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If you came here from LFG,
this is the hat skin I'm selling:















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Sorry, had to upload this up here since twitter only allows 160 characters-ish of text ):

Dear GMs of Aion NA. I was working on this idea for a while, And I hope you take a minute or two to read it.
I know it's really annoying for you guys to ban hundreds of new gold spammers every single day, and
it would be completely impossible to waste all your time to instablocking gold spammers every time
they pop up in chat. Not only are they annoying and ruin the sanctity of LFG chat, but they actually encourage 
people to buy gold! ):

So I've devised a new scheme that would get rid of 95% of the gold spammers in a single hit. I know
that North American Aion GMs have very limited amount of things that they can do without having Korea do the
coding and give permission, but I know that you guys can put up new NPCs, give event quests, and block
people from LFG completely. Putting those things together, my idea would go a little something like this:

When all NEW accounts start out, they will have LFG chat completely disabled (just like now - you can't speak
in it unless you're level 10+ ). To enable it, the owners of the new accounts will have to do a special quest
that proves they are human and not a bot. The quest is doable once per your entire account.



Once a real human finishes the quest, all of their characters will be able to speak freely in LFG.
However, to counteract the fact that a gold spammer might do the quest once and re-create a hundred
toons to spam in LFG with, this will be a long chain quest that will take several days to complete,
for the average person. To make sure that new players that just started to play Aion will not be
deterred from doing this long quest, there will be rewards to help a completely new player level,
such as mana potions, run scrolls, and enchantment stones, just like in the surveys. (In fact, you
could probably take out the surveys completely and put survey rewards into World Chat Quest rewards.)

To make sure new players arent just wasting time doing the long chain quest, it will teach them, along
with the Aterian Atlas, how to do basic functions in game. You would not be able to bot any of the quest
missions. They all require a human brain to do the tasks. In fact, most of the quests in the chain will
be identical to the Atlas quests, to encourage people to use the Atreian Atlas. Here are some of my ideas:





I've condensed the information a bit~ so you dont see three windows per quest. Just one.




Lots of people need to use LFG at low levels to get groups for altgard/verteron quests, NTC groups,
and help requests. That is why all of these quests are completeable at a very low level, so that
so that when people really start needing to use LFG to look for groups, ask for help, and find legions
they would be able to do so without having to level up really high. However, if by the time they are
level 30, they still haven't finished the World Chat Quests, they will have the LFG chat function
automatically ENABLED for them anyways. This way, people who disike quests can have LFG chat function
still working for them after they have played for a while.

I've read on the forums that NA Aion GMs are currently trying to think of something for the game that
will make botting nearly impossible / will make it easy to automatically catch and ban bots. This could
go hand in hand with the solution I've proposed. People will prove themselves human and not bot, through
the quest chain, and those who manage to bot their way though, will get eradicated anyways.

I dont expect you guys to attempt this solution verbatim, though. I basically just wanted to
put out a very good idea that you can use and modify to make better - a suggestion of how to tell the real
people apart form the bots. If you've read this far, thank you so much for listening!! I hope you consider
it because it would REALLY really work and solve so many of your problems!





In summary, currently there are around 12 gold spamming websites, each botting 6 toons at the same time,
and one of the 6 toons spamming LFG. It takes around 10 minutes to bot from level 1 to 10 and begin the
spam. This allows 12 gold spammers to constantly speak in LFG and have a backup bot start speaking once
the current bot gets banned. People currently need to block around 20 spammers per day, if not more.

With the new system, botting to level 30 would take around 7 days, giving everyone a chance to catch the
botting and stop it. There would barely be a new bot made every day, if at all, as opposed to a new one
every four minutes! And if the gold spammers try doing the quests, instead of leveling to 30, this would
require an actual human to sit at the computer, making it impossible for a gold spamming company to produce 6
bots at a time, therefore also reducing the number of spammers that manage to find their way into LFG.



THE POSTS BENEATH THIS POST ARE IRRELEVANT TO THE ABOVE
the stuff BELOW is just the rest of my blog~ disregard it x___x; sorry~
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Welcome to the daily quest guide - updated for patch 3.7


+The NPC name and quest name that comes first is the asmo version. After // is the elyos version of the quest.
+You can find all the locations of these quests by typing /where, in your aion chat.
For example, if the NPC you need is named Hariton, type /where hariton and press enter. His
location will appear on the map and you can go do the quest!



