here, for the enchant click here.
Hypocrisy Edge is slightly weaker than Adulter Fides Two-Handed Sword but its much more easier to get and doesn't need +12 for full potential. For Enchant, preferably try to get increase Melee Physical Damage on 2nd Line and increase Damage to Normal monster on 3rd Line. Further info for getting the weapon and Enchantment can visit here.
Adulter Fides Two-Handed Sword is strong but have to +12 for full potential and it's quite troublesome to get, either opening Antiquity Villa (Twisted God) (102562) for a chance to get one, or MVP drop from Villa of Deception Instance. For Enchant, try to get on 2 enchant line increase Melee Physical Damage.
Tips:- For Refining Lv4 Weapon please use Guarantee Certificates, Click here for more info.
One of the most versatile Shadow Gear in the game, +10 to All stats for survivability, Damage improvement and getting instant cast when we transition into DcB Build.
One of the most versatile Shadow Gear in the game, +10 to All stats for survivability, Damage improvement and getting instant cast when we transition into DcB Build.
Test with Screenshots
This section of the guide provide test for various combination of Cards, Costume Stones and Gears. All the test have been done as fair as possible. Buff used are all self-casted. Test Setup for Dummy are Damage Taken 10% Average Variance | Large | Formless unless stated otherwise under notes.
Note:- DK can easily reach high value of Long Range % and Size % Modifier due to Lux Anima Runestone, once reaching around 100% Size Modifier we can start building Boss % Modifier. Hence the result showing Boss + Size yield the highest Damage among all the other combination.
MVP Rune Knight Seyren Card vs MVP Snow Angel Card
Note:-
Left Image is MVP Rune Knight Seyren Card
Right Image is MVP Snow Angel Card
This test is with RES 0 to make it fair for Almighty Shadow Gear. MVP Snow Angel Card will be BiS by wearing with Bow Master Shadow set , BUT have to consume +20 Int Warg Blood Cocktail (12430) & +20 Dex Siroma Icetea (12432) to replace the stats lose from Almighty Shadow Gear for Instant Cast.
The Left image is with Vit Enchant on Nebula armor and both Master Shadow Weapon+Shield.
The Middle image is with Dex Enchant on Nebula armor and both Master Shadow Weapon+Shield, the reason behind is because dropping Almighty Shadow Gear loses stats for instant cast and have to get back the stats from equipment enchant.
The Right image is with Madness Breath Shadow set.
MVP Venom Chimera Card《VS》 Specific Monster Race Card
MVP Venom Chimera Card VS Specific Monster Race Card
Note:- The Left image is with MVP Venom Chimera Card. The Right image is with +20% extra Damage to Specific Monster Race, in this test we target Formless.
Note:- In this test we compared a few Costume Stone in different combination, Ranged Stone (Garment), Ranged Stone (Low), Vit Convert (Low) and Power Stone (Dual). This test was tested with Damage Taken 30% Average Variance | Medium | Formless
Glade Rune Boots VS Gaebolg Boots VS Yorscalp Boots
Note:-
In this test, the Glade Rune Boots 2nd Enchant is Varmundt's Crystal (Plain) Lv5 (311876)(40% extra Damage against Wind & Earth Element)
On 1st image, Glade Rune Boots was tested on Neutral Element dummy and it loses out to Gaebolg Boots & Yorscalp Boots in Damage.
On 2nd image, Glade Rune Boots was tested on Wind Element dummy and it win Gaebolg Boots & Yorscalp Boots in Damage.
On the last image, Yorscalp Boots damage is getting close to Glade Rune Boots 2nd image, and are not locked to 2 type of monster Elemental like Glade Rune Boots.
Note:-
In this test, we are testing to see how much Str and Vit affect our Damage. Although it may not look like there's huge difference, keep in mind the dummy is set with 10% Damage Taken. Some of this mini boost may be the differences to be able to 1 shot the monster you're farming.
