Beginner's Guide to heRO Customs

[Aaronock]

Traveling for Fun & Profit! ...Part 1
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First of all, apologies for the length of this section.

This section details the various official, yet customized dungeons on the server. If the items are renewal based, their effects have been changed to fit into our non-renewal server. Again, a whole guide could probably be made about custom dungeons. Instead I'll be focusing on dungeon overviews and drops. If you have questions about leveling as a location, you can ask here, or make a new topic.

Hopefully this section highlights the extensive work done to create a fun experience you cannot get anywhere else.

These are organized by order of release.
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-Splendide Fields:
Difficulty: Medium-Hard
Experience: Decent mix of Base and Job gain here depending on what you fight.
Items: Fur, Mystic Horn, Soft Feather, Bee Sting, Golden Paw Bracer, Magic Beans, Meat Skewer, Vegetable Skewer, Sprint Ring, Sprint Shoes, Sprint Mail, Whip of Balance, Pinguicula Corsage, Shield of Naga, Armor of Naga, Pike, Battle Fork, Long Horn, Angelic Ring, Exorcising Ring, Luciola Vespa Card, Hilsrion Card, Pinguicula Card, Cornus Card, Dark Pinguicula Card

It is very difficult for most classes to farm the monsters solo at these fields as a newbie. Monk types with some money are able to Asura Strike the Cornus and Hilsrion outside the Nyddhoggur Dungeon entrance. Priests are also able to Turn Undead the Dark Pinguicula. Beware the potential double Nepenthes she may spawn upon her death. And last, but not least, with a party you can easily defeat Pinguicula, Luciola Vespa, and Naga on the Spendide 02 Field Map.

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...dide_Field


-Manuk Fields:
Difficulty: Medium-Hard
Experience: Decent mix of Base and Job gain here depending on what you fight.
Items: Peaked Hat, Fur, Mystic Horn, Soft Feather Professional Cooking Kit, Meat Skewer, Stem, Plant Bottle, Mandragora Cap, Cello, Lunakaligo, Mink Coat, Cold Heart, Black Cat, Sprint Mail, Long Horn, Angelic Ring, Exorcising Ring, Bradium Shield, Strong Shield, Tatacho Card, Centipede Card, Centipede Larva Card, Cornus Card, Bradium Golem Card, Nepenthes Card

If you happen to be a magical type and have a Bathory carded armor, you could consider farming Nepenthes. It is recommended if you do this to try to kill the Centipede Larvas as well for their card drop. The card’s effect gives it a lot of value in trades or vend. If you have a decent party setup, you can also consider farming Tatacho or Bradium Golems. They both have respectable drops as well that you can keep for yourself or trade to others.

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...anuk_Field


Nyddhoggur’s Nest / Root of Yggdrasil:
Difficulty: Very Hard
Experience: Favors Job over Base, but both will rise at a steady pace if you manage to not die a ton here.
Items: Acid Bottle, Bottle Grenade, Honey, Anodyne, Aloevera, Pinguicula Corsage, Dragon Vest, Dragon’s Breath, Withered Branch Staff, Vital Tree Shoes, Tights, Minstrel Bow, Tidal Shoes, Bradium Stone Hammer, Dagger of Hunter, Bradium Shield, Strong Shield, Kaiser Knuckle, Gauntlet of Hit, Veteran Hammer, Barrage Fist, Robe of Cast, Waterdrop Brooch, Veteran Sword, Veteran Axe, Bradium Ring, Bradium Brooch, Bradium Earring, Bone Plate, Proxy Skin Manteau, Cardo, Dragon Slayer, Dragon Wing, Dragon Killer, Dark Shadow Card, Aqua Elemental Card, Draco Card, Phylla Card, Rhyncho Card, Dark Pinguicula Card, Ancient Tree Card

Nydhoggur on this server is extremely difficult due to its customizations. If you can get with a strong group, the drops will more than make up for it if you get lucky. The cards that drop are okay, but the real money makers are the Bradium Accessories and Dragon Vest. Of course, you definitely can’t complain when a Veteran Sword or Dragon Manteau drops. And if you get to tag along as a newbie there is definitely value in the MVP’s drops. They are still some of the best in the game. Only those who don’t mind potentially losing experience should bother.

