Hannie's Night Watch manual to spread democracy

Work in progress! by Hannie

Introduction

 
 


This guide's aim is to help provide a baseline knowledge about this popular yet almost forgotten class in PVE. Hope it will prove useful to anyone who's reading this.
Night Watch is a pretty straightforward DPS class that is very easy to pick up as you go, but to truly master the usage of its arsenal ( yes, there is 5 types of guns with at least 1 builds for each ) will take a long time.
Why should you play one, and what does it offer?

Abbreviations
OG Short
Night Watch NW
Damage per second DPS
Grenade Launcher GL
Area of Effect DPS
Action Point AP
Pros
You get to use a gun! yes, not for fun but guns have 0 size penalty, so you don't have to worry about that part for the rest of your life
Wide variety of builds, and weapons selection
Have innate DEF ignore on some builds, and CRIT skill on some.
Medium mobility with Fallen Angel
No cooldown 25% max HP worth of shield
On DPS build can be pretty competitive single DPS on boss.
Free 30 Crit from intensive aim


Cons
Gear swapping will be essential to learn and master.
Mediocre AOE farming, Good single target and instance farming. Not the class you will want as your main farmer
Very dependance on gear
Low base HP due to Extended class can't rebirth.
Mobility tied to Pistol gun type.
Cost zeny to get coins, and most of your skills require coins and other types of ammo.
Worse ammo viability than other ammo users. Only have access to Fire, Earth, Water, Wind, Holy, Neutral, Shadow and Poison.
4th job's Aim mechanic requires you to stand still in one place, only way to move is Fallen Angel


On my scale, i'd rate Night Watch to be 6/10 in term of difficulties.

Gun types

800017.png Revolver

Only gun type that can use the only movement skill : Fallen Angel, which we will get to more details on the skill section.
Suitable for boss DPS due to high scaling on Magazine for One skill. Lacks any noticeable AOE skill beside Fire Dance which requires you to be melee and does not scale on 4th job stats.

13150.png Rifle

All of rifle skills are critical based. So rifle are locked into critical damage build and have no access to DEF ignore skills.
Rifle is a well rounded gun, has access to boss DPS by spamming Only One Bullet and Spiral Shot. and Spiral shot is an AOE skill in itself albeit very small ( 7x7 around target ).

13181.png Shotgun

Similar to Revolver, Shotgun boast one of the biggest damage scaling skill. But it slow base ASPD and lacks of neither crit/DEF ignore put it behind other guns. Usable but not strong.
Shotgun has access to both target ground AOE and center around caster AOE ( both 7x7 ) which makes it not bad to pick up as a farmer build.

13172.png Gatling

The king of farming, singlehandedly carry Rebellion with Round Trip and now on Night Watch proceed to do it again with Vigilante In The Night. The difference ? They can now do long range single target with Magazine For One.
Has always been and will still be the best gun to start with, VITN is spamable Round trip and even ignores DEF. both Magazine For One and Vigilante In The Night deals acceptable boss DPS too.

13160.png Grenade Launcher

Has always been the weird one, but never the weak link. GL have lowest base ASPD out of the bunch. but makes up with huge damage multiplier. On Rebellion, GL has a cooldown limit but on Night Watch, Grenade Launcher become a spammer build which deals high enough damage to be competitive at end game. and all of Grenade Launcher skills hits for big AOE skill, which makes it an very good choice for farming.

Overview

Guns types
For Revolver Rifle Shotgun Gatling GrL
Boss DPS ♦♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦
Farming ♦♦ ♦♦ ♦♦♦ ♦♦♦

This is objectively from my experience. And are wildly varied depends on gear, familiarity with the game, your willingness to use consumables, ...

Skills

Some noticeable skill from each of the skill tree will be explained here. Since the skill points will varied build to build, I won't be listing skill builds here yet

General Skills

Gunslinger

510.png Snake Eyes - Stat passive
509.png Single Action - Stat passive
511.png Chain Action - Stat passive, can skip maxing out but very useful when dealing with plant-type combat
500.png Coin Flip - The base skill to gain coins on Gunslinger, will be replaced later on but is a prequisite, each use cost 1 zeny
506.png Increase Accuracy - A very small stat self buff that last for 1 min
517.png Gatling Fever - A self buff if you are using gatling

