Archlord Guid for Begginers

[Episode Guide]

Character Guide

1）Character Creation

After selecting your server, you will be moved to the character selection screen. This screen is
designed for managing your characters.
Character Selection Screen



[1]You can create or delete selected character. If you will choose Delete, you will be asked for your password, after entering your password you can confirm deletion and character will be
deleted.
[2] You can go back to the Server selection screen by Back button or Leave the game with the Exit Button. If you don't have characters on the selection screen, use the Create button to create a new character.

Character Creation Screen



[1] Enter nameof your character.
[2] Select the race
[3] Select the class
[4] Select styles of Hair and Face
[5] Check the appearance of the character
[6] Use the zoom button for character detail
[7] You can see the description of the race
[8] You can check the class explanation
[9] You can confirm your creation with the Create Button
[10] Return back to the character selection screen using the Back Button If you have successfully
been create the character. You will find your character in the character selection screen. You can have total of 3 characters on the character selection screen for each server. Your characters will be displayed in the center.

2) Classes Description



Humans
Humans are the great lords of the northwestern part of Chantra. Strength and honor are the most important values for them.



Knight – the lord of the sword. His strength is unbelievable resistance and perfect skills in fighting cold steel. It‟s hard to find a hero able to beat him.

Archer – master of the bow. His strength is a long distance fighting and ability to slow down your
opponent. Agility, speed and power–what else can you expect?

Mage – her attribute is a powerful staff. Mighty spells, controlling elementals, ability to make your
opponent almost defenseless are the greatest strengths of the mage

Orcs
The south-east part of the world of Chantra is their kingdom. They are believed to be the children of the earth. Brutality and warmongering are their greatest pleasure



Berserker – the powerful warrior. Fighting with the cold steel is his mastery. Incredible strength and pain resistance makes them one of the strongest classes in the world of Chantra.

Hunter –  the queen of the crossbow. Distance fighting, powerful skills and high resistance make her almost unkillable.

Sorcerer – the master of the black magic. Strong, longrange elemental attacks and quick skill casting mastery makes him a powerful magician.

Moonelves

In the north - east part of Chantra is the Moonelves' hidden kingdom. Adept at hiding, some believe them to be the perfect assassins. Typically hidden in darkness, they at times come to wreak havocupon the world and are the only entirely female race.



Swashbuckler - mastery in fencing, high resistance, ability not to be affected by the other classes
skills make her an unbelievably strong warrior.

Ranger – hunter‟s defense, archer‟s speed and agility, and a knight‟s resistance culminate in a really tough warrior. Rangers are specialists in long distance fighting.

Elementalist – master of the elementals. Her strength is accumulated in her chakram and summ
oned monsters. One of the most unpredictable classes.

DragonScion
Dragon Scion was the last of the 4 races to arrive at the continent of Chantra. They roamed the world for 1000 years, searching for a place to settle down, finally reaching south - west of Chantra.



Slayer - A Dragon Scion, who has trained with destructive body power, will turn into a Slayer who
uses huge claws as a weapon. This class is the most muscular among the Dragon Scion after the
evolution.

Orbiter  - Those Dragon Scion, who indulge in knowledge, will turn into an Orbiter, who gives life to friendly but death to the enemy. The Orbiters lost their wings in exchange for control over life.

Summoner - The Dragon Scion, who is versed in wisdom and spells, will turn into a Summoner, wh
o summons various types of powerful dragons.

Game guide
1) Game Interface



[1]The Party List is located on the top left of the screen, this is where the list of your party members is located. You can click any of the members of your party in the party list to be able to trade with them, invite them to your guild if you are a leader, whisper them, and many other options.

[2] The Mini map is defaulted at the top right of the screen. You can expand the mini map using the + and – signs. To open the map press Shift + M.

[3] Your gained experience percent shown in bars

[4] Your level and experience percentage

[5] HP and MP pots. You place the use

[6]  Skills and buffs. You can use the shift key to switch to the next “bar” where u can place more buffs. There are a total of 4.

[7] HP and MP. The HP and MP displays will, by default, have 2 small golden triangles located on the far left side of them, these allow you to auto - heal when your health reaches that mark. Your pots will automatically be used as either your HP or your MP get to that point if you have health or mana potions in your bags.

[8] On the right hand side you can find clickable ways to move into the guild and party and friend and ignore and other such menus

2) Basic Controls
Movement of your character occurs by clicking the left mouse button onto the location you wish
to move to on the landscape. Keep in mind that areas that are blocked or that have a significant
difference in altitude cannot be reached and a shorter initial midway point will need to be selected. The characters destination may be changed whilst in movement by clicking a different point on the landscape.



3) Hot Keys



4) Help Button
Even if you forget everything else in game, or decide you do not want to read any more of the
beginners guide, all you really need to do is remember the F1 button. This will give you instant in
game help, which although less detailed, can usually cover most of the basics that you need.



Clicking on the individual title will open up more information in the Content (description) window.

5) Game Options

The game options are down to personal preference really, most people turn all the settings down to the lowest for the massive PvP castle sieges though.



As you may of noticed there are 2 tick box‟s at the top that allow you to turn settings to and to turn other players skills off, these options are very useful when finding the game taxing on your computer system.



This is where you can set all of your sound settings.



This is where you can set all your display options for in game options for yourself and others you see during your time playing.



These options will allow you to control who will interact with you, when your grinding you may wish to block people from trading you.

Player Interaction

1) Chat Types
The ArchLord Community options allow you to communicate with other players in various ways Including General Chat and Chat Room.
The chat types in ArchLord are described below.

General

General chat is in white. It is at times also referred to as White Chat. This is the most simple of chats used to talk openly with people within your area. To use General Chat press enter and type and press enter to send. This can be blocked by blocking general.

Whisper

Whisper chat is used to speak privately with another person. To use whisper chat you can press enter and then type “/w Player name text.” This chat appears as a pinkish color. This can be blocked by blocking whispers.