[daily|solo|30x] Grimron: cannon fires // Marmara: cannon aid
You have to kill three cannons inside Tiamaranta's Eye. The reward is 700 ap and a mithril medal or an ap item.

[daily|solo|30x] NPC inside any Tiamaranta Fort: vital supplies //  NPC inside any Tiamaranta Fort: a vital assignment
You have to kill 12 non elite mobs. The reward is a mithril medal.

[daily|solo|30x] Alpen: alpen's proof // Flavia: flavia's proof
You have to collect 10 epaulets from Tiamaranta's Eye and the surrounding area by farming monsters. The reward
each time you do this is an AP item or a mithril medal. After you finish the quest 30 times, you get free wings,
which are shown in the pictures below.



[daily|group|30x] Suris: making noise // Gatia: keeping quiet
You must go inside the jotun sanctuary in Sarpan. It is next to the NPC and it is a PvP area. Inside, your job is to kill
several of the elite jotun monsters. Instead of waiting for respawns, you can change channel, and kill extra mobs for
your quest. The reward is an AP item or a mithril medal.

[daily|group|30x] Asraphis: show of strength // Haruti: hostile territory
You must kill 10 elite monsters. The reward is a mithril medal.

[daily|group|30x] Kusir: hot zone // Erephe: contested
You must kill 10 elite monsters. The reward is a mithril medal.



[daily|pvp|infinite] Kusir: preemptive trucebreaking // Erephe: a stronger enmity
You have to kill 10 elyos/asmos in Tiamaranta above rank 5. The reward is AP or a mithril medal.

[daily|pvp|infinite] Trois: in the eye of chaos //Ruonas: a masquerade of peace
You have to kill 5 elyos/asmos in Tiamaranta's Eye. The reward is 1,200ap, a mithril medal, and an ap item bundle.

[daily|pvp|infinite] Gidon: Snuff out the light // Erasmus: Banishing the shade-touched
You have to kill 5 elyos/asmos in Tiamaranta (outside of the eye). The reward is ?????.



[weekly|solo|infinite] Trois: crack drag bring ring // Ruonas: legionary's rings
You have to kill several non-elite balaur inside Tiamaranta's Eye. The reward is 1,500 ap and a mithril medal.

[weekly|solo|infinite] NPC inside any Tiamaranta Fort: respite // NPC inside any Tiamaranta Fort: Divided attentions
You have to kill 12 non elite mobs. The reward is an 400ap and a mithril medal.

[weekly|solo|infinite] Asraphis: playing avenger // Haruti: divided attentions
You have to kill 12 non elite mobs. The reward is a mithril medal.

[weekly|solo|infinite] Kusir: games daevas play // Eraphe: war on three fronts
You have to kill 12 non elite mobs. The reward is a mithril medal.

[weekly|solo|infinite] Schulan: tiamarantian champion // Eden: Not vengeance, just tactics
You have to kill 11 non elite mobs. The reward is a mithril medal.



[weekly|alliance|infinite] Tepes: strikeback // ???: ???
You have to kill a special monster that turns into new monsters whenever it dies. When you begin to attack the
monster, you'll recieve 3 new quests automatically. When you successfully kill the monster's different forms,
you will recieve 1 mithril medal and 3 packs of ap/mithril items.















[daily|solo|infinite] Betios: target removal crew // Betios: ???
You have to kill a non elite mob named "Rajalf the Cunning". The reward is around 10 kahrun marks.

[daily|solo|infinite] Jupitor: target acquisition // Jupitor: ???
You have to kill a non elite mob named "????????". The reward is around 10 kahrun marks.
[daily|solo|infinite] Arturam Sky Fortress
Go inside the arturam solo instance and take the steam tachysphere directly to the last boss. You will
automatically receive a quest when you begin to attack this boss. The reward is 10 kahrun marks and 3k AP.

[daily|solo|infinite] If you are in the kahrun daily quest faction
you can do a daily quest for 10 kahrun coins.



[weekly|solo|infinite] Betios: dancing shadows // Betios: ???
You have to kill a non elite mob named "Lightning Lapu". The reward is 20 kahrun marks.

