THIS GUIDE HAS CHEAP BUILDS (will have some late game ones latter)

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What is a FS Cardinal?

You basically buff everyone and don't die. You can tank most places as you have resistances, high HP and %MaxHP healing with Renovatio / Mediale Votum

How deep is it?

No.

Because I am not that knowledgeable either.

Overview

Consumables

- Brilliant Protection Scroll (23204) for DEF/MDEF

- Infinity Drink (23475) so your skills aren't interrupted

- Small Life Potion (14534) HP Regeneration (probably not)

- Small Mana Potion (23203) SP Regeneration (probably not)

- Mental Potion (14600) SP and SP Consumption (probably not)

- Almighty (12883) Some HP and ASPD (probably not)

- Limited Power Booster (14766) for ASPD (probably not)

- Red Booster (12796) for ASPD (probably not)

- Enhanced ASPD Potion (12684) for ASPD (probably not)

- Guyak Pudding (12710) for movement speed

- [Bound] Token of Siegfried (6316) We take care of everyone, but who takes care of us?

- Blue Gemstone (717) people may get annoyed if you don't have these

- Yggdrasil Berry (607) for desperate times

- Holy Water (523) for Aspersio

If you are lazy like me:

- The One Potion (50035)

Some Stats

Most of the stats from the next table are NOT REALLY necessary. You can have a little bit less and be fine. If you go to places with high damage and don't have instant cast, I recommend using Infinity Drink (23475) or The One Potion (50035) so your Reparatio doesn't get interrupted.

Stat	How much you need	Explanation
Attack Speed (ASPD)	193	Reduces animation time to help with spamming skills and recovering AP using Dilectio Heal / Benedictum / Religio
Variable Cast Time (%VCT)	100%	It will help you if you don't want to use Infinity Drink (23475) or The One Potion (50035) every time in dangerous places.
Variable Cast Time (Stat VCT)	530 points	An alternative for %VCT. For that you should use the following equation: 530 = Dex*2 + Int. Like %VCT this is easily achievable, but the cost is higher as you will probably need Almighty Shadow Pendant (24340) / Almighty Shadow Earring (24339) combo.
After Cast Delay (ACD)	94%	Reduces time to cast another skill, so it helps with spamming.
Fixed Cast Time (FCT)	1.5s	Most skills have 1.5s FCT, but you can have 2s that can help with Convenio / Renovatio / Reparatio It will help you if you don't want to use Infinity Drink (23475) or The One Potion (50035) every time in dangerous places.

More Stats

Stat	Points	Priority	Note
STR	1-50	Somewhat Useless	You can put more in here if you want to carry more stuff like a billion gems idk
AGI	90-130	Primary	More ASPD
VIT	130	Primary	1M HP dream
INT	90 or 120	Primary	For Vicious Mind Aura (19439) %VCT reduction and some MDEF.
DEX	1 or 90-120	Useless or Primary	If you go for %VCT ignore this stat. If you go for stat VCT put points here.
LUK	80-100	Secondary	Helps with Curse status. You need to have at least 100 combined (base+extra) (need confirmation) or have 0 LUK (Some cards subtract LUK). If you have the patience to use Blessing every time, ignore this stat.

Traits

Trait	Points	Note
POW	0	No
STA	100	RES to tank more
WIS	100	MRES to tank more
SPL	0	No
CON	0	No
CRT	Rest	More Healing

Skills

WIP

Equipments

For now I have 2 builds for you. First one is the main build which is more generic and second one is more specific for Constellation Tower, but can be used anywhere (you have to be more careful in end game places like Depth 1/2).

As you will see, some equipment/enchantment values will be a bit vague/loose. I wrote it that way, because you will have to balance, mainly, ASPD and %VCT. So if you get a good %VCT enchant in an equipment, you can get another ASPD equipment/enchantment/card.

