RO2 : 50 Pandora's Box using Pandora Mallet

Pandora Box weapon hunt using Pandora's Mallet. I am still looking for a Blue Weapon for my character. I recorded all the stuff i got from Pandora Box today 17/2/13. Note that they are not opened at the same time, because there's no way i could store so many. I hunt till around 5 and open .

For more information about Pandora's Box, Pandora's Key and Pandora's Mallet. Refer to Pandora Box guide

1. Oridecon Powder 
2.  Ernium Powder
3.  Butterfly Wing
4. Pandora's Bow
5.  Concentrated Mastela Extract 
6. Pandora's Great Sword
7. Pandora's Staff
8. Pandora's Spear
9. Oridecon Powder
10. Pandora's Spear
11. Eternal Life Crystal (iv)
12. Earings of Pandora
13. Wind Elixir
14. No share noodle
15. Ernium Powder
16. Oridecon Powder
17. Concentrated Mastela Extract
18. Gold Ingot
19. Necklace of Pandora
20. Ernium Powder
21. Dazzling Trace Crystal
22. Necklace of Pandora 
23. Pandora's Rod
24. Butterfly wing
25. Butterfly wing
26. Pandora's Knuckle
27. Earring of Pandoras
28. Buterfly Wing
29. Ernium Powder
30. Pandora's Spear
31. Necklace of Pandora
32. No share noodle
33. Ring of Pandora
34. Iron Ingot
35. Concentrated Yggdrasil Extract
36. Zeny Bag 1Zeny
37. Ornament of Pandora 
38. No share Noodle
39. Ring of Pandora
40. Ornament of Pandora 
41. Concentrated Ment Extract
42. Dazzling Trace Crystal (ii)
43. Earring's of Pandora
44. Pandora Mace
45. Wind Elixir
46. Silver Ingot
47. Ernium Powder
48. Wind Elixir
49. Ernium Powder
50. Oridecon Powder

50 box and no blue weapon at all. No luck at all, maybe i should consider buying Pandora's key. 

RO2 Guide : Wolf Cave Dungeon

Although there are 2 dungeon before this one, Trauma dungeon and Culvert dungeon, i would consider Wolf Cave as the first real dungeon. The first two dungeon is considered as introductory because you can clear them easily alone, does not matter what class you are (however, Hard Culvert is still hard, no way to solo).

If you follow the quest flow, you will eventually get some quest with the initial [Dungeon]. If i am not mistaken you will be around level 17-20 at that time. However i recommend to level up a little bit as doing dungeon at low level is gonna be hard, especially without proper equips.

I always skip dungeon before, because it is hard to get party. Getting into a party is one thing, getting healer is even harder. Yes, you can skip and proceed to other map or quest without doing dungeon. However, i always found myself to be under level . I ran out of quest, and there are no new quest available, not until you reach the next level. So it is recommended to do dungeon , although doing them a little bit later is fine.

So, why you should do dungeon ?

1.  Quest and experience.- [Dungeon] Quest gives more experience than normal quest
2.  Guranyang statue - Most [Dungeon] Quest reward gives statue, more at  Guranyang . *wolf cave does not give statue 
3.  Dungeon Equipment - The bosses inside dungeon  drop Blue Equips with rune holes. Random part and class
4.  Khara Quest and title. - Khara Quest for Dungeon will reward you with awesome title .
5.  To unlock more quest.- More story quest continuation after you finish [Dungeon] quest.

There are 3 normal quest you can obtain from Prontera Field map.

1. [Dungeon] Leader of the Rackufs.
   Get rid of Rackuf trainer 0/3
   Get rid of Red Scar.
   
   Rackuf Trainer are normal monster, run around to kill 3. There are a lot of them around. Red Scar is the final boss, make sure you does not die when your team kill it.
2. [Dungeon] Pride of the Collector
   Get Adventure King's Collection - 0/2
   
   
   
   Kill the poporing king and loot this item. Because the poporing king is a boss, and only 1 of it spawn, you will need to do Wolf Cave twice to complete this quest. Doesn't matter if you die as long as you come back and loot its body later.
   
   
3. [Dungeon] Spider in a cave
   Get Araknoa Fang - 0/2
   
   Kill Araknoa (Boss) twice and loot him. Also require you to do Wolf Cave twice.