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i..._Yggdrasil


Brasilis Field + Dungeon:
Difficulty: Easy
Experience: Favors Base Experience
Items from Field: Poison Spore, Mushroom Spore, Karvodailnirol, Meat Skewer, Bomber Steak, Sandals, Hood, Mace, Inverse Scale, Headless Mule Card, Toucan Card, Cuipura Card
Items from Dungeon: Aloevera, Poison Bottle, Poison Spore, Mushroom Spore, Alcohol, Karvodailnirol, Heart of Mermaid, Mage Coat, Angel’s Dress, Scalpel, Gladius, Hurricane’s Fury, Hunting Spear, Pirhana Card, Iara Card

The fields use to not have much of anything that dropped, but now all the monsters have some pretty cool card drops. Headless Mule has a low chance to drop the Inverse Scale Katar. If you gain dungeon access, the location makes for a respectable leveling place at 65-80. Its best done with a mobbing type class such as Assassin, Knight, or Hunter. Rogues, Blacksmiths, and Alchemists can do alright here as well. The money gain here is decent in comparison to similar spots at this level range. If you can farm Iara, you have a chance for Mage Coats, Angel Dresses, Witherless Rose, and Mermaid Hearts.

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...ld/Dungeon


Scaraba Dungeon:
Difficulty: Medium
Experience: Great mix of Base and Job
Items: Honey, Imperial Spear, Black Wing, Green Whistle, Red Ether Bag, Imperial Guard, Bone Plate, Alca Bringer, Meteo Plate Armor, Two-Handed Chrome Metal Sword, Mystic Bow, Claytos Cracking Earth Armor, Scaraba Card

Floor 1 consists of passive insect mobs until targeted. The sword wielders are weaker to physical attacks, and the spear wielders are weaker to magic. If you can get a party, floor 2’s insect floor is mobby. With good teamwork, you are rewarded with a shower of experience. Both floors contain equips that are usable by non-transcendent classes, which makes it sort of unique for something amongst newer dungeons.

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...stes_Field


Discates Field:
Difficulty: Hard
Experience: Great mix of Base and Job
Items: Fur, Peaked Hat, Meat Skewer, Professional Cooking Kit, Stem Whip, Bradium Earring, Mink Coat, Lunakaligo, Cello, Bradium Shield, Strong Shield, Cold Heart, Black Cat, Dolomedes Card, Tatacho Card, Centipede Card, Bradium Golem Card

To reach these fields, you must traverse through the first level of Scaraba Dungeon. Why bother going so far out? Dolomedes made his debut here. Its worth it for the Bradium Earring drop alone. The monster's other loots npc for an alright price. Then add on that a decent monster spawn rate and it becomes worth it, especially for melee DPS. The money is decent, and they also can drop Bradium Earring. When solo, bring fly wings if you cannot fight either Centipede or Bradium Golems.

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...stes_Field


Byalan 6:
Difficulty: Hard
Experience: Great mix of Base and Job
Items: Ring of Water, Fresh Fish, Tidal Shoes, Hunting Spear, Cardo, Saphien’s Armor of Ocean, Dagger of Hunter, Sropho Card, Pot Dofle Card, Sedora Card, King Kray Card, Kraken Card

This location contains fish based monsters. This isn't a place to farm equipment, but experience. If you are looking for some decent money, you could take a crit build or a monk to defeat King Kray. They drop Mystic Frozen as a high rate. There are cards to obtain here, with Pot Dofle, Sropho, and King Kray being the most immediately useful.

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...Dungeon_F6


-Dewata Field
Difficulty: Easy-Medium
Experience: Evenly distributed Base and Job
Items: Stem, Hinalle Leaflet, Aloe Leaflet, Cendrawasih Feather, Soft Feather, Feather of Bird, Alnoldi Card, Argiope Card, Cendrawasih Card

This location requires you to unlock Dewata. You can reach the town from the docks in Alberta. Look for the NPC who will take you there near the big boat at the docks. The field is pretty good to level off of with mages for your mid levels. Others can opt to come here to fight Alnoldi too as they are not too difficult to kill if you have a fire forged weapon or endow. Cendrawasih is trickier to kill solo as a newbie, but try to obtain10 of his feathers. You can use them later to unlock the Krakatau Volcano dungeon. Since the monster is passive till targeted or attacked there's a way to cheese this if solo. Use a thief class character and steal from the monster.

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...wata_Field


-Tina Grace Cave
Difficulty: Medium
Experience: Favors Base Experience slightly over Job Experience
Items: Fang, Hinalle Leaflet, Rough Oridecon, Magic Bible Vol. 1 Butoijo Card, Gajomart Card, Horong Card, Am Mut Card, Dokebi Card, Banaspaty Card

To access this dungeon all you need to do is unlock Dewata. You can reach the town from the docks in Alberta. Once at Dewata, travel to the northwest exit to the field, the cave will be in the southwest corner of the map. I recommend getting another person or two for this place. The narrow lanes of the cave make it ripe for monsters to be spawned very closely to one another. It makes for a great mobbing location if you have a Wizard in the party. This is one way players can obtain the very useful mage shield Magic Bible Vol. 1 without need for guild dungeon access. If you get particularly lucky you may get any of the card drops here and they are all useful for one reason or another.

