THE PERFECT CROSSBOWMAN GUIDE BY xXxRHANDYxXx (KHAINI, HUNTER LEVEL 40) THIS IS A VERY SHORT GUIDE TO BE THE BEST CROSSBOWMAN EVER. IF YOU FOLLOW THIS GUIDE YOUR FRIEND'S WILL ENVY YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE PERFECT AND THEY DON'T. IF YOU WANT TO BE A BOWMAN, GET OUT OF HERE! THIS IS JUST FOR CROSSBOWMAN'S NOOB. NOW LET'S START WITH THE GUIDE. INDEX I. BOWMAN PROS AND CONS II. BECOMING AN ARCHER III. AP DISTRIBUTION IV. ARCHER SKILL DISTRIBUTION V. CROSSBOWMAN SKILL DISTRIBUTION VI. SNIPER SKILL DISTRIBUTION VII. TRAINING SPOT'S VIII. CREDIT'S ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I. CROSSBOWMAN PROS AND CONS ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROS THE BEST LONG RANGED CLASS THE BEST EQUIP'S IN THE GAME NOT LIKE THOSE ROGUE'S AND WARRIOR'S GREAT MINIMUM AND MAXIMUM DAMAGE HAVE A BIG VARIETY OF CROSSBOWS ONE OF THE STRONGEST CLASSES IN THE ENTIRE GAME DUE TO IT'S DEXETERY THEY'RE ABLE TO KILL MONSTER'S EARLIER THAN ANY OTHER CLASS HAVE A BALANCED % OF HP AND MP SOUL ARROW ALLOWS YOU TO NOT HAVE TO CARRY ARROWS HAVE A HIGH LEVEL OF AVOIDAVILITY YOU GET A MOB SKILL IN LEVEL 30 CONS CAN'T PERFORM CLOSE RANGED ATTACK'S UNTIL LEVEL 80 IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO TRAIN FROM LEVEL 10-30 IT'S ONE OF THE CLASSES WITH THE MOST UNSTABLE DAMAGE IN THE GAME DOESN'T HAVE ANY PARTY SKILL'S THEIR CROSSBOWS ARE EXPENSIVE THEY CAN'T PERFORM THE JUMPING SHOT OR BACKSHOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- II. BECOMING AN ARCHER ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FIRST, BEFORE YOU CAN BECOME A ARCHER YOU MUST FIRST CREATE AN ID AT MAPLE GLOBAL HOME PAGE, THE LINK IS: http://www.mapleglobal.com REGISTER THERE AND DOWNLOAD THE GAME. NOW YOU MUST INSTALL IT AND LOG IN, SET A PIN AND THEN SELECT THE WORLD YOU WANT TO GO FROM THE WORLD LIST, THEN SELECT A CHANNEL AND FINALLY CREATE YOUR CHARACTER THE WAY YOU LIKE AND CHOOSE YOUR NAME AND CLICK ON THE CHECK BUTTON, AFTER THAT YOU WILL SEE A RED DICE AT THE RIGHT OF YOUR CHARACTER CLICK IT AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THE STAT'S STR, DEX, INT AND LUK WILL CHANGE, CLICK THE DICE UNTIL THE STAT'S LOOK LIKE THIS ONE TO BE PERFECT: STR : ANYTHING DEX : ANYTHING INT : 4 LUK : 4 YOU MUST HAVE THE INT AND LUK STAT'S AS LOWER AS YOU CAN TO BECOME A PERFECT ARCHER IN THIS CASE INT AND LUK MUST BE 4, YOU MUST HAVE PATIENCE BECAUSE THIS WILL TAKE SEVERAL HOUR'S, AROUND AN HOUR OR TWO OR IF YOU CAN CHARGE NX CASH YOU CAN GET A INT 5 AND LUK 4 OR 4 INT AND 5 LUK AND THEN BUY AN AP RESET AND USE IT TO PUT YOUR INT AND LUK IN 4,4 THE AP RESET COST IS: 3,100 NX CASH (US$ 5.00 FOR 5,000 NX CASH) IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO CHARGE NX CASH THEN YOU HAVE TO BE VERY PATIENCE. FINALLY CLICK OK AND ENTER THE