There are also 3 Khara Quest for Wolf Cave Dungeon :

1. (Dungeon) True Adventurer of Wold Cave is moi!
   Challengeable level : 17
   Reward : 30 khara point
   
   Hunt Adventurer Poring 0/3 - [Normal monster]
   Hunt Lost Poporing 0/2 - [Normal monster]
   Hunt Adventurer King Poporing 0/1 - [Boss]
2. (Dungeon) Eliminating cobweb of Wolf Cave
   Challengeable level : 17
   Reward : 30 khara point
   
   Hunt Cave Spider 0/3 - [Normal monster]
   Hunt Aracnoa 0/1 - [Boss]
3. (Dungeon) Red Scar story - Hidden Quest , will unlock when you kill him once.
   Challengeable level : 15
   Reward : Title : Crimson Hunter
   
   Hunt Red Scar 0/2 - [Boss]
4. (Dungeon) - Dominator of Wolf Cave Required Khara Point : 30
   Challengeable level : 17
   Reward : Title Wolf Killer
   
   Complete (Dungeon) True Adventurer of Wold Cave is moi!
   Complete (Dungeon) Eliminating cobweb of Wolf Cave
   Complete (Dungeon) Red Scar story

Wolf Cave map

Wolf cave map and route

The red line is the recommended route, the fastest to get to all boss . You can wander elsewhere of course, but there is no point in doing that.

        Green x - Adventurer King Poporing

        Blue x - Aracnoa

        Red x - Red Scar

Just make your way to the first boss, make sure to only lure and kill 1 or 2 at a time.


Adventurer King Poporing

Green colored with classic mustache  King Poporing

HP     : 31400

Skills : 

1.  Transform - Turn you into a poporing for a short duration making   you  useless.
2.  Poison Pool - As in picture, he summon poison pool, which deal damage as  long as you stay in

Killing this boss is easy, just make sure to stay out of poison pool. Nothing you could do about the transformation skill. Kill the minion when he summons them, and make sure healer is not attacked. Tanker focus on boss and lure him out of poison pool so others could continue hitting him. Don't forget to loot him for quest item. 

Aracnoa

HP     : 31400

Skills : 

1. Poison spurt - He spurt poison around his body, aoe skill. 
2. Spider Web - Spawn spider web around his body

   

   Spider web

This one is easy to kill. He occasionally spurt poison, and it doesn't hurt so much. Spider web only slows your movement speed, so staying inside the area should be no problem. 

Red Scar

Red scar

HP     : 39500

Skills : 

1.  Aoe stun - Stun everyone around
2.  Earthquake - Red Scar summon a crack on floor and deal continuous damage

Earthquake skill

This boss is quite hard, his aoe earthquake deal a lot of damage quickly. Just make sure to stay away from the crack on the floor. Tanker should lure Red Scar away from the area. His aoe stun is also dangerous, especially when he suddenly change target and goes for healer. Plus , he deal a lot of critical , make sure tanker can cope up and ready to re-provoke .


Rewards


You will get 2 title from this dungeon :

Wolf killer from (Dungeon) Dominator of Wolf Cave

Crimson Hunter from (Dungeon) Red Scar Story

Extra 

There is one more quest here, (Selected) Unlimited Spurt Instinct !

This quest require you to collect any of these : 

1. Get Rotten Mollar Staff 0/1
2. Get Rotten Mollar Bow 0/1
3. Get Rotten Mollar Dagger 0/1
4. Get Rotten Mollar Sword 0/1
5. Get Rotten Mollar Bludgeon 0/1

Those are weapons that are dropped randomly by bosses in Wolf Cave. Just get any one of the weapon in the list. Will only reward you with 35 Khara Point.

RO2 : my Beast-master

After shooting arrows for quite some time, i finally reach level 25 and did my beast-master quest. The quest is quite simple and  straightforward. Now i can transform into a bear!

Cute bear

This is the reason why i want to be beast-master, Bear Form .I could become a cute but violent bear. This transformation will increase physical attack power by 30% at level 5. Yeah, sweet 30% !! 

Brutal Grizzly Bear. 

This one, not so cute with all the scars all over. This is the Grizzly Form. At level 5 it add 65% hp, 50% def and 300% threat. This transformation allows BM to become a good tanker, because of BM's large hp pool  and more threat. In this game , BM got the highest hp, but defend wise, monk and knight still win. Which one is the best? I am not sure, depend on the situation and individual. BM's mob control is also poor due to lack of aoe skill.  However BM have healing capabilities from skills such as Cruel Bite and  Survival which may contribute to survival. 

