In Depth Guide for Full Support Cardinal with Johnny
Introduction
Hello there,
You must be new in here and probably you are old as I am and you are new to this RENEWAL thingy and planning to play as supporting character dan can heal, kill and have self buffs.
To my personal preference, playing acolyte class as your main can be very stressfull and tiring since you will not be a fully supportive type until =
- you reached 4th job in here
- reached base level 250
- have proper equipments as supportive class
I personally recommend to create an Acolyte class up to 4th job (Cardinal) only during EXP Event occured in this server, it will save you a lot of time since it will gives extra 50% EXPerience gained from killing monsters and submitting / turning in quests.
Most players will create Cardinal as an alt once their "farmer class" fully equipped and they need personal buffs for doing instances.
But if its about your memory of playing Ragnarok back in 2003-2010, and playing supportive class is in your blood, then why would I stop you ^^
Well, playing an ACOLYTE Class is quite fun and I must say it's a challenging class to play as offensive class but in this guide I will only write on how to become a FULL SUPPORT CARDINAL (Acolyte's 4th job) that will always depends on partying for end game contents.
There are some guides about cardinal that you can read in Fuka's Serious Guide for FS Cardinal and Choi's Magic and Support Cardinal Guide if you want to learn on gear progressing.
Character Creation
For Character Creation, here are some things you need to know :
- As you know, that MuhRO has verification system for new players inside their Discord channel, so make sure you have verified your discord account.
- Client download is only available inside MuhRO Discord channel
- Create several Game Accounts inside your Master Account
- Make sure to remember which Game Account that will act as your Main Account (where you will play your character most of the time. Here is example of my Game Accounts =
As you can see, I labeled my Main Account with suffix 10 or anything you like, and its where you will be playing your cardinal most of the time and where you will receive daily gift and event giftboxes (you can search seasonal event at this wiki search box).
My recommendation is to create an acolyte in your Main Game Account and a merchant at you Alt Game Account. By using this method, you can drop your loots from your acolyte/priest/arch bishop/cardinal into storage and then load the merchant class at your Alt Game Account to sell them with Level 10 Overcharge Skill to Tool Dealer.
Shortcuts
When you first enter the game, you will be taken to Tutorial Grounds, follow Adventurer Lunos and prepare your Shortcuts since you will be using these shortcuts a lot in future.
Here is an example of my shortcut (I had to change the Alt+M key to + sign since I do not want to change the default system key ^^ ) =
You can read more detail about shortcuts in here . But remember, delete all shortcuts that will take you back to your savepoint or to any town when you are doing end game contents such as Hall of Life , Tower of Trials and Constellation Tower since you will ruined the teamwork, hehe.
During Tutorial Walk, always set your autoloot to 100% (type @al 100 at in-game chatbox)
You are starting this game with big ZERO, so you will take everything from now, hehe.
Levelling and Gear Progression
Novice (base level 1 - 41)
You are starting from Tutorial Ground, follow all instruction from Adventurer Lunos (don't forget @al 100 and set your shortcuts at beginning of Tutorial Ground)
My method during this Tutorial Ground is after Lunos casts buffs to our Novice (increase agi 10, blessing 10 and kyrie eleison 10), I usually kill Pupas, Porings, Fabres and any kind of monsters at field until my base level is 41. By reaching base level 41, you will open Eden Quest for level 40 (we will discuss this later in this guide).
During this time, put your all your stat points into STR if you want to play as battle priest (I like this route before 4th job).
Once you reach base level 41 after first buffs from Lunos, continue the Tutorial until the second buffs from Lunos.
When Lunos casted the buffs, talks to Lunos again and you will be attack by harder Porings and Lunos will teleport you to in front of Main Office.
Outside Main Office, Lunos will ask you again if you want to continue the Tutorial, you can choose "I know the way" to end the Tutorial and you will get a 
Novice Battle Manual (7803) (200% EXP gain and can only be activate before base level 40).
Put that Novice Battle Manual (NBM) by dragging from Use Tab to Fav Tab using Alt+E key (to bring up you Inventory items)
If you don't know what if Fav Tab, let just say its a tab where you put things in there and will not be stored into your Storage.
For this guide, let just choose "I know the way" and get the NBM.
Next, enter nearest portal to enter Main Office. Don't forget to put your skill points as Novice up to level 9 before changing class to Acolyte.
Once inside Main Office, go straight up to find Job Master.
If you used all your Novice skill points, then the Job Master will change your class from Novice to Acolyte.
Congrats, you are now an Acolyte with base level 41 and job level 1. ^^
Acolyte before Rebirth
Next, from Job Master location, go to bottom right screen to find a portal to Main Office 2nd Floor.
Your next destination is the room with stat buffs NPCs.
Once you are in Main Office 2nd Floor, go up until you find a long hallway to your right. Follow that hall way until you reach the end of Hallway and enter the top portal where you can find 4 NPCs =
I choose the Arc Wand Clan since it gives Dex +1, Int+1 and some stat bonuses. Alternatively, you can choose the Golden Mace Clan, since it gives Dex +1, Luk +1 and some stat bonuses.