GAME BY SELECTING YOUR CHARACTER AND CLICK IN THE SELECT CHARACTER BUTTON. WELCOME TO MAPLE ISLAND! COMPLETE ALL THE QUEST TO WIN EXPERIENCE AND ITEM'S. PUT ALL YOUR AP IN DEX UNTIL THE DEX STAT REACH 25 THEN ALL IN STR UNTIL LEVEL 10 AND THEN GO TO SOUTH PERRY, TALK TO SHANKS THE NPC UNDER THE BOAT AND GET OUT OF MAPLE ISLAND AND SAY HELLO! TO VICTORIA ISLAND AFTER ALL THAT STUFF, UNDER THE BOAT YOU WILL SEE THE TICKET STATION TALK TO THE NPC IN IT AND GO TO HENESYS FOR 80 MESOS, GO NOW TO THE HENESYS PARK AND GO ALL THE WAY RIGHT UNTIL YOU SEE A BIG HOUSE, ENTER IT AND INSIDE TALK TO THE NPC NAMED ATHENA PIERCE AND SHE WILL MAKE YOU THE 1ST JOB ADVANCEMENT AS AN ARCHER. CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE AN ARCHER!!!!! SHE WILL GIVE YOU A SP AS A GIFT. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- III. AP DISTRIBUTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 1 TO 10 GET YOUR DEX TO 25 AND THEN PUT THE OTHER AP IN STR. LEVEL 11 AND OVER YOUR STR MUST BE YOUR LEVEL + 5 STR FOR EXAMPLE. LOOK THIS TABLE FROM LEVEL 10 TO LEVEL 20. THE STR = YOUR LEVEL +5 LEVEL 10 STR = 15 DEX = A LOT OF DEX LEVEL 11 STR = 16 DEX = A LOT OF DEX LEVEL 12 STR = 17 DEX = A LOT OF DEX LEVEL 13 STR = 18 DEX = A LOT OF DEX LEVEL 14 STR = 19 DEX = A LOT OF DEX LEVEL 15 STR = 20 DEX = A LOT OF DEX LEVEL 16 STR = 21 DEX = A LOT OF DEX LEVEL 17 STR = 22 DEX = A LOT OF DEX LEVEL 18 STR = 23 DEX = A LOT OF DEX LEVEL 19 STR = 24 DEX = A LOT OF DEX LEVEL 20 STR = 25 DEX = A LOT OF DEX NOW YOU HAVE REACHED THE LEVEL 10 YOU'RE NOW ABLE TO BECOME A ARCHER!!!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IV. ARCHER SKILL DISTRIBUTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 +1 ARROW BLOW 11 +3 THE BLESSING OF AMAZON 12 +3 THE EYE OF AMAZON 13 +3 THE EYE OF AMAZON 14 +3 THE EYE OF AMAZON 15 +1 THE EYE OF AMAZON (MAXED) + 2 DOUBLE SHOT 16 +3 CRITICAL SHOT 17 +3 CRITICAL SHOT 18 +3 CRITICAL SHOT 19 +3 CRITICAL SHOT 20 +3 CRITICAL SHOT 21 +3 CRITICAL SHOT 22 +2 CRITICAL SHOT (MAXED) +1 DOUBLE SHOT 23 +3 DOUBLE SHOT 24 +3 DOUBLE SHOT 25 +3 DOUBLE SHOT 26 +3 DOUBLE SHOT 27 +3 DOUBLE SHOT 28 +2 DOUBLE SHOT (MAXED) +1 THE BLESSING OF AMAZON 29 +3 THE BLESSING OF AMAZON 30 +3 THE BLESSING OF AMAZON TOTAL SKILL DISTRIBUTION THE BLESSING OF AMAZON = 12 THE EYE OF AMAZON = 10 (MAXED) CRITICAL SHOT = 20 (MAXED) DOUBLE SHOT = 20 (MAXED) ARROW BLOW = 01 WHY DO YOU MAX DOUBLE SHOT AND NOT ARROW BLOW? BECAUSE ARROW BLOW HAS A MINOR LEVEL OF CRITICAL SHOT, BUT DOUBLE SHOT FOR EVERY DOUBLE SHOT THAT YOU MAKE AT LEAST ONE IS A CRITICAL SHOT, SO I JUST PUT ONE SP TO UNLOCK THE DOUBLE SHOT SKILL. WHY DON'T PUT ANY SP IN FOCUS? BECAUSE FOCUS IS NO WORTH OF IT. DON'T WORRY IN LEVEL 69 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO USE IT BUT THIS IS NOT A VERY IMPORTANT SKILL. WHAT