Rebellion

2552.png Rich's Coin - Your most important skill to generate coins, instantly gives max coin with 100 zeny cost
2555.png Binding Trap (Dark Pit) - A good skill to use when soloing, although not as potent as ankle snare but it helps alot even with just the slow. A little clunky to use, have to aim far from your self
2554.png Banishing Buster (Exile) - Shotgun skill that removes 1 positive buff from a target, useful in some situation but generally not worth the hassle. Will fail if you dont have enough HIT, has elemental immunity, auto guard
2558.png Eternal Chain (Infinite Chain) - Allows Chain Action skill to benefits all guns, therefore opens up Quick Draw Shot for all guns
2559.png Quick Draw Shot (Tailwind Shot) - After Chain Action passive proc, use this skill to add damage to that shot. Does not have acd and can be cast as much as your ASPD and luck for chain action procs
2560.png Crimson Marker (Blood Brand) - Reduce target FLEE to 10, and damage to Rebellion's skills towards marked target. Bread and butter for bossing as a Rebellion
2564.png Fallen Angel (Nephilim) - Your only movement skill, can spam as much as you have the coins for it. Only usable on Revolver
2563.png Platinum Alter - 25% max HP shield, Mastery ATK increases depends on the amount of coins you have on cast. Very potent buff without cooldown that you will use alot, downside is the skill only works with 13221.png Silver Bullet (13221) or 13220.png Purifying Bullet (13220)
2568.png Heat Barrel (Acceleration Bullet) - 50% FCT, ASPD and Attack buff depends on the amount of coins you have on cast. Can be used with all bullets but have cooldown.
2569.png Anti-Material Blast (Obliterator) - Rifle skill that have a chance to put resistance reduction debuff on the target. It will boost your team DPS by a lot, but the debuff duration is short and have a chance to fail. Useful on all guns in bossfights.

Night Watch

5401.png P.F.I - Stat passive
5402.png Grenade Mastery - Stat passive
5404.png Grenade Fragment - Changes the element of your grenade skill tree ( the one below Grenade mastery, not grenade launcher's skill
5413.png Auto Firing Launcher - Gives NW auto attack a chance to use the 3 grenade skills, usually NW will not be using auto attack but once there is gear for auto grenade build it will find its use. for now dont worry about this.
5414.png Hidden Card - NW's "unlimit", gives you a huge damage boost for the duration. Cost 150 AP
5403.png Intensive Aim - Enter aim mode. While in aim mode, NW cannot move by any means aside from 2564.png Fallen Angel (Nephilim), but in term will gain stack of Aiming that will boost NW other skills and stat boost
5415.png Mission Bombard - NW "dps" ultimate, deals a burst of damage. Not worth using since you will be keeping AP to reuse 5414.png Hidden Card.

DPS Skill

Gun skill

One or Two of these will be your main tool, they are limits to having equip two certain guns, and builds will be center around these.

Skill Overall Special 1 Special 2
5405.png The Vigilante at Night AOE skill centered around player 13172.png Gatling: Ignores DEF, Bigger AOE 13181.png Shotgun: Higher Scaling, Smaller AOE
5406.png Only One Bullet Single target skill 800017.png Revolver: ignores DEF, higher scaling 13150.png Rifle: can crit
5407.png Spiral Shooting AOE skill that does damage around target 13150.png Rifle: can crit 13160.png Grenade Launcher: deals 2 hit, bigger AOE
5408.png Magazine for One Single target skill 800017.png Revolver: can crit, higher scaling 13172.png Gatling: deals more hits
5409.png Wild Fire AOE skill that does damage in the selected area ( ground target ) 13160.png Grenade Launcher: bigger AOE 13181.png Shotgun: higher Scaling, smaller AOE

Grenade skill

These skills have pretty similar function is that they do some small aoe damage, generates AP and can choose element with 5404.png Grenade Fragment. Either one or two of these is very good to have when farming. They cost 1000564.png Throwing Grenade (1000564)
5410.png Basic Grenade
5411.png Hasty Fire in the Hole
5412.png Grenades Dropping

Builds

WIP

Build Types

WIP

Critical Build

Current Gear - Revolver Build

 
 

Ranged Build

Current Gear - Gatling Build

 
 

Autocast Build

One day 810009.png Master Soul Rifle-LT [2] (810009) 490185.png Heroic Token (Night Watch) [1] (490185)

Items

Useful Gears

Combat consumables

Ammo

Leveling

Farming

Overview

Nightwatch is not the best farmer, but makes up in versatility and some weird gimmick. We have a tool for most of the situation and map that thrown at us but we wont farm fast enough compare to meta farmer. Now get to the main part

Dungeons

Farming 101 For Nightwatch
Map Difficulty Preparations What to Loot Notes
General Nope Everything 25730.png Zelunium Ore (25730)
25731.png Zelunium (25731)
25728.png Shadowdecon Ore (25728)
25729.png Shadowdecon (25729)
984.png Oridecon (984)
985.png Elunium (985)
1000322.png Etel Dust (1000322)
50001.png Forgotten Heirloom (50001)
All Cards drop

