Perma Novice Guide by Knifemare Version 1.1
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. What Stats do for a Perma Novice
III. Stat Builds
A. STR/AGI/DEX
B. STR/VIT/DEX
C. STR/AGI/LUK
D. STR/VIT/LUK
E. STR/AGI/VIT/DEX
F. STR/AGI/VIT/LUK
IV. Skills
A. Active Skills
B. Chance on Hit Skills
C. Chance on Receiving Damage Skills
V. FAQ
VI. PvP Strategies
VII. Contact
VIII. Version History
IX. Credits
I. Introduction
First, I'd like to start by saying that if you are impatient and like to level fast, you should stop reading right now. Perma Novices are about time and commitment, because the challenge of leveling them takes a long time, as well as a lot of money. So, if you do not meet any of this criteria, I wish you adieu.
Perma Novice: A Perma Novice is exactly what its name states, a Permanent Novice. This means that you can never change jobs throughout your entire RO career. Novices are very limited in leveling, as they can't level in many high level areas like other classes can with ease. This reduces the amount of leveling areas open to a Perma Novice, and makes leveling that much harder. But, with enough patience and determinination, you will be able to pull your Novice up to about level 70 or higher. What you have to remember when leveling, though, is you do have your limits. A Perma Novice is the weakest class. It has the lowest attack strength, HP/SP, and Attack Speed (other than Mages) out of any class. This greatly adds to the challenge of leveling up, but also makes it that much more fun. Most of the time, people will have a positive outlook on your Novice. I've even had a few Priests follow me around before giving me a free healslave for about 25-30 minutes, just because they were impressed. But, you will also get some people that do not have a positive outlook, but rather a negative one. They will KS you, or loot you, or just say some plain nasty things. But, the best thing you can do is just know that they are completely ignorant and oblivious to everything involved in making a Perma Novice. The last player response, is the confused one. Some people will follow you around constantly and ask you questions. Most of them are just simple ones, which I have included in the FAQ section. ^_^ If you just answer them, they will probably be very nice to you and respectful; but if you don't, they will probably get angry with you. Anyway, enough rambling. Back to explaining a Novice. Novices can be like Swordsman or Thieves, depending on your build. Obviously if you go VIT as your main defensive stat, then you're more of a Swordsman. But, if you go AGI as your main defensive stat, then you're more of a Thief. Even if you build your Novice correctly and he is very powerful, I suggest another character like a Mage or Archer class to fund your Perma Novice.
Here are some things you should remember about your Perma Novice when making one:
-Novices have the lowest HP out of ANY job.
-Novices have the lowest attack strength out of any class.
-Novices have the slowest attack speed out of any class, with the exception of Mages.
-Novices get no job bonuses (stats).
-Novices have very limited equipments. All their equipments are the lowest in numbers (Defense and Attack Srength).
-Novices have no active skills, with the exception of Play Dead and First Aid. All of their skills must be obtained from cards.
+Novices will not be using many active skills, so you do not need to worry about SP.
+Novices start with half HP and half SP when they die.
-Novices rely on potions throughout their entire life to level.
+Novices are simple to play, just CTRL+Click and you can level.
-Novices take a long time to level.
-Novices rely on money/gears more than any other class. The richer you are, the better you are.
Here I will clarify the differences between a Super Novice and a Perma Novice, just so you won't be confused as to which is which.
Perma Novices don't get stat bonuses, while Super Novices do.
Perma Novices don't get HP bonuses, while Super Novices do (at level 99 they get a high boost).
Perma Novices do have Play Dead, while Super Novices don't (the main perk to a Perma Novice).
Perma Novices don't have any skills (other than Play Dead and First Aid), while Super Novices have almost all first class skills.
I hope this clears up everything for you, so that you won't have any questions. Now, on to the actual guide.
II. What Stats do for a Perma Novice
STR: Raises your ATK. This is very helpful to a Perma Novice since you do not have any weapon masteries. This is usually the primary
stat in Perma Novice builds.
AGI: Raises your ASPD. This is also very helpful to a Perma Novice since Novices have the slowest ASPD of any class other than Mage.
VIT: Raises your Def, HP, and Status Ailment resistance. This is most commonly used to resist status ailments, but I like to have a bit more for Def.
INT: Raises your MATK, SP, and MDEF. If you have any INT, I suggest reconsidering your build.
DEX: Raises your Hit and minimum damage. Perma Novices use this if they plan on fighting high flee monsters, or want to try PvP.
LUK: Raises your Crit Rate and Perfect Dodge. You would add to this if you intended on making a Crit Novice.
III. Stat Builds
STR/AGI/DEX: One of the most common builds for a Perma Novice. These are very powerful (for a Novice, anyway). These focus mostly on offense, and not so much on defense. You will have a bit of trouble leveling up until about level 40, when your flee really kicks in.
STR/VIT/DEX: Another common build for a Perma Novice. This build levels very quickly up until about level 60, but then starts to slow down very rapidly.
STR/AGI/LUK: These are not so common. This build dodges a lot, and also kills fairly quickly. These do pretty well in PvP, but in PvM they don't do too hot until about level 50.
STR/VIT/LUK: Even less common than the STR/AGI/LUK build, this Novice is sure to do well in PvP. Despite its low attack speed, this Novice can deal high damage and tank quite a bit.
STR/AGI/VIT/DEX: My favorite build. This focuses mostly on high damage output, but also has very good defense. This is a very good build to go with for PvP.
STR/AGI/VIT/LUK: Great build. Has very high attack power, as well as good defense. Probably the best build to go with for PvP.
III A. STR/AGI/DEX Build
For starting stats you should get 9 STR, 9 AGI, and 9 DEX.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 AGI
20 DEX
50 AGI
50 STR
36 DEX
80 STR
80 AGI
99 STR
90 AGI
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
99+1 STR
90+1 AGI
1+1 VIT
36 DEX
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 100 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Mocking/Immune Novice Manteau (Whisper/Raydric Card) (Use the Mocking Manteau for early leveling, and the Immune Manteau once you have a lot of flee)
Accessories: Two Clip of Knock-Backs (Bongun Card) (These give you a good chance to auto-cast level 1 Bash, which is actually very helpful in leveling)
Weapon: Here there are many choices.
Primary Weapon: +4-10 Extending Stardust Blade or +10 Double Extending Hybrid Stiletto (Two Injustice Cards and one Sidewinder Card) (This is pretty cool to use with two Clip of Knock-Back because you will be using active skills like no tomorrow)
Secondary Weapon(s): When you get richer, you can get +10 Racial Stilettos or +10 Size Stilettos. You should only use these when you have about 150 ATK.
Leveling areas:
1-15: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting a friend to tank you until you can use your Stilleto.
16-40: Culverts level 3 will keep you going for awhile. If you bring down a few hundred red pots, you can go for quite awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
41-70: Metalings on ein_fild07 are a very good source of experience. Just avoid Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you should be fine.
