Dark Knight/Skills

Job

Skills

Beginner's Basics

Active	Mihile's Soul Driver
Master Level		5
Description		Summons Mihile, who uses soul power to strike multiple enemies four times. Skill level can be increased 1 time per 10 character levels.
Level:	5	MP Cost: 25, Damage: 180%, Max Monsters Hit: 6

Active	Mihile's Soul
Master Level		10
Description		Summons a spirit that automatically performs an area attack on the enemies you are fighting. Skill level increases by 1 every 15 levels.
Level:	10	MP Cost: 20, Damage: 160%, Duration: 200 sec The damage of Ultimate Explorer minion skills is calculated differently from that of the character.

Passive	Invincible Belief
Master Level		6
Description		Muster your faith in the darkest of times to recover health. Does not activate in towns or while affected by statuses that prevent HP recovery. Not affected by effects which reset cooldowns, increase buff durations, or modify recovery skill potency. This Link Skill can be stacked up to 3 times, once for each unique Explorer Warrior job character you have on this world.
Level:	6	Automatically activates when your health falls to 15% of your Max HP or below. Restores 35% of Max HP every 1 sec for 3 sec Cooldown: 210 sec.

Warrior Basics

Active	Slash Blast
Master Level		20
Description		Consumes MP to attack nearby enemies all at once.
Level:	20	MP Cost: 6, Damage: 335%, Max Enemies Hit: 6

Active	War Leap
Master Level		10
Description		Use while in the middle of a jump to jump even farther. The higher the skill level, the farther the jump.
Level:	10	MP Cost: 5, allows you to jump a greater distance

Active	Leap Attack
Master Level		1
Description		Ambush the enemy by rapidly dropping to ground from mid-air. Can only be used if there's a platform within range below you. Use along with a downward or forward arrow keys to drop yourself diagonally. Can also be used by pressing the downward and forward arrow keys plus the attack key, instead of manually activating the skill.
Level:	1	MP Cost: 5, Damage: 90%, Number of Attacks: 2, Max Enemies Hit: 4

Passive	Iron Body
Master Level		20
Description		Boosts DEF and Max HP by a set percentage, and decreases damage taken when hit by enemies.
Level:	20	DEF: +200, Max HP: +20%, Damage Taken: -10%

Passive	Warrior Mastery
Master Level		15
Description		Trains up your warrior basics to increase Movement Speed, Jump, Max HP, and Max Movement Speed. Also grants a chance to resist knockback.
Level:	15	Speed +10, Jump +10, Max Speed +10, Max HP per level +20. 40% chance to resist knockback.

Spearman Techniques

Active	Piercing Drive
Master Level		20
Description		Deals a powerful strike to your enemies. If the enemies are close, also increases your Critical Rate. If they're far away, also increases your damage.
Level:	20	MP Cost: 20, Damage: 201%, Max Enemies Hit: 8, Number of Hits: 2. Critical Rate within Spear Shaft range: +20%, Damage within Spear Blade range: +10%

Active	Evil Eye
Master Level		1
Description		Summons an Evil Eye that heals you regularly when it is near. The Evil Eye does not receive bonuses to summon duration.
Level:	1	MP Cost: 20, casts heal that restores 20 HP every 24 sec. Duration: 200 sec.

Active	Spear Sweep
Master Level		9
Description		Swings your weapon far to pull in enemies and stun them for a moment.
Level:	9	MP Cost: 14, Damage: 190%, Max Enemies Hit: 8, Number of Hits: 2, pull enemies in your direction and stun them

Active	Weapon Booster
Master Level		10
Description		Increases the attack speed of your weapon for a short time. Must have a Spear or Polearm equipped. Required Skill: Weapon Mastery Lv. 5
Level:	10	MP Cost: 11, Weapon's Attack Speed increased for 200 sec

Active	Iron Will
Master Level		10
Description		Increases the Defense of party members for a short time.
Level:	10	MP Cost: 24, DEF: +300, Duration: 200 sec

Active	Hyper Body
Master Level		10
Description		Increases Max HP and Max MP for a short time. Required Skill: Iron Will Lv. 3
Level:	10	MP Cost: 40, Max HP and Max MP: +60%, Duration: 200 sec

Passive	Weapon Mastery
Master Level		10
Description		Increases Spear and Polearm Mastery. Level 10 required to learn Barricade Mastery.
Level:	10	Spear and Polearm Mastery: +50% Attack Speed +1, Damage +5% when equipped with a Spear.

