Voyager Guide

1. Introduction

Why should I pick explorer as my class?

If you like big numbers (damage that is), Explorer is the class for you.
They have the biggest burst damage in PKO by far. Explorers are also
a good class for people that like using boats, as they get quite a few
sea-based skills.


Stats & Skills
For stats I recommend going full SPR for faster levelling, though you may
want to consider doing 1 CON for each 4 SPR you add if you want more
survivability at the trade-off of some damage. Either way you should end
up the same way, just add CON when you've maxed SPR.
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2. Skills

For skills a lot is personal preference, though there are some must have
skills and some suboptimal choices.

EXPLORER SKILLS

Diligence (Passive skill)

Prerequisite: None
Description: Increase SP recovery rate of character.
Effect: Level 1 increase 2 points. Each additional level increase 1 point.
Coral needed: None
My opinion: Great for reducing the need to rest, spend points here
whenever you have spare SP.

Current (Passive ship skill)

Prerequisite: Diligence Lv2
Description: Increase movement speed of ship.
Effect: Level 1 increase 6%. Each additional level increase 1%.
Coral needed: None
My opinion: Not the excactly best Explorer skill there is, you should not
put more than two SP in this. (only one if you arent getting
Tornado)

Conch Armor (Passive ship skill)

Prerequisite: Current Lv1
Description: Increase defense of ship.
Effect: Level 1 increase 8 points. Each additional level increase 3 point.
Coral needed: None
My opinion: Decent skill, but no need to increase it beyond Lv5.

Tornado (Initiate land skill)

Prerequisite: Current Lv2
Description: Equip Wind Coral to twirl enemy up in the air
(Level 1 consume 27 SP. Each level need 2 more SP)
Effect: Level 1 time duration 3.5s. Each additional level increase 0.5s.
Coral needed: Wind Coral
My opinion: Another decent skill, get it to Lv5 if you want Algae Entanglement.

Lightning Bolt (Initiate land skill)

Prerequisite: Diligence Lv1
Decription: Equip Thunder Coral to strike enemy with lightning
(Level 1 consume 25 SP. Each level need 2 more SP)
Effect: Damage determined by skill level and stamina.
Coral needed: Thunder Coral
My opinion: Your primary damage. Get it, max it, love it!

Alga Entanglement (Initiate ship skill)

Prerequisite: Tornado Lv5
Description: Use seaweed to bind and damage enemy
(Level 1 consume 21 SP. Each level need 1 more SP)
Effect: Level 1 damage target 5 points per sec for 6s.
Each additional level increase 1 point and extend 2s. Also determine by stamina.
Coral needed: None
My opinion: Most definately worth it if you already got all the requirements.

Voyager skills

Conch Ray (Initiate land skill)

Prerequisite: Conch Armor Lv5
Description: Use Strike Coral to damage enemies in a straight line
(Level 1 consume 23 SP. Each level need 3 more SP)
Effect: Damage determined by skill level and stamina.
Coral needed: Strike Coral
My opinion: Another land damage spell, a must unless you're EXTREMELY
ship focussed. Seriously, words can't describe how much I
love this skill........ GET IT!

Tail Wind (Initiate ship skill)

Prerequisite: Tornado Lv4
Description: Use Wind Coral to summon wind and boost movement of the
ships in an area
(Level 1 consume 23 SP. Each level need 3 more SP)
Effect: Requires to equip Wind Coral.
Coral needed: Wind Coral
My opinion: Get 2 or 4 levels of this if you're ship focussed and already have
Algae Entanglement and Lightning Curtain maxxed.

Whirlpool (Initiate ship skill)

Prerequisite: Tail Wind Lv4
Description: Create a whirlpool to decrease movement speed of enemy
ships in an area (Level 1 consume 21 SP. Each level need 1 more SP)
Effect: Each level increase effect
Coral needed: None
My opinion: Only get this if you're REALLY, REALLY, and I mean REALLY
ship focussed.

Fog (Initiate ship skill)

Prerequisite: Tail Wind Lv2
Description: Use Fog Coral to decrease attack of enemies in an area
(Level 1 consume 21 SP. Each level need 1 more SP)
Coral needed: Fog Coral
My opinion: Decent ship skill, but lower priority than Algae Entanglement
and Lightning Carpet.

Lightning Curtain (Initiate ship skill)

Prerequisite: Lightning Bolt Lv8
Description: Use Thunder Coral to create a thunderstorm that
damage enemies in an area (Level 1 consume 21 SP. Each level need 1 more SP)
Effect: Each level increase effect.
Coral needed: Thunder Coral
My opinion: "THE" skill for ship damage, you should definately get this.