ABOUT THE BLESSING OF AMAZON WHY YOU DON'T MAXED IT? IN LEVEL 69 YOU WILL MAX IT SO DON'T WORRY. CONGRATULATIONS NOW YOU'RE ABLE TO BECOME A CROSSBOWMAN. NOW THE ONLY THING THAT YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO GO TO HENESYS AND TALK TO ATHENA PIERCE AND SHE WILL SAY YOU TO GO TALK TO THE 2ND JOB INSTRUCTOR. NOW GO TO THE TOP RIGHT PORTAL IN HENESYS AND CONTINUE WALKING TO THE RIGHT UNTIL YOU SEE A FAT WOMAN WITH PINK HAIR. THAT'S THE 2ND JOB INSTRUCTOR SHE WILL SEND YOU TO A HIDDEN STREET WHERE YOU WILL SEE JUST TWO MONSTER'S : ZOMBIE MUSHROOM'S AND EVIL EYE'S. NOW YOU HAVE TO KILL AS MANY AS YOU NEED TO OBTAIN 30 DARK MARBLES, WHEN YOU GET THE 30 DARK MARBLES TALK TO HER AND SHE WILL GIVE YOU THE PROOF OF HERO. HEAD BACK TO HENESYS AND TALK TO ATHENA PIERCE AND SHE WILL ASK YOU WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO. CHOOSE CROSSBOWMAN AND CONGRATULATIONS!!! YOU ARE A CROSSBOWMAN!!!!! SHE WILL GIVE YOU A SP AS A GIFT. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- V. CROSSBOWMAN SKILL DISTRIBUTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 30 +1 IRON ARROW 31 +3 CROSSBOW MASTERY 32 +3 CROSSBOW MASTERY 33 +3 CROSSBOW MASTERY 34 +3 CROSSBOW MASTERY 35 +3 CROSSBOW MASTERY 36 +3 CROSSBOW MASTERY 37 +2 CROSSBOW MASTERY (MAXED) +1 CROSSBOW BOOSTER 38 +3 CROSSBOW BOOSTER 39 +1 CROSSBOW BOOSTER +2 SOUL ARROW 40 +3 SOUL ARROW 41 +3 SOUL ARROW 42 +3 SOUL ARROW 43 +3 SOUL ARROW 44 +3 SOUL ARROW 45 +3 SOUL ARROW (MAXED) 46 +3 IRON ARROW 47 +3 IRON ARROW 48 +3 IRON ARROW 49 +3 IRON ARROW 50 +3 IRON ARROW 51 +3 IRON ARROW 52 +3 IRON ARROW 53 +3 IRON ARROW 54 +3 IRON ARROW 55 +3 IRON ARROW (MAXED) 56 +3 POWER KNOCK-BACK 57 +3 POWER KNOCK-BACK 58 +3 POWER KNOCK-BACK 59 +3 POWER KNOCK-BACK 60 +3 POWER KNOCK-BACK 61 +3 POWER KNOCK-BACK 62 +2 POWER KNOCK-BACK (MAXED) 63 +3 CROSSBOW BOOSTER 64 +3 CROSSBOW BOOSTER 65 +3 CROSSBOW BOOSTER 66 +3 CROSSBOW BOOSTER 67 +3 CROSSBOW BOOSTER (MAXED) 68 +3 THE BLESSING OF AMAZON 69 +1 THE BLESSING OF AMAZON (MAXED) +2 FOCUS 70 +3 FOCUS TOTAL SKILL DISTRIBUTION CROSSBOW MASTERY = 20 (MAXED) FINAL ATTACK : CROSSBOW = 00 CROSSBOW BOOSTER = 20 (MAXED) POWER KNOCK-BACK = 20 (MAXED) SOUL ARROW = 20 (MAXED) IRON ARROW = 30 (MAXED) THE BLESSING OF AMAZON = 16 (MAXED) FOCUS = 05 WHY YOU DON'T PUT SP INTO FINAL ATTACK? BECAUSE FINAL ATTACK IT'S NO WORTH OF IT AND IN THE 3RD JOB ADVANCEMENT IT'S USELESS SO DON'T WASTE SP AND TIME IN THAT. CONGRATULATIONS IT'S PRETTY HARD TO GET THIS LEVEL BUT FINALLY AFTER KILLING SNAIL'S PIG'S ZOMBIE MUSHROOM'S, DOING KERNING, LUDIBRIUM, ZAKUM PQ AND MANY OTHER MONSTER'S YOU ARE ABLE TO BECOME A SNIPER. FIRST GO TO ELINIA AND TAKE THE BOAT TO ORBIS, THEN GO TO EL NATH AND THEN TO THE CHIEF RESIDENCE AND TALK TO RENE AND HE WILL SAY YOU TO GO TALK TO ATHENA PIERCE, SO GO BACK TO VICTORIA