[weekly|solo|infinite] Betios: shadowy vengeance // Betios: ???
You have to kill a non elite mob named "Trickster Lupukin". The reward is 30 kahrun marks.

[weekly|solo|infinite] Jupitor: creature of wrath and petrification // Jupitor: ???
You have to kill a non elite mob named "?????". The reward is 20 kahrun marks.

[weekly|solo|infinite] Jupitor: menacing ??? // Jupitor: ???
You have to kill a non elite mob named "?????". The reward is 30 kahrun marks.

[weekly|solo|infinite] Daisha: cavalry charge // Daisha: ???
You have to kill a non elite mob named "??????". The reward is 20 kahrun coins is given.

 [weekly|solo|infinite] Baia: a peacekeeper's life // Baia: ???
You have to kill a non elite mob named "Training Supervisor Marit". The reward is 30 kahrun coins.

[weekly|solo|infinite] Baia: looking for an opening // Baia: ???
You have to kill a non elite mob in sarpan named "??????". The reward is 20 kahrun coins.

[weekly|solo|infinite] Hariton: room for guestbloom // Izunius: how to garden agressively
You have to kill 6 monsters in sarpan. The reward is a guestbloom that you put in your house. It will give 14 Kahrun Coins.



[weekly|group|infinite] Daisha: the protectorate // Daisha: ???
You have to kill one of the dragons in the garrison around the eye, either "????" or "????". The reward is 20 kahrun coins.



[weekly|alliance|infinite] Daisha: monstrous problems // Daisha: ???
After killing the heroic monster, a reward of ?????????? kahrun coins is given.

[weekly|alliance|infinite] Baia: for sarpan // Baia: ???
You have to kill a Heroic mob, usually General Chunapa. The reward is ?????? kahrun coins.












(crucible) [daily|solo] Do the solo PvE crucible for Insignia.

(crucible) [daily|solo] Do the group crucifail PvE crucible for Insignia.

(crucible) [daily|solo] Do the PvP solo crucible for Insignia.

(crucible) [daily|solo] Do the PvP duo crucible for Insignia.

(crucible) [daily|solo] Do the Glory Crucible for Insignia, if you have 3 glory tickets.

(skins/godstones) [daily|solo] If you are in the Daemon/Fortuneer daily quest faction you can do a daily quest
for 1 token. You can use the tokens for either rare skins or a godstone pack.

(crafting) [daily|solo] If you are in the crafting daily faction, you can do a daily quest
for 1-3 crafting tokens.

(housing) [daily|solo] Talk to your house's butler and feed all your plants! Remember that plants give out
pretty skins, godstones, fluxes, and AP items!




(Crafting) [weekly|solo] Solomon: hard as nails
You have to kill some non elite balaur in Sarpan. The reward is 3 crafting tokens. Collect enough of these, and
you can buy any recipe you want!



(Crafting) [weekly|group] Solomon: art history Hunt // Solomon: the crystal ballroom
You have to kill some elite mobs in Sarpan. The reward is 2 crafting tokens. Collect enough of these, and you
can buy any recipe you want!














1. (crafting) [daily|solo] Make your Blue/White/Red heliotrope crystals if you are planning to craft weapons or
armour later on. Its good to save up!

2. (housing) [daily|solo] Nazira: extra fertilizer
You have to gather 3 of ecah type of aether ore in Pernon/Oriel. The maps for these ores can be found [here].
Scroll down towards the gloves quest - it is the same map. The reward for this quest is 5 guestbloom fertilizer.

3. (housing) [daily|solo] Shugos in Northeast of Pernon/Oriel: vintage exchange
If youre looking for some cute rare housing items, talk to these shugos. Very rarely they will poop out pretty chairs, tables, and AP item guestblooms.

4. (karhun) [daily|solo] Shumaron: crystal protection
If you're super desperate for kahrun coins, this quest will give u 1 kahrun coin per day.

5. (karhun) [daily|solo] Kiriyu: ruinous horse tracks
If you're super desperate for kahrun coins, this quest will give u 1 kahrun coin per day.

6. (skins/gear) [daily|solo] ??: ??
If you like to collect blueRose skins or if you need a bit of extra gear or kinah for an alt, these two NPCs give daily
quests for around 10 total mithril coins.

