Shadow WebCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.
Snares up to 4 enemies for 5 sec, dealing a total of 45% Damage
MP -15
Thief branch · 3rd Job
Hermit
Pick this if: You are an Assassin and you want your damage roughly to double.
CoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.The Public Release has no 3rd job. a Hermit is kept from Closed Online Test 2 with its own skills as the test had them, so a build saved then still loads. Only the skills it keeps from earlier jobs are the live game’s, at the Public Release’s numbers. What the release removed
Hermit, in short
recorded for this site, not from the exportthe exact formulas ›You move more than anyone else and you dodge instead of soaking.
What it brings4
Shadow Partner summons a shadow that repeats your attacks for +40% extra damage, five minutes a cast on a Summoning Rock.- Avenger hits four monsters at 150%, four stars a throw.
Shadow Meso throws 500 mesos for eight times the damage.- Shadow Web snares four monsters for five seconds.
Watch out for3
- Shadow Meso needs Meso Saver at 5, and Flash Jump needs Avenger at 5.
- Shadow Partner burns a Summoning Rock on every cast.
- Shadow Meso literally spends mesos to deal damage, 500 every throw at max.
Where the points go
- LUKmainLUK is your damage and your evasion, and on a claw or a dagger a point of it is worth two to three points of anything else.
- DEXsecondYour accuracy, which the formula reads at twice the weight of LUK, and the requirement on nearly every claw above level 10.
- never comes back, and what catches people is the requirement on the weapon rather than the damage: the Gear tab prices every rung.
Every Hermit skill
CoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.iHow to read a skill card
The line under each name is what the skill does at its last rank, read off the row. max N beside the name holds that against what a single point buys, which is the argument for spending the rest of them.
Anywhere on a card opens it, for every rank, its reach and what it rolls. Words like rank, mastery or booster are underlined wherever they are used and carry their own explanation.
151points earned, level 70–120170ranks the 7 skills hold19ranks you cannot afford
You cannot max everything, and nothing in the game says so. For an order to spend them in, take one somebody has played.
Hermit builds ›iHow the bill is worked out
One point at the advancement and three a level, until level 120 stops this pool filling. The ranks are every rank the 7 skills hold between them, which is why the two numbers are not the same one counted twice.
Choosing what to leave out is the whole of building this class. The builds page is where somebody else's choice is written down, with the levels they made it at.
Damage3iWhat "Damage" groups together
The tooltip states a damage or healing number. Mostly these are what you press to kill things; one or two are buffs that add damage rather than deal it, which is why the heading says damage and not attacks.
iWhat "Damage" groups together
The tooltip states a damage or healing number. Mostly these are what you press to kill things; one or two are buffs that add damage rather than deal it, which is why the heading says damage and not attacks.
Shadow MesoCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.
Throws 500 Mesos to deal 8x damage; Chance to reduce Meso cost by 50% based on DEX
one monster at a time
AvengerCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.
Damage 150%
MP -45hits up to 4 monsters
Support & utility3iWhat "Support & utility" groups together
Everything whose tooltip states no damage: buffs, debuffs, movement, summons and doors.
iWhat "Support & utility" groups together
Everything whose tooltip states no damage: buffs, debuffs, movement, summons and doors.
Meso SaverCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.
Uses 10 times level in Mesos, Magic Stone -1; Prevents death from fatal damage and recovers 25% HP for 30 min
lasts 20 min45 min cooldownspends a Magic Rock
Shadow PartnerCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.
Summons a shadow partner for 300 sec, Deals +40% extra damage
MP -65spends a Summoning Rock
Flash JumpCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.
Jumps again in mid-air
MP -30
Always on1iWhat "Always on" groups together
Marked passive in the data. You buy the ranks and never press a key.
iWhat "Always on" groups together
Marked passive in the data. You buy the ranks and never press a key.
Claw GuardCoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.
When a claw is equipped, Weapon Def. +60; 5% chance to block physical attacks
Plus 12 skills you keep from your earlier jobs ›Hide the skills you already had ‹
These belong to the jobs a Hermit advanced through. They are still yours, they still cost out of those jobs’ own pools, and each has its own guide page.
Nimble Body
Accuracy +15, Evasion +15
Keen Eyes
Attack range for throwing weapons: +200
Claw Mastery
Claw Mastery level 10, Attack Power +20, 25% chance to retrieve used throwing stars
Critical Throw
Critical Rate +15%, Critical Damage +35%
Critical Recovery
Recover 10% HP and 10% MP with a 100% chance when landing a critical hit
30 sec cooldown
Your path, and where you are on it
What the next rungs open
Nothing: a Hermit was the top of this branch in Closed Online Test 2. Level 70 to 120 was the whole of the rest of the ladder, and its skills were the last book you were handed.
Becoming a Hermit
CoT2: From Closed Online Test 2 (Beta 2). Not in the Public Release; kept here as a record.The Public Release has no 3rd job
a Hermit was an Assassin first in Closed Online Test 2, and every one of its skills is in the test’s files. The advancement between the two never was: no quest chain for it anywhere. The walk below is the one this game has had for twenty years, recorded rather than read out of the files, and every place and person it names is a row the test carried (El Nath and the rest of Ossyria are kept from it, marked), so the map beside a step is the test’s map.