Either way, these bonuses stay in your char forever, even when you die in battle.
Next, using @go command, type @go 16 at your chatbox to go to Eden Office. I use @go 16 too often sometimes I forgot where is Eden Office ^^
Oh yeah, your chatbox is also linked to Discord #Global chat channel, just type #global in your whisp box (just like where you type a character name) and type anything in your chatbox.
Inside Eden Office, talk to nearby Kafra Officer and choose Save option to mark Eden Office as your Savepoint.
Kafra Officer can repair your damaged weapons and armors too (with some prices of course).
Move up a bit and you will see Healer NPC and Warper NPC, you will use these NPCs a lot.
Talk to Healer NPC to get free buffs (increase AGI 10 and Blessing 10) plus free Identify Skill. Hopefully you get 1 ea 
Guard [1] (2102) from Pupa. Wear that Guard [1] for your Acolyte.
Next, move up a bit to find a row of NPCs and find Secretary Lime Evenor. Talk to her and choose Join The Eden Group option. This will register your character name as one of Eden Member and you will receive 
Eden Group Mark (22508)
Move Eden Group Mark, Novice Potions, Novice Fly Wings, First Aid Box (you have these from Lunos) into FAV Tab in your Inventory Window.
And now you can click some boards on right side of Evenor NPC. Some boards you can click are Royal Hunting Board, Eden quest for level 1-39, and Eden quest for level 40-69.
When you click the board, always choose Take All.
You should have the quest for Orc Dungeon active right now (killing Orc Zombies, Orc Skeletons and Zenorcs).
Now, move back down to portal and you can see Storage NPC and Tool Dealer NPC. Click on Storage NPC and choose Master Storage 1. Once Master Storage 1 is open, use @storeall command to drop everything from your inventory except ones inside FAV Tab (or you can use your shortcut earlier, I use Alt+3 for @storeall ).
After dropped your loots into Master Storage 1 (this storage is accessible to all Game Accounts) go to top right to see the portal that will take you to next area of Eden Office. You need to take free gears from Eden Office.
While going to next room, you will see a Vending Machine, this is where you will get your consumables, especially bubble gum, by spending your earned Eden Coins.
Inside the next room, go up until you see a portal with a sign "Paradise Equipments", enter that portal.
Inside the room, you will find 4 (four) NPCs lined up vertically. Talk to the top NPC to receive your free Shadowgears for 7 days only. Equip those shadowgears for your Acolyte.
Now talk to the bottom NPC to get your weapons and armor. You can get all basic weapons here and 2 (two) types of armor, one set is for physical damage and one set for magical damage. I use the physical set since doing damage before Rebirth is better than spamming Heal bombs ^^.
Equip your "free gears" and use @go 16 (you should have them in your shortcut) to return to Eden Office Entrance.
Acolyte before Rebirth Levelling
Talk to Healer NPC before talking to Warper NPC to go to Orc Dungeon.
Choose Dungeons > Ord Dungeon
Walk your way through bottom right to enter portal to Orc Dungeon 2nd Floor while killing Orc Zombies. You will notice yellow message, telling how many monsters you have killed to meet Eden quest requirement.
Orc Dungeon 1st floor is swarmed with Orc Zombies, so you have no issue killing them with your current stat and gears.
Don't forget to :
- add more stat points to STR up to 99 when level up.
- Put Increase AGI, Blessing and Angelus up to level 10
- Put Novice Potions in your skill short cut
By the time writing of this guide, there is EXP-Event running from January 13th to January 20th, 2026, so levelling is faster with 50% more EXP from server ^^
When you are in next floor of Orc Dungeon, kill all Orc Skeletons and Zenorcs to meet Edenn quest requirement.
Stay in Orc Dungeon until your base job is 50 (you should have 99 STR and AGI for around 40-50ish, dont add anything to DEX or VIT now ).
You can add stat points faster by typing /<stat>+ <number> in your chatbox, for e.g /str+ 10 means you add 10 points to STR change STR to AGI, DEX, LUK, VIT, INT
At base job 50, use @go 15 to return to Main Office.
Go to top right from Main Office Entrance where you can see Healer NPC (for free buffs and identify) and Storage NPC at top right.
Drop everything from your Inventory to your Master Storage 1.
Now spend your skill points using Alt+S.
Since I was using battle-type route, my skills are :
- Divine Protection 10
- Increase AGI 10
- Blessing 10
- Angelus 10
- Heal 3
- Ruwach 1
- Teleport 1
- Demonbane 4
Total Skill points - 49
If you go Heal-bomb route, the skills will be :
- Divine Protection 7
- Increase AGI 10
- Blessing 10
- Angelus 10
- Heal 10
- Ruwach 1
- Teleport 1
Total Skill points - 49
Once you distributed you Acolyte's skill points, talk to Job Master to change your job into Priest.
Congrats, you are now a Priest with base job level 1 ^^
Priest Levelling before Rebirth
Now talk to Platinum Skills NPC (she's at right side of Job Master NPC) to get your quest skills for free.
Remember Eden board quest for Orc Dungeon that you have, now use @go 16 to go Eden Office and talk to corresponding board to turn in your quest/mission.