My current skill selection
For skills we will focus on the land based ones, as we want to level as quick
as possible. The skills are listed in the order you should get them.
Explorer
Lv10: 1x Diligence (SP regen), required for Lightning
Lv11: 1x Lightning (Your primary damage skill)
Lv20: 9x Lightning
Lv21-24: 4x Diligence
Lv25: 1x Current (Ship speed increase), required for Conch Armor
LV26-30: 5x Conch Armor (Ship armor increase), required for Conch Ray
Voyager
Lv40: 10x Conch Ray
Lv41-45: 5x Diligence

After this it is pretty much personal preference among the ship skills,
this is my personal preference (listed in the order I will acquire them).
10x Lightning Curtain
1x Current
5x Tornado
10x Algae Entanglement
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3. Information About Corals

Acquiring Corals
Corals can be bought from Coral Vendor - Lamon (2061, 2543 - Ascaron),
or they can be looted from sea monsters. Strike Corals are not available
above Lv2, but this will probably be added later, along with recharging
of Strike Corals.

Thunder Corals
Lv1 - Floating Seaweed (Lv26) 1572, 1200
Lv1 - White Cap Sea Jelly (Lv29) 384, 822
Lv2 - Ocean Water Dancer (Lv33) 1910, 3604
Lv2 - Poisonous Sea Jelly (Lv35) 1350, 1980
Lv3 - Rapid Squid (Lv43) 3132, 998
Lv3 - Feral Skeleton Fish (Lv45) 3132, 1292
Lv4 - Wandering Mermaid (Lv50) 3692, 322
Lv5 - Vampiric Polliwog (Lv55) 370, 2317
Lv5 - Topaz Dolphin (Lv57) 2631, 2048

Fog Corals
Lv1 - Icky Seaweed (Lv27) 3930, 3150
Lv1 - Man Eating Sea Jelly (Lv29) 384, 1190
Lv2 - Vicious Baby Squid (Lv33) 1478, 550
Lv2 - Berserk Sea Jelly (Lv36) 1310, 3604
Lv3 - Midnight Water Dancer (Lv44) 3211, 1731
Lv3 - Thunder Sea Jelly (Lv46) 3746, 1292
Lv4 - Jack the Pirate’s Support Ship (Lv49) 2210, 3769
Lv4 - Shadow Mermaid (Lv51) 3211, 2314
Lv5 - Tempest Sea Jelly (Lv56) 441, 2957
Lv5 - Tornado Sea Jelly (Lv57) 1275, 3634

Wind Corals
Lv1 - Wild Seaweed (Lv25) 1447, 1602
Lv1 - Cursed Seaweed (Lv28) 1950, 3126
Lv2 - Sluggish Squid (Lv32) 1498, 2528
Lv2 - Evil Water Dancer (Lv34) 2005, 2110
Lv3 - Swift Baby Squid (Lv42) 3814, 469
Lv3 - Swift Water Dancer (Lv44) 3211, 1731
Lv4 - Stealth Blood Polliwog (Lv48) 2550, 400
Lv4 - Jack the Pirate’s Warship (Lv50) 1950, 3515
Lv5 - Sakura 13 Warship (Lv55) 1950, 1286
Lv5 - Silk Shark (Lv56) 3149, 3836


Recharging Corals
To recharge your coral you need to go with your ship to an appropriate
weather condition with your coral equipped, stay inside it to recharge your
coral. System messages will tell where they can be found.

Example: [System]Weather: On local sea region at (1268, 1156),
there is a Thunderstorm.

Thunderstorms recharge Thunder Corals
Tornados recharge Wind Corals
Fog recharge Fog Corals
Strike Corals can't be recharged.

WARNING: Thunderstorms and Tornados will damage your ship!
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4. Explorer levelling Guide

The basis of this guide is to kill as high level possible monsters
with 1-2 lightnings.
Do note that the levels you should kill monsters are based on
a full SPR Explorer, if you are not full SPR you should do each monster
a few levels later, just compare your Lightning damage with the HP values
listed here. As the Lightning damage is constant no matter the monster,
this makes it easy to determine when you can 2-Shot a monster.

The starting phase

Be sure that you've chosen Ami, Phyllis or Lance, as these are the characters
that can become Explorers.
You should easily get to level 10 by doing the newbie quests in Argent City
(I recommend this as your starting area).

