The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide

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Table of Contents
Important.....................................................................2 The Short Version ..............................................2 The Long Version ...............................................2 Level 24..............................................25 Level 25-26......................................25 Level 27..............................................25 Level 28..............................................26 Level 29..............................................26 Levels 30-40..........................................26 Level 30..............................................26 Level 31..............................................27 Level 32..............................................27 Level 33..............................................27 Level 34 - 35....................................27 Level 36..............................................27 level 37...............................................27 Levels 39-45..........................................28 Levels 39-43.....................................28 Levels 43-45.....................................28 Grinding.........................................................28 Levels 1-9................................................28 Levels 10-13..........................................29 Levels 13-14..........................................29 Levels 15-17..........................................29 Levels 17-19..........................................29 Solo.......................................................29 Grouping............................................30 Levels 45-50.....................................28 level 38...............................................28
Introduction................................................................8 Positives and Negatives...........................................9 The Good................................................................9 Differences Between Elyos and Asmodian...10 Leveling......................................................................11 General.................................................................11 Break Point The Cities.................................12 Questing...............................................................13 Grinding..............................................................14 Asmodians...........................................................15 Leveling Guide from 1-10......................15 Questing.........................................................21 Levels 1-9................................................21 Levels 10-20..........................................22 Level 10-11......................................22 Level 12..............................................22 Level 13-16......................................22 Level 17..............................................23 Levels 20-30..........................................24 Level 20..............................................24 Level 21..............................................24 Level 22..............................................24 Level 23..............................................24 Level 18-20......................................23 Coliseums................................................12 Power Shards...............................................11 The Bad...................................................................9
Levels 20-22..........................................30 Levels 22-24..........................................30 Levels 24-27..........................................30 Levels 27-30..........................................30
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Solo.......................................................30 Levels 30-33..........................................31 Levels 33-36..........................................31 Levels 36-39..........................................31 Levels 39-41..........................................31 Levels 41-45..........................................31 Levels 45-50..........................................31 Elyos.......................................................................32 Leveling guide from 1-10......................32 Questing.........................................................39 Levels 1-3................................................39 Levels 3-5................................................39 Levels 5-7................................................39 Levels 7-9................................................39 Levels 10-12..........................................39 Levels 12-13..........................................39 Levels 13-16..........................................39 Levels 16-19..........................................39 Solo.......................................................39 Levels 19-20..........................................40 Levels 20-22..........................................40 Levels 22-23..........................................40 Levels 23-24..........................................40 Levels 24-25..........................................40 Levels 25-26..........................................41 Levels 26-27..........................................41 Levels 27-28..........................................41 Levels 28-29..........................................41 Levels 29-30..........................................41 Levels 30-31..........................................41 Grouping............................................40 Grouping............................................31
Levels 31-32..........................................42 Levels 32-33..........................................42 Levels 33-34..........................................42 Levels 34-35..........................................42 Levels 35-36..........................................42 Levels 36-37..........................................42 Levels 37-38..........................................42 Levels 38-43..........................................43 Levels 43-45..........................................43 Grinding.........................................................44 Levels 1-3................................................44 Levels 3-5................................................44 Levels 5-7................................................44 Levels 7-9................................................44 Levels 10-13..........................................44 Levels 13-15..........................................44 Levels 15-17..........................................44 Levels 17-20..........................................45 Solo.......................................................45 Levels 20-22..........................................45 Levels 22-24..........................................45 Levels 24-26..........................................45 Levels 26-28..........................................45 Levels 28-30..........................................45 Solo.......................................................45 Levels 30-33..........................................46 Levels 33-36..........................................46 Levels 36-40..........................................46 Levels 40-45..........................................46 Grouping............................................46 Grouping............................................45 Levels 45-50..........................................43
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Levels 45-50..........................................46 Battle Skills and Usage.........................................47 Levels 1-10.........................................................47 Level 1.............................................................47 Swift Edge................................................47 Focused Evasion....................................47 Level 3.............................................................48 Surprise Attack......................................48 Counterattack........................................48 Hide............................................................48 Level 7.............................................................49 Level 9.............................................................49 Levels 10-20......................................................50 Level 10..........................................................50 Entangling Shot.....................................50 Snipe..........................................................51 Flight : Boost Attack Speed................51 Level 13..........................................................52 Dodging....................................................52 Spike Trap................................................52 Arrow Strike...........................................52 Poisoning Trap.......................................53 Aiming......................................................53 Stunning Shot.........................................54 Levels 20-30......................................................55 Sleep Arrow............................................54 Mau Form................................................51 Devotion...................................................49 Soul Slash.................................................49 Level 5.............................................................48
Level 20..........................................................55 Level 22..........................................................55 Retreating Slash.....................................55 Calming Whisper.................................55 Poison Arrow..........................................55 Level 25..........................................................56 Silence Arrow.........................................56 Strong Shots............................................56 Winged Avenger...................................56 Explosion Trap.......................................56 Boost Bow Range...................................56 Level 28..........................................................57 Spiral Arrow...........................................57 Snare Trap...............................................57 Level 31..........................................................57 Destruction Trap..................................57 Trap of Clairvoyance..........................57 Aerial Wild Shot....................................57 Level 34..........................................................58 Arrow Flurry..........................................58 Level 37..........................................................58 Fleshcutter Arrow.................................58 Level 40..........................................................59 Sandstorm Trap.....................................59 Arrow Storm...........................................59 Aether Arrow.........................................59 Spike Bite Trap.......................................59 Breath of Nature...................................58 Hunter's Eye............................................58 Tactical Retreat......................................57 Rupture Arrow......................................56 Arrow Deluge........................................55
Level 16..........................................................52
Level 19..........................................................53
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Level 42..........................................................59 Shock Arrow (Elyos)............................59 Shackle Arrow (Asmo)........................60 Level 44..........................................................60 Level 45..........................................................60 .....................................................................60 .....................................................................60 Level 46..........................................................60 Level 48..........................................................61 Equipment.................................................................62 Levels 1-10.........................................................62 Levels 10-20......................................................63 Levels 20-30......................................................64 Levels 30-40......................................................65 Levels 40-50(End-game)..............................66 Stigma Stones...........................................................67 Normal..................................................................67 Equipment.................................................................72 Tricks to Abyss Items......................................72 Abyss Set .............................................................73 Armor..............................................................73 Advanced.............................................................71 Enhancements.............................................66 Enhancements.............................................66 Enhancements.............................................65 Enhancements.............................................64 Enhancements.............................................62 Resolution of Resistance.....................61 Heal Wings.............................................60 Ancestral Brightwing Arrow (Elyos) Ancestral Darkwing Arrow (Asmo) Focused Shots.........................................60
Archon
Tribunus's
Leather
Pauldrons.................................................73 Archon Tribunus's Leather Shoes. .73 Archon Tribunus's Leather Gloves 73 Archon Tribunus's Jerkin..................73 .....................................................................73 Total Statistics........................................73 Archon Tribunus's Ruby Necklace 74 Archon Tribunus's Ruby Ring..........74 Archon Tribunus's Ruby Earrings..74 Weapons........................................................74 Archon Tribunus's Sword.................74 Archon Tribunus's Dagger...............75 Farming .....................................................................76 Alternative...........................................................76 Auction House.............................................77 Crafting..........................................................78 Battle Strategies.......................................................80 Level 9...................................................................80 Hot Bar............................................................80 Solo Combat..................................................81 Group Combat.............................................82 Level 10................................................................84 Hot Bar............................................................84 Solo Combat..................................................84 Level 20................................................................86 Overview.......................................................83 Collecting......................................................79 Archon Tribunus's Longbow............75 Total Statistics........................................74 Jewelry............................................................74 Archon Tribunus's Leather Leggings
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Hot Bar............................................................86 Top Hot Bar.............................................87 Bottom Hot Bar......................................87 Solo Combat..................................................88 Level 30................................................................90 Hot Bars..........................................................90 Top Hot Bar.............................................91 Bottom Hot Bar......................................91 Group Combat.............................................89
Bottom Hot Bar...................................101 Level 50 (End-Game)...................................101 Hot Bars.......................................................102 Top Hot Bar..........................................103 Solo Play............................................................107 Spiritmaster/Sorcerer.............................107 Rangers........................................................108 Assassins......................................................108 Templars/Gladiators...............................109 Group Combat................................................111 Abyss...................................................................112 General........................................................112 Preparance.................................................112 Battling........................................................113 PvE...........................................................114 Macros.....................................................................115 Appendix I Full Skill List...................................117 Before Class Change.....................................117 After Class Change........................................118 PvP...........................................................114 Clerics/Chanters.......................................110 Bottom Hot Bar...................................104
Solo Play.........................................................92 Group Combat.............................................92 Player Versus Player..................................92 Abyss..........................................................93 General...............................................93 Preparation.......................................93 Battling...............................................94 PvE..................................................94 Level 40................................................................99 New Skills...................................................100 Hot Bars.......................................................100 Top Hot Bar..........................................100 PvP..................................................95
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INTRODUCTION
T
guide!
his guide is designed to help you Ranger in Aion, as well as all of
learn the proper ways to play a
the steps for leveling, PvP'ing, obtaining the
various skills you want, and everything else related to playing as one of the game's most lethal characters. Also, we will be covering both races (Elyos and Asmodian) in this
understand everything there is to know about the Ranger and also have a good understanding of the differences between Asmodian and Elyos Rangers (although there is not much difference between the two). Please keep in mind that although you may already know a lot about the class and the game, this guide is going to have a lot of newbie information in it as well. This guide
By the end of this guide, you should fully
has been written for both new players and
experienced players, allowing everyone to benefit from the information contained within!
Now let's begin.
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POSITIVES AND NEGATIVES
I
order.
n this section we will look at both the positive and negative aspects of the Ranger. Sadly, where there
is a good aspect there is always usually going
to be a bad one to go along with it. Although you may know some of these (being that you chose to play the Ranger), some you also may not. Feel free to skip this section if you desire. Please note that these are in no particular
The Good
Able Good Both
throughout the guide) snares and damaging skills to attack from a distance damage on skills
to kite (more information located
Ability
The Bad
Somewhat Must Low In
the beginning you are stuck with melee!
defense
purchase and carry arrows
low damage with normal attacks
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ELYOS AND ASMODIAN
here
differences
really
between
are
not
the
many two
skills. There are only a few skills that are not
available factions in terms of
the same between the two, and of course there are two different leveling areas and worlds they come from. differences are noted. If you see the text that looks like [Difference] it will let you know there is a difference between the two races. In this area, it will explain the two races and how they differ from one another. As we go along we will ensure that the
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LEVELING
General
One of the hardest parts of getting to level 10 and becoming a Ranger is that you start out having to play as an Assassin. You do not obtain any of the Ranger (bow) skills until level 10, after your ascension. This first section is going to deal with the Assassin this point. shards. techniques since there is no other choice at Before we start, let us take a look at power
area to start with on the Ranger, being that you are looking for not
felt leveling would be a great
only information on the class in general, but where necessary to reflect the differences Later (in the Abyss) they will merge together for a more mixed leveling perspective, but for now we must split them up. To do so, we on the faction. going to be the starting areas for levels one Of course, the first area we will discuss is will go based on levels, and then split based
also in progression. This section will be split between the Elyos and Asmodian factions.
Power Shards
classes, are of a great help to the Scouts at low levels. The Power Shards add 10 additional damage to each of your hits, and this can be seen as priceless, especially during the questing or killing high level mobs. A very important thing to keep in mind when using Power Shards is that you will not be able to afford to spam them. They are not necessary. If you are playing this scout as an alt cheap and should be used only when Power Shards, while useless to some
through ten. Please notice that after these beginner levels we will start listing only the areas and quests themselves and will not go in as great of detail as we are in the beginning. This beginning section is here to let you get a better feel for how to progress through the game. We will, however, list the various areas you should end up at and what levels you should be at those points. As you get to higher levels you will be running back and forth between areas a little (or a lot) so we will be going based on the quest starting locations rather than the ending locations. information you need. This should greatly assist with giving you the
character and have a lot of Kinah on your
main already, feel free to go Power Shard spamming. It does boost your attack power
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by quite a bit, allowing you to level and progress significantly faster than if you were not using them. The only downside is the cost.
organized, this can be of great help to your team, and can also be used to better prepare yourself (and your allies) for sieges and mass PvP's against your enemy factions (Balaur included).
Break Point The Cities

Once you have hit level 10 and have ascended, you will be in your capital city. There are many things you will want to do while you are here, and many places you will want to visit. It is a very good idea to get to know the area before moving on with your leveling. Not to mention there are many quests you can take part in while you are here! Note : Elyos goes to Sanctum and Asmodians go to Pandaemonium. They do have pretty much the same areas, but they are in different locations and they have different names. Before we move on, let's take a look at the
much a flat out free-for-all PvP zone. When you are inside, you are against anyone that is not in your party or alliance (this means Legion members are also your enemies, unless grouped with you). Anyone who is an enemy will be seen with a red name, making the organization of group-versus-group PvP extremely easy. While you are in the coliseum you are also
How this area works is that it is pretty
able to use the same PvP markers you are able to use out in the general world (such as main target, sleeper, etc.), giving a true sense of real PvP without any risk involved. speak to the NPC outside the gate. He will then teleport you in and you may be In order to enter the coliseum you must
coliseum and how it works, as well as the benefit of it. Coliseums
attacked. Note that there is absolutely no are already in combat with your enemies. Flying is allowed in the coliseum, so you
spawn timer, and as soon as you enter you
different names but essentially the same exact function. Their goal is to assist you with learning how to PvP, without the risk of experience loss or anything else. When
The coliseums in the two cities have
are able to practice flying while PvP'ing. It has the same rules as outside, however, where you are unable to fly for more than 60
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seconds (without special items) and it must regenerate before using it again. Just keep in mind that the coliseum is a closed arena, so there is not a lot of room to fight in. Regardless, it will help learn control of your Ranger, this is extremely useful. Upon dying you will be teleported out of character during flight. Especially as a
The problem with questing comes in after you run into an area with many others will run into other players who need the etc. and do not wish to share. working on the same quests. Many times you same mob as you do, the same quest items,
The game does have a system set up for players who wish to quest with other players, however many people would rather go solo complete their levels as fast as possible. (at least at the lower levels) due to wishing to If you do wish to group with others and
the coliseum and put right back next to the NPC that you entered through. Speak to him again and you can teleport straight back into the coliseum again. Note that you spawn with around 30% of your health and mana (even if you were at full mana when you died), so you may want to regenerate some before re-entering (if you plan on actually trying to PvP).
they agree, items will be shared on a 50/50 basis (assuming there are two players, 33/33/34 basis with three, etc.). This makes everything go very smooth when questing because it allows all players to be finished within one mob of each other.
Questing
you get guaranteed rewards after the quest(s) are complete. This helps because one may have an item you wish to obtain, or maybe Questing is a great way to level because
have two players who each need 5 items from Mob A. You are both grouped and so you assist each other on killing Mob A to
An example to better illustrate this is if you
speed up the killing process. Player 1 gets the
you just enjoy the story line associated with the quests. This is by far one of the most popular ways to level up.
first item, Player 2 gets the second item, Player 3 gets the third item, and on until everyone has all of their quests items.
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The
reason
this
system
works
During grinding (for experience or items) you will want to drown out the dullness by Watching a movie while you go into zombie doing something else at the same time. mode seems to help quite a bit. By the time your movie is over you will have already made (hopefully) quite a bit of progress, and it keeps you from being burned out too fast.
exceptionally well is because it keeps one player from ninja stealing off everyone them. With this system in place it helps keep everything organized, friendly, and smooth. else's work and then moving on without
But this is also the system's downfall. Once you get to an area with people who do not wish to share their quest items, you will be forced to either compete with them for the quest mobs or you will have to just sit back and allow them to complete their quest first.
make an alternate character and swap between them every once in a while. For on your main, make an alt and play one hour example, when you get to a grind-only area on each and keep swapping off. This will allow you to break from the grind by doing quests (on the alt) and still be progressing on the main. The only real issue with this is that you level slower than normally, but to some it keeps them from playing for 30 minutes and quitting for the day due to boredom. Another alternative choice you can make is to find others who are also on the grinding off who is playing at the time. This does not part you are on, and work out a deal to swap require account sharing. You can group with
An alternative to doing the grinding is to
like this it is best to take a small break (say for a drink of water, or to use the restroom) while you wait for them to finish their quest. This helps everything run much smoother because it keeps one player from getting aggravated and griefing another (read the section about griefing for more details).
As a personal recommendation, in cases
Grinding
of playing Aion. No matter how many quests you do, and no matter what other plans you grind. have, you will at multiple points be forced to Grinding is going to be an inevitable part
the other player and let one follow the other while they do the killing. This is especially the time equally. For example, A, B, and C are useful if you have two others as you can split all grouped together. B and C auto follow A
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for an hour while he kills mobs. Then A and C follow B for an hour while he kills, and on is an experience bonus while playing in to all keep leveling nonstop. Not to mention and on. This is highly effective because there groups with other players, and it allows you there is absolutely no risk of having your the information with them!
Now you're ready to start the journey! Your first step here is to speak to Asak to start the quest "Loyalty of the Raiders." Next, move north west to speak to Vandarnt. Speak to him to complete the quest "Loyalty of the Raiders" and then pick up the quest "The
account stolen because you are not sharing
Sprigg's Revenge." The mobs you need are the Sprigg types just to the west of the NPC. Slay 4 of these and return to Vandarnt to complete "The Sprigg's Revenge." You should now be level 2! Vandarnt also gives you a new quest - "The Sprigg Report."
Asmodians
Leveling Guide from 1-10
From the Asmodian starting position your first step is going to be familiarizing yourself with your user interface. If you have any please look in the appendix of this guide. When you are familiar with what is going confusion or want more details about the UI,
Guheitun's Tent. Here you will want to speak to Guheitun to complete the quest "The the quest "For the Love of Fruit." Go directly north of the NPC's to find a small area with many Spriggs. In this area (inside the gates) you will also see Fruit Baskets. Grab 5 of these and return to Vanar to complete "For the Love of Fruit." He will then give you the quest "Sight for Sore Eyes." Go straight north Sprigg Report" and then speak to Vanar to get
Continue along the road until you reach
on, you will want to look at your hot bar. The
default setup is okay for most players, especially being that there are not many need to move things around, I prefer to put things on it at the time. If you do feel the my best (strongest) skills on the left side of the bar, the buffs on the top bar, and things like Bandage on the right side of it. This makes it much easier when playing the game with a keypad!
again to find the Hill Sparky's for this quest. Slay these and loot them until you have 3 Glowing Spheres. Then return to Vanar to complete "Sight for Sore Eyes."
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Vanar now gives a new quest named "Vanar's Flattery" and you also receive "A New Skill" automatically.
Also, if you have not done so already, speak to the Obelisk and choose to bind to this location.
south west. When you go across the bridge
Continue along the main path towards the
above steps, go out the north west gate of the town and speak to Nobekk. Get the next part of the quest "The Search for Rae" and also pick up "Angelica for Health and Wellbeing." Exit the town and go north west. You will end up seeing a NPC named Bolir with a blue arrow over his head. Speak to him to start the quest "Love in Bloom."
When you are finished with all of the
you will be in Adelle Village. You will also Your first step here is to speak to Ulgorn to complete unlocks more quests: "Thinking Ahead," "The Search for Rae," and "Memento Mori." Speak to Tobu now to complete the quest "Vanar's Flattery." "Captain's Orders." This
receive a new Campaign, "Captain's Orders." also
get the quest "Idle Hands." Go to the south west part of the village and speak to Bacorerk to pick up "The Shinier the Better." Go north to Urd to pick up "Urd's Request." Go north and speak to Boromer to continue "Thinking Ahead." Head over to your skill master (depending
Speak to Kaindal (he wanders around) to
the NPC, in the water. Pick up 6 of these. Also slay the Airons (birds) in the water. You must kill these until you loot 6 feathers. As you wander around, also pick up the Angelicas you find. Keep picking them until you are at Collecting level 15. You also need to slay the Web Slinks and loot them until you get 5 In them you will find bags of "Sprigg Grain Sacks." You need to pick up 4 of these. Slink Oils. You will see Sprigg pens here too.
The Ampreh Flowers can be found right by
on your class) and speak to them to obtain
250 experience. Speak to them again to learn your new skills. Buy the book(s) for the them while they are in your inventory to learn them. Then open your skill menu (Default button is K) and drag them to your hot bar. skill(s) you are able to learn and double click
steps, go back to Bolir to complete the quest get "A Heartfelt Confession." Move to Negi,
When you have finished all of the above
"Love in Bloom." Then speak to him again to
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right beside him on the pier, and talk to her to get to the next part of "A Heartfelt Confession." Return to Bolir and speak to him to complete "A Heartfelt Confession." Head back towards Aldelle Village. On your way, stop by Nobekk outside and speak to him to complete "Angelica for Health and Wellbeing." Up the hill from him, speak to Boromer to start the next step of "Thinking Ahead." Go north west and speak to Urd to complete the quest "Urd's Request." Continue south to speak to Bacorerk to complete the quest "The Shinier the Better." Exit the village and head back out to where you got the Sprigg bags from. Now you want to slay Sprigg Gatherers. You need to kill 6 of these. Get on the main path of the area and follow it south west. Keep along the path and you will end up entering the forest and seeing NPC's. First speak to Motgar to complete "Idle Hands." Speak to him again to pick up "The Insect Problem." Speak to Dabi
From the NPC's head directly south west to find Grove Sparkys or west to find Sylphens (depending on which you chose for "The whichever you chose. When you have all 10 Problem." Directly south east you will find Shell Insect Problem." You need to kill 10 of return to Motgar to complete "The Insect
Snufflers (you can target them from the NPC's). Kill these and loot them until you get a "Shiny Silver Ring." Return to Dabi to complete the quest "Token of Lost Love."
area with many Strange Rabbits. Speak to Verdandi here to continue "The Search for Rae." Next, head to the north west and slay the White Foot Darus until you have killed 7. Return to Verdandi and speak to her. Go straight south of her and you will see a Sticky Mushroom by a tree. Grab this and speak to Verdandi again. This time she will teleport you somewhere else. Go straight ahead and speak to Hagen. You will fly around and then land and be brought back. Speak to Verdandi
Go south west of the NPC's to find a small
to get the next part of the quest "The Search for Rae." Speak to him again to get the quest "Token of a Lost Love" and then again for "Sap 5!
again. Talk to the Cute Ribbit on the ground next to where you are to continue this quest. Speak to Rae (she spawns after you speak to the frog).
for Leather." At this point you should be level
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Now use Return to go back to Adelle Village. Speak to Boromer to complete "Thinking Ahead." Speak to Ulgorn to complete "The Search for Rae." Speak to Dalor again to pick up "A Delivery of Leather." to complete "Sap for Leather." Speak to him
Go straight south of the NPC's to find the Brax's. Slay these and loot them until you get 8 Brax Skins. Also, move south to slay the Eyvindr Peons and Sailors until you get the Logbook of Eyvindr. After you are done with
both of these, return to Denma to complete "Brax Skin Rug." Speak to Derot to complete "Up to No Good." He will now give you "Delivering the Pirate's Journal." Speak to give you "Treasure Map." Travel to the very south area of where the pirates were and you will see a ship. Follow the path to it and go to the middle. On the small square platform on the ship you will find the Map of Eyvindr. Use this to obtain the Treasure Map. Return to Lidun to complete this quest. He will now give the quest "Black Opal." Go south west from the NPC's and you will see a cave in the ground. Go into this and slay Carak Steeltooth if he is up and then loot the purple Jewel Box. If you do not see it, wait for it to spawn. Return to Lidun to complete this quest. You are rewarded with the "Treasure Hunter" title after completing this. Lidun to complete this quest. He will then
While you are in town, it is a good idea to get any spellbooks you may need (up to level items (to the NPC) or shop if you need to. When you are ready to continue, go to the Flight Transporter (Sheofin) and choose to fly to Anturoon Crossing. Your first goal here is to speak to Mijou to 9) as well as empty your inventory of useless
continue "Teaching a Lesson." Speak to Mijou again to get "Food Thieves" and then again for "Checking on a Friend." Speak to Derot to continue "Memento Mori" and then again to get the quest "Up to No Good." Speak to Denma to complete the quest "A Delivery of Rug." Leather" and again to pick up "Brax Skin
are Fang Karnifs. Slay 9 of these. Return to Mijou to complete "Food Thieves."