Shouts

Shouts are used to speak with all players within a region. Such as Tullan, Delfaras, Limelight,
Silancium, etc. The default color of shouts if blue but can be edited to different colors. To do a basic shout, the command is “/s”. To change the color of your shout you can use codes such as
“/s <;HHFF0000> “to make red. These can be blocked by blocking shouts.

Party

Party chat is used to speak specifically with the people in your party anywhere around the map. It
shows in green and the command is “/p”. This can be blocked by blocking party chat.

Guild

Guild chat allows you to  speak with anyone in your guild and your entire guild is able to read it. To use this chat, use the command ”/g”. This chat is orange. This can be blocked by blocking Guild Chat.

Union

If your guild has a union guild or guilds (max of 3 in a union) you can use the command “/u” to chat with every person in the union. This is the only chat that cannot be blocked. This chat is green - yellow.

Race Trumpet

Race trumpets are viewed by everyone of your race and appear as pink. The command is “/race”
Shout of Elemental These are special WC shouts that can be read by everyone on the server. They appear in yellow but the color can be changed as normal shouts can. This can be blocked by blocking shouts

Warning of Ashtal

Another special WC communication, a Warning of Ashtal can be seen by everyone in the game, on
every server. These appear in red. This can be blocked by blocking shouts.

Chat Room

To establish a Chat Room select the „Create Room‟ option found under the community tab on the
menu bar. You must enter a name for your Chat Room and decide whether it will be an;

Open room
where anyone can join.

Secret room
where only people who know the password can join.

Guild room
where only members of the same guild as you can join.
If you choose to create a "Secret‟ Room you will need to enter a "Password‟ which you will give to players you wishes to join the room.
The Chat Room will open as soon as you click the "Create‟ button.

ENTERING A CHAT ROOM
To find a chat room select the"Find Room‟ option from the community tab on the menu bar. Enter
the Rooms name and click the Enter button. The chat room will then be opened, you may however
be presented with a password box if it is a "Secret‟ Chat Room.

USING A CHAT ROOM

Once in a chat room type your message in the text box and press the Enter key to confirm your
message. You can invite other players to the chat room by clicking the "Invite‟ button

2) Friend/Ignore List

Selecting the "Friends‟ option from the community tab will access the "Friends list‟. In this window you can register players as friends, then see if they are online and their current location. You can also invite them to a party or whisper them. To remove a player from this list, simply click delete when the player is selected in the list.

Choosing "Ignore‟ from the community tab on the menu bar will open the "Ignore List‟. Here you
can register players who you wish to ignore. You can select a combination of Chat, Trade
and Party Invite Blocks for each player in this list. To remove a player from this list, simply click delete when the player is selected in the list.



3)Party Systems
A party in Justac Archlord is a group of people who can speak to one another using the /p command and who can gain benefits from certain leaders and who can share party buffs. A party also allows a group of people to share experience or drops while killing mobs. To create a party you can click a person and  then click the menu to the right of their name and then click Party, or you can press P and type their name, or if they are on your friends list you can click party on your friends list while they are selected, you can also party people through the guild member list by cl
icking their name and clicking party, and finally you can add someone to party by using the command /Pin “player name”



[1] Party Options
In the party menu (press P) you will see the party options. Here you can adjust between
Free - for - all drops, Contribution drops and Round - Robin drops, and you can also switch between contribution experience and Level share.

[2] Individual HP bars will appear on left hand side of the screen for each party member.
As the Party Leader you can choose how both the XP and any loot from monsters are shared between party members.  Press the „P‟ Key to open the Party options window.

[3] To change Split Loot to;
Contribution: Loot is given to the player who caused the most damage
Round Robin: Loot is consecutively given out to all party members
Free For All: Loot will drop on the floor unbinded to any party members

[4] To change Split XP to;
Contribution: XP is shared dependant on damage dealt to the monster by each party member
Level Share: XP is split between party members dependant on their level.

[5] You must click "Apply‟ before any changes are made to Party options.
If you are a Party Leader and you wish to leave the party but allow the other members to continue being grouped, you can authorize another member as the Party Leader.

[6] By clicking on the player‟s name (on the party member HP bar) and choosing the “Make Leader” option from the user menu.

Party Leader

The Party Leader is the only person who is able to invite or kick people from the party or change the Party Options, and depending on the type of character the leader is, the entire group can gain a bonus.

Party Leader Class and Relative Party Buff

Warrior Class Attack power increase
Archer Class Defense power increase
Mage Class Max HP increase/ Max MP increase

Party Buffs
A party buff is any buff that can be given to the people in your party. The people have to be close to the person casting the buff when the person uses it for the others to gain the effect of it.

5)Guild Systems

Application/Joining
There are 2 ways to become a guild member. Finding a suitable guild in the Guild list (Press G) and clicking Apply, or having a guild leader invite you to the guild.

Create Guild
To create a Guild your character must be level 20 or above and have 10‟000 Gold available. You must see a Guild Registrar NPC to establish your Guild. You must enter a name for your Guild. Then create and confirm a password. Make sure you use a memorable password, as you will need it for certain Guild Options in the future.

Dissolve Guild
To delete your Guild, use this option. You must enter the Guild name and then confirm the password. You will then be asked to confirm the deletion. This action cannot be reversed and
all Guild; members, Statistics, rankings etc will be lost.

Guild Mark
When your Guild has 10 or more members and you have a certain amount of Skulls you can create a Guild Mark. Using this option will present you with a Guild Mark window. Here you can   choose a "Background‟ and select its color, then choose a "Trim‟ and select its color, finally choose a "Symbol‟ and select its color. Then click purchase to complete the Mark creation. If you wish to amend your Guild Mark at a later date, it is as simple as going through the above steps again.