71-99: You can either stay on Metalings, or you can try High Orcs.
III B. STR/VIT/DEX Build
For starting stats you should get 9 STR, 9 VIT, and 9 DEX.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 VIT
20 DEX
40 VIT
50 STR
36 DEX
70 VIT
99 STR
90 VIT
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
99+1 STR
1+1 AGI
90+1 VIT
36 DEX
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 100 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Immune Novice Manteau (Raydric Card) (The Immune Novice Manteau will reduce damage taken by a lot, very fun to use on a VIT build)
Accessories: Two Clip of Knock-Backs (Bongun Card) (These give you a good chance to auto-cast level 1 Bash, which is actually very helpful in leveling)
Weapon: Here there are many choices.
Primary Weapon: +4-10 Extending Stardust Blade or +10 Double Extending Hybrid Stiletto (Two Injustice Cards and one Sidewinder Card) (This is pretty cool to use with two Clip of Knock-Back because you will be using active skills like no tomorrow)
Secondary Weapon(s): When you get richer, you can get +10 Racial Stilettos or +10 Size Stilettos. You should only use these when you have about 150 ATK.
Leveling areas:
1-12: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting someone to tank you here.
13-30: Culverts 3 will keep you going for awhile. Get a few hundred pots and you can stay down here for awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
31-70: Metalings on ein_fild07 are a great source of experience. Just avoid the Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you should be fine.
71-99: High Orcs are best here. If you think High Orcs are still too hard, stay on Metalings until you can take High Orcs.
III C. STR/AGI/LUK Build
For starting stats you should get 9 STR, 5 AGI, 9 VIT, and 5 LUK.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 AGI
20 LUK
50 AGI
50 STR
78 LUK
89 AGI
67 STR
11 VIT (this is just a filler stat)
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
67+3 STR
89 AGI
11+1 VIT
78+2 LUK
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 60 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Mocking/Immune Novice Manteau (Whisper/Raydric Card) (Use the Mocking Manteau for early leveling, and the Immune Manteau once you have a lot of flee)
Accessories: Two Clip of Counter (Kobold Card) (These give you 8% more Crit chance, as well as 2 STR, which brings you to 60 STR)
Weapon: +10 Triple Critical Stiletto (Soldier Skeleton Card) (This will give you 27% more chance to Crit! Very helpful card) or a +4-10 Critical Stardust Blade once you get higher crit rates.
Leveling areas:
1-15: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting a friend to tank you.
16-40: Culverts 3 will keep you going for awhile. If you bring down a few hundred pots you can stay down for awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
41-70: Metalings on ein_fild07 are a great source of experience. Just watch out for Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you will be fine.
71-99: High Orcs or Metalings. Both are good, so it is really your choice.
III D. STR/VIT/LUK Build
For starting stats, you should get 9 STR, 9 VIT, and 9 DEX.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 VIT
20 LUK
50 VIT
50 STR
78 LUK
67 STR
91 VIT
2 AGI (this is just a filler stat)
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
67+3 STR
2 AGI
91+1 VIT
78+2 LUK
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 60 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Immune Novice Manteau (Raydric Card) (The Immune Novice Manteau will reduce damage taken by a lot, very fun to use on a VIT build)
Accessories: Two Clip of Counter (Kobold Card) (These give you 8% more Crit chance, as well as 2 STR, which brings you to 60 STR)
Weapon: +10 Triple Critical Stiletto (Soldier Skeleton Card) (This will give you 27% more chance to Crit! Very helpful card) or a +4-10 Critical Stardust Blade once you get higher crit rates.
Leveling areas:
1-15: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting a friend to tank you.
16-40: Culverts 3 will keep you going for awhile. If you bring down a few hundred pots you can stay down for awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
41-70: Metalings on ein_fild07 are a great source of experience. Just watch out for Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you will be fine.
71-99: High Orcs or Metalings. Both are good, so it is really your choice.
III E. STR/AGI/VIT/DEX Build
For starting stats, you should get 9 STR, 9 AGI, and 9 DEX.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 AGI
20 DEX
74 AGI
20 VIT
Raise STR, VIT, and DEX equally until all are at 50.
Raise STR and VIT equally until both are at 69.
73 VIT
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
69+1 STR
74+1 AGI
73+1 VIT
50 DEX
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 70 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Mocking/Immune Novice Manteau (Whisper/Raydric Card) (Use the Mocking Manteau for early leveling, and the Immune Manteau once you have a lot of flee)
Accessories: Two Clip of Knock-Backs (Bongun Card) (These give you a good chance to auto-cast level 1 Bash, which is actually very helpful in leveling)
Primary Weapon: +4-10 Extending Stardust Blade or +10 Double Extending Hybrid Stiletto (Two Injustice Cards and one Sidewinder Card) (This is pretty cool to use with two Clip of Knock-Back because you will be using active skills like no tomorrow)
Secondary Weapon(s): When you get richer, you can get +10 Racial Stilettos or +10 Size Stilettos. You should only use these when you have about 150 ATK.
Leveling areas:
1-15: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting a friend to tank you.
16-40: Culverts 3 will keep you going for awhile. If you bring down a few hundred pots you can stay down for awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
41-99: Metalings on ein_fild07 are the fastest source of experience for this build. Just watch out for Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you will be fine.
III F. STR/AGI/VIT/LUK Build
For starting stats, you should get 9 STR, 9 VIT, and 9 LUK.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 AGI
20 LUK
20 VIT
60 AGI
Raise STR and LUK equally until both are 50
78 LUK
62 VIT
67 STR
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
67+3 STR
60 AGI
62+1 VIT
78+2 LUK
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 60 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Mocking/Immune Novice Manteau (Whisper/Raydric Card) (Use the Mocking Manteau for early leveling, and the Immune Manteau once you have a lot of flee)
Accessories: Two Clip of Counter (Kobold Card) (These give you 8% more Crit chance, as well as 2 STR, which brings you to 60 STR)
Weapon: +10 Triple Critical Stiletto (Soldier Skeleton Card) (This will give you 27% more chance to Crit! Very helpful card) or a +4-10 Critical Stardust Blade when you get higher crit rates.
Leveling areas:
1-15: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting a friend to tank you.
16-40: Culverts 3 will keep you going for awhile. If you bring down a few hundred pots you can stay down for awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
41-70: Metalings on ein_fild07 are a great source of experience. Just watch out for Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you will be fine.
71-99: High Orcs or Metalings. Both are good, so it is really your choice.
IV. Skills
You're probably wondering why I put a skills area for a Perma Novice guide. Well, Novices actually can use some skills but they are card based, with the exception of Play Dead and First Aid.
IV A. Active Skills
First Aid: Turn 3 SP into 5 HP. This is a pretty useless skill in my opinion.