Passive	Final Attack
Master Level		20
Description		Chance to deliver an additional hit after a direct attack skill. Must have a Spear or Polearm weapon equipped. Required Skill: Weapon Mastery Lv. 3
Level:	20	[Final Attack Skills] Has a 40% chance to deal 80% Final Attack damage 2 time(s).

Passive	Physical Training
Master Level		5
Description		Permanently increases STR and DEX through sheer physical training.
Level:	5	Permanently increase STR by 30 and DEX by 30.

Beyond Berserk

Active	La Mancha Spear
Master Level		20
Description		Wields your spear like a windmill to deal damage and pierce nearby enemies. Immediately thrusts spear when used in the air.
Level:	20	MP Cost per attack: 7, Max Enemies Hit: 10, Damage: 151%, Number of Attacks: 1. If you hold the key, lasts up to 8 sec. Attack for 740% damage when you release the key.

Active	Rush
Master Level		10
Description		Dash forward and push back multiple monsters.
Level:	10	MP Cost: 20, Damage: 305%, Max Enemies Pushed: 12

Active	Evil Eye Shock
Master Level		20
Description		The Evil Eye lets out a scream to stun and deal damage to nearby enemies. Can only be used while Evil Eye of Domination is active. Unaffected by attack reflection.
Level:	20	Evil Eye appears in front of you, attacking up to 10 enemies 6 times, dealing 215% damage with a 90% chance to stun targets for 5 sec. Cooldown: 12 sec

Active	Upward Charge
Master Level		1
Description		Charge through the air to attack the enemy. Can also be used by pressing the upward arrow key plus the attack key. Command Lock: Right-click
Level:	1	MP Cost: 20, Max Enemies Hit: 5, Damage: 300%.

Active	Cross Surge
Master Level		20
Description		Increases total damage proportional to current HP for a short time. Also reduces damage taken proportional to reduced HP.
Level:	20	MP Cost: 20, Increases Final Damage by up to 20% for 200 sec. This number decreases based on the percentage of Max HP that you have lost. Damage Taken is reduced by 8% of your missing HP, up to a maximum of 4000. [Passive Effect] - Final Damage: +50%]

Passive	Evil Eye of Domination
Master Level		10
Description		Evil Eye is summoned to freely attack nearby enemies. Your Evil Eye's attacks will not cause you to take damage from attack reflection.
Level:	10	Evil Eye roams around freely and attacks with 210% damage.

Passive	Lord of Darkness
Master Level		10
Description		Increases Critical Rate and Critical Damage, and grants a chance to recover HP during the attack.
Level:	10	Critical Rate: +30%, Critical Damage: +8% 100% chance to recover 2% of Max HP during the attack.

Passive	Endure
Master Level		14
Description		Enhances your Abnormal Status Resistance and Elemental Resistance.
Level:	14	Abnormal Status Resistance: +20, Elemental Resistance: +20%

Passive	Hex of the Evil Eye
Master Level		20
Description		Your Evil Eye periodically buffs you.
Level:	20	Frequency: every 4 sec, Attack Power and Magic ATT: +40, DEF: +500, Critical Rate: +10%. Buff Duration: 100 sec Buff effects are halved for party members

Dark Knight of Darkness

Active	Gungnir's Descent
Master Level		30
Description		Drops an enormous, mythical spear from the heavens to deal damage. You can deal higher damage with greater Max HP.
Level:	30	MP Cost: 49, Number of Attacks: 12 with 225% damage. When Attacking: Damage increases by 110% of Max HP for every attack, Enemy Defense Ignored: 30%. Cooldown: 8 sec, or 0 sec while in Final Pact or during Sacrifice.