What no test can check is the order of it, and nothing here says the live game will add a 3rd job this way, or at all.
- 1
Be a level 70 Assassin.
a Hermit is what an Assassin becomes, so the whole of the route to here runs through that job. Its own advancement - the level 30 chain in Kerning City - is on its page, drawn step by step.
Level 70 is the series' own number rather than a row in this export. It is the level in the badge at the top of this page, the level the skill point pool starts filling at, and the level every number below is drawn from - and it is the one figure here the snapshot does not vouch for.
- 2
Reach El Nath and speak to Arec.
El Nath is the mountain town above Orbis, reached by the tower rather than on foot, and like the rest of Ossyria it is Closed Online Test 2's: the Public Release does not have it. Arec is one of four instructors standing in Chief's Residence - the test's rows put all four of them on that one map.
Talk to Arec - 3
Go back to Dark Lord.
Arec sends you home to the instructor who gave you your second job. They are where they have always been, and they are the one who sets the test.
Talk to Dark Lord - 4
Beat your instructor's clone at Monkey Swamp II.
West out of Kerning City, into the swamp. A Door of Dimension there opens onto a copy of Dark Lord; beating it yields the Black Charm. Nothing in the export marks the door, so the map is the row and the door is not.
- 5
Trade the Black Charm for the Necklace of Agility.
Dark Lord takes the charm and gives the necklace. That is one of the two things Arec wants back.
Talk to Dark Lord - 6
Answer five questions at Holy Ground at the Snowfield.
Climb to it from Sharp Cliff II, above El Nath. The snapshot puts exactly one NPC on that map and calls it Holy Stone - not "the Wise Man", which is the name every write-up of this uses. Five questions, and one wrong answer fails the whole attempt.
Talk to Holy Stone - 7
Bring both necklaces back to Arec.
The Necklace of Agility from your own instructor and the Necklace of Wisdom from the quiz. That is the advancement.
Talk to Arec - 8
Learn 7 new skills.
This is the half Closed Online Test 2's files are complete on. Every Hermit skill is kept with the test's per-rank numbers, and all 7 of them are on the first tab of this page.
What it costs you
- A Dark Crystal per attempt. The quiz charges one to sit it, and charges again if you miss a single question. They are bought from Alcaster in El Nath, and his own quest chain has to be finished before he will sell you one. Both he and his chain are Closed Online Test 2 rows; the crystal itself is still an item in the Public Release.
- The Black Charm. Off the clone. It is not an item row in either build, so nothing here can show you its icon.
- Both necklaces. One traded from the charm, one won from the quiz. Neither is an item row in either build - they arrive with an advancement the test did not carry and the release does not have.
The Holy Stone’s questions
five in a row, one crystal an attemptEvery question the pool is known to draw from, searchable - because one wrong answer out of five costs the whole attempt and another Dark Crystal. Answers this snapshot can settle are marked; the rest are what players recorded for the older game, and are worth reading as a strong hint rather than a guarantee.
29 of 29
How much EXP does it take to go from level 1 to level 2?
15checked here
The site’s own EXP curve: level 1 costs 15.
Which of these towns is not on Victoria Island?
Amherst - it is on Maple Islandchecked here
Amherst is filed under Maple Island in the map rows.
Which is the highest level: Green Mushroom, Stump, Bubbling, Axe Stump or Octopus?
Axe Stumpchecked here
Axe Stump is level 17; the next highest of the five is Bubbling at 15.
What do you get for bringing 30 Dark Marbles to the second job instructor?
The Proof of a Herochecked here
Quest 20003 hands it over on acceptance, after 20002 asks for the marbles.
Which NPC do you meet first on Maple Island?
Heenachecked here
Quest 1000, the first quest in the export, is hers.
What do you give Maya in Henesys to cure her?
The weird medicinechecked here
Quest 10106 is Maya’s and opens the chain; 10112 ends it, handing over the Weird Medicine, and her collections wait on it.
Which monster do you meet on the ship between Ellinia and Orbis?
Crimson Balrogrecorded
Which of these monsters will you not meet in Ossyria?
Crocorecorded
Which of these monsters has never appeared on Maple Island?
Evil Eyerecorded
Which of these monsters can fly?
Maladyrecorded
Which of these NPCs is not in El Nath?
Sophiarecorded
Which of these NPCs is not in Henesys?
Teorecorded
Which of these NPCs is not in Ellinia?
Roelrecorded
Which of these NPCs is not in Perion?
Francoisrecorded
Which of these NPCs is not in Kerning City?
Lukerecorded
Which of these NPCs is not on Maple Island?
Teorecorded
Which of these NPCs has nothing to do with pets?
Viciousrecorded
In Kerning City, who is the runaway Alex’s father?
Chief Stanrecorded
Which NPC is not part of the Alpha Platoon’s communication network?
Peter, the staff sergeantrecorded
Which of these NPCs has nothing to do with refining or synthesis?