Play Dead: The ultimate hide, it does not drain SP over time. This, in my opinion, is THE best skill in the game. You can wittle something down, Play Dead, heal up, then finish killing it. Very fun skill.
Envenom: Comes from a Poison Spore Card. Decent skill to use, but Novices do not have much SP to be spamming skills.
Heal: Comes from a Vitata Card. Good to use as a replacement for pots, you could add a bit of INT to use this often.
Cloaking: Comes from a Frilldora Card. Completely useless. I can only see people using this as an escape from monsters, but Novices have Play Dead so..
Teleport: Comes from a Creamy Card. Good to use for quick pot restock runs.
Steal: Comes from a Joker Card. Decent skill, but in the best leveling areas for Novices there aren't many good things to steal.
Magnum Break: Comes from a Marine Sphere Card. Pretty much useless. Too much SP for not enough damage. But, this could be good to use in Culverts leveling.
Cure: Comes from an Obeaune Card. Pretty much useless unless you NEED to Cure yourself.
Discount: Comes from a Pirate Skeleton Card. Great card unless you have a merchant.
Detoxify: Comes from a Poporing Card. Completely useless unless you desperately need to remove Poison.
Hide: Comes from a Smokie Card. 100% useless because you have Play Dead.
Sight: Comes from a Horong Card. Not that great unless you're leveling on monsters with hide, or in PvP vs. a Thief class.
IV B. Chance on Hit Skills
Meteor Storm: Comes from a Bloody Knight Card. I don't really see this being too useful, but if you feel the need to use it, more power to you.
Frost Diver: Comes from a Hatii Baby Card. This could be pretty fun to use. Once they freeze, switch to a Wind Stiletto or something. But, good luck getting it.
Storm Gust: Comes from a Stormy Knight Card. Could be a great card, but good luck getting one.
Fire Ball: Comes from a Mutant Draganoid Card. I don't see much use for this.. but if you get one, why not use it?
Sonic Blow: Comes from an Injustice Card. Possibly the best Perma Novice Card, deals quite a bit of damage when it goes off (which is quite often).
Double Attack: Comes from a Sidewinder Card. Good skill when it goes off.
Bowling Bash: Comes from a Gryphon Card. This could be a great skill, but it would be pretty hard to get a Mini-Boss card.
Snatch: Comes from a Wanderer Card. Pointless card. Only a KSer would use this (in my opinion), and I don't approve of that.
Heal: Comes from an Enchanted Peach Tree Card. Great card for leveling. You will heal yourself as you level, so you don't need any pots.
Bash: Comes from a Bongun Card. Best card for a Perma Novice, hands down (unless you are a Crit Novice and need Kobold Clips). Goes off quite often and does quite a bit of damage. Great for leveling.
Unbarring Octave/Frost Joker: Comes from a Violy Card. Only good if you are partied with someone. Only good if you have a Wind Stiletto, even though the chance of freezing is really low. If it activates, though, you can switch to a Wind Stiletto, and do some pretty high damage. (Everything on screen has a chance to be frozen)
Impositio Manus: Comes from an Owl Duke Card. Wonderful card for leveling, if you can get your hands on one.
Lex Aeterna: Comes from an Owl Baron Card. I don't really see much of a purpose for this, if Bash goes off from a Bongun Card then it is already like double damage and then some.
Jupitel Thunder: Comes from a Wind Ghost Card. Great card, but quite expensive. If you can get one, then use it.
Summon Spirit Sphere: Comes from a Greatest General Card. Great for leveling, just switch until it casts then switch back to your regular accessory.
Heal (Enemy): Comes from a Chepet Card. I can only see this being used for killing Undeads/Demons.
IV C. Chance on Receiving Damage Skills
Stone Curse: Comes from a Pest or Dark Frame Card. Great to use in PvP, but you might die very quickly without your Pupa Card.
Blessing: Comes from a Geographer Card. Could be good to use in leveling (put it on, get Blessing, switch back to your Hard armor again), but it's better to level with an Acolyte class.
Guard: Comes from a Clock Card. This is a great card for leveling, just keep it on until Guard casts and then switch back to your Hard armor.
Improve Concentration: Comes from an Anolian Card. This could be a good card, but the length of the skill is too short for it to be worthwhile.
Teleport: Comes from an Antonio Card. There is really no point to this.. I guess it could be fun in PvP, but it is very hard to get a Mini-Boss card.
Heal: Comes from a Loli Ruri Card. This is great for high level STR/VIT/DEX Novices. By the time it goes off, you'll have healed more damage than you've taken (you'll never need a pot!). If you have a bit of INT, the effect will be greater.
Quagmire: Comes from a Punk Card. This could be pretty fun for leveling, but I would rather use my Immune.
Snatch: Comes from a Wanderer Card. Pointless card. Only a KSer would use this (in my opinion), and I don't approve of that.
Gloria: Comes from a Grand Peco Card. This is a wonderful card for a STR/AGI/LUK Novice.
Kyrie Eleison: Comes from an Amon Ra Card. This is a great card. Good luck getting one, though.
Sight: Comes from an Alarm Card. Think about it- if you are trying to find an enemy that is hidden, how are you going to find it if it needs to hit you first? Although, the +300 HP is nice.
Meteor Storm: Comes from a Dark Lord Card. Could be great to use, but good luck getting one.
Signum Crucis: Comes from an Ancient Mummy Card. I don't really see a use for this unless you're killing Undeads.
Envenom: Comes from a Poisonous Toad Card. No purpose for this. Not enough damage to be worthwhile, unless you are a STR/VIT/DEX Novice and get hit often.
Endure: Comes from a Lude Card. Could be good for a STR/VIT/DEX Novice. But other than that, I wouldn't use it.
Cloaking: Comes from a Shinobi Card. Really no point to this, Play Dead > Cloaking. But, if you're in PvP, it could be good for an escape.
Increase AGI: Comes from a Quve Card. Could be fine for leveling, but I still prefer to use my Clip of Knock-Back because the duration isn't long enough.
Well, I think that just about covers it. If you have any questions/comments/suggestions, contact me (refer to contact section).
V. FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Why did you make a Perma Novice?
Well originally in Beta I made a Perma Novice because none of the first classes were particularly attractive to me. So, I guess I made one because I figured it would be the most fun. Some people, though, make Perma Novices either for the challenge, the fame, or just out of boredom (people who do it out of boredom don't really get very far).
Why aren't you a Super Novice?
Well, if I came this far as just a weak little Novice, why would I waste it all to change to a Super Novice. Don't get me wrong, Super Novices are fun; I have one myself. It is just that I'd never want to change into a job and put all that time spent to waste.
Why won't you change into a (insert job here)?
Same reason as above.
How do you pay for all those potions and gears?! Isn't it expensive?