By turning in your mission/quest, you will get EXP and Eden Coins (which you will use this often later).
Put your Eden Coins in FAV Tab for now (and for the rest of game ^^ )
Your Priest should be around base level 80ish and base job level 40ish after turning in Orc Dungeon quest.
Talk again to the board and choose Take All for level 40-69 Eden quests.
Talk to Eden board quest level 70-99 and choose Take All. You should have Glast Heim quest for killing Evil Druids and Wraiths.
Talk to Warper NPC, choose Dungeon > Glast Heim > Monastery.
Kill Evil Druids and Wraiths in there to get the quest done.
During this phase, use this method =
- Get all quest for level 70-99
- Talk to Healer NPC for free buffs
- Use @lw to return to Glast Heim's Monastery
- Kill the monsters
- Use @return or @go 16 to return to Eden Office
- Talk to Healer NPC for free identify
- Drop all loots to Master Storage 1 using @storeall
- Talk to Eden Board Quest Level 70-99 to get EXP and Eden Coins
Use above method until your base level is 99 and base job is 50.
When your base level is 99 and base job is 50, do not talk to Eden Board Quest.
You need to keep them for some time.
You can check your Eden Quest progress using Alt+U and scroll down until the you find your ongoing quest.
A completed quest will have wording Completed in that quest and ready to be submitted to Eden Boards, but do not submit them now.
And for your stat points, you should have 99 STR (or 99 INT), 90ish AGI and maybe some VIT points or any other stat point you like.
For Skill Points, at this phase, i maxed out all offensif skills, such as =
- Divine Protection 10
- Demonbane 10
- Kyrie Eleison 10
- Sufragium 3
- Impositio Manus 5
- Magnificat 5
- any skill that will depleted my skill points ^^
With base level 99 and base job 50, now you need to farm these items =
- 15 ea
Old Pick (7318) - you can get them by killing Pitman inside Einbech Dungeon 1st Floor - 15 ea
Elastic Band (7200) - you can get them by killing Wootan Shooter in Umbala Dungeon - 3 ea
Blue Hair (1034) - you can get them by killing Kobold outside Glast Heim (Geffen field)
Easier to get these items if you are a battle priest, bonking emenies ^^
Above items are needed to exchange advanced weapons and advanced weapon for your Arch Bishop later. If you have them now, put them in you FAV Tab.
Now, using Alt+U, check the lowest list for eden quest for level 70-99, i usually do Turtle Dungeon, killing Stapos in Vein Field, Increase Soils and all quest that required kill count from Eden quest level 70-99.
Beside getting killing quest from Eden board level 70-99, I took Eden quest level 1-39, I only do killing Megalodon in Beach Dungeon 3 and Eden quest level 40-69, inside Orc Dungeon (killing trio Orc Zombies - Orc Skeleton - Zenorc).
Once you have completed kill count Eden board quest level 70-99, Megalodon (1-39), Orc Dungeon (40-69), return to @go 15 or Main Office and talk to Job Master to Rebirth as High Novice.
High Novice after Rebirth
As High Novice level 1, your equipments are automatically stripped, no worries.
Return to @go 16 or Eden Office and talk to Eden Board quest level 1-39 first.
Careful, you need to activate you saved Novice Battle Manual (7803) before hitting level 40.
One Megalodon quest will take you up to level 20ish or 30ish (when EXP Event is active) and base job level 10. Spend your High Novice Skill Points first, and then return to @go 15 or Main Office to talk to Job Master and change your class into High Acolyte.
High Acolyte after Rebirth
Congrats, now you are a High Priest.
Now return to @go 16 or Eden Office and use your saved Novice Battle Manual (7803) before talking to Eden Board quest level 40-69.
Once the NBM is active, talk to Eden Board quest level 40-69.
Watch carefully for your base job!
When you first clicked Eden Board level 40-69 and your High Acolyte reached base job 50, press Alt + F4 to close down your client.
Pressing Enter to submit the next quest will only make your base level higher but not your base job, you need to increase your High Priest base job using next quest.
If you pressed the Alt + F4 key, restart your client. Once your High Acolyte loaded and its base job is 50, return to @go 15 or Main Office to change your class into High Priest.
And for skill points, this time I go to INT-route or magic route, since doing physical as Arch Bishop has little benefit.
My skill points for this route is =
- Divine Protection 6
- Increase AGI 10
- Blessing 10
- Angelus 10
- Heal 3
- Ruwach 1
- Teleport 2
- Warp Portal 4
- Pneuma 1
- Aqua Benedicta 1
- Cure 1
Total Skill points - 49
While for Stat points, wait until you reach level 100++
After the skill points have been distributed, talk to Job Master at Main Office to become a High Priest.
High Priest after Rebirth
Congrats, you are now a High Priest.
Return to @go 16 or Eden Office for turning in remaining quests for Eden Board quest level 40-69.
Again, when turning in your quest on Eden Board quest level 70-99, watch carefully for your base level and base job.
Since you have abundant quests on level 70-99, you need to save the rest when base level 99 and base job 70 reached.
When clicking Eden Board quest level 70-99, try to click slow and keep your eyes on your High Priest base level and base job.
