Guide for Newbie Magician to level 30 by Dave

This guide is for newbies that are unsure where to level or train
Note: I won't be using any funded gears such as scrolled equipments for this progress to emulate a 'newbie' training period

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Spoiler: FAQs

Q: Why Pure INT?
A: As each INT = 1 Magic Attack (MA), going Pure INT will result in higher damage and MP compared to normal mages (with LUK)

Q: What do I wear as Pure INT though?
A: Just 'common' or any magician items that doesn't require LUK, you may refer to my [Equipments] section for more details

Q: Isn't it really expensive to play Pure INT?
A: This is actually a misconception as it's actually cheaper to play Pure INT due to the cost of equipment alone (excluding the argument of potions cost and damage).

This is because when we are scrolling items for our mages, booming a Bathrobe with 30% Overall INT isn't a big deal, and only cost 30k meso. However, booming a godly INT 10 Magician Armor, example Starlight, can cost 10m or higher. This would applies to all of the Magician equips that have 'godly' rolls in stats (higher INT than average)

Note: some mage gears are indeed cheaper, but also requires lots of LUK to equip it, and also the time to find a godly rolled

Q: But Pure INT equip looks really ugly
A: I do agree the 'common' gears looks plain/boring, I can only recommend dressing up your character with the voted NX to look more fancy

Q) But I really like the normal mage gears aesthetic such as Chaos Robe / Starlight / Calas etc...
A: You can play the normal route (with LUK) if you wanna, is just something I don't recommend after playing Magician for years due to the benefits of having high INT (more damage + MP)

Note: I do not force anyone to play Pure INT, is just my recommendation due to it being higher damage, MP and also cheaper

Equipment - items to be equipped

Spoiler: Equipment

Level 8 - Wooden Wand
Level 20 - Bathrobe (M/F), can be purchased at Showa Town for 30k meso
Level 25 - Old Raggedy Quest (optional), from quest
Level 30 - Green Paint Brush (optional)
Note: only cost 100k meso, but requires 5 STR to equip.

Spoiler: How to equip Green Paint Brush?

- Add 1 STR, but can be expensive to reset the STR (APR worth around 10m meso)
- Hunt for Slime King shoes from Kerning PQ, can be difficult
- Obtain Spigelmann Necklace from Monster Carnival, unlikely to get it at level 30, I can give 1 to you if I have any spares

<weapons higher than level 30>
Level 43 - Maple Lama Staff
Level 64 - Maple Wisdom Staff or Maple Shine Wand
https://royals.ms/forum/threads/new-source-maple-weapon-drop-list.121173/

<for Clerics>
Level 70 - Elemental Wand 2 (purple color - poison element)
Level 130 - Elemental Wand 6 (purple color - poison element)
Reason: poison element wand is usually the cheapest

For a detailed gears progression at higher levels, check out this guide's "Gearing Up Your Bishop!"
https://royals.ms/forum/threads/bishops-guide-2022-horntail-guide.125406/
*the gears listed are applicable for elemental arch mages too

Skills

Spoiler: Skill Points to be added

Level 8 = +1 to [Energy Bolt]
Level 9 = +3 to [Improved MP Recovery]
Level 10 = +2 to [Improved MP Recovery], +1 to [Improved MaxMP Increase]
Level 11 to 13 = All to [Improved MaxMP Increase (9)]
Level 14 to 20 = All to [Magic Claw (20)]
Level 21 to 30 = All into [Magic Guard(20)] and [Improved MP Recovery (11)]

Level 1 to 8

• Maple Island (all AP into INT, should be 48 INT by level 8)

Level 8 (not recommend to leave Maple Island at level 7, cause can't get Olaf quest)

• go Victoria to do Job Advancement (Lith Harbor) > (Ellinia)

Optional Quest at Lith Harbor's [Olaf] for more EXP (highly recommended)

Spoiler: Olaf Quests

1st Question: Level 10


2nd Question: Level 8


3rd and Last Question: Henesys


Upon completing the above quest, you should get [208 EXP]
Starting the quest below (Path of Magician) will get another [960 EXP] upon completion

Time to go Ellinia for Job Advancement

Spoiler: How to go from Lith Harbor to Ellinia?