Monsters
Unless noted the monsters are 2-shottable for full SPR characters
at the level specified. The coordinates specified are safe spots near
the monsters where you wont be attacked while resting.

Lv10: Bubble Clams (Lv9) 2258, 2510 - Ascaron
HP: ?
Speed: Slow
Notes: Stab them with your dagger!, Passive



Lv11: Bear Cub (Lv12) 1905, 2853 - Ascaron
HP: 300
Speed: Slow
Notes: 1-Shot, Passive



Lv12: Smuggler (Lv20) 1654, 2990 - Ascaron
HP: 710
Speed: Medium
Notes: Aggressive



Lv21: Mad Boar (lv30) 959, 2960 - Ascaron
HP: 900
Speed: Slow
Notes: Aggressive



Lv30: Ferocious Scorpion (lv38) 2391, 595 - Deep Blue
HP: 1510
Speed: Slow
NOTE: Aggressive, AoE them at level 40 with Conch Ray.


When you become a Voyager it becomes much easier, with the
Conch Ray -> Lightning -> Conch Ray you can do A LOT of damage
without the need of waiting for cooldowns.


General tactics
Lightning -> run back a bit -> Lightning -> rinse and repeat!
However, if you can, try to position yourself so there's an obstacle
between you and the monster, this will remove the need of running back.

For three-shotting monsters
Lightning -> run back a bit -> Lightning -> run a little bit back (enough for
it to turn and run back to its spawn) -> Lightning
You should not have to run far back to make it turn back after 2 Lightnings,
some practice and you'll do it automatically.

Tips
Try to always have more than 50% hp (or more, depending on the damage
of the monster you're fighting), because you'll often get hit once, or even
twice if you're lagging.

Dont bother to recharge your corals before you get the lv3 ones, it's a waste
of time. Just buy new ones (they're pretty cheap) from Coral Vendor - Lamon,
he is at the coordinates 2061, 2543 in Ascaron.

When running back from a mob, always run towards the coordinates arrow
(If youve entered my coordinates that is), so that you'll always end up at
a safe spot. Nothing is as annoying as running into a new spawn and dying.

Don't eat too much cake! You should be kiting, not taking damage. Sure,
eating some once in a while if it's an emergency is ok, though don't get
into the habit of just standing there and eating, as this will drastically
reduce your amount of cash. (As if having to buy Corals wasnt enough)
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5. Accessories and You!
As a Explorer, many, if not all of your accessory slots will be used
for corals. However, you might not want to use the skill(s) a coral offers,
and therefore have some free slots.

Thunder Coral will be equipped in the left ring slot.
Fog Coral will be equipped in the right ring slot.
Wind Coral will be equipped in the necklace slot.
Strike Coral will be equipped in off-hand.

Rings

There are only two types of rings that have any use for Explorers, these
are extra dodge and extra defence. Rings can be bought from the
accessory salesmen in the Ascaron havens.

Lv15-20, Accessory - Pucan (Abandon Mine Haven) 1889, 2804 - Ascaron.
Lv30-35, Accessory - Rikka (Andes Forest Haven) 996, 2969 - Ascaron.
Lv35-40, Accessory - Ferrari (Valhalla Haven) 1111, 2749 - Ascaron.
Lv55-60, Accessory - Aii (Chaldea Haven) 635, 2091 - Ascaron.

Necklaces

Necklaces come in more useful varieties, these are HP bonus, SP bonus,
HP recovery bonus, SP recovery bonus and Physical resist bonus.
The medals received for being in the closed beta are also necklaces.

Locations
Lv15-30, Accessory - Allan (Babul Haven), 1226, 3183 - Magical Ocean.
Lv35-50, Accessory - Dunman (Icespire Haven), 2673, 657 - Deep Blue.
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6. Voyager Quest

Upon attaining level 40 you will be given a quest from Little Daniel in Argent.

Journey of the Voyager
Since you chosen to be a Voyager, you must be prepared for what is to
come. I have befriended some sailors when I was young. Now, they are
incharge of harbors in some part of the world. Take my recommendation
letter to them and they will let you know what to do.

Talk to Burgess (Zephyr Isle) 3254, 3278 - Ascaron
Talk to Sacenis (Glacier Isle) 2295, 1123 -Ascaron
Talkt to Dilady (Outlaw Isle) 3595, 739 - Ascaron
Talk to Whitney (Sara Haven) 3097, 3530 - Ascaron

Use the Island Teleporters and go to Zephyr Isle, then Glacier Isle directly
and finally Outlaw Isle and back to Argent. Sara Haven doesnt have a
teleporter, so we have to use our ship to get there (You HAVE a ship, right?).
Head out from Argent south-east, untill you see Whitney on his lil' island.
Talk to him (You can do this from your boat, no need to look for a place
to dock), then head back to Argent and talk to Little Daniel.

