Open Advancement

The Open Advancement system was introduced during Part 1 of the RED update. It allows Explorers, including Dual Blades and Cannoneers, to switch jobs in their class when reaching advancing to 4th job (level 100).

Features and Rules

 * Players must be an Explorer, at level 101 and 4th job.
 * One can only change jobs once a day.
 * One can only change jobs in their specific class (e.g. a Paladin (Warrior) can switch to a Dark Knight (Warrior) but a Paladin cannot switch to a Dual Blade (Thief)).
 * All Skill Points are reset upon switching.
 * Mastery Books used before switching will be reset.
 * Ability Points will switch when a job uses a different Stat (e.g. Buccaneer, whose primary stat is Strength, will switch to Dexterity upon changing to a Corsair).
 * A Link Skill is obtained if the target job has a Link Skill. However, when switched back, the Link Skill is lost (e.g. switching to Cannoneer provides its Link Skill but switching to Buccaneer or Corsair results losing said Link Skill).
 * After switching jobs, a Level 100 weapon box for that class is received.

Cost
Players can change jobs by either using one or more Job Advancement Coins, or paying a certain amount of mesos. Every change increases the amount of coins/mesos needed.