These items should always be in your alootid list as they are used for progression, they drops alot but also used alot. Have values to sell to other players too.
Autoloot commands (this section better put into you login autoloot settings):
@aloottype +6
@alootid +25730|+25731|+25728|+25729|+984|+985|+1000322|+50001

Geffenia 0

13220.png Purifying Bullet (13220)
525.png Panacea (525)
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire

1038.png Little Evil Horn (1038)
912.png Zargon (912)
1039.png Little Evil Wing (1039)
1060.png Golden Hair (1060)
740.png Puppet (740)
716.png Red Gemstone (716)
715.png Yellow Gemstone (715)
526.png Royal Jelly (526)
522.png Mastela Fruit (522)
2610.png Gold Ring (2610)
1064.png Reins (1064)
2613.png Diamond Ring (2613)
12127.png Professional Cooking Kit (12127)
21015.png Crimson Two-Handed Sword [2] (21015)
1691.png Wondrous Foxtail Wand [2] (1691)
1939.png Crimson Violin [2] (1939)

Additional loots to consider:
12370.png Girl's Naivety (12370)
12373.png Boy's Pure Heart (12373)
1009.png Hand of God (1009)
12020.png Cursed Water (12020)

Pretty simple place to farm as Night Watch. Mob will frequently cast Curse and Hallucination so bringing a 525.png Panacea (525) is important to keep you comfortable.
Most of the loots are for direct sell to NPC ( making an overcharge Merchant or buy 50042.png Haggler Pass (50042) from cash shop is always recommended )
12370.png Girl's Naivety (12370) and 12373.png Boy's Pure Heart (12373) are used to capture Incubus and Succubus pet, they are best farming pets at all stages of the game for physical class.( so for ourselves )
1009.png Hand of God (1009) is used in a crafting recipe needed at end game and 12020.png Cursed Water (12020) is shadow endow.
Autoloot commands (add id of additional items to nolootid if you want it removed):
@autoloot 100
@nolootid +509|+932|+2864|+1919|+5072|+756|+1974|+2866|+2865

Illusion Dungeons 1-2

13220.png Purifying Bullet (13220)
4105.png Marc Card (4105) for Illusion of underwater
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire

25271.png Illusion Stone (25271)
All Illusion gear, for example:
21050.png Illusion Tae Goo Lyeon [2] (21050)
All Illusion refinement/special refinement box, for example:
100391.png Moonlight Refinement Box (100391)
100392.png Special Moonlight Refinement Box (100392)

One of the most versatile farming place.
All Illusion gear can be sold to NPC at high prices ( around 100k a piece with overcharge ), raw zeny drop is great at Illusion of Twins, Illusion of Underwater, 25271.png Illusion Stone (25271) can be vend to player.
If you manage to get +10 using refinement boxes, buy the exchange hammer at Paradise Market and you get yourself a +9 ticket, if you are lucky, you get +10 ticket with 3 hammers ( 3m zeny ) that can sell for 25+ m zeny. Also some gear here are great to use on yourself too. Check up the build part
Autoloot commands:
@autoloot 0.2
@alootid +25271
This will autoloot all the target items from mobs, but for MVP you have to either pick the boxes and gear your self, or use @autoloot 15

Magma Dungeon F3 1

13220.png Purifying Bullet (13220)
525.png Panacea (525)
607.png Yggdrasil Berry (607) or 1100004.png Concentrated Blue Syrup Potion (1100004)
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire
All equipment drops

Great for starter farming, doesn't really need much gear ( can start with Grace set ) and has great returns. Also has Eden board quest and Daily board quest associate with it.
Mobs here frequently cast SP drain, so an 607.png Yggdrasil Berry (607) or 1100004.png Concentrated Blue Syrup Potion (1100004) will be mandatory to keep using skill in here. They also use curse and hallucination debuff, but not as frequent, 525.png Panacea (525) will come in handy.
Gear drops here worth zeny from selling to NPC and if you have spare 985.png Elunium (985) you can mass refine them to as high as possible ( preferably over +8 ) and turn into tickets for reselling.
Autoloot commands:
@aloottype +4

Odin's Past 1

13232.png Blinding Bullet (13232)
Recommended build:

  • 5409.png Wild Fire
  • 5407.png Spiral Shooting

7063.png Soft Feather (7063)
7511.png Rune of Darkness (7511)
7054.png Brigan (7054)
12040.png Stone of Sage (12040)
7938.png Light Granule (7938)
731.png 2carat Diamond (731)
25767.png Angel's Dream (25767)
23986.png Odin Relics (23986)