7. (skins) [daily|solo] The shugo near the airship dock in pandeamonium and sanctum, gives a daily quest
for groggies. You have to kill 10 non elite mobs, and will recieve 20 groggies as a reward. These
groggies can be exchanged for cute weapon, hat, and armour skins from the same NPC who gives the quest.

8. (skins) [daily|solo] If you are in the daily mentoring faction, you can recieve a quest every day to mentor
a lower level character and get 2 mentor tokens as a reward. The tokens can be traded in for pretty armour,
weapons, hats, acessories, or wings.

9. (skins)  [Weekly|Solo] If you enjoy collecting skins, talk to the Mentoring Administrator NPCs in Morheim/Eltnen
and Beluslan/Heiron. They give out several quests to mentor lvl 35-45 characters and give lots of Circle Tokens
as a reward.


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There are several PvP and PvE sets that are worth getting when you're at 60. Some people like to collect as many sets as they can and scoket them with different things. And some people just choose 1 or 2 sets and stick with them. (As for me, I like to collect... I have an MR set, an MA set, an MB set, a Block set, an HP set, and a Flight Time set lol.) However, whatever path you choose, it's always best to get these "best of the best" sets. For example, it's very silly to get a lvl 55 tier 1 crucible set, when you can get a lvl 60 tier 2 set with just a couple more days of patience and fun arena PvP. You will end up saving time,energy, kinah, and materials, and will also end up in the best PvP or PvE gear possible as opposed to something to "hold you off" before you start working, all over again, for a better set.


This set is a very very easy PvP set to get, with really interesting bonus stats, such as superior MA and lots of silence penetration. Each piece has 5 slots, and you can spend a bit of extra kinah to "condition" it and get even more bonus PvP defense and other stats.
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To get this set, all you have to do is do crucible every day. THe crucible becomes available as soon as you hit level 46, in the area that you get to by clicking the gold teleport statue in pandaemonium/sanctum. Firstly, do the solo crucible and then do the group (350 crucifail) crucible every time, and finally, I reccomend doing the 10-ffa pvp crucible. It gives more insignias then the 1v1 crucible, and it's also easier to get really high rank even if you arent geared, just by PvE-ing a lot. Make sure you get the level 60 set (not the level 55 set) and the Tier 2 conditioning items (not the Tier 1) because they are so easy to get with just dailies that take 15 minutes to do, every day. All you need is time and patience, you dont even need effort!


This is the best PvP set, with each piece at 6 slots each, and plenty of really important basic stats such as Magic Suppression, but no wierd/interesting stats. Athought it's a bit harder to get than the crucible PvP set, it's better. And you can use AP on the items to condition them to have even more bonus stats. You have to be rank 1 in order to wear this set, but in my opinion that's a great idea because it engourages everyone to be rank 1, which gives everyone good AP during PvP. (It's better than having everyone be rank 9 and have PvP be less rewarding!)
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To get this set, you have to earn two things: AP, and Mithril Medals. They are much easier to earn than people think, and here is how to do it.
1. Do dailies/weeklies that give out AP and Mithrils. There is a very detailed list of these quests available [here]. They're all very easy and are fun to do with friends~
2. Look for AP boxes and keys! The keys drop off of random mobs in Tiamaranta's eye and [here] is a list of all the AP box spawn locations to help you hunt.
3. PvP! This is best done in groups of 2 or 3 for you to get the biggest AP amounts while at the same time not zerging and not getting overpowered too easily. If you think that the eye is getting too full of people, always rememeber that theres other places to PvP! Try looking for people in the Jotun area in Sarpan, inside the Gurriki/Lake quest areas, at the AP turn-in in the Abyss, and near instance enterances in Ingisson, Abyss, and Tiamaranta.
4. Do 2 or 3 man Esoterrace. This is a lvl 50+ instance in Ingisson/Gelkmaros. You have to own at least one of your forts, to be able to go inside. (The enterance is inside the ingisson or gelkmaros fort that is owned by you.) It's very fast (takes 45 minutes for most people with practice) and gives LOTS of AP (like, 30k each person, per run). I reccomend going inside and training all the monsters until you reach the place behind the tree boss. Skip the tree boss coz it gives crap for AP and is super annoying. You can kill the 3 monsters required to open the door to boss 2 and train the rest and reset them. Then kill bosses 2 and 3. You could also buy reset scrolls for this instance to do it twice a day, if you're really AP-hungry. The best group setups in my opinion, for this, is cleric + a magic class   or chanter + a melee class. For some people, like gladiators or templars or rangers, it might be better and easier to go with a 3man group until they're super geared, however.
5. Some other instances you could do for AP are upper forts (if you have one) and the Satra Treasure Hoard, located in Tiamaranta's eye. Upper forts can be 2 manned just like eso, but as for satra, you can 6man it on hard mode for extra AP and Mithril medals.
6. To get an even bigger boost in daily AP and medas, go to siege in Tiamaranta. It's usually very relaxing - all you have to do is DPS the boss until it dies. If you get caught up in AoEs of the boss often, however, go with a healer friend in a group. However,  when the boss is almost dead, make sure the group gets disbanded - this way all of the group members will get extra AP (because of some stupid game mechanic :c ...). However, you can also make an alliance and not disband it, if you want to take a fort with an entire legion and have everyone be guaranteed a mithril medal! If you go alone, you have to be one of the top 3 DPS in your class in order to recieve a mithril medal. But you always gets lots and lots of free AP!! If you get a Platinum Medal instead of a Mithril, you can drop that medal into the fountain in Tiamaranta's main town to try your luck and turn it into a Mithril medal. Or, for a much better chance at a Mithril,  go buy a "balaur serum" item from the AP consumables distributor (costs 1,500 ap) and go to the fountain inside the big cave near the Eye enterance, and drop your platinum medal inside of there.
7. And dont forget dredgion! You can do this three times a day for lots and lots of AP!


