Summoners Guide

Lineage 2 (L2) Summoner Guide (Version 1.9.4 - Final)
Table of Contents: 01. Legal Stuff 02. Introduction 03. General Gameplay 04. Weapons and Armor 05. Skills 06. Tattoos 07. Consumables 08. Hunting Grounds 09. Organizing Parties 10. PvP as a Summoner 11. 2-Boxing as a Summoner 12. Quests Appendix: A - Comparison between Classes B - Spellbook Listing C - Chaotic Throne 1 - Age of the Summoner D - F.A.Q. (Frequently asked Questions) E - Version History F - Final Notes
01. Legal Stuff This guide is my own handy work, no information was taken from any other websites and it is based on my experience with playing various Summoner classes for years. It is hosted on and belongs to the opengamer.org network. You may link to it directly, but not copy any information given here and claim it as your own. Also, this document is for personal use only, please do not use it to make money out of it (I wonder how it would be possible, but eh, legal notes, you know)! Disclaimer: I do not own NCSoft, Lineage 2 or anything related to the company or the game and thus, cannot be made responsible for "official" issues with the game. I am just a fan and a player and this guide is supposed to help other people enjoy or understand the game better - there is no guarantee though. Thanks to: Padhamahadhi for Beta-reading and fixing my mistakes. Kim, Paradoxxy and John for contacting me and asking some interesting questions which I added to the F.A.Q. in some way. Calaire for contacting me and pointing to a missing detail in the Weapons and Armor section. Back to Top
02. Introduction Welcome to my little guide about Summoners in Lineage 2. It is supposed to be a general guide for no class especially, you can find a lot of information here that suits all the Summoner classes in L2. I wrote this guide because I could rarely find information about Summoners in L2 generally on the web. Often those few guides that I found were incomplete or held partially wrong information. Also, advice or hints given in forums are often lacking information or are just wrong. You may wonder how you can write a guide about all Summoners in general without being specific on a certain class. Well it's really easy, because all the Summoners in L2 differ only in appearance, some key features and spells. The way of playing is the same among all of them. So what you get in this guide should make you happy with either of the races, it doesn't matter if you choose to be Darkelf, Elf or Human. I do not say that this guide is the only solution and the ultimate wisdom. It is a personal view, but gives every interested player important information and I will always try to explain advantages and disadvantages. It is also a source for those players who want to learn about the strengths and weaknesses of these classes, for whatever reasons. Please note that I do not support this document any longer and won't answer questions about summoners anymore. That doesn't mean that the legal notes above aren't correct anymore, of course they still are. Everything important to start up as a summoner is included here and i suggest you to read things carefully. But, you are invited to visit my LiveJournal, where I wrote down my path as a Phantom Summoner on server Devianne (levels 1-56), maybe you find some interesting hints there or you could probably see it as a useful addition to this guide (german language skills required). Back to Top
03. General Gameplay So you are interested in playing a Summoner? Well, then I hope you don't mind leveling solo for quite some time, because this is what you will do if you don't have very good friends or a nice clan who pick you up into parties regularly. No, you don't have to solo as a Summoner. That's a widely spread rumor and a very bad one. Summoners are definitely worth to be picked up in parties. Beast Shots make their servitors hit as hard as (or even harder than) other melee classes, their party cubics make it easier to deal with enemies of every type and Summoners can support other players greatly. Unfortunately to you as a Summoner: no one knows and no one wants to know. No matter how much you tell people that you are a party-beast, be prepared for being refused, because no one considers you a real damage dealer. This fact is not only sad and fascinating at the same time, but also paradox. Because the Summoner is the only class which is able to solo up to level 80 completely alone without sitting for too long waiting for MP to regenerate, without buffers, healers, 2boxes, bots or whatever most players in Lineage 2 nowadays consider being "necessary" to level up at all. Once, when I asked for a party as a Summoner, a gladiator told me that I should go solo, because I do not deal enough damage for being into a party. I laughed at him. How can a class solo permanently even in the highest levels but not dealing enough damage for a party? Naa, guys, that doesn't make sense. Summoners don't take hours to beat a single mob, they do better than most classes and you will see why. But first, a few notes about your way up to higher levels: You will have to go through an entirely different "type" of playing on your way to a Summoner. During the first 39 levels, until you can finally change your class and actually start to play, you will have to play as a pure nuker, since your most powerful and useful weapons are attack spells. I don't want to say too much about the times that you will spend struggling with No-Grades and D-Grades. Just get yourself some equipment (it doesn't really matter too much if you get top Grade tunics and weapons, because you can blast away green mobs pretty fast with almost everything), start hunting and wait til you get high enough. There is no need to use your servitors during levels 20-39, for several reasons: first, they stay for max 4 hours and then it takes 6 hours until you can resummon. Second, your servitors are yet comparably weak, because you don't want to spend Adena for the relatively expensive Beastshots in D-Grades. So don't even think of this playstyle yet. (You can "try out" of course, to get a feeling, but that's about it) At level 40, the real fun starts. You are able to resummon your servitors instantly and Beastshots are now becoming tasty. You start to get some nice Buffs which make your servitor stronger in one or the other way and which are essential for your ability to solo, so always keep your servitor buffed. Until level 48 around, you will maybe continue nuking to support the damage of your summon, but after this, your spells will fail a lot and it's not worth considering magic attacks of the old wizard days anymore. Instead, focus on your cubics and start hitting the mobs with a melee weapon, while your servitor tanks for you by doing the first hit. But don't think of yourself as a damage dealer, that is a mistake often done by new Summoner players. You want to hit fast, to trigger your cubic's spells more often, not to do damage. The more you advance in levels, the weaker you become and the stronger your servitor becomes, so use your weakness for your advantage by choosing the right weapons and tattoos (see more about this below in the appropriate sections of this guide). Also, don't use Soulshots for your Weapon, but get a few Spiritshots for stronger heals and additional casting speed. Honestly, you will live on the less expensive side of leveling if you let your servitor do the main job. That's what it is there for. Note: A Summoner, even if originally from the wizard class, is not a wizard or a damage dealer of any type himself. Your servitor is (in most cases) a melee damage dealer and you are it's buffer, healer, recharger and supporter through cubics. If you think of yourself (meaning your toon) as being the one who has to do the damage, choose another class! Don't think of your servitor as of just a pet which runs after you and looks nice (although it can do that). You and the servitor are the class together. Back to Top
04. Weapons and Armor Summoners do want their cubics to blast as often as possible and get the best out of the Crystals which are used to summon them. You should know that the firing rate of cubics (but not the cubic's recast delay) depends on the attack speed of the Summoner. The faster you hit a mob, the more early your cubic's effect will trigger. Knowing this, you will want to use a weapon that is entitled "Very Fast" or at least "Fast". Of course you can go for just any weapon you want, but as long as you want your cubics to react, don't bother with two-handed or other slow weapons. Daggers, Fist weapons or perhaps Duals are usually known to be good for Summoners (there are huge Discussions about Duals and Summoners - I don't want to pick them up here). Since you won't do any real damage compared to your servitor, you don't really need a top-Grade weapon or even SoulShots for yourself. Get something which is cheap and quick to support your summon, but let it (and the cubics) do the work for you. Trust me, even with a top-Grade, fairly overenchanted weapon and Shot-usage, you will deal way less damage than your servitor and it's a complete waste of Adena, carrying weight and time. Oh and one last thing: forget about bows. NCSoft made Spellcasting while using bows extremely slow, so you won't be able to heal your servitor in a critical situation while using a bow, which is much more important than trying to hit the mob by yourself (and probably pulling aggro on you with this behaviour). The Armor selection is not a problem for a Summoner. You won't take many hits, your servitor draws all the hate usually, so you can stick to robes in the everyday grind. Since you get higher Robe Mastery Skills than Light Armor Mastery, this is a decent solution. The features of a Robe are important for you. You want to be able to react fast and give your servitor a quick heal before you continue supporting with hitting a mob. So casting speed is essential, forget about all which don't give you percentages on cast speed and/or a plus on the WIT Attribute. So in C-Grades you will most likely want to wear Karmian, in B-Grades Blue Wolf or Avadon (where BW is the better Set overall, +3 WIT is worth more than a fixed 15%), in A-Grades and higher you will maybe go for either a Tallum or Dark Crystal Tunic Set, because these both give a 15% Bonus and a plus on WIT. Tallum or Dark Crystal are not the only solution however, also Majestic can work for Summoners - it depends on what bonuses you want from your favorite set (and of course what fashion you prefer). See PvP Armor suggestions below in the PvP Section. A note about Shields: your natural Shield defense rate as a Summoner is horribly low, so it almost never makes a difference if you have one with you or not. If mobs or players are really going for you, the one succeeded defense out of a dozen taken hits will not save you. If you do not play with an Elven Elder, Prophet or Overlord of your Clan/Alliance regularly (the only classes which can raise your Shield defense rate via buffs), then you should consider going without one. This will save you a nice amount of carrying weight for having more shots and supplies with you. Back to Top
