General gearing order for mages question

Quarantea · Apr 29, 2025

Hi all what would be the most efficient way to gear an Archmage/Bishop? What should I focus after Weapon/Shield? should I just upgrade items based on how much extra TMA I get (Or does it just not matter)

Lann · Apr 30, 2025

borrowing from Jooon's awesome guide on Bishop

https://royals.ms/forum/threads/bishops-guide-2022-horntail-guide.125406/

Jooon said: ↑

Equipment!
Low luck/Luckless weapons with magic attack list

Bold item names = Can be scrolled to improve INT/magic attack without chaos.
TMA displayed is average clean.
LVL0 Blue Umbrella 15 TMA
LVL8 Wooden Wand 23 TMA
LVL22 Fruity Bamboo 37 TMA
LVL25 Purple Umbrella 39 TMA (6 str requirement, get slime shoes)
LVL30 Green Paintbrush 45 TMA (5 str requirement, get slime shoes)
LVL35 Maple Staff 48 TMA
LVL40 Yellow Umbrella 52 TMA
LVL43 Maple Lama/Nocturnal Staff 58 TMA
LVL45 Diao Chan Sword 61 TMA
LVL53 Heart Wand 70 TMA
LVL64 Maple Wisdom Staff/Shiner Wand 81 TMA
LVL70 Black Umbrella 80 TMA (6 all requirement)
LVL70 Elemental Wand 1/2 86 TMA
LVL70 Elemental Wand 3/4 85 TMA
LVL75 Kebob 90 TMA (seriously)
LVL77 Maple Pyrope Wand 93 TMA
LVL77 Maple Pyrope Staff 95 TMA
LVL130 Elemental Wand 5/6 147 TMA
LVL130 Elemental Wand 7/8 145 TMA
Made By : @Inusama

Gear Building Priority

Phase 0 (Before 4th Job)
Before you reach 4th job, honestly not much mage gears is required!
- Weapons, you should choose a entry level Maple Staff (Lv35) Maple lama staff (Lv43)
while grinding or CPQ-ing your way up to lvl50.
a wooden wand honestly is enough for you to get to lvl30 and there is not much requirements to get a new weapon before the maple staff ! especially since pure int mages are reaaally strong compared to the normal builds.

- Zakum Helmet
At level 50, you would want to consider doing zakum prequest and buy a zakum helmet. they for around 70~80mil VIP now. get a 15int helm and drop some helmet for INT 60% on them if your feeling rich! it will cost you around 6mil per scroll!

- Purple Gaia Cape
Around lvl65, owl for a purple gaia cape, get a cheap one, honestly like i said above, there is not much magic requirements for a bishop before you reach 4th job.

- Deputy Star (Optional)
i don't recommend participating in this questline but if you would like a small TMA boost , you can check this guide out on how to obtain it
(5int 5luk Pendant) you can resell this afterwards.

- Cracked glasses & slime shoes (Optional)
If you have the chance to participate in Kerning PQ (21+) & Ludi PQ (35+)
these will be your best in slot gears until you reach phase 1 or 2 even!

-After level 64
Get a Maple Wisdom staff / Maple Shine Wand
This would boost your dps quite abit!
Its cheap and honestly pretty good, they will probably last you until lv120. A real subpar one will do. I do not recommend you to get anything above 200mil if your planning to spend!

I strongly recommend a player to use as little funds to get to 120.
I highly recommend spending the saved up mesos on purchasing leech from 110-120.
Around 350mil if you are buying trio duku leech!
Grinding around this 110-120 phase might be alittle difficult! Phase 1 (Starters)
For Building your Bishop Start by Selling Low level leech, Advertise Via Forums/Megaphone once inawhile to get buyers!
-Weapon! You will Want to Save your money For a Good Elemental Wand with Decent TMA! Buy them pre-made are cheaper, This is the most important Gear you will want to have.