Active	Magic Crash
Master Level		10
Description		Chance to remove buffs from affected enemies and prevent them from casting new buffs. Debuffs: Attack Power & Magic ATT Increase, DEF Increase, Obsidian Skin.
Level:	10	MP Cost: 15, Success Rate: 100%, Buff Block Duration: 22 sec Cooldown: 60 sec

Active	Dark Impale
Master Level		30
Description		Launch consecutive rapid attacks on multiple enemies.
Level:	30	MP Cost: 50, Damage: 280%, Number of Attacks: 6, Max Enemies Hit: 8

Passive	Power Stance
Master Level		30
Description		Concentrates to hold your ground when struck, resisting knock-back effects permanently.
Level:	30	Knockback Resistance: +60%

Active	Sacrifice
Master Level		30
Description		Absorbs your Evil Eye to recover HP. Allows you to ignore enemy defense and increases boss attack damage. Gungnir's Descent cooldown will not be applied. Additionally, increases Enemy DEF Ignored effect permanently.
Level:	30	MP Cost: 85, restores 100% of Max HP immediately upon casting, ignores 10% of enemy's Defense for 30 sec, Boss Damage: +10%, ignores Gungnir's Descent's cooldown Cooldown: 70 sec, Successful attacks by Evil Eye while Sacrifice is active reduce cooldown by 0.35 sec [Passive Effect: Ignores 30% of enemy's Defense]

Active	Maple Warrior
Master Level		30
Description		Temporarily increases the stats of all party members. Does not stack with Maple Warrior, Call of Cygnus, Nova Warrior, Hero of the Flora, President's Orders, Anima Warrior, or Rhinne's Protection.
Level:	30	MP Cost: 70, Increases all stats assigned APs by 15% for 900 sec

Active	Hero's Will
Master Level		5
Description		Hones your resolve to ignore certain abnormal status effects. Immune to Abnormal Status for 3 sec after use.
Level:	5	MP Cost: 30, Cooldown: 300 sec

Active	Final Pact
Master Level		30
Description		When your HP reaches 0, your dark contract keeps you alive, granting temporary invincibility and allowing you to use Gungnir's Descent without any cooldown. Additionally, if you eliminate the required number of monsters while invincible, cooldown will be reduced until the next contract. An hourglass over your head will track your remaining time. Not affected by cooldown reset.
Level:	30	When your HP reaches 0,, this skill fully restores your HP and MP, makes you temporarily invincible, and lets you ignore Attack Ignore, Attack Reflection, and the cooldown for Gugnir's Descent. Additionally, if you defeat 30 enemies while invincible, the cooldown will shorten by 300 sec. * If the enemy is a boss, hitting the boss counts as defeating enemies for this purpose. Cooldown: 900 sec Invincibility Duration: 40 sec [Passive Effect: When HP is 20% or above, Final Damage: +30%, Movement Speed: +20, Critical Rate: +10%, Critical Damage: +15%]

Passive	Barricade Mastery
Master Level		30
Description		Improves Spear and Polearm proficiencies to their human limits. Increases Critical Damage and Attack Power. Required Skill: Weapon Mastery Lv. 10 or above
Level:	30	Spear and Polearm Mastery: +70%, Attack Power: +30, Critical Damage: +15%

Passive	Revenge of the Evil Eye
Master Level		30
Description		When hit, the Evil Eye has a chance to launch a counterattack toward the attacker and restore the Dark Knight's HP. Your Evil Eye's attacks will not cause you to take damage from attack reflection. Also permanently increases damage of Evil Eye Shock.
Level:	30	When hit, Counterattack Chance: 100%, Damage: 910%, Recovers 5% of Max HP. Counterattack Cooldown: 5 sec Evil Eye Shock Damage: +300%p

Hyper Skills

Passive	Evil Eye - Reinforce
Level Requirement		140
Master Level		1
Description		Increases damage for Evil Eye Domination, Evil Eye Shock, Revenge of the Eye, and Radiant Evil.
Level:	1	Damage: +150%

Passive	Evil Eye - Hex Reinforce
Level Requirement		150
Master Level		1
Description		Increases Hex of the Evil Eye's Attack Power and Magic ATT boost.
Level:	1	Attack Power and Magic ATT: +30

Passive	Evil Eye - Aura Reinforce
Level Requirement		180
Master Level		1
Description		Increases the amount healed by Aura of the Evil Eye
Level:	1	Recovery Amount: +10% of Max HP

Passive	Final Pact - Damage
Level Requirement		140
Master Level		1
Description		Increases final damage while Final Pact is active. Stacks with passive final damage bonuses.
Level:	1	Final Damage: +30%

