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[darkabe]

Getting Started

• Training ground
• Asgard Village

Solo Gameplay

• Siroma
• Goat
• Ice Titans
• Others
• Anubis(priest only)

Playing in a team

• Puller
• Priest
• Bard
• Wizard

Miscellaneous

• Useful Alternative Characters
• Gears to change your experience
• Making Zeny
• Free transcendence quest

Making a leveling Machine

• Gears, stats and skills
• Perparations
• The Map
• The Fight
• Improving your gears

 

 

 

Useful links:

 

iRO Wiki Classic: for all kind of information on the game

Item and Monster database

Classic Patch notes: to get the lastest news about the recent changes

Things you may not know about: Classic a useful thread to know the specificities of Classic

Ragial: Lists the vending merchant online

Choobs: for castle status.

iRO Classic Headgear Quests

Skill simulator

Stat simulator

 

Note: The main purpose of this guide is to give directions to new players who wanted to try Classic and players which are stuck after finishing the Janeway Quests. It is certainly not complete and I may add more information later. Until then, I hope this helps.

 

 

 

Getting started (solo or team):

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Training ground:

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It is not easy to get started on a new server with no zeny. But if you know the ways to a fast progress in the game you can overcome that easily. That's what we'll be focusing on, to assure a smooth leveling.

 

You'll first start as a novice and, whether you are an experienced player or not, you must apply the training ground or it'll become difficult very fast!

Progress through the basic training until you are sent to the monster fields. It is not necessary to go through all the steps of the training before this point.

 

The first thing you have to do now is to find the npc called Jumping Janeway. The npc will give you the very simple quest of killing 10 Porings.

The reward will be a very decent dagger and to instantly reach the level 10 base and level 10 job, allowing you to immediately change class as long as you spend all your skill points.

 

Now talk to the npc in the north then talk to the Valkyrie looking npc right there (there's no need to go for the Quizz test since you'll get Free tickets for transportation and access to storage from the Valkyrie).

Asgard Village:

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There are many things you can find in the village which you can read about on the wiki page here.

What you need to know for now is that you should always talk to the Kafra NPC in the middle of the alley if you don't have a  Prontera Warp Pass on you. It's a free warp to the capital city Prontera. Whenever you use it, all you have to do is talk to one of the Kafra employee to get it back.

You can find an Asgard Teleporter in every town which makes it a good gathering point.

The first thing you wanna do, even before changing your class is to complete the Asgard Training Village Beginner Equipment quest. All you have to do it talk to some npcs in the different towns (the free transport tickets will be useful here).

 

Follow my next post if you are playing the game solo or the next ones if you joined the server as a team!

 

Solo Gameplay :

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At this point, if you finished your Beginner Equipment quest, you should be able to complete the Jumping Janeway quests without too many difficulties (you get free potions on each step).

 

If you're confused about your skills/stats distribution you can always refer to the iROWiki class specific guides

You should now be at level 70, with basic gears and nowhere to go. But we'll take care of this!

 

What you may not notice at this point is that there are tons of repeatable quest that give you experience. Some are more effective than others depending on your class/current gears/experience. You can find the list for those quests here.

 

Now here are the leveling options that I would prioritize:

 

 Siroma, easy and effective:

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Quest NPC (you can take both at the same time) :

 

Snowman can be found at the entrance of Ice Dungeon (156,25)

 

Adventurer's Guild is in Rachel near the entrance to the inn (130,80)

 

If you want an effective leveling route which doesn't require particularly strong gears you would probably want to kill Siromas in Ice Dungeon 1. You may want to use a warper to send you directly outside the cave and make your leveling experience easy (refer to useful alternative characters).

 

Mage class would prefer to max their skills Jupitel Thunder(for wizard) and Lightning Bolt(for sage)

Melee physical classes can double their dps if they use wind endow from a sage.

Archer classes can use Wind Arrows.