05. Skills All I want to say in this section is: choose your skills carefully from the beginning. There is absolutely no need to take any skills that you don't get skill levels for after having done the class change quests for your Summoner class (you can check the full skills listing of all classes on the official Lineage 2 website). Passive Skills you can always take, they will be fine, but the only real spell that you may be able to cast later on is wind shackle, so don't bother with any active skills other than those for your servitor or those that you badly need to level up until you are 40. Leave them in the list, you will save a sweet amount of SP and make your growing easier. At levels 40 and above you may want to leave Light Armor Mastery alone, since you won't need it if you wear Robes every day. It depends on your personal taste, style and if you want to PvP in the future or not, but just for grinding, Light Armor is not needed at all. You may take this skill later in the highest levels. And where I am talking about it: if you don't intend to PvP and are low on SP, leave the Betray Skill alone as well or just take it later in higher levels. There is no use for it in PvE. Back to Top
06. Tattoos Your Tattoos should optimize your general playstyle as a Summoner. Let's summarize: you want attack speed to trigger your cubics and you want casting speed to summon/buff/heal very fast. The DEX attribute is responsible for Attack Speed, Running Speed, Accuracy, Critical Chance and Evasion. You really want all of this. So you will most likely get yourself a +4 DEX Tattoo and lower your STR attribute in exchange for two reasons: first, the higher you get in level, the less damage you will deal to mobs personally (whereas your servitor deals more and more), so you don't need STR. Second, your CON attribute is bad enough already and you can not carry much, so you won't want to make the situation worse. The other big deal is the WIT attribute, which is responsible for casting Speed. Adding a +5 (choose one +3 Tattoo and one +2 Tattoo, because this combination is a lot cheaper than a +4 and +1 combination!) adds roughly between 25 and 40 percent casting speed, depending on your race. Since the game still treats you like a wizard class (actually you are more healer and supporter than anything else), you can happily lower INT for this, which is responsible for your magic attack power. No, doing this won't lower the power of your servitor-heals significantly, nor will it effect the buffs or recharges in any way. Lowering MEN would result in lower MP and MP Regeneration Speed and a lower Resistance against magic attacks, that's what you don't want. Alternatives: of course what I mentioned above is my personal taste and style (and the way I use to play because it is most effective on long-time-grinds in my eyes). If you want to try being a damage dealer who helps the servitor with some secondary damage output, you can go for a +str/+dex/-con combination instead of -str/+dex (or any combination you can think of), wielding an overanchanted, shot-powered top-Grade weapon or even using a bow. You can try anything you want, there is no way I will tell you "this or that is ridiculous and won't work in any way" but always keep in mind that your carrying weight is greatly limited and so is your ability to carry shots for both your servitor and yourself, that your servitor is (not because I tell you so, but because the game is designed that way) supposed to do the main job of killing and that you - even with a few tattoos - are by far not a damage dealer like melee classes. Another alternative could be lowering your MEN attribute instead of INT if you want to increase the chances to land your Wind Shackle spell on other players during PvP. I don't recommend doing this for PvE though, most mobs have not a high enough mdef to resist Wind Shackle, when it is casted while using spiritshots. Hint: if you are low on Adena, consider visiting the Magic Shop in Giran. You can for example buy -5/+4 Dyes for your tattoos there which cost way less than the -4/+4 Dyes which you can only get from the Merchant of Mammon. Especially for you as a Summoner these Dyes are tasty, because lowering STR and INT for one point more doesn't make a difference at all to you. Back to Top
07. Consumables In this section I want to talk about the expensive stuff. Greater Swift Attack Potion, Greater Magic Haste Potion, Greater, Greater, Greater... When you go soloing, you don't need this. The cheap stuff from the grocery store is always fine. Think about it: a Magic Haste Potion adds 15% to your Casting Speed, a Greater Magic Haste Potion 23%, that's a difference of only 8%, but you will pay 4-5 times the price (or more, depending on the market situation on your server). Same to the other potions. For soloing as a Summoner, that's completely not worth it. If you got an invite to a party, you can still reconsider or gladly take buffs from a prophet, but while soloing, you should use the cheap potions. It's definitely not worth throwing away such a huge amount of Adena for these few % more. I mentioned them before briefly, the little things that should save you a lot of Adena: Beastshots. There are both Soulshots and Spiritshots for Beasts which you can buy from the Pet Manager of every town and which work for both "regular" pets and servitors. There is a disadvantage of course: you have to carry them in your own Inventory all the time, your servitors can not carry any items, so be careful with your weight gauge and buy what's really needed on your grind. Compared to Shots for Character Weapons in B-Grades and up, they are cheap and the best of it: the price doesn't rise over time just because you change equipment or become higher level. It will always stay the same, so on your way up you will farm more and more money but spend a constant stream of Adena for Shots. Now that's good news, isn't it? The number of Beastshots used per hit by your servitor will rise as you gain levels, but in affordable ranges. What I told you above is not a way to make you rich in the game. Trust me, you won't be, for one simple reason: Crystals. You will need tons of D- and C-Crystals to keep your servitors and cubics fighting for you and if you are not in the lucky situation to be at least a reroller with items to crystalize or if you don't have a sponsor or the luck to have gotten a huge number of full drops, you will struggle hard to have enough Crystals during your entire summonerlife. Always keep that in mind. Don't waste your Adena on superexpensive stuff that only serves the greed of other players and you will be fine. Here is a hint for all Summoners who are short on Adena and know an Artisan/Warsmith who they can trust fully: keep an eye on NPC weapon/armor shops and buy weapons or armors there when they are cheap (prices may vary depending on the Tax taken by the Castle owner). Then let the Artisan/Warsmith crystalize the items and get the crystals back from him. Depending on the market situation of your server, you can save up to around 150 Adena per crystal that way (and you know, since you need a fantastillion crystals on your way up, the total amount of Adena saved is huge)! On all servers, players sell D-Crystals over NPC price like everything else, but you definitely don't have to buy from them, because you can get them by crystalizing. Visit the official Lineage 2 site for info about how many crystals you obtain for a certain item, then check the price in the NPC shop and do the math. A Note about carrying weight: Only take as many Scroll of Escape, Potions and other things that have any weight with you to a grinding session that you really need, in order to be able to carry more shots. If you, for example, can play only for 2 hours a day, it makes no sense to carry 50 Potions of each type and 10 SoE. You will only need 6 pots for the 2 hours (and 2 more in case you die or get buff-removed) and one or two scrolls (in case you want to be able to help out another person). When you go back to town, restock at the grocery and prepare for the next round, that should take you only 2 minutes. Back to Top
08. Hunting Grounds Basically, you have two choices: Catacombs and Necropolises, or not. You can do fine in Catas and Necros, but if you solo there without an additional buffer or damage dealer, choose the smaller 4-mob rooms instead of pulling from the big ones. It is easy to clean out 4 mobs and then wait for the respawn while doing some necessary healings, rebuffs or resummonings. The exp may be a bit more slow compared to the killing in soloing areas, but you are definitely able to get Seal Stones completely solo! And the best of this strategy: Small rooms are often ignored by bots or regular players, so you can level and farm without being bothered for a long time. When you play in soloing areas or regions with mobs that have x2 HP or higher, make your life easier by taking care of the following two simple rules: first, don't fight crowds of magic users or archers, they hurt just too much and give you an MP drain when you have to heal a lot. Second, avoid mobs with stun ability, because that effect can give your servitor (and therefore you) a hard time if it lasts long, because your servitor will stand still, doing nothing, while taking hits and sucking your MP for nothing. Always remember: HP is what keeps you alive, but MP is what keeps you going on! Note: when you play in soloing areas, you and your servitor will share the herbs which are picked up by you. This means, both you and your servitor will recieve the effect, but it will last for only one minute on both of you. Back to Top
