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    Akechi/Leonidas's Guide on Renewal and Shining Moon Ragnarok Online BUT LEO THIS GUIDE IS TOO LONG! Then I have bad news for you: You'll struggle a lot later on. The structure of this guide is like a Question/Answer format. The guide will be split in 4 parts: Part A - General Explanations, Most asked Questions and stuff. Part B - So you're new to Ragnarok Online? Part C - So you're new to Renewal? Part D - So you're new to Shining Moon, our server? You can talk to players ingame using #Main, and ask for help from anyone using #Support on the PM chat box. This guide will be updated as the time goes on and depending on what happens on the server. Who is this guide for: -New players to shining moon RO. -New players to renewal. -Players who have no idea what to do. -Players who don't know how to search for stuff. -Players who asks a lot of questions that's been asked a thousand times before. -Players who need assistance and preparation to run content. -Players who may want to get some extra information. Who this guide isn't for: -Players who want a cookie cutter ready build. -Players who want to half-ass their way to victory. -Players who believe randomly doing stuff works well. -Players who are already prepared and play for a while. -People who know their way around. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART A- GENERAL EXPLANATIONS, MOST ASKED QUESTIONS AND STUFF WHERE SHOULD I PLAY? NIFLHEIM OR HELHEIM? Helheim is more recommended if you want something closer to how the current developers want the game to be experienced. Items and some mechanics are restricted to kRO only variations. The builds and item choices will be closer to the ones seen on videos about kRO, and knowing their current metagame can help you know what to look for without getting lost or sidetracked. Niflheim is more recommended if you want more choices and doesn't worry too much about following kRO Only structure of gameplay. iRO and jRO items are also available, along with a special costume enchanting system and +20 items are possible (with given money, effort and time). I personally advise against playing solely based on server population, as no matter how many people are with you, if you don't enjoy the game on a personal level. It'll wear you out eventually: -You want to work and play as much like the people on kRO do and their current metagame under the same concepts and systems? Helheim brings this to you. -You want choices, experimenting and weird builds based around different skills/concepts only available on specific grounds and the sky being the limit? Consider Niflheim. HOW SHOULD I LEVEL? Easiest/most common way is leveling at 100x/100x exp/job, getting some reasonable gear, then making a x1/100x exp/job rate character for the 50% drop rate bonus. leveling at 10x is also very reasonable if you want some bonus but don't want to commit as much time, and it keeps the bonus at 30%. Job rate doesn't break the rewards so can be set to 100x with no issues. You can always check if you're eligible for the rewards with @ratecheck. WHAT ARE THE x1 EXTRA REWARDS? At level 175 you get 10k cashpoints, and an alternate outfit ticket. It must be a main class and not an alt class (the extra ones you can buy at the office, and swap with the skill) IF I RESET A x1/x10/x100 CHARACTER's LEVEL TO 1, DO I LOSE THE BONUS? Obviously, as that would completely defeat the purpose of the system. But If you level a main class to 175, the second and third classes for that character also keep the extra drop bonus. DO I GET A GARMENT FOR LEVEL 200 at x1? You can receive 20k Cash Points for leveling to 200 at x1 rate. keep in mind its once per account/person, not per character. And you'll need to contact Lunar through PM on discord (which may take a while) DO COSTUME DROPS GET AFFECTED BY BUBBLE GUM? Yes. WHAT IS BETTER? KATAR OR DUAL DAGGER? Katar is more acessible and will win 95% of the time. Daggers win only if you can afford the absurdly higher cost as well as understand the difference may not be worth it as they require a massive optimization of attack bonuses. On Niflheim, Katars always win if you have Juliette D Rachel (Sky Fortress Instance rare drop from boss)+ Immortal Dog Tag( @go 46 Otherworld NPC) WHERE CAN I FIND THE JRO GEAR IN NIFLHEIM? Either from Fortessa Dungeon/Fortessa Pit, Otherworld exchange or Bio 5 MVP Drops. HOW DOES THE NIFLHEIM COSTUME ENCHANT WORK? Check the forum for other, more detailed guides on this specific subject. WHAT ARE OTHERWORLD FRAGMENTS(NIFLHEIM)? When you clear any instance on hard or higher difficulty, you have a chance to drop a otherworld -Instanceboss- fragment (15% in hell difficulty), those items along with some others can be exchanged for jRO gear at @go 46/exchange. Keep in mind this is one of the highest endgame goals and require time and planning. I FOUND A BUG! WHAT DO I DO? Submit a ticket on the forums, or PM a GM Ingame/Discord. Depending on the bug's severity, it may be fixed in an emergency maintenance or next patch. WHAT'S A RECOMMENDED PROGRESSION FOR ME? HOW CAN I FIND/GET STUFF? -Use @go Market, check npcs, items, and such, understand