You might reach base level 99 and base job 70 and still have plenty quest level 70-99 that can be submitted later.
Hit Alt + F4 when you see your base level and base job on your High Priest reached 99/70.
Restart your client and when your High Priest is loaded, distribute your skill points =
- Increase SP Recovery 10
- Assumptio 5
- Kyrie Eleison 10
- Status Recovery 1
- Resurrection 4
- Turn Undead 3
- Magnus Exorcismus 1 (you just need 1 )
- Lex Divina 5
- Lex Aeterna 1
- Impositio Manus 3
- Sanctuary 3
- Aspersio 4
- Safety Wall 1
- Gloria 4
- Basilica 5
- Meditation 9
Total Skill Point - 69
Talk to Job Master at Main Office after you have depleted your skill points.
Alternatively, after you become High Priest, and before submitting Eden Boards quests, you can do Part 1 : Cautious Village, Bakonawa Lake Quest (read more here. (Credit to for suggesting this quest).
Arch Bishop (up until base level 175)
Congrats, you are now Arch Bishop base level 99 and base job 1 ^^
Remember, you still have remaining Eden Board quest level 70-99, now its time to spend all of them at Eden Office so go for it.
Once you run out of Eden Board quests, you should be around base level 130ish and base job 30ish.
Now you can take Eden Board quests up to level 120-140 and 130-190
Plus, you can take Illusion Dungeons daily quest by talking to NPC Roxanne, located just below the vending machine inside Eden Office.
First thing first, as an Arch Bishop, you need to prepare some things =
- Your killing skills are Adoramus and Judex
- Your AB buff is Renovatio
- Always bring 100 ea
Blue Gemstone (717) - Alway bring 20 ea
Holy Water (523) (you can buy this from Tool Dealer and pack them in 10 ea per pack by going to @go 50 and talk to Gift Box NPC) - INT 130, DEX 130, VIT 100 is a must, the rest stat is up to you
- Remember those items when you gathered as Priest (15 old picks, 15 elastic bands and 3 blue hairs), you can trade them inside Paradise Equipments in Eden Office for better gear on your Arch Bishop (the two NPC between the top and the most bottom ones)
- Start to get use to using consumables such as
Brilliant Protection Scroll (23204) , 
Medium Life Potion (14535) , 
Small Mana Potion (23203) ,
Infinity Drink (23475) and 
Mental Potion (14600) - Above consumables are quite cheap (mostly around 3-4 Eden coins) and their duration is about 30 minutes. You only need Brilliant Protection, Medium Life Potion and Small Mana Potion until you reach base level 200 and base job 70
- Illusion Moonlight Dungeon is your jail up until level 175
With above checklist as Arch Bishop (AB), you can go through one by one. Your NBM probably still running and has 25ish minutes left and the counter will be stopped inside Eden Office and Main Office, so make sure to do the checklist above.
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Okay, you should have these items in your AB after exchanging Old Picks, Elastic Bands and Blue Hairs =
For now, we will stay using the free 7-days Paradise Shadowgears.
And have 1 ea Brilliant Protection Scroll (23204) , 1 ea Medium Life Potion (14535) , 1 ea Small Mana Potion (23203) in your inventory (you have enough Eden Coins to buy these consumables).
With above preparation ready, talk to NPC Roxanne and choose Take All quests. Click on your consumables so you don't have to worry about your health going down
With your current base level, gears and magic damage, the best you can do is stay in Illusion Moonlight dungeon until you reach base level 175.
The same method is used during this phase=
- Get all quest from Roxanne
- Talk to Healer NPC for free buffs
- Use @lw to return to Illusion Moonlight dungeon
- Kill the monsters
- Use @return or @go 16 to return to Eden Office
- Talk to Healer NPC for free identify
- Drop all loots to Master Storage 1 using @storeall
- Talk to Roxanne to get EXP,
Illusion Stone (25271) and 
Forgotten Heirloom (50001)
Keep in mind that Illusion Dungeon quests will only give you EXP , Illusion Stones and Heirlooms, no Eden Coins rewarded.
You can repeat any quest from Roxanne, 15 times a day and after 15 times, you can only receive EXP without any of the reward. This repeat applicable to Master Account, so if you have 1 Main char and 11 Alts doing Illusion Moonlight quest, it will be counted as 12 times, you have 3 times left for doing Illusion Moonlight quest with any character in your account.
And if you see MVP boss inside Illusion Moonlight dungeon, stay away from it, you cannot kill it for now, so just teleport away ^^
Keep Illusion Stones and Heirlooms in your Master Storage 1 until you really need to open the Heirlooms.
Owh, always do @al 100 ^^
Arch Bishop (base level 175 to 200)
Okay, so you are now reached base level 175 and bored with Illusion Moonlight Dungeon.
Time to do some Eden Coins farming with you current stats and gears.