09. Organizing Parties What I will tell you in this section is (as always) my personal view. If your ideas or taste differ from what is written here, walk your own path. Just always keep two simple things in mind: first, you are a one-(wo)man-party and you can handle absolutely everything alone if you need to. Second: based on this thought, you can add absolutely every class to your party that you think it can fit your personal style, it can work out. The most important thing that you should be aware of: you will most likely not be invited to parties in the first place because other players are often prejudiced against Summoners, so you will want to create your own. As a general idea of a party where you are the leader and aim for something big (e.g. Tower of Insolence, 8-mob Catacomb rooms, Imperial Tomb entrance, etc.), you will want to keep it comparably small. Adding a Buffer/Healer and one or two powerful melee damage dealers is often the perfect solution. Both your servitor and the melee players will be able to play meatshield (often misunderstood as "tanking", but there are differences) without major problems. Also, duo-ing or even having a party with a bigger number of other Summoners can be a great experience, give it a try! You will be impressed how powerful a Summoner-Party can be. (This counts also for a Dark Avenger with his Cat - in combination they can do awesome damage!) In bigger parties, you will want to act as a pure damage dealer through your servitor while you support other party members with party cubics or spamming Battle Heal, if the main Healer is getting low on MP. The nice fact about party cubics is that the firing rate of each cubic will depend on the current cubic-wearing toon, not your own. So you can lean back and enjoy watching your servitor and all the nice little cubics do the work for you. What may give you a harder time is adding Nukers or Archers to your party. They do great damage of course, but that's also why they will aggro mobs quite often. If you and the Nuker/Archer become a good team and your mate is not too trigger-happy but waits until your servitor has hit the mob 2 or 3 times in order to get enough aggro until he shoots, it should be fine though. Just stay away from pure Nuker- or Archer-Parties, you are almost hopelessly ineffective there. Lowest cubic firing rate and your servitor won't do many hits to mobs, so you won't be very effective in either way. There are two general things that you can always do: add a Healer/Buffer, these are easy to add and they often do a great job. Also, like you, they will probably be desperately seeking for someone to play with, so getting one of them will be easy. The other thing is adding other Summoners or melee players - you will most of the time do best with them. Even if they are sceptic first, most of them will see that playing with a Summoner is worth their time and shots. Creating parties as a Summoner is always fun. You can try out different combinations and teach people "by doing" that you are by far not playing a useless class. You will get a lot of friendinvites once you start making parties and get to play with the good people again. As mentioned before, these are just personal views, so if you want a real advice: go out and try for yourself. There is no ultimate wisdom about parties, everything can or can not work, depending on how people play and think. Back to Top
10. PvP as a Summoner This section is not about "being skilled in PvP" and does not discuss what happens if another player is an experienced PvP-player or not. The behaviour in PvP is always the key to winning or losing and if you want to make your own experiences aside from the following, general points, go out and fight someone. There is no ultimate truth about PvP and it's always about who fights how and the level difference between the toons, so don't blame me if you can't win a battle or something you have seen differs from what is written here. There is a group of classes that you can handle very well if you treat them just like another mob: the melee damage dealers and tanks. You can win against them by using your servitor and cubics, spamming heals, casting wind shackle and making early use of your Transfer Pain skill. The only thing that is complicated about PvPing as a Summoner against melees is that you have to take care of two HP bars instead of one. Fighting healers is easy up to 56, because they have nothing to throw against your summon, but at 56 they get the erase spell, which - if lands - de-summons your servitor and you will have to face the healer alone from then on (you won't have much time to recast a summon spell if you get hit). Mostly, this is where you probably lose the battle, because a healer can buff himself and will be slightly more powerful than you, but again, it depends on how good both of you are and who acts better. Against Nukers and Archers, you will most likely lose. There is not much you can do against their powerful range attacks, but if you are lucky with spamming heals at the right time and using CP potions quickly, your servitor may be able to take them down before you die. PvP against another Summoner is very hard up to 56, because both of you will most likely try to send the servitor directly against the Summoner, using Transfer Pain and spamming heals. It's only a matter of time until one of you changes tactics slightly or does a little mistake that leads to death. From 56 on it's a sheer matter of luck who turns the enemy's servitor against him first with the Betray Skill. Fighting not only the servitor of your enemy but your own as well is impossible to survive. To summarize this, there is nothing that you definitely can not fight and where you stand no chances, but it's always tough if your enemy knows how to handle his class well. It will always depend on whether you can effectively use skills, your servitor and if either of you has buffs, a partner in battle or whatever can happen during the fight. All I can say besides the things above is, stay calm, use what you have, learn your class and also what the other classes can do and you will always stand a fair chance. A Note about Armors in PvP: You may want to exchange Robes for Light Armor in PvP (probably Dark Crystal or Tallum), in order to take less damage, but besides siege there is rarely a chance that you can tell your opponent "Hey, wait a second, got to change clothes before we start!", so either just deal with what you have or make compromises while leveling - for example if your Clan is at war. Where I talk about it... if you are at war or have to deal with Player Killers, Bots or just Jerks quite often, it's a good idea to always have your PvP servitor out and buffed, when you are on your way to hunting grounds, to your party or just outside of Town to finish a quest (Transfer Pain activated of course). By taking only one D-Crystal for full 4 hours of protection this should definitely be worth it, especially in higher levels, where farming back the lost exp or waiting for Clan/Alliance members to resurrect you costs you more than just one D-Crystal. One last thing to mention: your servitor is still able to attack even if you are asleep, stunned or dead meat on the floor. So even if you lose a battle, your servitor - if still alive - always has the chance to take bittersweet revenge! Back to Top
11. 2-Boxing as a Summoner In this Section I won't tell you how to 2-Box or which class is the ultimate for you to use as a buff-pet. I want to discuss the options that you have if you decide to 2-Box. First of all, it's not a very good idea to 2-Box at all when you are a Summoner, for three simple reasons: first, you already have two toons under your control and that takes a lot of attention if you are not completely used to it (Yes I know, there are people out there with no life and 5 Computers which actually play 5 toons at once, but I try to not think of these "specialists" in this guide - they wouldn't play as a Summoner anyway). Second, since you already have the most important buffs for letting your servitor fight for you, there is not such a desperate "need" to have a buffer running behind you all the time like for other classes. Third, you will be one more player who makes other people, who enjoy playing buffers and/or healers, stop playing because you are one more person who never invites one and therefore make "actively played" buffer/healer classes much more rare than they already are. But let's say you really want to 2-Box, whyever. The standard solution, having a Shillien Elder behind your Summoner, is not a bad one. Offensive Buffs like Focus etc. and Vampiric Rage really can do the difference and you get Empower, which may be interesting when you are forced into a PvP battle or even want to join an AoE Group. Some people may think that a Prophet is a better solution, but in my opinion other buffs that you get in exchange for Vampiric Rage and Empower, don't give you a real advantage. Let's face it: Haste is the Buff that is the main reason (I don't say the only one, calm down you Prophet-only geeks :P ) why you have a Prophet as a 2-Box, so you don't have to buy Potions all the time. But all Summoners can Haste their servitor themselves already, so no big deal there. The real advantage that you may get through a Prophet is Berserker Spirit, Bless the Body and Greater Might. Another Buffer often underestimated is the Elven Elder. If you want to wear Shields or not, it got all the range of defensive Buffs for you and your servitor. If you don't like PvP, you can always get out quick with Party Return and it is the perfect assistance Healer for your servitor when you want to concentrate on assisting it and letting your cubics fire. Note: in some areas where Mobs use Stun or Poison, the Elven Elder can buff you nice resistances against these effects which can make your life easier. And as a last, often completely forgotten effect: it provides the Buff Decrease Weight, which allows you to carry way more shots and supplies without penalties. Let's forget the Overlord, it's buffs are definitely the worst solution as a 2-Box for a Summoner, even though it's huge debuff abilities may be interesting. The only really positive things here are the equivalents to Berserker Spirit and Guidance. More interesting to you should be the Warcryer. It provides the equivalents of Haste, Vampiric Rage, Acumen and a lot of other offensive buffs that you may want. It is nice for assisting your heals and it also can - if you really care - wield a weapon effectively and do some nice damage assisting the servitor. Back to Top