By using VCT 100%, we can drop Almighty Shadow Gear and go for full Damage Bow Master Shadow Gear. But in the process we lose -20% Max HP and -6 Vit from x2 Broken Beta Guards Card (300076) , another -10% Max HP from Melted Poring Card (300174) and -153 Hit from having only 1 Dex.
Note:- The Table above is base on this formula:- [Base Success Rate + ((DEX ÷ 30) + LUK ÷ 10) + (JobLv ÷ 10)) + Crafting Stone Bonus - Rune Difficulty]%.
It was computed by using the lowest quality crafting stone General Rough Runestone (12737) (+4% success chance) and crafting the hardest Runestone (-20% success chance) with just base stats 130 Dex & Luk without Stats from Equipment, Buff or Food and at Lv60 Job Level and Lv10 Rune Mastery, you'll get a 97% success chance. So it's safe to use any other crafting stone that is better than General Rough Runestone (12737) to get pass 100% success chance, or you could also wear some Luk Equipment to make a total of 157 Luk to get 100% success chance.
Please use Mystic Rough Runestone (12736) to craft Lux Anima Runestone (22540) to get the minimum 2~6 quantity per craft, because Gold (969) is expensive, and the other crafting stones will have chance to get minimum 1~6 quantity per craft. The rest of the runestone can use any crafting stone depending your budget.
Note:-This test was tested with Damage Taken 100% Average Variance | Large | Formless. Tested multiple times for consistent result.
Left Image is Yorscalp Boots
Right Image is Boots of Unknown Life
Notice when Boots of Unknown proc on Right Image, Max HP increases significantly passing 1 Million Max HP. This improve Damage tremendously, hence the nick name "Cheat code boots" for DcB DK.
+9 Glacier Fully Enchanted VS +9 Clean Dimensions Dragon Lance
Note:-This test was tested with Damage Taken 100% Average Variance | Medium | Demon | No Runes | Only Almighty Food | No Shadow Gear, Only Costume Stone.
Left Image is +9 Fully Enchanted Glacier Lance
Right Image is +9 Clean Dimensions Dragon Lance
Dimensions Dragon Lance at +9 without Grading and Enchant, already getting Higher Damage and you get additional x2 Card Slots.
Note:-This test was tested with Damage Taken 100% Average Variance | Medium | Demon | No Runes | Only Almighty Food | No Shadow Gear, Only Costume Stone.
Yoster Sorceror Card + Yoster Negotiator Card《VS》 the Rest
Yoster Sorceror Card + Yoster Negotiator Card VS the Rest
Note:-This test was tested with Damage Taken 100% Average Variance | Medium | Demon | No Runes | Only Almighty Food | No Shadow Gear, Only Costume Stone.
Left Image is Yoster Sorceror Card + Yoster Negotiator Card
Middle Image is Amitera Card + Yoster Negotiator Card
Right Image is Observation Card + Emphathize Card
Only use Amitera Card + Yoster Negotiator Card if you want some extra Max HP by sacrificing some Damage.
Broken Beta Guards Card VS Snow Rabbit Iceslug Card
Note:-This test was tested with Damage Taken 100% Average Variance | Medium | Demon | No Runes | Only Almighty Food | No Shadow Gear, Only Costume Stone.
Left Image is x2 Broken Beta Guards Card (total +6 Vit | +20% Max HP)
Middle Image is x2 Broken Omega Cleaner Card (total +4 Dex +2 Vit | +20% Max HP)
Right Image is Snow Rabbit Iceslug Card + Aferde Card (total +21% Long Range Physical Damage)
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Update Log
05/10/25 -Officially posted the Guide
06/10/25 -Added D2 under Tips and Tricks section
07/10/25 -Added Stats+Traits, Nebula Con EA vs Health & Stats VS VCT Instant Cast
11/10/25 -Added Leveling Tips & EXP Gears under Tips and Tricks section & Runestone Crafting Chances under Screenshot.
16/10/25 -Added Progression Equipment Section and Tons of Screen Shot to test.
20/10/25 -Added Newbie Leveling Guide