Yes, but I also have an Assassin which can get me quite a bit of money easily. It isn't that much of a problem.
What level are you?
This has to be the most common question.. I'm just adding it here to warn anyone who wants to make a Perma Novice that you will get this question asked 5+ times a day. Just answer with what level you are, and deal them if they don't believe you.
How old are you?
For some reason people like to ask this. I'm 13; just answer with your age if you get asked this.
VI. PvP Strategies
Now.. What you all have been waiting for, PvP Strategies for a Perma Novice! It is highly possible to be able to kill people in PvP, even if they are second classes! Just follow each strategy I list, and with practice, you should be able to do fairly well in PvP.
Mages: Easiest class to kill by far. Just keep smacking at them and smacking, then when their cast bar is almost full, use Play Dead. Once the casting is over just come back out of Play Dead and start attacking them. Easy enough, right?
Acolytes: Another easy one. The only problem is that they can heal. Just bring some potions and try to outlast them. All you can really do to win here is to outlast them. If they start casting Holy Light, use the Mage strategy. Just Play Dead then attack again.
Thieves: These are pretty tricky. Just bring some Crit Gears to break their Flee, and hope to outflee them. There isn't much else I can say.. But watch out for Envenom. Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to dodge Envenom using Play Dead. Once you see the spiral animation and hear the sound, use Play Dead IMMEDIATELY. If done correctly, you will have made them miss. With practice, and I mean lots of it, you will be able to do this fairly easily.
Swordsmen: These are pretty easy, just Flee them and outlast them. Bring some Crit Gears to break their massive Defense. Watch out for Bash, though. This is extremely hard to dodge. But, you can do it if you follow the Envenom strategy and use Play Dead to dodge it. Other than Bash, they can't really do much to you. Just try to live longer than them, and that is about all I can say.
Merchants: Follow the Swordsman strategy, and watch for Mammonite.
Archers: These are the hardest ones to kill. The only thing that I can suggest is that you Play Dead, then come out walk towards them and Play Dead again. Once you're there, you should try using a Stun weapon, and just keep hitting them. Watch out for Double Strafe. You can use Play Dead to dodge it, but it is nearly impossible.
Wizards: Follow the same strategy as Mages.
Sages: This can be a bit hairy. If they are Battle Sages, then it will be very hard. Just use a combination of the Swordsman and Mage strategy. Use Play Dead when they cast, and just try to outlive them.
Priests: Good luck. That is all I can say. It would take years to kill these guys, even second classes can barely kill them. Just bring Crit Gears and a ton of potions. They will probably be able to restore SP faster than you can make them use Heal. So.. I don't think you can really win here. These are the only ones that really give me a lot of trouble.
Monks: Same things as Priests. These are very hard. If they are Asura, you lose. If they are combo, you have a small chance at winning if you can Flee them. Just bring Crit Gears and try to kill them. Bring a lot of potions, too.
Blacksmiths: Follow the Swordsman strategy, and watch for Mammonite. This will be a hard fight, so you will need to bring a lot of pots.
Alchemists: Follow the Blacksmith strategy, and watch for acid bombs and the like. Bring a lot of pots for this as well.
Assassins: If they are Crit, you lose. It is as simple as that. There is no way to kill a Crit Sin using a Perma Novice. But, if they are DDS then you may be able to Flee them. Just bring a lot of potions and Crit Gear, as usual.
Rogues: Same thing as Assassins if they are Dagger. Watch out for Backstab though, this can deal some lethal damage. If they are Bow Rogues, follow the Archer strategy.
Crusaders: They can't do too much damage, just bring Crit Gears to break their massive Defense. If they are Grand Cross Crusaders, just use the
Mage strategy if they have a slow cast time. If they have a fast cast time, try to run out of the Grand Cross radius until the spell is done, then resume attacking. Bring a ton of potions, as this will be a long battle.
Knights: Pray. That is my only suggestion. It is nearly impossible to kill a Knight in PvP with a Perma Novice. Just follow the Swordsman
strategy.. And bring a ton of potions and Crit Gears, as this will be a very, very, long fight.
Hunters: Same as Archer strategy, but you will probably die before you can get to them. They will deal too much damage for you to handle.
Bards/Dancers: Same as Archer strategy, but if they use Melody Strike on you, you lose. Bards are probably the hardest class to beat in PvP, as they can kill you in one hit.
Any Transcendant class: Get down on your knees and start praying. You will need massive luck and thousands of potions to beat a Transcendant
with a Perma Novice.
Caster Super Novice: Follow the Mage strategy, but if you don't have good reflexes, you won't be able to do this one.
Melee Super Novice: Follow a combination of the Thief/Swordsman strategy.
VII. Contact
You can contact me through-
AIM: TheSweatshirtBoy
E-Mail: PermaNovice@yahoo.com
In-Game: Lawl (iRO Chaos)
VIII. Version History
v0.1, 11/18/05. First version of the guide.
v0.2, 11/19/05. Corrected many spelling mistakes/grammar mistakes.
v0.3, 11/20/05. Added more skills to skill section.
v0.4, 11/20/05. Fixed some mistakes in the equipment sections.
v0.5, 11/20/05. Added the STR/VIT/LUK build, fixed more equipment mistakes.
v0.6, 11/27/05. Corrected some small mistakes found by Kiniro (thanks Kini
).
v0.7, 11/30/05. Added Horong Card (thanks Shadow Neko).
v0.8, 12/03/05. Changed most of the builds, added STR/AGI/VIT/LUK build.
v0.9, 12/17/05. Added a few sections, tweaked a few of the builds again.
v1.0, 12/19/05. Did massive reconstruction, added some links and added a few more sections.
v1.1, 3/20/06. Edited all equipment listings to include Lighthalzen items.
IX. Credits
Gravity - For making such a great game.. DUH!
http://www.ragnasim.net/main-iro.php - Great calculator, helped me plan out builds.
Soujiro - His guide propelled me to make one of my own. He also inspired me to remake my Perma Novice long ago.
Mad Monarch Gyl - Gave me some ideas for builds. Also followed his format for the guide, thanks Gyl.
Everyone that I've talked to on Vent, you guys know who you are - Gave me TONS of ideas, and quite a few of you kept pushing me to level.
Thanks guys, you rock! <3
If you think you should be in this, contact me and I'll put you in if you have a valid reason.
Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. What Stats do for a Perma Novice
III. Stat Builds
A. STR/AGI/DEX
B. STR/VIT/DEX
C. STR/AGI/LUK
D. STR/VIT/LUK
E. STR/AGI/VIT/DEX
F. STR/AGI/VIT/LUK
IV. Skills
A. Active Skills
B. Chance on Hit Skills
C. Chance on Receiving Damage Skills
V. FAQ
VI. PvP Strategies
VII. Contact
VIII. Version History
IX. Credits
I. Introduction
First, I'd like to start by saying that if you are impatient and like to level fast, you should stop reading right now. Perma Novices are about time and commitment, because the challenge of leveling them takes a long time, as well as a lot of money. So, if you do not meet any of this criteria, I wish you adieu.
