All-Encompassing Guide to Vindictus

Overview

Guide covering the basics (Getting Started, Preparing for Battles, Battle Quests, Expertise, Fishing, Trading)If you have any feedback to give like ideas for new sections or tips I would appreciate it much! I am trying to make a guide that helps all players new or old (especially new players).

Getting Started

When picking a hero you want to think of what two styles appeal to you most. You have 5 slots to use and there is 6 character keep that in mind.

Kai – Uses a wide array of ranged abilities to combat enemies and is very agile in his ability to dodge enemies.

• Style: Bow
• Style: Cross-bow

Karok – He can absorb damage if you time his attacks and dodges right. He is great for dealing out damage but slow, while being able to sustain tanking with timing.

• Style: Pillar
• Style: Cestus

Evie has the greatest contrast when talking about style. She is either long-mid range spell caster, or a up-front melee scythe wielder. She is able to revive body members without feathers which makes her great support.

• Style: Staff
• Style: Scythe
  Hit-and-run combat where she can attack an enemy, bind it with a spell and detonate in at a safe distance

Fiona – Defense focused and does major damage by taking advantage of counters. Fiona has a buckler and a kite shield which gives her more options for how she wants to defend against enemies.

• Style: Hammer/Shield
  Hammer is slower than using a sword but it deals more damage.
• Style: Sword/Shield

Lann – Mobility focused and is able to move around the most while dealing damage.

• Style: Twin Swords
  Dual swords are considered the harder playstyle but deal more damage.
• Style: Twin Spears
  Spears are famous for its 360-Degree style gameplay. Most people who are new to this build generally just try to make spinning last as long as possible to maximize mobility and avoid getting hit. The other playstyle is similar to sword and relies more on knowing distance of attacks/timing and being precise.

Vella – Mix of offense and defense abilities to give both survivability and damage capabilities.

• Style: Twin Swords

Note: The story mission to introduce you to the game is skippeable.

Character Stats

Leveling up increases your stat points.

Defeating the end of the chapter gives you extra health.

Titles give you bonus stat points and can be discovered simply by doing the condition at least once.

Example: If kick one jelly to death, a title will be discovered of kicking 25 in my character screen if I click titles.

Preparation for Battles

Potions
Buy potions at the magic shop that can heal your hp/stamina. It is useful to keep you alive and remember that it is far more effective to drink it when standing still but also more dangerous so make sure you have the time to gulp one down.

Secondary Weaponary
Secondary weapons are extremely helpful for bosses and can be effective depending on the boss type. Some bosses can actually be grappled and fall down so the team can take advantage and attack him without worrying about the boss striking back.

Campires give you buffs if you sit near them for a certain period of time. They also have higher levels you can achieve if you stick around longer.

Town Campfire Is located near boats

• Gives random buff stat every hour
• Will get longer the longer you sit there (level 3 being max)

  In-Battle Campfire: Is a item you can buy from the npc shops

  • Gives you attack and armor buffs.
  • Durablity buff makes armor break less.

  Guild Campfire

  – click campfire and guild to apply
  • Faster, stronger buffs than in-battle campfires
  • Gives shorter repair rate

Battle Quests

• You need a certain amount of battle points to unlock the next area.
• Get battle points by planning out what side objectives you will accomplish and what mode will make it easiest to succedd in.

Example: I want to kill a boss with spears, so i put it on easy mode so i can see their health bar.

You need to advance story quest if you want to get to the point of unlocking transformations along with other more typical rewards like exp,gold, and gear.

There are some quests that reward you with the ability to learn a skill. You must accomplish these quests to obtain certain skills with any character.

Expertise

Expertise is a great way to make profits on the market because it takes up less material to make things than by using NPCs to craft.

Ranks
Beginner (0-99)
Apprentice (100-199)
Journeyman (200-350)

NPC: Caryl

Armorsmithing – can craft Light,Heavy, Plate armor as well as shields.
NPC: Brakis

Weaponsmithing – can craft swords,hammers,spears,scythes,pillars,cestus
NPC: Krunk

Tailoring – can craft cloth clothes
NPC:Nel

Goldsmithing – can craft bows, staves, rings, belts, and earrings.
NPC:Jariath

Level Up Gift Boxes

Transformations

• Reach level 40
• Complete the story Pact Quest Series.
• At Pact: Decisive Action, a decision must be made that will decide what transformation suits the player.

Paladins are defense focused which increases your survivability.

• 500 Max hp + 50 stamina + Extends reach & attack speed

Dark knights are damage focused.

• Attack boost + 500 Max hp + 50 stamina + 4 balance to weapon

• You need 2000 exp to level transformation every single time it does not accumulate.
• Max exp you can get is 110 per transformation – (1 transformation a hour)
• Transforming gives you 75 exp and the 25 exp comes from fighting.
• You can get 10 extra exp if you are in a guild for transformation.

• Transforming when your low on hp will restore your hp + shields to full (helpful for bosses).
• Transforming every hour is good to accumulate exp and levels for transformation.

Note: After transformation your equipment is totally destroyed.

Market/Trading

In order to trade with players you must use the mailbox system.

Buying

• Stalk megaphone chat, to find items you want.
• Look through forums to find prices.
• Send a PM to user or post on the forum with a bid
• User will send you item with required amount you need to pay
• Double check to ensure you aren’t being ripped off

Selling

• Put item on forum or use a megaphone to shout what your selling.
• You can use two styles: Auction or Instant Purchase
• Once you agree to the deal of the buyer send him it through the mailbox with (COD) option enabled and with the designated amount of money you desire.

• Go to the board to browse what you want.
• Look for prices but keep in mind of durability and quality play a roll.
• Be sure to check colors also to have a matching set if you have the budget.

Fishing

Fishing is actually a very relaxing mini-game you can play to obtain fish, random game materials, items, and during events other valuable items.

Harpoons

• Restock harpoons in-game by owl on the boat
• Can stack harpoons in inventory
• Will automatically equip more harpoons when you run out of a stack

Fishing Rod

• Unlike harpoon you do not need to wait for a wave of fish to catch anything.
• item you pay for in the in-game store.
• You use it by simply going to your nx tab and activating the rod which will fish for you.
• You should use it when you have to afk or during events.

Guild

Take (Guild Story) from Ceara in Colhen Mercenary Outpost.

• Pay 300,000 to finish the quest.

The more members of your guild are in your party the more exp you will all get at the end as a bonus.

PvP

• Restricted the number of people revived when using the PVP Party Revival Feathers used in a Deathmatch
• The PVP Party Feather now revives 3 incapacitated party members
• Free Match number of teams changed from 8 to 6
• Defense group’s movement speed reduced from 90% to 80%