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Newbie Guide By Lord Galcian

I'm making this to cover all the basic aspects of the game that new players don't know about. If I leave anything out feel free to point it out and I'll add it.

Starter City

Which city you'll want to start off in will depend on what class you want to play, mostly for convenience of not having to teleport to a different town to change your class.

Swordsman - Argent City
Explorer - Argent City
Herbalist - Shaitan City
Hunter - Icicle City

Character's and Classes

In PKO the character you choose influences which class you can play as.

Lance - Swordsman/Crusader, Hunter/Sharpshooter, Explorer/Voyager.
Carsise - Swordsman/Champion
Phyllis- Hunter/Sharpshooter, Explorer/Voyager, Herbalist/Cleric/Seal Master.
Ami - Herbalst/Cleric/Seal Master, Explorer/Voyager.


Starting Out

It is highly reccomended that your first order of business is to find the Newbie Guide of the city you started in. She will provide you with a series of quests that will get you acquainted with the city and some npc's. You will level very rapidly by doing these, and will also gain some new equipment. Once you reach level 9 a window will pop up, basically stating your ready to go advance to your first class. Also, you will notice that there is a Newbie Chest in your inventory which you can open every 5 levels, which contain items and equipment that will help you throughout the game (until your second class advancement).


Advancing to your first class

Once you have reached level 9, go back to the Newbie Guide. She will have promotion quests available to you. Choose the one you want and you will recieve a letter of recommendation. Take this letter to the appropriate npc to start your class change quest. Locations for the NPC's are listed below.

Swordsman: Castle Guard Peter (2192, 2767)
Hunter: Icicle Swordsman Ray (1365, 570)
Explorer: Little Daniel (2193, 2730)
Herbalist: High Priest Gannon (862, 3500)

Life after the change

Once you have changed to your first job, the full extent of the game is opened up to you. You can keep leveling, do more quests, start using Life Skills, buy a ship to sail the seas, whatever you want. Advancing your character is still the most imprtant thing to do, so I'll list some guides below that can help you out.



Shortcuts

Insert: Sit/Stand.
Alt + Enter: Window Mode/Full Screen.
Alt + A: Stat window.
Alt + E: Inventory window.
Alt + S: Skill window
Alt + Q: Quest window.
Alt + C: Guild window.
Alt + H: Help window.
Alt + O: Settings window.
Alt + F: Friends window.
Home: Character faces NE on map.
Ctrl + A: Pick up all loot around you that's available to pick up.
Shift + Ctrl + A: Toggle Auto-loot on/off
Ctrl + Left Click: Force fire with your ship.
Ctrl + Shift + Left Click: Auto Attack with yyour ship.
F12: Switch between the list of hotkeys on the hotkey bar.

Stats

After each level up you will receive one stat point with which to improve your character, and 5 stat points for every 10th level (20, 30, 40, etc). After level 60 you will get 2 stats points for each level up. Here is a quick cap on what each stat does:

Strength (str) - Increases melee damage.
Constitution (con) - Increases hp, defense, and hp recovery.
Accuracy (acc) - Increases ranged damage and hit rate.
Agility (agi) - Increases attack speed and dodge rate.
Spirit (spr)- Increases sp and sp recovery.

Skills

After level 10 you will obtain one skill point every level to raise your skills. However, you must first buy the skill books at the appropriate Grocery npc. To use an acitve skill, open up your skill window with alt+S, then drag the skills icon onto the hotkey list. Then press the hotkey you put it on to use it.

Swordsman Skill books - Argent City (2232, 2729)
Explorer Skill books - Argent City (2232, 2729)
Herbalist Skill books - Shaitan City (840, 3585)
Hunter Skill books - Icicle City (1356, 483)



Story Quests

These are special quest that must be done in sequence, and reward you with Life Skill experience, which gets you Life Skill points with which to get the Life Skills.



Life Skills

Life Skills are special skills that every character can get, and are used for a variety of reasons. Life Skill books can be bought from any Grocery Npc.

Woodcutting - Once you have this skill, you can use an Axe (buy from Blacksmith) to go cut down trees for wood. Wood is used for quests and repairing your ship at sea.

Mining - Once you have this skill you can use a Hammer (buy from Blacksmith) to mine iron ore, crystals, and energy ore. Used for quests.

Fishing - Once you have this skill, if you have a ship with the Fishing Net component, you can go fish at Fish Swarms. Fish is used to refuel your ship at sea, Sashimi is used in quests.

Salvaging - Once you have this skill, if you have a ship with the Mechanical Arm component, you can go to Ship Wrecks and salvage items from them. This is to make money.

Set Stall - Once you have this skill you can open up a shop so you can vend your items to other players.



Equipment

Weapons are bought from Blacksmiths, Armor is bought from Tailors. Each town sells specific class equipment, ie: Shaitain only sells Herbalist/Cleric/Seal Master equipment. Rings and Necklaces can be bought from Accessory NPC's that are spread out among the Havens.