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...Grace_Cave


-Krakatau Volcano
Difficulty: Medium-Hard
Experience: Very even Base and Job, especially if focused killing only Comodo
Items: Reptile Tongue, Mane, Comodo Leather, Grape, Anodyne, Bowman Scarf, Tidung, Ginnungagap, Blood Tears Comodo Card, Ancient Worm Card, Gullinbursti Card, Argiope Card, Savage Card

This map is similar to Tina Grace Cave above. Its a very narrow laned map filled with monsters. The experience gain per monster killed is pretty good, and with decent mobbing skills can become fantastic. Save the Comodo Leathers that drop to later craft and enchant Keris (repetable) at the Dewata Field map. Recommended you bring a party as a newbie. If you are a wizard with fast enough cast and skilled in either Safety Wall and/or Firewall use, you may be able to solo. Watch out for Leak, she's a nuisance and loves to mess up with any decent setups you might have.

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...au_Volcano


-Nightmare Pyramids
Difficulty: Medium
Experience: Base focused. Pretty amazing if you can kill Ancient Mummy, she gives over 100k base experience per kill.
Items: Hammer of Blacksmith, Immortal Heart, Panacea, White Herb, Lemon, Rosary, Glove, Brooch, Earring, Sphinx Hat, Tablet, Sage Diary, Nightmarish Minorous Card, Nightmarish Mummy Card, Nightmarish Verit Card, Nightmarish Mimic Card, Nightmarish Arclouse Card, Nightmarish Ancient Mummy Card

This dungeon came out last year. It consists of stronger versions of a variety of mobs. Sadly, there isn't much reason to come out here other than for the following:

1. You're here for the dailies, there are rewards for completing them along with some experience.
2. Heal Bomb, Turn Undead or Grand Cross the Nightmarish Verits and Mummies for exp.
3. You have the Turn Undead skill and want to have an easy target with Nightmarish Ancient Mummy.

After that, its hard to justify most newbies sticking to this place long term for the drops. They aren't particularly interesting, and there are better places to acquire many of the items listed (unless they're cards).

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...re_Pyramid


-Malangdo Island Dungeon + Instance
Difficulty: Very Easy - Medium
Experience: Very nice mix of Base and Job
Items for Dungeon: Large Jellopy, Delicious Jelly, Poor Can, Aster Hairpin, Starfish Headband, Fish Pin, Fisherman's Dagger, Cutter, Siorava Card, Red Eruma Card, Wild Rider Card

Items for Instance: Poor Coin Bag, Normal Coin Bag, Hairtail, Marlin, Saurel, Tuna, Malang Crab, Small Octopus Card, Pot Dofle Card

Its easy to reach this dungeon as a newbie. There are several routes to reach the town of Malangdo which you need to reach the dungeon there.

1. Travel to Izlude and near the docks at the top right of the map is a Cat NPC who will warp you there.
2. Travel to Alberta, go to the docks at the eastern side of map. You can warp directly to Malangdo from there or travel via Neko Isle to Malangdo.
3. Travel to the Pharos Beacon from Comodo. Go down the stairs near where you warp in, and to your left you will find the Cat Sailor NPC who will warp you to Malangdo.It costs 5,000 Zeny with the Cat NPC's to travel to Malangdo. This does not including extra costs for warps depending on how you travel there. After unlocking the town, you can walk to the first red dot on your map to the northwestern portion of the map.

The first floor is for newbies who want to level up characters off of Siorava. Siorava drops both Jubilee and Large Jellopy, hold onto both to unlock True Poring Isle later. Red Eruma is a bit tougher, and I recommend saving the Poor Cans he drops. They currently do nothing but will be necessary to have when the rest of the region's content is released. If you want to fight Wild Rider, he drops two headgears no other monster drops currently. Their effects aren't too potent so recommended only if you're a hat collector.

For the instance, its recommended you come back at level 80+ with a party (minimum 2 players). The party leader unlocks the instance and you get to beat up a bunch of monsters on your way to fight a pervy octopus. This isn't an instance you go to for the drops, but the experience is decent for the amount of effort and time put into it.

http://www.pandoraonline.net/heRO_wiki/i...do_Dungeon
heRO Custom Dungeons: These dungeons are organized by their difficulty.