12. Quests The one thing that you learn from other players early in the game is: quests are boring, quests are stupid, quests keep you away from grinding. To people who have lots of Adena and can spend them to keep themselves leveling up at max speed, that's probably true (and in case of the class transfer quests even more, because these send you around and cost more than they give you). But there is another side of the coin. For Summoners who solo a lot and have to keep an eye on their Adena very closely, nearly all quests can be a huge help. In this section I will not tell you what quests to take and where to level in order to be most efficient, but I want to discuss your options. You should consider visiting the official Lineage 2 website for more information or a website which provides guides, like stratics. There are two types of quests. One-timers and repeatables. One-timers often have a fixed reward that you get when you finish it, but sometimes, their outcome is so poor that you may think it's not even worth the teleport costs to the target place. In this case, keep an eye open for other one-timers or repeatables which are unlocked only after finishing this quest, it may be worth it. The rewards of one-timers can vary a lot, you may get Adena, materials, complete items, XP or even SP. Repeatables are the ones which you can take and return to the NPC anytime and go on with it until you are too high level for it. Usually, in mid-levels, these quests give you extra adena for the mobs that you killed, but in later levels they become almost necessary if you want to earn key materials for armors or weapons. Consider this when you leave town for grinding and take all quests that you can have in your level range with you (max. amount of quests that you can have at once is 25). If you are prepared for places all around Aden, you will be surprised how much more you can get out of the game. And one last personal note: to me, quests were an excellent way of keeping me busy and always have targets on my way up. With the quests I used, I didn't even notice when I leveled up, I earned lots of stuff to sell, had ways to go and (what might be not interesting to you but was for me) learned about the history/background story of the game, which actually was fun (unbelievable, eh?). Back to Top
Appendix A - Comparison between Classes In this comparison Section I will not judge any type of Summoner. All have advantages which can be used effectively both while soloing and in parties. I will just list the unique Skills, servitors and Cubics of every Summoner Class and explain what they do. The choice is yours. Note that Necromancers, Dark Avengers and Warsmiths also can summon certain types of Creatures, but they are not considered pure Summoners because their playstyle doesn't rely on their servitors entirely, so I will concentrate on the "pure" Summoners. The numbers given in brackets are the Character Levels at which the according summoning Skill becomes available. Warlock (Human, summons different catlike Creatures) Servitors Mew the Cat (20) - Takes 90% of exp. May cast a Windstrike spell. Kat the Cat (20) - Takes 30% of exp. May recharge it's Master. Kai the Cat (40) - Takes 10% of exp. Reflects 20% of received damage. Queen of Cat (56) - Takes 5% of exp. May use Party-Spells: Blessing of Queen - increases crit chance and atk speed. Gift of Queen - increases patk and accuracy. Cure of Queen - Cures Party members from status effects. Cubics Storm Cubic (40) - casts a Windstrike spell on the target. Binding Cubic (40) - chance to paralyze the target for some time. Note: "Mass Summon Storm Cubic" is the party cubic version. Unique Skills Servitor Wind Walk (35) - enhances the running speed of the servitor. Elemental Summoner (Elf, summons different Unicorns) Servitors Unicorn Mirage (20) - Takes 90% of exp. May cast a Windstrike spell. Unicorn Boxer (20) - Takes 30% of exp. May recharge it's Master. Unicorn Merrow (40) - Takes 10% of exp. May cast an AoE water damage spell. Unicorn Seraphim (56) - Takes 5% of exp. May use Party-Spells: Blessing of Seraphim - decreases skill reuse timer. Gift of Seraphim - increases MP recovery rate of party members. Cure of Seraphim - Cures Party members from status effects. Cubics Aqua Cubic (40) - casts a water based spell which deals damage over time. Life Cubic (40) - Heals the Summoner or a party member. Note: "Mass Summon Aqua Cubic" is the party cubic version. Unique Skills Bright Servitor (35) - increases matk of the servitor. Phantom Summoner (Darkelf, summons different Ghostlike Creatures) Servitors Silhouette (20) - Takes 90% of exp. May drain HP from the target. Shadow (20) - Takes 30% of exp. Regenerates 15% of dealt damage to own HP. Soulless (40) - Takes 10% of exp. May use AoE spells: Toxic Cloud - AoE Poison damage effect. Parasite Burst - Makes a corpse explode for AoE damage. Nightshade (56) - Takes 5% of exp. May use certain Spells: Curse of Shade - uses Aggression and decreases pdef and mdef. Wide Curse of Shade - see above, but this spell is an AoE effect. Sacrifice of Shade - uses own HP to heal the target of its master. Cubics Phantom Cubic (40) - chance to lower patk, patk speed or pdef of the target. Spark Cubic (40) - chance to stun the target. Note: "Mass Summon Phantom Cubic" is the party cubic version. Unique Skills Mighty Servitor (35) - increases patk of the servitor. Back to Top
B - Spellbook Listing The following list may be useful to all Summoner players who wonder where to get the spellbooks for their class. I will list the books here which are available by killing mobs and making them drop the according books only. The list provides the skill name (the level at which the skill becomes available in brackets), the mob name (the mob level in brackets) and the mob location. Note two things: first, you may not be able to solo every mob as soon as a skill becomes available and if you play entirely solo and cannot spend lots of Adena for buying them from other players, you will have to wait long times until you can go get them yourself - but if you do so, you will be even more satisfied, because you did everything by yourself and that's a great feeling. Second, some of the spellbooks needed in the 50ish levels drop from low 40ish mobs, so you better get those early. Spellbooks used by all Summoners: Servitor Cure (40), Vault Priest (47) Worshippers Necropolis Servitor Physical Shield (40), Liele (46), Enchanted Valley (lower level) Transfer Pain (40), Giant Fungus (40), Sea of Spores Servitor Haste/Magic Shield (44), Fline Elder (51), Enchanted Valley (upper level) Servitor Empowerment (52), Vault Priest (47) Worshippers Necropolis Betray (56), Massive Maze Bandersnatch (54), Frozen Labyrinth Summon Friend (56), not a drop, check the Magic Shop in Goddard Servitor Blessing (62), Crypt Sage (62), Necropolis of Devotion Final Servitor (78), Forgotten Ancient People (77), Silent Valley Spellbooks used by Warlocks / Arcana Lords only: Mass Summon Storm Cubic (40), Gigant Raider (39), Pilgrims Necropolis Summon Binding Cubic (40), Hatu Windsus (40), Bee Hive Summon Storm Cubic (40), Manashen Gargoyle (40), Ivory Tower pit (north) Summon Kai the Cat (40), Liangma (49), Cruma Tower (level 2) Summon Feline Queen (56), Farhite (39), Field of Whispers (Heine) Mass Surrender to Fire (58), Frost Tarantula (58), Frozen Labyrinth Warrior Servitor (77), Forgotten Ancient People (77), Silent Valley Spellbooks used by Elemental Summoners / Elemental Masters only: Mass Summon Aqua Cubic (40), Gigant Raider (39), Pilgrims Necropolis Summon Aqua Cubic (40), Hatu Windsus (40), Bee Hive Summon Life Cubic (40), Satyr (48), Enchanted Valley (lower level) Summon Unicorn Merrow (40), Liangma (49), Cruma Tower (level 2) Summon Unicorn Seraphim (56), Farhite (39), Field of Whispers (Heine) Mass Surrender to Water (58), Frost Tarantula (58), Frozen Labyrinth Wizard Servitor (77), Forgotten Ancient People (77), Silent Valley Spellbooks used by Phantom Summoners / Spectral Masters only: Mass Summon Phantom Cubic (40), Gigant Raider (39), Pilgrims Necropolis Summon Spark Cubic (40), Hatu Windsus (40), Bee Hive Summon Phantom Cubic (40), Manashen Gargoyle (40), Ivory Tower pit (north) Summon Soulless (40), Liangma (49), Cruma Tower (level 2) Summon Nightshade (56), Grave Keeper Dark Horror (40), Pilgrims Necropolis Mass Surrender to Wind (58), Frost Iron Golem (59), Frozen Labyrinth Assassin Servitor (77), Forgotten Ancient People (77), Silent Valley Back to Top