Guild Member
Increase When your Guild has 20 or more players you can increase the overall member limit to 70. This process this requires greater quantities of gold per increase in numbers.
Accepting/Inviting/Kicking
As a guild leader you will have the opportunity to decide who you let in and out of your guild. You can accept people who apply by finding them on the guild list; they will have the word JOIN next to their names, just click Accept at the bottom to let them in.

Leaders also have the ability to invite people to their guilds by either clicking their names, using the drop menu on the right, or by using the command “/gin” just type “/gin Dagus” and the player Dagus will receive an invite to your guild.

A leader can also kick a player he doesn't believe fits in the guild well. There are many reasons a
leader may kick a person from a guild, but if you find yourself kicked, you may want to speak with the guild leader and find out what you've done.

Guild Information Tab
The Information tab shows you information about your current Guild. Also Guild Masters can send
Guild Notices from this window.



Members Tab
The Members tab shows a list of all the members in your Guild and their respective level, class, race and current status. You can send „Whispers‟ to players, send „Party Invites‟ and also request to "Quit Guild‟ from this window. Guild Masters can also use this window to approve any awaiting Guild Join Requests.



Ranking Tab
The Guild Ranking tab shows a list of all available Guilds, their current number of members and their ranking with Victory Points. Players can request to join a Guild by selecting it from the list and then clicking the "Join Guild‟ button. A Guild Master will then either accept or decline their join request.



6) Guild vs. Guild System

Guild Battle Challenges
A guild master whose guild has more than 10 members can challenge another guild to a guild battle. The challenged guild must also have at least 10 members. You can issue a guild battle challenge by selecting a guild and hitting the challenge button in the view guilds tab of the guild information window. The guild battle starts after a specified countdown - only if the other guild accepts your challenge.

Guild Battle Points
Guild battle points will be awarded depending on the actions of the guild members. Points are
awarded differently based on the kind of battle. The kinds of guild battles are: point match, knock
-out match, guild survivor – group, guild survivor – individual and chief death match.

Point match
The team that gets more points in the given time wins. Your opponent takes your points when u dies or disconnect. If one team gives up, they lose regardless of points. In a point match,  different points will be given depending on all players‟ levels.

Knock out match
The team that gets more knock - out points wins. Your opponent takes your points when you die or disconnect. If one team gives up, they lose regardless of points. In a knock - out match, points are given according to the number of enemies you defeated regardless of their level.

Survivor (Group)
Two groups battle each other for a given time and the team that wins more often wins the battle. If you disconnect during the battle you can rejoin the battle by reconnecting as long as the battle is still in progress. However, when one of your members disconnects, the other team receives 1 point.

[Episode Guide]

Transportation Guide

1) Portal
In every corner of Chantra you can find different portals. They help you to go faster to town or other places, but usually you are charged gold to use them.



2) Passports and Phantom Gate
While you are grinding you will drop several passports. You can use passports to go back to the last visited town or to go to different areas like Chaotic Frontier or the other realms.



[1] Passport A 'one way ticket' to the last visited town
[2] Round trip Passport A passport back to town and back to your spot again.
[3] Chaotic Frontier Passport. You can either drop them on mobs that are around the level range      of the dungeon, or you can just buy them at the Item Trader. For each dungeon of chaotic frontier
you need different passports, like the following one.
[4] If you have used the Round trip Passport by click the icon you could go back to your sport again.
Lightning and Poison passport

They look like Chaotic Frontier passports and you will be able to drop them in the realms or buy them with gold coin.

Phantom Gates
You can buy them from the WC shop and you can just port on other player, no matter where they are by typing /go Nickname. The only character phantom gates won't work on is the Archlord.

 

Passports to towns and caves
Also available in the Chantra shop there are several passports. Passports to the major towns, or to caves


Protective Passport
A protective passport helps you to port to the last visited town even if you are in a fight. These are often included in leveling up gifts, and can also be bought from the Chantra Shop. They don't work in Chaotic Frontier and Battleground.

 

3) Mount



[1] Mounts and Mount Weapons can be bought from Animal Breeders.
[2] You can find Mounts in different level ranges
When you reach level 35 you will be able to use Mounts, which will greatly reduce your travelling time around the world. They can also be used in battle if you purchase a mounted weapon such as a Lance, Partisan or Langderine. To purchase a mount visit the Animal Breeder NPC who can be found in your own race‟s towns. Mount Weapons can also be purchased from these NPCs. To Equip avpurchased mount and mount weapon, double click them in your inventory. Like Wearable items Mounts have a rating that determines their durability or health. It is listed as Time Left, when this reaches 0 Hr(s) 0 Min(s) the Mount will become unusable. At any point before this
reaches zero the Mount can be taken to an Animal Breeder NPC and rested in exchange for Gold.
Apart from the regular mounts that can be bought, there are other mounts that can be found in premium boxes (chantra item) These mounts have 250% movement speed race specific lv35 mounts. These mounts are Golem, Teah, Spider, Griffin, Mitchell, Legend of Roux and Milfi’s Candy Cart.

Combat Guide
1) Player Versus Environment (PVE)



[1]  Placing the mouse cursor over a target will show their name and HP bar above them. Clicking on them with the left mouse button will select them and the  condition window will appear at the top of the screen.

[2]  Monster types: Normal, Elemental (Earth, Magic, Air, Water,  Fire), Named, Elemental Named and Dungeon Bosses.

[3]  Name & Level: Target‟s name and their respective level, also a  gauge showing the  remaining HP of the target.

[4]  Combat  Status:  An  orb  appears  when  you  are  in  combat  with  a  target.  Combat  is  initiated by another click of the left button mouse button on the target.  If the monster has elemental powers then the "Elemental‟  button  will  appear.  Clicking  on  this  menu  will  show  the  elemental  details. Killing monsters will increase your level of experience. However if the monster is 6 or more levels below your own then you will not gain any XP from killing them.

[5] Buffs: Buffs of course are also a key part of the game. They are non combat skills that increase the stats of yourself, your party, and some help your guild. Some are dependent on having a shield; some are dependent on having a certain type of weapon equipped.