Tiger form. This transformation give BM's 150% moving speed. That is 10% higher than the npc pecopeco, but i dont find that interesting. In this mode, you cant use any skill. However, the extra moving speed is valuable as you can use them in dungeon, unlike mount. This skill is also useful for pvp, which allow BM to chase or get close to range classes. 

My current skill. If you don't know yet, after job-change  all your archer skill-point will be reset . You cant add any skill from archer tree anymore . This only apply for beast-master and monk. Why?, because these 2 class are completely different from their first class. Archer is range dps class, while beast-master is melee   While acolyte is magic range, while monk is physical melee. 

Short video on beastmaster game-play. Feel awkward playing melee after getting used to archer range attack.  =)

RO2 : Beastmaster lvl 25 Spear Comparison (Pandora's & Quest )

Below are spear beastmaster could use as soon as job change.

	Resistance Spear	Pandora’s Spear	Spear of Ferocious Pandora
Level	25	25	25
STR	22	57 (+35)	64 (+42)(+7)
AGI	6	14 (+8)	16 (+10)(+2)
WIS	6	16 (+10)	18 (+12)(+2)
VIT	19	49 (+30)	55 (+36)(+6)
A.Power	89	228 (+139)	252 (+163)(+24)
A.Speed	2.6	2.6	2.6
Range	2	2	2
Hit	-	-	22
Vigor	-	-	82
Haste	-	-	82

Obviously, Pandora's equipment are far superior than normal weapon.

RO2 : Pandora's Box guide and result from 5 Pandora's key

Where to get Pandora Keys?

From Kafra Item Shop (Item mall using real cash). At the bottom right of your screen. Look under 'Item List > Convenience' .
Refer here for detailed guide Pandora keys

Pandora Keys price ?

680 RO2 Cash.  1RO2Cash = 1 @Cash Refer to Asiasoft Cash

How much is 1 @Cash?

10,000 @Cash price is Rm25.00 from Mol point . RM25.00 is roughly 8USD or 10SGD or 328 Philiphine Peseo.

Where to get @Cash?

I trust Mol Point  and Seagm . Of course there are many other providers.

Any other ways to open Pandora's Box ?

Yes, you can use Pandora Mallet to open Pandora's Box. Left Click on Mallet then left click on the box

Where to get Pandora's Mallet?

Monster drop them as easy as Pandora's Box. Or you could buy from Kafra Servie. The one you talk to open inventory or save point. Not the transportation Kafra.

So, whats the different between Pandora's Key and Pandora's Mallet?  

Obviously the rate, you good stuff easier using keys. Some item are exclusive to Pandora's key. I never get Epic weapon using mallet. Mind you, the stats is superb and better than level 45 weapon , and you can use Pandora's Weapon at level 25.

I tried 5 Pandora's Key to open Pandora's box, and get these stuff

1. Pandora's Bow 
2. Claw of the Ferocious Pandora
3. Zeny Bag (10 zeny)
4. Spear of the Ferocious Pandora
5. Pandora's Shield

I only can afford 5, so thats it. No epic weapon. 

Looks like it is easy to get weapon using keys. But how easy compared to mallet?

1. Eternal Life Crystal (V)
2. Sword of the Ferocious Pandora
3. Butterfly Wing
4. Pandora's Claw
5. Pandora's Rod
6. No-Share Noodle
7. Wool Cloth

Less colourful, and there's 2 weapon. Unfortunately all the weapon are untradable

What to do with extra unused Pandora's Weapon?

Sell them, they cost more than 1 Zeny each . Profit!

List of item from Pandora Box using Mallet on 17/2/13 while hunting for weapon 
50 Pandora's Box

RO2 : Finally. Spear of the Ferocious Pandora

Recently RO2 update bring a new feature into the game. Pandora Box! Can be obtained from any mobs in the game(they doesn't stack =.=). To open them you could use either Pandora's Mallet or Pandora's Key. Pandora's Mallet are also dropped by monster and are also sold by Kafra NPC for 1 Zeny. While Pandora's Keys are sold in Kafra Item shop (Cash Mall).

Obviously, opening Pandora box using key enable you to get better item or have higher chances of getting better item especially weapon. Pandora box only gives weapon,accessory and food so far . Epic purple weapon could only be obtained by key. While rare blue and green appear from both mallet and key, with higher chances if you are using keys.