Straight north west (right across the path)
will be going up a large hill and you will run into some NPC's. Speak to Alfrigh to pick up the quest "Alfrigh's Request" and then speak Carry."
From the NPC's, follow the path west. You
to Devalin to obtain "As Much as You Can
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Continue along the path to the north and you will end up in a large plantation. Keep along the path and you will hit an area with a ridge ahead of you. You must choose to go right or left here. Go to the right. Just up
From the NPC's, this time follow the path to the north. Stay on the path and straight ahead you will see Jephani. Speak to her to obtain "Captain's Secret." Continue along the path to find Ere and speak to him to complete "Checking on a Friend." When you enter the Prison Camp you will find lots of beetles, "Grave Sparkles." Slay these and loot them until you get 5 legs. Next, venture farther in and slay the Vengeful Ghosts and loot them until you receive 4 Treasures of the Deceased. In the same area you also need to slay Thorny Hair Amphis' until you get 3 thorns. It is easiest to target these by using [Tab] because they are hidden in the ground. When you have all of these return to the entrance of the Prison Camp and speak to Jephani to complete "Captain's Secret." Now return to Anturoon Crossing and speak to Derot to complete "Memento Mori." Speak to Derot to move to the next step of "Treasures Within automatically after you reach level 8). Speak to Mijou to start the quest "The Robbery Plot." Treasures" (you obtain this
ahead you will start finding Gray Mane Sentinels. Slay these and loot them until you obtain 5 Odella. You will also find Dandun Odella Juices. When you have both of these Pails here. Loot these until you obtain 7 item types, go out of the plantation back to the south and speak to Devalin to complete "As Much as You Can Carry." Then go back east to Mijou to complete "Teaching a Lesson." Speak to him again to get "Hit Them Where it Hurts." Make your way back to the plantation. When you pass under the very first walkthrough area, look directly to your west and you will see Iron Ore. Collect this until you have 5 of them. Now head into the plantation and obtain 7 Mau Grain Sacks from the same area you got the Odella Juices. Go back out of
the plantation to the south and speak to go back east and speak to Mijou to get the next part of "Hit Them Where it Hurts."
Alfrigh to complete "Alfrigh's Request." Then
(Note : If you are not already level 8 you need to grind some mobs to level up so you can accept these two quests!) Make your way back up to the Prison
Camp and go inside. As you look around you make ghosts appear and slay them until you
will find many tombstones. Open them to
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loot a Cube of Magic Power from one of them. This drop is random so keep killing until you get it. When you get it return to Anturoon Crossing and speak to Derot to get the next part of this quest.
Plot." Now go to the far north part of town and speak to Nobekk to continue "The Abyss Gate." From here, either fly back to Anturoon Crossing or use Return (if it is ready). When you get back to Anturoon Crossing speak to Derot to continue "The Abyss Gate." Go west of the NPC's now and speak to Alfrigh to complete "The Robbery Plot." Also and then speak to Devalin to pick up "Pearls Before Swine." Hear north into the plantation and go to the end of the path and take a right again (like you did before). Here you want to hunt Gray Mane Fighters (to loot for Mau Adornments), Ginseng Roots) and Dundun Sentrys (Dried Ginseng Roots) until you get 8 of each of the two items. When you have them all, exit the plantation and go back to the NPC's south of it. Speak to Alfrigh to complete "A Good Tonic" and speak to Devalin to complete "Pearls Before Swine." Dundun Farmers (Dried
follow the path to the farthest north you can go. As you continue you will end up in an area with walls. Continue north and up the hill here. At the top, in the glowing pink orb thing, speak to Munin. This will continue "Treasures Within Treasures." Speak to them again to start "A Demanding Request" as well. The Grave Sparkles can be found just below where Munin is, so you do not need to go far for those. Return to Munin after you obtain 3. Afterwards, go to the entrance of the Prison Camp and kill Woods Sparkys until you loot Sparky Eggs. Then return to Munin and choose "Here are some Sparky Eggs." to complete "A Demanding Request." Return to Anturoon Crossing and speak to to complete "Treasures Within
Return to the Prison Camp and this time
pick up the quest "A Good Tonic" from him
Derot
Treasures." Use the Flight Transporter to fly to Aldelle Village. Speak to Ulgorn to complete "Hit Them Where it Hurts." This will automatically start "The Abyss Gate." Speak to Ulgorn again to continue with that quest. Go just south west of him to speak to Hephe to get the next step of "The Robbery
Make your way up there and this time instead of choosing to go to the right, take end and you will end up in a cave. Continue
Time for the last trip to the plantation!
the left path instead. Follow this to the very until you find Nalto and speak to him to will run into a split in the road. Go north (not
continue the quest. Follow the path and you
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to the right). You will end up in a cave. On your left right after you enter you will see Rae. Speak to her. Go in and move left to talk to the Green Power Generator, then back
You are now teleported to a new area. Speak to Hagen up ahead of you to fly a little and when you land you will be attacked by 4 mobs and then another afterwards. These are all very easy, so they are not an issue. After you kill them, speak to Munin and choose one mob and you are now level 10! your class. When you are teleported back kill Speak to Munin again and choose to do
behind you for the Blue one, and then up the
hill to your west for the violet generator (there may be a mob here. If there is, slay him before getting it). Then speak to the Ishalgen Abyss Gate. You will go through a cutscene and then return. Run back to Rae and speak to her again, and then use Return afterwards. Now fly to Aldelle Village. Speak to Ulgorn here to complete "The Abyss Gate."
"Daeva's Ceremony" to be transferred to the main land, Pandaemonium!
Questing
Levels 1-9 zone (Ishalgen) as you will be unable to go Levels 1-9 will keep you in one specific elsewhere at this point. This helps out some because you will always be in the same zone, so here is where to go for various questing levels. Levels 1-3 will be finished around Aldelle Basin. This is pretty easy and quick because all of the quests are centered around the mobs here and earning enough experience to level up here is fairly fast. Levels 4-6 you will be picking up in and
to 9 you will obtain "Ascension." Go back to Anturoon Crossing and go north and back through to the back of the Prison Camp to speak to Munin. You are now sent back to Aldelle Village so make your way back to Anturoon and fly there. Speak to Urd and you are sent to Verdandi. Follow the path north west out of the village and stay on the path as it goes south west. When you reach
As soon as you turn in the quest and level
Motgar and Dabi go straight south east to the
small fenced in area. Speak to Verdandi here to continue "Ascension." Go back to Anturoon south from here (towards the ship you got Crossing now (use Return or just run). Head the map from earlier) and you will run into Munin at the back of the Prison Camp.
Skuld. Speak to her and then head back to
around Aldelle Village. There are quests here for before and after level 6 as well, just work on them as you are able to.
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Levels 4-9 will be completed around Anturoon Crossing. There are others you will be picking up along your journey to complete these quests as well, however the bulk of them are going to be found at the Crossing.
After you are done with Pandaemonium you are ready to move off into your next zone, Altgard.
quests to get you from level 10 to around 12 if you do all of the available quests here. Also, in this area you will want to spend some time helpful for the future.
In Altgard Fortress you will find enough
Ascension This quest will be given to you automatically once you have reached level 9. Completing this will automatically bring once you have it you can skip any remaining quests if you wish. your level to 9 and maximum experience, so
to start doing Aether extraction, as it is very
Level 12
Levels 10-20
Level 10-11
from the fortress which brings you to Moslan Forest. Here you will find many quests that range from the requirement of level 11 to 12. You will be able to get all of these quests as you are already (presumably) level 12. Note that a few of these are much easier to do with a partner or a group than they are solo, The first place to quest at level 10 is in however everything in this area can be done Pandaemonium, the main village. There are not a lot of quests here but you will need to do the Daeva's Ceremony quest at the very alone.
Level 13-16
At level 12 you will be ready to move west
and maxed out experience) you will have a couple of different places you can find quests at.
Starting with level 10 (technically level 9
least (this is given automatically after doing Ascension). It is highly recommended that you explore this town while you are here around that can help you with your journey. Also, don't forget to get your new skills! because there are a lot of useful NPC's
more west to the Basfelt Village. Here you will find some quests, although not a lot, to take part in. Do the quests here until you run out and you should be level 15 or so.
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When you have reached level 15 and have completed all quests in Basfelt Village, head north of there to the Mosbear Habitat. This is where you will find your level 15-16 quests at. Mixed between this and the village (it will you should have no problems reaching level to reach 17, make your way back to Altgard some new quests available there for you. In the condition that you complete the quests in all three areas and still are not 17 yet, collect materials and grind mobs until you reach 17.
Level 17
When you are finished with these go back to Basfelt Village (fly) and then go south to and in the south entrance to the lake you will Gribade Crater Lake. In the north part of it find quests you can pick up. Most of these You will want to go ahead and do them all. Upon completion of this you should
require a bit of traveling between the two) 17. If you do find that you need more quests Fortress (you can fly there) and you will find
are level 17 but a couple are for lower levels.
already be level 18 or maybe even partially finished with 18.

Level 18-20
Berth. Here you will find quite a few quests to take part in. As you run through those you will also be taken near Impetusium which is the next area of quests for you. Once you have completed these quests you
Now you want to go farther east to Traders
hubs to go to, and both of them are highly recommended. It is recommended that you do them in the following order: First go back to Altgard Fortress, if you are not already there. Go out the east gate and you will find NPC's with a lot of quests. These are going to be your first questing area.
At level 17 there are three major quest
will want to fly to Altgard Fortress again to pick up any remaining quests you have there. When you have finished these you will be done questing in Altgard and your goal at that point is to level up your collecting (both leveling up to 20. Vitality and Aether) and grind mobs to finish
quests, go farther east, to the north east corner of the map and you will find Calderon quests you are able to complete. Hill. Here you will find a lot more level 17
When you have completed the above
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The easiest way to finish the leveling is to join epic groups who are venturing into Black Claw Outpost or Village. This will not grant you with the ability to do material farming but it will assist you with leveling, as long as you are able to find groups. Levels 20-30
Level 20
Level 21
more than half of level 21 you will want to remain in Morheim Fortress. Once you have quests there. reached 21 you will be unlocking many new
At the beginning to half or maybe even
When you are out of quests in Morheim Fortress, head south along the path. As you into NPC's (76,26) is their location. These will give you many new quests and you them.
Level 22
Pandaemonium to take care of any quests or anything else you wish to do there. When you are ready to move on there are now two zones for leveling up in: Brusthonin and Morheim. The first zone you will want to make your
At level 20 you will want to return to
go along the path you will eventually run
should be past level 22 when you complete
way to is Morheim, as Brusthonin quests start at level 21 and above. You will be starting on the level 20 quests in Morheim. When you get to Morheim you will notice
quests available at the two NPC's and then you will want to finish level 22 by grinding. There are a few more quests available at this level but it is better to get out some of the
At level 22 you will want to finish up the
the map is quite large, however only half of it is for your current level. Most of the map is for levels 30 and above.
grind now than to let it all pile up for the higher levels!
Level 23
quests, although not a ton, that you can be able to reach level 21 quite easily.
At Morheim Fortress you will find some
complete. If you go through these you should
road and head east. You will run into a small area with one NPC who has a couple quests for you and farther east down the road still
From the level 22 quests get back on the
you will run into more. When you have completed those continue along the path
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now to the west (do not go south when it splits!) and off on your left you will find a small building with more quests outside. Do these and you should be part way into level 24.
In here you will have a lot of quests to take part in and they are all already unlocked (they range from level 22-24). We waited this long to come here because it is much more efficient to knock out this entire zone all in one go.
Level 24
At level 24 there are going to be two questing areas you will want to visit. The first one is back to the east where you were for level 23 quests. Here you will find another NPC with multiple level 24 quests. Also, head back west and this time take the road to the south. This will lead you to more NPC's with yet more quests for you to partake in. To get here you will need to take the first to a split and follow it east. Then just follow the road to find the NPC's. These quests should be good enough to get road that goes south. Follow this until you get
The areas your quests will be located at are the following: 1)The hub you start out in 2)If you follow the path out and to the north the farm. There is a NPC here. 3)From the marker 2 head north along the north east path and you will run into a NPC west of the cemetary. 4)Your final NPC is almost straight west (but a little south) from number 3. Once these quests are all completed you you will see on your map a structure south of
you all the way to 25.
will be at or around level 27. If you are not quite there yet, grind the mobs in this area until you are.
Level 27
Level 25-26
back-track. Go back to Morheim Fortress and choose to use the teleporter (not flight) to teleport over to the zone Brusthonin.
At this point we're going to do sort of a
complete so you will be forced to grind some. Before doing so, however, go do these quests:
At level 27 there are not many quests to
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Teleport back to Morheim. Once there, use the flight teleporter to go to west area. Here you will find some quests to complete. Once you have done the available ones you will be forced to grind the rest of the experience. You can do so in this same area, however if ensure you do not get within a close range of the large bird flying around. He is a high killing you! you venture off into the desert (south east)
Level 29
available, and they are in two completely
There are not a lot of level 29 quests
different areas. The first area is back north
west where you were previously. The second Morheim).
is to the south (you can fly there from
level epic boss and will have no problems
these areas you should already be level 30. Levels 30-40
After completing all available quests in
Level 28
available for you to complete. The first ones you will want to clear out are the ones near you (in the west area of the map). Once you are finished with those, you will want to go near the middle of the map, where the lava is. At the point (62, 56) on your map you will find a NPC with many quests available for you to complete.
At level 28 there are many, many quests
many different areas. The first quests you will want to do are at the quest hub near you. Afterwards, visit the following NPC's: Magni (78,67) Sararinirerk (55, 60) Paepaeronerk (45, 51) gives you is a group quest. Save this for last and look for a group for it while you are completing the others. If you find a group for it do it as soon as possible to get it over with. Please note that the quest Paepaeronerk
The level 30 quests are spread out across
Level 30
you should be a little into level 29. If you are rest of the experience.
By the time you have finished all of these
not quite there yet, you will want to grind the
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide Level 31
Bulagan (48,54) Magni (78,67) Once you have completed these you will likely have a bit of leveling left to do. At this point go back to Morheim and choose to teleport to Belusian. Here you can start working on the main quests and they should last you until around level 36.
Level 36
locations: the quest hub and Sararinirerk from level 30. Note that the ones from Sararinirerk are group quests, so you will need a group in order to complete them. Much like previously, you will want to look for a group while working on the solo quests.
Level 32
At level 31 you will only find quests in two
and they are only available at the quest hub.
At level 32 there are almost no new quests, Once you have completed these there are two options for leveling up: You can grind solo or you can go with a group to the epic mobs from your earlier quests. The epics are much better experience and drops but if you are unable to find a group, grinding alone is fine.
Level 33
back in Morheim. Choose to teleport back
At level 36 you start obtaining more quests there and then fly to the southern area again. Here you have quests in the quest hub and at the following NPC's: Magni ( 78,67)
Bubu Kong (56, 71) There is also another small quest hub west at the point (48, 88) that has some more quests to take part in at this level. level 37
in the quest hub and the other ones are following NPC's: Bulagan (48,54) and Paepaeronerk (45,51)
Level 34 - 35
At level 33 there are a few quests available group quests. These are available from the
They are at the main quest hub and at the following locations: Modgud and Mothir (76,76) Gullveig (48, 88)
At 37 there are quite a few quests to do.
quest hub and at the following NPC's:
At level 34 there are quests available in the
Bubu Kong's quest hub (56, 71) Chaomirk (40, 85)
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level 38 centralized. You will find a few in the main quest hub and then more at the following NPC's: At level 38 the quests are pretty much
Levels 43-45
these levels. These are located in the following areas: (2234,1251) (2427,2095) (2742,2081) (1873,2238) Grouping quests (573,2693) (582,1935)
There are quite a few quests available for
Modgud (76,74)
Chaomirk (40, 85) Taisan and Temoji (32,89) Levels 39-45

Levels 39-43
in the main quest hub and the one at (58,71). When you have finished those you will want to teleport back to Beluslan again. In Beluslan you will need to do quests at all of the following locations: Spawn point (601,795) (304,1167) (1277,833) (1910,476) (490,2223) After completing all of these you should be (1447,1288)
At level 39 you will only find new quests
between the first three locations as the quests require a few different levels. Once you are finished with all of this, you should be level 45!
Levels 45-50
You will need to go back and forth
grind. There are only a few quests available at this time. These are located around the Chaos Brambles and Alukina's Palace.
At this point you will be in an almost pure
Grinding
Levels 1-9 Village and the Aldelle Basin. These are very easy mobs so it will be quick to level. Levels 1-3 will be grinded between Aldelle
level 43.
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Levels 4-6 you will want to grind near Munihele Forest. Levels 7-9 will be in two areas depending
Levels 13-14 travel west from Altgard. Here you will find the Mumu Farmland and inside are a lot of closely grouped mobs. This area is great just because there is little downtime when it comes from running from one mob to another. The downside is there is not a shop nearby! Levels 15-17 Levels 13-14 can easily be done as you
on which one you wish to go to. Both of these are about the same, the only difference being
that sometimes one is more full of players than the other, and the scenery is different. and Ishalgen Prison Camp area. These two areas are the Odella Plantation
8-9 in the Dubaro Vine Canyon. This area is however this usually means the drops are better as well. It is best to go there as a group
Alternatively, you are also able to grind
a little tougher than the other two areas,
Basfelt Village. Going north of here you will find various mobs like bears and other things. Just travel to the north west and you will find plenty of great mobs to slay for experience. Along with this, you are again near a town
From levels 15-17 you will want to go to
as the mobs have a fairly fast respawn rate and there are many social mobs. Levels 10-13 around Altgard Fortress. These mobs are pretty slow at running and are easily killed. Along with this, they are close to the city so it is very easy to sell the unwanted drops (Misc. items) and list things on the Trader if needed. From levels 10-13 you can hunt the mobs
so it is easy to sell your drops when needed. Levels 17-19
you want to do solo or grouping for the rest of your levels in this zone.
Solo
At this point you need to decide whether
go to Trader's Berth. Going north along the road here and then following it to the finish up your leveling on. Impetusium will lead you to great mobs to
If you are going to solo, you will want to
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide Grouping
Levels 24-27 to the Spriggs. You can see this area on your At this point you will want to head down
grouping your best area is going to be east of Altgard at the Black Claw areas. If you go
If you are in a group or are interested in
straight east of the city you will find a path leading up to the Black Claws. Outside here your group if you already have one. you will want to find your group or organize
map. If you are in Morheim you can actually just fly to the quest hub located there and it will put you in the central area of the mobs you want. Levels 27-30
because of the drops from bosses you will kill along your way. The downside is it requires a ahold of! Levels 20-22 around the outskirts of the city. These are quite easy mobs and you are near the city so you can sell your drops to the NPC's or trader. From levels 22-24 you will want to go south of the city to where the snow is (you can see the snow on your map). Here you will find wolves and other mobs you can kill. for classes such as the Ranger or Sorcerer. Levels 22-24 From levels 20-22 you will want to hunt group which is not always possible to get
This area is the best for your leveling
going solo or grouping for the epic mobs. Again, grouping is harder to do than solo, but the bosses you kill in the epic area are great drops compared to what you will be obtaining alone.
Solo
At this point you have another choice of
Morheim flight path to head to the west quest hub. Outside here you will find many different mobs. The ones you will want are the ones in the actual desert. The ones near the quest hub have too many snares.
If you are solo you will want to use the
Nothing here is ranged, which is excellent
go up towards the fortress rather than hanging out at the bottom. There are some
In the desert you will most likely want to
ranged mobs on the path up but you can pull most things one by one. Also, they have a short aggression-follow range so if you do over-pull you can just run away.
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If you choose to hunt at the bottom in the actual desert (which is not recommended) you need to watch out for the giant Condor. He is a high level elite boss and will kill you very quick if you get within range.
Grouping
Levels 36-39 area (1277,833) on your map. This is south until level 39. At this point you will want to go to the
of the main spawn point and will last you
If you choose to group the best plan here is to go up to the solo area and hunt there while waiting until you actually have a group. When you do, you all will want to go towards the far north west of the map and then follow the path south. Here you will find many epic mobs and also some bosses. These are awesome to farm for their drops. Levels 30-33
At this point you will want to go way south. Around point (2234,1251) on your map you will find a quest hub, however near leveling up to 41 on. Levels 41-45 (quarter), you will find the mobs you want to In the south eastern quadrant of the map grind until you reach 45. Levels 45-50 the south east area of the map, at the Stronghold, or in the north east, at Alukina's Palace. For these levels you will want to grind in this area you will also find great mobs for
Levels 39-41
you will find mobs to kill to reach 33 off of. These are spread out making them easy to kill without the worry of accidentally pulling too many. Levels 33-36
South east of the spawn point in Beluslan
where you are hunting and you will find a quest about Spriggs. In this area you will be able to grind to level 36.
Follow along the path to the east from
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Elyos
Leveling guide from 1-10
step is going to be familiarizing yourself with From the Elyos starting position your first
Accept the quest Kerubim Hunt from Mires, which wants you to slay 3 Striped go slay 3 of them. Now return to Mires. You should now be level 2! Kerubs. These are located just by the NPC, so
your user interface. If you have any please look in the appendix of this guide. When you are familiar with what is going on, you will want to look at your hot bar. The
confusion or want more details about the UI,
Mires, which requires you to get Kerub Grain Sacks. Right where you were killing Kerubs you will see a small fenced in area. This is where the sacks are located. Get 4 of these and return to Mires. Turn in the quest and accept "Report to the Priest."