[6]  Normal  Attacks: When in combat with a monster, battle begins automatically upon double clicking. The  fight  will  continue  until  you  have  moved  or  selected  a  new  monster.  You  cannot  attack  while moving.

[7]  Skill Attacks:  It is more effective to use skills while grinding and in many situations in PVP. You must learn skills from the trainer in the land of your race and you must set the skills onto your Quick Slots on the bottom of your screen. You can then use the skill you have on the quick slot by either clicking on it or  pressing the corresponding key on your keyboard. Most skills require a weapon to be equipped and also require you to have enough Mana to cast it. Magic classes consume Mana even for Basic (Normal) Attacks.

2) Player Versus Player (PVP)



You can attack and be attacked by players from both the same and different races in ArchLord.   You become eligible for PVP at level 6. PVP will not work in certain safe zones such as villages and towns. To attack a player you must click on them with the "left mouse  button‟ to select them. Then left click them again while holding the "Ctrl‟ key to start the attack. This will change the color of their name   (In Target Condition window) to red.


(Purple) = First Attacker
•This cannot be removed for a minimum of 20 minutes
• Eligible to be freely attacked by any other player for 20 minutes.

(White) 40 Villain Points = Rogue Level 1
• Guards will attack you
• Trading between players is disabled
• This cannot be removed for a minimum of 120 minutes

(Yellow) 60 Villain Points = Rogue Level 2
• Rogue level 1 disadvantages
• Trading with all NPC‟s and the Auction House is disabled
•This cannot be removed for a minimum of 120 minutes

(Red) 100 Villain Points = Rogue level 3
• Rogue level 1, 2 disadvantages
• 10% XP loss upon death
• 50% decrease in XP gain
• You cannot be the 1st attacker
• This cannot be removed for a minimum of 120 minutes

3) Deaths



[1] Revive in last visited town:  You will revive in the last town or village that you visited. So make sure if you go on a long journey  that you pass through towns or villages on the way!   You will suffer a 3% loss of the XP gained during your  current level. You will never go below 0% XP  so you will not drop levels.

[2]  Use revival item:  If you have a  Resurrection  Orb you can use it to revive where your corpse lies. Resurrection Orbs can be bought with WC or found from killing some mobs.  They allow you to revive without moving back to town and without the experience penalties.

Skill Guide

Skill trainers are located in all main towns; every time you level you will gain a skill point which you may spend at these NPC‟s to gain new skills/spells or even upgrade current skills/spells. You will soon notice if you are an  Orc trying to use the human skill trainers it will not work, you must use you own skill trainers as all of your spells/skills are class and race specific.



[1] „Trainer NPC‟ is located in various towns and villages.

[2] You can learn your clicking „Skill‟ button

[3]  There  are  4  types  of  skills  available;  Combat  Skills  such  as  combo  hits,  Buff  Skills  such  as temporary  stat increases,  Class Skills that are class  specific and Passive skills that are permanent stat increases.

[4]  You obtain a skill by selecting it.  Once you have obtained a skill it can be upgraded to the next level by buying the same skill again.

[5] Learn your skill by clicking "Learn‟ at the bottom of the skill window.

[6] You can reset your skills by clicking "Reset‟ button.

When using skill points do be careful, there are ways to reset the points but it will cost WC credits. The first full reset is free, and you will be refunded the costs of  your skills but you will not be refunded the additional tax you have spent on them in the towns while you were training. Occasionally therefore, if you choose to do a full reset for the first time, you may not have enough money to re -  purchase all the skills again after you take the additional taxes into account.

Skills can be learned in 2 different ways:

The first is the standard method of random purchase, you click on the skill you wish to buy and that is it. The second way happens once you get to the  Combo Skills or if you decide to play a Dragon Scion Character. These skills must be learned in a specific way (a skill tree) and you cannot purchase some skills until you have achieved a minimum level in other skills.

Although  it  sounds  complicated,  it  is  fairly  self  explanatory  when  you  get  to  learn  them.  The  only difficulty you may encounter is if you wish to reset one skill on a skill tree you usually have to reset many others too so it can be a very expensive reset.
Once you have purchased your skills, press K to bring up the skill menu and then drag the skills down to the toolbar. Skills can be cast by right clicking with the mouse, or by pressing the corresponding number across the top of the keyboard.

Item Guide

1) Item Equipping



open your character menu and your  inventory and click and drag it to the desired slot. Sometimes you can switch armor sets while buffing, this can allow you to have a much better build depending on the additional skills that come with the armor set.  This does not always work with weapons though, swapping weapons after buffing can cause the player to lose the buffs he or she has already cast.

2) Item Stats

Wearable items are split into 5 groups; White = Normal, Orange = Rare, Purple = Unique, Gold = Elite, and Blue  = Combination. Normal  wearable  items can be purchased from NPCs in villages   and towns, but Rare, Unique and Elite items are only found in monster loot, and Combination must be made by a player  using  the  Combination  method.  Both  Weapons  and  Armor  have  a  durability  rating  which  is shown as a fraction.  When this rating reaches zero the  weapon will be broken beyond repair and anew weapon will need to be equipped. While  a weapons durability rating is anywhere  above zero it can be taken to a Blacksmith or Animal Breeder NPC and repaired in exchange for Gold.

To  equip  an  item  a  character  must  meet  the  item  requisites.  Some  items  may  require  a  certain character  level,  race  or  class.  Item  conditions  of  use  are  displayed  within  the  item  stats  which  are shown  when the mouse icon  is held over  an item in the Inventory or relevant  character slot  in  the character window(C).

[1] Required Level: A character must meet or exceed the stated character experience level.
[2] Required Race: Some items are race specific, others can be used by any race.
[3] Required Class: Some items are class specific, others can be used by all classes

3) Item Repair



Blacksmiths can be found in almost every town and village you visit. You can use the blacksmith to
either upgrade weapons using or repair your armor parts. When using the blacksmiths located in each town you must have all the items you want to repair unequipped in your inventory. Then after selecting the repair option you must click and drag the items from your inventory to the repair window then  click repair all once all your chosen items are in the window.