Perma Novice: A Perma Novice is exactly what its name states, a Permanent Novice. This means that you can never change jobs throughout your entire RO career. Novices are very limited in leveling, as they can't level in many high level areas like other classes can with ease. This reduces the amount of leveling areas open to a Perma Novice, and makes leveling that much harder. But, with enough patience and determinination, you will be able to pull your Novice up to about level 70 or higher. What you have to remember when leveling, though, is you do have your limits. A Perma Novice is the weakest class. It has the lowest attack strength, HP/SP, and Attack Speed (other than Mages) out of any class. This greatly adds to the challenge of leveling up, but also makes it that much more fun. Most of the time, people will have a positive outlook on your Novice. I've even had a few Priests follow me around before giving me a free healslave for about 25-30 minutes, just because they were impressed. But, you will also get some people that do not have a positive outlook, but rather a negative one. They will KS you, or loot you, or just say some plain nasty things. But, the best thing you can do is just know that they are completely ignorant and oblivious to everything involved in making a Perma Novice. The last player response, is the confused one. Some people will follow you around constantly and ask you questions. Most of them are just simple ones, which I have included in the FAQ section. ^_^ If you just answer them, they will probably be very nice to you and respectful; but if you don't, they will probably get angry with you. Anyway, enough rambling. Back to explaining a Novice. Novices can be like Swordsman or Thieves, depending on your build. Obviously if you go VIT as your main defensive stat, then you're more of a Swordsman. But, if you go AGI as your main defensive stat, then you're more of a Thief. Even if you build your Novice correctly and he is very powerful, I suggest another character like a Mage or Archer class to fund your Perma Novice.
Here are some things you should remember about your Perma Novice when making one:
-Novices have the lowest HP out of ANY job.
-Novices have the lowest attack strength out of any class.
-Novices have the slowest attack speed out of any class, with the exception of Mages.
-Novices get no job bonuses (stats).
-Novices have very limited equipments. All their equipments are the lowest in numbers (Defense and Attack Srength).
-Novices have no active skills, with the exception of Play Dead and First Aid. All of their skills must be obtained from cards.
+Novices will not be using many active skills, so you do not need to worry about SP.
+Novices start with half HP and half SP when they die.
-Novices rely on potions throughout their entire life to level.
+Novices are simple to play, just CTRL+Click and you can level.
-Novices take a long time to level.
-Novices rely on money/gears more than any other class. The richer you are, the better you are.
Here I will clarify the differences between a Super Novice and a Perma Novice, just so you won't be confused as to which is which.
Perma Novices don't get stat bonuses, while Super Novices do.
Perma Novices don't get HP bonuses, while Super Novices do (at level 99 they get a high boost).
Perma Novices do have Play Dead, while Super Novices don't (the main perk to a Perma Novice).
Perma Novices don't have any skills (other than Play Dead and First Aid), while Super Novices have almost all first class skills.
I hope this clears up everything for you, so that you won't have any questions. Now, on to the actual guide.
II. What Stats do for a Perma Novice
STR: Raises your ATK. This is very helpful to a Perma Novice since you do not have any weapon masteries. This is usually the primary
stat in Perma Novice builds.
AGI: Raises your ASPD. This is also very helpful to a Perma Novice since Novices have the slowest ASPD of any class other than Mage.
VIT: Raises your Def, HP, and Status Ailment resistance. This is most commonly used to resist status ailments, but I like to have a bit more for Def.
INT: Raises your MATK, SP, and MDEF. If you have any INT, I suggest reconsidering your build.
DEX: Raises your Hit and minimum damage. Perma Novices use this if they plan on fighting high flee monsters, or want to try PvP.
LUK: Raises your Crit Rate and Perfect Dodge. You would add to this if you intended on making a Crit Novice.
III. Stat Builds
STR/AGI/DEX: One of the most common builds for a Perma Novice. These are very powerful (for a Novice, anyway). These focus mostly on offense, and not so much on defense. You will have a bit of trouble leveling up until about level 40, when your flee really kicks in.
STR/VIT/DEX: Another common build for a Perma Novice. This build levels very quickly up until about level 60, but then starts to slow down very rapidly.
STR/AGI/LUK: These are not so common. This build dodges a lot, and also kills fairly quickly. These do pretty well in PvP, but in PvM they don't do too hot until about level 50.
STR/VIT/LUK: Even less common than the STR/AGI/LUK build, this Novice is sure to do well in PvP. Despite its low attack speed, this Novice can deal high damage and tank quite a bit.
STR/AGI/VIT/DEX: My favorite build. This focuses mostly on high damage output, but also has very good defense. This is a very good build to go with for PvP.
STR/AGI/VIT/LUK: Great build. Has very high attack power, as well as good defense. Probably the best build to go with for PvP.
III A. STR/AGI/DEX Build
For starting stats you should get 9 STR, 9 AGI, and 9 DEX.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 AGI
20 DEX
50 AGI
50 STR
36 DEX
80 STR
80 AGI
99 STR
90 AGI
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
99+1 STR
90+1 AGI
1+1 VIT
36 DEX
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 100 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Mocking/Immune Novice Manteau (Whisper/Raydric Card) (Use the Mocking Manteau for early leveling, and the Immune Manteau once you have a lot of flee)
Accessories: Two Clip of Knock-Backs (Bongun Card) (These give you a good chance to auto-cast level 1 Bash, which is actually very helpful in leveling)
Weapon: Here there are many choices.
Primary Weapon: +4-10 Extending Stardust Blade or +10 Double Extending Hybrid Stiletto (Two Injustice Cards and one Sidewinder Card) (This is pretty cool to use with two Clip of Knock-Back because you will be using active skills like no tomorrow)
Secondary Weapon(s): When you get richer, you can get +10 Racial Stilettos or +10 Size Stilettos. You should only use these when you have about 150 ATK.
Leveling areas:
1-15: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting a friend to tank you until you can use your Stilleto.
16-40: Culverts level 3 will keep you going for awhile. If you bring down a few hundred red pots, you can go for quite awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
41-70: Metalings on ein_fild07 are a very good source of experience. Just avoid Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you should be fine.
71-99: You can either stay on Metalings, or you can try High Orcs.
III B. STR/VIT/DEX Build
For starting stats you should get 9 STR, 9 VIT, and 9 DEX.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 VIT
20 DEX
40 VIT
50 STR
36 DEX
70 VIT
99 STR
90 VIT
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
99+1 STR
1+1 AGI
90+1 VIT
36 DEX
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 100 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Immune Novice Manteau (Raydric Card) (The Immune Novice Manteau will reduce damage taken by a lot, very fun to use on a VIT build)
Accessories: Two Clip of Knock-Backs (Bongun Card) (These give you a good chance to auto-cast level 1 Bash, which is actually very helpful in leveling)
Weapon: Here there are many choices.