This is the absolute best PvE set out so far. It includes lots of bonus stats and inordinately large amounts of HP. If your character has near 400 gathering and near 500 in any crafting skill, the rest of the quest to obtain this is very very easy, but time-consuming. [Here] is a very detailed guide on exactly how to get this set!


This is one of the best PvE sets, and is something that is very very easy to get if you dont want to do the long quests for the level 60 daeva set. All that you need to do in order to get this set is around 6 daily quests for Karhun Coins. You can use those coins to first buy the blue set, then upgrade it to gold, and finally to eternal and you wont lose any coins in the process, or have to spend extra ones. The 6 daily quests are described in detail [here] and there are some additional bonus quests described as well. Once you have enough marks for a piece, you simply purchase the armour from the NPC. To upgrade the gear, speak to a nearby NPC, choose the piece you want to upgrade to, then drag and drop your old piece into the window for upgrading. These are great sets to make into DPS sets.


This set has almost exactly the same stats as the Eternal Kahrun set. If you enjoy doing isntances rahter than doing dailies, you should get this! It can be obtained by doing the 12-man Elementis Forest and Argent Manor instances.


The following armour sets are a bit ... different. They are also amazingly good, but they arent in my 'best of the best' category for small reasons such as level and bonus stats. They have interesting specialties.



The level 60 balic armour has good basic stats and 6 slots per armour piece, but the bonus stats are very... strange. For example, instead of HP you have Physical Defense. The level 55 version of this has perfect amazing stats, with heaps upon heaps of damage-boosting and HP-boosting stats, but alas, it's level 55 and not 60, which takes away lots of the awesomeness. However, both of these sets are still some of the best out there, and are interesting to craft. SO if you enjoy crafting more than PvE and PvP, this is your set!


This was one of the top 3 PvE sets back when level cap was still 55. Now, it's still reasy to get (do crucible every day) and has really nice stats. But the reason im mentioning this set is because its just SO. PRETTY. omg ): ... get this set if you like pretty dresses for your toon.









The best accessories are the PvP accessories because of the sheer amount of stats and bonuses they have. They are the best in PvE and obviuosly a must if you PvP. These accessories are the eternal level 60 pvp rings, necklace, belt, and earrings. As for the hat, you can coose to save mithril medals and get the equally amazing tier 2 level 60 PvP crucible hat. Another way to save on AP/medals is by getting the PvP eternal belt that drops in lvl 56-60 dedgion. The belt for magic users drops from a rare boss in Barracks and the belt for Physical damage users drops from a rare boss in Gravity. Some people complain about a lack of MB on the accessories, but that actually is good because they substitute hugeeee amounts of MA instead. This way, you could stack full MB on a set, and still have great MA and be able to hit almost anything, if you happen to be a magic-using class.