ISLAND AND GO TO HENESYS AND TALK TO ATHENA PIERCE, SHE WILL SAY YOU TO GO TO THE DOOR OF DIMENSION LOCATED IN SLEEPYWOOD DUNGEON V, NOW YOU WILL BE IN THE PATH OF THE GLITTERING CRYSTAL, WALK UNTIL APPEAR THE ATHENA PIERCE CLONE. DEFEAT HER AND YOU WILL GET THE BLACK CHARM. GO TALK ATHENA PIERCE AND EXCHANGE THE BLACK CHARM FOR THE NECKLACE OF STRENGTH. GO TO EL NATH AGAIN AND TALK TO RENE AND GIVE HIM THE NECKLACE OF STRENGTH. NOW GO TO THE HOLLY GROUND OF SNOWFIELD (SHARP CLIFF II) AND ANSWER 5 QUESTION'S CORRECTLY REMEMBER THAT YOU WILL NEED 1 DARK CRYSTAL TO ANSWER 5 QUESTION'S. GET THE NECKLACE OF WISDOM AND GO TO TALK RENE, GIVE HIM THE NECKLACE OF WISDOM AND HE WILL MAKE YOU THE 3RD JOB ADVANCEMENT AS A SNIPER. CONGRATULATIONS!!! FINALLY YOU ARE A SNIPER.!!!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VI. SNIPER SKILL DISTRIBUTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 70 + 1 STRAFE 71 + 3 STRAFE 72 + 3 STRAFE 73 + 3 STRAFE 74 + 3 STRAFE 75 + 3 STRAFE 76 + 3 STRAFE 77 + 3 STRAFE 78 + 3 STRAFE 79 + 3 STRAFE 80 + 2 STRAFE (MAXED) + 1 MORTAL BLOW 81 + 3 MORTAL BLOW 82 + 3 MORTAL BLOW 83 + 3 MORTAL BLOW 84 + 3 MORTAL BLOW 85 + 3 MORTAL BLOW 86 + 3 MORTAL BLOW 87 + 1 MORTAL BLOW (MAXED) + 2 ARROW RAIN 88 + 3 ARROW RAIN 89 + 3 ARROW RAIN 90 + 3 ARROW RAIN 91 + 3 ARROW RAIN 92 + 3 ARROW RAIN 93 + 3 ARROW RAIN 94 + 3 ARROW RAIN 95 + 3 ARROW RAIN 96 + 3 ARROW RAIN 97 + 1 ARROW RAIN (MAXED) + 2 PUPPET 98 + 3 PUPPET 99 + 3 PUPPET 100 + 3 PUPPET 101 + 3 PUPPET 102 + 3 PUPPET 103 + 3 PUPPET (MAXED) 104 + 3 ICE SHOT 105 + 3 ICE SHOT 106 + 3 ICE SHOT 107 + 3 ICE SHOT 108 + 3 ICE SHOT 109 + 3 ICE SHOT 110 + 3 ICE SHOT 111 + 3 ICE SHOT 112 + 3 ICE SHOT 113 + 3 ICE SHOT (MAXED) 114 + 3 GOLDEN HAWK 115 + 3 GOLDEN HAWK 116 + 3 GOLDEN HAWK 117 + 3 GOLDEN HAWK 118 + 3 GOLDEN HAWK 119 + 3 GOLDEN HAWK 120 + 3 GOLDEN HAWK TOTAL SKILL DISTRIBUTION THRUST = 00 MORTAL BLOW = 20 (MAXED) PUPPET = 20 (MAXED) ICE SHOT = 30 (MAXED) ARROW RAIN = 30 (MAXED) GOLDEN HAWK = 21 STRAFE = 30 (MAXED) WHY DON'T PUT SP IN THRUST? BECAUSE THRUST IS JUST FOR FAST MOVEMENT, YOU WILL HAVE ENOUGH SPEED WITH YOUR CAPE, SO IT'S USELESS. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VII. TRAINING SPOT'S ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 1-10 KILL SOME GREEN BLUE AND RED SNAIL'S. WHEN YOU REACH LEVEL 8 LOOK FOR ORANGE MUSHROOM'S. IT'S EASY TO KILL ORANGE MUSHROOM'S AT THAT LEVEL IF YOU FOLLOW THIS GUIDE. LEVEL 10-15 GO TO THE SLIME TREE IN ELINIA USING A CLOSE RANGE WEAPON FOR EASY KILL'S AND NO ARROW'S USAGE. LEVEL 15-21 IF YOU WANT TO LEVEL UP REALLY FAST AND YOU'RE FUNDED AND HAVE LOT'S OF POT'S GO TO THE PIG BEACH IN LITH HARBOR AND KILL PIG'S AND RIBBONED PIG'S. IF YOU ARE UNFUNDED GO TO THE HENESYS HUNTING GROUND AND CONTINUE KILLING ORANGE MUSHROOM'S AND SOME GREEN MUSHROOM'S. LEVEL 