 

 Goats, making money while leveling:

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Quest NPC (you can take both at the same time):

 

The Bounty Board in Juno(186,148) will give you a killing quest but also a direct warp to the area if you have a quest active.

 

The Vegetable Farmer in the goat map (82,171) will give you a killing quest but also the option to trade him Antelope Horns for experience.

 

Goats are the most effective when it comes to making money while leveling as a new player with average gears. Blue Herbs and Empty bottles can sell (to other players) for a decent price for common drop items. You can also decide to sell your antelope horns in stead of using them for extra experience.

 

The hard part about dealing with Goats is their relatively high defense, physical classes with critical gears or defense ignoring skills will be effective here. Mage classes can deal with them easily with water skills.

Keep in mind that Goats assist each other!

 

Join an Ice Dungeon 3 party:

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Quest NPC: on the right side of Asgard Village you'l find an NPC that can warp you directly to the 3rd floor of the dungeon and in front of the npc giving you the killing quest. Parties can either be found around the center area of the dungeon or recruiting in Asgard.

 

If you can join a party in Ice Dungeon 3 it will certainly be the most effective leveling way a new player can expect. You will probably need to fulfill some particular role(see Ice dungeon roles in the next post for more details).

 

 

All the other areas:

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The repeatable experience quest can give a vague idea of the other leveling places, while those are less popular than the ones above, they can be very effective depending on the class played.

 

Juperos: Venatus are very strong for a new player but some assassin are used to level in that map even with basic gears.

 

Magma Dungeon: the high defense of Lava golems makes it an easy target for players who managed to get an Ice Pick. They are also weak to Magic damage.

 

High Orcs: Even without a killing quest, high orcs are known for being a decent experience source without being too strong. Leveling in High Orcs can be made very easy with a weapon from the Battleground.

 

Rachel Sanctuary is easily accessible to players with Battleground weapons, the items dropped there can be a decent source of income as well. Common items sell for a decent price to the npc and rare ones are quite valuable.

 

I know I've missed many spots that could be considered decent but I didn't want to extend the list too much. Feel free to explore the world and try to find something that would suit you.

 

 Special

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A priest player leveling solo will be able to level easily with Turn Undead on anubis in the 4th and 5th floor of Sphinx dungeon. This leveling method doesn't make much money and requires some kiting by the player when they have beginner gears.

 

Playing in a team:

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If you have some friends to join you in your Classic adventure then you are in luck. Progression can be made much easier if you know where you are going as a team.

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When joining the server you would usually wonder which class combinations will make your gaming experience enjoyable.

 

If you want to evolve in a fast pace, then the most effective way is to get a team ready for Ice Dungeon 3. The minimum team composition for this is as follow:

 

 

Puller: Most classes with either Vit or Flee can pull a certain number of mobs. Having an Aqua armor (Swordfish carded armor) is an easy way to avoid getting frozen by the Ice Titans' Frost Diver.

No one will expect you to pull half of the map with basic gears so just try to mob what you can and make sure to hide once the monster are getting killed.

See Gears to change your experience for the best headgear set on a puller.

roles: walk around to gather mobs/stay alive.

preferably: swordman(vit) class or thief(flee) class.

 

 

Support Priest: No particular gears needed. Needs to make sure the puller gets Agi and Kyrie buffs before mobbing, Heal and buff the party, Pneuma the wizard if he is targeted by a Gazeti.

 

 

 

Support Bard: This one can be alted if needed as long as Magic String is kept active.

 

 

AoE DPS wizard: Must keep the party protected with ice walls (Ice wall skill at least at level 5 for safety reasons).

Casts Lord of Vermillion on the mobs gathered by the puller. Remove ice walls once the mobs are dead with the sight+sightrasher combo.

A Phen accessory could help in difficult situations.

 

 

That is the minimum team for an ID3 party, good additions to the party could be : Dancer (for SP song) and more pullers.

 

This team composition can work in many other places but ice dungeon gets you great experience thanks to the killing quest.

 

 

 

Miscellaneous

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Useful Alternative Characters:

 

Sometimes, making your alts first will speed up your progression in the game.