Remember, to get these accessories, all you have to do is
1. Remember to do your solo crucible, your 350-insignia crucifail, and your PvP arena each day.
2. Do the dailies for Mithril Medals and AP that are outlined in the "dailies" section of the game guides.
3. For an extra boost in AP, do dredgions, 2 or 3man esoterrace, PvP with a friend, or the Satra instance.
4. Go to siege in Tiamaranta. These sieges are usually relaxing and all you need to do is DPS.

Overall, it just takes some time and patience. Remember that this is a game, and make sure u actually ~enjoy~ doing those little dailies with friends, PvPing, and PvEing in instances. Dont force yourself to do something that you dont find fun o:  ~!










And finally, before I describe what's good for each of the seperate classes, I will speak of the best weapons in the game. Some things I will not be mentioning in this list are the weapons that Berserker Sunayaka and Tatar drop. They are world bosses that I dont really care about. Sometimes its fun to pvp the people who are trying to kill those bosses, but the actual drops arent that sexy. Sunayaka drops eternal weapons with high stats, but you can get better stats from the weapons mentioned below. Tatar drops some gold weapons that some people say are nice combines on the bottom because of the attack speed, but I've had attack speed combines for my mages' weapons before and I think I'd rather have superior MA, MB, crit, and HP than attack speed. Fights in Aion are very RNG-based, and its not gonna be that 1 extra second that attack speed gives over a long period of time that will win a fight - it's gonna be a lucky proc, lucky crit, or a lucky land of a skill.


This is the classical PvP weapon with the best stats ever, pretty much. You use a bit of AP (around 10k) to condition it and make the stats even more amazing. Note that you cant combine AP conditioning weapons with Crucible Conditioning weapons.
Most classes will need these weapons if they like to PvP.


These weapons have the absolute best base attack and base MB in the game, and they always have 6 slots. However, not all of these weapons have the best bonus stats.


Not only do these weapons have decent base stats and decent bonus stats, they are really easy to get just by doing dailies. And what's even nicer is that you dont have to wait ages to get a weapons - you can buy the blue version, upgrade it to gold, and then upgrade it to eternal, and lose absolutely no kahrun marks in the process.


If you like to do instances with a group instead of dailies, you can get this weapon instead of a kahrun weapon. It drops from the final boss in rentus base, and the stats are very similar to kahrun weapons.


When the 3.5 patch hits in around november, you will be able to get these gold extendable weapons from the boss named Tiamat in a new instance called "dragon lord's sanctuary". They are very good for chanters, gladiators, and templars in PvP since they let you hit people from 7 meters away.


The base magic boost and attack on these weapons are the same as that of the 60 balic - they are the best in the game. The bonus  stats are also usually better than that of 60 balic, but these weapons usually have only 5 slots. They will be available from Tiamat in the Dragon Lord's Sanctuary instance in patch 3.5~
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This guide was made with help from the official Korean Powerbook and from Daeva's Report ♥



These are AP chests. There are three types: one that is small and opens with a green key, one that is medium and opens with a blue key, and one that is large and opens with a gold key.

This first location set is in Sarpan, in the Heroes Discus at Ahishav's Nest. You can use a little teleport statue to get here.



This is how a small green chest looks like:



You can find them in the following locations in Tiamaranta:





This is how a medium blue chest looks like:



You can find them in the following locations in Tiamaranta:



This is how a large gold chest looks like:



You can find them in the following locations in Tiamaranta:





Remember that all these chest have hugeee long respawn timers so don't act all surprised if you don't see them in these locations~~ good luck :3
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The level 60 daeva set is the best PvE armour set available in the game. It also gives a good title and in patch 3.5 it will also give a good weapon. It is relatively easy to get but takes some time to complete. To begin this series of quests, you must first finish every single Tiamaranta and Sarpan campaign. After those campaigns are done, talk to the NPC named Kahrun, in Sarpan (type /where Kahrun if you have trouble finding him) and he will give you the first quest.



