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Iridium’s First Character Guide

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Edit: as of the 3/31/23 patch, SkE has been nerfed. I made and play tested this guide prior to this patch so contents of this guide will be outdated

I'm Iridium and I'm a Sky Emperor player (among other things) from the Filthy Casuals guild. This game has changed a lot over the years, and I thought new players might benefit from a new "getting-started from scratch" guide. This doesn’t cover all the server custom content, e.g. custom items you might run into like Moonlight Coins (used for the lucky 3 slot machine in the left of Fortessa Square) and Moon Coins (exchanged for cash shop points), because explaining all of that requires a guide unto itself. This guide will be focused on getting your first character enough levels and gear to jump-start your server experience. All the leveling done in this guide was done without exp events.

Why Sky Emperor (SkE)?

  • No critical requirements for Moon and Star Skills

  • No ACD requirements for leveling, nor for Moon and Star Skills

  • Naturally high damage and increased exp from the Miracle Buff (more info in guide)

Start:

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  • Select:

    • 100x/100x,

    • no baby class

    • I want to know more about monsters!

  • You will be spawned in the @go office map, where you will be doing all your job changes. Talk to Job Changer Elaine and turn into a Taekwon Kid.R66h4vj8K5kxXEnlfawO5djI2WRLv_-kkrXMSHLAEYVaVNLiYW8KdgKBA8Z9qeAyCCb5puiNJgpqt8z3dSsgIu0YgUNIJd8hkMB-qCB2wGOwONElasg9_DHlEJYlTHKh5WRFfXRdFa6PFeUNAA

    • Go to the top right of the room and join one of the clans. The sword one has the best stats for now but ultimately any of them are fine.F8LET1bCybdhvr1-egI-8jf37VYucsBVMsk1vVMGlOYMUi_tIKroVvjfTetAMFtSFZSJmRxZz8akEtN87AjgNIBRI-S27sKBVMYbJGPiDWDEKLvLtzf1OqjDUtVvopqUMUHGZcA-8BfC8of5IQ

    • Make sure you open all of your SMRO freebies

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Taekwon Kid

  • Use the town warp command to go to Eden Headquarters (@go eden)

    • Copy and paste the command /navi moc_para01 110/79 

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    • Follow the arrows, talk to the NPC for beginner armor and shadows. There is no weapon for you at the time. Some of these gear expire but you can get them as many times as you need.

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  • Go to Fortessa (@go fortessa or @go 1). Talk to the Warper NPC.

    • Dungeons -> anthell 1 

    • Kill eggs with auto attacks, sell all your drops except jalopies (100 can be exchanged for 5 character bound EXP manuals. You can use them on your other characters, I will not be using them in this guide.) and Monster Hunter Coin (used to exchange for consumables that are normally in the kRO cash shop).

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    • Level your str and dex equally

    • Once your Job level is in the 40s

    • Your stats should be about 50 str 50 dex

    • Level sprint lvl 7, mild wind lvl 7

  • Go back to town and warp to orc dungeon 1

    • Auto attack with holy element Mild Wind until jlvl 50, go to @go office, and then job change to Star Gladiator

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Star Gladiator

  • @go eden and go back to buy an intermediate weapon (paradise taekwon power or martial arts book. Doesn't matter as you’re not using either kick)

    • Go back to orc dungeon until you can level stellar heat lvl 3 (minimum jlvl 7)

  • You can now take advantage of Miracle to level

    • About Miracle

      • makes every mob and map count as a star mob. This means extra damage from Stellar Wrath, extra exp from Stellar Blessing, and Stellar heat on every map.

      • screen turns dark + you get a "soul link" buff (not a real soul link e.g. you can’t use Union)

      • 0.05% chance to proc with any attack but you can cheese the activation using the test room

    • Go back to town, make a party with /organize

      • create Special [test room] instance

    • Use Solar, Lunar and Stellar Perception lvl 3 to turn the map into a stellar map. Ignore the warning about permanence, it is resettable via npc and also with a 3rd job skill

    • Use @testmonster 2411 0 twenty times to spawn twenty eggs on a single cell. You will be using this a lot so either save it somewhere or keep it on alt+m.

