A comprehensive guide to mastering the Dragon Knight class in GemstoneRO. From beginner gear to endgame setups.

Dragon Knight is the class I started with, I have a lot of fun memories using this class, and I’d love for you to enjoy the experience of using the Dragon Knight.

Thanks to:

• Drakkon — Original owner of the build I will be describing.
• R4VV — The player that introduced me to the class when I started months ago.

Now let’s get into business.

Dragonic Breath Build:

• Focus on VIT and INT (damage scales with Max HP and Max SP).
• Stack ATK, P.ATK, and Ranged Attack where possible.

Your main damage comes from Dragonic Breath enhanced by Dragonic Aura.

• Dragonic Aura → Buff that increases Dragonic Breath damage.
• Dragonic Breath → Adopts the element of your weapon. Use endows for element advantage.

Runes you’ll need:

Acquisition:

• Asir & Turisus → Available at @shop > Class Dealer
• Lux Anima → Craft with: Mystic Rough Rune Stone, Elder Branch, Light Granule, Gold

This assumes you are at least Level 200. If not, check the Newbie Starter & Leveling Guide (GemstoneRO) first.

Goal: First big milestones = Tao Gunka & Beelzebub. These stay with you for the long run.

Goal: Farm Episode Quests, Refining Materials, and Zeny. This setup unlocks farming for harder content.

At this stage you want to start grading your gear. Aim for at least Grade C before moving on to farming for the next steps.

• Maximum Mammoth (armor/boots or accessories) → Increases damage
• Lord Bearer’s (armor/boots or accessories) → Increases damage
• Absorb Shadow Shield → Survivability by leeching when dealing damage
• Perfect Size Shadow Weapon → Increases damage

With this setup you have reached the late-game build for Dragon Knight. The next stage is the true endgame, which will require farming a lot of Zeny and materials — but with your current build, that should now be manageable.

All of the previously mentioned gear can be easily obtained via your own farming, however, there are other gears that you can use to improve your build, let’s go over a few of them:

CoL Summer Cape and Accessory This makes a great combo with Nebula armor, it is a bit hard to enchant, but it has great performance, only beaten by Royal Nightwatch Cape, however, Overdrive Rampage beats the CoL accessory in most scenarios.

Royal Nightwatch Cape If you manage to get this one replace one of your weapon cards to Turtle General Card.

Astrologer Boots You want to get them with POW enchants, it comboes well with Nebula Armor.

Engraved Ice Storm Rune Suit This is better can be as strong as Nebula if you are using it along with the Chapter 1 boots and accessory.

Dimensions Boots and Accesory Gear from Chapter 1, this is hard to get, a lot of grinding, if you get 3 Padu Pass for a good price, consider getting these two, they perform amazingly with the Engraved Ice Storm Rune Suit.

Venom Enchanted Chimera or Glutton Card Best cards for HP on boots, if you can manage to get this card your damage will go up to the roof, as they provide incredible amounts of HP.

Snowstorm Angel Card Best in slot card for garment, the sheer amount of ranged damage it provides is hard to refuse, the only downside is it's price on the market.

Although the Dragon Breath build is done, I still need to figure out the progression for Crit DK, once I have been able to get that done, I will add the information to the guide, if you have information you would like to add or any questions you may have, don't hesitate to reach me out on discord, I'd love to read your feedback.

— Syphon 2025/10/02 20:47