Accept the quest Grain Thieves from
default setup is okay for most players, especially being that there are not many things on it at the time. If you do feel the need to move things around, I prefer to put my best (strongest) skills on the left side of the bar, the buffs on the top bar, and things like Bandage on the right side of it. This makes it much easier when playing the game with a keypad! Now you're ready to start the journey! First speak to Elpas, right by where you
you to Akarios Village, to the north east. Get on the road and follow it in that direction and you will run into Kales. Speak to him and grab the quest "The Snuffler Headache." This quest has you obtain 4 tails from Grain Snufflers, located just south east of the NPC. Return to Kales to turn in "The Snuffler Headache" and pick up "Kale's Request" by speaking to him again. Now continue along the north east).
The quest "Report to the Priest" will send
start out at, and pick up the quest Sleeping
on the Job. He sends you almost straight complete this quest and obtain the rewards.
the path towards Akarios Village again (to
north to speak to Mires. Speak to Mires to
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Note : As soon as you enter the village you will have a quest pop up in your log called "Mercenary Captain's Call." This is normal, and we will be doing this one as well. Click the check-box beside it and close the quest screen.
them while they are in your inventory to learn them. Then open your skill menu (Default button is K) and drag them to your hot bar. After you have done this, speak to Minalinerk to pick up the quest Abandoned Goods.
Note 2 : Go to the Obelisk to your left after you enter and bind yourself to this village. If you don't have enough yet, bind as soon as you do. It will help greatly reduce your run time if you die. Go to Uno in the village and turn in "Kale's Request." Then pick up the quest "Uno's Ingredients." Speak to Polinia and turn in the quest "Report to the Priest" and pick up "Collecting Angelica." This will boost you to level 3! Speak to Kalio and turn in the quest
follow the path until you run into Muranes. Speak to him to get the next part of "The Kerub Threat." Now you must kill Small Horned Kerubs, located just north of him. Slay 5 of these and return to him. Note : While you are doing this quest it is a
Exit the village to the north west and
good idea to farm the Angelica you see on the to click on. You need 10 of these.
ground. They are small flowers you are able
"Mercenary Captain's Call" and you will see more quests open in your campaign.
Muranes and he will send you to Agar's Farm. Head almost straight west from Big Foot Kerubs here and loot them until you from the barrels. Muranes and you will run into the farm. Slay obtain 5 fangs. Also obtain 5 wine bottles
When you have the 5 Kerubs, return to
on your class) and speak to them to obtain
Head over to your skill master (depending 250 experience. Speak to them again to learn your new skills. Buy the book(s) for the skill(s) you are able to learn and double click
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After you obtain the fangs, or on your way to Agar's Farm, slay the various Airons in the pond (they are birds). You must kill 6 of these and loot them for their meat. When you have all of these items, head back to Muranes to turn in the quest "The Kerub Threat." He will now send you back to Kalio to complete the quest "The Kerub Angelicas until you have 15 collecting skill. This will aid you in the future. When your collecting is level 15, head back to Akarios Village. On your way, stop by Melampus and pick up the quest "A Book for Namus." In the village, speak to Kalios to complete "The Kerub Threat" and choose your reward. Then speak to Polinia and complete the quest "Collecting Angelica." Speak to Uno to complete the quest "Uno's Ingredients." Speak to Minalinerk to complete Abandoned Goods.
Go north west out of the village again and head along the normal path up to the north and around to the east.
Ampeis to get the next step of "Request of the him.
When you get into the forest speak to
Elim." Also, pick up "Mushroom Thief" from
Threat." Before you go, farm more of the
speak to Forest Protector Noah (the big tree) to get the next part of "Request of the Elim." He will give you a flute, but ignore it. Afterwards, speak to Namus to complete "A Book for Namus." Then speak to him again to pick up the quests "Insomnia Medicine" and "The Elim's Mysterious Message." Go almost straight north of these NPC's to find the Sylphens and east of there to find the Mepiguses you need. You will need 8 Mepiguses and to loot 5 Sylphen wings. When you have the Mepiguses and
Follow along the path a little more and
Sylphens head to the south east part of the
so get any skills you have not already learned. Also empty your inventory (to the NPC) of any items you do not need or want.
Note : By this point you should be level 4,
forest to find the Sleeping Elders. Wake up two of these by right clicking on them. You get credit! must speak to them when they are awake to
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Now return to the NPC's at the beginning of the forest. Speak to Forest Protector Noah to get the next part of "Request of the Elim" Thief." and speak to Ampeis to complete "Mushroom
Now speak to Tula to get the next part of the quest "Neutralization" and Oz to get the next part of "Illegal Logging." After, go south to kill Dukaki Woodcutters and Lumberjacks. You need 6 quest items from them.
and go directly north of the "na" in Cliona on your map. Here you will find Feira. Speak to her to get the next part of "The Elim's again to pick up "To Fish in Peace." Slay 5 Brown Bristle Brax's and 5 Rake Claw Slinks near her and return to her to complete the quest. Return to Akarios Village now, along the path (or use Return). In the village first speak to Asteros to complete the quest "The Elim's Mysterious Message." Now speak to Uno to turn in "Insomnia Medicine." Now that you are done here, go get the rest Mysterious Message." Then speak to her
Head back towards the lake now (Cliona)
east of the campsite towards the Mine. Slay 12 Dukaki's over here as well. Just to the right of the "e" in Mine you will see the cauldron you need for "Neutralization." It is easiest to kill the mobs on your way to this cauldron and then finish up the ones you are missing. When you have done both steps above, return to the campsite and speak to Oz to get Also, speak to him again to pick up the quest "Oz's Prayer Beads." Lastly, speak to Tula to pick up the quest "Mopping Up Zaifs." Head back to the Mine and kill the large mobs now, called Tursin Overseers. Slay 3 of these. Afterwards, return to the campsite and Logging." the next step of the quest "Illegal Logging."
When you have the 6 Dukaki items, head
of the spellbooks you will need for your skills up through level 8. After, go to the Flight Transporter Melponeh's Campsite. Your first step here is to bind to this new location. (Kustanon) and fly to
speak to Oz to complete the quest "Illegal
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Go almost straight south west from the camp and you will find the Gray Zaifs. Slay 9 of these. After this, follow along the path to are from earlier. the south west to the forest where the NPC's
Speak to Tula and pick up the quest "Tula's Music Box." Then speak to Melponeh to pick up the quest "Melponeh's Mushroom Research." After, head along the north path from the campsite towards the Agaric Spore Road (north). While you are here you will want to slay Three-Day Sparkys until you get
next step of "Request of the Elim" and speak
Speak to Forest Protector Noah to get the
3 quest items and Fearless Fungi until you obtain 5 quest items from them. Then speak to "Neutralization." After this, head deeper into the Spore area and you will find Spore Shade Fungus (the large ones). Slay these and loot them until you obtain 3 Mushroom Spores, and then return to Pernos. Head back to the campsite now and speak Pernos to get the next step of
to Namus to complete the quest "Insomnia Medicine." Then speak to Namus again to Medicine." Follow the path back towards the campsite and you will see Daminu off on your left. He is just below the "n" in "Daminu Forest." Speak to the NPC directly ahead of you when you are teleported to fly around and learn about your past. After flying you will land and will be taken back to the forest. Speak to Daminu again to get the next step of "Request of the Elim." Continue running along the path to the pick up the quest "A Taste of Namus'
to Oz to complete the quest "Oz's Prayer Melponeh's Mushroom Research.
Beads" and then Melponeh to complete Head back to the Mine from earlier where the cauldron is and go speak to the cauldron again. While you are in this area, it would need for Tula's quest. These can be found scattered all over the area. also be a good idea to get the 7 Iron Ores you
north east until you get to the campsite.
Speak to Lonia to complete the quest "A Taste of Namus' Medicine" and then Tula to complete "Mopping Up Zaifs." By this point you should be level 7!
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Return to the campsite and speak to Tula to "Neutralization." Now speak to the Flight Transporter and choose to fly to Akarios Village. Speak to Kalio to complete the quest "Request of the Elim." Then speak to him again to complete "Neutralization." Note : While you are in town, get any skills get the next part of the quest
the path all the way to the end. You will run into Poa here. Speak to him to complete the quest "Tula's Music Box" and then pick up the next part of "No Entry." Also, pick up the new quest "Suspicious Ore" from him.
enter it. As you go deeper you will find boxes around. Open them and grab the quest items; you will need 6. As you continue you will
Continue along the path to the mine and
you are missing (if there are any) and sell your trash items to the NPC's.
find Ino on your right. Speak to him to continue "No Entry." Continue through the cave until you get to the very large room (not the first one) and to the left will be the green power generator. The blue one is to the right of the entrance, and the violet one is up the hill in front of you. There may be a named mob in front of it, so you might need to kill him. After you have talked to all 3 generators (to destroy them) use the Poeta Abyss Gate. You are now almost done with this quest! You can use Return now, if you wish. If the area is still clear you can also run back out to where Poa is to complete the quest
the quest "No Entry." Speak to Polinia to pick up the quest "Polinia's Ointment," and speak to Baevrunerk to pick up the quest "Ancient Cube." Then speak to the Flight Transporter and fly back to the campsite.
Before you leave, speak to Kalio to pick up
Entry" and then speak to Melponeh to complete "Polinia's Ointment." Now it is time to make a final trip to the
Speak to Oz here to get the next step of "No
Mine. North of the "a" in "Kabarah" you will see a small white box on the ground. This is the Ancient Cube, so speak to it. Head back into the Spore area again to
"Suspicious Ore." Otherwise, you will need to run back through the Spore road to Poa.
where Pernos is. Speak to Pernos to get the
next part of the quest "No Entry." Next, open your map (press N for overlay) and follow
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When you turn in "Suspicious Ore" pick up the quest "Scouting the Timolia Mine." This the mine and bring back 5 quest items to Poa also count). After you turn in this quest use Return to go back to the campsite. When you are finished with all of this, fly one is pretty easy. Slay any of the mobs inside to complete the quest (note : the outside mobs
Continue up the path towards the forest and keep running until you get to Daminu. Speak to him to continue the quest. He will now send you back to Pernos so run up to the Spore area. Once you are teleported, speak to up ahead. Here you will have to fight 4 easy. You will go through a cut-scene after and you will see Pernos next to you. Speak to him and choose your class. You will then be taken back to the Spore road where you are able to either keep hunting where you are or speak to Pernos to move to the Sanctum, the main land. Note that your experience is enough that one kill and you will hit level 10. So kill one mob and decide whether or not you are ready to move on. Explore if you wish, or speak to Pernos to go to Sanctum! (To enter Sanctum you must choose the quest "Daeva's Ceremony." It will teleport you there for free) Congratulations! You've made it to level Belpartan directly ahead to fly to the island normal mobs and a boss, but they are very
over to Akarios Village again. Speak to Kalio here to complete "No Entry." Then speak to Baevrunerk to complete "Ancient Cube." Fly back to the campsite and go back to the Spore area. Here, you will need to grind mobs until you reach level 9. Any of them are fine, being that they start out at level 7. As soon as you hit level 9 you will automatically gain the quest "Ascension." You are already near Pernos, so go to him and speak to him to continue it. Go back to the campsite and fly over to Akarios Village. Go out the north west exit that goes towards Cliona Lake. Go into the water just next to the island in the middle of the lake (with the glowing trees) and use "Pernos' Potion Bottle" that is in your inventory. Note that you may order to use the bottle. need to move around the water some in
10!
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Questing
Levels 1-3 From levels 1-3 you will find quests all
Levels 10-12 quests to do. If you do all of these you should easily reach level 12. If you do not quite remaining experience. make it, grind the mobs outside to finish the In Verteron Citadel you will find many
linked together on your way to Akarios Village. Just follow the normal path and pick up all the quests you pick up along the way. Levels 3-5
Levels 12-13 see some NPC's off on your left. Speaking to East of the citadel along the path you will
in the village (pick them up) and head north. On your way to Cliona Lake. Here you will find more quests to do.
From levels 3-5 just do the quests located
these will give you quests and they will send you north-bound where you will find more quests. These quests combined will get you to level 13. Levels 13-16 quests to do. These will force you to travel to way from one location to another you should have no issues reaching level 16 before you finish with the quests available. Levels 16-19 and many solo quests. These are located in different areas. At this point there are many group quests In Tolbas Village you will find a lot of many areas but if you kill mobs along your
located at the entrance and inside the forest area. Afterwards, head along the path again to the north east. Levels 7-9 near the Deforested Area. You can fly straight there from Akarios Village if you wish. You will then find more quests at the entrance of the Agaric Spore Road. After completing all of this you should be level 9 at and will reach level 10. which you will then do your ascension quest From levels 7-9 do the quests at the camp
From levels 5-7 you will be doing quests
Levels 5-7
Solo
east along the path from Tolbas Village and
For the solo quests you will be going north
then south east along the path that connects to it. As you follow this path you will find a
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lot of quests on your way to Pilgrim's Respite. After you finish all of those continue west from the Respite and you will find even more quests at the Holy Ground.
Grouping
Levels 22-23 Theobomos. Here you will find a lot of quests At this point you want to fly over to
already unlocked, and as you complete them you will reach level 23 and will find that even more are unlocked. Once you have spawned in, go to the Red Wasteland and
place in Tursin Outpost and Tursin Garrison. and also from the Holy Ground and the
For your grouping quests they will take
finished all of them in the quest hub you follow the path south east and as you walk
The quests are obtained from your Missions Citadel. It is somewhat important to do these, however you can do the solo quests while you wait for or form a group.
you will run into another NPC. Here you will pick up more quests to do. After doing all of these you should be part-way through level 23.
the coast (you can fly there from the citadel).
From level 19-20 you can do the quests at There are not a lot of quests available here but they do require a lot of killing so the experience gained while working on them helps out a lot. Levels 20-22 At Eltnen you will find a lot of different At this time you will be in the zone Eltnen.
Levels 19-20
do the rest of your questing. When you fly
Now you will want to return to Eltnen to there, go south west along the path and you will run into NPC's with level 23 quests. Upon completing these you should finish up level 23 and become 24. Levels 24-25 will run into more NPC's with quests. These are for a level or two below you but that is complete them faster. Due to the number of them. not a problem it just means you will new quests you will hit 25 after finishing Go south east from the last NPC's and you
Levels 23-24
quests for level 20, and then a lot more when you reach 21. Between these combined you should hit level 22 pretty easily, mostly due doing them. to the number of mobs you must kill while
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Levels 25-26 along the path (act as if you are going back to Eltnen). When you get to the split that goes off to the west, follow it. This will lead you to the Eiron Desert. When you get here you will find NPC's off on your left. Do all of these 25. At this point you will want to go to the Eastern Eracus Desert. Just below the name on the map you will find NPC's. There will not be a lot of quests available if you are still just level 25, but do the ones there are and grind the rest of the level (if you need to). Levels 26-27 running again. This time you are traveling to the Manduri Forest (east of your location). When you get here follow the path south and to level 27, or at least around it. You will need to grind the remaining experience. Levels 27-28 you will find NPC's. These quests will get you At this point you need to do a little bit of quests and you will knock out some of level At this point you need to go back north
Levels 28-29 your current level and then head north of the quests. Any experience you still need after this point you will need to grind. Levels 29-30 pretty spread out. The locations are as follows: Eastern Eracus Desert Mystic Spring of Ananthe South along the path of Ananthe Drake Habitat After doing all of these quests available you will be at or around level 30. If you do not reach it, just grind out the rest. There won't be much more to go at this point. Levels 30-31 same areas as before, but add in Eltnen Fortress to the mix. A lot of quests available for this level helps out a lot with spreading out the required grind. there are lower level but having saved them At this point the quests are located in the At this point your quests are going to be Do the available quests at the desert for
desert to the Grave of Sataloca to do those
are now many new quests opened up. Do the you.
Back to the Eastern Eracus Desert, there ones that are available and they will level
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Levels 31-32 start to kick in. The list of where your quests are is as follows: West area of Eastern Eracus Temple Entrance of Eastern Eracus Temple Golden Bough Garrison Drake Habitat South of Prellus Wasteland Now is when all of the group quests really
Levels 34-35 Habitat and Agairon Village, but not near moderate-high grinding period. Levels 35-36 There are a few quests available at Drake
enough to level up off of. This will be a
There are a few quests available in Agairon Village and also at (2014, 1392) but this will be a much longer grinding period. It is highly recommended that you use the epic
not, you will need to grind some mobs to finish up the level. Levels 32-33 Village. There are not enough to level up, so you will be forced to grind a bit at this level. Levels 33-34 following locations: Agairon Village Drake Habitat South east of Kurillu Mountain The quests available at 32 are in Agairon
Upon finishing these you should level. If
zones (with groups) to do the grinding if possible. If nothing else, it will help relieve (hopefully) get great drops along the way. Levels 36-37 some of the stress and allow you to
(2014, 1392) location as well as Lankusis Plateau. Afterwards, you will need to grind the rest. Levels 37-38 now unlock more quests. Most of these are going to be group quests, which is good experience anyways (due to great drops). At the same locations as above you will
Here you will want to do the quests at the
At this point you will find quests at the
because you want to farm those areas for the
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Levels 38-43 move to Heiron. Here you will find a lot of quests that will help you reach level 43 pretty easily. At this point you will want to make the
(2876,2227) (902,2245) And the town at (1608,2696) Levels 45-50
With even fewer quests left you will be relying more on gathering materials or Aether, as well as grinding on mobs to level following locations: Jeiapiron Village Orton Farm up. Regardless, there are a few quests in the
The locations of the quests are as follows: The main spawn area (153,1611) (704,641) (982,693) (2245,607) (1442,1352) (1326,1449) (1116,1695) (1785,1350) (2036,1403) (2755,1401) There are many areas here for quests and they are almost all already unlocked at this point. As you go between them, ensure you do a little back-tracking to make sure you did all of the quests.
grinding a lot.
Aside from these few quests you will be
areas left to go, however there are many quests when they are combined. The locations are as follows:
At this point there are only a few more
Levels 43-45
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Grinding
Levels 1-3 From your starting area hunt the mobs
Once you are level 9 do your Ascension quest and then kill one more mob and move on to Sanctum. Here, you will want to go off to the next town, Verteron. Levels 10-13 around the outside of Verteron Citadel. These For levels 10-13 you will want to hunt
around you until you are level 3. These are very fast kills and they do little damage so it should be a quick level up. Levels 3-5
Arkarios Village and go north up the path from here. In this area you will find many more mobs around your level. As you kill the mobs here make your way to the west and into the water. Here you will find birds and other beasts. At level 5 you should be ready to venture off into the forest. Go north east along the path from where you are now and into the forest. Kill the mobs here (Sparkies and others) until you reach level 7. Levels 7-9 Levels 5-7
At this point you will want to progress to
mobs are pretty easy to kill and will give NPC's so you can sell items as needed. Levels 13-15
decent experience. This is also close to the
Northern Tolbas Forest. Here you will find a lot of mobs that are very closely packed together. You will not be near NPC's, though, disadvantage. Levels 15-17 go are the Dukaki Settlement and the Dukaki Mine. These mobs are great experience, they found all over their area in case you need to are very tightly packed. For levels 15 through 17 the best places to so in terms of selling you will be at a
At this point you will want to go to the
the mobs in the mine strip to the north east.
At this point you will want to start killing
give decent drops, and there are materials do some collecting. Along with this, the mobs
There are many mobs close together here so it is quite easy to do. The alternative to this is mobs and generally has a lot of people level up in the mines. to go to the far west, but that area has less questing. It is highly recommended to just
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Levels 17-20 you wish to go solo or grouped. Solo is easier because you are not bound to finding a go farm mobs that give better drops.
Solo
Levels 24-26 the Eiron Desert. These mobs will last you until 26. Levels 26-28 west into the real desert. While you are here watch out for the huge boss. It seems to have a small aggression range, but it is big so you should have no problems seeing it before you are even near it. For these levels you will want to go farther At this point you want to go north west to
At this point you need to choose whether
group, however grouping will allow you to
to Verteron Citadel and fly to the coast. Here you will find many different mobs to kill.
Grouping
For solo leveling you will want to go back
the coast, however you will want to go north to the Tursin Garrison. In this area are epic mobs but they give great experience and and occasionally stigma stones!). At this point you are ready to move to Eltnen. When you get there, hunt the mobs around the fortress until you are level 22. and none of them are ranged. There are many types of mobs around here Levels 20-22 awesome drops (including weapons, armor,
If you group you will also want to go to
whether you wish to solo or group. It is highly recommended to just solo this part, as the grouping area is quite dangerous (due to the time).
Solo
At this point you will need to decide again
Levels 28-30
people running back and forth with trains all
south area) is the best area for you. These are drakes that deal a moderate amount of damage but they are dealt with easily. Along with this, continuing a little east from here brings about other mobs to kill.
If you are solo the Drake Habitat (middle
then follow the path south you will end up in a forest. Here you will find mobs that will last you until level 24.
If you go south west from the fortress and
Levels 22-24
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide Grouping
Levels 45-50 either in the Upper Abyss or at Orton Farm's area. The best place to grind these levels out is
is the Kaiden Mine. This area boasts elite mobs but as long as you can keep away from the other groups it should not be an issue. (Stigma Stones, weapons, and armor). Levels 30-33
If you group the area you will want to go
The drops here make it well worth the travel
want to just follow the path towards the north east. Here you will start to find mobs that will get you to level 43. These are spread classes. Levels 33-36 out, making them easy to kill even for kiting
From the spawn point in Heiron you will
east and as you go you will start to find mobs a little higher level. The ones you want to grind to 36 off of are the level 33-34 ones. Levels 36-40 both horizontal and vertical) you will find mobs. Kill these until you reach level 40. Levels 40-45 you want to go to finish your trek up to level 45. The north east part of the map is where Near the middle of the map (in terms of
Continue up the path towards the north
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BATTLE SKILLS AND USAGE
Levels 1-10
Although you are probably playing for the ability of being able to kite enemies, during that strategy. All of your skills at this point are going to be based on using daggers (or to get to level 10. these first ten levels you will have to change
hroughout this section we are going to view each of the various skills available to learn. Rather
than going and writing a section of how to explain how each skill is to be used. This will allow you to gain the knowledge of how to
swords) but we need them anyways in order
battle at each few levels, we will instead
Level 1
Swift Edge have only a few basic skills. These are the normal attack and then another called Swift Edge. You are going to want to keep using Swift Edge anytime it is ready for use, and between. Focused Evasion just let your normal attack deal damage in When you first start out you are going to
battle with each and every skill. This will assist you because you will keep learning how to adopt each skill into your battle styles depending on what type of situation you are in. At the end-game section we will be looking at a detailed battle walkthrough, the skills available. Please note that in this section we are being that you have officially learned all of
looking at the skills once. We will not look at Surprise Attack I and Surprise attack II, for example. These are essentially both exactly of attack power. the same skills, only with different amounts
This is going to be a skill you learn how to use now and will continue using even as a Ranger. What this skill does is forces the next attack on you to miss. This will give us added
You also have the skill Focused Evasion.
benefits later, but for now just note that it your enemy(s).
means you will take a little less damage from
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Level 3
Surprise Attack At level three you are going to obtain a
Level 5
Counterattack Counterattack is where you first get an
new skill called Surprise Attack. This skill correctly. The only way this skill is ever going to benefit you is if you use it against almost no damage to the enemy.
can deal a lot of damage if it is used
added benefit to using Focused Evasion. This skill requires that you evade an attack in order to use it on a target, and Focused you are attacking your enemy try to use the combination of Focused Evasion
Evasion guarantees that it happens! When >
the target's back. From the front it deals
passive mobs (non-aggressive) or when in a
Surprise Attack is very easy to use against
Counterattack as often as you can during your battles. This will help out a lot since you will only be able to use Surprise Attack when facing the enemy's back. Note : This skill has a chance to stun your enemy. That makes this skill, especially at level five, priceless. Keep in mind that it does not always stun the enemy, but it does always deal damage! use the skill once (if solo) and then continue your normal attacks. The most important thing to keep in mind when dealing with Surprise Attack is that you can use it all you If you are behind the mob, go ahead and attacking the mob using your other skill or Hide is a skill that you will be using a lot so it would be a great idea to get to learn how it works now. Hide
group with someone else who draws the mob's attention. Against aggressive mobs while solo this skill is rarely going to work properly, due to the mobs turning to face you before you use it. Against these mobs, skip the skill and just use Swift Edge.
want as long as you are facing the back of your enemy, but if you are not then do not use it.
to use Hide. This skill (at level one) is basic so others will be able to spot you using special skills designed to do so.