    • Level INT to 50 and then use Stellar Heat (has a small AOE, you will need to be next to the eggs) until the screen turns blue and you get a soul link buff. If you run out of sp, just talk to the poring on the bottom right. You can exit the Test Room using @destroy or @warp fortessa (@go is disabled for some reason).

    • The rest of this guide will assume that you have Miracle up.

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  • Return to orc dungeon

    • Turn on smart cast with @sc 1. This will make it so targeted spells will cast after hitting the hotkey over whatever your mouse is hovering over.

    • Spam Flying Side Kick (FSK) with Stellar Heat up in orc dungeon 1

    • Level up Stellar Blessing, Wrath, and Protection in that order

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    • Level str until it is 90, then vit until 50

  • At 85, go to magma 2 and spam FSK with Heat on there, with holy element. Kill one at a time if you can, avoid mobbing.

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    • Once you’re 99/50, change to star emp. My personal stats were at 99 are str in 90s, agi 1, vit 50, int 50, dex 50, luk 20s.

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Star Emperor

  • Go to magma 2 and get to level 101. Level Purification of Sun, Moon and Star. 

    • Go to Eden, grab advanced physical armor, star emperor advanced paradise shadow weapon, and advanced star emperor sun book. 

    • Go to town and talk to the Special Tool Dealer and buy 100 fly wings from Open Shop. 

    • Then return to magma 2 to continue killing. Once you are job lvl 11, max out Prominence Kick, which you can use after using Sun Stance. 

      • Sun Stance stays until you log out. 

    • Level with Prominence Kick until level 121. Activate Solar stance, then mob and kill with Prominence Kick. 

  • At around 121 to 130, go to @go eden, /navi moc_para01 36/18. 

    • Talk to the NPC -> Dicaste, 121 ~ 175 -> Check Bounty Missions -> Hunt all. 

    • Then warp to Dungeon -> Scaraba Hole -> Scaraba Hole 2. 

    • Use fire element, kill 150 Antler and Rake Scaraba. If you die just come back. 

    • They should be able to be killed with 2 Prominence Burst or 1 Solar Burst for larger groups of mobs. Even without level 10 Solar Burst, you should one shot. 

    • Solar Burst can only be used in quick succession after Prominence Burst. 

    • My stats at 128 were about 115 str, 1 agi, 50 vit, 50 int, 90 dex, 30 luk

    • After killing 150 of each, talk to the same NPC in Eden and select Collect All Bounty Rewards and Collect all. This left me at level 145. Use this opportunity to max out Light of the Sun (buff that boosts your SE Sun skills but has a low duration), Sun Stance, and Document.

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  • At this point, you can solo the Sarah’s Memories instance, one of the important zeny farming instances in the server. 

    • Talk to the Instance Manager in town. Under Instances, select Sarah’s Memories.

    • Open the instance in normal mode and enter the instance. 

    • Loot all the food items. 

    • You will take a beating, so take your free Novice Potions and Light Yellow Potions. Also buy some healing items. Cheap is good at this point. I prefer Fresh Fish from the Chef Assistant in Comodo or Meat from various NPC dealers. 

    • If you die, that’s okay, you can sell your looted food and buy more healing items, then re-enter. 

    • The Sprint skill and the free boarding halter will help you move faster. 

    • After killing Doyen Irene and getting your first instance coin, you can leave. This instance will get you about 5m (more if you make an Overcharge merchant). This instance will help fund your consumables and get you started on buying gear.

    • You can and should run this instance once a day until you have a comfortable amount of zeny. When this instance is on cooldown, you can also farm money at Iaras, Mavkas, Geffenia, Thana 08/09/10.

  • If you’re not level 150, go to Rudus 3 under Illusion Fields to cheese some quick levels. 

    • You can two shot them with paradise gear and fire element. 

    • They will give you a massive 20-30% exp per and you can save scum (i.e. just die and then warp back over and over)Ln29Atyptd4sNjMg8xT2l0aPjHKuZ7RtEe6G4nQ3v4qypoIb0eZoe3dUmqRCj0hzahTLLU5SjgVvkdUfDE8yuK-xh9X8GJ4SB0xvmzzghBBcqcCR1nY13RYRyW9TBsQ_QrMP0hH89NZoOp2mjg

  • Around level 150, your gear will really start to benefit from some more investment and farming.  

    • My stats were str 120, agi 1, vit 85, int 50, dex 95, luk 50. 