Primary Weapon: +4-10 Extending Stardust Blade or +10 Double Extending Hybrid Stiletto (Two Injustice Cards and one Sidewinder Card) (This is pretty cool to use with two Clip of Knock-Back because you will be using active skills like no tomorrow)
Secondary Weapon(s): When you get richer, you can get +10 Racial Stilettos or +10 Size Stilettos. You should only use these when you have about 150 ATK.
Leveling areas:
1-12: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting someone to tank you here.
13-30: Culverts 3 will keep you going for awhile. Get a few hundred pots and you can stay down here for awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
31-70: Metalings on ein_fild07 are a great source of experience. Just avoid the Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you should be fine.
71-99: High Orcs are best here. If you think High Orcs are still too hard, stay on Metalings until you can take High Orcs.
III C. STR/AGI/LUK Build
For starting stats you should get 9 STR, 5 AGI, 9 VIT, and 5 LUK.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 AGI
20 LUK
50 AGI
50 STR
78 LUK
89 AGI
67 STR
11 VIT (this is just a filler stat)
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
67+3 STR
89 AGI
11+1 VIT
78+2 LUK
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 60 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Mocking/Immune Novice Manteau (Whisper/Raydric Card) (Use the Mocking Manteau for early leveling, and the Immune Manteau once you have a lot of flee)
Accessories: Two Clip of Counter (Kobold Card) (These give you 8% more Crit chance, as well as 2 STR, which brings you to 60 STR)
Weapon: +10 Triple Critical Stiletto (Soldier Skeleton Card) (This will give you 27% more chance to Crit! Very helpful card) or a +4-10 Critical Stardust Blade once you get higher crit rates.
Leveling areas:
1-15: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting a friend to tank you.
16-40: Culverts 3 will keep you going for awhile. If you bring down a few hundred pots you can stay down for awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
41-70: Metalings on ein_fild07 are a great source of experience. Just watch out for Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you will be fine.
71-99: High Orcs or Metalings. Both are good, so it is really your choice.
III D. STR/VIT/LUK Build
For starting stats, you should get 9 STR, 9 VIT, and 9 DEX.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 VIT
20 LUK
50 VIT
50 STR
78 LUK
67 STR
91 VIT
2 AGI (this is just a filler stat)
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
67+3 STR
2 AGI
91+1 VIT
78+2 LUK
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 60 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Immune Novice Manteau (Raydric Card) (The Immune Novice Manteau will reduce damage taken by a lot, very fun to use on a VIT build)
Accessories: Two Clip of Counter (Kobold Card) (These give you 8% more Crit chance, as well as 2 STR, which brings you to 60 STR)
Weapon: +10 Triple Critical Stiletto (Soldier Skeleton Card) (This will give you 27% more chance to Crit! Very helpful card) or a +4-10 Critical Stardust Blade once you get higher crit rates.
Leveling areas:
1-15: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting a friend to tank you.
16-40: Culverts 3 will keep you going for awhile. If you bring down a few hundred pots you can stay down for awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
41-70: Metalings on ein_fild07 are a great source of experience. Just watch out for Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you will be fine.
71-99: High Orcs or Metalings. Both are good, so it is really your choice.
III E. STR/AGI/VIT/DEX Build
For starting stats, you should get 9 STR, 9 AGI, and 9 DEX.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 AGI
20 DEX
74 AGI
20 VIT
Raise STR, VIT, and DEX equally until all are at 50.
Raise STR and VIT equally until both are at 69.
73 VIT
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
69+1 STR
74+1 AGI
73+1 VIT
50 DEX
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 70 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Mocking/Immune Novice Manteau (Whisper/Raydric Card) (Use the Mocking Manteau for early leveling, and the Immune Manteau once you have a lot of flee)
Accessories: Two Clip of Knock-Backs (Bongun Card) (These give you a good chance to auto-cast level 1 Bash, which is actually very helpful in leveling)
Primary Weapon: +4-10 Extending Stardust Blade or +10 Double Extending Hybrid Stiletto (Two Injustice Cards and one Sidewinder Card) (This is pretty cool to use with two Clip of Knock-Back because you will be using active skills like no tomorrow)
Secondary Weapon(s): When you get richer, you can get +10 Racial Stilettos or +10 Size Stilettos. You should only use these when you have about 150 ATK.
Leveling areas:
1-15: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting a friend to tank you.
16-40: Culverts 3 will keep you going for awhile. If you bring down a few hundred pots you can stay down for awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
41-99: Metalings on ein_fild07 are the fastest source of experience for this build. Just watch out for Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you will be fine.
III F. STR/AGI/VIT/LUK Build
For starting stats, you should get 9 STR, 9 VIT, and 9 LUK.
As you level up, this is how you should add to your stats-
20 STR
20 AGI
20 LUK
20 VIT
60 AGI
Raise STR and LUK equally until both are 50
78 LUK
62 VIT
67 STR
At level 99, your finishing stats will be-
67+3 STR
60 AGI
62+1 VIT
78+2 LUK
Equipment:
Remember, the higher the uprade, the better you will do.
Upper Headgear: Anti-Magic Super Novice Hat (Grand Peco Card) (Chance to cast Gloria) (+1 to ALL stats, very good item for a Novice)
Middle Headgear: Evil Wing Ears (+1 STR, brings you to 60 STR and gives you the bonus. Very helpful)
Lower Headgear: Pretty much whatever you want, nothing really helps here.
Armor: Hard Novice Breastplate (Pupa Card) (+700 HP The backbone of your Perma Novice, this gives you the biggest chunk of your HP)
Shield: Rigid Novice Shield (Thief Bug Egg Card) (+400 HP Very good Novice item. Remember, every HP counts. The only time you would switch this would be for damage reduction)
Shoes: Seeker's Novice Shoes (Alarm Card) (+300 HP +1 VIT. I don't really think I need to explain this one, it explains itself.)
Garment: Mocking/Immune Novice Manteau (Whisper/Raydric Card) (Use the Mocking Manteau for early leveling, and the Immune Manteau once you have a lot of flee)
Accessories: Two Clip of Counter (Kobold Card) (These give you 8% more Crit chance, as well as 2 STR, which brings you to 60 STR)
Weapon: +10 Triple Critical Stiletto (Soldier Skeleton Card) (This will give you 27% more chance to Crit! Very helpful card) or a +4-10 Critical Stardust Blade when you get higher crit rates.
Leveling areas:
1-15: Poporings are probably the best. I suggest getting a friend to tank you.
16-40: Culverts 3 will keep you going for awhile. If you bring down a few hundred pots you can stay down for awhile and gain a few levels before coming back up.