Congratulations, you are now a fully fledged Voyager!
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7. PvP Guide

I do not recommend PvP before lv40, as Conch Ray is a crucial skill for
killing players. You should generally cast your skills in this order;
Conch Ray -> Lightning Bolt -> Conch Ray, as this can be done with only
a negligible delay between the Lightning Bolt and the second Conch Ray.
If you're kiting though, you should only use Lightning Bolt (except when
you're sure that you can finish them off with a CR -> LB -> CR combo).
CAKE IS YOUR FRIEND, its not that expensive, and you can munch it like
a true cake monster! This will greatly increase your survivability against
some classes.Press the example links to download video examples of
fights vs. the separate classes.

PS: I kinda screwed up my skills, so Ive only got rank 5 Conch Ray, in my
skill build for Open Beta I will have rank 10 at level 40.

VS Crusaders 1, 2
Crusaders can be quite hard to beat, because they have stealth and a 8.5
second stun. Find somewhere as closed as possible (a good example are
the corners im using in the examples) and throw some Conch Rays to cover
as big an area as possible. Also pay attention to the mini-map, as they
will sometimes not stealth untill they know where you are (and if you pay
attention to the mini-map, you will know which direction they are coming
from as well. If they are hit by Conch Ray will be unstealthed, and either
killed or seriously wounded. They might sometimes get off a skill though,
as you can see in my example, one managed to stun me and another
to use illusion slash.

VS Seal Masters 1
Seal Masters arent that hard, their only real threat being their Seal ability,
which makes you unable to use any skills. High SPR means you have a
higher chance of resisting of resisting their Seal. However, if they do
manage to Seal you, just run away from them untill it wears off, then
turn around a fry them, they have very low HP so this should be no problem
at all.

VS SharpShooters 1
No fancy stuff here, just nuke the crap out of them. You have more burst
damage than them, so it shouldnt be much of a problem. Watch out for
the occasional critical sprees, these can be dangerous to your health.

VS Clerics
Clerics have a spell that lets them replace HP loss with SP, but they
shouldnt pose a threat, as their damage is quite laughable. Just nuke
them till' their SP is gone, then nuke them some more!

VS Champions
These guys sure a have a lot of HP! Their weakness is magic though, as
they cant defend themselves against it. Nuke them, but try avoiding getting
toe to toe with them, some kiting is required to a certain degree here.

the pvp thing is not true....

a spr type voy can get 1 hit by cruz...

once u get sealed by SM ur dead

SS has enfeeble =.= voy cant win here =.=

cleric's damage is quite laughable???? LoL a normally forged cleric can kill voy in 1 or 2 shots =.=

champ can be killed by a voy but not that easy.... champ's hp is insane....
im sure spr voy will die frst =P




*juz comments*

no darling dats not true bout spr voys..
well the part of 1 hit is is true but..
if u rly noe how to use ur voy in pvp u own quite fast.

Marcus wrote:7. PvP Guide

VS Seal Masters 1
Seal Masters arent that hard, their only real threat being their Seal ability,
which makes you unable to use any skills. High SPR means you have a
higher chance of resisting of resisting their Seal. However, if they do
manage to Seal you, just run away from them untill it wears off, then
turn around a fry them, they have very low HP so this should be no problem
at all.

marc ur quite wrong bout dat =x
more con SMs are coming out this days =x
and they hav like 9k-14k hp..O.o

Yeah... I've seen many of those...

By the way....

How about con voys???

I think they have still acceptable damage like 890or 1k+...

well im thinking this guide is based on the time they didnt have ug and other stuff so if u really had the same eq end result would be like this but those that are voys and would like to post ur builds pls do so

I had this pure spr land voy and pure con voy.... Both experiments...

The skill builds were the same
Conch Ray-lvl10
Lightning Bolt-lvl10
Diligence-lvl10

my pure spr land voy did a 1.5k ray at lvl 45
while my con voy did a 910 ray at lvl 45...