Some class builds can also require alts to work properly.

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OC/DC Vender:

Since you start the game with no funds, you should make one of these as soon as possible. If you join the game as a team, you only need to have one of these and sell/buy stuff for everyone.

Required skills: Discount 10, Overcharge 10, Vending

 

    Buffer/Warper:

Acolyte buffs are always convenient. If you're farming in a remote area, it's better to have a warper than having to walk all the way.

Required Skills: Blessing 10, Increase Agility 10, Warp Portal

 

  Endow Sage:

Having one of these enchant your weapon with the proper element can boost your dps even with a weapon purchased at the NPC.

Required Skills : All four elemental endow.

 

   Linker:

Specific for certain classes with specific builds. Link dependent builds would include :

Shield Boomerang Crusader

One-Handed Sword Knights

Hindsight Sage

Beast Charge Hunter

Combo Monk (not necessary but very convenient)

 

Gears to change your experience:

 

Many equipments can improve your experience in Classic. If there is one that comes on top of all of those, it would be the  Witch Pumpkin Hat and  Alarm Mask set. It negates the problem of health consumables by making the very cheap and light  pumpkins heal for almost as much as white potions.

Witch Pumpkin Hat can be purchased from the Kafra Shop or from other players' vending characters.

Alarm mask can be crafted in a rather difficult quest or randomly from  Wrapped Mask which can be easily obtained in bulk during christmas events.

 

Making Zeny:

 

As a low level/undergeared player: An effective way without counting on rare items would be to farm empty bottles and try selling them to players.

 

As a player with average gears and level: The player can either opt to farm monsters with items of high npc value (like Hill Wind) or try and farm Goats for Blue Herbs, Empty Bottles and Antelope Horns which usually sell easily to other players.

 

As a high level player with decent gears: If you have the experience you can already start to compete on boss farming, you can also try farming  Guild Surplus Box. These can be found on Bio Lab 3 monsters, the Challenge dungeon behind prontera church(hard) or by killing the monsters in a guild dungeon (many guilds are welcoming and would invite you if you ask nicely)

 

note: avoid farming materials for guild supplies except empty bottles and blue herbs, the rest can already be obtained from the Guild Surplus Box.

 

Thanks to the quest for Headgear crafting it is possible to farm hats ingredients that players could buy for a decent price(check ragial to get an idea). The best is to go for the pupular and useful hats.

You can find a full list of the headgears and their ingredients in here.

 

Free Transcendence Quest:

 

If you started playing not so long ago and managed to reach the level 99, you can chose not to pay for transcendence and go for the free quest, just follow the steps here.

Edited by darkabe, 24 June 2017 - 01:30 PM.

[darkabe]

Making a leveling machine:

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If you want to invest your zeny in something that'll help you level your other characters easily then you'll probably want to gear up a TKM for Thor Volcano.

 

 

Gears, stats and skills:

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We'll first see the minimum gears needed to do it then we'll see how we can improve that in the future.

 

Weapon:

 

A cheap  Book[3] is the way to go. Since we're planning to kill Kasa we'll card it with the cheapest racial/size/element card, in our case : 3x  Vadon card.

You could also get a  Brave Battle Strategy Book to kill Bow Guardians faster but it's not necessary.

 

Headgear:

 

To make the leveling as cheap as possible, we'll need to use the Witch Pumkin hat set:

 Witch's Pumpkin Hat

 Alarm mask

To make your potions cost irrelevant, especially since you'll be potting a lot due to the reflect of the mob and Union.

 

Shield:

 

 Stone Buckler[1] with a Penomena card. note: the shield can be useful in Ice dungeon parties as well.

 

Armor:

 

Any equipable armor with a  Pasana card. Preferably light, I personally like to go for a Mantle[1].

 

Garment:

 

 Muffler[1] with a Raydric card.

 

Shoes:

 

Any equipable shoes with  Verit card will do the job.