The first quest that Kahrun gives you is the quest for the shoes. What you must do is run around and talk to 4 NPCs in a given time limit. Buy some Sarpan return scrolls and bind to the obelisk at Notus Outpost before you begin. This may take a couple tries to get right within the time limit. You can also ask an SM friend to summon you to some areas to save even more time. The video below shows where to run and what to do to complete this quest. Basically, you fly to the first NPC, use a Sarpan return scroll, fly to the  second NPC, use your return skill and walk to third NPC, then use another Sarpan return scroll teleport to Tiamaranta, and fly to the fourth NPC, and then use another Sarpan return scroll to get back and talk to Kahrun.



The next quest that Kahrun gives you is the quest for the gloves. You need to gather 100 warm fragrant energy and 100 cold fragrant energy. Warm fragrant energy spawns most during spring and summer and cold fragrant energy spawns most during fall and winter. To know what month and season it is, mouse ove rthe icon next to the minimap:



During months 3-5 you can collect warm fragrant energy here:



During months 6-8 you can collect warm fragrant energy here:



During months 9-11 you can collect cold fragrant energy here:



During months 12, 1, and 2 you can collect cold fragrant energy here:



After you turn in this quest to Kahrun, you will receive the next quest, for the pauldrons. For this quest, you need to be a master of some sort of craft but it doesn't matter which craft. You need to go to the NPC in the location shown below and buy the design for the quest. The design is used up when you craft, so you may need to buy a couple of them.



Next, check the broker for the 7 components. Each of them is made by a different master crafter. Here is a list: ( i think i got some of the names a bit wrong so check ingame~ )
+Weaponsmith: Sword of truth (3 brilliant drenite ore + 1 brilliant magical aether)
+Armorsmith: Decorative Armour (3 brilliant drenite ore + 1 brilliant magical aether)
+Tailoring: Sacred Emblem (3 dazzling elatrite ore + 1 brilliant magical aether)
+Handicrafting: Orb of Sacrifice (3 brilliant malevite ore + 1 brilliant magical aether)
+Alchemy: Siel's Essence (3dazzling elatrite ore ore + 1 brilliant magical aether)
+Cooking: Bladder Glue (3 brilliant turquoise ore + 1 brilliant magical aether)
+Carpentry:Sophisticated base (3 brilliant malevite ore + 1 brilliant magical aether)

Next, you craft them all together with the recipe you purchased and hope that the thing procs.

After you turn this quest in to Kahrun, you will receive the quest for the pants. This one takes a long time but its very easy. Start out with your gathering skill at around 450 and go to the area in the following map. You can go in a circle and gather the nodes. For around every two rounds you make of this area, you will get ONE quest item. Make sure you have the shabby ring equipped while doing this.



Once you collect 50 of the quest items, go speak to Kahrun again and you will receive the chestpiece quest.

Details on chestpiece quest coming soon ~

Details on title quest coming soon~

Details on weapon quest coming soon~

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I've dug up a nice new interview with one for the B & S developers, again :D go meee ♥
I got to it before bns dojo did~ I tried my best to translate the Korean so I'm totally sorry for
the screw-ups in translation I know I must have made D: D: I've only been studying korean for 2 years.

The original interview can be found here and here ^_^

Interview with Blade & Soul's lead artist of the environmental art team: Creating a blend of things that are the best of the best~

In this latest of the series of interviews, lead story artist Cho Yong-Hwan felt as if, with the development team and it's supervisor, the storyline that has been underway, has become a little closer to the finish.

Everyone seems to be fuzzily remembering the second CBT ... and the interview about the environment was filled with interjections ~ "Ah~ What's that??~". Blade and soul is now in the optimized shape - the game is completed, and from this interview, we will have little things about the third CBT, to tell you.



Q. Now, the environments are really beautiful and spectacular, but could some of the low-end computers allow it to be seen as beautifully?
As for the specifications...I'm sorry, but there is so much provided by B&S to see the scenery in much detail. Working with low specifications will cause a slight loss of information, but you would be able to see just fine. I would say right now, that we've put a lot of coding into the development of light and shadow, and once you turn off some of the graphics options, the more these aspects would disappear, and the more you would miss out on. In conclusion, until one has the option to upgrade, distance watching would not be all that awesome.

Q. You've got so many fans, but on the B&S website, you do not speak of the optimized PC specifications. Perhaps you'll give a detailed description in early may?
Hmm ... just use the middle of the slider bar for optimum graphics? Hahaha .. just kidding. Seriously though, I cannot say the exact specifications, except that that computers in the PC room we've had were enough.