C - Chaotic Throne 1 - Age of the Summoner The following is a loose collection of improvements that NCSoft made to the Summoners in Lineage 2 and will be updated as soon as CT1 goes live. You may have noticed that almost everyone talks about the VR nerf, which hits Pole users very hard and the Shield reinforcements for Tank classes. Sure, those are probably nice game balancers, but to be honest, I see the most interesting (and most means both in quality and in quantity!) being made to Summoners. With CT1, playing a Summoner becomes much more tasty! And here is why (note that this list is yet incomplete!): The servitor's HP/MP-bars become visible for every party member, they get an own spot in the party window right below the Summoner. Servitors can be leveled up beyond "natural max level" via Skill enchants (up to 85). A lot of Skills of servitors have been improved. For example: the AoE Poison of the Soulless now deals more damage over time. The most important change: some Servitors use up less experience of the master, when their skill level rises! (For example: a skill level 10+ Merrow Unicorn/Kai the Cat/Soulless doesn't take any exp from it's master anymore. Now that's some huge news! :D The spellbooks for the lv 79 servitors become available via Quests. Back to Top
D - F.A.Q. (Frequently asked Questions) Question: Why do my servitors take different amounts of Exp from me? Answer: The servitor which takes 90% of your exp and costs the least Crystals is considered the PvP summon. The 30% servitor is usually considered the soloing servitor and features a helpful skill for doing so. The other servitors which take 10% and less are considered party servitors, but you can even solo with them as long as you are careful with using them. Note that they not only differ in exp-sucking and skills, but also in the amount of Beastshots that they use per hit and in the amount of Crystals that you must have to summon them. Question: Which Summoner class is the right one for me? Answer: Honestly, how should I know? You may want to compare the individual cubics and the abilities of the servitors in the list above in order to find the Summoner for your favorite playstyle, the rest is just look and feel. Question: What is the "Summon Friend" Skill about that I get at level 56? Answer: If you are in a party with someone, you can use this spell to summon him directly to you, no matter where on the map he is. The person to be summoned just has to get a summoning crystal from the grocery store and place it into his inventory. This is very useful for example if the way to the party is very dangerous (for example into Imperial Tomb) or it takes a long time to get where you are (for example higher levels of Tower of Insolence - who doesn't hate to run up there?). Also, when your raid parties have gathered in front of a raid boss already and some members are late, you can just summon them. This skill will save you and your friends lots of time! Question: Why does my servitor sometimes stay only for an hour, then on another day for more than an hour? Answer: The amount of time which your servitor stays in "the world" depends on if you let it fight or not. When engaged in battle, the green bar will run out about 4 times faster than if it just stays around with you while you do anything non-fighting. The max time that it can stay is 240 minutes, the more you let it fight, the earlier you will have to resummon it. Question: Can I use any type of Soul- or Spiritshots to make my Cubics stronger? Answer: No. Cubics never use any Shots. All that you need to keep them running and doing their job is to have a certain amount of D-Crystals, which depends on the Skill Level for summoning them and to hit quickly. Question: Why does my servitor get attacked when I pass an aggro mob? Answer: Because they "naturally" produce more hate on aggro mobs than player characters. And it's good that it is so, you don't want the mob on yourself, do you? Question: When should I use my mass summon cubic skill? Answer: Basically, when you are in a big party where there are mostly fast hitting melee damage dealers included, because they are able to make their cubics trigger often. If you are just duo-ing with another Summoner, a Buffer/Healer, Nuker or Archer, or playing in a small AoE Party, you should not use them, because the effects will not be seen often and it is not worth spending so many Crystals on that. Question: How can you make Adena as a soloing Summoner? Answer: Basically, there are four (entirely legit) things which you can do for some nice Adena: first is using the manor system. Since you support your servitor with melee attacks anyway, you are close enough to the enemy in order to use Seeds and the Harvester all the time. Second, you may want to learn the market on your server and then react. Set up private Sell-Stores and give away crafting materials or other drops that you don't need for a good price. The third takes a lot of time, but is often underestimated: fishing. You don't need anything but a rod, lures and maybe fishing shots (you can get tons of them for free by taking the quest of any Fishing Guild member in a town and just hunt mobs) in order to get common crafting materials and/or proofs. A cheap way of making Adena, just takes time away from leveling if you care. The fourth is a grinding-like way of making money. Summon your PvP servitor and use it to farm green solo mobs. Question: In your List the new Interlude servitors are missing, right? Answer: That's correct, but I intentionally left them alone. First, you will get these servitors at Level 79, by then you shouldn't need a guide for playing a summoner anymore (hopefully!). Second, those servitors should not be the reason why you play a Summoner, maybe looking at them as a reward for walking a damn long road would be better. Third, I didn't get one of those servitors so far, so I don't know what exactly they can do. Since I don't want to make my guide rely on rumor found on the internet, but what I experience personally (or at least what other players show me first hand ingame), I won't give the information. It may be an interesting fact for you though that the spellbooks for the Interlude servitors drop only on Dino Island. Question: Why do I get the Ability to summon three Cubics at once at Level 56? There are only two available for my class, isn't that a waste of SP? Answer: Not at all - but yet again it depends on how you intend to play. The description of the Skill isn't very exact for Cubic Mastery Level 2. It should be something like "Ability to hold 3 cubics active at once". Keep in mind that your class is not the only one which can summon cubics. If for example a Warlock, a Phantom Summoner and an Elemental Summoner play together and all summon their party cubics, you will be one of them who is able to recieve them all at once and carry 3 floating objects above your shoulders (and fire a hell lot of damage and debuffs onto the enemy out of nothing!). Characters with no Skill Mastery Level 2 will not recieve this amount of cubics; respectively one cubic of at least the same level as another will replace a previously added one. Back to Top
E - Version History Version 1.0 © June 4th, 2007 by GraveThorn Chapters 1 through 10 completed and checked. Version 1.1 © June 5th, 2007 by GraveThorn Added a little more specific information in most chapters Fixed some spelling and grammar issues. Made the document valid HTML 4.0 Transitional. Version 1.2 © June 6th, 2007 by GraveThorn Added a little more specific information in chapters PvP and Consumables Added 11th chapter Added Appendix Section Version 1.3 © June 7th, 2007 by GraveThorn Added information in chapters hunting grounds and 2-Boxing Fixed some spelling and grammar issues Version 1.4 © June 12th, 2007 by GraveThorn Added information in Appendix Section Fixed a Skill Name mistake Version 1.4.1 © June 26th, 2007 by GraveThorn Fixed two minor Skill Name mistakes Version 1.5 © July 10th, 2007 by GraveThorn Added information in chapter Tattoos Version 1.6 © October 16th, 2007 by GraveThorn Added information in chapters Consumables, Appendix A and B Fixed a minor Skill Name mistake Version 1.6.1 - 1.6.3 © October 17th, 2007 by GraveThorn Added information in chapter Weapons and Armor Added a question to the F.A.Q. Added information in chapter PvP Version 1.6.4 © October 19th, 2007 by GraveThorn Fixed a Skill description in Appendix B Version 1.6.5 © October 24th, 2007 by GraveThorn Fixed some info in Chapter Tattoos Version 1.7 © October 25th, 2007 by GraveThorn Added information in chapters Consumables, Hunting Grounds and PvP Version 1.7.1 © October 30th, 2007 by GraveThorn Fixed an information in the F.A.Q. Version 1.8 © October 31st, 2007 by GraveThorn Added chapter 12 (Quests) and another Appendix (Spellbook Listing) Version 1.8.1 © November 1st, 2007 by GraveThorn Moved the Version History to bottom of the Document, because it became too long Version 1.9 © December 3rd, 2007 by GraveThorn Added another Appendix (Chaotic Throne 1) Version 1.9.1 © December 4th, 2007 by GraveThorn Added information to Appendix C Version 1.9.2 © December 7th, 2007 by GraveThorn Corrected the word "summon" throughout the guide and made it "servitor" Added information to chapter 6 (Tattoos) Made some minor corrections and additions throughout the guide Version 1.9.3 © February 27th, 2008 by GraveThorn Updated Appendix B - added missing Spellbooks Corrected a mistake in Appendix C Added information to the F.A.Q. Version 1.9.4 © March 6th, 2008 by GraveThorn Added Appendix F - Final Notes Made this document final, this is the last version Back to Top
Final Notes This document is considered final with version 1.9.4, because I decided to leave the game for good. After four years of Lineage 2 it's time for me to say good bye and move on. The ongoing problems in the game and NCSofts ongoing ignorance of them - first, but not only, to mention bots of course - are not the prime reason for me, but I would lie if I said they wouldn't matter at all. I wish everyone who reads this good luck inside and outside the game. To all who wonder what will happen to this document: no worries, it will remain at this place and continue to support all summoner players of Lineage 2. Back to Top