When you are not in combat you are able
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The purpose of Hide is to go invisible for mobs and other players. When it comes to mobs, it allows you to run past aggressives without having to worry about them killing you. In PvP it serves as a way for you to sneak players would notice an attacker sneaking up on them for an easy kill. up on your enemy easier. After all, most
Note that Soul Slash is dependent upon Swift Edge, not the other way around. Even Soul Slash, but it would be a good idea! The least!) using Swift Edge you are not forced to use extra damage surely does not hurt (you at
Level 9
Devotion allows you to get a boost on your statistic(s) for a short period of time. In this case, it should be used carefully, and only when actually in a battle. Do not use it while running from mob to mob or area to area or you will waste the effects of it. boosts your physical attack power. This skill Devotion is your first real buff, which
when using Hide is that it slows your run speed down by 30%. This can make traveling that on to the fact that it does not last long and you need to be careful; otherwise you may go visible again and die. with the skill enabled extremely hard. Tack
A very important thing to keep in mind
Level 7
Soul Slash This means that it requires you use another skill before you are able to use this one. In this case, the skill you must use before it is Swift Edge. Soul Slash is your very first combo skill.
is that it only lasts 5 seconds but has a 30 second cool down. If you are fighting mobs that you think you may end up having issues with, it would be a good idea to leave this skill on stand-by while you wait until you needing it and it being on cool down.
The biggest thing to keep in mind with this
need it. If you do not, you may end up
and as soon as it ends you will see the Soul
In order to use this combo use Swift Edge
Slash icon light up. Use this skill as soon as be able to re-start the combo as soon as Swift Edge's cool down is over.
possible or it will go away. If it does, you will
issues with killing and do not feel there is (when actually in battle) for the best results.
If you are fighting mobs you have no any threat, use this skill as often as possible
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Levels 10-20
This is a very confusing time for most Rangers because it is not quite understood what the most efficient way to play the class you are alone or in a group. When you are is. Really the difference resides in whether grouped, you are going to want to play the same way as you have from levels 1-10. kiting the mobs around. Levels 10-20 can be considered as the newbie levels. During this period your bow attacks are very weak compared to your damage with daggers or swords. Add this to the fact that your evasion is not great and your defense is low, and you have a problem! When solo, however, you are going to be
Along with this, when you obtain your skills you want to ensure you get the dagger the level 18-20 period you will be grouped for Epic mobs, so you will have use for the dagger and sword skills then if nothing else. Once you learn your new skills, you will and sword skills as well as bow ones. During
want to set up two hotbars now. One will be swords.
used for the bow and one for the daggers or
Level 10
Entangling Shot our first real Ranger skill, and it is extremely helpful when it comes to leveling in PvE, and also helps out a lot in PvP. This can be considered as a snare because it This skill is now your new favorite. This is
to look into grouping with other players. Although you are able to kite things around when you are alone, grouping is a much, much faster way to level. Your damage is low this one of the hardest classes to grind and quest through this point. and killing mobs takes quite a while, making
During this period you will definitely want
you are able to use it even while attempting to run from your enemy. You do need to be facing the target in order to use this, but if you are running backwards you do not need to stop in order to use it.
One of the best parts of this skill is that
chance to slow down your target for anywhere between 8 and 16 seconds. During this time you are able to toss out more attacks are attempting to flee). (if you are killing your target) or run (if you
The best benefit of this skill is that it has a
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Snipe This skill does a great deal of damage, but it Snipe is another skill you get at level 10.
Your Your
attack speed is increased by 20% as speed is increased by 30% as
Asmodian or 30% as Elyos Asmodian or 33% as Elyos
does take a little time in order to use. This
skill does have a short reuse timer, however, so you are able to use it many times during each battle. Being that you only have two real Ranger
As you can see, these are a little equal and it is really hard to judge which one is better. The run speed is not much different between the two, so it is not an issue. The hard to which is better : An added 10% physical attack or 10% attack speed. The added attack power means the attack speed is the same, means it is easier to kite but takes more shots to kill the enemy. Regardless of your faction, this skill is extremely beneficial. The only downside to it is that it only lasts 60 seconds. Along with this, it uses up 2000 DP, meaning you will be unable to spam the skill. It is best to save this meaning harder to kite, and the attack speed
skills at this point, you will be relying on this one a lot. Flight : Boost Attack Speed great importance to us at this point. This is a passive skill that allows 10% greater attack range while flying in the air. This helps us in both PvE and PvP, but more information on fighting while in the air is located in the Battle Strategies section. Mau Form This is not an active skill, but it does have
distinguish part comes when looking at
between Elyos and Asmodians. There are the same general changes, however they are different in their intensity.
This is the first skill with a difference
one for when you are in a situation where it is necessary, such as being in an area with a harder-than-normal mob. lot of aggressive mobs or being against a
the following:
You Your
The change given when using this buff are are transformed into a Mau Templar
Asmodian or 10% as Elyos
physical attack is increased by 20% as
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Level 13
Dodging This is a skill you will want to keep active
If
you are standing by the enemy when they
get rooted, they will still be able to attack. Ensure you are out of range of them to keep this from happening.
all of the time. This increases your evasion by of only 10 seconds. Because of this, you are
200 for 60 seconds but has a low reuse timer able to keep your evasion boosted all the time as long as you remember to hit this buff getting used to in order to remember to do this, but it will greatly help out in battles. Spike Trap is immobilizes your enemy (roots them, does not keep them from being able to attack) and decreases their evasion from your attacks. This has a 5 meter range, which is not great, but it will work when used in conjunction with Entangling Shot. There are a few very important things to know about this skill :
It
As you can see, this skill has both its ups and downs. Although it can be very beneficial, it is also quite expensive
every minute. It will probably take a little
(considering how much Kinah you earn) and has a chance of doing absolutely nothing.
are in groups in Epic mob areas or if you are pulling group mobs. If you plant the trap in
The best times to use these are when you
This is your first trap! What this one does
front of one of the group mobs you can (with any luck) root it while you are killing the one you need for your quest. Learning how to do this properly will take a little bit of time but it is well worth it!
Level 16
Arrow Strike works the same way as well, shooting an arrow to deal a great deal of damage. At the same time, this is a chain skill of level 2, requiring you to use Snipe before using this. This is a skill about as strong as Snipe. This
character. Each Tripeed seed used costs 75 Kinah, so the cost can add up quite quickly.
It
is quite expensive, if it is your first
be stopped at all. This does not happen too often but is still a possibility.
can fail, in which case the enemy will not
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Anytime you use Snipe you should use this right after (assuming the cool down has potential in a short period of time. Along with this, these skills (Arrow Strike and Snipe) should be used in conjunction with Entangling Shot. You will generally end up taking a hit or two while using these skills but if you use Focused Evasion you can usually avoid the attack. Poisoning Trap poisons your enemy. At this point, we will be considering how the cool down timers of traps will benefit us. Because there is a 30 second cool down, this will allow for planting two traps and there will still be 25 seconds or so in order to use them. The best way to utilize this is to plant both This is an interesting trap because it already ended) to maximize the damage
Keep in mind that much like with the Spike Trap, this one is also expensive, requiring the same Tripeeds (75 Kinah each). Using both of these at the same time will run the cost of 150 Kinah per time.
much higher than the Kinah you are earning and you are unable to use them often, they are best suited to an environment where you are fighting mobs that are dangerous (either in a dangerous area or are just stronger than normal) or when you are in groups fighting Epic mobs. In the case of Epics, the poison trap will generally take the place of the glue one, being that glue does not deal any damage to enemies.
If you find that the cost of using these is
Level 19
Aiming for a minute. Much like with your evasion seconds. This skill increases your accuracy by 200
the poison and the glue traps together. Doing in place but also hit them with a poison,
so will allow you to not only root your enemy giving them damage! This can greatly help out with killing speed because it adds to the amount of damage that you are dealing to them.
skill, Dodging, this can be used every 10
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Really, at least against classes other than Rangers and Assassins, this skill does not seem to do very much. Generally you will be and those rarely, if ever, fail. Because of this, important as it may seem right now. It is, however, still a good idea to go ahead using your skills instead of normal attacks, in all actuality your accuracy is not as
Once you get Stunning Shot you will want to use it with your Entangling Shot. It is best to use Attack first, then Snare because Snare has a longer lasting effect. If you are doing crowd controlling, you will want to use one order to attempt to keep both mobs under control. Sleep Arrow on one mob and the other on another in
and get into the habit of using the buff. Although it will not help much at this point, later in the future it will benefit us. Stunning Shot does it deal much more damage than our other skills at this point, it also has a guaranteed stun. The length of time the effect is there regardless. At this point you will then have two snare target is stunned is a little random but the This is an interesting skill because not only
helps out in every type of combat, whether it is against normal players or mobs. It sleeps your target for 12 seconds, making them unable to attack, move, or do anything else. although it keeps your target from being able to do anything, if anyone hits them it will negate the effect. This is extremely important to keep in mind because it not only applys to you attacking the mob or person but others as well. The main idea with this skill is that
This is a skill you do not want to miss. This
skills (Stunning Shot for stunning and
Entangling Shot for slowing your target) as well as a snaring trap (Spike Trap). Using all three of these will greatly enhance your of playing a sort of crowd control position. ability is that the skills (aside from the trap) also deal damage to your enemies!
should be careful of what target is chosen. Usually the best ones to use this on are going during PvE, like if you accidentally pull two if you just need to heal up! to be healers (during PvP) or just any mob instead of one, or pull the wrong one, or even
When it comes to using Sleep Arrow, you
ability of killing enemies as you are capable The best part about your crowd controlling
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Levels 20-30
Level 20
Arrow Deluge Arrow Deluge is a great skill because it has an area of effect effect, attacking not only your target but other enemies (players and mobs) around them. The damage on this skill is quite low compared to the more powerful does have the area damage. There is a very, very important disclaimer sent with this skill: Do not use it in PvP if your enemy is near mobs, or use it while solo around multiple mobs! This is a very common mistake that causes death. Whether before, the area effect generally will. you hit the mob(s) near the player or not ones but it is still quite helpful because it
With this skill the most important thing to remember is not to use it if you are near may put you right into the middle of all of them, causing your chances of survival to be even lower than previously. aggressive mobs or other players. Doing so
Calming Whisper worth using in grouping situations. What This is really a PvE only skill, and is only
this means by decreases enmity is that it lowers the amount of aggression a mob has towards you, for example during raids or killing epic mobs. Against players this has no effect and in solo play there is nobody else building up aggression so there is no effect. Poison Arrow epic mobs because it poisons them. The damage comparable to Entangling Shot, but the done from the hit itself is This skill is very helpful against players or
Level 22
Retreating Slash does any damage but pushes you away from your target. This is very useful for running from a player or mob, as it will increase the distance between you. Along with this, the target for up to 3 seconds. This is an interesting skill because it barely
poison adds a damage over time effect. When it comes to fighting against normal mobs, this is not all that effective (as you will usually not have time for the entire poison effect to take its course) but against epic mobs or players you generally will.
skill has the ability to (sometimes) stun your
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Level 25
Silence Arrow Now it is time for your first magic-only
Winged Avenger strength, dexterity, and flying speed while in the air. This is nothing you have control over, so we will leave it at that. This is a passive buff that increases your
snare! This is your ability to silence enemy
players such as Sorcerers and Clerics. It does deal some damage upon the initial hit, however the amount of damage dealt is so small it is almost nonexistent. The real power of the skill is in the ability to silence an enemy for between 2 and 6 seconds. When it comes to using this, the best people to do so on are healers (Cleric mainly) because it keeps them from being able to cast spells on their allied players. It may not seem as if it lasts a long time, but in group vs. group battles it can make a huge difference. Strong Shots attack of your bow for 60 seconds. In terms This is a buff that boosts the physical of how much of a difference you will notice by using it, not a lot. However even 10 or 15 extra damage per skill can make an okay difference when it comes to damage output.
This is a trap that does damage to your enemy (or enemies) in area of effect type damage. There will not be many uses for this type of trap because the damage is low and the amount of area of effect groups you will of it would be for sieging. We will go into deeper details on that in the battle sections). Boost Bow Range be in are quite small (however, one purpose
Explosion Trap
when wielding a bow. This is another passive buff so you do not need to actively use it. Rupture Arrow
This increases the range of your attacks
does a lot of damage and puts your enemy them. This skill is to be used along-side your your target.
This is an extremely powerful attack that into a stagger state, effectively snaring Swift Shot Arrow to deal a lot of damage to
time is when you are in PvP or are fighting
When using this skill the most effective an area with multiple mobs you need. The that should be enough time for 2 kills.
extra damage only lasts 60 seconds, however
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Level 28
Spiral Arrow Yet another very powerful attack. This
gain x speed over x time buff and instead is increased depending on the amount of hits you are taking. Of course, this means nothing if you are snared, rooted, or stunned!
goes along with Rupture Arrow, however this anything: It is solely there to inflict a great deal of damage.
does not have an added snare benefit or
Level 31
Destruction Trap target. This is especially useful against other Rangers or classes such as the Sorcerer. Trap of Clairvoyance enemies. This is only useful in PvP but is very beneficial in the fact that it will help you locate Rangers or Assassins that are hiding. This may not seem like a huge benefit or like it is worth the cost, but it can easily save one of your back-like classes (such as Clerics) from being quickly mowed down by a sneaky player. Aerial Wild Shot This is a ranged trap that reveals invisible This trap launches a ranged attack at your
useful to you. What this does is entrap the
Now this is a trap that will be extremely enemy in mid-air so they are unable to move or attack. Using this in front of a Spike Trap will effectively assist you with getting two snares on your target, one right after the other. When placing this, you do not want them to be on top of each other. Instead, space them out a little so that you gain the possibility of the second going off when the first one ends. Tactical Retreat your movement speed for every hit that you This is a 30 second buff that increases
Snare Trap
receive. In normal circumstances, this skill will not be of any use for you. When attempting to escape enemies, however, this can be a priceless addition to your buffs. The best part about this one is that it is not a solid
immobilized in mid-air, however the damage is quite low. Honestly the chances you will can pretty much write this one off. need to use this skill are slim-to-none, so you
This inflicts damage to a target that is
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Hunter's Eye you to see hidden targets. Unlike the trap that This grants a 60 second buff that allows
Also keep in mind that the stun will sometimes happen more than others, or sometimes not at all. It is more or less a gamble; you are trading the chance to be stunned for the ability to get a guaranteed attack speed boost.
allows everyone to see the hidden target, this will only allow you to. At the same time, however, the trap only works on one person and this buff will work on everyone for 60 seconds.
Breath of Nature regeneration by 50 for 5 minutes. This is This is a buff that increases your health
much as possible in both PvP and PvE because you never know when someone is going to sneak up on you and try to kill you!
It is a good idea to keep this buff up as
useful in situations like PvP or if you are taking a lot of damage from enemies. Other than that, it is better to just use rest when needed.
Level 34
Arrow Flurry attack speed by 40% for 30 seconds. At the same time, it does also have a huge negative effect; it randomly stuns you for 2 seconds while you are attacking your enemy. This skill should never be used while solo This is a buff that increases your bow's
Level 37
Fleshcutter Arrow to your target but also has the effect of lowering their physical defense for 4-8 seconds. On top of this, it also decreases the amount of healing they receive from allied by about half. This deals a moderate amount of damage
because the stun can easily be the difference between living or dying in combat. In groups it is not a huge issue.
really not that bad, but it is not the best either. The real benefit here is in the lowered defense rating of the target, as well as their
The damage outputted from this skill is
extreme lack of being able to get healed (healers being ineffective makes it much easier to kill someone in PvP).
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Due to the effects this skill gives, it is geared to both PvE and PvP, however the greatest benefit is going to be the PvP, Chanter near them. especially if your enemy has a Cleric or a
Arrow Storm damages the target you have at the time of This is a very strong attack that not only
use but also has an area of effect damage too.
This is easily a very deadly skill whether you are using it against just one person or a group of people (or mobs). Aether Arrow
This is a trap that immobilizes your enemy (roots them) and decreases their evasion. The evasion is not a huge benefit on most classes (aside from the Ranger and Asssassin), however having yet another root skill is very helpful. Tacking this on to your existing root trap makes for a great effect.
Spike Bite Trap
Arrow Storm and decreases the target's maximum mana by 75%. Although this is less effective on some classes than others, the damage itself makes it well worth using in any situation. At the same time, however, this is mostly effective against classes such as the Cleric or the Sorcerer.
This attack is almost twice as powerful as
Level 40
Sandstorm Trap who activates it and lengthens the time it takes for them to cast spells. Along with this, it deteriorating their health while in effect. causes a poison-like effect, slowly This is a trap that blinds the mob or player
Level 42
Shock Arrow (Elyos) stuns your target for between 1 and 3 seconds. This is helpful because when your opponent is stunned you will be able to This is a semi-high damage attack that
because of the effects it has. Against players
This trap is more useful in PvP than PvE
this will either make magical-based users much less effective against you, or if they are melee (such as Rangers or Assassins) it will their attacks.
launch another attack or two. The best time to use this is either when you are low on health or if the target attempts to run.
greatly decrease their chances of landing
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Shackle Arrow (Asmo) Shock Arrow, but the effect is very different. Instead of stunning the target, it immobilizes ability by 1000. This effect is better than stun them (roots) and decreases their evasion for melee classes because it lasts longer and This attack deals as much damage as the
so is the risk of it not working. If this attack does not work, you have lost an attack battle. It is highly suggested that this skill also only be used when in grouped situations, rather than solo. That way, whether it lands or fails, it is not going to hurt you. Ancestral Darkwing Arrow (Asmo) of the Ancestral Brightwing Arrow, but it also has very low land rates. The only real positive about this one is it has a high critical success rate, which can boost the damage by quite a bit. Using this, however, is more of a gamble than Griffon even, as you are dealing with two mights instead of just one. This attack has about the attack power against your enemy and it can cost you the
you can attack while it is in effect. Against ranged classes, however, the Shock Arrow is better.
Level 44
Focused Shots up to 60 seconds, increasing the power of up to 5 attacks. While this in effect, however, it also decreases your defense by 50%. This is great for grouping with other players, however with solo play it is very dangerous. Especially with a low defense class like the Ranger, it is not a good idea to trade your defense for attack power unless you have someone else to tank mobs for you. This boosts your physical attack power for
Level 46
Heal Wings immobilizes you for 10 seconds. This is a hard choice on when to use it, so we will discuss it farther in the battle strategies. This increases your flight time by 33% but
Level 45
Ancestral Brightwing Arrow (Elyos) your enemy if it hits, but it has low accuracy. This deals a huge amount of damage to Using this is kind of a gamble because
although the benefit of it (if it lands) is high,
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Level 48
Resolution of Resistance This causes you to resist one magical
attack within the next 10 seconds. The is only one class this should be used against, the Sorcerer. Aside from Sorcerers, the damage caused by magical attacks is too low to worry about. Because of this, it is considered as more of a PvP based skill rather than PvE.
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EQUIPMENT
Levels 1-10
you get new daggers or swords from quests or leveling, swap out your weakest one with physical attack power at its peak. your new one. This will help keep your
A
without.
s you probably would have guessed, at this point you do not have many choices in terms of
Enhancements
At this point it would be a good idea to start learning about enhancements, namely the Mana Stones. While you are leveling you add to your statistics like health, mana, parry, evasion, shielding, etc. should come across many different ones that
gear. If this is your first character you are hit
with the monetary factor (not having enough Kinah for things) and will be forced to just go
worth doing. You will obtain a few items while leveling (or questing) and there are many quests that also reward you with gear. In terms of what you will be looking for, you want leather armor (not cloth!) and either daggers or swords. All other weapons can be tossed (sold to the NPC traders or other players if anyone wants to buy them) at this point. You will be obtaining Dual-weapon Mastery, so you will be able to wield two daggers, two swords, or a sword and a weapons at once. This can be either two dagger. Any of these combinations is perfectly fine right now, so go for the two you have with the highest attack power. As
At this point, farming for gear is really not only the parry, evasion, and health stones and toss out the rest (sell to the NPC's). These forced to fight mobs on a head-to-head basis, so the evasion helps out a lot. As for the health ones, these help because they give greater survivability. This is not much of an you to go down into a dungeon (for Elyos) or for this event they will be more than helpful. issue until doing the level 9 quest, requiring ravine (for Asmodians). Regardless, especially are helpful to us at this point because we are At this point you are going to want to save
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Levels 10-20
During these levels you will slowly start to gain better choices of gear, however there still are not a lot.
Alternatively, you may also just buy the items you need from the auction house. This can be a little expensive but is much easier, assuming you have the Kinah needed to them on the market! purchase the items and can actually find
items (by farming or questing) you will be able to create your own now. As a Ranger you will need to pick up the tradeskills Weapon Tailoring. Smithing, Handicrafting, and (assuming you wish to make your own gear)
Aside from the obvious way of getting
Lastly, if you are farming for gear the best place to do it is in the Epic mob areas once you reach level 18-19. In these areas you will be running many quests anyways and these mobs drop the best droppable gear you are able to obtain at your current level. This gear dropped will generally be level 20, although some is a little lower level. By farming the various bosses you can also obtain blue items! Luckily, when it comes to the bosses you are able to do channel changes in the level 10-20 zone. You can slay one or more bosses, change channels and slay them again. just outside the Abyss Gate you must speak to Campaign. Note that the best drops are from the bosses in order to complete the level 10-20
your daggers and swords for your melee skills (used during grouping). Handicrafting jewelry. The jewelry any class can use, making this a decent skill for making money as well. As for Tailoring, it will allow you to create belts and leather armor. The best plan if you are wishing to create is good for not only your bows but also for
Weapon Smithing can be used to create
your own gear is to start the quests as soon as you Ascend and go to your main city. Doing so will allow you to get a head start on to do in order to level up your tradeskills.
gaining the materials and questing you need
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Enhancements
Much like with the gear getting better during these levels, the mana stones you obtain are also much, much better than before. Instead of getting stones with +4 of a high as +8 or above!
