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*Original Guide from BDO Inven KR by 순둥이물티슈 [SoonDoongieMulTissue]

■ Chapter 1. Weapons

[Pre-Awakening Main Weapons]

The Ranger’s skills consume a lot of MP. I strongly recommend that you increase weight capacity, buy maids and transfuse MP recovery crystals into your weapons. Also, AP is more important than damage against different species.

Rosar Longbow (recommended)
Highest AP (19) and 2 slots
Enhancement: AP & Accuracy

Krea Longbow
18 AP and 2 slots
Enhancement: AP & Accuracy

Yuria Longbow
18 AP and 1 slot
Item effects: +5 damage against Humans
Enhancement: AP, Accuracy, & damage against Humans
Effective when you are grinding near Calpheon, Serendia, or Mediah but not effective in the long run.

Bares Longbow
13 AP and 1 slot
Item effects: +5 damage against every species
Enhancement: AP, Accuracy, damage against every species

Liverto Longbow
20 AP and 2 slots
Item effects: Critical hit rate rank +3
Enhancement effect: AP & Accuracy
An efficient gear to use before moving on to the Kzarka weapon.

Kzarka Longbow
20 AP and 2 slots
You will have more choices for food buffs and crystals if you have this.
Item effects: Attack speed level +3
Enhancement: AP & Accuracy
Displayed stats are the same as Liverto Longbow, but has different item effects and higher Accuracy.
Can be obtained from World Boss Kzarka or exchanged with 100 of Kzarka’s Latent Aura.

If your AP is above 220, you can choose crystals other than the MP Recovery crystal. You can either choose Accuracy or AP Crystal, or just stick to MP recovery crystal if you want to do more farming.

[Secondary Weapons]

Steel Dagger (recommended)
The only “Green” dagger that you can increase your AP with through Enhancement.
Enhancement: AP
The most effective and commonly-used one.

Rosar Dagger
Increases DP
Enhancement: Evasion
An endgame gear often used to increase Evasion

Using Ultimate Weapon Reform Stone on the above weapons will give you the “special attack damage +1” effect. It will also increase your AP (Steel Dagger) or DP (Rosar Dagger).

The Bronze Dagger, Parrying Dagger, and Krea Dagger are not recommended. Bronze Dagger will give you more Accuracy, but it can be replaced by the Serendia Meal buff.

Nouver Dagger
AP Secondary Weapon with 2 slots
All Resistance +10%
Enhancement: AP
Can be obtained from World Boss Nouver or exchanged with 100 of Nouver’s Latens Aura.

Kutum Dagger
DP Secondary Weapon with 2 slots
All Resistance +10%
Enhancement: AP, DP, & Accuracy
A good endgame gear that’s especially effective in high-level dungeons like Pila Ku Jail, Aakman Temple, or Hystria Ruins.
Can be obtained from World Boss Kutum or exchanged with 100 of Kutum’s Aura.

[Awakening Weapon]

Young Tree Spirit’s Elven Sword
An easy-to-get and efficient weapon
Can be purchased from weapon merchants at Altinova or Valencia

Heiress’s Elven Sword
Has higher AP than Young Tree Spirit’s Elven Sword
+7 damage against Humans
Enhancement: AP & damage against Humans
Use an Ultimate Weapon Reform Stone to gain more AP

Dandelion Elven Sword
The best Awakening Weapon
Enhancement: AP
Hard to get but will worth the effort
Can be obtained from World Boss Karanda or exchanged with 100 of Karanda’s Latent Aura.

Efficiency-wise, it is better to farm with Young Tree Spirit’s Elven Sword and move on to Dandelion.

■ Chapter 2. Armors

Heve Armor Set
Set Bonus: 250 HP with 2 pieces, and additional 50 HP with 3 pieces
Using an Ultimate Armor Reform Stone will give you +5 DP and +2 Reduced damage options.

Hercules Armor Set
Set Bonus: +150 Weight capacity with 2 pieces, and additional +50 with 3 pieces
Useful when you don’t want to spend any Pearls but need to increase your weight capacity.
Using an Ultimate Armor Reform Stone will give you +5 DP and +2 Reduced damage options.

Grunil Armor Set
Set Bonus: Armor & Shoes - +150 HP / Helmet & Gloves - all damage +5 / 4 pieces - all damage +2
If you are willing to spend some Pearls for Weight capacity, this set will be the best choice.
Using an Ultimate Armor Reform Stone will give you +5 DP and +2 Reduced damage options.