4) Item Upgrade



Upgrading  items  is  a  very  important  aspect  of  the  game,  each  “+1”  to  your  armor  or  weapon  will increase its basic physical stats. For amour the defense shall increase and for weapons the physical attack  power  will  increase.  To  upgrade  you‟re  armor  or  weapons  you  need  reinforcement  potions. Once you have entered the upgrade item menu you will notice your reinforcement potions are already listed, all you have to do now is select which armor or weapon you wish to upgrade and drag it into the top slot.

Now  all  you  must  do  is  right  click  Upgrade(and  hope  that  you‟re  lucky)  reinforcement  is  done  by chance so it may take 10 potions to get to +10 or may take 99.  If you fail the  upgrade  it randomly reset  the  weapon.  And  if  you  success  the  upgrade  the  weapon  is  now  +1  with  increased  physical damage.  There are items available from the CC shop that can improve your chances of success, but even they do not guarantee a 100% success rate.

5) Item Combinations

Similar  to  other  forms  of  crafting,  (as  in  you  collect  items  together  to  produce  a  different  item)  but combinations are done in the  refinery , and require no prior experience or minimum level in crafting skills.   The refinery can be used for several purposes;

- Upgrading Potions
- Combining stones to make bigger stones
- 50 one way passports can be combined to make a round trip passport
- Creating Combination Accessories.
- Creating Combination Weapons
- Upgrading Shields

Combination Accessories

For those of us who have not been lucky enough to find a unique accessory we can try and make
combination accessories. The items we need to make each combination can be found listed under the F1  help  file  in  game.  After  making  sure  we  have  all  the  required  items  we  can  put  them  into  the refinery.

Each attempt at combining  accessories has a success rate, similar to that of reinforcing. Sometimes the items will fail, other times you may be left with an item that is not as good as you hoped. Another thing worth mentioning is that the accessories made using this method can gai n additional stats as the level of the player increases.   Therefore if you have a higher level character too, it is always a good idea to put the item on that character as well to check for any additional stats.

Trading Guide



1) NPC TRADING

Before entering into battle, you should stock up on items you think may be needed during your travels. Take  plenty  of  potions  and  projectiles  if  needed.  For  this  reason,  trading  with  a  Merchant  NPC  is essential before setting off.  Talk to the Merchant NPC,  click on "Buy/Sell‟. You will then be presented with the Merchant‟s Store and your Inventory. Drag the item that you wish to purchase or sell between the  Merchant‟s  Store  and  your  inventory.   You  will  be  asked  to  confirm  the  trade,  click  "yes‟  to complete the transaction (if you decide against  the trade click "No‟ to cancel it).  You can also click the right  mouse  button  on  items  in  either  the  merchant‟s  or  your  own  Inventory  to  start  a  transaction.Once  you  have  finished  trading  click  the  "Close‟  button  at  the  bottom  of  the  merchant's  Store.Remember to make sure you really want to sell an item before confirming any transaction as you may be selling something precious or difficult to obtain again.



2) PLAYER TO PLAYER TRADING
At times there are instances when you may wish to trade with other players. To begin a trade click  on the player you wish to trade with,  and then  select "Trade‟ from the user menu next to their name.  A message regarding the trade request is sent to the other player. Once the other player agrees to trade then the trade  window and player Inventory  will open for both  players. The  upper part of the trade window is where you drop your items that you wish to give to the other player. The lower part is where the other player will place any items  he/she will be giving to you. Gold can also be paid in  exchange for goods. Once you have both selected all items to be traded or entered a price you are willing to pay for goods, press the  “Lock” button. Both  players must now click the "Trade‟  button to complete the transaction.

3) AUCTION HOUSE
To  sell  an  item  in  the  Auction  House  open  your  Inventory  and  click  the  "Sell‟  button  locatedunderneath your Gold. This will open your sales window where you can drag items you wish to sell onto available slots. A sale price must be entered into the pop up box to complete the listing.



To buy from or browse the Auction House you must visit an „Item Trader NPC‟ who can be
found in many of the villages or towns.



Trading Bound items
You are able to trade some bound items (like uniques) too. But you need to use a marvel scroll of
release to make the item unbound.



To trade for example a unique you have to put the marvel scroll into the trade window first.   After  you put the marvel scroll you will be able to put the unique item into the trade window.

[Episode Guide]

Crafting Guide

If you have the right tools and skills you can collect items from the corpses of monsters, these   items can later be used to craft items such as Food, Weapons and Potions.

1) Collecting Skill

After killing a mob, players will often see an image of a hand at the top of the screen under the name of the corpse. If this icon appears, it means that the player can collect an item from the mob, by u sing the collection skill.

Players must be level 7 before they can learn the collection skill from the adventurer. Adventurers can be  found  in  different  places  throughout  the  world  of  Chantra,  but  they  can  always  be  found  in  the starter towns too.   As well as buying the collection skill from the adventurer you will need to buy a knife from the merchant too.

Press J and you should see the collection skill shown in the crafting window.   It should appear as a colored  picture  of  a  hand.   If  the  picture  appears  in  black  and  white  check  you  have  purchased  a knife.   If you have purchased a knife and it still appears in black and white - try relogging. Using the  left mouse button, drag the collection skill  into  a  vacant  window of  your task bar.   Each time you kill  a mob and the collection skill icon appears under its name at the top of the screen, right click on the collection icon in your skill bar, and your character will then attempt to collect an item from the mob



The  collection  skill  is  not  100%  successful,  but  with  each  successful  attempt  at  collecting,  your collection  level  will increase by a set percentage.   As your level of ability increases, you will be able to collect rare items and after level 9 you will be able to collect "finest items".