Amazingly, the weapon obtained from Pandora got superb stat with level 1 requirement. However, the weird thing is, all of them are specific to second class job, which mean we can only use them at level 25 after job-change. Another down side is, there are bounded to character, they cannot be traded or sold to other players (sell to npc is possible ). Means, you are forced to sell all those epic weapon you could not use.

After opening a lot of Pandora, i finally manage to get beast-master weapon for my future bear. Look at the stat, that is even better than level 40 weapon. Unfortunately i am still stuck at level 22. I should get my ass to level 25 and bash some monster with this spear. (i know purple is better, but i am happy with this one for now).

Below is comparison between a normal bow which was obtained from quest and a green Pandora bow. I choose the level 23 bow because it is close to job change (level 25). This shows how amazing the Pandora's weapon compared to normal weapon.

normal green bow

From Pandora's Box

 Look at the Attack Power. Cool right?

RO2 Guide : Equipment Exchange/Guranyang

Hello, this is Guranyang the cat merchant. You can easily recognize him as most of the npc are human, and i believe you can see him in almost map every which have dungeon. That is because this npc will trade you blue grade equipment . Guranyang at every map is specific, you will only see list of item from the current map dungeon. 

In the picture above, you can see the list of item available for exchange. You will need statue for exchange. You can get statue from doing dungeon quest. So, i believe you will only get 1 type of statue per dungeon. Plus ,statues are bonded to your character and you cant destroy it. If you want to get rid of them, exchange them first and destroy the equipment. 

Like i said before , Guranyang require specific statue, you can only exchange Payon Statue with Payon Guranyang. 

There are only 3 type of statue, for top, bottom and weapon. I believe there are no hat, glove and shoes statue. 

Above, is one of the item can be exchanged from sograt guranyang. note that you will need sograt weapon statue to trade him this. The sword is bind on pickup or in this case bind on exchange, cant be sold to npc or other player. Only can be destroyed. You cant even dissemble them. Finally they does not have rune holes. 

Conclusion, make sure you do your dungeon quest. Guranyang equipments are much better than green, but slightly overpowered by dungeon blue grade. But at least they will help you in leveling/dungeon while you are hunting for better equips. 

RO2 Guide : Equipment Quality

Unlike the original Ragnarok Online, the equipment quality in RO2 are color graded. Slot system also exist , but there are called rune hole and you can put runes instead of cards.

White equipment 
The most basic equipment is white. However don't waste your money buying them as you  can easily get free and better equipment from quest.

Effect            : Nothing but defense

Where to get : NPC ; weapon merchant, heavy armor merchant etc.

Green equipment
Noticed that the description is longer than white grade. Because they also add stats, which are very useful. Using a lower level green is much better than using whites. see below, 57 STR will add 114 physical attack and 58 VIT give around 290 extra hp.

 Effect           : Extra stats (STR/VIT/WIS.VIT)
Where to get : Normal quest, monster drop, or craft by blacksmith.
Remark        : Bind on equips BOE, which mean it will be bounded to your character only once equipped.

Blue equipment 

The stat given are pretty much the same as green grade. However, they will be 2 more effect. Either Vigor + Haste or Dodge +Parry. This differentiate between dps and tanking capabilities. The first combination is better for dps build as vigor reduce cool down of skill and haste reduce skill casting time. Second combination is perfect for tanking as dodge will obviously increase dodge toward attack, and parry reduce the damage received. 

 Effect           : Extra stats (STR/VIT/WIS.VIT) + Vigor&Haste or Dodge&Parry

Where to get : Monster drop, blacksmith craft, Guranyang (catlike npc) 

Remark        : Bound item, once you pick it, nontransferable . Trade from npc also non-transfer . However,  crafted equips is BOE. 

Below is another blue equip, which have blind rune hole. This one is dropped from dungeon boss. If you look carefully, the stats are much better. This type is always bound on pickup. 

 Purple Equips  *The information here could be wrong as i haven't manage to find/get purple equip personally. 

Purple is the best grade so far. Purple equip have even more extra effect (haste+vigor or dodge+parry) compared to blue. Purple equipment are very rare and expensive, and i believe they are dropped from raid  (in form of token, where you can exchange from npc) and also from crafting. In RO2Sea, i have seen some recipe in auction price, and the price are super expensive. Plus, the material needed are also very hard to find. The good thing is, they are usually crafted with 1 or 2 rune holes, and BOE. 

 Effect           : Extra stats  + Much more Vigor&Haste or Dodge&Parry (more than double of blue grade)
Where to get : Boss drop, blacksmith craft
Remark        : BOE

I haven't manage to get any purple or join any raid . The information that i have now is limited to what i have personally experience. I will update this once i got more information/experience. 