Recommended Armor Combination: 2 Hercules pieces, Grunil Helmet, and Grunil Gloves

You can increase weight capacity and AP at the same time. (+150 weight capacity and +5 all damage)

All other Armor sets are not as effective as those listed above. You can replace the 2 Hercules pieces with 2 Heve pieces, in which case you will have to spend some Pearls on weight capacity. You can also equip yourself with Bheg’s Gloves and 3 pieces from another Armor set, though you won’t have enough Accuracy.

Giath’s Helmet
+100 HP
Can be obtained from Giath or by opening a Giath Reward Bundle

Red Nose’s Armor
HP recovery rate increases
+100 MP/WP/SP
Choose this if you can’t afford Hebetate Tree Spirit’s Armor
Can be obtained from Red Nose or by opening a Red Nose Reward Bundle

Hebetate Tree Spirit’s Armor
+200 HP and +100 MP/WP/SP
Has same DP as Red Nose’s Armor, but higher HP increase
Can be obtained from Hebetate Tree Spirit and World Boss Hebetate Tree Spirit, or by opening a Hebetate Tree Spirit Reward Bundle.

Bheg’s Gloves
Accuracy increases
Accuracy also increases as Enhancement level goes up
Can be obtained from Dastard Bheg and World Boss Dastard Bheg, or by opening a Dastard Bheg Reward Bundle.

Muskan’s Shoes
Evasion increases
Evasion also inreases as Enhancement level goes up, which is especially effective for Rangers since they have low DP.
Can be obtained from Muskan or by opening a Muskan Reward Bundle.

Bheg’s Gloves are the first one you should get since Accuracy is important near the endgame. If you can’t afford Hebetate Tree Spirit’s Armor but still want the set bonus, you can substitute Red Nose’s Armor for that one.

■ Chapter 3. Accessories

Accessories will be destroyed when Enhancement fails, so make sure they are the last thing you enhance. You can use Cron Stones to prevent the gear from being destroyed, in which case the enhancement level is decreased by 1 or remains the same. Also, make sure you complete the Ring quest that comes after the Edana’s Descendent quest.

[Rings]

Bares Ring
Enhancement: AP +1
An early game gear you can obtain easily

Outlaw’s Ring
Enhancement: AP & DP +1
Item effects: Stamina +50
An effective early game ring

Red Coral Ring
Enhancement: AP & DP +1
Item effects: Stamina +50
An upgraded version of Outlaw’s Ring

Blue Coral Ring (recommended)
Enhancement: AP +1, MP/WP/SP +5
Item effects: MP/WP/SP +25
Useful if you want to increase your AP and MP/WP/SP at the same time.

Mark of Shadow (recommended)
Enhancement: AP +2
Best if you want to increase your AP early game.

Ring of Crescent Guardian
Enhancement: AP +3
Expensive, but will worth the money

[Necklaces]

Bares Necklace
Enhancement: AP +2
The most efficient and easy-to-get necklace.

Ancient Guardian’s Seal
Enhancement: AP +2, DP +1
Set bonus: Accuracy +5
Has a set bonus when used with Ancient Weapon Core.

Necklace of Good Deeds
Enhancement: AP +2, Accuracy +1
Item effects: Accuracy +3
Good to use if you want to increase your Accuracy.

Necklace of Shultz the Gladiator
Enhancement: AP +3
High AP

Sicil’s Necklace (recommended for PvP)
Enhancement: +3 AP, +2 DP
An upgraded version of Ancient Guardian’s Seal

Serap’s Necklace
Enhancement: +4 AP
Item effects: +50 HP
An upgraded version of Necklace of Shultz the Gladiator

Ogre Ring
Enhancement: +5 AP
The most expensive one, but will give you the highest AP boost.

Laytenn’s Power Stone
Enhancement: +5 AP
Exactly same as Ogre Ring, but with a different look.

■ Chapter 4. Buffs

[Food Buffs]

Food Buffs will not overlap. The buff that has a longer duration and stronger effect will overwrite the weaker/shorter one. Rangers must increase Attack speed first, and then Critical hit rate.