Find Phil (left side of Lith Harbor, near the ship)

Upon reaching Ellinia, head to the top

Spoiler: Screenshot

Talk to Grendel the Really Old to Job Advance
Select the option of [I'd like to know more about magician]
Note: you can complete the quest of [The Path of a Magician] after your job advancement

Spoiler: Job Advance to Magician

Add 1 to Energy Bolt to kill mobs
*refer to [Skill Points to be added] for more details on what skills to be added

Spoiler: Energy Bolt

The optional quest - Complete the quest [The Path of a Magician] for 960 EXP
You should be Level 9 upon completing this quest

Spoiler: Path of a Magician

Optional, but highly recommended - Accept the Quest [Beginner Magician's First Training Session]

Spoiler: Beginner Magician's First Training Session

Requirements:
1) kill 8 Slimes (+928 EXP, should be Level 10)
2) kill 20 Slimes (+1033 EXP, should be Level 11)
3) kill 35 Slimes (+1104 EXP, should be level 12)
4) kill 10 Dark Stump (+1504 EXP, should be level 14)
*Dark Stumps are optional as they are kinda rare (I would do the quest)
You can find some [Dark Stumps] at Perion's right side - Perion Street Corner

Spoiler: Perion Street Corner

Review of Ability Point (AP) and Skill Points (SP) at Level 14
Note: you should be adding points into [Magic Claw] at this point


Either do some quest(s) till level 15
Or kill mobs such as Slimes or Orange Mushroom till level 15~21

Spoiler: Optional Quests for EXP

The following are just recommendations

Level 10 Quest at Perion - Ayan's [Stump Horror Story] for 960 EXP

Spoiler: Stump Horror Story

Level 10 Quest at Nautilus - Sharyl's [The Prince's Request] for 1280 EXP (requires 1 Mana Elixir)
Note: the NPC is at the Natilus Ship's Bottom Floor

Spoiler: The Prince's Request

Recommended Training Spot for level 15~17
Henesys Hunting Ground (left side of Henesys)

Not Recommended
Ant Tunnel 1 (quite a dangerous area for level 10+)

The recommended level for Ant Tunnel - Horny Mushroom is at least 17~20

Spoiler: Details about Ant Tunnel training

A more dangerous way of training from Level 15 to 21 or higher
Horny Mushroom (level 22 mob) at Sleepywood, will hit you for about 60 damage

Easy way: Ask others for [Sleepywood Scroll]
Hard way (or just walk to there by following World Map):
1) go to Ellinia
2) VIP Taxi (cost 10k meso)
3) Ant Tunnel Park
4) Near Town Scroll > Sleepywood
5) Ant Tunnel 1
6) kill Horny Mushrooms (112 EXP per kill)

Spoiler: VIP Taxi

Spoiler: Sleepywood

Spoiler: Killing Horny Mushroom

Upon reaching Level 20

• Go to Ant Tunnel III (3) to accept the quest [DANGER! <2.-H. Mushroom>] for 14400 EXP upon completion, should be level 22 after completing this quest
• Note: your [Magic Claw] should be maxed by level 20 to KO both Horny and Zombie Mushrooms easily with 2~3 hits

Upon reaching Level 22

• Go to Ant Tunnel IV (4) to accept the quest [DANGER! <2.-Z. Mushroom>] for 17600 EXP upon completion, should be level 24 after completing this quest

• Note: you should be maxing [Magic Guard] at this point to survive damage better

Upon reaching Level 25

• go to Kerning City's Naora Hospital to accept the quest [Stranger's Request] for 7360 EXP upon completion

• 2nd part of the quest gives 16000 EXP upon completion, you should be level 26 now

