[Newbie Guide] The Road from Zero to Hero

[Elaina]

Welcome oh brave adventurer! Whether you've come from another dimension or a native of this realm, you're all welcome here! Welcome to BraveRO. 

BraveRO is an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) where you can play with a lot of real players in real time. You can share an adventure with a lot of friend you meet along the way. You can choose your job specializations from a wide choices of job classes. Party up with your friends and complete quests or take down boss monsters. Challenge other players in a tournament or wage guild battles. The possibilities are endless!






After character creation and logging in for the first time, you will be sent to this map.

Make sure to talk to the BraveRO Greeter NPC there and read up everything she says so you wont get lost as much. If it's your first time playing BraveRO, make sure to choose Take Introduction. 

After completing the Introduction Test or if you chose Skip Introduction, you will be given the following items:

• Spearman Scroll - Double click this item to summon a spearman mercenary that will fight for you. A mercenary lasts 30 minutes.
  
• Field Manual - Double click this item to increase EXP gained for 30 minutes.
  
• Returner's Set - An item set that lasts 30 days. This set has extremely good effects that will significantly help you kill monsters a lot easier.
  

At this point, you can choose to either manually level your character or to skip leveling.


MANUAL LEVELING
This is highly recommended for new players so you'll get to know more about BraveRO.

Make sure that you've summoned your mercenary. There are two maps that you can choose to gain levels. If you wish to level up safely go to Poring Island (@go level). If you wish to level up fast, but with the risk of dying more, go to Death Field (@warp izlu2dun). 

Before anything else, set up your mercenary's skill. To open your mercenary's info window, press CTRL+R. Then click on Skill to open up the mercenary's skill window. And lastly, drag the Spiral Pierce skill onto your skill bar. You can manually command your mercenary to cast this skill if you press the key where you placed the skill (in this case F1).

From here, you can just cast Spiral Pierce onto your targets. This skill deals a lot of damage, so your leveling targets will die in one hit. 

If you're leveling in Poring Island, since there is no danger of getting mobbed, just cast this skill as you wish.

If you're leveling in Death Field, you need to make the mercenary do most of the work if you're still low level. Use @jump, then cast the mercenary skill. Make sure that you don't move after using @jump. This is so that the aggressive monsters will attack the mercenary first. 

If you move, or after a while after using @jump, the monsters will begin attacking you. When this happens, just use @jump again and repeat the process.

Once you've hit the maximum job level for your class, you need to change job. You'll know you have hit the maximum job level for your class once you stop gaining job levels.

To change jobs, talk to any BraveRO Helper NPC. This NPC can be found in almost all towns. From there, choose the Job Changer option. 

Before attempting to change jobs, make sure that you have used all skill points that you can. If you attempt to change jobs without using these skill points, you might delete them by mistake.

Once you've changed jobs, go back to leveling and repeat the process. Once you've reached the final job change for your chosen class, it's now time to fully gain base levels until you've reached level 500.


SKIP LEVELING
If you're a seasoned player or just don't wish to burden yourself with the process of leveling a new character, you can opt to skip leveling and instantly change jobs.

Talk to the Instant Job Changer NPC in Poring Island.

The Instant Job Changer NPC will allow you to choose from all available human job classes; instantly become base level 500; instantly get the maximum job level for your chosen class; and all skill applicable to your class are all upgraded to their maximum skill levels.

Do note, at this time, trying to reset your skills will only return enough skill points as if you've normally leveled, so use with caution.

If you chose to use the Instant Job Changer NPC, you will be unable to acquire the extra Bubblegum item from an achievement once you've reached level 500.



Now you've reached level 500. So, you must be asking yourself this question: so what's next? Fear not! This is only the beginning of your journey oh brave adventurer!







There are a lot of ways that you can obtain gears. Do remember that the Returner's Set is there to help you not as a permanent gear. 

DAILY QUEST

You can take the Daily Quest once per server day. This quest is account bound, thus you can only do this once per account. The NPC is found in Caspen (@warp caspen 184 183). She will ask you to bring a certain number of a card, and 2 miscellaneous items. You need to submit the required items before the server resets at 23:59, otherwise, you will be given a different set of items. In case that you find the required items to be difficult to find, for a fee of 100,000,000 Zeny, she will reset your quest and give you a different list of items. In the same NPC, you can buy various usable items, account bound boss cards, death weapons, and headgears.

To easily check your Daily Quest item list, whisper anything to "npc:Daily Quest"

Useful commands that you can use to make hunting for Daily Quest items easier:

• @whodrops <itemNAME/ID> - show you which monster/s drops a particular item. Example: @whodrops poring card  or  @whodrops 4001.
  
• @whereis <monsterNAME/ID> - after using @whodrops, use this command. This shows you the maps where a monster is located. Example: @whereis poring   or    @whereis 1002
  
• @warp <mapNAME> - warps you to a chosen map. Example: @warp prt_fild08
  
• @showmobs <monsterNAME/ID> - marks the location of the chosen monster onto your mini map. This is especially useful if you're hunting a monster that has only 20 or less population in a map. Do note that boss type mobs' location can be shown this way. Example: @showmobs poring  or  @showmobs 1002
  
• @jump - basically works like a Fly Wing. Warps you to a random location on your current map.
  

ZEPH MISSIONS

Probably the lifeblood of any player is Zeny. Thus, to help new player get Zeny fast, Zeph (@warp casp_auct02 43 27) is there to help you. He will provide a list of 5 monsters. You must kill all the required number of monsters before the time limit of 1 hour expires. Once you've completed all kills, immediately go back to him, and claim your reward. 