Serendia Meal: all AP +5 / accuracy +10 / critical hit rate rank +1
Mediah Meal: all AP +5 / Attack speed level +1 / casting speed rank +1
Knight Combat Rations: all AP +5 / extra damage against humans +5 / all damage reduction +5
Ham Sandwich: all AP +3 / all accuracy +8
Cheese Gratin: Max HP +70 / Attack speed rank +1
King of Jungle Hamburg: ignore all resistance +3% / critical hit damage increases
Khalk’s Fermented Wine: all AP +7 / movement speed rank +1 / HP recovery +10 / hunting damage +700

Valencian Meal: ignore all resistance +4% / resistance against all debuffs +4% / evasion +6 / reduces damage from monsters
Calpheon Meal: reduces all damage by 5 / max HP +100 / HP recovery +5
Steamed Whale Meat: reduces all damage by 2 / evasion +8

Milk Tea: exp +8% / HP recovery +5
Butter-coated Lobster: critical hit rate rank +2 / knockdown&bound resistance +10%
Margoria Seafood Extravaganza: weight capacity +50 / movement speed rank +2 / critical hit rate rank +2 / max HP +100

Recommended food buff combination: 
Serendia Meal + Valencian Meal + Cheese Gratin + Milk Tea (PvE)
Knights Combat Rations + Serendia Meal + Valencian Meal + Cheese Gratin + King of Jungle Hamburg (PvP)

[Elixirs]

Elixir buffs will not overlap. The buff that has a longer duration and stronger effect will overwrite the weaker/shorter one. AP and DP Elixirs are relatively expensive, so skip them if you don’t have enough silver. You can synthesize 3 elixirs together through simple alchemy to get the higher version of the same elixir, or synthesize 2 elixirs and Aal’s Tear together to get party elixirs. Elixir buffs will disappear when you die.

Elixir of Fury: all AP +10
Elixir of Demihuman Hunt: +10 damage against Demihumans
Elixir of Human Hunt: +6 damage against Humans
Elixir of Detection: Critical hit damage increases
Elixir of Penetration: +5 DP-irrelevant damage when back attack hits
Elixir of Frenzy: all AP +20, all DP -10
Elixir of Wind: Attack speed rank +2
Grim Reaper’s Elixir: +1 HP recovery per hit
Elixir of Swiftness: movement speed rank +2
Elixir of Assassination: back attack damage increases
Elixir of Draining: +3 HP recovery per critical hit
Elixir of Death: +5 DP-irrelevant damage per critical hit
Elixir of Concentration: Accuracy +8
Elixir of Shock: Critical hit rate rank +2
Elixir of Carnage: down attack damage increases
Perfume of Courage: all AP +25 / max HP +200 / attack speed rank +5 / casting speed rank +5 / movement speed rank +5

Defense Elixir: reduces all damage by 5
Elixir of Will: reduces damage from monsters
Elixir of Life: max HP +100
Khalk’s Elixir: all resistance +10% / damage reduced by 15 / max HP +100 / movement speed +5%

Elixir of Experience: exp +10%
Elixir of Wings: jump height increases

■ Chapter 5. Crystals

You can transfuse two of the same crystals into your gear, and the effects will overlap. There is a chance your crystal might get destroyed when you die.

[For Pre-Awakening weapons]

Magic Crystal of Infinity - Extraction: +1 MP/WP/SP recovery per hit
Magic Crystal of Infinity - Power: +2 AP
Magic Crystal of Infinity - Accuracy: accuracy +2
Ancient Magic Crystal - Carmae: critical hit rate & attack speed +1

[For Secondary weapons]

Magic Crystal of Infinity - Critical: critical hit damage rank +1
Black Spirit Crystal: max HP +100 & AP +5
Awakened Spirit’s Crystal: max HP +150 AP +5

[For Helmets]

Ancient Magic Crystal - Harphia: max HP +50 / +5 HP recovery
Magic Crystal of Infinity - Intimidation: knockdown & bound resistance +10%
Black Magic Crystal - Agility: evasion +2 / knockdown & bound resistance +5%
Magic Crystal of Infinity - Experience: exp +10% (can be obtained by completing the Knowledge Battle with Hailey questline)

[For Armors]

Ancient Magic Crystal of Abundance - Armor: damage reduced by 5
Black Magic Crystal - Vigor: max HP +50 / stun, stiffness, & freeze resistance +10%
Ancient Magic Crystal - Cobelinus: max HP +100 / weight capacity +20

[For Gloves]

Magic Crystal of Infinity - Assault: attack speed +2 (strongly recommended when you are using Liverto Longbow)
Magic Crystal of Infinity - Valor: critical hit rate +2 (strongly recommended when you are using Kzarka Longbow)
Magic Crystal of Infinity - Ranged attack: ranged AP +2

[For Shoes]

Magic Crystal of Infinity - Swiftness: movement speed +2
Ancient Magic Crystal of Nature - Adamantine: resistance to knockdown & bound +25%
Ancient Magic Crystal - Hystria: weight capacity +20 / movement speed +1