Note that if you are purchasing the mana stones you will want to get the +15 point Physical Critical Hit ones from the auction house. These are only obtainable via questing or alchemy, so you will not get them off normal drops. These are by far the best ones
statistic, for example, now they can be as
you can get at this point, though. As for the added Attack ones, you will want +5 Attack stones if you are purchasing them. If you are just obtaining the stones from friends or off drops, using any of these two are fine. If you find a better one than one you inferior one and put the new one on it. It will cost a little, but the benefit is worth it (unless it is just an added point or two). already equipped you can always remove the
want are decent, although buying them from other players who do not want theirs would also be a very viable option at this point. Usually people will just toss the stones they do not want, so you should be able to obtain these quite cheap, if not free. The ones you are going to want now are:
+Physical +Attack
The drop rate of the mana stones you will
Critical Hit
Levels 20-30
terms of gear should be to roll with what you get off your quests. While you do so, you may or even possibly purchasing some of your Abyss gear already. The best plan of action to do so is to buy the pieces one by one as you are able to. At this point you can go with the level 30 Abyss gear because it will easily hold level 50 end-game set. you over until you get prepared for your want to start doing your Abyss Point farming During these levels your main goal in
Evasion is starting to get lower and lower in terms of actually being of help against mobs. Even tossing up an extra 40 or so Evasion is
These are very important because your
not going to make a big enough difference to make it worth doing. However, adding on to you by increasing the damage you are doing. your Physical Critical Hit will greatly benefit
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An alternative to obtaining gear at this time is to farm the bosses in your level 20-30 zone. There are plenty of bosses here, as well items such as blues. as many epic mobs, that can be farmed for
For health manastones, you will want to save them in your warehouse at this time. These will be saved for end-game.
Levels 30-40
different dungeons to take part in. While From levels 30 through 40 there are many
instead of purchasing your Abyss Gear, it is highly time. recommended that you
If you do choose to do the boss farming start
purchasing your level 50 Abyss gear at this
running these you will obtain decent gear as within.
both rewards and from the mobs and bosses
Enhancements
at this time you will want to go with pure critical hit bonuses. Rangers deal a lot of damage and have a decent number of crits, so doing this will enhance your damage by even more. If you are unable to find enough critical If you go for enhancements on your gear
purchase crafted gear from other players. It may be a little bit expensive but at this time you will want to use your Abyss Points for one of two goals: A) If you have already started purchasing your level 30 Abyss gear set and have not yet completed it, you will want to complete it even though you are now higher level. The started. B) If you have not already started your level 30 Abyss gear set, you will want to skip it and move on with the level 50 set. You are moving too close to end-game to not start thinking expensive the sets are! ahead. Especially with how
An alternative to doing the dungeons is to
hit bonus manastones, your second best choice is going to be additions to your attack. together if you have no other choice.
bonuses make it well worth completing once
You can even mix and match these two
evasion. You will likely not really notice much of a difference but when you have nothing else to take its place it is more helpful than nothing at all.
As a last resort, go with additions to your
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Enhancements
On whatever items you have, you will want to use the same enhancement plan as for levels 20+. You still want to save all of your HP boosting manastones for end-game.
Between a Ranger with HP manastones and one who does not have them, the one with them has a much better chance of winning the battle. Any other manastones you have now you can sell, give to other players, or get rid of, depending on which method you wish to use. You can also use them on alternate characters if you wish. But for the Ranger, stay with a pure HP setup.
Levels 40-50(End-game)
only one goal you have in terms of gear : To get the level 50 Abyss set! Farm the rifts, Abyss, and instances within the Abyss to earn as many Abyss Points as possible. As you earn enough for one piece of your level 50 set, go ahead and buy it. As you level up in Abyss ranks the amount of points you lose when you die is increased and the amount you earn when you kill players or mobs is decreased. This makes it much more beneficial to purchase the parts as soon as points. you are able instead of just saving up the Now that you are at end-game there is
Enhancements
will want to run full HP manastones. These For your enhancements on your gear you will give you a huge boost in health, which
will greatly benefit you in both PvE and PvP.
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STIGMA STONES
Normal
Skill Name Le ve l
Arrow Deluge I 20 Inflicts 122-126 physical 15m and other enemies within 5m of the target
here are many different stigma stones you are able to obtain during your time playing as a
Effect
Ranger. What these do is boost various skills
(or allow you to learn new ones). For their requirements, you must have a certain number of Stigma shards, depending on the stone. Also, they have level requirements. You may be above the required level but not below. Along with the stones having different levels, there are different skill levels that can be obtained as well. For this reason, you may find two or more stones of the same skill but of requirements. We will be looking at each one. different skill levels and level
damage on a target within
Arrow Deluge II
25
damage on a target within 15m and other enemies within 5m of the target
Inflicts 154-158 physical
Arrow Deluge III
31
Arrow Deluge
of stones. There are normal and Advanced (as of Patch 1.5). Here we will take a look at every stigma stone available to Rangers.
Arrow Deluge V 43
In any case, there are two different types
IV
37
Arrow Deluge VI
49
damage on a target within 15m and other enemies within 5m of the target Increases your natural healing by 50 for 5
Breath of Nature I
34
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Skill Name
Le l
ve
Effect
Skill Name
ve l
Le
Effect
minutes. Breath of Nature II 40 Increases your natural healing by 65 for 5 minutes. Breath of Nature III 46 Increases your natural healing by 80 for 5 minutes.
II
inflicting 72-76 damage and silences them for 2-6 seconds
Silence Arrow III
37
Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 81-85 damage seconds and silences them for 2-7
Focused Shots I
44
damage by 30% for up to 5 attacks in one minute. Also decreases your physical defense by 50%.
Boosts your physical
Silence Arrow IV
42
Silence Arrow V
48
Nature's Resolve
48
Removes 1 physical on you and enables you to resist one magical attack within 10 seconds abnormal condition cast
inflicting 99-103 damage and silences them for 2-8 seconds
Fires an arrow at a target
Sleep Arrow I
20
15m to fall asleep for 12 seconds. All of the target's elemental defenses are increased by 500
Forces a target within
Retreating Slash
22
damage on the target and 25m. Target has a chance to become stunned for 3 seconds pushes you backwards Snare Trap I 28
Uses 3 Tripeed seeds to set seconds that immobilizes an enemy in mid-air if they come within proximity (5m). up a trap for up to 60
Silence Arrow I
25
Snare Trap II
34
Uses 3 Tripeed seeds to set seconds that immobilizes up a trap for up to 60
Silence Arrow
31
Fires an arrow at a target
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Skill Name
Le l
ve
Effect
Skill Name
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Le
Effect
an enemy in mid-air if they come within proximity (5m). Trap of Slowing II 43
within proximity (5m) Uses 3 Tripeed seeds to set up a trap for up to 60 seconds that immobilizes an enemy and reduces their evasion if they come within proximity (10m)
Snare Trap III
40
Uses 3 Tripeed seeds to set up a trap for up to 60 seconds that immobilizes an enemy in mid-air if they come within proximity (5m).
Trap of Slowing III
49
Uses 3 Tripeed seeds to set up a trap for up to 60 seconds that immobilizes an enemy and reduces their evasion if they come within proximity (10m)
Snare Trap IV
46
Uses 3 Tripeed seeds to set up a trap for up to 60 seconds that immobilizes an enemy in mid-air if they come within proximity (5m).
Bow of Blessing I
28
Increases physical attack of bow by 20% for 1 minute
Sniper Stance I
37
increased by 10%. While is slowed down drastically in effect, movement speed
Attack range of bows is
Beastial Fury I
45
Decreases attack range of increases physical attack by 50% and attack speed by 20% for one minute bow by 15m and
Clairvoyance I
Trap of
31
Sets up a ranged trap for up to 60 seconds that causes hidden enemies to become visible if they (30m). come within proximity
Holy Arrow I
50
Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 1325-1329 physical damage. This
skill has low accuracy. This skill is for Elyos only. Deadly Arrow I 50 Fires an arrow at a target physical damage. This inflicting 1325-1329
Trap of Slowing I
37
Uses 3 Tripeed seeds to set up a trap for up to 60 seconds that immobilizes an enemy and reduces their evasion if they come
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Skill Name
Le l
ve
Effect
skill has low accuracy. This skill is for Asmodians only.
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide minute. Decreases your physical defense by 50% Bow of Blessing I Increases physical attack of bow by 20% for 1 minute
Advanced
Skill Name Le l
Nature III Breath of Increases your natural healing by 80 for 5 minutes Retreating Slash I Inflicts 16-20 physical pushes you back 25m. Has the possibility of stunning the target for 3 seconds damage on the target and Explosion Arrow I
ve
Effect
Arrow Deluge VI
damage on a target within enemies within 5m of them Inflicts 866-870 physical damage on a target within 0m of you 15m and all other
Trap of Slowing III
Uses 7 tripeed seeds to set up a trap. Immobilizes an enemy who steps within 10m and reduces their evasion
Resolution of Hunter I
critical damage with every attack up to a total of two attacks. The attack range of your bow is decreased by 5m while in effect
For 10 seconds you inflict
Gale Arrow I
Inflicts 403-407 physical damage on a target
Arrow of Fury I
Always hits and inflicts 1761-1765 physical 0m of you damage to a target within
Mistral Absorb Vitality I Raging Wind Arrow I
Increases your speed by 18% for 1 minute Strikes the target with an probability of critical inflicts 802-806 physical damage on them hitting. Normal damage attack with a high
Focused Shots I
Boosts the effect of physical attacks by 30% for up to 5 shots in 1
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EQUIPMENT
Tricks To Abyss Items

There are a couple of tricks that will make obtaining your Abyss items a lot easier to do. The first one is to always obtain the items as soon as you are able to. The amount of depends on your Abyss Rank. As you causing you to earn more and lose less again! When it comes to obtaining the points, the easiest way is in PvP but only if you are winning more battles than you are losing. If you are losing a lot, you will be earning fewer Abyss Points than you could be. The best way to obtain the Abyss Points needed is by killing mobs in the Abyss. This is best done with one or two others (just in case players from the opposite faction come into your area), however if you are close to your base you will be fine as well. The amount of would get off a player, however there are more mobs which also means less searching! points you obtain per mob is less than you Abyss Points you earn (or lose when you die) purchase items your rank goes back down,
hen it comes to equipment the the Abyss gear. This should
best you will be able to obtain is
definitely be your main priority when it comes to trying to gear yourself up.
through instances or off bosses. These will be good items, although not as good as the Abyss gear.
The second best gear is that you can obtain
it is best to just live with what you already have. Since you will not be tanking a lot during PvE, due to your ability to kite effectively, your armor is not an issue. When it comes to what to go for first in your gear, always worry about your weapon. If needed, think about purchasing some weapons off the Trader. Don't worry about
If you are unable to do either of the above,
what you will be using for end-game when you do so, just get what is required to level items will last you well into your 30's. up at the time. I've found that even level 20
your main currency end-game is going to be your Abyss Points. No gear is better than that!
The biggest thing to remember here is that
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Abyss Set
Below is a listing of the best Abyss gear you are able to get. This will help as it allows you to see more directly what the benefits are
Archon Tribunus's Leather Gloves Physical Defense : 146 Evasion : 117 Evasion : +20 Magical Resistance : 73 Attack Speed : +8% Manastone Slots : 6
of not only individual pieces but also the total gain from having a set. Keep in mind that although I classify this as a set, you do not get any extra bonus as a reward for having all pieces.
Damage reduction in PvP : 3% Archon Tribunus's Jerkin Physical Defense : 244 Magical Resistance : 122 Evasion : 194 Evasion : +41 Flight Speed : +10% Manastone Slots : 6 Damage reduction in PvP : 5% Archon Tribunus's Leather Leggings Physical Defense : 195 Magical Resistance : 98 Evasion : 156 Evasion : +31 Flight Speed : +8%
Armor
Archon Tribunus's Leather Pauldrons Physical Defense : 146 Magical Resistance : 73 Evasion : 117 Attack : +12 Evasion : +20 Manastone Slots : 6 Damage reduction in PvP : 3% Archon Tribunus's Leather Shoes Physical Defense : 146 Evasion : 117 Evasion : +26 Speed : +22% Manastone Slots : 6 Magical Resistance : 73
Manastone Slots : 6
Damage reduction in PvP : 4% Total Statistics Physical Defense : 877 Evasion : 839 Attack : +12 Magical Resistance : 439
Damage reduction in PvP : 3%
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Speed : +22% Attack Speed : +8% Flight Speed : +18% Manastone Slots : 30 Damage Reduction in PvP : 18%
Archon Tribunus's Ruby Earrings Magical Resistance : 137 HP : +126 Flight Time : +15 MP : +126
Physical Critical : +25 Accuracy : +56
Jewelry
necklace, two rings, and two earrings. After the list of jewelry for your class type there is a list of the total increase in statistics when you have a full set. Keep in mind that you are able to wear one
+3% Damage in PvP Total Statistics Magical Resistance : 641 HP : +589 Flight Time : +70 Physical Critical : +115 MP : +589 Accuracy : +260 +14% Damage in PvP
Magical Resistance : 183 HP : +169 Flight Time : +20 Physical Critical : +33 MP : +169 Accuracy : +74 +4% Damage in PvP Archon Tribunus's Ruby Ring
Archon Tribunus's Ruby Necklace
Weapons
actually different combinations you can use. You can go with two swords, a dagger and sword, two daggers, or a bow. It is highly When it comes to weapons there are
Magical Resistance : 92 HP : +84 Flight Time : +10 MP : +84
recommended that you go with the following two setups: One dagger (main-hand) and one sword (off-hand) and the other is a bow. The weapons are as follows:
Physical Critical : +16 Accuracy : +37
+2% Damage in PvP
Type : Sword
Archon Tribunus's Sword
Attack : 151-185
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Attack Speed : 1.4 Physical Critical : 50 Accuracy : 804 Parry : 736 Attack : +30 Physical Critical : +52 +6% Damage in PvP Archon Tribunus's Dagger Type : Dagger Attack : 136-152 Attack Speed : 1.2 Physical Critical : 100 Magical Accuracy : 260 Accuracy : 804 Parry : 696 Attack Speed : +19% Physical Critical : +57 Manastone/Godstone Slots : 6 +6% Damage in PvP Archon Tribunus's Longbow Manastone/Godstone Slots : 6 Magical Accuracy : 260
Manastone/Godstone Slots : 6 +10% Damage in PvP
Type : Bow
Attack : 220-299 Attack Speed : 2.4 Accuracy : 804 Attack : +30 Physical Critical : 50 Magical Accuracy : 260 Physical Critical : +52
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FARMING
The most important thing to consider when going to the Abyss to farm is that you will likely need a group. Since it is an open PvP area, there will be many enemies you will encounter along your way, not including the mobs!
arming really has a couple of different roles when it comes to Aion.
The main role is farming kinah to purchase items. Although this is a little effective, it will not help you at all with your personal goal. Your personal goal should be to rack up as many Abyss Points as you are able to. Although you can buy other items, it is your Abyss gear that will last you until you decide to quit Aion (if you ever do). For that reason, for anything else at this point. If your goal is to obtain kinah the best way is to farm mobs in the Abyss. Here you will find Balaur, which drop various Draconic materials and can easily be sold to other players. Along with this you will obtain Stigma Shards, which are also valuable on the market. it is not recommended that you go farming
Along with this, the best areas are the ones that are the most dangerous. If you really want to rack up the kinah, farm the upper Abyss. Although there is usually a lot of battles in this area, it is well worth the riskto-gain factor.
highly recommended that you bring a kisk with you. Setting it up will greatly speed up the process of returning to your farming spot. At the same time, however, you want to conceal it away from your area a little. The last thing you want is for the enemy faction to find and destroy your kisk!
When farming in the Abyss it is very
Alternative
guide found in the general strategy guide as well. It is included for your reference. Alternatively, you can follow the farming
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Auction House
The best way to earn Kinah in Aion is to utilize the Auction House to its best potential. This runs on an economic basis, where it is how many are available. To give a direct that this is all made up, solely to explain the economic principles behind it). based on how many people need an item and example of this consider the following (note
So when looking at items and the prices you think they are worth, do not judge based on how hard they are to farm, but instead also look at who can use them, what the
current market value of them is, and how often people buy them. Just because someone is selling an item for 100 million does not mean that is how much it is worth. An item is to pay for it. only worth what someone is actually willing
and every class can use it. You need 10 of farm it so they are willing to buy it for 3
There is an item that takes 3 hours to farm
them for your skill. People do not want to million Kinah. Now the reason this is worth 3 million is because so many people need them, and it is hard to farm them with hundreds (if items. Now there is another item that only 3 not thousands) are also farming the same
will want to definitely list on the Auction House (if you are not using them for
Included here is a list of the things you
yourself). These will have a high profit margin as many people will want or need them.
Stigma Stigma High High
Stones Shards
End Materials End Recipes (for armor/weaponsmith) (30+) (30+)
classes can use, and it takes 4 hours to farm. They also need 10 of these for their skill. But for this item, the market value is only 1.5
Weapons Armor
million Kinah. The reason is although it is harder to obtain, the market for it is much on the market than the number of people who need them). lower (usually meaning there are more items
Stigma stones will have a great value because the market on specific ones may be low.
All of these are the items worth the most. they are needed for Stigma skills, although
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Stigma Shards will definitely have a strong market for you, as every class needs many of them and they are only able to be obtained the Abyss. by the first Stigma Quest and by farming in
below the market value. You will often find items you can grab at a great deal (some people are in a rush to sell, others do not know how much to sell for) that you can resell for a good profit!
they allow people to create new items. These
Materials and recipes are good because
Crafting
house, or to be used in conjunction with it, is to craft various items. Generally armor and weapons will not fetch enough to make them worthy of going for, as people will be working towards their Abyss sets. However, different potions are used by everyone. When it comes to creating potions you will An alternative to playing on the auction
will be paid well for (Some at least. Others common).
will be seen as worthless due to being so
people often search the Auction Houses for new items, being that the NPC's do not sell all of the best stuff, and there are many tiers of equipment missed by only buying from the well, it just will not be worth as much as the higher end because people want to get the top gear. Along with adding your own stuff to the Auction House, sometimes you will be able to snag cheap items other people did not notice. NPC's. Really pre-30 gear is good to sell as
Weapons and Armor are great because
want to go with the ones most people can use, rather than the less used ones. For example, steer clear of mana potions. Although some players may need them, you are better off focusing on more important ones.
Searching the Auction House can yield a great deal of Kinah, but it takes time, patience, and during that time you are not progressing your character. If you have the time or use the Auction House while you
following (keep in mind all classes use these) :

Flight
The most important potions to craft are the
relax, search for the higher end or middle end weapons and armor that are selling for
Health
Time Removals
Ailment
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All three of these are pretty much a necessity when players go into the Abyss (which just so happens to be where all of the end-game is anyways). Because of this, they are generally in high demand.
Collecting
Collecting is a major way to earn Kinah but it is also one of the most boring (and sometimes frustrating). I find it boring because you are just going to various nodes and are grabbing materials. There's no real action involved. However you do gain experience for it and of course you get the materials.
server one may be more in demand than
Keep in mind that depending on your
another. Due to the nature of the markets direct response as to which one you should stick with. I would suggest going with all yourself as well (or give them to friends or Legion mates). As for determining what potency
and how they fluctuate I am unable to give a
three, especially since you can use them
selling on your respective market. For this reason it is highly recommended that you collect the highest grades you are able to. For example, if you have a choice between Aria and Iron Ore, go for the ore. To add on to this, Aether is valuable as well. Aether has many uses, from crafting items to transforming into other (vitality) materials. Due to this it is highly sought after. But at the same time it is also the hardest to farm. If you have the patience to keep flying a great way to make a decent amount of kinah.
For the most part all materials should be
(strength) to go for when crafting these various potions, it is highly recommended that you go for the strongest ones you are able to make. Although they may not sell best right now, in the near future they will true is because players are still trying to earn their Kinah and don't have enough to spam it away on potions yet. In the future they will! probably sell better. The biggest reason this is
up to get more every 20 or so seconds, this is
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BATTLE STRATEGIES
Level 9
Up through level 9 you will be forced to use nothing but melee skills. This is a little confusing for some players because Rangers
I
between
n this section we are going to look at various battle strategies. These will include the different styles, as well differences as
generally use bows, however up until level 10 there are absolutely no bow skills. Note that this section will be used even in future levels when you are in groups and have the job of being a melee damage dealer.
differences between PvE, 1 vs. 1, mass PvP, and sieging. Here you will learn the most helpful skills to use in each situation, as well as the order in which to use them and why. For the purpose of this section we are
up your hot bar the way you feel is most comfortable. You will be using a lot of skills and it is significantly easier to press a key on your keyboard rather than having to click each skill.
Your first step for melee combat is to set
splitting the skills based on every 10 levels. Under each skill's name in the skill list you will find information on a per-level basis, so this section is here to put it all together and explain your combat strategy choices are various points in the game (levels 10, 20, 30, 40, and 50). Levels 1-9 are melee-only levels so we will look at this level spread separately. Note that this section is also split based on
Hot Bar
you will be using on a normal basis, not just your damage dealing ones. If you wish to replicate mine, I have my first bar set up with the following: 1.Attack 2.Swift Edge 3.Surprise Attack 4.Pick-Up 5.Bandage Your hot bar should consist of every skill
whether you are in a group or solo setting
(detailing the melee or bow skills to use). Along with this, the differences between PvE up (when you are able to enter the Abyss) so for the lower levels we will look at nothing but PvE strategies. and PvP will not come out until level 25 and
6.Focused Evasion 7.Counterattack
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As for my second hot bar, I use the following: 1.Hide 2.Devotion One of the first things you will notice about this setup is that I do not add the chain skills to the bar. At this point there is just one adding this is because you can use the same of them; Soul Slash. The reason for not hot keys as the first skill in the chain in order to use these. For example, in my setup pressing the number key 2 will use Swift Edge and then above it on the screen you will see Soul Slash. Pressing the number 2 again will use Soul Slash! This not only clears your bar up but also allows you to still use the skill.