Transformation Guide

Transformation is one of the major features in lineage 2 it is a must ot have the ability to transform, since you will need it when you change to the 3rd class. To transform you mus do a quest called more than meets the eye from Hardin in his academy, then  go to transformation manager at the human floor in ivory tower, to obtain your first transformation skill which is the onyx beast, below i will tell you transformation types and how to acquire it.

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The various transformation tomes can be purchased from the Guild Adventurer or the Black Marketeer of Mammon as follows:

• Transform Sealbook – Onyx Beast: can be purchased from the Avant-Garde NPC with Adena
• Transform Sealbook – Death Blader: can be purchased from the Black Marketeer of Mammon NPC with Ancient Adena
• Transform Sealbook– Grail Apostle: can be purchased from the Guild Adventurer NPC in the Gludin Village
• Transform Sealbook – Unicorn: can be purchased from the Guild Adventurer NPC in the Oren Castle Village
• Transform Sealbook – Lilim Knight: can be purchased from the Guild Adventurer NPC in the Oren Castle Village
• Transform Sealbook– Golem Guardian: can be purchased from the Guild Adventurer NPC in the Schuttgart Castle Village
• Transform Sealbook– Inferno Drake: can be purchased from the Guild Adventurer NPC in the Schuttgart Castle Village
• Transform Sealbook– Dragon Bomber: can be purchased from the Guild Adventurer NPC in the Aden Castle Village

Crystal of Life and Adena are required to purchase the Transform Sealbook from a Guild Adventurer NPC.
Each transformation lasts for 30 minutes.

Transformation Type	Acquisition Level	Skills
Onyx Beast	50	Physical Skill: Power Claw Reinforcement Skill: Fast Moving
Death Blader	55	Physical Skill: Rolling Attack Physical Skill: Earth Storm Phsyical Skill: Darknes Energy Drain Weaken Skill: Curse of Darkness
Grail Apostle	60	Physical Skill: Spear Physical Skill: Power Slash Reinforcement Skill: Bless of Angel Reinforcement Skill: Wind of Angel
Unicorn	60	Physical Skill: Horn of Doom Physical Skill: Horn Assault Magic Skill: Light of Heal Weaken Skill: Gravity Control
Lilim Knight	60	Physical Skill: Attack Buster Physical Skill: Attack Storm Physical Skill: Attack Rage Weaken Skill: Poison Dust
Golem Guardian	60	Physical Skill: Double Slasher Physical Skill: Earthquake Physical Skill: Bomb Installation Physical Skill: Steel Cutter
Inferno Drake	60	Physical Skill: Paw Strike Physical Skill: Fire Breath Physical Skill: Blaze Quake Reinforcement Skill: Fire Armor
Dragon Bomber	60	Physical Skill: Death Blow Physical Skill: Scope Bleed Reinforcement Skill: Assimilation Weaken Skill: Sand Cloud

*All transformations automatically come with the Transform Dispel skill, which cancels transformation.

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Non-Combat Transformations

Just like the term implies, non-combat transformations offer no skills or stat increases that would be found useful in combat.  Non-combat transformations are achieved through the use of various items.  The following transformations are considered non-combat types.

• Yeti – transformation is achieved through the use of a talisman.
• Buffalo – transformation is achieved through the use of a talisman.
• Native – transformation is achieved through the use of certain armor pieces found in Hellbound.
• Pixy – transformation is achieved through the use of a battleground transformation scroll.
• Pig – transformation is achieved through the use of a Pig Lollipop or a transformation scroll.

*A bracelet must be used in order to equip a talisman.
**If the transformation is achieved through the use of an equipable, an active skill will appear in the player’s skill list once the talisman is equipped.
Transformation times vary in this category.

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OverviewCombat TransformationsNon-Combat TransformationsCommon TransformationsRare TransformationsDivine TransformationsOther Transformations

Common Transformations

Common transformation types (fighter, mage, healer) have been added for characters that are levels 70-80. These transformations function according to a specific job class, one has healer skills, one has wizard skills, and the other three have various warrior skills. After you obtain the transformation sealbook through hunting, you can acquire the corresponding transformation skill from Avant-Garde, the Transformation Wizard.

The transformations available in this category are: Heretic, Vale Master, Saber Tooth Tiger, Oel Mahum (shown above) and Doll Blader.

Each transformation lasts for 30 minutes.

Transformation	Level Acquisition	Type	Skills
Heretic	70	Healer	Magic Skill: Heal Magic Skill: Battle Heal Magic Skill: Resurrection Weaken Skill: Heal Side Effect
Vale Master	70	Mage	Magic Skill: Bursting Flame Magic Skill: Dark Explosion Magic Skill: Dark Flare Magic Skill: Dark Cure
Saber Tooth Tiger	70	Fighter	Physical Skill: Tiger Bite Physical Skill: Tiger Fear Reinforcement Skill: Tiger Sprint
Oel Mahum	70	Fighter	Physical Skill: Arm Flourish Reinforcement Skill: Ultimate Defense Weaken Skill: Stun Attack
Doll Blader	70	Fighter	Physical Skill: Throwing Knife Reinforcement Skill: Clairvoyance Weaken Skill: Sting

*All transformations automatically come with the Transform Dispel skill, which cancels transformation.

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Rare Transformations

Rare transformation types mimic the appearance of certain Raid Bosses.  These transformations have significantly stronger battle abilities than other transformations. You can acquire the “Transformation Sealbook” by hunting the corresponding raid monsters, and you can acquire the transformation skill by taking the sealbook to Avant-Garde, the Transformation Wizard.

The raid monsters that possess the Transformation Sealbooks and the player-character levels required to use them are as follows:

Zaken – transformation obtained at level 60+

Anakim – transformation obtained at level 70+

Benom – transformation obtained at level 70+

Gordon – transformation obtained at level 76+

Ranku – transformation obtained at level 76+

Kechi – transformation obtained at level 76+

Demon Prince – transformation obtained at level 76+

Each rare transformation comes with an exclusive set of skills and transformation lasts for 30 minutes.

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Divine Transformations

Divine transformations are acquired through the subclass certification system.  Once a subclass has reached level 80, the character can then go to the appropriate subclass master NPC to receive ultimate skill certification.  Upon receiving certification, the player will obtain a divine transformation sealbook.  Then, from their main class, they can take the sealbook to Transformation Wizard Avant-Garde to learn the corresponding skill.

You must complete the transformation quest "More Than Meets the Eye" in order to receive the sub-class certification and to properly acquire the skill in the main class.

There are seven types of divine transformations, corresponding with the 7 basic character class types: Warrior, Knight, Rogue, Wizard, Summoner, Healer, Enchanter.  These highly-specialized transformations offer unique appearances and a distinctive skill set, to match.

Each transformation lasts for 30 minutes. This is a must have transformation that's why transformation is very important.

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OverviewCombat TransformationsNon-Combat TransformationsCommon TransformationsRare TransformationsDivine TransformationsOther Transformations

Other Transformations

Three types of transformations fit into this category: Cursed Swords, Golem Armor and Final Form.