• Note: basically need to kill Wild Boars for the quest ETCs, and also 100 Undead Charms (from Zombie Mushroom) for 2nd part of the quest

The quest also gives the cape [Old Raggedy Cape] which is worth quite some meso, like 20m
Note: You can sell for meso if you wanna, I scrolled mine with Cape INT 60% for INT +8

Spoiler: Stranger's Request

There are annoying ghost mobs (Jr Boogies) but you can get rid of them by hitting the rocks as shown in the screenshots below

Spoiler: "How to go Wild Boar Land 1 + destroy Jr Boogies"

The wooden door at the bottom is the entrance

Text	Image
How to go Wild Boars
Wild Boar Map
Anti-Jr Boogies Stones (hit them with normal attacks)
Jr Boogie dies

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Note: you may consider Wild Land Boar 2 if don't want to deal with Jr Boogies, but it's kinda far

Spoiler: How to go Wild Boar Land 2

1. Perion (right side)
   
2. Perion Street Corner
3. East Rocky Mountain I
4. Rocky Road I
5. Rocky Road I
6. Rocky Road III
7. East Domain of Perion
8. Hidden Street: The Land of Wild Boar II

Spoiler: Hidden Entrance of Wild Boar Land 2

Spoiler: Wild Boar Land 2 layout

Upon reaching Level 26
You can choose to level at several places till 30

• Wild Boars (recommended due to high drop rate of equips which you can NPC for meso)
• Ant Tunnel (good for party play as the map is huge)
• Kerning PQ (needs a decent party for good EXP gains)

Note: you may find Kerning PQ slow if need to carry the entire team as the PQ isn't newbie friendly

Optional Quests for EXP during the grind to level 30
- Jane and the Wild Boar for 11200 EXP, requires 80 Wild Boar Teeth and 100 Horny Mushroom Caps
- POLLUTED <1-Evil Eye> for 19200 EXP upon completion

Spoiler: POLLUTED <1-Evil Eye>

 

To-do List:
- Training details from 8 to 30 (done, just need polishing with additional content)
- Helpful images if applicable (added some)
- Review of the format/layout upon inserting the data (made slight adjustment)

Items:
- bought Black Bandana INT 2 for 800k
- bought 5 x 60% Earring INT at 500k each (total 2.5m)
- bought 5 x 60% Cape INT at 1m each (total 5m)

Meso at 30, about 2 to 3m
Meso at 35, about 7m after buying above

Scrapped Plans
- Subway jump quest
- New Leaf City, Mayor questions
- Wild Boar 2 (added)

 

Spoiler: Minor Updates

Added some images so it won't be dull with some text
Edit on 5th Dec: fixed corrupted images, the website wasn't letting me to link to them

Planning to train this character to 50/70 by solo-ing to update the thread accordingly
The idea is to list out detailed steps of where and how I train to 30/50/70
Have canceled this plan since it seems unfair for me to show only Cleric play style but not for Ice/Lightning or Fire Poison

General training spots for Cleric + Ice Lightning if anyone needs a reference
*Never train Fire Poison before

Level 30~40 for both: Magic Claw at Genin
*If really bored of Genin at level 35~40
- Cleric, Level 15 Heal at Jr Wraiths
- Mage, Level 15 Lightning at Clangs (or anywhere you can mob easily)

Level 40~50
- Cleric, Wraiths or Master Chronos
- Mage, Lanterns + Dark Cloud Fox
*can try Truckers if you want, but it seems slower to me

Level 50 to 70
- Cleric, Coolies (higher meso) or Mysterious Path 3 (higher EXP)
*can try some Nightghost if wanna farm for Cape INT 60%

- Mage, Pythons (good meso and 60% Helm DEX) or Mysterious Path 3 (higher EXP due to mob density)
*can also try Nightghost for Cape INT 60%, they weak to lightning

Feel free to give feedback on how I can improve this guide
The layout does look odd (I am bad at making guides)