41-70: Metalings on ein_fild07 are a great source of experience. Just watch out for Geographers and the occasional Ungoliant and you will be fine.
71-99: High Orcs or Metalings. Both are good, so it is really your choice.
IV. Skills
You're probably wondering why I put a skills area for a Perma Novice guide. Well, Novices actually can use some skills but they are card based, with the exception of Play Dead and First Aid.
IV A. Active Skills
First Aid: Turn 3 SP into 5 HP. This is a pretty useless skill in my opinion.
Play Dead: The ultimate hide, it does not drain SP over time. This, in my opinion, is THE best skill in the game. You can wittle something down, Play Dead, heal up, then finish killing it. Very fun skill.
Envenom: Comes from a Poison Spore Card. Decent skill to use, but Novices do not have much SP to be spamming skills.
Heal: Comes from a Vitata Card. Good to use as a replacement for pots, you could add a bit of INT to use this often.
Cloaking: Comes from a Frilldora Card. Completely useless. I can only see people using this as an escape from monsters, but Novices have Play Dead so..
Teleport: Comes from a Creamy Card. Good to use for quick pot restock runs.
Steal: Comes from a Joker Card. Decent skill, but in the best leveling areas for Novices there aren't many good things to steal.
Magnum Break: Comes from a Marine Sphere Card. Pretty much useless. Too much SP for not enough damage. But, this could be good to use in Culverts leveling.
Cure: Comes from an Obeaune Card. Pretty much useless unless you NEED to Cure yourself.
Discount: Comes from a Pirate Skeleton Card. Great card unless you have a merchant.
Detoxify: Comes from a Poporing Card. Completely useless unless you desperately need to remove Poison.
Hide: Comes from a Smokie Card. 100% useless because you have Play Dead.
Sight: Comes from a Horong Card. Not that great unless you're leveling on monsters with hide, or in PvP vs. a Thief class.
IV B. Chance on Hit Skills
Meteor Storm: Comes from a Bloody Knight Card. I don't really see this being too useful, but if you feel the need to use it, more power to you.
Frost Diver: Comes from a Hatii Baby Card. This could be pretty fun to use. Once they freeze, switch to a Wind Stiletto or something. But, good luck getting it.
Storm Gust: Comes from a Stormy Knight Card. Could be a great card, but good luck getting one.
Fire Ball: Comes from a Mutant Draganoid Card. I don't see much use for this.. but if you get one, why not use it?
Sonic Blow: Comes from an Injustice Card. Possibly the best Perma Novice Card, deals quite a bit of damage when it goes off (which is quite often).
Double Attack: Comes from a Sidewinder Card. Good skill when it goes off.
Bowling Bash: Comes from a Gryphon Card. This could be a great skill, but it would be pretty hard to get a Mini-Boss card.
Snatch: Comes from a Wanderer Card. Pointless card. Only a KSer would use this (in my opinion), and I don't approve of that.
Heal: Comes from an Enchanted Peach Tree Card. Great card for leveling. You will heal yourself as you level, so you don't need any pots.
Bash: Comes from a Bongun Card. Best card for a Perma Novice, hands down (unless you are a Crit Novice and need Kobold Clips). Goes off quite often and does quite a bit of damage. Great for leveling.
Unbarring Octave/Frost Joker: Comes from a Violy Card. Only good if you are partied with someone. Only good if you have a Wind Stiletto, even though the chance of freezing is really low. If it activates, though, you can switch to a Wind Stiletto, and do some pretty high damage. (Everything on screen has a chance to be frozen)
Impositio Manus: Comes from an Owl Duke Card. Wonderful card for leveling, if you can get your hands on one.
Lex Aeterna: Comes from an Owl Baron Card. I don't really see much of a purpose for this, if Bash goes off from a Bongun Card then it is already like double damage and then some.
Jupitel Thunder: Comes from a Wind Ghost Card. Great card, but quite expensive. If you can get one, then use it.
Summon Spirit Sphere: Comes from a Greatest General Card. Great for leveling, just switch until it casts then switch back to your regular accessory.
Heal (Enemy): Comes from a Chepet Card. I can only see this being used for killing Undeads/Demons.
IV C. Chance on Receiving Damage Skills
Stone Curse: Comes from a Pest or Dark Frame Card. Great to use in PvP, but you might die very quickly without your Pupa Card.
Blessing: Comes from a Geographer Card. Could be good to use in leveling (put it on, get Blessing, switch back to your Hard armor again), but it's better to level with an Acolyte class.
Guard: Comes from a Clock Card. This is a great card for leveling, just keep it on until Guard casts and then switch back to your Hard armor.
Improve Concentration: Comes from an Anolian Card. This could be a good card, but the length of the skill is too short for it to be worthwhile.
Teleport: Comes from an Antonio Card. There is really no point to this.. I guess it could be fun in PvP, but it is very hard to get a Mini-Boss card.
Heal: Comes from a Loli Ruri Card. This is great for high level STR/VIT/DEX Novices. By the time it goes off, you'll have healed more damage than you've taken (you'll never need a pot!). If you have a bit of INT, the effect will be greater.
Quagmire: Comes from a Punk Card. This could be pretty fun for leveling, but I would rather use my Immune.
Snatch: Comes from a Wanderer Card. Pointless card. Only a KSer would use this (in my opinion), and I don't approve of that.
Gloria: Comes from a Grand Peco Card. This is a wonderful card for a STR/AGI/LUK Novice.
Kyrie Eleison: Comes from an Amon Ra Card. This is a great card. Good luck getting one, though.
Sight: Comes from an Alarm Card. Think about it- if you are trying to find an enemy that is hidden, how are you going to find it if it needs to hit you first? Although, the +300 HP is nice.
Meteor Storm: Comes from a Dark Lord Card. Could be great to use, but good luck getting one.
Signum Crucis: Comes from an Ancient Mummy Card. I don't really see a use for this unless you're killing Undeads.
Envenom: Comes from a Poisonous Toad Card. No purpose for this. Not enough damage to be worthwhile, unless you are a STR/VIT/DEX Novice and get hit often.
Endure: Comes from a Lude Card. Could be good for a STR/VIT/DEX Novice. But other than that, I wouldn't use it.
Cloaking: Comes from a Shinobi Card. Really no point to this, Play Dead > Cloaking. But, if you're in PvP, it could be good for an escape.
Increase AGI: Comes from a Quve Card. Could be fine for leveling, but I still prefer to use my Clip of Knock-Back because the duration isn't long enough.
Well, I think that just about covers it. If you have any questions/comments/suggestions, contact me (refer to contact section).
V. FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
Why did you make a Perma Novice?
Well originally in Beta I made a Perma Novice because none of the first classes were particularly attractive to me. So, I guess I made one because I figured it would be the most fun. Some people, though, make Perma Novices either for the challenge, the fame, or just out of boredom (people who do it out of boredom don't really get very far).