Same equips... and armor is the only one unsealed...

a spr voy cant last in 1 on 1 pvp.. con voy cant last oso... voys are great at mvm but not on 1 on 1....

i know this guide,, tsk tsk i thought im gonna read a new one but ufortunately its still the same,, actually i used this guid when im leveling up my voyager at anchor server,, im level 57 but im kinda lazy to level up,, here is the link of what im saying "its the same" http://pko.mmosite.com/guide/explorer_guide.shtml

hmn... i posted a voy lvlin guide on official forums XD

for con voys who are medium rich...

u juz need chest equips and Blade Of torment (+12 spr recomended for lvlin)

i reached 75 wid enigma chest armor and +1 GoSoul +12 spr dagger

well thats that

i hav a "voy" friend =.=
his stats is 4spr-1con
& he can definetly win over pure spr/pure con voy, w/ almost same equips and lvl (or sometimes higher than him).

vs. pure spr voy:
the damage dun hav much difference but his Hp is higher.. win~!

vs. pure con voy:
ofcourse his damage is higher & magic spells ignore defense.. V agen~!

hmnn can try me?

im a pure con voy wid... umm

con stats but my spr got high cuz of equip

im quite unforged but

128 con (w/o pet)

64 spr

haiz im a noob i kno my con way too low for a lvl 75

Con Voy doesn't hit very hard...

Pure spr voy is the best for plvl...

con voy hit hard...i had a con voy lv55(20spr base)
dagger+12spr +4gos...the rest was armour lv45 and boots/shoes eva chest i think...
and her ray was 1.4k... my spr voy lv72 was 2k+ (with that dagger, boss armor, boots +10spr and enigma gloves)

so the best is con voy...dont die easy and if heavy forged have a good dmg...!

What happens if u make Pure spr-con voy??

if is a mix of con/spr..then isnt pure xD (lol pure con voy can have 20base spr...and spr voy can have 20base con)

voy spr+con its called a hybrid voy...
u can add points like 1con for 4spr... or 1spr for 4con...it depends on what u want most (damage or hp/def)

what u means with "what happens" ??

pure spr/con? or isit that 50-50 con/spr? < DONT! haha, con voy the best anyway...get ur damage with forging or pet (i like to switch to spr pet when lvling)... but base stat go pure con with 5 spr base...wotx~ =X

if con voy vs spr voy... it depends on ur ray and ur hp...
i 1-1 wif a con voy his hp 6k mine is 4k..his ray is 1.3 mine is 2.3
so when i got inside pvp map, saw him spam ray boom boom boom.
died in just about 3 times ray. my hp still has 1k++
so i own him..

Reading this kind of stuff makes me want to make a Voyager.
Got a problem though....
Can't make new characters =(
XD

Zzous wrote:if con voy vs spr voy... it depends on ur ray and ur hp...
i 1-1 wif a con voy his hp 6k mine is 4k..his ray is 1.3 mine is 2.3
so when i got inside pvp map, saw him spam ray boom boom boom.
died in just about 3 times ray. my hp still has 1k++
so i own him..

umm

im sure his armor unforged...

i bet ur armor forged too

btw

con voy vs spr voy

con voy lose

con voy vs cruz

con voy "can" win

meaning has a chance

spr voy vs cruz

almost no chance at all =P

um her armor is forged actually
and yea if voys vs cruz ...

yeap u noe it....
they will stunt u..hide....hit and run...bla bla bla.... =.=

Zzous wrote:if con voy vs spr voy... it depends on ur ray and ur hp...
i 1-1 wif a con voy his hp 6k mine is 4k..his ray is 1.3 mine is 2.3
so when i got inside pvp map, saw him spam ray boom boom boom.
died in just about 3 times ray. my hp still has 1k++
so i own him..

What's that ur using??

Pure-spr voy??

sophiia wrote:if is a mix of con/spr..then isnt pure xD (lol pure con voy can have 20base spr...and spr voy can have 20base con)

voy spr+con its called a hybrid voy...
u can add points like 1con for 4spr... or 1spr for 4con...it depends on what u want most (damage or hp/def)

what u means with "what happens" ??

I meant that what happens to the hp and ray of the pure spr-con voy

I meant about pure spr-con voy is that some players go their stats to pure spr while their forging is con...

that i dont know...my pure spr voy had spr eq... lool
so my ray was more than 2k =P but hp only 3k -.-

XxGenzOxX wrote:What's that ur using?? Pure-spr voy??

i did said i was using spr voy rite....

sophiia wrote:that i dont know...my pure spr voy had spr eq... lool
so my ray was more than 2k =P but hp only 3k -.-

dats good enuf for spr voy cuz u can take hits from solace mobs and chill mobs