RO2 : My first dungeon. Trauma

My first quest dungeon ! Trauma.

Look scary!

He look scary, but weak! HAHA

Edit : this boss will drop 1 item. which is required for khara quest. And dont forget to challenge that khara quest, tho i forget whats the name, will update soon


Very short dungeon. I manage to gain a level. ;)

RO2 Guide : Khara & Title

While Title feature is quite common in mmorpgs, khara is a new feature introduced in RO2. Similar to normal quest, khara system is much simpler, where no npc is involved. Mission can be accepted (in this case challenged) , from the khara window, and you will be rewarded as soon as you fulfill the objective. The Khara info window can be accessed by pressing 'O'(default key).

Press O to access this window. 

There are a lot of box, each with different mission.  As you can see above, the icon lighted up is available  while those which are dark, are not available yet. To unlock them, certain level have to be reached, or some normal quest have to be done. After you finish khara mission, you will be rewarded, and the icon clear will come out.  Various type of quest are available can easily be distinguish by their icon.

• Sword (white): Hunt 'x' number of 'z' monster
• Sword (orange) : Hunt certain boss monster . These boss usually have high hp which require full party. 
• Helm : 
• Reach 'x' level or
• Reach 'x' job level.
• Obtain 'y' number of title
• Finish series of dungeon quest. 
• Watch
• Get 'x' number of item
• Use 'x' number of item
• Use skill 'x' time
• Upgrade armor/weapon 'x' time.
• Summon guardian 'x' time
• Die 'x' time
• Resurrect 'x' time
• Repair equipment 'x' time
• Treasure box
• Get some stuff
• Get a boss weapon (from dungeon boss)
• Obtain 'x' number of cards.

Some of the quest are automatically challenge(accepted) as you unlock them, while some others need to be challenge and cost khara point. Mind you, if you don't have enough point, the quest will not be available (dark). However, you don't need to worry as some of the khara itself will reward you some khara point when you finish them. There are other awesome reward such as :

• Combat experience & Zeny
• Title
• Title & Job experience
• Khara point

As you can see in the picture above, some bomb icon exist with arrows in it. Clearing khara mission where the arrow points will give you a lot of job experience and zeny. 

Arrow > will expand Title tab

As you can see above, the Title tab can be seen by expanding Khara window. All the title can be obtained from khara mission. Title will be available next to your name when enabled, and only one can be used at a time. Title also give you some stat, and they are very useful. As you can see above, the title have different color which indicate its grade. Orange has the best stat and vanilla the lowest. (This could be wrong as i forgot the order)

Orange>Purple>Blue>Green>Vanilla

See below , one of the end game title. Awesome stat. Em, the left one is what i am using now. 

I want this!

Bye2!

RO2 : Ragnarok Online 2 Archer !

Just started playing Ragnarok online 2  : Legend of the Second ( RO2:LotS ) . So i have decided to play archer because i want to become beast master (BM) which can transform into a bear. 

Bullying Poring in 3D. ;)

I choose the job artisan, which can craft light armor and rune. From what i understand, there is no real restriction or best job that goes with your class. Any profession will do fine. There are 4 profession, artisan, blacksmith,  chef and alchemist. Each job can craft different type of item, which i am not familiar with yet. While killing monster give you normal experience, job experience is obtained by picking material or crafting. 

TeddyLala crafting, or should i say sewing?

Artisan get material from dead monster, so  after looting, don't forget to click on the dead monster again . And the great thing is, you can also get it from monster which was killed by others . Because my artisan level is still 4, i only can refine the material.

For stat and skills, i haven't add anything, because i haven't decide on what build i want to be. 

• STR  : Increase 2 attack power & 2 parry.
• AGI  : Increase 5 critical & 2 dodge.
• INT  : Doesn't affect archer.
• WIS : Increase SP by 10. 
• VIT  : Increase 5 HP.

Similar to RO1, you will be given stats point. As you increase more STR (example), it will cost more to be leveled . I guess the important point for archer is STR, AGI and VIT. If i want to become tanker beastmaster, STR and VIT is main stats, however, i haven't decide to add how much. One character also get a lot of stats from equipment and card. 

How much each point of parry,critical and dodge could give varies, as your level increase, the point give lesser effect. For example, my total STR now is 28, which give 56 parry. 56 parry at level 5 give me 11.51% parry rate. =(