what's in there, some consumables and such may be avaliable, as well as all the choices on the special tool dealer NPC in every town. -Eden Quests get you some basic, usable gear all the way to 3rd class. -You can try the room of counsciouness at Easy after level 110-ish, even dying and taking multiple runs, you can clear it since the npcs can kill the bosses for you, and buy Imperial or Noblesse gear with the tokens at @go 46/@go exchange. Doing Royal Banquet quests also works. -After Level 150, you can also get Unknown Parts and Cor Cores(at @warp sp_os) for Grace set. Grace set is the best mid game set, so you can get ready for proper,specific gearing. The monsters at sp_os are very weak and easily doable after level 120. You can buy the gear and the "Instant +9 armor refine ticket" that's specific for grace equipment at @go 46 as well (center left of the area).Also get an Illusion OS weapon, farmed at the same map and exchanged at the same @go46 area, south npc. -Good weapons for starting are the Thanatos themed weapons from Ghost palace, a very simple instance that can be cleared at level 120+ just remember to loot the shards, the Illusion OS weapons also are very nice and reasonable. The Einbech Weapons also are very possible. -For endgame, it depends on your character, when in doubt, you can farm "Temporal Items" Specifically the Manteau and Boots using the glast heim themed instances. check requirements on @go 46 npcs. Illusion OS equipment also works, and requires the same items as the grace set, but in variable amounts and chances and can be enchanted as well. -Refining: You can farm diabolus manteaus from incarnations of morroc at moc_fild21~22 and exchange for +7 refinement tickets with the girl beside the blue door at @go eden if you don't want to depend on lucky 3 spins for +8 tickets. HD ores, Limited Ores(niflheim) and Blacksmith Blessing (helheim, sometimes niflheim) may take a while longer but can also be bought from other players. Most builds are perfectly serviceable with a +7 set and you can focus on cards and stuff after it. -Shadow Equipment: it's VERY recommended to farm your job's shadow set as soon as you can kill the monsters, even if slowly, or buy from players (asking for the set pieces on #trade and paying a small zeny cost for someone to get them to you don't usually take long, and some people are always willing to make quick money). You can also check the IDs and pieces (to then use @whodrops -ID-) at the battlegrounds NPC (if you take your time, you can even buy them with the daily badge rewards). -Always hit the world boss, even if once, and get the rewards on rodex. -If you type a skill name on the "search" box on top right or the "description" box of any item search tab on divine pride, you can find item support for a specific skill build you might be interested in. Example: typing "Cross Impact" will show you items that have this skill on them. typing "Fire" when searching for a card will show you cards that have different effects and synergies with fire element. -Read Stuff. Pay attention, check the market, take your time on the game. The most fun is on the journey, not the destination! -If you have lag, use !ping ingame to check your data, if it's too high or you have packet loss (common for SEA players), consider using a VPN, server is hosted in Canada. Good Gearing Ideas and choices(doesn't include all of them, but most mainstream ones): https://www.shining-moon.com/helheim/index.php/Episode_Equipment Example Divine Pride Search page, looking for "resist" on a card: https://www.divine-pride.net/database/item/card?Name=&Affix=&Description=Resist&function=&Location=&find=Search Best Way to look for drops/spawns and such ingame: -Use @ii (part of item name) or @ii2 (id) to get more information on items, the ID can always be found on the item descriptions. -Use @whodrops -itemid- to find who drops the items, if nobody drops it, it might be a reward or exchange from -@go 46, lucky 3, world boss- or such, if after checking all choices you can't find the item, ask the community. -Use @whereis to find where the monster spawns. -Use @warp/Warper npc to the spawn point mentioned. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART B- SO YOU'RE NEW TO RAGNAROK ONLINE? WHAT? WHERE AM I? Welcome to the world of Ragnarok Online! one of the most complicated but satisfying MMO's to play nowadays. WHY IS IT COMPLICATED? Because the game has absolutely zero effort in helping you actually play it effectively and 90% of the information requires external databases and information SO SHOULD I JUST GIVE UP? Hell no! It's a very good game and if i've been playing it for the past 16 years, it's well worth it, but the learning curve is harsh. HOW HARSH? It's more like a learning canyon. That is, if you try to go in blind. OH MY GOD! WHAT SHOULD I DO FIRST? Well, the first thing you can do is choose a class! GREAT! WHAT IS THE STRONGES~ - faceslap- Cut it off! You don't choose the strongest class! choose the one that seems the most interesting! Some classes do have an easier time around the early game, but how good is it if you despise your class? BUT MAH EFFECTIVENESS~ -faceslap- Trust me! the fun