Main Build

Slot	Equipment	Enchantment	Note
Headgear (Top)	+10 Temporal Circlet (Archbishop) [1] (19480)	Adamantine Lv5 (29105) Temporal Jewel (VIT) Lv 3 (29680) VIT+4 (4743)	Obtainable from Old Glast Heim Challenge Mode Most important is Adamantine Lv5 (29105) as it gives lots of HP and DEF/MDEF. I have Temporal Jewel (VIT) Lv 2 (29679) and STR+1 (4700) on mine lul.
Headgear (Middle)	Victory Wing Ears [1] (400002)	%ACD %ACD	Obtainable from Amicitia You can enchant it with Joy of Victory (100009) , which can be bought at Muzaszir You will probably get the rest of your %ACD here.
Headgear (Low)	Vicious Mind Aura (19439)		Obtainable from Bioresearch Laboratory's MVP (Usually cheap) Combos with Fallen Warrior Manteau [1] (20749) Gives lots of %VCT and %ACD
Armor	+9 VIT Soutane [1] (15399)	VIT Blessing (310078) MaxHP+5% (4900) or VIT+8 (4747) MaxHP+5% (4900) or VIT+8 (4747)	Obtainable from Odin's Past You can follow this page to enchant it. IIRC %HP is better, but does it really matter?
Weapon	+11 Rubber Hammer [2] (16099)	%VCT or %Heal Effectiveness	Obtainable from (einbech 151, 251) Gives 10% VCT and 20% ACD! You can follow this page to enchant it. Enchant can give up to 20% VCT! If you have enough %VCT, you can get %Heal Effectiveness or just skip enchanting.
Shield	+11 Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018)	Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010)	Obtainable from Illusion of Twins +11 is for the enchantment's requirements.
Garment	+10 Fallen Warrior Manteau [1] (20749)		Base version ( Fallen Warrior Manteau (20748) ) obtainable from Bio 5: The Bed of Honor (Nightmare Biolab)'s MVPs. You have to transform it into the slotted version. (transformation process in the same page) Gives good ASPD, some neutral resist.
Shoes	+11 [C] Hero Boots-LT [1] (470094)	Don't even mind looking	Base version Ancient Hero Boots [1] (22171) from Doil or Bioresearch_Laboratory's MVP. You have to transform 2 times. Ancient Hero Boots [1] (22171) into Great Hero Boots [1] (22238) into Hero Boots-LT [1] (470094) . You can see this process here. This will give you good FCT, really good resistances and some %VCT/%ACD.
Accessory (Right)	Safety Pendant B [1] (32249) or Safety Pendant R [1] (32248)		There are 4 possible combinations. See what you need between %VCT and ASPD and choose. All possible combos give %ACD and FCT.
Accessory (Left)	Safety Epaulet B [1] (32251) or Safety Epaulet R [1] (32250)		There are 4 possible combinations. See what you need between %VCT and ASPD and choose. All possible combos give %ACD and FCT.

Total stats for this build without enchants:

Equipment	%VCT	%ACD	FCT


Total

Alternative Build

Slot	Equipment	Enchantment	Note
Headgear (Top)	+10 Temporal Circlet (Archbishop) [1] (19480)	Adamantine Lv5 (29105) Temporal Jewel (VIT) Lv 3 (29680) VIT+4 (4743)	Obtainable from Old Glast Heim Challenge Mode Most important is Adamantine Lv5 (29105) as it gives lots of HP and DEF/MDEF. I have Temporal Jewel (VIT) Lv 2 (29679) and STR+1 (4700) in mine lul.
Headgear (Middle)	Victory Wing Ears [1] (400002)	%ACD %ACD	Obtainable from Amicitia You can enchant it with Joy of Victory (100009) , which can be bought at Muzaszir You will probably get the rest of your %ACD here.
Headgear (Low)	Young Leaf of World Tree (Strength) (420017)	Spell Lv2 (4814)	Obtainable from Fall of Glastheim - Hard Mode Enchant process in the same page. Only get this if necessary for %VCT.
Armor	+11 Gold Dragon Plate [1] (15393)	%HP Doesn't matter %Dragon Race Damage Reduction	Obtainable from Abyss Lake Combos with Dragon Scale Boots [1] (22208) and Dragon Scale Hood [1] (20946) . Gives lots of %ACD, ASPD, %VCT and some FCT.
Weapon	+11 Rubber Hammer [2] (16099)	%VCT or %Heal Effectiveness	Obtainable from (einbech 151, 251) You can follow this page to enchant it. Can give up to 20% VCT! If you have enough %VCT, you can get %Heal Effectiveness or just skip enchanting.
Shield	+11 Illusion Silver Guard [1] (460018)	Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010) Rune of Vitality Lv2 (29010)	Obtainable from Illusion of Twins +11 is for the enchantment's requirements.
Garment	+11 Dragon Scale Hood [1] (20946)	%HP Doesn't matter %Dragon Race Damage Reduction	Obtainable from Abyss Lake
Shoes	+11 Dragon Scale Boots [1] (22208)	%HP Doesn't matter %Dragon Race Damage Reduction	Obtainable from Abyss Lake
Accessory (Right)	Safety Pendant B [1] (32249) or Safety Pendant R [1] (32248)		There are 4 possible combinations. See what you need between %VCT and ASPD and choose. All possible combos give %ACD and FCT.
Accessory (Left)	Safety Epaulet B [1] (32251) or Safety Epaulet R [1] (32250)		There are 4 possible combinations. See what you need between %VCT and ASPD and choose. All possible combos give %ACD and FCT.

Total stats for this build without enchants:

Equipment	%VCT	%ACD	FCT


Total

Secret Build (WIP)

I hate when I say “I'll use Competentia” and people just ignore, go away and then complain. That's why I started thinking about this build.

Slot	Equipment	Description	Enchantment	Note
Headgear (Top)
Headgear (Middle)
Headgear (Low)
Armor
Weapon
Shield
Garment
Shoes
Accessory (Right)
Accessory (Left)

Total stats for this build without enchants:

Equipment	%VCT	%ACD	FCT


Total

Not Even my Final Form Build (WIP)

I start to imagine what a real full FS build would be… then i remember there are another 6 builds from different classes that I already planned on building… all at the same time…

Slot	Equipment	Description	Enchantment	Note
Headgear (Top)
Headgear (Middle)
Headgear (Low)
Armor
Weapon
Shield
Garment
Shoes
Accessory (Right)
Accessory (Left)

Total stats for this build without enchants:

Equipment	%VCT	%ACD	FCT


Total

Costume Stones

WIP

Cards

Equipment	Card	Description	Note
Headgear (Top)	Melted Poring Card (300174)	MaxHP +10% ─────────── Base VIT at least 100: Decreases damage taken from Earth and Poison elemental attacks by 1%. ─────────── Base VIT at least 130: Decreases damage taken from Earth and Poison elemental attacks by 3%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Head Top Weight: 1	MORE HP! Expensive because it is hard to farm.
	Bungisngis Card (4582)	For each 2 Refine Levels: MaxHP +1% ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Head Top Weight: 1	MORE HP! Combos with Rigid Sky Deleter Card (27351) . Loses to 2x Melted Poring Card (300174) by 5% and some %Elemental Resist
	Isaac Wigner Card (27396)	Decreases After Cast Delay by 5%. ─────────── When equipped with Juergen Wagner Card and Agnes Lugenburg Card: Increases Physical Damage against Small size and Brute race by 7%. ─────────── When equipped with Wolf Lugenburg Card and Poe Richard Card: Increases Physical Damage against Medium size by 7%. Decreases After Cast Delay by additional 3%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Head Top Weight: 1	Some %ACD
Headgear (Middle)	Melted Poring Card (300174)	MaxHP +10% ─────────── Base VIT at least 100: Decreases damage taken from Earth and Poison elemental attacks by 1%. ─────────── Base VIT at least 130: Decreases damage taken from Earth and Poison elemental attacks by 3%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Head Top Weight: 1	MORE HP! Expensive because it is hard to farm.
	Rigid Sky Deleter Card (27351)	MaxHP +5% ─────────── When equipped with Bungisngis Card: MaxHP +5% ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Head Top Weight: 1	MORE HP! Combos with Bungisngis Card (4582) . Loses to 2x Melted Poring Card (300174) by 5% and some %Elemental Resist
	Isaac Wigner Card (27396)	Decreases After Cast Delay by 5%. ─────────── When equipped with Juergen Wagner Card and Agnes Lugenburg Card: Increases Physical Damage against Small size and Brute race by 7%. ─────────── When equipped with Wolf Lugenburg Card and Poe Richard Card: Increases Physical Damage against Medium size by 7%. Decreases After Cast Delay by additional 3%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Head Top Weight: 1	Some %ACD
Armor	Ominous Solider Card (27114)	MaxHP +10% DEF +50 ─────────── For each 3 Refine Levels: MaxHP +1% ─────────── Base Level at least 160: VIT +3 DEF +50 ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Armor Weight: 1	MORE HP! and some DEF
	Amitera Card (300254)	MaxHP +10% ─────────── Base Level at least 200: MaxHP +10% ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Armor Weight: 1	MORE HP! and some DEF
	Two Eyes Dollocaris (300376)	DEF +100, RES +50 ─────────── Up to max +11 Refine Level: MaxHP -30%, ATK -10%, MATK -10% ─────────── Refine Level +12: MaxHP +30%, ATK +10%, MATK +10% ─────────── When Armor Level of compounded equipment is 2: RES +50 ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Armor Weight: 1	MORE HP! and some DEF and RES
Weapon	Heart Hunter Sanare Card (27308)	Increases Healing skills effectiveness by 2% ─────────── Refine Level +9: Increases Healing skills effectiveness by additional 3%. ─────────── Refine Level +11: Increases Healing skills effectiveness by additional 5%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Right Hand Weight: 1	%Heal Effectiveness
	Dancing Marionette Card (31021)	ATK -3% Increases Attack Speed by 10%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Right Hand Weight: 1	ASPD
	White Knight Card (4608)	ATK +15 ─────────── Increases Physical Damage against Medium and Large size by 20%. ─────────── When equipped with Khalitzburg Knight Card: Increases Physical Damage against Medium and Large size by 15%. Decreases damage taken from Medium and Large size by 5%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Right Hand Weight: 1	%Size Damage Reduction combo with Khalitzburg Knight Card (4609) . Choose between this and Mutating Khalitzburg Card (27385) combo. Whatever is cheaper.
	Mutating White Knight Card (27384)	MATK +15 Increases Magical Damage against Medium and Large size by 20%. ─────────── When equipped with Mutating Khalitzburg Card: Decreases Physical and Magical Damage from Medium and Large size by additional 5%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Right Hand Weight: 1	%Size Damage Reduction combo with Mutating Khalitzburg Card (27385) . Choose between this and Khalitzburg Knight Card (4609) combo. Whatever is cheaper.
Shield	Khalitzburg Knight Card (4609)	DEF +20 ─────────── Decreases Damage taken from Medium and Large size by 25%. ─────────── When equipped with White Knight Card: Decreases Damage taken from Medium and Large size by 5%. Increases Physical Damage against Medium and Large size by 15%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Left Hand Weight: 1	%Size Damage Reduction combo with White Knight Card (4608) . Choose between this and Mutating Khalitzburg Card (27385) combo. Whatever is cheaper.