Eden Board quest that I have tested I can 1-shot kill monster are (always use consumables such as 1 ea Brilliant Protection Scroll (23204) , 1 ea Medium Life Potion (14535) , 1 ea Small Mana Potion (23203) )
Eden Board Quest Level 100 - 110
- 30 ea Nightmare Terror at Magma Dungeon 2nd Floor < this quest gives 4 Eden Coins
- 30 ea Sky Deleter and 30 ea Earth Deleter at Magma Dungeon 2nd Floor < this quest gives 8 Eden Coins
- 10 ea Lava from Golem at Magma Dungeon 1st Floor < this quest gives 4 Eden Coins
You should enter Magma Dungeon 3rd Floor from 2nd Floor to open access at Warper since you are level 175
Eden Board Quest Level 120 - 140
- 30 ea Banshee (you might need 2-3 shots before you kill this monster), you can use Warper to go to Dungeon > Cursed Abby < this quest gives 5 Eden Coins
- 30 ea Ragged Zombie and 30 ea Zombie Slaughter inside Cursed Abby 2nd Floor (you might need to buy several
World Moving Ticket (25464) to get to the map ) < this quest gives 9 Eden Coins - 20 ea Necromancers inside Cursed Abby 3rd Floor < this quest gives 5 Eden Coins
I recommended to use 
[Bound] Battle Manual (12263) that you bought from Eden Office's Vending Machine using your 
Eden Coin (25223) when farming for Eden Coins.
When you reach base level 190, try to work your way to these dungeons =
- Einbech Dungeon 3rd Floor - Minimum base level to enter is 180
- Odin's Past - Minimum base level to enter is 180
- Abyss Lake 4 - Minimum base level to enter is 190
Try to /memo Odin's Past and Abyss Lake 4 entrance, since these 2 (two) spots are the highest EXP you can get for leeching your alts from 180 to 200 in no time ^^
And you should have enough zeny to buy these items from other player (use command @ws <ID Number> , e.g @ws 7436 will list all vendors who sells 
Fragment of Agony (7436) )
- 10 ea Fragment of Agony (7436)
- 10 ea
Fragment of Misery (7437) - 10 ea
Fragment of Hatred (7438) - 10 ea
Fragment of Despair (7439)
Once you have above fragments in your inventory and you still have time in your Battle Manual, talk to NPC Roxanne to receive the quest named "Thanatos Tower"
You will receive EXP, and Forgotten Heirloom (50001)
40 ea of those Thanatos Fragments surely will take you to base level 200 and base job level 70
By the time you reach level 200, you probably own couple hundreds Eden Coins in your inventory and have around 1-3 Million zeny
And this is my skills at Job 70 =
Judex 10 < I use this a lot for monsters level >= 120
Adoramus 10 < damaging Holy Elemental skill that consume 1 ea Blue Gemstone (717)
Duple Light 10 < at level 10, boost ATK for 300% and MATK 800%, duration 360 seconds (6 minutes)
Sacrament 5 < at level 5, reduces your Fixed Casting Time for 50%, duration 180 seconds (3 minutes)
Praefatio 5 < same as 
Kyrie Eleison but for party, at level 5 the skill will block 11 hits
Oratio 5 < this is a Debuff skill, prerequisisite for Sacrament
Renovatio 4 < a HP regen skill for party, at level 4 will regen 7% from max HP for duration of 180 seconds (3 minutes), I use this skill a lot even when using Medium Life Potion (14535)
Coluceo Heal 3 < a heal area, this is the widest skill an Arch Bishop can have, 15 x 15 cells
Clementia 3 < a party 
Blessing , unfortunately this skill requires high DEX, Fixed Cast Reduction, Variable Cast Reduction and After Cast Delay Reduction, very useful when partying inside Varmundt Depth 1 and Depth 2 dungeon
Highness Heal 3 < once a great healing skill for AB, but now its just prereq for Sacrament
Expiatio 1 < when cast to self or a party member, will Ignore DEF for 5% and duration is 150 seconds (1.5 minutes), another prereq to Sacrament
Epiclesis 1 < another prereq for Sacrament , I don't use this skill much
Ancilla 1 < this skill is also prereq Sacrament, but this skill will consume Blue Gemstone (717) to craft 
Ancilla (12333) . Ancilla (12333) is like a consumable, this skill will make Divinus Flos become Neutral element attack
Total skill points - 61 points (8 points was taken for activating Adoramus and Judex from High Priest's skill tree )
So, base level 200, base job 70 are achieved, skill points distributed, time to meet Job Master in Main Office to change your class into Cardinal .
4th Job - CARDINAL (yay) base level 200 - 250
Congrats, you are now a Cardinal! ^^
But it's still a long way to go before you can be a Full Support type T.T
Before starting your journey as Full Support Cardinal, you need a farmer to make yourself rich in zeny, since your Main is Cardinal, right? ^^
Right now, you need to open one devastating skill from Cardinal = 
Arbitrium
Here is description of Arbitrium Skill :
Arbitrium
Max Level: 10
Requirement: Adoramus 5, Framen 3
Skill Form: Active
Type: Magical
Target: 1 Character
Cast Time: 1.50s Fixed / 4.00s Variable
After Cast Delay: 0.50s
Cool Down: 1.00s
Recover: 2 AP
AP Cost:
AP Recovery: 2
Description: Calls the powerful light judgement
to inflict Holy elemental magic damage to the
target and has a chance to inflict Silence status.