21-26 WELL AT THIS LEVEL YOU ARE ABLE TO GET IN A KERNING PARTY QUEST WITH A GOOD PARTY. IT'S HARD TO GET IN ONE SO YOU HAVE TO BE PATIENCE. IF YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE PARTY QUEST THEN AT THIS LEVEL YOU CAN KILL PIG'S WITH ONE DOUBLE SHOT AND RIBBONED PIG'S WITH TWO DOUBLE SHOT GO AND YOU WILL LEVEL UP FASTER OR GO TO THE GREEN MUSHROOM'S TREE AND KILL SOME OF THEM. LEVEL 26-30 WELL THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO GET IN THE KERNING PARTY QUEST BECAUSE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER IN ONE AT LEVEL 31, SO MAKE AS MUCH PARTY QUEST AS YOU CAN AND YOU WILL BE RICH IN EXPERIENCE, MESOS AND ITEM'S OR YOU CAN GO TO THE ANT TUNNEL I, II, III TO KILL HORNY MUSHROOM'S AND ZOMBIE MUSHROOM'S. IT'S A LITTLE HARD TO KILL THEM UNTIL LEVEL 29 BUT IN LEVEL 30 GO TO THE BOTTOM PORTAL AND YOU WILL SEE A PLATFORM AT THE LEFT OF IT, JUMP IN IT AND WAIT SOME MONSTER AND USE THE IRON ARROW ATTACK AND YOU WILL GAIN ABOUT 180 EXP PER 6 HORNY'S KILLED. LEVEL 30-37 YOU WILL ABLE TO KILL HORNY'S AND ZOMBIE'S WITH ONE ATTACK. AWESOME DOESN'T IT? CONTINUE THERE OR IF YOU GET BORED GO TO THE WILD BOAR LAND LOCATED IN EAST DOMAIN OF PERION OR GO KILL SOME EVIL EYE'S IN THE EVIL EYE CAVE AT DUNGEON. LEVEL 37-40 YOU WILL BE ABLE TO KILL FIRE BOARS WITH ONE OR TWO HIT'S SO GO KILL SOME IN THE BURNT LAND AT PERION AND SOME WILD BOARS TOO IF YOU WANT, AND GO HUNT SOME LUPIN'S AND ZOMBIE LUPIN'S TOO. LEVEL 40-46 WELL NOW YOUR LIFE STYLE CHANGE'S NOW GO TO KILL SOME JR. GRUPIN'S, JR CELLION'S AND JR. LIONER'S. THE BEST THING IS THAT YOU WILL ABLE TO GET ABOUT 100 MESOS PER KILL AND THEY DROP SCROLL'S TOO. LEVEL 46-50 YOU ARE ABLE TO KILL COPPER DRAKES, STONE GOLEM'S AND DARK STONE GOLEM'S IN THE DANGEROUS VALLEY I, THE ENTRANCE OF GOLEM TEMPLE AND SLEEPYWOOD DUNGEON IV, V AND OF COURSE YETI'S AND DARK YETI'S IN EL NATH. LEVEL 50-60 OK GO KILL SOME COLLIE ZOMBIE'S AND CURSE EVIL EYE'S TOO IN THE FOREST OF DEED MINES AND GOLEM'S AND DARK GOLEM'S IN THE STONE GOLEM TEMPLE AND ZAKUM PARTY QUEST TOO. LEVEL 60-70 YEP MORE ZAKUM PARTY QUEST. KILL SOME WILD CARGOS KILL AND SOME COLD EVIL EYE'S TOO IN THE FOREST OF DEED MINES. CONTINUE KILLING DARK GOLEM'S TOO. LEVEL 70-80... YES IT'S TIME TO ATTACK SOME PLATHOON CHRONOS, TAUROMACIS, LUNAR PIXIES AND SOME WRAITHS AND HOT SAND'S TOO IN THE SANCTUARY II, CLOUD PARK IV, THE FOREST OF DEED MINE'S AND IN THE SUBWAY LINE 1 AREA 4. CONTINUE THERE TRAINING. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VIII. CREDIT'S ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THANKS TO ALL MY BUDDIES AND THE GUILD APOCALIPSIS SPECIAL THANKS TO : XxLAWRENxX (HUNTER) XXxxDIOSxxXX (SPEARMAN) Xx9PEDRO9xX (FIRE/POISON WIZARD) ALL IN KHAINI. KHAINI RULES!!! CONTINUE MAPLING!!! HAPPY MAPLING!!! THANKS!!!!!