Cursed Swords

Upon obtaining either the Demonic Sword Zariche or the Blood Sword Akamanah, the player is now transformed into a dark warrior.  Each sword has a unique transformation appearance.  Transformation appearance is the same for both male and female.  Upon transforming, the player’s name is replaced with the name of the sword, both above their avatar and also in chat.
Read more about these items in the Cursed Sword section of the Library (Coming Soon!).

Golem Armor (Maestro exclusive transformation)

Unlike other transformations, this skill appears in a Maestro’s Reinforcement Skills list and is learned through the use of a Forgotten Scroll.  Once transformed, the player takes on the appearance of a Chaos Golem.  While in this transformed state, the player receives an exclusive skill set and the duration of the transformation lasts for 1 hour.

Final Form (Kamael exclusive transformation)

Final Form is the quintessential shape for a Kamael as it temporarily gives them their lost wing.  After the achievement of their 3rd class transfer, the player can take the appropriate Battle Manual to their master NPC and learn this skill.  Final Form is learned at level 79.  The Final Form skill icon appears in the player’s Reinforcement Skills section.  Transformation appearance is gender specific (so there are both a male and a female version), and the duration of the skill is 5 minutes due to the powerful nature of this transformation.

 This is race transformation doesn't need the quest.

Seven Signs 1

Here is a basic seven signs guide:

Overview

As the Seven Seals that bind the power of Shilen, the goddess of death, are opened one by one, the world moves closer to the brink of chaos. Each Seal contains a great power that could cause the world to tremble. The one who opens the Seals can control the power contained within them. The Revolutionary Army of Dusk and the Lords of Dawn compete against each other toward this end. Players join one of these two cabals who vie for control over the power of the Seals.
An unlimited number of players can join the Seven Signs quest, which repeats in two-week intervals. Based on the results of the Seven Signs, players can change the status of their server.
Players participating in the Seven Signs gather their forces. The fight between the Cabals reflects the nature of the confrontation between those who hold a castle and those who do not. However, players who fail to make a second change of occupation fall into a "neutral group" and may participate in either the Dusk or Dawn side.

Seven Signs 2

Joining and Withdrawing from the Seven Signs Cabals

Players who want to participate in the Seven Signs must join one of the Cabals, either the Revolutionary Army of Dusk ("Dusk") or the Lords of Dawn ("Dawn") for a certain period of time. Once they join the Cabals, it is impossible for them to withdraw until a new Seven Signs starts after two weeks They must choose the Seal they want to possess when they join. Players who have completed the second class transfer may join a cabal of the Seven Signs: Lords of Dawn Members of clans who own a castle and their alliances may join the Lords of Dawn. Also, players who are not members of the castle-holding clans or alliances but willing to pay 50,000 adena are able to choose Dawn through the Priests of Dawn in each village during the competition period. The Lord of each castle also has the privilege to allow an additional 300 characters to join. During the competition period, the Lords of the castles may purchase 300 of the Approval Certificates through the Chamberlain and transfer these Certificates to other characters. Players who are not members of castle-owning clans need to get an Approval Certificate from the Lords to join Dawn, or pay 50,000 adena. The Approval Certificates will never expire and are valid for any event period of the Seven Signs. However, Approval Certificates will disappear after use. Revolutionary Army of Dusk Only players who are not members of the castle clans and guilds may join Dusk. During the registration period, they may join through the Priests of Dusk in each village. Players who have completed the first class transfer but not the second may freely join either the Lords of Dawn or the Revolutionary Army of Dusk. Players who have not completed the first class transfer may not participate in the Seven Signs.

Competition Period

Players who join the Cabals participate in the competition period from the first Monday (6:00 PM) until the Monday (6:00 PM) of the following week and compete to possess the Seals. Each Cabal may hunt the Lilim, Nephilim, Lilith, and Gigant within the Catacomb and Necropolis to acquire Seal Stones. They can participate in two kinds of competitions: acquiring the items necessary for their Cabal, and participating in the Festival of Darkness. Monday Sunday Saturday Sunday Siege Period Join Status Initialization Competition Period Dawn Join Period Dusk Join Period Seal-effective period End of Competition The Seal is enabled based on victory or defeat Seal Initialization Seal Stones Each Cabal may hunt the monsters within the Catacomb and Necropolis to acquire Seal Stones. The items acquired in this way are entrusted to the Priest of each side, and then, based on the number of items, the scores contributed to Seven Signs by each player are accumulated and included in the total score of the whole Cabal. Contribution points to the Cabal will be different based on stone color: Blue (1), Green (5), and Red (10). Seal Stones are items that can be exchanged among the players. If the seal stones are not entrusted to the Priest during the competition period, they do not disappear and can be used during the next competition period. The Festival of Darkness Overview One chosen party participates in this challenge for the victory of the Cabal. Of the players participating in the Festival of Darkness, the party who recorded the best score in each grade will contribute some points to the Cabal it belongs to. The Festival of Darkness is divided by level and any players belonging to the Cabals of Dawn and Dusk can participate in it. How to Participate Players may participate only during the competition period. The party who wants to participate should pay Seal Stones to the Guide of the Festival in the Oracle. Priests in towns will teleport you to Oracle for free. The entry fee varies depending on the level and will be paid by party leaders. The party must consist of minimum of 5 members belonging to the same Cabal, and the members of the party must correspond to the grade of the Festival they want to participate in. The characters who correspond to the level of the Festival, but have higher level skills than the party members may not participate. This happens when the character is de-leveled, but his skills learned from the previous higher level remain. These challenges are always possible during the competition period and there is no limit in the number of challenges. The Oracle In the Oracle, where the Festival of Darkness occurs, experience loss is reduced to a quarter of the normal death penalty. If the competition is restarted within the Oracle, your party is moved to the nearby village when restarting. Within the center magic array in the Oracle, MP regenerates more quickly than normal. Players can be teleported to the Oracle and, when coming out, return to the place they left free of charge through the Priest of each village. When players die, they will restart inside the room. Resurrection is not allowed within the Oracle. Archer monsters in the corners may pinpoint their attacks on healer classes. Type of Challenges The Festival of Darkness is divided into five grades as shown in the table below. Level Blue Seal Stone Green Seal Stone Red Seal Stone Below 32 900 540 270 Below 43 1500 900 450 Below 54 3000 1800 900 Below 65 4500 2700 1350 No Limit 6000 3600 1800 Process Teleporting to the battle ground is possible only two minutes before the Festival of Darkness starts. Once the enrollment is completed through the Guide of the Festival, the party receives the Quest of the Festival of Darkness. The party is immediately teleported to The Oracle and, after two minutes, may begin the Festival. The Festival of Darkness continues for 18 minutes, when each party can hunt the monsters to acquire the Blood of the Sacrificed. The number of this certificate corresponds to the performance score in the Festival of Darkness. All the Blood of the Sacrificed acquired is awarded to the party leader. A party who wants to give up in the middle of the Festival can do so through the female shaman found in center of the room. If they think the Festival is too easy, they can request stronger monsters. The stronger the monsters they kill, the more Blood of the Sacrificed they can acquire. Please note that drop chances for Blood of the Sacrificed will be lowered when accompanied by pets. Registering the Results After the Festival ends, the leader of the party must register the results with the Guide of the Festival within 40 minutes. If the party fails to register within this time, the results will become invalid. If the registered result is lower than the previous highest record, the record is not updated. The players can confirm the participating members and score of the party who set the highest record for each grade through the guide of the Festival. Prizes After the competition period ends and their Cabal claims victory, the party members who set the highest record for each grade can receive Ancient Adena as compensation from the Guide of the Festival. After the entire amount of the entry fee is converted to Ancient Adena, the amount of compensation that is received is allocated to the winning parties. Although a party may set the highest record in a specific grade, they cannot receive the prize if the Cabal they belong to loses. The prize is paid only before the next competition period begins.

End of the Competition Period

Determining Victory and Defeat The total of Seal Stones acquired by each Cabal and entrusted to the Priest and the scores for the victory in each grade of the Festival of Darkness is added at the end of the competition period. The side with the higher total score wins. For the winner, the total score of the Cabal acquired during the competition period will disappear after winning, but for the loser, the score will be accumulated and remain until the party wins later.