Mediocre zeny gain, scarce mob spawn, but have both Daily board quest and Eden board quest, shouldn't do outside of daily rotations.
25767.png Angel's Dream (25767) is used to enchant Soutain ( useful in some cases like brewer, otherwise don't worry about it ).
Gears from 23986.png Odin Relics (23986) can be sell to NPC for zeny.
Autoloot commands:
@alootid +7063|+7511|+7054|+12040|+7938|+731|+25767|+23986

Einbech Dungeon F3 1

13220.png Purifying Bullet (13220)
607.png Yggdrasil Berry (607) or 1100004.png Concentrated Blue Syrup Potion (1100004)
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire

605.png Anodyne (605)
7119.png Bacillus (7119)
25817.png Bizarre Stone Carvings (25817)
7326.png Fluorescent Liquid (7326)
25816.png Broken Trap (25816)
7327.png Flashlight (7327)
7316.png Insect Leg (7316)
7289.png Peridot (7289)
25809.png Redium (25809)
25810.png Rindium (25810)
25811.png Odium (25811)
25812.png Purdium (25812)
25813.png Whidium (25813)
25814.png Dynite (25814)
9517.png Untouched Gemstone (9517)

Good enough zeny drops, small and populated map, have both Daily board quest and Eden board quest. Also gives okay EXP from 200 to 240.
Mobs here are mostly neutral 4, just avoid ghost element attack and ammo things should be fine. They sometimes cast SP drain so a few SP regen consumables is recommended. If you don't 1 shot the Minerals, they will cast Defender which will be quite annoying for ranged class.
The 0 zeny drops ( ores ) are used to craft and enchant Einbech series weapon and accessories. With new update will allow reform for Einbech weapons, should keep in your storage. Else can be vend to players.
Autoloot commands:
@alootid +605|+7119|+25817|+7326|+25816|+7327|+7316|+7289|+25809|+25810|+25811|+25812|+25813|+25814|+9517

Abyss Lake F4 2

13216.png Blazing Bullet (13216)
525.png Panacea (525)
Recommended build:

  • 5409.png Wild Fire
  • 5407.png Spiral Shooting

25765.png Large Dragon Bone (25765)
25766.png Small Dragon Bone (25766)
25759.png Green Dragon Orb (25759)
25760.png Blue Dragon Orb (25760)
25761.png Red Dragon Orb (25761)
25762.png Gold Dragon Orb (25762)
25763.png Purple Dragon Orb (25763)
25764.png Silver Dragon Orb (25764)
23985.png Dragon Treasure (23985)

Bad zeny , map are small but monster are scarce and rarely packed. Has little use aside from farming for dragon resist item and dailies.
Monster sometimes uses curse and hallucination. They also hit quite hard if you are still in early stages of the game or without leech.
Gear drops from 23985.png Dragon Treasure (23985) can be sell for zeny, keep a set for yourself , will be useful in dragon boss.
Autoloot commands:
@alootid +25765|+25766|+25759|+25760|+25761|+25762|+25763|+25764|+23985

Rudus F3 1

13216.png Blazing Bullet (13216)
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire

25723.png Cor Core (25723)
6089.png Dark Piece (6089)
7123.png Dragon Skin (7123)
7511.png Rune of Darkness (7511)
7563.png Bloody Rune (7563)
25159.png Seal of Heart Hunter (25159)

Pre-quest: 17.1 Illusion
Mediocre farming place, mostly used to farm directly for 25723.png Cor Core (25723) that is used on Grace gear, Illusion Gear. Mobs here are slow, does not have many really bad debuffs, just careful with Dolor casting defender
Other loots can be sell for zeny.
Autoloot commands:
@alootid +25723|+6089|+7123|+7511|+7563

Varmundt's Second Power Plant 2

13216.png Blazing Bullet (13216)
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire

25159.png Seal of Heart Hunter (25159)
715.png Yellow Gemstone (715)
716.png Red Gemstone (716)
7326.png Fluorescent Liquid (7326)
7123.png Dragon Skin (7123)
1000103.png Varmeal Ticket (1000103)

Pre-quest: 17.2 Sage Legacy
Medium raw zeny drops,1000103.png Varmeal Ticket (1000103) is used for gear progression place for Automatic gear. Only have eden board quest.
Monster spawn are rich, area is not small but easy navigate, mobs are packed up most of the time. One of the best farming for newer player.
Autoloot commands:
@alootid +25159|+715|+716|+7326|+7123|+1000103