Shanerecorded
What colour are Athena Pierce’s eyes?
Greenrecorded
How many feathers are in Dances with Balrog’s hat?
13recorded
What colour is the marble Grendel the Really Old carries?
Bluerecorded
Which material is not needed to forge the Hero’s Gladius?
Fairy Wingrecorded
Which of these quests can be repeated?
Arwen and the Glass Shoerecorded
Which of these is not a second job?
Magerecorded
True or false: the weakest monster in the game is the Blue Snail.
False - the Snail is weakerchecked here
The Snail is level 1 in the monster rows; the Blue Snail is level 2.
True or false: the strongest monster in the game is Jr. Balrog.
Falserecorded
True or false: Mushmom is a giant version of the Orange Mushroom.
Truerecorded
Where to train, 70 to 120
the full levelling guide ›Level 61–70
The level the site models third job at.
Wolf Territory VWhite Fang · lv 597,687,500 EXP/hr
Icy Cold FieldYeti · lv 652,540,000 EXP/hrWolf Territory IVWhite Fang · lv 592,039,698 EXP/hrWorth taking on the way: [Deep Forest of Patience] John's Pink Flower Basket, [Deep Forest of Patience] John's Present, [Deep Forest of Patience] John's Last Present · 111,450 EXP between them
Level 71–80
Third job skills, and the last band the snapshot has monsters for.
Garden of Darkness IILucida · lv 732,350,000 EXP/hrGarden of Darkness ILucida · lv 732,193,333 EXP/hr
The Cave of Trial IICerebes · lv 721,974,762 EXP/hrLevel 81–100
The Cave of Trial IIIBain · lv 903,243,810 EXP/hrRanked by what each map’s own spawn table can produce - spawn points times EXP over the respawn timer, counting only monsters inside the band. It is a ceiling nobody reaches and the right way to compare one map with another. The full levelling guide has every band, every column and the working.
What to wear
the full item browser ›The weapon ladderiHow the ladder was built
Every weapon the class can hold, with everything that is not an upgrade removed: a rung is a weapon that beats anything you could already be carrying at its level, so “gain” is what it adds over the rung above it. Sidegrades and later weaker weapons are left out and the item browser still has them. The ladder starts from level 1 on purpose - the rungs below your level are the ones you arrived holding.
iHow the ladder was built
Every weapon the class can hold, with everything that is not an upgrade removed: a rung is a weapon that beats anything you could already be carrying at its level, so “gain” is what it adds over the rung above it. Sidegrades and later weaker weapons are left out and the item browser still has them. The ladder starts from level 1 on purpose - the rungs below your level are the ones you arrived holding.
Claw10 upgrades
| Lv | Weapon | Attack | Gain | Speed | Needs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 |  Beginner's Garnier | 10 | +10 | Fast | LUK 25 | - |
| 15 |  Gold Titans | 14 | +4 | Fast | DEX 15 · LUK 35 | - |
| 20 |  Adamantium Igor | 17 | +3 | Fast | DEX 20 · LUK 45 | - |
| 25 |  Meba | 19 | +2 | Faster | DEX 25 · LUK 55 | 16,500 |
| 30 |  Adamantium Guards | 23 | +4 | Fast | DEX 30 · LUK 65 | 27,600 |
| 35 |  Dark Guardian | 26 | +3 | Fast | DEX 35 · LUK 75 | - |
| 40 |  Adamantium Avarice | 29 | +3 | Fast | DEX 40 · LUK 85 | - |
| 50 |  Blood Slain | 34 | +5 | Fast | DEX 50 · LUK 105 | - |
| 60 |  Blood Gigantic | 41 | +7 | Fast | DEX 60 · LUK 125 | - |
| 70 |  Black Scarab | 47 | +6 | Fast | DEX 70 · LUK 145 | - |
Best armour for LUK, by slotiHow these were picked
The highest LUK in each slot a Thief can wear, then attack, then defence.
Nothing is left out for being low level, because armour does not stop being wearable: the best piece in several of these slots wants half the level of the worst, and the level on each row is when you can put it on.
Where the game ships one piece as a male and a female version, both are named and the numbers are the same either way.
Where the best piece a male character can wear and the best a female character can wear are two different items, each is listed with its own level and stat.
9 slotsiHow these were picked
The highest LUK in each slot a Thief can wear, then attack, then defence.
Nothing is left out for being low level, because armour does not stop being wearable: the best piece in several of these slots wants half the level of the worst, and the level on each row is when you can put it on.
Where the game ships one piece as a male and a female version, both are named and the numbers are the same either way.
Where the best piece a male character can wear and the best a female character can wear are two different items, each is listed with its own level and stat.
BottomLUK +7
Lv 70 ·
CapeLUK +4
Lv 65 ·
EarringMDEF +19
Lv 15 ·
GlovesLUK +7
Lv 70 ·
HatLUK +7
Lv 70 ·
two different items, one for each character
DEF +54
Lv 22 ·
ShoesLUK +1
Lv 28 ·
TopLUK +7
Lv 70 ·