The more Zeph Missions you complete, the reward also increases. However, the difficulty will also increase. At around 40+ completed Zeph Missions, the difficulty will reset back to easy.

Useful commands that you can use to make Zeph Missions easier:

• @mission - shows the current monster list, their remaining numbers, and their monster IDs
  
• @whereis <monsterNAME/ID> - shows you the maps where a monster is located. Example: @whereis poring   or    @whereis 1002
  
• @warp <mapNAME> - warps you to a chosen map. Example: @warp prt_fild08
  
• @showmobs <monsterNAME/ID> - marks the location of the chosen monster onto your mini map. This is especially useful if you're hunting a monster that has only 20 or less population in a map. Do note that boss type mobs' location can be shown this way. Example: @showmobs poring  or  @showmobs 1002
  
• @jump - basically works like a Fly Wing. Warps you to a random location on your current map.
  

To speed up your Zeny earning process, you may do the Zeph Missions using several characters in your account. You can also party up with friends so that hunting the monsters becomes faster. Warlocks are highly recommended for new players to use in Zeph Missions because of their Area of Effect (AoE) skills like Storm Gust and Lord of Vermillion.






After you have acquired equipment to replace your Returner's Set or while doing other tasks, you can now begin your journey to becoming a Hero.

HERO QUEST
Main Article: Hero Quest
This is your first step. Once you've completed this quest, your character will become stronger.

MAKING HERO WEAPONS
Main Article: Rank C and Rank B Weapon Quest
Main Article: Glorified, Rank C, and Rank B Weapons
Once you've reached the appropriate Hero Rank and Hero EXP, you can begin the quest for making a hero weapon for your class. Do note that you can only do these quests once per character.

ELITE HERO QUEST
Main Article: Elite Hero Quest
Once you have accumulated around 98m Hero EXP and you're already a Rank B Hero, you can being your next step in your path as a Hero. Once you've completed this quest, you have officially joined the ranks of Elite Heroes. And you can gain access to the various services inside the Elite Temple.

ELITE WEAPON QUEST
Main Article: Elite Weapon Quest
Main Article: Elite Weapons List
Once you've become an Elite Hero, your next course of action is to acquire the weapon that will undoubtedly show your rank. These weapons provide a significant and powerful effects for your class. 

JOINING A DIVISION
Main Article: Elite Hero Divisions
Once you've acquired your first elite weapon, you can now join a Division and be able to participate in Division Events. Participating in Division Events awards players with various items like Division Coins, Zeny Bags, War Supplies, and Victory Badges. 






MINING AND FORGING
Main Post: Mining System, Forging System
The mining and forging systems go hand in hand together. One allows you to gather valuable resources. The other allows you to turn those resources into powerful and useful items and equipment.


COLLECTING TOKENS, COINS, BADGES, ETC.
Main Post: <to be added>
BraveRO has a lot of in-game currencies that you can use to purchase usable items, card, equipment, etc. Collect them over time in order to become stronger.


BATTLEGROUNDS
Main Article: <to be added>
If the rush of battling against another team of players is to your liking, then you might want to join battlegrounds. Battlegrounds is a PvP system in which you and other players team up with one of the two leaders, General Guillaume (Blue Team), or Prince Croix (Red Team). Completing Battleground rounds is very rewarding. Using the badges and other currencies you get after winning or losing, you can purchase various equipment and items in the Battlegrounds Waiting Room (@go bg). To join a Battleground, simply type @joinbg and wait for a while until enough players have joined.

If you're a new player, just do your best to contribute anything to your team. Don't lose heart if you keep on getting killed by other players. Just don't go AFK or stop doing anything because that is not allowed.


AUTOMATED EVENTS
Almost every hour, there are a lot of automated events that you can join. Win them and you'll get various rewards such as BraveRO Tokens, and Zeny Bags. Use the command @schedule to determine which automated event is coming up and @time to check the current server time. A few minutes before these events begin, a global announcement will inform you which map to go if you wish to participate.

Furthermore, the Treasure Box Hunt occurs every 30 minutes. You need to hit the correct boxes in order to win 500M Zeny Bags. One minute before the boxes spawn, a global announcement will indicate the map that the boxes will spawn.


SCAVENGER HUNT
You can complete one Scavenger Hunt (@warp casp_in01 48 189) per hour per account. This is much like Daily Quest where the NPC assigns a set of items that you need to bring, however, there is a first-come-first-served. The first player to submit the required items gets rewarded 150 DM Points, after which, the item list will be reset. Scavenger Hunts will require you to bring 5 pieces of two cards, and 100 pieces of two miscellaneous items. As an example, it may require you to bring 5 Marduk Cards, 5 Hydra Cards, 100 Jellopy, and 100 Empty Bottle. 


MVP HUNTING
While you can find naturally spawned MVPs out in the wild, you can use Bloody Branches or Gjallahorn to summon a random MVP. Make sure that you're inside a Branch Summoning Room (@warp prontera 138 223) or in a very secluded map so no one can attempt to kill-steal your summoned MVPs. If you don't want to get random MVPs, you can use the MVP Hunter NPC (@warp caspen 145 219). For a fee, you will be able to specifically summon various MVPs.

There's also the MVP Warper NPC in Caspen (@warp caspen 145 214) that allows you to have access to a limited pool of MVPs.


INSTANCES
There are a lot of instances in BraveRO that you can enter and clear in order to obtain useful items. Probably the easiest instance that you can clear with decent rewards is the Endless Tower. Other instances may require you to be better geared. You can access most instances via the Main NPC >> Warper >> Instances.