Havens

Every region has Havens that are scattered around the map, which provide a safe area to recover from battle, restock on healing items, or even acquire quests. Every Haven has a Teleporter NPC that can teleport you to a different Haven, and only costs 200g. The following are the closest Havens to the main cities:

Argent: Abandoned Mine Haven (1912, 2802)
Shaitan: Oasis Haven (803, 3114)
Icicle: Atlantis Haven (1046, 639)

Ships

To obtain a ship you must be level 15 or higher. Visit a Builder npc located in each city to buy a ship. When sailing if your ship runs out of fuel, your ships durability will decrease until you sink. To salvage your ship visit the Harbour Operator and use the salvage option, which will cost you 1k. You will also have to repair and refuel the ship after. You can use fish and wood which are gained through using the Life Skills to repair and refuel your ship while at sea.
As you sail your ship will gain experience just by you being on it, as well as gaining experience from any sea monsters you kill. To level up your ship go to the builder NPC and choose the Upgrade Ship option.

Argent City: Guppy(Lv15), Transporter(Lv20), Flying Fish(Lv30),
SwordFish(Lv30)
Shaitan City: Guppy(Lv15), Turtle(Lv15), WindSeeker(Lv20),
SwordFish(Lv30), Torrent(Lv35), Goddess(Lv40)
Icicle City: Turtle(Lv15), Transporter(Lv20), WindSeeker(Lv20),
Flying Fish(Lv30), Eagle(Lv45)
Thundoria Navy Habour: Turtle(Lv15), Flying Fish(Lv30), Phantom(Lv35), Silver Dolphin(Lv40), Great White Shark(Lv45).

Guilds

To create a guild, you must be lvl 40, have a Stone of Oath and 100k. To make a Navy guild you must visit Navy HQ Colonel Maxi (653, 1505) at Thundoria castle. To make a Pirate guild you must visit Icicle Royal Mas (1346, 451) in Icicle City.

To join a Navy guild, first obtain a Navy Letter from the Navy Recruiter (2194, 2774) in Argent, then go to the Navy Informer (2201, 2818) to apply to the guild. To join a Pirate guild go to the Pirate Informer (2224, 2883) to apply.


PvP

To participate in pvp, you must go to the Arena Adminstrator (2224, 2883)in Argent outside the bar. She will sell you a Medal of Valor, which costs 50k and is required for you to participate. Don't worry, it's permanent. To initiate a duel or party challenge, all participants must be at the aforementioned npc, it won't work anywhere else. Once the challenges have been accepted you will be warped to the pvp arena.

Forging

Forging is the act of putting attribute gems into equipment that has sockets, which provide a number of bonuses.


Hairstyling

To change your hairstyle/color, visit a Hairstylist npc. You must have a Hairstyling voucher to be able to do it. It costs 100k to do this, in addition to having all the items the hairdo you want requires. To make Hair Colourant you need 5 of the same coloured dyes, 1 Special Gas, 1 Rainbow Glass, and 200g. Every hairstyle needs the corresponding character Hairstyle Book. And lastly you will need either Hair Gel, Scissors, or a Comb depending on which style you want to change to.

Language Barrier Item Coordinates

LANGUAGE BARRIER ITEM COORDINATES

Well, i was frustrated a while ago when I farmed some language barrier items for a friend. The main reason was the coordinates from the guide was wrong, well not all wrong but somehow it would took you more time to find a good spot in farming it. In order for other players to get the set easily, I decided to share this up so that everyone can benefit from it.

It maybe simple but i guess you can follow this with their corresponding spot coordinates:

1. Rotten Fish Bones (LvL 61: Scavenger Fish Bones) MAGICAL OCEAN- 3932, 3236 and 3929, 3226


2. Shining Sea Jelly Skins (LvL 63: Swift Cyclonic Sea Jelly) MAGICAL OCEAN- 3849, 1174 and 3837 1417


3. Fascia Fish Bones (LvL 59: Spiny Fish Bones) DEEP BLUE OCEAN- 370, 2317


4. Thick Fish Bones (LvL: 60: Hungry Fish Bones) DEEP BLUE OCEAN- 331, 3018 and 312, 3057


Well, these are all the coordinates that I have in the Language Barrier Items. Feel free to reply if you still have other coordinates for the spots in order for other players or seavoy players out there to know where's a good spot for farming..

I just wanna help so that others wouldn't die so easily when they are in sea. Good luck and have fun playing in TOP


Mining Skills for Tales of Pirates

Mining


Skill type: Collecting

Effect of puting points on the skill: Raise the items' drop rate and allow you to mini different types of ores.

Items you get:

Crystal Ore - Found on Ascaron (Silver Mine) and on Pirate Hideout. Can be used on Midle-level Commence Pass quests. Is stocked on your inventory in stacks of 20 max.
Energy Ore - Found on Magical Ocean. Can be used on High-level Commence Pass quests. Is stocked on your inventory in stacks of 20 max.
Iron Ore - Found on Deep Blue. Can be used on Low-level Commence Pass quests. Is stocked on your inventory in stacks of 20 max.