Why aren't you a Super Novice?
Well, if I came this far as just a weak little Novice, why would I waste it all to change to a Super Novice. Don't get me wrong, Super Novices are fun; I have one myself. It is just that I'd never want to change into a job and put all that time spent to waste.
Why won't you change into a (insert job here)?
Same reason as above.
How do you pay for all those potions and gears?! Isn't it expensive?
Yes, but I also have an Assassin which can get me quite a bit of money easily. It isn't that much of a problem.
What level are you?
This has to be the most common question.. I'm just adding it here to warn anyone who wants to make a Perma Novice that you will get this question asked 5+ times a day. Just answer with what level you are, and deal them if they don't believe you.
How old are you?
For some reason people like to ask this. I'm 13; just answer with your age if you get asked this.
VI. PvP Strategies
Now.. What you all have been waiting for, PvP Strategies for a Perma Novice! It is highly possible to be able to kill people in PvP, even if they are second classes! Just follow each strategy I list, and with practice, you should be able to do fairly well in PvP.
Mages: Easiest class to kill by far. Just keep smacking at them and smacking, then when their cast bar is almost full, use Play Dead. Once the casting is over just come back out of Play Dead and start attacking them. Easy enough, right?
Acolytes: Another easy one. The only problem is that they can heal. Just bring some potions and try to outlast them. All you can really do to win here is to outlast them. If they start casting Holy Light, use the Mage strategy. Just Play Dead then attack again.
Thieves: These are pretty tricky. Just bring some Crit Gears to break their Flee, and hope to outflee them. There isn't much else I can say.. But watch out for Envenom. Contrary to popular belief, it is possible to dodge Envenom using Play Dead. Once you see the spiral animation and hear the sound, use Play Dead IMMEDIATELY. If done correctly, you will have made them miss. With practice, and I mean lots of it, you will be able to do this fairly easily.
Swordsmen: These are pretty easy, just Flee them and outlast them. Bring some Crit Gears to break their massive Defense. Watch out for Bash, though. This is extremely hard to dodge. But, you can do it if you follow the Envenom strategy and use Play Dead to dodge it. Other than Bash, they can't really do much to you. Just try to live longer than them, and that is about all I can say.
Merchants: Follow the Swordsman strategy, and watch for Mammonite.
Archers: These are the hardest ones to kill. The only thing that I can suggest is that you Play Dead, then come out walk towards them and Play Dead again. Once you're there, you should try using a Stun weapon, and just keep hitting them. Watch out for Double Strafe. You can use Play Dead to dodge it, but it is nearly impossible.
Wizards: Follow the same strategy as Mages.
Sages: This can be a bit hairy. If they are Battle Sages, then it will be very hard. Just use a combination of the Swordsman and Mage strategy. Use Play Dead when they cast, and just try to outlive them.
Priests: Good luck. That is all I can say. It would take years to kill these guys, even second classes can barely kill them. Just bring Crit Gears and a ton of potions. They will probably be able to restore SP faster than you can make them use Heal. So.. I don't think you can really win here. These are the only ones that really give me a lot of trouble.
Monks: Same things as Priests. These are very hard. If they are Asura, you lose. If they are combo, you have a small chance at winning if you can Flee them. Just bring Crit Gears and try to kill them. Bring a lot of potions, too.
Blacksmiths: Follow the Swordsman strategy, and watch for Mammonite. This will be a hard fight, so you will need to bring a lot of pots.
Alchemists: Follow the Blacksmith strategy, and watch for acid bombs and the like. Bring a lot of pots for this as well.
Assassins: If they are Crit, you lose. It is as simple as that. There is no way to kill a Crit Sin using a Perma Novice. But, if they are DDS then you may be able to Flee them. Just bring a lot of potions and Crit Gear, as usual.
Rogues: Same thing as Assassins if they are Dagger. Watch out for Backstab though, this can deal some lethal damage. If they are Bow Rogues, follow the Archer strategy.
Crusaders: They can't do too much damage, just bring Crit Gears to break their massive Defense. If they are Grand Cross Crusaders, just use the
Mage strategy if they have a slow cast time. If they have a fast cast time, try to run out of the Grand Cross radius until the spell is done, then resume attacking. Bring a ton of potions, as this will be a long battle.
Knights: Pray. That is my only suggestion. It is nearly impossible to kill a Knight in PvP with a Perma Novice. Just follow the Swordsman
strategy.. And bring a ton of potions and Crit Gears, as this will be a very, very, long fight.
Hunters: Same as Archer strategy, but you will probably die before you can get to them. They will deal too much damage for you to handle.
Bards/Dancers: Same as Archer strategy, but if they use Melody Strike on you, you lose. Bards are probably the hardest class to beat in PvP, as they can kill you in one hit.
Any Transcendant class: Get down on your knees and start praying. You will need massive luck and thousands of potions to beat a Transcendant
with a Perma Novice.
Caster Super Novice: Follow the Mage strategy, but if you don't have good reflexes, you won't be able to do this one.
Melee Super Novice: Follow a combination of the Thief/Swordsman strategy.
VII. Contact
You can contact me through-
AIM: TheSweatshirtBoy
E-Mail: PermaNovice@yahoo.com
In-Game: Lawl (iRO Chaos)
VIII. Version History
v0.1, 11/18/05. First version of the guide.
v0.2, 11/19/05. Corrected many spelling mistakes/grammar mistakes.
v0.3, 11/20/05. Added more skills to skill section.
v0.4, 11/20/05. Fixed some mistakes in the equipment sections.
v0.5, 11/20/05. Added the STR/VIT/LUK build, fixed more equipment mistakes.
v0.6, 11/27/05. Corrected some small mistakes found by Kiniro (thanks Kini
).v0.7, 11/30/05. Added Horong Card (thanks Shadow Neko).
v0.8, 12/03/05. Changed most of the builds, added STR/AGI/VIT/LUK build.
v0.9, 12/17/05. Added a few sections, tweaked a few of the builds again.
v1.0, 12/19/05. Did massive reconstruction, added some links and added a few more sections.
v1.1, 3/20/06. Edited all equipment listings to include Lighthalzen items.
IX. Credits
Gravity - For making such a great game.. DUH!
http://www.ragnasim.net/main-iro.php - Great calculator, helped me plan out builds.
Soujiro - His guide propelled me to make one of my own. He also inspired me to remake my Perma Novice long ago.
Mad Monarch Gyl - Gave me some ideas for builds. Also followed his format for the guide, thanks Gyl.
Everyone that I've talked to on Vent, you guys know who you are - Gave me TONS of ideas, and quite a few of you kept pushing me to level.
Thanks guys, you rock! <3
If you think you should be in this, contact me and I'll put you in if you have a valid reason.
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