Instance Guide - Ultimate Solo Horror Factory Guide for All Classes!!

[Elaina]

Hi guys! Let me share my Horror Factory build - FOR ALL CLASSES!

But before I start with my build, let me first introduce Horror Factory to our newbie friends.

Horror Factory is an instance dungeon where you can get tons of cool things from. It is also the dungeon where the MVP Celine Kimi resides.

Here are some of the items you can get inside Horror Factory:

1. Bloody Coin - Crafting Ingredient
   
2. Bloody Letter - Crafting Ingredient
   
3. Unsent Letter - Crafting Ingredient
   
4. Red Lantern - @ii2 2976 (Crafting Ingredient)
   
5. Wounded Heart - @ii2 2977 (Crafting Ingredient)
   
6. Gentle Heart - @ii2 2978 (Crafting Ingredient)
   
7. Celine Ribbon - @ii2 22600
   
8. Closed Mind Box - an item that can be opened by paying 50m zeny to Luh Key. Contains random Horror Factory loot.
   
9. Enriched Elunium Box (10)
   
10. 100m zeny bags
    
11. Ghostring Scrolls
    
12. Aspesio Box (10)
    
13. Legendary Card Album - gives random MVP card.
    
14. Pure Elunium and Pure Oridecon Fragments
    
15. Combat Coins - used to buy Combat Equipments in hero_camp 210 215
    
16. Fortune Headgear Chest - gives random headgear (including some RARES!)
    
17. Horror Factory mobs' cards
    
18. Celine Kimi Card
    

You can also do the quests at the entrance of the instance dungeon where you can get the following rewards:

1. Celine Ribbon - @ii2 22600
   
2. Noble Cross - @ii2 16029
   
3. Evil Spirits Gloves - @ii2 2980
   
4. Celine Ribbon Costume - @ii2 20232
   

Tempting right? Now, how do I access Horror Factory? To get there, talk to the Main NPC>Warper>Instances>Horror Factory.

Now, time for the build.

STATS:
STR: 300-400ish for decent attack
AGI: enough for 195 attack speed
VIT: Prioritize this since you need a decent amount of HP incase Celine Kimi and her phantom use their Pulse Strike skill https://irowiki.org/wiki/NPC_PULSESTRIKE (thanks Friday05). Hint: When their dialogue is "Annoying flies!! Get off of me!" spam Mastela Fruit.
INT: 300-400ish for decent magic attack
DEX: 200ish for non-caster classes 400 for caster classes
LUK: none


STAGE 1-3
Let me divide this into several parts as some classes have different methods in completing these stages.

PALADIN/ROYAL GUARD - for this class, you can use Grand Cross build for faster kills.
EQUIPMENT:
Any Lifesteal Headgear - - - Addax Card
Any Delay Wing [-45% After-skill delay] - - - Kiel D-01 Card
Any Lower Headgear or Anti-strip for Stage 1 - - - Marduk Card
Any Armor - - - Nightmare Amon Ra Card or Fused/Angeling Card
Any Weapon - - - Sniper Card and Fused Dracula Card (optional) or just use Solar Sword for 100% chance lifesteal.
Any Shield - - - Teddy Bear Card or GTB Card
Any Garment - - - Assassin Cross Card
Any Boots - - - Abandoned Teddy Bear Card or Fused Eddga Card
2x Adamite Pendant/Copper Rosary/Aluminum Gloves - - - ATK/MATK Cards and Safety Gem (optional but necessary for survival)


ASSASSIN CROSS/GUILOTINE CROSS - for this class, you can use Rolling Cutter build.
Any Lifesteal Headgear - - - Kiel D-01 Card
Drake Jacket - - - Kiel D-01 Card
Dragon Aura or Anti-strip for Stage 1 - - - Marduk Card
Any Armor - - - Fused/Ghostring Card
Any Weapon - - - Sniper Card and Fused Dracula Card (optional) or %Damage Cards
Any Shield - - - Teddy Bear Card or GTB Card
Any Garment - - - Any card you want xD
Any Boots - - - Fused Eddga Card
2x Adamite Pendant/Copper Rosary/Aluminum Gloves - - - ATK Cards and Safety Gem (optional but necessary for survival)
PS*: You can also use the Grand Cross build that will be added below.