Rudus F4 3

13216.png Blazing Bullet (13216)
Recommended build:

  • 5409.png Wild Fire
  • 5407.png Spiral Shooting

All equipment drops.
7511.png Rune of Darkness (7511)
6089.png Dark Piece (6089)

Pre-quest: 17.1 Illusion
Lv 200 version of Rudus. This place has mid rate drops for the progression materials and the place to farm for 410092.png Cor Core Booster [1] (410092) and 410017.png Battle Processor [1] (410017) which are used in some lategame builds.
The other equipment drops can be sell to NPC for high zeny value.
Monster here are slow, can kite easily by most of the ranged/magic classes. Be mindful of Stone skin and some magic damage. Autoloot commands:
@autoloot 12
@alootid +7511|+6089

Nightmare Biolabs/Bio5 3

13232.png Blinding Bullet (13232)
Recommended build:

  • 5409.png Wild Fire
  • 5407.png Spiral Shooting

Everything

This place does not really matters for us ( luckily ) but unless you need alt materials or selling for some reason ( just buy from paramk its cheap ).
Mobs here is a pain in the ass 90% of the time but thanks god we can one shot most of them from a screen away with 5409.png Wild Fire without need to be inside line of sight, move slow, take care of environment , ALWAYS use 23204.png Brilliant Protection Scroll (23204) .
Some notable monster that you must prioritize killing on sight:
3209.gif
Magaleta Sorin (3209)
Cast Max pain which will kills you instantly if left alive.
3228.gif
Celia Alde (3228)
Dispel your buffs including 5414.png Hidden Card
3208.gif
Eremes Guille (3208)
1 shot if you are not end game gear or full glass canon build.
3230.gif
Gertie Wie (3230)
Strips
Autoloot commands:
@autoloot 100

Niflheim Dungeon F1 3

13220.png Purifying Bullet (13220)
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire
WIP WIP
Thanatos Tower F11 3

13232.png Blinding Bullet (13232)
12211.png Kafra Card (12211)
Recommended build:

  • 5409.png Wild Fire
  • 5407.png Spiral Shooting

Everything

Thanatos Tower F12 4

13220.png Purifying Bullet (13220)
607.png Yggdrasil Berry (607) or 1100004.png Concentrated Blue Syrup Potion (1100004)
12710.png Guyak Pudding (12710)
12211.png Kafra Card (12211)
479.png Full Chemical Protection
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire

Everything

WIP
Amiticia Dungeon F1 4

13231.png Poison Bullet (13231)
4105.png Marc Card (4105)
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire
WIP WIP
Niflheim Dungeon F2 4

13220.png Purifying Bullet (13220)
13216.png Blazing Bullet (13216) for Bloody branch farming
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire
  • 5408.png Magazine for One or 5406.png Only One Bullet for Bloody Branch farming
WIP WIP
Amiticia Dungeon F2 4

13231.png Poison Bullet (13231)
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire
WIP WIP
Oz Dungeon F2 3

13217.png Freezing Bullet (13217)
Recommended build:

  • 5409.png Wild Fire
WIP WIP
Clock Tower Basement 4

13220.png Purifying Bullet (13220)
4105.png Marc Card (4105)
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire
WIP WIP
Varmundt's Biosphere 5

13217.png Freezing Bullet (13217)
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire
  • 5408.png Magazine for One
WIP WIP

13216.png Blazing Bullet (13216)
Recommended build:

  • 5408.png Magazine for One
  • 5407.png Spiral Shooting
  • 5406.png Only One Bullet
WIP WIP

13220.png Purifying Bullet (13220)
525.png Panacea (525)
Recommended build:

  • 5405.png The Vigilante at Night
  • 5409.png Wild Fire
  • 5408.png Magazine for One
WIP WIP

13218.png Lightning Bullet (13218)
4105.png Marc Card (4105)
525.png Panacea (525)
Recommended build:

  • 5408.png Magazine for One
  • 5407.png Spiral Shooting
  • 5409.png Wild Fire
WIP WIP

13220.png Purifying Bullet (13220)
Recommended build:

  • 5408.png Magazine for One
  • 5406.png Only One Bullet
  • 5407.png Spiral Shooting
WIP WIP

13216.png Blazing Bullet (13216)
Recommended build:

  • 5408.png Magazine for One
  • 5409.png Wild Fire
  • 5407.png Spiral Shooting
WIP WIP

13232.png Blinding Bullet (13232)
Recommended build:

  • 5408.png Magazine for One
  • 5407.png Spiral Shooting
  • 5406.png Only One Bullet
WIP WIP

Instances

WIP