You should have started your Boss Prequest by now! But its never too late to get it if you haven't!
- Zakum Helmet adds a great amount of Int & Luk (13~22stats each) , that you will need to gear yourself! (80~100mil for Helm Service)
- Almighty Ring is Available @Krex and adds a good amount of stats as well! int and luk(1~8)
- Earrings are your Next Step! They are Cheaper then the other gears and most worth the mesos being it adds alot TMA and its Cheaper!
- Overalls, they are more pricy! i would suggest getting 20int Overall and leave it as it is for a long time to come
- Capes! Currently Scrolls for these are cheap, and Purple Gaia Cape of 5~7tma Clean are around 10mil~15mil! Each 60% Scroll (2int Each) is around 1mil~!
- Shoes! Shoes Are CHEAP! and are largely Available! Use an Owl or Scan the Free market, if you are lucky u may just pick up an 6~7int under 5mil!
- Face Accessory! Maple Leaf are easily accessible via Gachapon, Spend Some NX from Voting for them! They are available @ Showa/Sleepywood, Rudolph Nose @ Christmas Event!
- Shield, These are troublesome and very very pricy! I would suggest starters to get a high base int Esther/Mystic Shield!
- Necklace, Deputy Stars are available to be awarded to every player's quest, From NPC Lita Lawless in NLC Called Bounty Hunter!
- Gloves! These Gloves are Pricy, but Clean Noels with High Base int are cheap! Definately Available around the freemarket, For starters Get a Clean One will do!~
- Eye Accessory, Cracked Glasses are available through Ludi PQ!

These are the Starters Stats you Want to Aim For!
Elemental Wand 5/6 160+TMA (~200mil)
Clean Zakum Helmet, +15int ~ 22int Zakum Helmet *Grindable*
Almighty Ring (Krex) + 2int ~ +8int *Grindable*
Earrings 16-24 TMA
Doros/Chaos Robe 15+ Int
Purple Gaia Cape 10~15TMA
Windshoes/Magicshoes 7Int
Clean Maple Leaf +5int ~ 11int Leaf *Grindable*
Esther/Mystic Shield +5int
Deputy Star +5int
Dark Noel/Flamekeeper Cordon +7int/+8ma
Cracked Glasses *Grindable*
With this Basic Set of Gears, You Should be able to start Tackling Leech Maps Such as Sky Nest2 Or even Ulu Estate Singapore I/II !

Phase 2 (Entry Level)
You Should Have started selling Alot leech to Get to this point! Get your Genesis 20 before starting this phase!
The main investment After Gene20 will be your wand. Get a good wand and start investing in others.
You should be able to 1Hit Ulu Estate II after this phase, and your next goal will be Skele.

- Elemental Wand 5/6 180+TMA (~1bil)
- Zakum Helmet Start Scrolling Them With 60% scrolls and filling up 10 slots of it, try aim for 30+ INT
- Almighty Ring is Available @Krex , Keep Relooting whenever possible, be a HS Mule for Duos and Earn your free Ring! Aim For 5~8int!
- Earrings These are Great investment After your wand! Try to get more then 24TMA!
- Overalls, After Getting 20int Overall and leave it as it is unless u find a Really Cheap one.
- Capes! Aim For 15~18TMA+ Capes! they will be under 600mil!
- Shoes, Remain the Shoes as such, theres no need to upgrade it now. you can change to Dark/Yellow Moon Shoes if u have sufficient Luk. 8Int!
- Face Accessory! Maple Leaf Or Rudolph Nose, Leave it! its Comfortable as it is!
- Shield, These are Really troublesome! Try to get 15tma + Shields, they will cost 500mil or so.
- Necklace, Aim For Horntail Pendant, Buying Services For it is definately worth it! 22 to all stats! it will allow you to change to anakamoon Overall and Lapiz Sandals in the future!
- Gloves! Try to Start Scrolling Your Gloves, by having 1 30% inside, use 60% and 70% for the remaining slots. Aim for 18+ TMA. These are pricy
- Eye Accessory, Cracked Glasses are Comfortable as it is!

After you get to this point of Gearing, Invest in Genesis 30. Its worth it once you passed it!
This is Usually Where players stop investing in their Bishops and Move to Attacker Classes, where they use their current gear state to Farm Mesos.

Phase 3 (Prime Zone)
If you have reached this Phase, let me give u a salute, and welcome to the best peak of your bishop.
Genesis 30 with 1290 Magic. Its no small feat, Definately you're a respectable player at this point of the community of Mapleroyals!
From this point, Start Selling 1Hit Skele Leech, Prices at the date i'm writing this is 140mil solo 75mil Split!
You will Level fast and 1 Hitting dem Skelegon, Skelesaurus. And this is where mesos really start to roll!

