Introduction

There is not much need for intro. unless u r alrdy playing SRo,ignore this

Disclaimer

You cannot copy this…blah blah blah blah blah….muz ask permission and so on and so forth. Now, to the important stuff!

General

There is basically 3 important weapon groups. The shield and 1 hand weapon group, the bow group and the 2-hand weapon group. For each weapon, there will be a very different way of using it. I will be updating this as soon as I experience the other kinds of weapons. But generally, those in the same group are almost the same.

Leveling

At the start, meet the general. He is very near the west gate, past all the wooden fences in the house nearby. OK, once you have established that, begin doing his quests. I shall not elaborate more on this. After killing the 30 manyangs and talking to the general, go talk to the blacksmith.

Now, just talk to him, and then now go to the East gate. U should be level 3 by now. Talk to one of the soldier, u’ll c a scroll floating on top of him. Exit the east gate and keep running straight past the manyangs. Soon you’ll c old gyos. At level 3, it will be quite tough and u may have to rest every 2 gyos but persevere. Once u level up it’ll be much easier.

After completing this quest should be level 6.now, talk to the herbalist, and go kill water ghosts. Note: these can poison you, so buy some cures from the herbalist be4 hand. This quest lasted me to level 8.

Now, run to the west gate, and run along the path to the exorcist’s home .Accept the quest for killing yeohas. Note: both rotten and normal yeohas r able to kill and when u kill yeohas, the bad blood drops out as an item randomly, so it may take u some time to complete this. At level 8, try to find a party cos u’ll need to rest a lot and the party (common distribution) can help u gain some exp while resting. This should get you to level 11.

and now, its off to kill young tigers may want to do the bandit archer quest but I strongly suggest AGAINST it., many strong aggressive monster r there and urn leveling speed would not be high. Run along the yeohas path and continue straight.soon, u will come to a spot where there r many people training. This is where the young tigers .A tip for you, train on the sides of the mountains. Not many people level there, so it is quite a good spawn there.also, young tiger’s r not aggressive so u can sit in front of them if u wants. This should get u to level 15.

Now is the time to go kill bandit archers. Kill them to level 16, then switch to bandits until level 18.now u can go take on white tigers.TAA-DDAA.AND YOU ARE LVL 20 now it is time for you to chg jobs. I won’t offer advice for this cos im still a little confused. when im clearer about this, I will update this mini-guide

Stats distribution

Now, I am sure that this is what u guys have been waiting for.Now,i shall briefly explain to you about the qi and weapon stats. Some people use the 2:1 method, which is every level, u add 2 to the one u like and 1 to the other one. This way, the character would be quite balanced.However, others prefer going either pure power or pure mental. The build that I recommend, however, is neither of these.rather, it is the 5:2 method.Somehow, and this has worked very well for me. You may not need to follow all the methods I listed above though. This r merely suggestions and I don’t really wish to see copies of myself walking everywhere.

And now, I will tell u how to combine Ur stats AND skills together. I personally am a pure dagger user and thus am concentrating on pure power. For those, however, who wish to do a hybrid, I recommend using the 5; 2 method but note: spear and sword user would be advised to use the 2:1 method in this case, with 2 going to mental.
for those who r going to be specializing in the magic skills, I still recommend at least a 2:1, if not better, a 5:2.NOte: ur first qi skill, which imbues ur weapon with the fire element, depends on the weapon skill (which depend son power), ur weapon atk (which depends on ur power) and finally ur qi magic level and magic atk.Thus, going mental is definitely a NO-NO.

I have, however met a guy who was specializing in qi and yet pumped pure power. As I observed, he had trouble in the early levels, not having much weapon skills to boost his magic. at the higher levels however, with his power increasing rapidly, he was able to kill monster with his high qi and power much quicker than I was able to be.(and I must say I kill very very quickly)

there r,however,many more ways and I would greatly appreciate it if u gave me more ideas.

Skill explanation

Koki have read many small topics about skills and the explanations have always been brief and I am sure that not many people understand the main gist of it the first place.

First of all, I would like to correct the misconception that bows users’ r best with ice. Although it does slow the monster down, it really makes no difference as since SRO has some bugs, some monster r able to still atk u from afar and about the thing about not hitting u when it is frozen, it is the same for melee weapons.

Currently, lightning proves no big use as things like dodge and parry have not been implemented yet.however, its buff is quite good and coupled with the ice buff, is excellent.so, if u don’t kind to wait until the parry and etc have been implemented, go on with lightning .lightning users out there, do not worry have not screwed ur character up.

And now to fire. my favorite element.Note,however,that if u want to be fire, it is best not be a pure magicker.being a hybrid with this will be most effective might want to use the 5:2 method here or the 2:1 method. This skill gives burn, which is very very effective. In my big sword char, my burn currently reaches up to 100 dmg each time, which is equal to 2 of my normal hits. Couple that with enchanting fire and then using a skill on the monster, say hello to Ur roasted dinner.

Oh and if u want to be pure magic, choose either lightning fire or ice lightning. ice and fire DO NOT. I repeat DO NOT mix well together.

Some tips

if u want to save money, do not buy pots. Rather use the sit and rest method. Although this might be slower, it is much more effective for first chars. For characters with a high level char to support our might want to buy LOADS of pots. This will ensure that u level very quickly. Do not buy only health pots. Actually, buy more mana pots than health pots.

Items that u pick up can be very important to Ur economy. items that r above level 15 should not be npc’ed, but rather sold in ur shops or store din ur warehouse for a later time.also,try to set a time to go around the city to check out the prices of stuff other players r selling. This way, u will not incur a huge loss.

When fighting, for those who r using elements imbued into their weapons, here is a tip to save enchantment time. Rather than casting BEFORE fighting, whack the monster (in dagger’s case, 2 times) 1 time, before casting the spell, followed by the weapon skill. This will greatly ur killing efficiency.

And this is the end. hope I have helped u. im too lazy to add a section for each and every weapon now so when I have time, I will do so. have a good time in SRO:D