    • Go to Special Border Area OS (aka sp_os) under illusion fields. 

      • Farm 80 unknown parts and 60 Cor Core which are dropped from every mob. /navi fortessa 75/130. Buy

        • Grace Sun Suit

        • Grace Attack Boots

        • Grace Attack Manteau

        • Grace Attack Ring

        • 3 Grace Refine Tickets, to be used immediately on everything except the Ring.

    • I would also recommend the following improvements to your gear:

      • Immune Shield (bought)

      • +7 Armor Refine Ticket, id 6234 (bought)

      • Khalitzburg Knight Card (bought)

      • Raydric Card (bought or farmed)

      • Contaminated Raydric Card (bought, optional)

      • 100 Kafra Cards for the @storage skill which lets you use the Kafra anywhere (bought)

      • 10 Gym Passes for increased weight (bought)

    • Items can be bought from other people through @ws or #trade. Obviously the prices of the items will fluctuate with the market, but at the time of writing, every item above combined was around 21,110,000 on @ws. 

      • I think it’s fair to say that the market value of these items is less than 25m, which is very attainable for a starter set of gear. 

      • This gear gets you 42% neutral resistance which helps with most content.

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  • You can now attempt the Horror Toy Factory Instance, which is the other staple zeny farming instance on the server. This guide will not include a full HTF guide as there are HTF guides elsewhere. 

    • You can open in normal difficulty. 

    • Kill the Creepy Demons. 16 in the second room, 42 in the third room. This will get you Gold and Platinum Bullions.

    • You do not need to kill the MVP and beat the instance to get all the zeny. 

    • Get 1 level in Lunar Stance and 1 level in New Moon Kick which gives you a hide where you can still move and auto for 15 seconds. You can use this to ignore the room 2 mobs and stay safe while talking to the NPCs. You can also use this to stay hidden and kill Demons with autos. 

    • You can try to this instance with only Paradise gear, but you will die easily. 

    • This instance will get you about 11m without a merchant. (You should make an Overcharge merchant by this point)

  • From here you can power level. 

    • Go to @go 47, /navi fortessa 250/206 with all the monster hunter coins you have. I had 10 at this time. 

    • Buy 6 Shining Defense Scrolls (SDS) and 2 untradable Almighty. You will be using an SDS every 10 minutes and an Almighty every 30 minutes.

    • Replenish your preferred healing items, or if you have the zeny upgrade to White Syrups from the Special Tool Dealer (recommended). 

    • Take your THIKK Battle Manual from the Level Up Reward Box, pop an SDS + an Almighty, make sure you have Miracle refreshed, and head to rudus3. 

    • You can go from 150 to 175 in about 10 minutes. Get 100 vit, and then split the rest of your points between dex and luk. Level up Universe Stance and use it instead of Solar Stance. 

    • You can go from 175 to 190 in about 10 minutes, and 190 to 200 in another 10. 

    • Stats at 200 are 120 str, 14 agi, 100 vit, 50 int, 120 dex, 120 luk

    • At 200, change jobs. 

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Sky Emperor

  • Go to Eden and sign up with Secretary Lime. Accept the lvl 230 quests at /navi moc_para01 52/29.

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    • Go to Nif 1 under Lv 250 Expansion. Use Holy. 

    • Kill one or two mobs, which should shoot your jlvl up. Get lvl 5 Star Cannon and lvl 10 Sky Mastery. 

    • Use lvl 1 Twinkling Galaxy immediately followed up Star Cannon. You can mob and kill safety since the enemies get flinched. 

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    • Max War Book. Turn in your quests when its complete.  

    • Level Pow to 100, rest in Sta. Spend the rest of your THIKK manual here. Expect to get to at least 235.

  • Skills and playstyle from here on out

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    • Level Rising Moon lvl 1, Midnight Kick to lvl 5, Dawn Break to lvl 5, Heaven’s Spirit lvl 5, Rising Sun lvl 1. 

    • How these skills work is that Rising Moon puts you in the Moonrise stance for 30 seconds. Using it again before those 30 seconds have passed will put you in the Midnight stance and once more into the Moonset stance (also listed as Dawn). Once you are in Moonset, you can no longer cast Rising Moon until 30 seconds have passed, or until you cast Rising Sun which will reset your Rising Moon counter. 