Requirements:


  • Level 10

  • A Pickaxe

  • To mine Iron Ore: lvl 1 Mining

  • To mine Crystal Ore: lvl 1 Mining

  • To mine Stone Ore: lvl 1 Mining (?)

  • To mine Mateorite: lvl 5 Mining

    Pickaxes types:

    Pickxe - Normal pickaxe that can be bought from a Blacksmith NPC
    Gold Pickaxe - Special pickaxe that can only be bought from Item Mall for 49 points. Doubles the ore drop rate.
    Aloy Pickaxe - Special pickaxe that can not be repaired nor traded. Can be either bought from Item Mall for 29 points or gotten as a reward of a quest named "Language Barrier". Is used to mine Meteorites. (click here to know more about Language Barrier quest)

    Blacksmith Locations:
    [Ascaron] Blacksmith - Goldie -------> 2193, 2706
    [Deep Blue] Blacksmith - Bash -------> 1344, 529
    [Magical Ocean] Blacksmith - Smithy -------> 902, 3495

    Mining areas:

    [Ascaron - Silver Mine]
    Safe: No (many agressive monsters around. On Silver Mine lvl 1 - lvl 31 Vampire Bat, 35 Mine Mole & lvl 36 Mud Monter)
    Ores: Many ores, usualy in groupes of 2-3, all over the mine
    Locations: 1872,2624 | 1804,2757



    [Deep Blue]
    Safe: Most of the spots are safe. Just be carefull with agressive lvl 24 Snow Wolf (around 965,775), lvl 26 Armored Crab (around 994,857) & 28 Snow Spirit (around 1060,805)
    Ores: Many ores, usualy in groups of 2-3, all over the south-west area of Deep Blue (about south of Atlantis Haven)
    Locations: 839,712 | 882,743 | 855,779 | 892,833 | 970,922



    [Magical Ocean - Barren Cavern]
    Safe: No (many agressive high level monsters around - such as lvl 70 Terra Artificer)
    Ores: Many ores, usualy in groupes of 2-3, all over the cavern
    Locations: 1369,3085 | 1305,3187 | 1360,3213 | 1409,3212 | 1450,3111



    [Treasure Gulf - Pirate Hideout] (click here to learn how to get there)
    Safe: Yes (there are no monsters on the isle)
    Ores: Many oress, relatively close to each other, all over the isle
    Locations: All over the isle (I'll get coords soon)

    Using Mining skill:

    Ores are shown on you mini-map as orange dots:



    With a Pickaxe equiped, simply click on the Ores (Crystal, Iron or Stone). You will get no system message, but you will see the items droping:

    You get the item Crystal Ore from "rocks" also named Crystal Ores:


    You get the item Energy Ore from "rocks" named Stone Ores:


    You get the item Iron Ore from "rocks" also named Iron Ores:



    Special Mining! - Meteorites:

    Mining Meteorites can be considered a special mining, since you get many different items. As mentioned before, you need an Aloy Pickaxe to mine them. You also need lvl 5 Mining.



    Items you get:

    Mayday Pass - Theoricaly you should be able to gef a gift from a GM when handing him/her this Pass. But it had been never done before on TOP (as far as I know), so I don't have much info about it. Is stored on your inventory in stacks of 99 max.
    Dark Wishing Stone - Can be used to obtain a random item (double click to use) - you can get item like juices, fruits, firecrakers, equips, etc. Is stored on your inventory in stacks of 99 max. Can also be used to create a Sparkling Wishing Stone. It is stored on your inventory, in stacks of 99 max.
    Welding Catalyst - Can be used to create a Sparkling Wishing Stone. It is stored on your inventory, in stacks of 99 max.
    Sparkling Wishing Stone - You can get it by combining 5 Dark Wishing Stones and 1 Welding Catalyst. It can be used to get random items (double click to use) - you can get the same items as when using the Dark Wishing Stone, plus gems and unsealed equips. It is stored on your inventory, in stacks of 99 max.

    Meteorite Areas:

    [Ascaron]
    Safe: Yes
    Locations: 2044, 2727 | 2053, 2668 | 2090, 2685 | 2111, 2764 | 2137, 2614 | 2182, 2554

    [Deep Blue]
    Safe: No (agressive lvl 30 Combat Piglet around)
    Locations: 1410, 560

    [Magical Ocean]
    Safe: Yes
    Locations: 983, 3499 | 1003, 3445 | 1096, 3472

    Getting Sparkling Wishing Stone:

    Talk to the NPC "Redemption - Bingo", at 2231, 2715 (Aacaron - Argent City). Choose the option "Combine Wishing Stone". She will ask you 5 Dark Wishing Stones and 1 Welding Catalyst. Choose "Confirm to combine" and you will get 1 Sparkling Wishing Stone.





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