 

Accessory:

 

Any equipable accessory with  Marine Sphere card (see Preparations section for more details).

Any equipable accessory with Errende Ebecee card (will save your life)

While it's not necessary, you can go for  Mantis card accessories (Clip[1] under level 90 and Ring[1] after that) but then you have to adjust your str bonus. You can also go for Medal of Honor which gives you both damage and survivability.

 

Stat wise if it's your first TKM, I'd suggest to put all your stats into str and vit.

 

For skills, here is the minimum you need.

 

You'll be able to kill Kasa with water endow(from lvl 3 Mild Wind) and Stellar Heat.

 

 

Preparations:

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First it's important to save at Veins' inn located here:

 

 

Then you'll need to bring the following alts :

 

• Hunter with the skill Talkie Box. This character's role is to stack a couple hundred of his traps on a corner of the inn (I usually do 150 to 200).
• Bard with Magic String. Once you are done putting your traps use the Magic String buff on your TKM to spam Magnum Break on the traps thanks to your Marine Sphere accessory. The goal is to provoke TKM's buff : Miracle(lasts for an hour). You'll notice you magnum break damage increase at some point indicating that you succefully activated the Miracle. (note: if you have RCX active, the buff will appear on top of your character)
• Priest for buffs and warps. It is highly preferable to have a High Priest for this just for the assumptio buff. You'll want to memo the entrance of the dungeon and Veins' kafra to resupply in Pumpkins and fly wings/b.wings. note: Don't memo any kafra other than Veins' or you will lose your Miracle buff as soon as you leave Veins' area and you'll have to re-proc it again with traps.
• Soul Linker with TKM link. You only need the skill at lvl 1, it'll allow you to use the skill Union to ignore the monster Flee and Defense.(without Union you'll miss most of your hits since Kasa have a decent flee)

Tip: To regain your Sp while you spam magnum break on the traps you can bring a scholar, use the inn or equip a +8 Rideword hat.

Tip2: Do not magnum break the traps with Union active. You'll die instantly.

 

 

The Map:

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Before you start you'll need to organize the map to make it as enjoyable for you as possible.

 

 

Try putting your character to level on the light green area (behind a rock). I should be more or less safe, you may have to drag monsters away occasionally using your TKM.

 

Now you need to clear the light blue area. Try moving Sword Guardians, Salamander and Fire Imp away from that zone (I usually move them to the bottom of the map).

Keep only the Kasa in the blue area and you'll notice when you start killing them that some will respawn in that same area.

Kill the same Kasa again and again until your Miracle runs out.

 

Why not kill the monsters around the green area in stead? Kasa will indeed respawn in that area as well but unfortunately, there's a risk they'll respawn on the character you're leveling which is why I prefer to kill them in a different place.

 

 

The Fight:

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If you don't have any experience with this, it is to be expected to struggle on the first tries. Dealing with reflect while on Union  can surprise you until you get used to comsume your Pumpkins fast enough.

When the Kasa go bright while casting, it means you're gonna get hit by Clashing Spiral. You're protected against fire damage with your armor but that skill is neutral and certainly your biggest threat. Thanks to the Errende Ebecee card you'll be able to have Pneuma on top of you pretty often (thanks to the reflect).

 

 

Improving your gears:

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Weapon : The best is to go for one of the slotted elemental Books and card them with  Abysmal Knight,  Vadon and  Pecopeco Egg cards.

 

Armor:  Lucius's Fierce Armor of Volcano [1] with either  Pecopeco card for survivabily or  Porcellio card for more damage.

 

Shield:  Valkyrian Shield[1] with  Alice card

 

Shoes and Accessories: You can either go for +9 equipable shoes with  Firelock Soldier card for more survivability or the  Bloodied Shackle Ball and  Shackles set for more damage.

[MrWhisp]

> Having an Aqua armor (Swordfish carded armor) is an easy way to avoid getting frozen by the Ice Titans' Frost Diver.

 

Don't you need Marc for this ?