Then the light explodes on the target to inflict
additional Holy elemental magic damage
to nearby enemies.
The damage further increases based on the
caster's Base Level and SPL.
[Lv 1]: MATK 1000+(Fidus Animus Lv x10)% (1st)
MATK 1750+(Fidus Animus Lv x50)% (2nd)
Silence Chance: 25%
[Lv 2]: MATK 2000+(Fidus Animus Lv x20)% (1st)
MATK 3500+(Fidus Animus Lv x100)% (2nd)
Silence Chance: 30%
[Lv 3]: MATK 3000+(Fidus Animus Lv x30)% (1st)
MATK 5250+(Fidus Animus Lv x150)% (2nd)
Silence Chance: 35%
[Lv 4]: MATK 4000+(Fidus Animus Lv x40)% (1st)
MATK 7000+(Fidus Animus Lv x200)% (2nd)
Silence Chance: 40%
[Lv 5]: MATK 5000+(Fidus Animus Lv x50)% (1st)
MATK 8750+(Fidus Animus Lv x250)% (2nd)
Silence Chance: 45%
[Lv 6]: MATK 6000+(Fidus Animus Lv x60)% (1st)
MATK 10500+(Fidus Animus Lv x300)% (2nd)
Silence Chance: 50%
[Lv 7]: MATK 7000+(Fidus Animus Lv x70)% (1st)
MATK 12250+(Fidus Animus Lv x350)% (2nd)
Silence Chance: 55%
[Lv 8]: MATK 8000+(Fidus Animus Lv x80)% (1st)
MATK 14000+(Fidus Animus Lv x400)% (2nd)
Silence Chance: 60%
[Lv 9]: MATK 9000+(Fidus Animus Lv x90)% (1st)
MATK 15750+(Fidus Animus Lv x450)% (2nd)
Silence Chance: 65%
[Lv 10]: MATK 10000+(Fidus Animus Lv x100)% (1st)
MATK 17500+(Fidus Animus Lv x500)% (2nd)
Silence Chance: 70%
Since your base job as Cardinal is still 1, you need at least 18 skill points (or job points).
You need to pump your fresh Cardinal back to Illusion Dungeon for gaining that 18 skill points. I went to Illusion Vampires 4 (four) times to open Arbitrium Level 10.
Don't forget your consumables, since you have many Eden Coin (25223) in your FAV Tab ^^
And if your Eden Coin (25223) below 20 ea, pump it up back to 100 inside Magma Dungeon 2nd Floor and Cursed Abby 1st - 3rd Floor.
With Arbitrium Level 10, now you need to work your gears (I will not work on Shadowgears until you reach base level 275 and base job 60 with very low zeny in possesion ^^ )
Read this guide The Road to a Billion Zeny - Newbie Leveling/Farming Guide for in depth how to gather your zeny.
The target zeny is to buy these equipments =
| Location | Item Name | Refine Level | Enchants | Estimated Price (in zeny) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon |  Glacier Wand (550069)
|
+9 |
|
Fully enchant Min. 15 M | |
| Armor |  Glacier Robe [1] (450265)
|
+9 |
|
+9 Glacier Robe [1] without enchant min. price 4 M
Fully enchant min. 15 M |
Prioritize Enchant on Slot 4, you can ask other player to help with enchant since you do not have enough reputation to do the enchant (required 1k reputation from Issgard - Episode 20 ) |
| Garment |  Glacier Muffler [1] (450267)
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+9 |
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+9 Glacier Muffler [1] without enchant min. price 4 M
Fully enchant min. 15 M |
You can buy the materials for enchants and ask other player to help with enchant since you do not have enough reputation to do the enchant (required 1k reputation from Issgard - Episode 20 ) |
| Shoes |  Glacier Shoes [1] (450268)
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+9 |
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+9 Glacier Shoes [1] without enchant min. price 4 M
Fully enchant min. 10 M |
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| Shield |  Glacier Guard [1] (460040)
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+9 |
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+9 Glacier Guard [1] without enchant min. price 7 M |
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| Accessories Right |  Sinful Amethyst Ring [1] (490050)
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Without enchant min. 1 M | |||
| Accessories Left |  Sinful Amethyst Necklace [1] (490051)
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Without enchant min. 1 M |
Please note that mentioned price is taken from current market price at January 17th, 2026, market price may vary depends upon agreed price between buyer and seller.
And why I have not put any cards in armor, because at this phase you just need to have zeny to make equipments ^^
The only place to farm zeny with at least 10 M zeny per hour as magic cardinal is Nifleheim Dungeon 1st Floor.
But you will need better gears to 1-shot monsters inside nifleheim dungeon 1st floor ^^
Another easy way for levelling is asking someone to boost your level using #LFG , from base level 200 to 250.
When you reach base level 250, you still have issue with your gears, since you are still using Eden Paradise gears.
You still need to work your zeny, since your target at base level 250 should be to have magic damage gears.
And there is this question, "how on muhro realm I will have that many zeny to buy those equipments?"
No worries, my child.