Passive	Final Pact - Reduce Target
Level Requirement		165
Master Level		1
Description		Reduce how many enemies must be defeated to reduce the post-Final Pact cooldown.
Level:	1	Enemies to defeat to reduce cooldown: -30%

Passive	Final Pact - Critical Chance
Level Requirement		180
Master Level		1
Description		Increases Critical Rate bonus from Final Pact's passive effect.
Level:	1	20% bonus critical chance

Passive	Gungnir's Descent - Reinforce
Level Requirement		150
Master Level		1
Description		Increases Gungnir's Descent's damage.
Level:	1	Damage: +20%

Passive	Gungnir's Descent - Guardbreak
Level Requirement		165
Master Level		1
Description		Increases amount of enemy DEF Gungnir's Descent ignores.
Level:	1	Bonus 20% monster DEF ignored

Passive	Gungnir's Descent - Boss Rush
Level Requirement		190
Master Level		1
Description		Damage increases when attacking Boss Monsters with Gungnir's Descent.
Level:	1	Boss Damage: +10%

Active	Nightshade Explosion
Level Requirement		160
Master Level		1
Description		Releases your inner power to lay waste to nearby enemies.
Level:	1	MP Cost: 200, Damage: 330%, Number of Attacks: 10, Max Enemies Hit: 10 Cooldown: 10 sec

Active	Epic Adventure
Level Requirement		190
Master Level		1
Description		Call upon the bravery deep within to increase damage output.
Level:	1	MP Cost: 100, Duration: 60 sec, Damage: +10% Cooldown: 120 sec. Applies to any Explorer class within the party

Active	Dark Thirst
Level Requirement		140
Master Level		1
Description		Channels your inner vampire to increase Attack Power and sap life from enemies for a short time.
Level:	1	MP Cost: 300, Duration: 30 sec, ATT: +80, Recover 9% of Max HP when attacking. Cooldown: 120 sec