Q. (Insistent) But when B&S is implemented, one would not want to miss things, so what is the reccomended level of PC?
(Pausing and closing his eyes for a bit) A 64 bit operating system and 4gb or more of memory shoudl be nice enough. It's low compared to the initial wpecifications that we've released. (chuckles) We emphasize that we will continue to optimize the game! "How will I be able to play well on low specs!" is always a challenge.

Q. Could the actual best graphics be raised more?
How to address this concern... Well, in the future the premium graphics option will change more than ever. The overall atmosphere and the lighting itself may have a different feel. I don't really have the words to explain this.

Q. In making all this, did the environment team have some sort of "spark"?
Initially, the light industry did not have such great specifications. What we've done is replaced the original light industry with a new one. We had been directed by the feeling that the concept was the only limit, and we jumped to the change. We all were preparing for it to be an imporved situation. We would plenty of trouble anyways, but we started with a changed heart, and kept growing and improving. It was hard in the beginning, but we kept growing and developing more and it became very great.

Q. In this context, does the planning team need anything we can do?
The planning team uses itself when it has problems. If change is really needed, but the satisfaction is already quite high and everything has been already developed to a very advanced stage, when the time comes to change something "Why now..." is a very sad question.

Q. The answer might expect a bit of trouble. I'm not sure if I can ask this question since its about the new area. The question leader has asked "Will there be a new area in which it will feel as though there is more freedom to move about?"
Haha ... the question is "What is the next area?" I think he wants to ask if one will feel more freedom and freshness in the new area. First of all, there are many new regions and even existing regions underwent a lot of changes. The new area will have a colorful, calm feel.

[2 UNTRANSLATED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GO HERE]



It's about the best blend of the best choices.

More than anything, this interview shows Blade & Soul is intensely collaborating and have much pride in their work. It is emotional to express that pride. Team Bloodlust believes very much that the future entails more cool backgrounds and I think they've really shown the best combination.There is around one month left for the B & S family to wait - the game was created for you, and there was a small hint that CBT 3 will pass through soon. Of course, the exact schedule of the CBT 3 is not there yet and this may provoke the people waiting, but wait a little longer~ not everything needed is yet available. To not bore you, we will try to deliver morestories like this one, of Blade & Soul. We'll see you next time in out letter interviews!!


And now, here is a more personal interview with Cho Yong-Hwan


[p1 here]

Lead Environmental Artist, Cho Yong-Hwan

First, please give a simple introduction of yourself!
Cho Yong-Hwan: I've been working at NCsoft for over 11 years. The first 4-5 years, I've been working on Lineage 2, and I was the environmental team leader. I've worked on reasearch and development for the other games. Ever since the Blade & Soulproject began, I've been working on the planning levels and the design and now I've once again returned to the environmental design team.

[q2 here]
As for the current team, there are 30 people, but they can be divided into integration, asset, currency, and the technical artists.
[CHECK THIS FOR WORD CORRECTION]
[a2 here]


The design team also brings a little life to their work with little things, like a bathroom :D

[2 untranslated questions go here]

So far, many of the disclosed backgrounds show a lof of dark atmosphere.
In fact, there are many dark parts. I'm personally fond of this feeling. Theres a lot of of silhouettes and shading. In this style, there are glowing parts, and some concepts of shadow, dark reflecions, and backlight.


There are many pictures of the poisonous atmosphere of the dark side.

[ONE UNTRANSLATED QUESTION]
At first, a simple sketch is designed.



Then a "gray world" is made, to determine mase points in 3D.


Next, the detailed design and light effects are checked.


Finally, here is the finished appearance of the bamboo village.

Were there any certain places from which the creative motif had been captured?[ONE UNTRANSLATED ANSWER HERE]
Scenery in game, showing the shape of the valley.



This is Zhangjie, one of China's tourist attractions. Blade & Soul made a reference of this area.

[2 untranslated questions here]

[ 2 more untranslated questions]


[TRANSLATE CAPTION][2 more questions]


Some showcase screenshots of the 3rd cbt areas.
[ONE UNTRANSLATED QUESTION]
[captionand question]


[2 more questions]

[2 more questions]
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