    • Midnight Kick can only be used during Moonrise or Midnight, and does extra damage during Midnight. 

    • Dawn break can only be used during Midnight or Moonset (aka Dawn) and does more damage during Moonset. 

    • Heaven’s Spirit costs 150 AP and lets you use any move in extra damage mode. 

    • For clearing content, I charge my AP on dummies (@go dummies) and then use Heaven’s Spirit. Your AP should recharge before the skill runs out unless you die. 

    • If you die, then try to stay on Midnight stance as it is the only mode that allows you to use both moon skills. 

    • You can use @square 4 if you have a hard time telling the 9x9  range. This creates a 9x9 square around you.

    • Your core combo is lvl 1 Twinkling Galaxy -> lvl 5 Star Cannon, then alternate Midnight Kick and Dawn Break to minimize cooldown time. Repeat using Star Cannon on cooldown until the mobs are dead.

Other Leveling Tips:

  • Always join a booster leveling party if they’re within your level. They are guaranteed to be more geared than you. 

  • Don’t be afraid to use consumables.

Instances That You Can Do With The Recommended Gear:

(Suggested difficulty based on my whether I felt that you could kill the mobs in the content and tank within reason without getting 1 shot with the gear I have listed. Your mileage may vary.)

  • General Tip

    • Be generous with your White Syrups or Ygg Seeds (farmed from Edda Biolabs and Werner Labs). 

    • Use Shining Def Scrolls if you can afford it. 

    • After doing 2 instances a day, talk to the Daily Quest npc in @go exchange for Kachua’s Secret Keys which have lots of valuable goodies.

  • Sarah’s Memories

    • Recommended Difficulty: normal

    • Use: zeny farming

  • Horror Toy Factory

    • Recommended Difficulty: normal

    • Use: zeny farming

    • Notes: you do not need to kill the MVP to get full zeny. 16 Creepy Demons in the second room, 42 in the 3rd room.

  • OGH Hard

    • Recommended Difficulty: nightmare

    • Use: instance coins (18), zeny farming (loot armors, @storage mandatory, @nolootid +1110, @nolootid +2609), contaminated magics

    • Notes: Can still get one shot by NPC dark attack without bathory. If you die, use Run to quickly return from town. Underrated zeny farming instance imo, without a merchant I still got around 7m from just the armor and weapons. Don’t facetank Amdarais, instead run in circles and kite him with Star Cannon.

  • OGH Normal

    • Recommended Difficulty: hell

    • Use: instance coins, money (loot armors, @storage mandatory, @nolootid +1110, @nolootid +2609), coagulated spell

    • Notes: see above

  • Twilight Garden

    • Recommended Difficulty: hell

    • Use: instance coins (1), Varmeals

    • Notes: one of the quickest instances if you only want your Kachua

  • Buwaya Cave

    • Recommended Difficulty: nightmare

    • Use: instance coins (3)

    • Notes: one of the quickest instances if you only want your Kachua. Use New Moon Kick at the start to avoid all the random mobs.

  • Wolchev

    • Recommended Difficulty: nightmare

    • Use: instance coins (12)

    • Notes: Ideally the boss will be burst down before they summon slaves which can overwhelm you. Be quick about selecting the right element.

  • Sky Fort

    • Recommended Difficulty: nightmare

    • Use:  instance coins (18)

    • Notes: Don’t facetank the boss, instead run in circles and kite him with Star Cannon.

  • Werner Lab:

    • Recommended Difficulty: hell

    • Use: ygg seeds

    • Notes: the YSF mvp has high one shot potential even at lower difficulties, so I don’t recommend trying to kill him at this time. The mobs, however, drop Yggdrasil Seeds at a very high rate and you can farm them here.

Other Farming Spots:

  • lasa_dun03

    • Use: Yggdrasil Berries, Old Purple Boxes (can be exchanged for Eden Merit Badges at mov_para01 13,22 which can then be exchanged for Token Of Siegfrieds at the same NPC for self-resurrection)

  • Bra_dun02, mosk_dun03, any Geffenia

    • Use: zeny farming from Iaras, Mavkas, and all mobs on the maps, respectively.

    • You can also farm taming items for Incubus pet (sp leeching) and Succubus pet (hp leeching) which drop from their respective mobs in Geffenia. Higher chance to tame if the mob hp is low.

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