Here is example of the price of 1 ea 
Safe to +10 Armor Certificate (6994) at current market (dated January 17th, 2026)
and this is the sales history
As you can see, the demand for that item at market is quite how, and this is how you make them = Armor Weapon Tickets
The materials for crafting 1 ea Safe to +10 Armor Certificate (6994) can be found from Illusion Dungeons, which with Advanced Paradise Gears and level 10 Arbitrium skill can be easily conquered in less than 4 minutes (1 hit kill in Illusion Vampires Dungeon).
Using your Merchant in different Game Account, you can vend them below market price for easy money, let say 1 ea Safe to +10 Armor Certificate (6994) for 30 M z, you have 3 ea, you made 90M z EZ PIZI ^^
After all, it's all about grinding and enjoying your leisure time ^^
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Okay,
you have the gears and your base level is now at least 230, so equip those gears and head to Abyss Lake 4 (you have entered before so you can use Warper > Dungeon > Abyss Lake 4 )
Before entering Abyss Lake 4 dungeon, get all Eden Board quest for level 130-190 and from Roxanne, and cast these skills to your Cardinal =
Angelus 10
Impositio Manus 5
Suffragium 3- Kyrie Eleison 10
Magnificat 5- Duple Light 10
- Sacrament 5
You can get 
Increase Agility 10 and Blessing 10 from Healer NPC ^^
Kill those dragons with Arbitrium 10 and it's a 1-shot kill 'em all ^^
Congrats, now you can farm EXP, 33 ea Eden Coin (25223) and Forgotten Heirloom (50001) from turning in Abyss Lake 4 quests ^^
Keep doing Abyss Lake 4 until you hit base level 250.
CARDINAL (base level 250++ )
When you hit base level 250, it's time to Episode quests as Magical Cardinal =
By completing Episode 17.2, you will have access to Vardmundt's Mansion and Varmundt's Biosphere dungeons.
Inside Varmundt's Biosphere dungeons, there is Varmundt's Biosphere Depth which is pre-end game dungeon, where players usually make a party for levelling and collecting reputation for Depth 1.
when you have enough reputation from Depth 1 dungeon, you can go to Varmundt's Biosphere Depth 2 .
In depth about reputation inside Depth 1 and Depth 2 can be found here = In Depth review about Varmundt Depth 1 and 2 dungeons with the Depth Keeper himself.
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Before devoting yourself to Full Support Cardinal, prepare these equipments =
| Location | Item Name | Refine Level | Enchants | Estimated Price (in zeny) | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon |  Rubber Hammer [2] (16099)
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+11 | Without enchant it will serves you right ^^ |
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| Headgear (top) |  Drooping Thanatos's Dolor [1] (400023)
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+11 | Without enchant it will serves you right ^^ | +0 at least 2 M | |
| Headgear (mid) |  Victory Wing Ears [1] (400002)
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Anything related to After Cast Delay Reduction or percentage MaxHP | Min. 2.9 M | ||
| Headgear (low) |  CD in Mouth (420003)
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Min. 1 M | |||
| Armor |  Illusion Sprint Mail [1] (450182)
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+11 | Double  Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010)
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You can farm and enchant yourself | Illusion armor enchants can be read here |
| Garment | Glacier Muffler [1] (450267)
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+9 |
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You already own this | |
| Shoes | Glacier Shoes [1] (450268)
|
+9 |
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You already own this | |
| Shield | Glacier Guard [1] (460040)
|
+9 |
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+9 Glacier Guard [1] without enchant min. price 7 M |
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| Accessories Right |  Illusion Sprint Ring [1] (490120)
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You can farm yourself | Put card  Faceworm Card (27163)
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| Accessories Left |  Illusion Sprint Glove [1] (490121)
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You can farm yourself | Put card  Dark Faceworm Card (27165)
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| Shadowgear Weapon |  Archbishop Advanced Paradise Shadow Weapon (24706)
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Can be purchased for 80 ea Eden Coin (25223) at Paradise Equipments Room
|
NPC Lucy (top most NPC inside Paradise Equipments) | ||
| Shadowgear Shield |  Advanced Paradise Shadow Shield (24693)
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Can be purchased for 30 ea Eden Coin (25223) at Paradise Equipments Room
|
NPC Lucy (top most NPC inside Paradise Equipments) | ||
| Shadowgear Armor |  Advanced Paradise Shadow Armor (24694)
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Can be purchased for 30 ea Eden Coin (25223) at Paradise Equipments Room
|
NPC Lucy (top most NPC inside Paradise Equipments) | ||
| Shadowgear Shoes |  Advanced Paradise Shadow Shoes (24695)
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Can be purchased for 30 ea Eden Coin (25223) at Paradise Equipments Room
|
NPC Lucy (top most NPC inside Paradise Equipments) | ||
| Shadowgear Accessories Right |  Advanced Paradise Shadow Earring (24696)
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Can be purchased for 30 ea Eden Coin (25223) at Paradise Equipments Room
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NPC Lucy (top most NPC inside Paradise Equipments) | ||
| Shadowgear Accessories Left |  Advanced Paradise Shadow Pendant (24697)
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Can be purchased for 30 ea Eden Coin (25223) at Paradise Equipments Room
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NPC Lucy (top most NPC inside Paradise Equipments) | ||
| Costume (top) | Any costume is fine |  Archbishop Stone (Top) (1000857)
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Price may vary for costume enchant stone | For Costume =
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| Costume (mid) | Any costume is fine |  Archbishop Stone (Mid) (1000858)
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Price may vary for costume enchant stone | For Costume =
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| Costume (low) | Any costume is fine |  Archbishop Stone (Low) (1000859)
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Price may vary for costume enchant stone | For Costume =
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| Costume (garment) | Any costume is fine |
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Price may vary for costume enchant stone | For Costume =
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When above gears are in your possesion, time to reset your stat and skills to become a fully supportive cardinal.