is on the journey, and there's nothing worse than me saying "So, you gotta play this class you don't like for 50 hours before you can start enjoying your class". SO, HOW DO I CHOOSE A CLASS? Well, the classes in ragnarok are split mostly into 3 groups: Melee , Ranged and Magic Users. Some of the classes can cover 2 or all 3 of these playstyles, depending on your choice. WHAT ABOUT THE MELEE CLASSES? They usually have a higher sustainability, can take some more hits, and dish out some decent damage. One of the advantages of it is the flexibility and versatility of these classes, since they can have some ranged choices (Like the Soul Destroyer Guillotine Cross, Spear Rune Knight or Knuckle Arrow Sura) or magic ones (Genesis Ray Royal Guard, Autospell Dagger Shadow Chaser). Some of these classes are: Rune Knight, Sura, Guillotine Cross, Star Emperor, Royal Guard or Mechanic. Ease of access: In general, Melee classes have an "okay" early game, a solid mid game and a very expensive end game. AND THE RANGED CLASSES? They usually are the easier ones to build at first and have a VERY good damage potential, due to a higher amount of ranged modifiers available around gears, but they have a MUCH lower survivability along with weaker versatility. If something's resistant to them, there's not much you can do. Some of these classes are: Ranger, Minstrel/Wanderer(Gender Locked), Shadow Chaser (Bow Variation), Rebellion. Ease of access: Ranged classes are very easy to gear at first, can have issues getting required gear for mid game by themselves (Require some grinding to buy from others), and solid, reliable end game. MAGIC CLASSES? They usually are more technical classes, have massive AoE(Area of Effect, hits multiple targets)options along with special defensive and control options. They usually are locked to elements and require some preparation to work well in specific scenarios. Some of these classes are: Warlock, Sorcerer, Oboro (Magic Variation), Arch Bishop. Ease of access: They require a better knowledge about elements, positioning and stats management, but are overall cheap and simple to gear for general use, but very expensive end game. WHAT SHOULD I PLAY? Google "Ragnarok Classes" and read a bit about them and some of their skills. Then read a little about a specific class you may want. Recommended classes for starters: Rune Knight (Melee, Bowling Bash/Wind Cutter), Rebelllion (Ranged, Desperado/Round Trip), Arch Bishop (Magic, Magnum Exorcimus/Adoramus). WHAT ARE THOSE WEIRD NAMES ON THE PARENTHESES? Those are some recommended skills for you to use while leveling. Read their description, google their name or give them a try. OK. I CHOSE MY CLASS AND NOW IM INGAME, WHAT SHOULD I DO? Read the beginner manual you've received, don't throw away anything from the freebie boxes you receive and store them untill you know what to do. These things will be covered in part C. First thing you should know is about the @ commands. Check the UI in the game, open all the windows, check what's around on them, specially the stats window (alt+a shortcut as well), if you hover the mouse on the stats, it shows what they do in general. WHAT ARE @ COMMANDS? These are commands specific to ragnarok servers. They allow ease of access and "bending" of normal game rules. like using @go shows you a list of cities you can then use to move around the cities ingame (like @go 2 takes you to geffen, using @go geffen also works) or using @autoloot makes you automatically get item drops. The most important place is @go office for a new player. WHAT IS THIS OFFICE? Walk around and check what's here... talk to npcs, read what they say, if you have no idea what it means, that's because you still shouldn't worry about it. Keep in mind the job changer npc (near the center) and the reset npc (Top Left), as well as the daily reward npc, check in on it everyday! SO, WHAT DO I DO NOW? Ragnarok doesn't have a main storyline or the regular questing structure. the only really recommended ones are the hunting quests. The best way to get started to the game is using @go eden, and speaking with the npcs around the eden and figure some stuff out. One of the NPCS on the counter will get you registered to the group and get you some good direction on where to go, or what to do. follow their recomendations and quests and you'll have a easier time getting around. ANY OTHER TIPS? Use the WARPER npc in every town to get around the maps. you can use /where to know where you are and then use @warp "/where map name" to bypass the warper npc. It takes some time, but eventually you'll prefer tu use this command (It doesn't work to every place through) WHAT ARE CARDS? Cards are extra effects you can apply to equipment(A Knife[3], has 3 weapon card slots), they can be removed through the npc on the office's second floor. Keep in mind the cost and usefulness of the card/equipment. Never sell those. In general, if you read an item description and it shows something vaguely interesting, keep the item until you get to know it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART C- SO YOU'RE NEW TO RENEWAL? WHAT THE HELL? THE MAX LEVEL IS 200/70? Yes. WHAT'S THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE? One of the biggest changes is the addition of the 3rd classes, as well as the Instances, restricted dungeons and missions you can do, with a daily/time limit, and specific rewards. WHAT INSTANCE SHOULD I DO? Use the Instance UI (Button on the Corner Icon Menus), read the Level requirements and just try them. They can give you a very good exp. You can also ask other players about them/check on google. THERE's SO MUCH NEW GEAR! HOW CAN I FIND WHAT ARE MY CHOICES? Take a look at https://www.shining-moon.com/helheim/index.php/Episode_Equipment You may get an idea what to work on. More information on tips and tricks. Keep in mind some items may not be there and still be useful for you, those are only the mainstream items. WHAT'S THE CURRENT BEST DATABASE TO USE FOR THE GAME? Divine Pride, its not perfect, but it's very serviceable. Make sure to change the server/language on the upper right corner. You can also use the server's database, with mixed results. HOW TO REFINE STUFF? NOTE: In Nflheim server, Blacksmith Blessings have 2x requirement but 100% refine success, and also have limited ores, with no downgrade or breaking chance(failure= no change), allowing for +20 gear possibility. Usually go: Refine ticket +7/+8 -> HD ores to +9 -> BSB/Limited to +10 -> Hd Bradium/Carnium (+13 and above use limited ores for niflheim). WHAT IS SHADOW GEAR, COSTUMES AND STONES? Those are extra equipments from the second tab, shadow gear usually grant an extra smaller bonus (specially as a set), costumes can change your appearance without affecting stats (on nif, you can enchant those, check wiki), and stones can be inserted into costumes for extra effects). Those are more focused on endgame. WHERE DO I GET MONEY? Geffenia maps get you reasonable, consistent money, as well as Thanatos Tower 9F~11F. If you have mild, low end gear, you can run Sarah's Memory at level 100~110 for over 6m (lookup a video or guide if needed), or Horror Toy Factory if you're mid to reasonably geared, for decent money. You can also farm Brasilis dungeon for acessible farming since level 60-ish. NOTE: a VERY common issue is running horror toy factory 10~15 times a day, and believing it's worth it... even if the money is nice, it can lead to massive burnout(being one of the biggest reasons for quitting) and I personally do not recommend it. Look for what people are willing to pay for, and try to farm those. Or farm the items you need yourself instead of buying it! HOW CAN I LEVEL? Look for the Bounty Boards around the towns or -@go Eden-. There are many choices of monster hunts you can take. Also, check Gramps if on Niflheim. you can use @whereis -monster name/id- to find your way around. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PART D- SO YOU'RE NEW TO SHINING MOON? WHO THE HELL IS LUNAR? He's the Admin and main developer of the server. SHOULD I PM OR TAG HIM AT DISCORD OR INGAME? You can try. Keep in mind Lunar is usually very busy and most times, he gets a flood of PMs with useless stuff. Most(if not all) issues can be solved through a GM (such as myself) or the community. WHAT'S THE SERVER ABOUT? Shining Moon's biggest difference from other servers is the extreme focus in making everything accessible in the most updated way possible. There's multiple ways to get any kind of rewards and focus on any style of play. You can get EVERY ITEM just by farming and making parties. You can get a pretty decent +8 set with under 50M investment and some farming time, if you know your way around. Just buy the certificates for refining from other players/exchange at eden or get them from the lucky 3, using our special coins. WHAT ARE THESE SPECIAL COINS? Moonlight Coins(MLC) are the ingame, special currency on the server. They are used to spin the lucky3 slot machines on every city. These machines grant most buff foods, refining special ores, rare shadow refining gear and such. Moon Coins(MC) are cash shop currency, used mainly for the SpecialSlot items (1000 cash poins price, or 10 moon coins) for their rare rewards. ALL the rewards from that item are available through moonlight coins as well (and some are moonlight coin exclusive, like shadow refine hammers). 95% of the time you "can't find where to get a specific consumable/etc useful item", that's where you get it WHAT's THE BEST WAY TO GET UPDATED TO THE CURRENT SERVER CONTENT AND PATCH? Read the very detailed patch notes, and the wiki HEY THIS SERVER HAS BUGS AND SOME WRONG INFORMATON! Keep in mind the server has a small staff and every server has some bugs. most of them are old bugs not even solved in officials so far. It's quite a lot of work that is kept by a very small team comparatively speaking. You can help reporting any bugs through the ticket system (make sure to get the most information you can) as well as wiki issues on the server's discord. WHERE CAN I FIND MOST STUFF? Try to talk to every npc in fortessa (@go 0), check the wiki, look around the office. most exclusive things we have are located there. Warp around the destinations on the Warper NPC, take your time. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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