HIGH WIZARD/WARLOCK - for this class, you can use the standard build for wizards and spam Meteor Storm.
Commentator Headset  - - - Addax Card
Any Delay Wing [-45% After-skill delay] - - - Kiel D-01 Card
Any Lower Headgear or Anti-strip for Stage 1 - - - High Wizard Card
Armor of Forgotten  - - - Nightmare Amon Ra Card
Any Staff - - - 3x Ancient Tree Card and Celine Kimi Card
Any Shield - - - Teddy Bear Card [+30% Damage Reduction taken from Undead monsters]
Any Garment  - - - Assassin Cross Card
Any Boots - - - Abandoned Teddy Bear Card
2x Adamite Pendant - - - Scaraba Card
PS*: You can also use the Grand Cross build that will be added below.



ACOLYTE CLASS (MONKS AND PRIESTS) - for this class, you will need a Noble Cross and use Grand Cross build. Monks can use Steel Body for better survivability.
Any Lifesteal Headgear - - - Addax Card
Broken Holy Wings - - - Addax Card
Any Lower Headgear or Anti-strip for Stage 1 - - - Marduk Card
Any Armor - - - Nightmare Amon Ra Card or Fused/Angeling Card
Noble Cross - - - Sniper Card or Fused Dracula Card
Any Shield - - - Teddy Bear Card or GTB Card
+8/9/10 Keeper's Manteau - - - Malevolent Shadow Card
Any Boots - - - Abandoned Teddy Bear Card or Fused Eddga Card
2x Adamite Pendant/Copper Rosary/Aluminum Gloves - - - ATK/MATK Cards and Safety Gem (optional but necessary for survival)


OTHER CLASSES - for the other classes, you can use the Auto-Grand Cross build.
Any Lifesteal Headgear - - - Addax Card
Broken Holy Wings - - - Addax Card
Any Lower Headgear or Anti-strip for Stage 1 - - - Marduk Card
Any Armor - - - Paladin Card
Any Weapon - - - Sniper Card and Fused Dracula Card (optional)
Any Shield - - - Teddy Bear Card or GTB Card
Any Garment - - - Assassin Cross Card
Any Boots - - - Abandoned Teddy Bear Card or Fused Eddga Card
2x Adamite Pendant/Copper Rosary/Aluminum Gloves - - - ATK/MATK Cards and Safety Gem (optional but necessary for survival)



WHAT TO DO:

1. IMPORTANT: Bring a Smokie Pet with equipped accessory for perfect hide (except GX since Cloaking Exceed already has perfect hide status). It means demon/ghost/insect monsters can't detect you when you are cloaked.
   
2. Assuming you follow the walkthrough I linked above, follow these additional instructions.
   
3. For stage 1, lure the monsters and kill them until a message pops up and proceed to Stage 2.
   
4. For stage 2, do not transform after talking to the NPC. Instead, cloak and click all the Cookie NPCs (do not uncloak, you will die). This way, you will save a lot of time since you can move right away after clicking the NPCs instead of waiting if you do it the usual way.
   
5. For stage 3, cloak and look for Antonio. Unequip any Auto-Grand Cross equipment and wear Rainy Cloud, Elemental Sword (if applicable) and/or Mercury Relic. Kill Antonio as fast as possible and proceed to the Boss Stage.
   

BOSS STAGE!
For this stage, you need to switch to your full magic reflect build.

BUILD #1 - FOR GENERAL USE (High Reflect Damage)
Any +9/10 [2] Slotted Headgear - - - 2x Fused Pharaoh Card
Any Delay/+Boss DMG/+ATK Wing - - - Addax Card/Kiel D-01 Card (depending on the delay reduction you need)
Any +HP Aura - - - Addax Card
+5~+10 Battleground Armor of your class (another reason to @joinbg) - - - Frus Card
Any Weapon - - - Pyuriel Cards
Any Anti-Knockback Shield - - - Maya Card
Battleground Garment of your class - - - Devilring Card
Battleground Boots of your class - - - Cat O' Ninetails Card
2x Adamite Pendant/Copper Rosary/Aluminum Gloves - - - Gem of Pneuma and Gem of Echo (if your Armor has less that +8 refine) or ATK/MATK card


BUILD #2 - FOR DAMAGE DEALERS (High Reflect Damage + Own Damage) *FASTEST KILL*
Any +9/10 [2] Slotted Headgear - - - Fused Pharaoh Card
Any Delay/+Boss DMG/+ATK Wing - - - Addax Card/Kiel D-01 Card (depending on the delay reduction you need)
Any Boss Damage Aura  - - - Addax Card
+5~10 Battleground Armor of your class (another reason to @joinbg) - - - Frus Card
Any Weapon - - - Pyuriel Cards
Any Anti-Knockback Shield - - - Maya Card
Battleground Garment of your class - - - Devilring Card
Battleground Boots of your class - - - Cat O' Ninetails Card  (depending on lacking %chance to reflect magic)
2x Adamite Pendant/Copper Rosary/Aluminum Gloves - - - Gem of Pneuma and Gem of Echo (depending on lacking %chance to reflect magic)