The items  you collect can  be  used for  different things, some are required to complete quests,  and others  can be used for cooking and alchemy. With Cooking it is possible to create foods to give you extra  defense, attack and protection  skills;  with Alchemy you can make metamorphosis potions and also boxes that contain items such as potions, stones and passports.

Mobs in the Chaotic Frontiers also have items you can collect which will reduce you cast time and
cool  down  times,  or  give  you  10%  chance  to  convert  damage,  or  skill  block  +10%,  and  the  bone shards from CF can be used to make a mask, which does all 3 and will last for 30 minutes. Also all the items  you  collect  can  be  sold  at  the  Auction  House  (with  the  exception  of  items  collected  in  the Chaotic Frontiers), and selling them is a good way of increasing the quantity of gold you have in game.

Your success in collecting rare and finest items increases as your collection skill level increases too.  Finest items rarely drop before level 9, but by level 15 (current maximum level for crafting) you should collect the finest items more often. Each mob usually will drop one of 3 different items (there are a few exceptions) and each of these items usually drops in 2 different forms  –  normal and rare.   Also each mob will drop 1 kind of finest item, and part of the fun is discovering from which mob you can collect the items from.   For those who do not want to search for the items, check the table below: 





Many other mobs will drop the items above so the above list is by no means complete. Half of the fun is trying to find which items the mobs drop too. Also please note that some of the items change name as they switch from Normal to Rare to Finest:

These items can usually be found in the Auction House too, although if you collect them yourself you can save a considerable  amount of gold, and make quite a lot of gold selling  your spare collected items too.

2) Cooking Skill

Cooking and Alchemy are useful in game for several reasons. Cooking will allow you to create foods that will give your character greater defense, attack or resistance, or can also increase your HP or MP for a limited period of time.  Alchemy will allow you to make either metamorphosis potions which you can use to transform yourself into various mobs and increase your powers for a limited time, or you can  use  alchemy  to  create  boxes  which  will  contain  items  useful  to  you  such  as  potions,  stones, scrolls, passports and occasionally serazaren pets. Both skills are necessary to complete the buddy system, and items created by both skills are necessary for some of the game quests.

Cooking can be learned from level 10.   You need to buy the main skill from the cook, and you will
need to purchase the recipes too, so select crafting to purchase the skill and recipes suitable for your cooking level. The recipes available depend on your cooking level, as your ability at cooking increases, the number of recipes available to you will also increase.



Then  you  will need to purchase additional ingredients and cooking utensils so  on the conversation screen choose the Buy/Sell option and purchase your utensils.

Once you have bought the cooking skill from the cook press J, the cooking ability should be shown on your crafting screen as below: If the skill appears  grayed  out (as in the collection and alchemy skill shown below), then you need to ensure you have purchased the cooking utensil. If you have already purchased the utensil and it still is grayed out, try relogging. Drag the cooking skill from the Craft skills box into your skill bar using the left mouse button:

To  create  a  recipe,  right  click  on  the  cooking  skill  in  the  skill  bar  and  the  list  of  recipes  you  have learned will appear. Hover the mouse over each recipe and you can see at a glance which items you have and which you are missing in order to create a recipe.
If all your recipes titles are written in grey you do not have enough of any ingredients to complete a recipe  –  missing items are written in red.   Cooking recipes involves a mixture of food items  bought from  the  cook,  and  collected  items  which  you  have  either  ransacked  yourself  or  purchased  from another player or the Auction House.



If one of the recipes is written in white this means you have all the ingredients necessary to attempt to cook the recipe. Click on the white recipe and the create box will light up, along with pictures showing how many of each item is needed to make the recipe. Click create and your character will cook the chosen recipe. If you are unsuccessful, then a message will appear the
bottom right of the screen stating that “Cooking has Failed”. If your cooking is successful the food will appear in your bags and your level of cooking will increase by a small percentage. To consume the food, right click on the item in your bag.

There are optional additional seasonings available for purchase from the cook, and these can be used in order to increase the success rate of the recipe. Buy them from the cook and these will automatically be used in your recipe if you have them stored in your inventory.

3) Alchemy Skill

This is almost identical to the cooking procedure, but with a few minor differences; You must be level 15 in order to learn the skill,and there are 2 main types of items you can make – metamorphosis potions or boxes.

First  you need to learn the skill from the Alchemist. Alchemists can be found  all over Chantra, but
always in the first towns. As well as learning the skill you will also need to learn the recipes for the potions  and boxes. The metamorphosis potions can  be seen  at the top of the  list, but  if  you scroll down you will soon see the alchemy box recipes that are available for your level too.



Alchemists sell the Alchemy cauldron under the Buy/Sell section, and they also sell alchemy scrolls
for each different alchemy recipe.   These scrolls are optional, but can improve the success rate of
the alchemy attempt.

Once  you  have  learned  the  skill  of  alchemy,  and  purchased  the  recipe  and  the  alchemy  cauldron, press J and drag the alchemy skill into  your  skill bar. If the skill appears  grayed  out, check you have bought the cauldron, if it still appears grayed out, relog back into the game.
 
As with cooking, open the alchemy skill box by right clicking on it in the  skill bar. However the mouse over each recipe to see which items you still need.   If the recipe is written in white rather than grey, then you have all the ingredients necessary, and clicking on that recipe will highlight the create button and display images of how many of each item your recipe will cost.

Click the create button and if you are successful the potion or box will appear in your bag and your alchemy level will increase by a small percentage. To use the item, right click on it in the storage bag –  if  you  use  a  metamorphosis  pot ion  your  character  will  mutate  into  that  creature  –  to  end  the metamorphosis early, right click on the metamorphosis icon shown at the bottom right corner of the screen.   The metamorphosis potions have level restrictions on them, so although you may be able to create a metamorphosis potion, you may not be able to use it until your character is a higher level.



To open a box you have created, right click on the box in your storage bag. 