With determined stats, above gears will give your FS Cardinal 100% After Cast Delay Reduction and 100% Variable Cast Time Reduction.
At base level 275, my stats are
STR 2
AGI 91
VIT 130 (i need to have high HP)
INT 120
DEX 120
LUK 15
and the traits
POW
STA 72 (gives you Physical Defense)
WIS 110 (gives you Magic Defense)
SPL
CON
CRT 110 (this will give you plenty Health Points)
Above stats and traits will produce 170,000ish HP and around 51k SP.
The HP is not tanky enough, so for doing Depth 1 and Depth 2 party, do not stand in front of the pack, stay behind and keep casting Clementia, Praefatio, Sufragium, Imposition Manus, Mediale Voltum, Dilectio Heal, Coluceo Heal, Renovatio and Angelus.
Here is my Full Support Cardinal skills =
Acolyte skills
Divine Protection 6
Ruwach 1
Pneuma 1
Teleport 2
Warp Portal 4
Heal 3- Increase Agility 10
Aqua Benedicta 1- Angelus 10
- Blessing 10
Cure 1
Total skill points - 49 points
Holy Light is a quest skill, obtained from Platinum Skills NPC inside Main Office
Priest skills
Increase SP Recovery 10
Safety Wall 3
Resurrection 4 (a must for FS Cardinal)- Impositio Manus 5
- Suffragium 3
Aspersio 5
Sanctuary 1
Status Recovery 1- Kyrie Eleison 10
- Magnificat 5
Lex Divina 5
Turn Undead 3
Lex Aeterna 1 < this is the ultimate skill to increase damage from hitters, you need to spam this skill in some instances when in a party
Magnus Exorcismus 1 < just a prereq for Judex
Total skill points - 54 points
Redemptio is a quest skill, obtained from Platinum Skills NPC inside Main Office
High Priest skills
Assumptio 5
Meditation 10
Total skill points - 15 points
Arch Bishop skills
- Judex 10 < I need offensive skill
- Ancilla 1
- Clementia 3 < this skill will use often inside Depth 1 and Depth 2
Cantocandidus 3- Coluceo Heal 3 < 15 x 15 cells Area Heal
- Epiclesis 1
- Praefatio 10 < best protection for whole party
- Oratio 5
Lauda Agnus 4 < use this skill a lot during Tower of Trials
Lauda Ramus 4 < use this skill a lot during Tower of Trials- Renovatio 4 < one of skill that I always use in partying
- Highness Heal 3 < don't use this
Clearance 5 < use this skill a lot during Tower of Trials- Expiatio 5
- Duple Light 5
- Sacrament 5 < to reduce FCT on hitters
Convenio 1 < you have the power to summon all party members if you are the party leader
Total skill points - 69 points
Full Support Cardinal skills
Reparatio 5 < use this skill to restore your HP or single party member
Mediale Votum 5 < the best skill to sustain your HP and to tank inside Lake of Fire instance
Argutus Vita 5 < buff for magic class, Ignore MAGIC DEF on monsters
Argutus Telum 5 < buff for non magic class, Ignore PHYSICAL DEF on monsters
Presens Acies 5 < buff for non magic class that uses Critical
Competentia 5 < Recover 100% HP/SP, P.ATK / S.MATK +40 for duration 270 seconds (4.5 minutes)
Dilectio Heal 5 < with 100% ACD (After Cast Delay) I spam this skill to gain Activity Point (AP)
Religio < buff for magic class, increase SPL, WIS, STA +10 for duration 240 seconds (6 minutes)
Benedictum < buff for non magic class, increase POW, CRT, CON +10 for duration 240 seconds (6 minutes)
Total skill points - 51 points (still got 8 points left unused)
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Next TO-DO =
- Playing FS Cardinal in end game contents
Special Thanks
This goes to
- Muh and Icecold for hosting such a great RO server
- All Staff team of MuhRO (Lumi, and the rest of GMs, Event Manager Orpheus, Lea and others)
- Mod Teams (AinTz, Mysto and other Mods)
- Master Pablo Job for his never ending help during Depth 1 and 2 runs
- Master Takamina for his sharing on FS Cardinal
- Master Gao for his Masterness
- Master Ripley for his carry on Depth 2 runs
- Other carriers that I forgot and/or cannot mention one by one during Depth 1 and 2 runs
- My Indonesian friends who have been playing Ragnarok Online since 2004 until now
Best Regards,
Johnny Depth