The best mobs for you to hunt at this point are going to be non-aggressives. There are plenty of these around for grinding on, but if you are questing there will be points where well. So how do you deal with this?
you are forced to go up against aggressives as
Your first skill to use, whether against normal mobs or aggressives, will always be are going for is aggressive a great plan is to use Hide ahead of time. Some mobs will When in Hide you are able to sneak up on some mobs that are aggressive, allowing you to get the Surprise Attack off on their back. Note that this will not happen every time, however when it does the benefit is great. will land every time! Once you have used Surprise Attack you ready for Focused Evasion and Against passive mobs this is very easy as it recognize this skill but others will not. Surprise Attack. If you notice the mob you
Solo Combat
way you want it you are ready to venture out Now that you have set up your hot bar the and start killing mobs. By far the most important thing to remember at these levels is you do not have the ability to kite, not even a little. You are going head-to-head against defense and you can come up with some issues. every mob you battle. Mix this with your low
are
Counterattack. You must use these in
succession, otherwise you are unable to use Counterattack (it can only be used after you Evasion will guarantee you do evade one). As evade an enemy attack, but luckily Focused both of these skills have a long reuse timer, one time per mob.
you will most likely only be able to use them
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Now you are ready for Swift Edge, followed by pressing the hot key again (in my bar it is 2, so I would press 2 twice in a row) to automatically use Soul Slash. These two skills together do a significant amount of damage, but Soul Slash has a long reuse timer. At this point you will want to use melee
After the battle, it is a good idea to either use Rest or use a bandage to heal. Your low cause you to either need to rest on a normal basis or spam potions. defense, even if you kill mobs quickly, will
Group Combat
rare in Aion at lower levels, however there will still be times you will find groups (especially when it comes to making it to the Abyss Gate!). Because of this, we need to look at the differences between solo and group combat. The biggest difference is in solo combat Group hunting or questing seems a little
attacks against the mob and keep using Swift Edge as it becomes available again. Even if Surprise Attack cools down during your current battle, you will not land it, making it is still a good attack if you are able to evade an enemy attack. To sum it up, a typical battle will go as follows: 1.Get behind the mob, if it is passive. If it is aggressive, use Hide and then try to sneak up behind it. 2.Use Surprise Attack 3.Use Focused Evasion 5.Use Swift Edge 6.Use Soul Slash 4.Use Counterattack as soon as you evade useless at this point. Counterattack, however,
you are always going to be tanking the mob you are trying to kill. In group combat, however, you may have someone else who is doing the tanking for you. This will bring about a change in skill usage, not to mention it also makes you much, much more effective! Survivability changes aside, we will go over the skills and how they are affected by this drastic change.
7.Continue with melee attacks and Swift Edge, Soul Slash, and Counterattack as they become available
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Surprise Attack will now become your best friend. Although it has a high reuse timer you are grouped with another player, you are still able to use it at least once. When regardless of their class, have them hit the Surprise Attack. It may not seem like a lot,
2.Use Surprise Attack 3.Use Focused Evasion 4.Use Counterattack 5.Continue killing as normal
mob first so you can guarantee success with but the damage caused by this skill mixed with the others you can spam afterwards will be greatly beneficial.
Overview
As you can tell, the lower levels are a little rough when it comes to killing mobs. Rangers are much, much better in groups than solo at these levels but especially at low
(damage over time) you can have your
If you really want to rack up the DoT
levels they may be hard to come by. Both of these strategies are very solid and will assist you with maximizing your damage output (which at this point is the most important thing). Keep in mind that damage output means less damage taken, therefore boosting your survivability as well!
partner(s) pull a mob past you without hitting it. When you use Surprise Attack you will do a lot of damage plus pull aggression towards you, in which you can then used Focused Evasion and Counterattack! As you can see, we are starting to pool our highest damage skills together to make them all work in the most efficient manner. From this point on just help kill the mobs with your group (or partner) as you would normally. Up until level 10 (after the
leveling up at this point is Power Shards. These will increase your damage, although beneficial since you will be using duals (swords, daggers, or one of each). At the you are not worried about being as rich as possible by level 10, I would highly suggest that level as soon as possible. investing in Power Shards to help you reach same time, this benefit comes at a big cost. If not by a huge amount, but are greatly
Something that can greatly assist you with
Ascension) there are no elite mobs, so this is the best strategy for now. Kills should be pretty quick and painless.
should be as follows:
To recap, your battle plan for groups
1.Have a group member pull a mob past you
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The skill Hide is one you will be using in these levels a little, so it is important to get used to how it works. Against a lot of mobs this skill is great for sneaking up on the aggressives, allowing you to use Surprise Attack, however some mobs can recognize that you are hidden and will attack you anyways.
the bottom half). At this point you will need to replicate a few things from the first one so you have not lost any functionality. Your hot bar should look like the following: 1.Attack 2.Swift Shot 3.Entangling Shot 4.Pick-Up 5.Bandage
Level 10
strategy will change during solo play. In Once you reach level 10 your whole battle
6.Focused Evasion 7.Mau Form Setting your hot bar up like this will make you feel much more comfortable than making a huge change. Your normal attack button will still be the #1, your two main attacks are #2 and #3, pickup is the same, etc. Two of the most notable changes are #6 and #7. Focused Evasion will not be used
group play, you will want to use your daggers or swords because they are still much more effective than your bow. For this reason, your group play will remain the same as it was during the previous 9 levels.
Hot Bar
bar is to use two separate ones. It is possible At this point the best option for your hot
often (only at the beginning of battles) so its placement is not that important. For Mau Form, your use of it will be very rare because it needs Divine Points in order to be used. For if you wish, or leave it on the bottom. this purpose, you could move it to the top bar
to put all of the skills for both bow and but it has a higher chance of causing confusion. Not to mention it changes the way you must hit your hot keys. Instead of doing so, change to a new hot bar, such as #3 (for
daggers/swords on the same hot bar setup,
Solo Combat
will gain the ability to kite mobs (and Now that you finally have your bow you
players) during your encounters! This has a huge impact on the way you will play
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because no longer will you be forced to constantly tank your foe. Instead, you may now use the Attack and run (or kite) play style. It is very important to note that solo combat, the damage done is a little low using skills. Because of this, although this is the most effective method for and you will only really do damage when
As you can see, the main source of damage is going to be the two skills Swift Shot and Entangling Shot. Entangling Shot will slow do damage to them. This skill can be used beneficial in both PvE and PvP combat. When it comes to Mau, this is a very down targets (if it is successful) along with while running away, making it extremely
battles
(especially if you are grinding or farming) can get quite tedious. It is very highly possible to help speed up the process. The battle style during this level is extremely easy when it comes to using a bow, although it may take a little bit to get used to. There are a few key things to know at this point:
Although Normal You
recommended that you group as much as
helpful skill but you will not be able to use it very often. It is based on your Divine Points, which take a while to build up (and they get wiped if you log out or die). When it is ready, however, it can be used to kill a few mobs you otherwise would not be able to handle. This increases run speed, attack speed, and attack power. So on to the actual battle strategy! What
sometimes it is not effective (it can fail) not be your main source of damage attacks are very weak so they will
Entangling Shot does slow targets,
you will need to do here is ensure you have room to run around while fighting your enemy. You will be kiting, which means running away constantly, stopping only when you must attack. Usually this can be but in areas full of mobs you will need to get better at making short swipes back and forth along a path you create yourself. Now once you are to the area with the done when you see a road or path near you,
Doing so will also boost your defense! The backwards at this point is Entangling Shot
can attack while moving backwards.
only skill you are able to use while moving
mob you need to kill, you will want to start
the battle off with Swift Shot. This will deal a decent amount of damage to your enemy and
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will start the cool-down on it while you start snaring and avoiding the mob. As soon as you use Swift Shot start backing up. While backing up use Entangling Shot and then keep moving backwards (while facing your target) to toss out normal arrows while you await Swift Shot's cool-down to end. When it ends, stop to shoot and then continue going backwards again. Keep follow this pattern (using Entangling Shot when it is ready as minimal damage taken. This will take a while than having to visit with the Soul Healer! well) and you will be able to kill mobs with to kill some mobs but is much more efficient
Hot Bar
So at this point your hot bar should be upgraded by quite a bit. Since you no longer need your swords or daggers, you can actually do away with the hot bar with those skills on it. It does not hurt to keep it, however, as you will only need to use one setup at this point. As for the skills you will be putting on it, you should have the following:
Arrow Sleep
Stunning
Arrow I I Trap I Shot I
Deluge I
Level 20
use in both PvE and PvP. You will have many more skills to use which will make you significantly more effective. At this point you daggers or swords as you will no longer need enough arrows on you!). may toss out (sell, salvage, or whatever) your them (as long as you ensure you always have At this point your bow is good enough to
Aiming Arrow Boost Spike Mau
Poisoning
Parry I Trap I I
Strike I
Dodging Swift Hide
Form I Shot I Shot I
Entangling Focused Pick-up
Evasion I (This is not an attack, but it is
bar setup first, followed by the different combat styles.
As always, we are going to look at the hot
effective to use it)
needing at this point. The rest are either obsolete or are just not made for using bows.
Above is a list of the only skills you will be
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So now it is time to look at an optimal setup for these attacks. First of all, keep in mind we will be using both the top and the bottom hot bars. Without using both of these together there is no way of keeping all of our Because of this, we will separate the two. Top Hot Bar needed skills in an easy-to-reach fashion.
Aiming is not all that effective unless you are against a class in PvP that has a lot of evasion (such as another Ranger or an Assassin). Because of this, the skill really does not have much use in normal situations.
use often just because it takes Divine Points to use. It would be nice to have the ability to doing so are huge) but that just is not the case. For Hide, it is a skill you will only use when attempting to sneak past mobs or players. As a Ranger, you do not have lethal up-close skills, so this is not going to have much use (although there are still a few strategies). Bottom Hot Bar times, which will be discussed in the battle use it a lot more often (as the benefits from
Mau Form is one you will not be able to
skills we do not use often. To use these skills is pretty much like the bottom (only with pressing Alt + the key instead of just the key) but I have found it much easier to just manually click on them when they are needed. Afterall, these will not be something used in every battle. An optimal setup for the top hot bar is as follows: 1.Spike Trap I 2.Poisoning Trap I 3.Aiming I 5.Hide I 4.Mau Form I
The top hot bar, as before, will be used for
the rest of the skills. The order we will add
For the bottom hot bar we will be adding them does not reflect how important they are, but instead how comfortable they are to use. I have found the optimal setup for this to be: 0.Sleep Arrow I
top are as follows:
Our reason for putting these skills on the Glue and Poisoning Traps are not used
except when necessary. Over-using these skills is an easy way to ensure your finances are all spent.
1.Entangling Shot I 2.Stunning Shot I 3.Arrow Strike I
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4.Pick-up 5.Swift Shot I 6.Arrow Deluge I 7.Boost Parry I 8.Dodging I 9.Focused Evasion I The above setup helps because it grants us a few things in the organization. The first one is the numbers 7-9. These are all buffs to decrease the chance of being hit in combat. Putting these all together assists because there is no need to keep searching for them.
Solo Combat
Solo combat is still going to be relying on your kiting abilities, but now you will deal out damage much faster than before and you will have more ways to slow (or stop) your target. The first thing you will need to keep in
mind while doing solo combat is that the poisoning trap is really quite worthless to you. It does deal damage, but it does not the use. Instead, you will still be using the
snare the target, which in essence takes away Spike Trap. As for your attacks, if you have followed
allowing for easier transition. numbers, with the weaker skills towards the end. The only area-of-effect skill we have at this point is Arrow Deluge I, which is located at the end of our damage-skill numbers, number 6. Having the hot bar set up as it is will help The strongest skills are in the beginning the hot bar setup given you should have the
Pick-up is in the same place as it has been,
skills in a very organized order. When attacking mobs you will want to skip #6 (Arrow Deluge I), however, as it will do areaof-effect damage. In solo combat this can easily be the death of your character because more mobs than your current target. it will more often than not end up pulling
by not only keeping everything organized,
but also because it keeps the strongest skills fresh on your mind. There will be no need to keep wondering which attacks are the best, as all you have to do is go 1-2-3-5-6 and you have completed the succession!
use this only when it is necessary. In the case of solo combat, it will have a use when you are forced to pull more than one mob, or
As for #0 (Sleep Arrow I), you will want to
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when you accidentally do. This is your best crowd controlling attack as it will sleep your target for a long period of time. Attacking the target will wake it up. Aside from that, your attacks are in the right order. Use them as 1-2-3-5 and keep going back and forth as one becomes available after another. In terms of your buffs, you will want to use all 3 as they are available too. For your traps, you will need to remain using them as before, only when necessary and to slow down mobs when they are unaffected by your snares.
(whether on purpose or on accident), only one is attacking the tank. This is not always for. To assist with this we now have a total of 3 snares: Sleep Arrow I, Spike Trap I, and Entangling Shot I. The first one, as we know, sleeps the target. The second will root the target in place. The third will slow the target from running. In a great group, where the tank is pulling only one or two mobs at a time, this is extremely easy to figure out. Generally Sleep Arrow will be enough to get rid of this single additional mob (if there are two total). But what if something happens and there are 3 mobs pulled? In this case, Sleep Arrow will take care of one mob, but you will still have another that needs dealing with. Spike Trap is by far the most effective way to do this, if it aggression of the mob if possible and kite it works. If it fails, your goal will be to pull the around in a circle, using your traps and as you have a high number of attacks issues with staying alive. Just keep in mind the mob, it is simply to keep it off of the tank. possible, but it is the goal we are shooting
Group Combat
changing. Whereas previously the goal was to use daggers or swords to deal out as much damage as possible, now the more effective our current level the Ranger has many more ways to assist groups, especially in battles against epic mobs. approach is using a bow. Along with this, at In group combat our entire plan is now
slows (Entangling Shot) as available. As long effective on your target, there should be no that while doing this your goal is not to kill
that the Ranger is now considered as a crowd
First of all, it is important to understand controlling class. This means it is our job to ensure that if too many mobs are pulled
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Level 30
On the trek up to level 30 there are many new helpful skills. Along with this there are upgrades to existing skills.
The first skill we will not use is Retreating Slash. Although the benefit from this skill is decent, the requirement to use a sword or dagger to use it makes it worthless to us. Strong Shots is good because it boosts attack power, however it can not be used all great importance. Explosion Trap is something that really will not be used much, if at all. This deals area-of-effect damage but the number of situations in which this can be found useful is very limited. Tactical Retreat is something that will be of the time, and the benefit of it is not of
learning your class and how it reacts in various situations (in the air/on
During this period you should be really the
ground/against different classes) because at the next level break (level 40) we will start looking into siege strategies as well! First, let us look at the new skills obtained. Here is a list:
Retreating Calming Poison Silence Strong
Arrow I Shots I Arrow I Trap I Arrow I
Whisper I
Slash I
used sometimes, however not often. This skill is beneficial only when attempting to outrun enemies. So now that we have looked at the new
Explosion Rupture Spiral Snare
Tactical
Trap I
Arrow I Retreat I
skills and have looked a little into which ones at our new hot bar setup.
are not really used much, let us start looking
we will not be using all of them.
Now although we got a lot of new skills,
Hot Bars
utilizing both the top and the bottom hot skills as well, which means we will not be Now, much like before, we are going to be
bars. As you can see, we have many more
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able to fit them all on the hot bars that are visible. In order to get them set up properly, we are going to be getting rid of some of the older skills so we have room. Top Hot Bar lot of changes to be made. Most of the new skills are attacks, rather than defensive type skills, so we will just be adding a few things and changing the order around a little bit for the top. An optimal setup for the top hot bar is as follows: 1.Spike Trap In terms of our top hot bar there are not a
This bar may take a little while to adjust to, but the organization of it keeps you from needing to keep searching the bar for a skill. Bottom Hot Bar
Now, with the bottom hot bar is where we run into the issues of determining what point we must go through and keep the should and what should not stay. At this strongest attacks or, if more than one are equal or about equal in attack power, the one with the best added benefits. To change the bar around we will want to go with the following setup: 1.Sleep Arrow I 2.Entangling Shot I 3.Stunning Shot I 4.Poison Arrow 5.Pick-up 6.Rupture Arrow 7.Spiral Arrow 8.Boost Parry I 9.Dodging I
2.Poisoning Trap 3.Snare Trap 4.Explosion Trap 5.Aiming 6.Calming Whisper 7.Strong Shots 8.Mau Form 10.Hide
9.Tactical Retreat
10.Silence Arrow As you see, we removed our lowest
of the traps together, all of the buffs together, and the special skills (Hide and Tactical only used in certain circumstances) together. Retreat are special in the sense that they are
This setup was chosen because it keeps all
damage attacks.
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There are now a total of 3 different snares now: Sleep Arrow, Poison Arrow, and Silence Arrow. Sleep and Poison are great against all targets (in PvP), however Silence is only good Sorcerer).
As for escaping enemies, Tactical Retreat will (hopefully) save you. This buff increases your run speed with every time an enemy hits you, making it easier to get away (unless you are rooted, slowed, etc.).
against magic users (such as the Cleric or
As for the rest of the attacks, they all deal a great amount of damage and a couple even have awesome benefits.
Group Combat
Silence Arrow. This is helpful because it allows you to keep magic users from being able to use their spells. Using this effectively for your target, it should always be a Cleric first (if there is one) followed by Sorcerers. Neither of the other magic casting classes (Chanter and Spiritmaster) rely on their magic to help them in battle, so they are secondary targets. Other than that, your battle strategy will remain the same as previously, along with (again) the use of your new trap (Snare Trap) and your new buff Tactical Retreat. One of the coolest things you have now is
Solo Play
same strategies as previously, with the only real change being the adaptation of your new attacks in the place of the old ones. You will want to use the attacks in the same order as before, however there is no longer any risk of using an area-of-effect attack on accident (as we removed it from the hot bar). When it comes to using traps, Snare Trap is now one of your best friends (aside from Spike Trap of course). Both of these working together not only root your target in place but keep them from being able to attack. When playing solo you will be using the
will help you make much better use of it. As
Player Versus Player

be experiencing PvP combat. This will level 25) and rifting, in which case you either go to the enemy faction's territory or During the levels of 20 and above you will include both the Abyss (which is accessible at
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they come to yours. Because of this, it is very important to understand what to expect from various situations. In this section we will be splitting it up between the Abyss and normal PvP (such as largely because of the massive difference between these. Abyss either duels, coliseum battles, or rifts). This is the Ranger class and how to respond in some other classes (such as the Spiritmaster) ground this is bad enough, but in the air it death. On the same token, other Rangers, and
will be able to snare you as well. On the can easily be the difference between life and
Preparation
the Abyss there are many different items you will need. These are not necessarily required (if you do not have the kinah to purchase them), however without them there is a much, much greater chance of being slain by enemies. The first, and probably most important item for the Abyss is flight speed potions. At this point you will have around a minute of flight (or more if you are level 30 already In order to prepare for the battles ahead in
General
leveling areas starting at level 25, but it also poses a very dangerous threat enemy players. Knowing what to do here is highly important because you are more often than not going to be faced with the obligation to battle enemies. One of the best parts about the Abyss for The Abyss is one of the best farming and
Rangers, but not for most other classes, is that it is a free flight zone. What this means is that you are able to fly anywhere (and if you have already been there, you probably know that to get from island to island you are required to fly). The reason this is excellent for Rangers is they are able to kite enemy on attacks, but there are also snares and stuns to toss out at players chasing you. players. Not only do they have a huge range
and have purchased the level 30 wings) which makes the flight potions extremely beneficial. These will allow you to fly longer players. distances when running from or after enemy
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If you are already level 30 it is a good idea to look into the level 30 wings. These cost 1 million kinah but they enhance your flight time in the Abyss, not to mention they look plus the flight potions mentioned above will go a long ways. Health potions are great for battles better than the normal ones. Having these
When grouped you will want to do your best to find both a Chanter and Cleric to join you. Both of these together make fighting enemies much easier, and this is in both PvE the ability to heal themselves (aside from you that can do the healing for you. Along the same lines, you will want to ensure that and PvP. Especially with Rangers not having potions) it is important to have someone with
because they heal you when you. Even with
healers with you, this can benefit you because it will still boost the amount of damage you can take before dying.
you do your best to keep them alive. Without doing so, they will run a bigger risk of dying and therefore you will as well. When solo, it is important to keep up with
most important item to have with you in the Abyss. These will significantly help for when an enemy slows you in the air. There are a lot of buffs they will not remove, however slow is the one that will be your worst enemy. Afterall, Rangers are made to kite!
The snare removal potions are the final
the chat screen. This will help out greatly because it will allow you to see when other players shout about finding enemies of the opposite faction. Watching out for these are greatly beneficial because they will more often than not let you know when enemies are either near you or are coming near you. Now that you know a little more about the differences combat while in the Abyss let us look at the differences between PvE and PvP here. PvE the open because the mobs are harder to kill PvE in the Abyss differs from being out in between solo and grouped
Battling
prepared, you are ready to venture off into So now at this point, after you have
the Abyss to start leveling, farming, or looking for enemies of the opposite faction. When battling here, however, there are two very different approaches to it: solo and grouped.
and a lot more of them are ranged. Although this may seem like a very bad thing, it is not
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because the benefit from killing these mobs is much greater than going out in the normal PvE areas. This does, however, cause the potential threat of not being able to escape mobs unless you run when you still have a decent amount of health left. Without doing so, the ranged mobs will continue attacking even as you run.
PvP very different in the Abyss and PvE areas. The PvP, as we already somewhat discussed, is
most notable difference is the ability to fly anywhere and everywhere while in the Abyss. But now let us look at the enemy classes and strategies relevant to each one. Rangers
although common in some PvE areas, is that most Abyss mobs can snare you (slow). This makes it even more important to avoid mobs when you are in the middle of a PvP battle because if you do not you are liable to get yourself killed by being slowed. The last difference is that nearly all Abyss mobs are aggressive. Especially to a Ranger this is important to keep in mind because most of your time is spent kiting the mobs around in a back-and-forth motion. Not being careful when doing this will often times pull more mobs than you were planning on taking on.
Another huge difference between the two,
interesting topic. Regardless as to which side you are on (Elyos or Asmodians), the strategies for both of these will remain the same. Although a great deal of luck is required in order to win battles (assuming the same strategies are used by both Rangers), there are some solid strategies to put into play.
Battling other Rangers is, of course, a very
Traps can assist even against other Rangers but the question is which one(s) to use. In a battle such as this, by far the best traps to use are going to be Poison traps and Spike Bite. it just roots your enemy to the ground, and their range when you attack them. As for Using the Spike Trap is not effective because with two Rangers fighting you will still be in poison, it helps because it gets a DoT effect
The first and foremost is the use of traps.
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on your enemy. Spike Bite stuns your target and lowers their evasion, enabling you to deal damage to them while they are unable to defend themselves or fight back. Assassins Rangers to beat because Rangers have little defense and Assassins will be dealing massive amounts of damage if they are able to get within range of you without you knowing (especially if they manage to sneak behind you). Assassins are one of the harder classes for
remove the snare effect, run and try it again. If this ends up happening you will need to keep very close watch of your flight timer because it probably means you are going to be in the battle for a little while.
ahead and land on the ground and turn it into a ground battle, laying traps as you are able to. These will assist with keeping your
As your timer starts to run out of time go
enemy in your control. The main point here is to ensure you have the advantage, whether you are dealing damage to the enemy or not.