V Skills

Icon	Name	Type	Description
	Rope Lift	Active	Fires a grappling hook to a platform above you to ascend quickly.
	Decent Mystic Door	Active	Creates a portal that leads to the nearest town. You (and only you) can use it multiple times until it disappears. Press Up to use it.
	Decent Sharp Eyes	Active	Allows you to locate an enemy's weak spot to inflict lethal damage against them. Does not stack with Sharp Eyes.
	Decent Hyper Body	Active	Increases Max HP and Max MP. Does not stack with Hyper Body.
	Decent Combat Orders	Active	Temporarily increases all of your skill levels. Only 4th Job Skills can be increased beyond master level while other skills can only be increased to master level. Exceptions: Beginner skills, Combat Orders, Decent Combat Orders, Hyper Skills, and 5th Job Skills cannot be increased. Does not stack with Combat Orders.
	Decent Advanced Blessing	Active	Greatly increases your ATT, Magic ATT, DEF, Max HP, and Max MP. Can be stacked with other buff skills, except Bless and Advanced Blessing.
	Decent Speed Infusion	Active	Consumes HP to increase your attack speed by 1 level for a fixed period of time. Can be stacked with buffs other than Speed Infusion.
	Blink	Active	Teleports you to a random location on the map.
	Erda Nova	Active	Collect Erda from within yourself and from the surrounding area and use it to shoot down enemies. The enemy with the highest Max HP within range will get attacked first. The Erda of the enemy that has been attacked will become disrupted, which will bind the enemy's movements. Can deal damage to enemies even when they are under Attack Ignore and attack reflection.
	Will of Erda	Active	Hones your resolve to ignore certain abnormal status effects. Immune to Abnormal Status for 3 sec after use.
	Decent Holy Symbol	Active	Temporarily gain extra EXP and items when hunting monsters. Does not stack with Holy Symbol.
	Erda Shower	Active	Fires a blast of compressed Erdas at nearby enemies.
	True Arachnid Reflection	Active	The collapsing space between the Mirror World and reality become linked with Will's Erda, causing the spider within the mirror to temporarily materialize in reality.
	Solar Crest	Active	Mitra's power manifests the searing heat of the sun as a blazing inferno. The flame emblem is unaffected by attack reflection and disappears when you change maps.
	Slash Blast Boost	Passive	Boosts Slash Blast. Lv. 20 - Max Targets: +1 Lv. 40 - Monster DEF Ignored: +20% Final Damage: +7% per level, Max Level: 50 (60 with Matrix Points)
	Final Attack Boost	Passive	Boosts Final Attack. Lv. 20 - Critical Rate: +5% Lv. 40 - Monster DEF Ignored: +20% Final Damage: +4% per level, Max Level: 50 (60 with Matrix Points)
	Piercing Drive Boost	Passive	Boosts Piercing Drive. Lv. 20 - Max Targets: +1 Lv. 40 - Monster DEF Ignored: +20% Final Damage: +5% per level, Max Level: 50 (60 with Matrix Points)
	Spear Sweep Boost	Passive	Boosts Spear Sweep. Lv. 20 - Max Targets: +1 Lv. 40 - Monster DEF Ignored: +20% Final Damage: +5% per level, Max Level: 50 (60 with Matrix Points)
	La Mancha Spear Boost	Passive	Boosts La Mancha Spear. Lv. 20 - Max Targets: +1 Lv. 40 - Monster DEF Ignored: +20% Final Damage: +3% per level, Max Level: 50 (60 with Matrix Points)
	Leap Attack, Rush, and Upward Charge Boost	Passive	Boosts Leap Attack, Rush, and Upward Charge. Lv. 20 - Max Targets: +1 Lv. 40 - Monster DEF Ignored: +20% Final Damage: +3% per level, Max Level: 50 (60 with Matrix Points)
	Evil Eye Boost	Passive	Boosts Evil Eye Domination, Evil Eye Shock, Revenge of the Evil Eye, and Radiant Evil's damage. Lv. 20 - Max Targets: +1 Lv. 40 - Monster DEF Ignored: +20% Final Damage: +3% per level, Max Level: 50 (60 with Matrix Points)
	Dark Impale Boost	Passive	Boosts Dark Impale. Lv. 20 - Max Targets: +1 Lv. 40 - Monster DEF Ignored: +20% Final Damage: +2% per level, Max Level: 50 (60 with Matrix Points)
	Gungnir's Descent Boost	Passive	Boosts Gungnir's Descent. Lv. 20 - Max Targets: +1 Lv. 40 - Monster DEF Ignored: +20% Final Damage: +2% per level, Max Level: 50 (60 with Matrix Points)
	Nightshade Explosion Boost	Passive	Boosts Nightshade Explosion. Lv. 20 - Max Targets: +1 Lv. 40 - Monster DEF Ignored: +20% Final Damage: +2% per level, Max Level: 50 (60 with Matrix Points)
	Blitz Shield	Active	Harnesses your own Lifeforce to create a protective shield. You can detonate this shield to inflict damage to nearby enemies.
	Maple World Goddess's Blessing	Active	The Maple World Goddess's Blessing increases all stats and damage. Can only be used when you have 1 of the following skills applied: Maple Warrior, Call of Cygnus, Nova Warrior, Hero of the Flora, President's Orders, Anima Warrior, Sengoku Warrior, Maple Guardian, or Rhinne's Protection
	Weapon Aura	Active	Infuses your weapon with a portion of your health, granting it a visible aura and temporarily empowering it. The aura wave is unaffected by attack reflection.
	Impenetrable Skin	Active	Makes your flesh as strong as steel so you're not pushed back by enemy attacks.
	Spear of Darkness	Active	Hurls a spear of utter darkness at the enemy. Direct the spear with the up and down arrow keys. Unaffected by attack reflection.
	Radiant Evil	Active	The Evil Eye reveals itself and blasts nearby enemies. Only usable while Evil Eye of Domination is active. Unaffected by attack reflection.
	Calamitous Cyclone	Active	Swings a spear so fast it creates a dark storm and devastate the area in front of you. The final attack is unaffected by attack ignore and attack reflection.
	Darkness Aura	Active	Unleash an aura of darkness that boosts your combat instincts and steals the life force from nearby enemies, then detonates that stolen life force. The aura of darkness reacts with already-present skill effects; when used in conjunction with Hyper Body and Iron Will, extra effects occur. Darkness Aura is unaffected by Attack Reflection. Reusing this skill during its effect will deactivate that effect. During the final attack of Nightshade Explosion, Nightshade Explosion, and Calamitous Cyclone, it is possible to cancel the final detonation.