BUILD #3 - FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT BATTLEGROUNDS GEAR and +9/10 HERO AURA (Lesser Reflect Damage but High Survivability Rate)
Any +9/10 [2] Slotted Headgear - - - 2x Fused Pharaoh Card
Any Delay/+Boss DMG/+ATK Wing - - - Addax Card/Kiel D-01 Card (depending on the delay reduction you need)
Any +HP Aura - - - Addax Card
Any +10 Armor - - - Frus Card
Any Weapon - - - Pyuriel Cards
Any Anti-Knockback Shield - - - Maya Card
Glorified Garment - - - Devilring Card
Sleipnir of the Gods or Any Boots - - - Amon Ra Card
2x Adamite Pendant/Copper Rosary/Aluminum Gloves - - - Gem of Pneuma and any other card



THINGS TO DO:

• Always use Cursed Water (doesn't matter if you attack or just standing still). Re-apply if dispelled.
  
• If you are a range-class or using a range-type skill, move as far as you can from both Celine Kimi and her phantom. This way you are less likely to get hit by their Pulse Strike skill
  
• If you are a damage dealer, focus your attacks on Celine Kimi. She uses a lower level of Esma compared to her phantom so the damage reflected to her is always lesser than the damage reflected to her phantom. FYI: Celine Kimi and her Phantom will heal each other if the difference on their HP bars are greater than 1%.
  
• If you have a buff/skill that reduces range damage, use it always. Use Pneuma for Acolyte classes (+Kyrie Eleison for priests), Defender for Paladins/Royal Guards, Wall of Fog for Professors, Reverse Tatami+Cicada Skin for Ninjas (Celine Kimi and her phantom can't hurt ninjas lol), etc etc.
  
• Bring a lot of Mastela Fruits and eat whenever your HP drops 90% (except for tougher classes). Celine Kimi and her phantom sometimes cast their OP skill at the same time. Hint: When their dialogue is "Annoying flies!! Get off of me!", eat Mastela Fruit like there's no tomorrow xD.
  
• Be patient. This is time-consuming for some classes as Celine Kimi and her phantom regularly heals each other. There are also times that you will die. It is normal. Just keep practicing.
  
• Use Bubblegum/HE Gum or switch to Fortuna Card-equipped accessory before killing Celine Kimi.
  
• After Celine Kimi is killed, don't forget to enter the treasure room. Loot all boxes before you exit.
  
• HAVE FUN!
  

Feel free to modify the build however you like. Also, please comment the screenshots of your Horror Factory adventure while using this build to encourage players to try the instance dungeon.


***IF YOU HAVE ANYTHING USEFUL TO ADD, PLEASE DON'T HESITATE TO COMMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
The classes I've used in soloing Horror Factory are:

• RG - 4m+ HP using Shield Chain while maintaining Defender and Auto Guard
  
• GX - 2m+ HP using Rolling Cutter on Celine Kimi while maintaining maximum distance from her phantom.
  
• RK - 3m+ HP using Hundred Spear on Celine Kimi while maintaining maximum distance from her phantom.
  
• AB - 2m+ HP spamming Pneuma and Kyrie on self while maintaining maximum distance from Kimi and her phantom.
  
• WL - 1m+ HP spamming Hell Inferno on Kimi while maintaining maximum distance from Kimi and her phantom. Eat Mastela Fruit whenever I get hit. Praying to RNGsus for auto-pneuma to proc lol.
  
• Ninja - 1m+ HP spamming Reverse Tatami and Cicada Skin (distance doesn't matter, Kimi can't even do 1 damage).
  
• Ranger - 3m+ HP spamming Double Strafe on Kimi while maintaining maximum distance from both of them.
  
• Sura - 2m+ HP spamming Pneuma on yourself. You can also spam Finger Offensive on Kimi to balance their HP.
  
• Linker - 2m+ HP spamming Esma on Celine Kimi while maintaining maximum distance from both of them. Use buffs when dispelled.
  

What's really important in this build is to pump your HP to the max or at least 2m for those classes with low HP pool. My WL only has 1.6m HP but it is still doable.

Below are the methods for other classes submitted by other players.

• Rebellion - 1m+ HP spamming desperado while using [2] slotted headgear with Fused Pharaoh Card, +10 Armor with Frus Card, Maya Card on shield, Fused Dracula on weapon and damage gears for the rest. Submitted by Malaphar
  

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Shoutout to my in-game brother machi563 a.k.a h0tcAkez`


Credits to Kylezek