All the crafting skills can be very useful, but take some practice.  Getting into the habit of collecting from mobs when you can, and storing all the items where possible to make into potions and boxes and food can make a big difference to the amount of gold you have available in game.

Selling the items you collect that  you do not need to the merchant or for more money to the Auction House, can also increase the  players‟  wealth, especially if the items are needed by other players in order to complete quests.   If you have crafting skills it is a good idea to regularly check the auction house and see which items and products are selling for the most money, this can help considerably and can allow a player to spend more when other players of the same level, but without crafting skills are struggling for gold.

Also  IF  you  accidentally  spend  too  much  gold  and  then  have  none  left  for  potions, collecting  the necessary items from low level mobs will allow you to make the alchemy boxes that contain potions and therefore let you continue to play without having to sell anything important.

Quest System

There are over 2000 Quests that can be collected from NPC' s in the vast continent of Chantra. These quests can be single tasks or can be chain quests where multiple tasks must be completed   to finish the quest. Symbols above  these NPC‟s will show  you which ones have Quests available   and what status those Quests are at.

A yellow exclamation mark - NPC has a new Quest Available
A green question mark - You have accepted a Quest from the NPC
A yellow question mark  -  NPC’s Quest has been completed and you  may need to speak with
them to claim your reward.

Any Active Quests can be found in your Quest Diary, to access this use the (Q) key.  Various rewards are received for completing Quests, such as Gold, XP and sometimes rare items too.

In  game  there  are  different  ways  to  get  Experience  and  Items,  one  of  those  methods  is  by  doing Quests. You will be able to get quests starting from level 1.



As  you  can  see  there  are  a  lot  of  red  exclamation  marks  on  this  screenshot  of  Tullan.  Each exclamation mark means there is an NPC with available Quests.

Just go to the different NPCs and click on them to read about the available quests. You can accept a maximum of 10 Quests at a time.

Once  you  have  clicked  accept,  the  quests  will  be  visible  in  your  quest  list.   Quests  which  are displayed with white letters are  incomplete;  those written in grey letters have been almost completed and just need you to return to the NPC stated in the quest.

As  you  can  see  there  are  a  lot  of  red  exclamation  marks  on  this  screenshot  of  Tullan.  Each exclamation mark means there is an NPC with available Quests.

Just go to the different NPCs and click on them to read about the available quests. You can accept a maximum of 10 Quests at a time.

Once you have clicked accept, the quests will be visible in your quest list. Quests which are displayed with white letters are  incomplete;  those written in grey letters have been almost completed and just need you to return to the NPC stated in the quest.

Map Guide

No matter where you are in game, press M to see the map of the  area. When you are in, press M and shift. If you press shift it will show you the names of the NPCs.

The world of Chantra is vast. It is large somewhat Pangaea like land. It‟s formed of 2 larg e continents with Humans to the north-west, Dragon scion to the south-west, Elves to the north-east, Orcs to the south-east, and a large desert in the center. 
You'll find many mobs in the outside world. You will also find out that they are much easier to  kill than those in caves and chaos frontier and battleground and realm, with the loss of a lot of experience.As you progress through the outside world mobs will become higher level as you continue to newer towns and eventually into the desert of Silancium, then the lush greenery of Latria, and finally into the areas of Ogre village and the village of shadows. The highest level mobs (Lv85) are located in the village of shadows.
                                                         

World Map

The Mini-Map (M) is located in the top right hand corner of the screen. This map gives you a  detailed view of your surrounding landscape and can be very useful for plotting journeys.   It can be increased in size by using the + symbol found at its top edge (this can be used twice to   get the maximum size). It can then be  minimized again by using the  –  symbol. It can also be moved  around the screen by simply clicking it and dragging it to your preferred position.  The Mini-Map shows you the location of many things in the surrounding area, such as your location, any NPCs, party members and portals.

[Episode Guide]

Main Contents

1) Siege War
Sieges were introduced in Episode 2 of Archlord and brought with them a different, new and
interesting side to the game. The ability to fight with a mass of players for the supreme power is one of the most fun things to do in AL. There are several castles throughout the continent of Chantra: Inflame, Arthian, Traqua, Drayger and Rensphere.

In order to siege a castle, a minimum of two guilds will have fight to each other,  although there can be up to 6 guilds competing.   The guild master who leads his guild to victory will become the lord of the castle. He will also rule the area where the castle is belonged, and will be compensated as well from the taxes taken in each town. The Defender of a Castle can pick another guild to help defend the castle. The Attacking Guilds must sign up for the siege at the siege Commander located in front of each castle.

Attacking Castle

In front of the Castle there is a siege merchant from which you can buy different items that can help: catapult bombs, reviving stones or different summons. During the siege the attackers may use the Catapults and Revival Towers they have situated in their deployment zone. The defenders can destroy these structures to buy some time during the fight.

The Catapults can only be attacked and destroyed if they are actively firing. If they are dormant then you cannot inflict damage on them.   This also applies to the Revival Towers. If the Revival Towers have been activated by an attacking guild leader they you can attack and destroy this to remove the attackers ability to revive at the battlefield upon death.   The attackers can repair both these structures up to 5 times.

To win the castle you need to “stamp the throne”. What that means is staying at the throne for 3
minutes. Only the Guild Master can Stamp. The stamping is cancelled if the Guild Master dies. During stamping you cannot use skills doing so will cancel stamping, you can only use potions.   But thereare a few steps before you can commerce stamping:

1. Destroying the Outer Gates
You can gain initial entry to the castle grounds via 3 methods. Going directly for the main gate or
going for the flanking guard towers. The guard towers will fight back however.

2. Destroying the Resurrection Tower (optional)
This is an optional requirement and is not integral to the final outcome. Destroying the Revival tower however will remove the defenders ability to revive at the castle grounds upon death. This can prove a major strategical bonus to the attacking team as it dilutes the defenders resistance somewhat.