The Gears You Should have on you
These are the Starters Stats you Want to Aim For!
Elemental Wand 5/6 180+TMA
Zakum Helmet, +30-35int Zakum Helmet *Grindable*
Almighty Ring (Krex) + 2int ~ +8int *Grindable*
Earrings 32 TMA
Starlight/Anakamoon 30+ Int
Purple Gaia Cape 15~20TMA
Gold/Dark Moon Shoes +8Int+5luk
Maple Leaf +7int ~ 11int Leaf *Grindable*
Maple Shield +25tma~+32Tma
Horntail Necklace +22int +22luk ~ +28int +28luk
Dark Noel/Flamekeeper Cordon +20TMA
Raccoon Mask +8Int ~11int
Your Bishop is more or less done Moving on from here,
This level onwards is pretty very insane. Its not easy and choosing this route will require a full investment onto your bishop.

Phase 4 (Insanity Tier)
Welcome To Phase 4. At this phase is where i actually suggest you to invest in a MW20
usually cost 2bil ~2.3bil
This will bring you to the leaderboards of Mages, this is the route.
You'll be spending all your investment and leech money into Gearing this character and probably nothing else.
Consider this well. Your level at this point should be 170 and above.

Your Goal From here is to Horntail Efficiently! The Final of MapleRoyals' Main attraction! Horntail!
In Horntail Being in this phase, You will not only be able to Boost your Team's DPS efficiently, You'll be able to DPS The Body Parts as well.
The damage is pretty decent especially when you will be spamming genesis Constantly.
Budget to Build From Here ~20Bil

Elemental Wand 5/6 190+TMA
Zakum Helmet, +35int Zakum Helmet *Grindable*
Almighty Ring (Krex) + 6int ~ +8int/ Event Rings *Grindable*
Earrings 32/40 TMA
Starlight/Anakamoon 33+ Int
Purple Gaia Cape 18+ TMA / Snow Fur Lump 25+TMA
Gold/Red/Brown/Blue Lapiz 20TMA (Chaosed)
Maple Leaf +10int Leaf *Grindable*
Maple Shield +30TMA
Horntail Necklace +26int +26luk
Dark Noel/Flamekeeper Cordon +24TMA
Raccoon Mask +11int

Many players ask me, Joon! Is it really worth to fund all these, It took me over several Months of Leeching and Bossing to get this fundings!
My answer is YES! theres only a Handful of Hardcore Bishop Players .
Theres so much usage in your class and always you will be wanted!

Phase 5(God Tier)
This is truly the most craziest form of bishop, bringing this class to entirely another level

Edit : 17 feb 2021
PLEASE CONSIDER CAREFULLY IF YOU WANT TO DIVE INTO THIS ROUTE.

Reading this level of Equipments even make myself think this is a joke LOL but its actually possible and done by players around
The Goal of Magic is 1600 with mw20 Buff.
1 Hit Dark wyverns 1591, 1 Hit Petri-Fighter 1561

Perfect Elemental Wand 5/6 219TMA / Perfect Elemental Wand 7/8 211TMA
Zakum Helmet +42TMA (60%+WS)
Almighty Ring +6int~+8int
Any Mage Overall/Bathrobe +35int~+61int
Earrings 40TMA/ Crystal Leaf Earrings +51tma
Purple Gaia Cape 22~27TMA/ Snow Fur Lump +30Int
Gold/Red/Brown/Blue Lapiz +20TMA (Chaosed)
Maple Leaf +15int Leaf
Maple Shield +35~50TMA
Horntail Necklace +28int +28luk
Marker/BWG/Yellow Marker/Dark Noel/Flamekeeper Cordon 30+TMA
Raccoon Mask +15~21int

Below Images are the Gears are Crafted in the Game
Spoiler: Hall of Fame

Bishops does not works like an attacker class, where the class main damage comes from Level!
instead of the range scaling according to your weapon attack gears.
If you made it here, please share with me your adventure of royals in the comments!

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