Grade (level requirement) Points ~ 32 60 ~ 43 70 ~ 54 100 ~ 65 120 Unlimited 150

Ancient Adena The Priest in the village exchanges the Seal Stones, entrusted as the contribution during the competition period, into Ancient Adena, and gives it to the winner. If the winning Cabal did not entrust any Seal Stones during the competition period, they can bring them to exchange for Ancient Adena immediately. This way, the winner can receive compensation with Ancient Adena; however, the loser cannot receive compensation until they win in the competition. Seal Stones entrusted at the time of defeat may be compensated all together if they win in the next competition. If Ancient Adena was not transferred during the Seal Effective period, the transfer cannot be performed until the Cabal wins in the next competition. If they win, they can exchange all of their accumulated Seal Stones for Ancient Adena. Purchasing Items The winner can purchase a variety of items that cannot be purchased in the general stores by paying with Ancient Adena to the Priest of Dusk or Dawn. Change in the Ownership of the Seal The ownership of the Seal is changed based on the resulting victory or defeat and percentage of choice for the Seal. - If a Seal was already closed or owned by the opponent and the new winner wants to assume ownership of the Seal, 35% or more of the members of the Cabal must have chosen the Seal. If they chose less than 35%, they cannot own the Seal. - If the Seal was owned by the winner in the previous Seven Signs, they can retain that seal if 10% or more members have chosen it. If they want to possess a new Seal, at least 35% of the members of the Cabal must have chosen the new Seal. Changes in the Sky If Dawn wins, a solar eclipse occurs and the sky turns to a violet color, and if Dusk wins, an eye is created in the moon and the sky turns to a green color. Entrance to Catacombs and Necropolis The loser cannot enter the Catacombs and Necropolis. Only the Cabal who owns the Seal can enter. If there are any characters who do not own the Seal in the Catacombs and Necropolis, the monsters in the dungeon send the players back to the nearby village.

The Seals

If a party owns each Seal, the following changes will occur. Seal of Avarice The teleport NPC at the entrance of the Necropolis moves only the winner inside the dungeon, and they can receive various kinds of buffs if they pay with Ancient Adena. If they don't own the Seal, they cannot enter. Able to enter all 8 Necropolis freely. In the Necropolis, monsters are generated for the winner to hunt. They can meet Anakim or Lilith in the Disciples Necropolis. The Trader of Mammon appears inside of the dungeon. They can purchase a variety of items that cannot be purchased in the general stores by paying with Ancient Adena. The Trader of Mammon is not staying in one place, but often moves around each dungeon. Seal of Gnosis The teleport NPC at the entrance of the Catacombs moves only the winner to the inside of the dungeon. If they don't own the Seal, they cannot enter. Able to enter all 6 Catacombs. The winner can be teleported to the hunting field by paying the priests of the village with Ancient Adena at a cheaper price. A hostile NPC moves around each village (except the starting villages), and randomly casts various kinds of harmful magic onto members of the losing side. A friendly NPC moves around each village (except the starting villages), and randomly casts various kinds of support magic to the winner's side. The Blacksmith of Mammon appears inside the Catacombs. The Blacksmith of Mammon receives Ancient Adena for giving special abilities to A-grade weapons, removing the seal on armor, making it possible to upgrade weapons to higher-level weapons, and exchanging weapons free of charge with other kinds of weapons at the same level. The Blacksmith of Mammon also moves around each dungeon continuously. Seal of Strife If owned by Dawn: At the time of siege warfare, it becomes possible to hire the elite and Dawn mercenaries, in addition to the existing mercenaries. The cost required for the upgrade of the castle gates and walls is slightly reduced. The defensive power of the castle gates and walls is slightly increased. The maximum tax rate that the lord of each castle can establish is increased to 25%. The Revolutionaries of Dusk cannot use any siege weapons (Siege Golem, Wild Hog Cannon, Swoop Cannon). If owned by Dusk: At the time of siege warfare, it becomes impossible to hire the existing mercenaries and possible to hire only low-level mercenaries. The cost required for the upgrade of the castle gates and walls is greatly increased. The defensive power of the castle gates and walls is greatly reduced. The maximum tax rate that the lord of each castle can establish is decreased to 5%. If Dusk controls the Seal of Strife or if there is no owner, siege weapons can be used during the siege.

Catacombs, Necropolis, and Oracles

The Oracle is the space to hold the Festival of Darkness, and, in the Catacomb and Necropolis, the players can hunt monsters and get Seal Stones necessary for the acquisition of the Seals. The Lilim and Nephilim drop Seal Stones but do not drop Ancient Adena. Access to these dungeons is limited based on the participation in the Cabal and ownership of the Seals. Necropolis Necropolis of Sacrifice: level 20-30 monsters appear and it is located on the southern seashore of the Gludio Territory. Pilgrim's Necropolis: level 30-40 monsters appear and it is located near the Partisan's Hideaway in Dion Territory. Necropolis of Worship : level 40-50 monsters appear and it is located near the Alligator Island in the Innadril Territory. Patriot's Necropolis: level 50-60 monsters appear and it is located above the Gludio Castle in the Gludio Territory. Necropolis of Devotion: level 60-70 monsters appear and it is located near the Altar of Rites in the Oren Territory. Necropolis of Martyrdom : level 60-70 monsters appear and it is located near the Giran Castle in the Giran Territory. Saint's Necropolis: level 70-80 monsters appear and it is located near the Field of Whispers in the Innadril Territory. Disciple's Necropolis: level 70-80 monsters appear and it is located near the Devastated Castle in the Aden Territory. From here, the players can move to the place where Anakim or Lilith appear, based on the ownership of the Seals. Catacomb Catacomb of the Heretic : level 30-40 monsters appear and it is located near the Execution Ground in the Dion Territory. Catacomb of the Branded: level 40-50 monsters appear and it is located near the Giran Port in the Giran Territory. Catacomb of the Apostate: level 50-60 monsters appear and it is located near the Plains of the Lizardmen in the Oren Territory. Catacomb of the Witch: level 60-70 monsters appear and it is located near the Forest of Mirrors in the Aden Territory. Catacomb of Dark Omens: level 70-80 monsters appear and it is located near the Dark Elven Village in the Oren Territory. Catacomb of the Forbidden Path: level 70-80 monsters appear and it is located near the Hunters Village in the Aden Territory. Oracle Oracle of Dawn: located near the Orc Barracks in the Gludio Territory. Oracle of Dusk: located near the Windy Hill in the Gludio Territory. Access to the Dungeons During the competition period, any characters who joined a Cabal can access the dungeons. Characters that did not join a Cabal cannot access the dungeons. After the competition period is over, for the next week when the Seals are effective, only the Cabal who owns the appropriate Seal can have access. The loser, or even the winner who did not achieve the percentage necessary for the acquisition of the appropriate Seal, cannot access the dungeons for one week while the Seals are effective. Monsters in the Dungeons The Cabals can acquire seal stones by hunting the monsters in the dungeons. Nephilim drops stones necessary for Dusk and Lilim drops stones necessary for Dawn. In the Competition Period, the general monsters Lilim and Nephilim all appear, but if the players acquired the Seal during the Seal Effective Period, the general monsters and the monsters who drop only the items necessary for the winner appear.

Seven Signs Related Items and NPCs

Seal Stones Seal stones can be acquired by hunting Lilim, Nephilim, Gigant, or Nephilim in the Catacomb and Necropolis. The value of seal stones are higher in the order of Blue < Green < Red. If entrusted to Priests in town, it will add contribution points to your Cabal. Each blue, green, and red seal stone contributes points as much as 3, 5, and 10 respectively. Ancient Adena Ancient Adena is an item that can be acquired through Seal Stones, converted to regular adena by 1:1 through the Black Market Trader of Mammon, and used to purchase the items from the Priests of Dawn or Dusk, Blacksmith of Mammon and Trader of Mammon or utilize various kinds of functions. The Record of Seven Signs This is the item that allows you to see overall situations, main events and Seal states of the Seven Signs at a glance. Anyone can buy this item at 500 adena through the Priests of Dawn or Dusk. Approval Certificates of the Lord With this item, even the characters that are not members of castle-holding clans and completed the second change of occupation can join Dawn. The Black Market Trader of Mammon They exchange Seal Stones and also exchange Ancient Adena with Adena.