3. Destroying the Inner Gate
There is only one way into the castle for the attackers and that is through the internal gate situated on a higher tier directly behind the castle Revival Tower.

4. Destroying the Tower of Life (optional)
This is an optional requirement and is not integral to the final outcome. Destroying the Life Tower will disable the defenders use of the castle portals so they can no longer port around the battlefield and reinforce their numbers.

5. Destroying the throne
The Throne is protected with a magical archon shield. This must be attacked until it can no longer
withstand any more punishment and fails. Once this shield is down the Archon Eye‟s become
vulnerable to attack.

6. Destroying Archon's Left and Right Eye.
Once the Throne shield is down the Archon Eyes can be attacked. This will blind the Archlord‟s
watchful gaze on the castle and allow stamping of the throne. The Eyes are flanked by an Archon
protective on each side that will retaliate to any hostile action upon the Eyes. The protective deals around 800dmg and a further 50 magical damage of every elemental school. The protective cannot be attacked or destroyed it will cease its attack when the eye is closed/destroyed. Once you have closed one eye you must close the other eye within 5 minutes of the first one otherwise they both re-open and the attackers have to close both eyes again.

7. Stamping your mark on the Throne
The final task in the fight is stamping your mark on the castle throne itself. This will take 3 minutes to achieve and during which the stamping guild leader cannot move or attack other players lest the stamping is cancelled. He/she can however use health potions as normal.

Any guild leader can stamp the throne and this is usually the point where alliances fail and the
attacking guilds turn against each other for control over the castle. The guild leader that was the last to stamp the throne when the siege tim er is up will be declared the new castle lord and the siege will end.

2) Chaotic Frontiers

There  are  6  different  Chaotic  Frontiers:  Forest  of  Scream,  Land  of  Ice,  Dungeon  1F,  Dungeon  2F, Forest of Pain and Tower of Despair.   These are the places where  you have the greatest chance to drop unique accessories or realm set of armors, and they can be entered from the small portals in most towns.



Rules:
1)  You can enter any Chaotic Frontier whenever you want, but your level will be downgraded upon entering if it‟s higher than the level range of the CF.

2)  If you are usually a higher level than the Chaotic Frontier you enter your level will be downgraded and the rules of that level will apply where PvP is concerned. For example: If you are level 85  and you have entered Dungeon 1F (level 51-55), your level will be lowered to 55, so if you kill a player level 53 there is no additional punishment (except from purple skull).   If however you kill a  level  51, you will still accumulate VPs

3) If your level is lowered on entering a CF, you will not gain any experience points in there, however if you die to a mob you will lose 3% xp and this will show on resurrecting in town.

4) Armors, weapons and accessories you wish to use, must be within the level range or lower than the Chaotic Frontier you enter. For example: you cannot use Luke Necklace (level 85) in Tower of Despair (level 69-70). Items which are unable to use will remain equipped, but will not work properly and will soon show as broken on your screen.

5) All the skills you have learned will continue to work in any Frontier regardless of the level of the
Frontier. For example: If you are level 71 mage and if you have learned Voltaile Combustion (level 71) this skill will still work in Forest of Scream  (level 31-40).

6) Despite their lower level, some of the mobs use strong Area on Effect (AoE) attacks, so be careful.

3) Battle Ground

The Battle Ground is a free battle field, if you kill another player in there of a different race you will not be punished as in you will get no skull and no villain points regardless of the level of the player you kill.  The only restriction is that you cannot kill members of your own race.   All other race players have their names hidden in the  battleground, and these instead are shown as ******.   Also players from different  races  cannot  communicate  with  each  other  in  either  normal  chat,  shout  or  guild  chat, although race trumpets, shouts of elemental, chat rooms and union chats remain visible.

There are many mobs there which  give  high xp,  but  you run a much greater risk of being killed  in there by other players too.   Any mob you kill within your level range, or any player you kill of a similar level  or  higher  will  give  you  Charisma  (CHA)  points.   These  CHA  points  can   be  spent  in  the Charisma Lottery machine in each of the race fortresses.   Each spin costs 100 charisma points and can result in a variety of gifts from potions, pets and race trumpets to battle ground  armor  and ashtal stones.

Every  week  on  a  Thursday  and  Sunday  at  12:00  GST  there  is  a  Race  versus  Race  battle  (RvR), where each race tries to kill the leaders of the opposing races.   There are also a large number of special mobs at the beginning of the RvR  which spawn in the centre  of the battlefield.   The races which successfully kill these mobs then will benefit from additional buffs which will last a few days.

During the RvR, all the other monsters are removed from the battle ground, so it is not advised to cast any leveling items such as talismans of awak ening or serazarens just before the start of an RvR.

Rules in brief:

-It is a free battle field, so nobody will be punished for killing the others.
-If the player you have killed was around your level or higher you will gain Charisma Points*.
-You can attack ONLY other races
-You will not see the nicknames of the other race‟s players.
-You will not be able to use Revival Orbs (only Resurrection Orbs bought from the chantra shop).
-You cannot kill and you will not be attacked by the monsters of your own races fortress.

Event NPC

[/b]



This is probably one of the most important NPCs you will ever find in game. You can find Event bosses in every starter town and every main city throughout the world of Chantra and they are used to deliver rewards to players for many different things. For any of the following you need to go click on the event boss:

1) Exchanging items for in game event rewards.
2) Receiving Guild of the Month rewards
3) Collecting many forum event rewards
4) Registering for the Buddy System
5) Receiving Buddy System rewards
6) Receiving Leveling Up rewards
7) Exchanging Premium Tickets

Because of the constant change of events throughout the game, many of the event listed change on a regular basis, it is a good idea to therefore exchange items etc. as soon as you have enough to complete an event, rather than waiting as if the NPCEvent changes, you will no longer be able to claim your prize. It is good to regularly check all the pages of the NPC Event Boss,
as occasionally you will find rewards for events you may have entered on the forums in preceding months and forgotten to claim.