Assassins to see when one is near you while you are trying to PvE. For this reason, we are just popped up behind you when you were not expecting it. Your first goal here is to take to the skies going to use the assumption that the Assassin
In the Abyss it is very hard to keep up with
their high evasion rating, however if they are chasing after you they are most likely but does not give them the parry bonus. Clerics and Chanters holding up which boosts their attack power
The only real bad thing about Assassins is
as soon as possible. Unlike the Ranger, the
Assassin must be very close to their target in
the same in terms of your plan for fighting each, although they both have
Both Clerics and Chanters are really about two
order to deal damage. For the Ranger, this is a great thing because you are able to kite them around while staying (as long as snares work as expected) a good distance away. To do this, you need to use Entangling Shot to slow them down. Afterwards, start rattling off your other skills in the order we spoke of above. If the Assassin is carrying potions to
completely different ways of doing battle. Due to the strategies for fighting against put these two together. them being the same, however, it is best to
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The main thing you need to remember with both of these is that they have great survivability because of their ability to heal themselves. They are not bound only to healing with potions as the other classes are, spells. Due to their ability to heal it is very, very
Sorcerers of their strong magical attack power, however killing them should be a pretty easy feat considering they have the weakest Spiritmasters). Much like with the healers here, getting Sorcerers are a dangerous threat because
but instead they also have their own healing
defense in the game (equal to that of the
important that you keep them controlled, or stunned and silenced as much as possible.
the target in control is important, however
against these classes there is no ability to heal without potions so it is not as important that they be silenced or anything. Doing so will assist with cutting down the amount of damage you take, but aside from that you should be fine just dealing as much damage as possible in a short period of time. Spiritmasters battle against because they are not dealing most of their damage output; their pets are. Because of this, there is a different strategy to be used against this class. Now as we talked about with the Sorcerers, Spiritmasters have extremely low their pet is also controlled by them. In other summoner dies with them. defense. This plays to our advantage because words, if you kill the summoner, the Spiritmasters are an interesting class to
control, you need to dish out as much damage as possible before the effects end. Especially true with Clerics, they have the ability to take themselves from low health to full health within seconds if they are given the chance. Your goal here is to eliminate that chance (or at least do your best to do so) so they are unable to do their healing. When playing against healers there is somewhat of a chance game involved. If your stun or silence fails (or sleep arrow) the health again. If that happens, just stick with will come out the victor!
During the time that they are under
healer will have the chance to go back to full the plan listed above and with any luck you
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This is one of the areas where many people mess up in their PvP strategies. They focus on the pets because the pets are the one dealing the damage. In fact, the pet should not even be a target. Instead, you should focus solely couple reasons as to why you want to do this. 1)Spiritmasters have very low defense and no way of healing themselves. This means if you are dealing even a medium amount of damage, they are still going to die pretty fast. 2)Spiritmasters have the ability to heal their pets. This means that even if you take the pet down to 1% health the summoner has the ability to fully heal it again! This is the opposite with the summoner themselves. master. 4)If the master dies the pet is gone too. If the pet dies, the master is still alive and can still fight! As you can see, there are many benefits to 3)The pets have more defense than their on the Spiritmaster themselves. There are a
Templars against because they are the pure tanking (if you have played another MMORPG in the Templars are an interesting class to fight
class in Aion. As you probably already know past), tanks are the last target in any battle. This is because they have the highest defense, causing it to be more of a waste of time than anything to try and kill them. In Aion, this is the same way. When it comes to battling against a tank, you will only want to kill them if they are the last target up. Tanks are easy targets for Rangers, as Templars are slow, however there are some exceptions to this rule. 1)First of all, Templars have high defense. This makes it harder to kill them than other classes. It will generally take a while to take one down, however if you are not taking a lot should be easily handled. of damage or any during the battle, it 2)The one thing the Templars have that will dashing skill. This increases their run speed survivability due to their extremely high
killing the Spiritmaster before their summon. This is very, very important to remember because this can make or break your chances of winning the battle.
assist them with killing Rangers is their by a great deal and enables them to either run from you or chase you down and start stunning you and tossing out other attacks.
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Due to the above mentioned points, it is very highly recommended that you just ignore tanks and try to avoid them if possible. Fighting against them turns into a abilities.
Level 40
At level 40 you have probably done some sieging and have put our previous battle strategies into effect to better understand going to be using the same strategies in PvP, updated skills. Like always, we are going to start out by talking about the hot bar. Starting in this level section we are going to be discussing the skills rather than the battle strategies in terms of playing against certain players. If you are needing a recap of how battles will go against various enemy classes, please go to the level 30 section and read over that. It has a list of all classes in the game and what to do them. At this point and forward we are really however we will be doing so with new and
huge possibility of winning due to their
Gladiators fact that they have a lot of defense, however they have less defense. To really try and put their defense into a visualization, think of them as being a truck, whereas the Templar is a Hummer. Although both of these can take a lot of damage, one is stronger than the other (with the Templar being the superior one). Gladiators are much like Templars in the
Gladiator is just to keep them away from you while snaring and doing damage as you are able to. Once they get close they have a lot of Templar). crowd controlling attacks (just like the
The battle style when fighting against the
with each, along with what your goal is when fighting each one. Once you have it down, please continue with this section. As our first look, we will view the newest
skills we have to add to our assault. These do not include upgraded skills we already had, but instead include only brand new skills.
ability to dash like the Templar as well.
Along with this, the Gladiator has the
is that they are easier to kill than the Templar.
What makes the Gladiator a viable target
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New Skills
Destruction Trap Trap of Clairvoyance Aerial Wild Shot Hunter's Eye Arrow Flurry
Arial Wild Shot is not of much benefit to us either. This skill only deals a very small amount of damage (compared to our others) and only does so against targets that are immobilized in the air. In most cases, this skill will not be used, and the damage it deals makes it even much less important. Breath of Nature may look helpful at first,
Breath of Nature Fleshcutter Arrow Spike Bite Trap
but all it does is boost natural healing. In
new traps. Much like before, some of these not in others, and some will not be useful at all. The only trap we will be using at this point from the above list is Spike Trap. The others
As you can see, we have a total of three
most situations you will be with a healer (whether it be a Chanter or a Cleric), making this skill obsolete.
are going to be useful in some situations and because it deals a lot of damage and has other snare benefits added to it. So all-in-all we will only be taking in two of our new skills. These are Fleshcutter Arrow and Spike Bite Trap. The rest of the skills just do not have enough benefit to us. Fleshcutter Arrow is extremely helpful
really aren't of much benefit to us. The Clairvoyance just reveals cloaked enemies and the Destruction one only deals damage. kite, so neither of these traps are helpful enough. The Ranger's main benefit is their ability to
Hot Bars
there are not a lot of changes to be made. Most of the new skills learned just are not when compared to other more efficient skills. 1.Spike Trap Top Hot Bar that effective in battle or are just obsolete Luckily (or unluckily) during these levels
2.Trap: Spike Bite
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3.Snare Trap 4.Sleep Arrow I 5.Aiming 6.Calming Whisper 7.Strong Shots 8.Mau Form 10.Hide
By
using
the
setup
above
we
are
transferring Sleep Arrow up to the top hot bar and making room for another damaging attack, Fleshcutter Arrow. Although this may take a little while to get used to, it is a very used nearly as much as the other skills. Also, efficient setup because Sleep Arrow is not keep in mind that this will also assist with not accidentally using Sleep Arrow, ensuring it is always ready right when you need it!
9.Tactical Retreat
traps, Explosion and Poison. Although these do have a very small benefit, they just are not worth us using now. We have much more important things to use in their place, namely Spike Bite Trap. This will stun enemies in the air, allowing you to attack them while they are not able to defend themselves. Bottom Hot Bar will make it look like this: 1.Fleshcutter Arrow 2.Entangling Shot I 3.Stunning Shot I 4.Poison Arrow 5.Pick-up at these levels, however this is where you will be working for your Abyss gear set. from enemy players who do not already have it. The new skills available at this point are:
Shock
At this time we removed two unnecessary
Level 50 (End-Game)
waiting for ever since you started your first character on Aion : End-game. Here is where we really put our strategies to work to ensure we have the most efficient build and planning available! There are not a lot of new skills available This is the point you have probably been
The changes we will make to the hotbar
Obtaining that will greatly set you apart
6.Rupture Arrow 7.Spiral Arrow 8.Boost Parry I 9.Dodging I
10.Silence Arrow
Shackle
Arrow Arrow
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Focused
Shots Brightwing Arrow (Elyos) Darkwing Arrow (Asmodian)
Focused Shots is a skill that is great when your target is stunned or if you are in a group because it helps you do much more damage than normal. On the downside, the
Ancestral Ancestral Calming Heal
Resolution Baizel's Triniel's
Wings
Whisper of Resistance
decrease in defense makes it completely worthless (if not dangerous) to use in solo or PvP battles. Shackle and Shock Arrow do a great deal
Arrow (Elyos)
Arrow (Asmodian)
are now two new skills that are based on race. Both of these are really about equal between the two races, each with a small benefit in one area but less benefit in the other. Calming Whisper is an interesting skill
As you can see by looking at the list, there
of damage. They do have decent benefits to go along with them, but their damage is going to be your main goal.
Hot Bars
now have, it is very important to re-organize we will completely re-do it to make it as efficient as possible. One of the biggest changes you will now notice is that instead of going only from 1-10, we will now include the extra two slots to our setup. Due to the large number of new skills we
solely because it decreases enmity (or aggression) in your target. This is especially helpful when fighting against raids or other tough beasts that take a while to kill. Heal Wings is a very awkward skill when you read what it does. This increases your flight time by 33% but stuns you for 10 seconds. In the middle of a battle, this is definitely not the type of skill you want to use. When just flying around, however, such as in safety in the Abyss (although truly there is no safe area in Abyss except your home base), this can be very beneficial.
our hot bars. This is our end-game setup, so
for our skills we do not often use, and we will This will most likely take a little getting used to, but once you are used to it there will be no more changes! Now let's begin.
We will remain using the top bar mostly
use the bottom bar solely for attacks now.
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Top Hot Bar limit ourselves to the most used skills, but instead we are now going to factor in other things as well, such as PvP (sieging, rifting, or just Abyss PvP). Due to the nature of this, the skill set used is a little bit different than the is to pull out our most effective buffs and many other spots we have available. As for our buffs, we have the following that we need:
Mau
As for Sniper Stance, this is one that must be used carefully. The decrease in run speed can be detrimental, however the attack increase can be of great benefit. We will go section. into more details about this one in the battle
For our top hot bar we are not going to
one we were using earlier. Our first step here traps. Afterwards, we will look and see how
So now that we have made a short list of our buffs, let us take a look at the different list of our most beneficial traps:
Spike Spike Snare
traps we will want to use. The following is a
Bite Trap II Trap IV Trap IV Trap I
Sniper
Form IV Stance I Retreat I Eye I
Sandstorm
Hunter's Tactical Heal
Wings I
on their benefit. Spike Bite, Spike Trap, and Snare Trap all help by slowing or stopping the enemy from being able to get to us. This is exactly what we want because if an enemy can not get within range, we are able to toss them killing us. out flurries of attacks without any risk of
Our choices of the traps is based directly
have
These buffs are all chosen because they direct benefits in PvP.
transformation increases your movement Hunter's Eye will give you the ability to see as other Rangers or Assassins). Tactical enemy players if you are overwhelmed.
The
speed, attack speed, and attack power. hidden players of the opposite faction (such Retreat will allow you to (hopefully) escape
blinds the target and gives them a much mage). This makes the trap useful against
The Sandstorm Trap was chosen because it
longer casting time for spells (if they are a not only physical attackers but mages as well.
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The most efficient use of this would be if it was to get activated by a Cleric, although usually you will have to just set it and accept whoever sets it off. As for our remaining spots, these will be used for the following purposes (there are 3 spots left over):
Flight Hide
7.Mau Form IV 8.Sniper Stance I 10.Spike Trap IV 9.Spike Bite Trap II 11.Snare Trap IV
12.Sandstorm Trap I It is organized this way for the following reasons:

All
Health
potions potions
are grouped together, keeping us from being required to sift through all of the skills to see which ones are traps.
All
of our traps are now at the end. They
last on our list, are very essential to success when doing battles in sieges, the Abyss, or even rifting. In the battle strategies section for now let's just focus on the hot bars. Now that we have our list of things we wish to put on our top hot bar, it is time to better organize them based on how they are used in battle. The way we will organize it is as follows: 1.Hide we will study these in more detail, however
These last three things, although they are
and our Hide skill, are all at the front. Tactical Retreat is also here, making the first 5 skills our survival skills.
Mau
flight related things, as well as potions
because it is a skill that will not be used often, however when the time does come it will be very easy to spot. Bottom Hot Bar
Form IV is in the middle (or close to it)
our most powerful attacks. Since we put all buffs in the top bar we will focus the bottom control). solely on damage-dealing this time (or crowd
The bottom hot bar will, as always, contain
2.Health potions 3.Flight potions 4.Heal Wings I 5.Tactical Retreat I 6.Hunter's Eye I
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One of the biggest changes we are making to the bottom is we are removing Pick-Up. In no reason to allow the slot to be taken up. The most powerful skills we have now are the following:
Triniel's Silence
The normal attacks we have are:

Spiral Swift
PvP there is no need to loot items, so there is
Arrow II Brightwing Arrow I
Condor/Ancestral Triniel's
Shot IV
Arrow/Baizel's Arrow I
To put these into a better order we will organize them based on their damage. This helps ensure those with the greatest damage will always be used first, maximizing our efficiency in battles. To do so, the order should then look like the following:
Triniel's
Fleshcutter Rupture Swift
Arrow/Baizel's Arrow I Arrow II
Arrow V Arrow III Shot IV
Entangling Poison
Shot IV Arrow III Arrow I Shot III efficient. With it set up like this all you have Having the order like this is the most to do is use 1/2/3/4 in that order and keep recycling as their cool-downs end. Brightwing Arrow I
Condor/Ancestral Spiral Swift
Condor/Ancestral Shackle Shock Spiral
Arrow/Baizel's Arrow I Brightwing Arrow I
Stunning
Arrow I
Shot IV
Arrow II
Arrow II
attacks, we need to organize them by their type. To do this, we still start by putting the normal attacks near the front and the snares
Now that we have a list of our greatest
and others at the back. This will help because generally the play style is to just spam numbers in a row. Doing this would end up their effect by a great deal. using all snares at the same time, limiting
little, let us look at our various snares. Much like with the attacks, we are going to take the it works as efficiently as possible. current order and change it around to ensure
Now that we have our attacks organized a
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As of right now, our list should look like the following:

Stunning Shock Shackle Poison Shackle Poison
Root Arrow Other
Arrow I
Shot III
Arrow I Shot IV
Entangling Rupture
Arrow (Poison)
Arrow (Stagger) Arrow (Multi.)
Shot (Slow)
Entangling Rupture Silence
Arrow III
Fleshcutter
Fleshcutter
Arrow V
Arrow III Arrow II
be the most used in PvP battles to put those in the first open slots on the hot bar (5/6/7). Entangling Shot is also quite important, although it is better in small PvP instead of large-scale. We will set this as 8. Shackle Arrow is good but only against melee classes. Any other ranged classes can still attack you while rooted to the ground. This will be 9. As for the others, we will put Poison as 10, Rupture as 11, and Awl as 12. These last three are not used nearly as often as the other skills, however they do still have their uses. Once you have fully set up this hot bar, it
Silence Arrow and the stuns are going to
skills here. Each of these has its own benefits. Some of them stun, some slow the target down, some keep them from being able to fly away (or to you), and others just do things like sleeping them.
As you can easily see, there are a lot more
first separate them by their type: Stuns, silence, stagger. Doing this will be greatly plans, as you will be learning when to use each of these types of snares. Silence beneficial shortly when we go over battle
To help keep this area organized we must
should look like the following:
Silence
Arrow
1.Triniel's Arrow/Baizel's Arrow I 3.Spiral Arrow II 4.Swift Shot IV 5.Silence Arrow V 6.Stunning Shot II
2.Condor/Ancestral Brightwing Arrow I
Stunning Shock
Arrow
Shot
Stun
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7.Shock Arrow I 8.Entangling Shot IV 9.Shackle Arrow I 10.Poison Arrow III
Spiritmaster/Sorcerer
At this point you have undoubtedly played against Spiritmasters and Sorcerers who have deflected your most powerful attacks using certain amount of damage, which in our case their skill Stone Skin. This skill will absorb a can make us extremely ineffective in battle. However, there is an easy way to counter this.
11.Rupture Arrow III
12.Fleshcutter Arrow II At this point, you are now ready to go explore the various battle situations and learn the strategies for fighting in each!
Solo Play
changed a bit due to our change in skills. Keep in mind that our setup is now a purebattle one. At this point our strategy is going to be
off with a normal attack or two. More often than not this will cause them to hit their Stone Skin because they know you are about to launch powerful attacks. When they do this, all you have to do is toss out a few more normal attacks while waiting for it to wear off, and then you can start your flurry of destruction! Keep in mind, also, that when fighting Always target the summoner
The trick to killing these classes is to start
targets, you will still want to use the same method as before; always go for the weakest defense ones first. At this point the damage you dish out is so significant that classes like easily. At the same time, however, you will need to know how to defeat them. against Spiritmasters their pet is not your target. themselves as they have less defense and if
When it comes to determining your
the Sorcerer and Spiritmaster go down pretty
they die their pet goes down with them. Attacking their pet instead only brings about a greater chance of you losing the battle.
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Rangers
A very hot topic: What to do when you have to fight other Rangers. Due to the skills (especially the level 50 skills) the Rangers chance than anything (who can hit the have, the battle is going to be more about other with the most criticals). But at the same time, there are a few tricks you can do to help at least try to push the odds in your favor. The first trick, although it might seem like something that does not really fit in this type of battle, is to use Sleep Arrow when your health is getting low (or when theirs is). If this attack succeeds it will put them into a state where you can then take control of the situation. If you are low on health, you can use that time to use potions. If they are, you can use that time to finish the cool-downs of your more powerful attacks so you can prepare to launch another flurry of attacks!
enemy (depending on gear and other factors). This means even if you slow them or root them in place, they are able to attack you anytime you are able to attack them. Stuns are great for combat. Unlike rooting and slowing, stuns will keep your enemy from being able to attack, while still granting you the ability to attack them. Being that you have a couple of skills with the ability to stun, the best plan of action is to use these until stun successfully lands and then resume doing your other non-stun attacks. Once stun wears off, start using stunning attacks again (or sleep them until the cool-downs are over). With any luck, this will keep the enemy Ranger under your control. The Hide skill, although effective against some classes, is not effective against Rangers or Assassins because even with it up they are able to see you. Because of this, it is not even worth wasting the time to use this skill.
than not is to skip using the snares that just slow your target down or root them. When it will probably have the same range as your really comes down to end-game combat, you
Another thing that would help more often
Assassins
keep them in place instead of letting them roam freely. Assassins have the ability to deal a lot of damage in a short period of time, plus hard to hit. they have high evasion which makes them Your plan with Assassins is going to be to
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Again, much like with the Ranger, the skill Hide really does not have any place in this view you while you are cloaked. Unlike with battling against the Rangers, against Assassins your best bet is to include roots and slows in with your attacks. Along with this, the various traps will now come into play as well. type of battle. Assassins have the ability to
B) You will want to toss out your stuns and snares until the target is either slowed down or stunned in place (or rooted). As soon as one of those skills lands their secondary effect on the target you want to start your flurry of normal attacks.
Once you are done with the steps above you will want to sleep your target. While the target is slept you may then re-plant traps can start round two! and allow your cool-downs to end so you
to place a trap if possible. The ones you will
When starting off the battle, you will want
want to use are going to be Spike Bite and Snare Trap. You do not want to place them right on each other, but rather a little ways apart. What these will do is keep you from being forced to use your skills to snare or stun the target (if the trap is successful), which will allow you to save their cooldowns for later. With the traps in place, your next step is going to depend on whether or not they were If they were unsuccessful, move to B. successful. If they were successful, move to A.
Templars/Gladiators
Gladiators has not really changed. Both of if at all possible. If you are forced to fight against one, however, there are a few plans to put into action. First of all, you want to save Sleep Arrow because when tanks get low on health they use their dashing ability which will allow The battle strategy against Templars and these classes are still recommended to ignore,
them to run much faster than you so they can get to safety. By saving Sleep Arrow, you can use it as soon as they try to run and you can actually sleep them before they get away, off.
many normal attacks as possible (not just /attack, but rather the attacks that do not them). have snares or anything like that attached to
A) At this point you will want to toss out as
forcing them to stay so you can finish them
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A very important thing to remember aside from that is you need to keep a decent amount of distance between them and you. They both have a few skills that have the ability to stun you or knock you unconscious in mid-air, so keeping distance will keep that from happening. In the case of these battles, your roots and
Clerics/Chanters
Clerics and Chanters are, again, quite tough to kill when they are played properly. The two skills that will be more important now than ever before are Sleep Arrow and Silence Arrow. One will sleep the target and heal. To know the best strategy to use against the healers you must first understand how many healers play. It is very rare (at least at this point) to find healers that will keep their the other just keeps them from being able to
stuns are by far your best friend. Since neither Gladiators nor Templars are ranged classes, you have the ability to attack them even when they can not fight back.
benefit in these battles. Neither of the classes is able to view players who are hiding, so you will have the ability to sneak up behind them for some quick surprise attacks. In terms of traps, you will want to use all of the ones we kept on our hot bar. Just choose two random ones because all four of them are very effective when they work.
When it comes to using Hide, it is of great
health at a high level. Many are more worried about dealing damage instead and will then only heal themselves at around half HP (or some will even wait until their HP is lower than that). To us, this is a huge advantage. When attacking the healers it is important
to save the most powerful attacks for the finale. Instead, start going backwards from how we normally battle. Use the weaker ones first. Once their HP is around half (if they are one of the healers that lets it get that low),
use Sleep Arrow. Follow this directly with Silence Arrow and then stuns and unleash a flurry of your attacks like normal (starting with the strongest). With any luck, this will end the battle.
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If this plan of action does not work, there is another way to do this. Using the Hide skill! Healers are unable to view cloaked players, which allows you to wait until they them off in (say, if they are attacking a few are in a perfect situation for you to finish mobs at once or are already low health).
This also brings about your primary concern saving your healers! If your healers die, your health and defense are low enough that you will probably die very soon after. Being that Rangers are by far one of the best PvP'ing classes end-game, it is your responsibility to assist your healers in any way possible. Not doing so will not only cost you will probably lose yours as well. them their experience (or Abyss Points), but
Without knowing you are around most players are much more relaxed about their health. And then the time it takes to react disadvantage. once you have appeared puts them at a grave
groups is your ability to launch Sleep Arrow. This makes you invaluable to groups (much
One of your most helpful abilities in
Group Combat
during end-game. At this point you are now Group combat is drastically changed
like Spiritmasters and Sorcerors) because it allows you to help out with crowd control while at the same time dealing great damage to the other mobs.
playing more as a glass cannon rather than a hybrid (somewhat tanking, somewhat damaging) class. Because of this, it is even more important to watch your health and the amount of damage you are doing to enemies (in PvE) and to the enemies that are after you (in PvP). grouping is that although you are a DPS or DD (Damage dealer), your goal is to take care of whatever the group needs done. Sometimes they will need you to pull mobs, sometimes they will need you to stun mobs, sometimes it will be to sleep them, and others case, you want to do your best at it! The main thing to keep in mind while
being a Ranger is that generally players will not good for the healers, it allows you to be at least a little more relaxed when doing PvP.
When in a group, the one great benefit of
it will be to just deal damage. Whatever the
target the healers before you. Although this is
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Abyss
As we learned in the lower levels, the Abyss is far different from normal PvP. What additions to normal combat: Flying and the brings about this change are the two Balaur. These significantly change your way of reacting to various situations, however the battle strategy itself is the same. First of all we will view the changes in more detail, then we will look at preparing for differences in PvE and PvP. the battles ahead, and then the
Please keep in mind that the air combat will only work in PvP. If you attempt to fight mobs that are on the ground and can not fight back, they will just reset, taking them back to full health again. Players, on the other hand, will not regain health due to this.
Also, it is important to remember that the Abyss is a pure PvP area. No matter where owns or your main spawn area) you will risk being attacked by other players. Keep watch of the skies around you and do not try to travel alone! Doing so is much more likely to make you lose Abyss Points. you go (aside from fortresses your faction
General
change, the addition to free-flight will change the way you respond to situations when it comes to battles. The biggest change, and is also one of the most positives, is that Rangers are awesome when it comes to air combat. Fast movement, decent evasion, and the ability to snare enemies in mid-air is an extremely difficult combination to beat. Although it may not seem like a huge
Preparance
few basic essentials. Although some may argue these are not necessarily required, they will definitely make your life much easier if you do have them.
Resurrection Potions Health Flying A
To prepare for the Abyss you will need a
stones
party!
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By having all of these items you are making yourself much more efficient for the battle that lies ahead.
Battling
Now, when in the Abyss there are some things you will want to do when you are in both PvE and PvP, however there are also what is the same between the two and then we will look at what makes them different. some differences. First we are going to look at
essential item because they will allow you to fly even farther than normal. Although the Rangers are the best flying PvP class, they are bound to the same timers as everyone else. If
As for the flying potions, these are an
you do not have flying potions and your enemy does, you are just giving them the added benefit instead of yourself. The health potions are essential because Rangers have no way of healing themselves during combat. Especially against another Ranger, this can be the difference between winning or losing the battle.
the area is PvP-Central, no matter where you go you face the chance of being attacked by other players. Due to this, it does not mobs to grind, or you're exploring, you need to keep a watch out for other players at all times. Luckily for the Ranger, you are able to view cloaked players, so you do not run the classes do. Another thing you will sometimes notice, risk of players sneaking up on you like most matter if you are just running a quest, killing
The first thing you will notice is that since
people gives a better chance of being able to fight off the oncoming players. Sometimes you may only be against one player, however you may also run into other parties (or they an event will help greatly. although this is not always occurring, is a Dreadgion floating in the air. When you see fortress, and try to stay as far away from it as possible if you are alone. For this prepare for a battle if you are near a more
Having a party is needed because more
may run into you). Being prepared for such
information about the Dreadgion and what it is for, please refer to our Unofficial Aion Strategy Guide.
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Last but not least, whether you are killing mobs or players while in the Abyss, you will be earning Abyss Points. This makes it to where even if you do not see other players, Rank (although quite slow compared to PvP'ing). PvE you will still be able to level up your Abyss
only be farmed in the Abyss. That helps make the area even more desirable for many players because without farming (or purchasing the shards from other players) shards you can not equip your stigma skills. PvP
In terms of the PvP, you will usually find higher leveled (the Abyss ranks count kill for points. Usually the lower leveled ones are busy rifting or trying to level up. One thing some players dislike but others like is that the PvP in the Abyss is fully open. This means if you find an enemy player (from the opposite faction) you are able to kill them as many times as you want and there is absolutely no penalty. On the same token, this means they can do the same to you! down, not up) Abyss Ranked players you can
notice between it and PvP is that the mobs are all easily countered. They act the same in every situation, they use the same skills, etc. This makes killing them quite easy once you start learning their spawn patterns, which ones are social with which, and which ones are grouped together. Another difference is that the amount of Abyss Points you earn is pretty small compared to that of PvP. If you are soloing mobs in the Abyss the Abyss Points earned is decent, but once you get into a group of 3 or more the amount you earn starts to drop rapidly. Finally, there are many great materials that can only be obtained in the Abyss. A general rule of thumb is that any materials you get there (especially those such as various Draconic materials) you should keep or sell the few you get at your level 20 quest, may to other players. Stigma shards, aside from
During PvE the biggest difference you will
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MACROS
acros play an important role during battles for some players, but others find them to be more
Weapon Swap
Weapon Swap -> Surprise Attack ->
obtrusive than anything. This section will discuss some of the macros Rangers can use for you, feel free to skip this section. If you for various tasks. If you feel macros are not feel you would like to use macros, or at least would like more information about how a Ranger can use them effectively, this section is one you do not want to miss! Below are some great macros to put into effect in your gaming to more efficiently play. This helps out a lot because it keeps you from being forced to button mash and instead you can use one key to automatically launch your flurry of attacks. Weapon Swap -> Counterattack -> Weapon Swap /changeweaponset /delay 1 /skill Swift Edge I /delay 2 /delay 2 /skill Soul Slash I /changeweaponset /delay 0.2 /delay 1 /delay 1 /skill Change Weapon /skill Counterattack (skill level here) /skill Change Weapon Devotion -> Entangling Shot -> Swift Shot /delay 0.5 -> Weapon Swap Weapon Swap -> Swift Edge -> Soul Slash /delay 0.2 /skill Change Weapon /delay 1 /skill Surprise Attack II /delay 1.5 /skill Change Weapon
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/skill Devotion I /delay 2 /delay 3 /skill Entangling Shot I /skill Swift Shot I
Reading the above macros will hopefully help explain how to create your own effectively. You will need to swap out skill names and levels as needed. For example, /skill Soul Slash I and /skill Soul Slash II distinguish this difference. are different skills. It is important to
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APPENDIX I FULL SKILL LIST
or the purpose of this section there is only one skill list. In this list, you will find the second (shorter) list showing nothing but the differences between the Elyos and
differences in the skills. Alternatively, at the end of the skill list there will be a
Asmodian skills. As you look at the list it is split by the levels. The first section is for the pre-class change skills
and the second one is for after you have already completed your ascension. Note that before you finish your ascension there are no skill differences between the Elyos and Asmodian factions. The only changes come out afterwards.
Before Class Change

Skill Name
Basic Sword Training Basic Dagger Training Basic Leather Armor Proficiency Basic Clothing Proficiency Basic Cloth Armor Proficiency Swift Edge I Focused Evasion I
Level
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Effect
Allows you to use swords Allows you to use daggers Allows you to use leather armor Allows you to wear clothing Allows you to wear cloth armor Inflicts 61-65 physical damage on the target Dodges physical attacks 1 time during 5 seconds and resists magical attacks once
Surprise Attack I
Inflicts 16-20 physical damage on the target and causes an additional 87 physical damage if used on the target's back
Counterattack I
Upon success of evasion, inflicts 59-63 physical damage on the target and has a chance to stun it
Hide I
Enters the basic hide mode for 20-50 seconds. This
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide decreases movement speed by 30% while in effect. Unable to use during battle Advanced Dual Wielding Boost Accuracy I Soul Slash I 5 5 7 Allows you to use two-handed weapons effectively Boosts your accuracy Inflicts 61-71 physical damage to the target
Evasion Rate Increase I
Boosts the evasion rate
Devotion I
Increases your physical attack by 40% for 5 seconds
After Class Change

Skill Name
Advanced Dagger Training I Advanced Archery Training I Advanced Dual-Wielding II Advanced Sword Training I Advanced Leather Armor Proficiency I
Lev el
9 9 9 9 9
Race
Effect
Allows you to use daggers skillfully Allows you to use bows skillfully Allows you to use dual weapons skillfully Allows you to use swords skillfully Allows you to use leather armor skillfully
Entangling Shot I
10
Attacks the legs of a target to inflict 84-88 physical damage. Target's movement speed is decreased for 8-16 seconds
Swift Shot I
10
Fires an arrow at a target to inflict 166-170 physical damage
Winged Range I
10
While flying, attack range of bow is increased by
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide 10% Swift Edge II Mau Form I 10 10 Asmo Inflicts 85-89 physical damage on the target Transforms you into a Mau Templar for 60 seconds are increased by 20% and speed is increased by 30% Mau Form I 10 Elyos Transforms you into a Mau Templar for 60 seconds by using your DP. Physical attack is increased by 10%, attack speed by 30%, and speed by 33% Herb Treatment I 10 Uses 1 Lesser Odella Powder to restore your HP by 262 Mana Treatment I 10 Uses 2 Lesser Odella Powders to recover 103 MP instantly and another 29 MP every 3 seconds for 10 seconds by using your DP. Physical attack and attack speed
Dodging I Spike Trap I
13 13 Elyos
For 60 seconds your evasion increases by 200 Uses 1 Tripeed to set up a trap around you that lasts 60 seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes to immobilize the enemy and lower its evasion rate
Spike Trap I
13
Asmo
60 seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes to immobilize the enemy and lower its evasion rate
Uses 1 Tripeed to set up a trap around you that lasts
Surprise Attack II
13
Inflicts 16-20 physical damage on the target and causes an additional 177 damage if used on the target's back
Boost Parry I Counterattack II
16 16
Increases your parry rate Upon success of evasion, inflicts 100-104 physical damage on the target and has a chance to stun them
Soul Slash II Arrow Strike I
16 16
Inflicts 107-111 physical damage on the target Fires an arrow at a target that inflicts 169-173
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide physical damage Poisoning Trap I 16 Elyos Uses 1 Tripeed to set up a trap around you that lasts to poison them Poisoning Trap I 16 Asmo Uses 1 Tripeed to set up a trap around you that lasts 60 seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes to poison them
60 seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes
Aiming I
19
For 60 seconds your physical accuracy increases by 200
Stunning Shot I
19
Fires an arrow at a target that deals between 253-257 damage and stuns them Boosts your accuracy STIGMA Forces a target to fall asleep for 12 seconds. Target's elemental defense increases by 500. Gains stigma
Boost Accuracy II Sleep Arrow I
19 20
Arrow Deluge I
20
STIGMA
Inflicts 122-126 physical damage on a target and other enemies within 5 meters of them. Gains stigma
Swift Shot II
22
Fires an Arrow at a target inflicting 175-179 physical damage
Swift Edge III Entangling Shot II
22 22
Inflicts 128-132 physical damage on the target Attacks the legs of a target inflicting 105-109 physical damage and reducing their speed for 6-16 seconds
Retreating Slash I
22
pushes you back 25 meters. Target has a chance to become stunned for 3 seconds. Gains stigma
Inflicts 16-20 physical damage on the target and
Calming Whisper I Poison Arrow I
22 22
Decreases the enmity of a target Fires arrows inflicting 129-133 physical damage on
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide a target and poisons them for 12 seconds Mau Form II 22 Asmo Transforms you into a Mau Templar for 60 seconds by using your DP. Physical attack and attack speed are increased by 22% and speed is increased by 30% Mau Form II 22 Elyos Transforms you into a Mau Templar for 60 seconds by using your DP. Physical attack is increased by 11%, attack speed by 33%, and speed by 36%
Herb Treatment II
22
Uses 1 Regular Odella Powder to restore your HP by 366
Mana Treatment II
22
instantly and another 37 MP every 3 seconds for 10 seconds
Uses 2 Regular Odella Powders to recover 185 MP
Silence Arrow I
25
STIGMA
Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 63-67 physical damage and silences them for 2-6 seconds
Strong Shots I
25
Increases physical attack of bows by 5% for 60 seconds
Winged Avenger
25
While flying, strength and dexterity are increased by 10 and fly speed is increased by 33%
Explosion Trap I
25
Asmo
Uses 1 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes when an enemy approaches and does area-of-effect damage
Boost Bow Range I Rupture Arrow I
25 25
Increases attack range when equipped with a bow Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 296-300 damage and puts them in a stagger state
Spike Trap II
25
Asmo
Uses 3 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to immobilize enemy and lower their evasion rate
Explosion Trap I
25
Elyos
seconds. Explodes when an enemy approaches and
Uses 1 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide does area-of-effect damage Spike Trap II 25 Elyos Uses 3 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 their evasion rate Surprise Attack III 25 Inflicts 16-20 physical damage on the target. If used from behind, causes an additional 303 physical damage
seconds. Explodes to immobilize enemy and lower
Advanced Dagger Training II Advanced Archery Training II Advanced Sword Training II Arrow Deluge II
25 25 25 25 STIGMA
Allows you to use daggers skillfully Allows you to use bows skillfully Allows you to use swords skillfully Inflicts 154-158 physical damage on a target within 15m and other enemies within 5m of them
Spiral Arrow I
28
Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 322-326 physical damage
Snare Trap I
28
Elyos
Uses 3 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes, immobilizing them in mid-air. Gains stigma
Snare Trap I
28
Asmo
Arrow Strike II
28
Tactical Retreat I
28
For 30 seconds your movement speed increases with every hit you receive
Poisoning Trap II
28
Asmo
Uses 1 Tripeed to set up a trap around you that lasts 60 seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes to poison them
Poisoning Trap II
28
Elyos
Uses 1 Tripeed to set up a trap around you that lasts
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide 60 seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes to poison them Counterattack III 28 Upon success of Evasion, inflicts 153-157 physical damage to the target with the possibility of stunning them
Soul Slash III Silence Arrow II
28 31 STIGMA
Inflicts 164-168 physical damage on the target Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 72-76 physical damage and silences them for 1-6 seconds. Gains stigma
Destruction Trap I
31
Elyos
Sets up a ranged trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes when an enemy approaches
Destruction Trap I
31
Asmo
Sets up a ranged trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes when an enemy approaches
Trap of Clairvoyance I
31
STIGMA Elyos
Asmo
Sets up a ranged trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to reveal cloaked enemy. Gains stigma
Trap of Clairvoyance I
31
STIGMA
Sets up a ranged trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to reveal cloaked enemy. Gains stigma
Stunning Shot II
31
Fires an arrow at target inflicting 420-424 physical damage. Target becomes temporarily stunned
Aerial Wild Shot I
31
Inflicts 71-75 physical damage on a target that is immobilized in mid-air
Hunter's Eye I
31
For 60 seconds you can see a target in basic hide mode
Evasion Rate Increase II Snare Trap II
31 34 Asmo STIGMA
Boosts your evasion rate Uses 5 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes, immobilizing them in mid-air. Gains stigma
Snare Trap II
34
Elyos
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide STIGMA seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes, immobilizing them in mid-air. Gains stigma Swift Shot III 34 Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 268-272 physical damage Arrow Flurry I 34 Increases attack speed of bow by 40% for 30 seconds when attacked by enemies while the skill is in effect Entangling Shot III 34 Attacks the legs of a target inflicting 154-158 physical damage and reducing target's speed for 4-16 seconds seconds. You randomly become stunned for 2
Calming Whisper II Breath of Nature I
34 34 STIGMA
Decreases the enmity of a target Increases your health regeneration speed by 50 for 300 seconds. Gains stigma
Mau Form III
34
Asmo
Transforms you into a Mau Templar for 60 seconds are increased by 24% and speed is increased by 33% by using your DP. Physical attack and attack speed
Mau Form III
34
Elyos
Transforms you into a Mau Templar for 60 seconds by using your DP. Physical attack is increased by 12%, attack speed by 36%, and speed by 36%
Poison Arrow II
34
Fires arrows that inflict 197-201 physical damage and poison target for 12 seconds
Swift Edge IV Herb Treatment III
34 34
Inflicts 188-192 physical damage on the target Uses 1 Greater Odella Powder to recover your HP by 485
Mana Treatment III
34
instantly and another 45 MP every 3 seconds for 10 seconds
Uses 2 Greater Odella Powders to recover 274 MP
Fleshcutter Arrow I
37
Inflicts 208-212 physical damage on target,
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide decreases their physical defense by 10% for 4-8 seconds, and decreases the effect of recovery magic the target receives by 50%
Silence Arrow III
37
STIGMA
Fires an arrow inflicting 81-85 physical damage and silences target for 2-7 seconds
Arrow Deluge IV
37
STIGMA
Inflicts 203-207 physical damage on target and all other enemies within 5 meters of them
Rupture Arrow II
37
Fires an arrow inflicting 413-417 physical damage and puts enemy in a stagger state
Surprise Attack IV
37
additional 409 damage if used against target's back Boosts your accuracy Elyos Uses 3 Tripeed to create a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to immobilize enemy as well as lower their evasion
Inflicts 16-20 physical damage on target and an
Boost Accuracy III Spike Bite Trap I
37 37
Sniper Stance I
37
STIGMA
Attack range of bow increases by 10%. Slows run speed while in effect
Spike Trap III
37
Elyos
seconds. Explodes to immobilize enemy as well as lower their evasion
Spike Bite Trap I
37
Asmo
Uses 3 Tripeed to create a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to immobilize enemy as well as lower their evasion
Explosion Trap II
37
Elyos
Uses 3 Tripeed to create a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to deal damage with Area of Effect
Explosion Trap II
37
Asmo
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide Spike Trap III 37 Asmo Uses 5 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to immobilize enemy as well as lower their evasion
Sandstorm Trap I
40
Asmo
Uses 3 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. Blinds target and lengthens the time of while trap is active casting magical spells. Target gradually loses health
Sandstorm Trap I
40
Elyos
Uses 3 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. Blinds target and lengthens the time of while trap is active casting magical spells. Target gradually loses health
Counterattack IV
40
Upon success of evasion, inflicts 210-214 physical damage on the target and has the possibility of stunning them
Breath of Nature II
40
Increases your health regeneration for 300 seconds. Gains stigma
Arrow Strike III
40
Arrow Storm I
40
Inflicts 437-441 physical damage on a target and all other enemies within 5 meters of them
Soul Slash IV Poisoning Trap III
40 40 Asmo
Inflicts 225-229 physical damage on the target Uses 5 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to poison the enemy
Poisoning Trap III
40
Elyos
Uses 5 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to poison the enemy
Aether Arrow I
40
Inflicts 717-721 physical damage on the target and decreases their maximum mana by 75%
Snare Trap III
40
STIGMA
Asmo
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide Snare Trap III 40 Elyos STIGMA Uses 5 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes, immobilizing them in mid-air. Gains stigma
Spiral Arrow II
40
All-Seeing Eye I
40
For 60 seconds you can see through advanced stealth
Advanced Sword Training III Advanced Dagger Training III Advanced Archery Training III Evasion Rate Increase III Stunning Shot III
40 40 40 41 41
Allows you to use swords skillfully Allows you to use daggers skillfully Allows you to use bows skillfully Boosts the evasion rate Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 520-524 stunned
physical damage. Target becomes temporarily
Silence Arrow IV
42
Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 90-94 physical damage and silences them for 1-7 seconds
Shock Arrow I
42
Elyos
Inflicts 600-604 physical damage on a target and stuns them for 1-3 seconds
Shackle Arrow I
42
Asmo
Inflicts 600-604 physical damage on a target and immobilizes them for 10 seconds while decreasing their evasion by 1000
Arrow Deluge V
43
STIGMA
Inflicts 243-247 physical damage on a target and all other enemies within 5 meters of them. Gains stigma
Destruction Trap II
43
Asmo
Sets up a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to damage enemy
Destruction Trap II
43
Elyos
Sets up a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to damage enemy
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide Focused Shots I 44 Boosts the effect of physical attacks by 30% 5 times for 60 seconds. Also decreases your physical defense by 50%
Swift Edge V Ancestral Brightwing Arrow I
44 45 Elyos STIGMA
Inflicts 245-249 physical damage on the target Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 1034-1038 physical damage but with low accuracy Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 728-732 physical damage that has low accuracy but high critical success rate
Ancestral Darkwing Arrow I
45
Asmo STIGMA
Mau Form IV
45
Elyos
Transforms you into a Mau Templar for 60 seconds by using your DP. Physical attack, attack speed, and speed are increased
Mau Form IV
45
Asmo
Transforms you into a Mau Templar for 60 seconds by using your DP. Physical attack, attack speed, and speed are increased
Poison Arrow III
45
Fires arrows inflicting 244-248 physical damage and poisons the target for 12 seconds
Swift Shot IV
45
Fires an arrow at a target to inflict 325-329 physical damage
Entangling Shot IV
45
physical damage and reducing their movement speed for 4-16 seconds
Attacks the legs of a target inflicting 177-181
Calming Whisper III Bestial Fury I
45 45 STIGMA
Decreases the enmity of a target For 60 seconds, increases bow attack power by 50% and attack speed by 20% while lowering range by 15m
Breath of Nature III
46
Increases your health regeneration for 300 seconds. Gains stigma
Snare Trap IV
46
Elyos
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide STIGMA seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes, immobilizing them in mid-air. Gains stigma Snare Trap IV 46 Asmo STIGMA Uses 5 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. When an enemy approaches it explodes, immobilizing them in mid-air. Gains stigma Increases your flight time by 33%. Uses 1 Fine Odella Powder to heal you for 613 Uses 2 Fine Odella Powders to instantly recover 369 MP and then another 51 every 3 seconds for 10 seconds Surprise Attack V 47 Inflicts 16-20 physical damage on the target and an additional 524 if used against the target's back Spike Trap IV 47 Asmo Uses 7 Tripeed to set up a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to immobilize enemy as well as lower their evasion
Heal Wings I Herb Treatment IV Mana Treatment IV
46 46 46
Spike Trap IV
47
Elyos
seconds. Explodes to immobilize enemy as well as lower their evasion
Boost Accuracy IV Rupture Arrow III
47 48
Boosts your accuracy Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 504-508
physical damage and putting them in a stagger state STIGMA Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 99-103 physical damage and silencing them for 2-8 seconds
Silence Arrow V
48
Explosion Trap III
48
Elyos
Explosion Trap III
48
Asmo
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide Nature's Resolve I 48 STIGMA Removes 1 physical debuff on you and enables you to evade one magical attack within 10 seconds Arrow Deluge VI 49 STIGMA Inflicts 259-263 physical damage and all other enemies within 5 meters of them Fleshcutter Arrow II 49 Inflicts 268-272 physical damage on a target, seconds, and decreases the effect of recovery magic they receive by 50% Spike Bite Trap II 49 Elyos Uses 9 Tripeed to create a trap around you for 60 seconds. Explodes to immobilize enemy as well as lower their evasion decreases their physical defense by 10% for 4-8
Spike Bite Trap II
49
Asmo
Uses 9 Tripeed to create a trap around you for 60 lower their evasion
seconds. Explodes to immobilize enemy as well as
Brightwing Arrow I
50
Elyos
Fires an arrow at a target dealing 1034-1038 physical damage with low accuracy
Darkwing Arrow I
50
Asmo
Fires an arrow at a target dealing 1034-1038 physical damage with low accuracy
Vaizel's Arrow I
50
Elyos
Triniel's Arrow I
50
Asmo
Soul Slash V Counterattack V
50 50
Inflicts 271-275 physical damage on the target Upon success of evasion, inflicts 253-257 physical damage on target and has a possibility of stunning them
Advanced Dagger Training IV Advanced Archery Training IV
50 50
Allows you to use daggers skillfully Allows you to use bows skillfully
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The Unofficial Aion Ranger Guide Advanced Sword Training IV Holy Arrow I 50 50 Elyos Allows you to use swords skillfully Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 1325-1329 damage. This has low accuracy
STIGMA Asmo
Deadly Arrow I
50
STIGMA
Fires an arrow at a target inflicting 1325-1329 damage. This has low accuracy
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