	Mutating Khalitzburg Card (27385)	MDEF +10 Decreases Physical and Magical Damage from Medium and Large size by 25%. ─────────── When equipped with Mutating White Knight Card: Decreases Physical and Magical Damage from Large size by 5%. Increases Magical Damage against Medium and Large size by additional 5%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Left Hand Weight: 1	%Size Damage Reduction combo with Mutating White Knight Card (27384) . Choose between this and Khalitzburg Knight Card (4609) combo. Whatever is cheaper.
	Alice Card (4253)	Decreases damage taken from Boss class by 40%. Increases damage taken from Normal class by 40%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Left Hand Weight: 1	%Boss Damage Reduction
	Diligent Andre Card (300230)	For each Refine Level: MaxHP +1% ─────────── Decreases damage taken from Insect race by 20%. ─────────── When equipped with Diligent Andre Larva Card: Increases Physical Damage against Insect race by 20%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Left Hand Weight: 1	MORE HP!
	Diligent Deniro Card (300233)	For each Refine Level: MaxHP +1% ─────────── Decreases damage taken from Insect race by 20%. ─────────── When equipped with Diligent Andre Larva Card: Increases Magical Damage against Insect race by 20%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Left Hand Weight: 1	MORE HP!
	Elite Rgan Guardian Card (300465)	STR +10, VIT +15, LUK -25 ─────────── Decreases damage taken from monsters of every size by 20%. Decreases Magical Damage against monsters of Holy, Shadow, Ghost and Poison element by 25%. ─────────── For each Refine Level: DEF +20, RES +5 ─────────── Refine Level +7: Increases Physical Damage against monsters of Water, Wind, Earth and Fire element by 25%. ─────────── Refine Level +10: Increases Melee and Ranged Physical Damage by 10%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Left Hand Weight: 1	Some HP, %Size Damage Reduction and some DEF/RES. It frees up 1 weapon card slot. Watch out for LUK values (Curse resistance)
	Renovated Upper Rgan (300379)	Decreases damage taken from enemies of every race, except Players, by 15%. ─────────── Up to max +11 Refine Level: Increases damage taken from enemies of every size by 25%. ─────────── Refine Level +12: Decreases damage taken from enemies of every size by 25%. ─────────── When Armor Level of compounded equipment is 2: RES +50, MRES +50 ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Left Hand Weight: 1	Objectively better than Mutating Khalitzburg Card (27385) / Khalitzburg Knight Card (4609) combo, but needs shield refinement to be +12. %Size Damage Reduction and %Race Damage Reduction and frees up 1 weapon card slot.
Garment	Infinite Chimera Card (4646)	MaxHP +8% MaxSP +4% ─────────── When equipped with Shoes compounded with one of the following cards: Infinite Toad Card, Infinite Vagabond Wolf Card, Infinite Eclipse Card or Infinite Vocal Card: ATK +10% MATK +10% ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Garment Weight: 1	MORE HP!
Garment	Ancient Stalactic Golem Card (27292)	For each 10 base VIT: MaxHP +150 Increases Attack Speed by 1%. ─────────── Base VIT at least 120: Decreases After Cast Delay by additional 3%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Garment Weight: 1	Mostly used for %ACD
Shoes	Green Ferus Card (4381)	VIT +1 MaxHP +10% ─────────── When equipped with Cruiser Card, Anolian Card, Alligator Card and Dragon Tail Card: DEX +5 Increases damage of Arrow Vulcan by 5%. Increases damage of Musical Strike by 10%. Increases damage of Throw Arrow by 10%. When equipped by Bard or Dancer classes: Random chance to auto-cast Level 2 Tarot Card of Fate when dealing melee physical attack. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Shoes Weight: 1	MORE HP!
Shoes	any 17.2 10% HP card like Research Assistant Bot Card (300081)	INT +2 MaxHP +10% MaxSP +10% ─────────── Increases damage of Fire Ball by 25%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Shoes Weight: 1	MORE HP!
Accessory (Right)	Broken Beta Guards Card (300076) or any 17.2 10% HP card	VIT +3 MaxHP +10% ─────────── Increases damage of Banishing Point and Cannon Spear by 10%. ─────────── When equipped with Verporta Card and Senior Assistant Bot Card: Increases damage of Banishing Point and Cannon Spear by 20%. For each 2 Refine Levels of equipped Shoes: Increases damage of Banishing Point by additional 5%. For each 2 Refine Levels of equipped Weapon: Increases damage of Cannon Spear by additional 5%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Accessory Weight: 1	MORE HP!
Accessory (Left)	Acolyte of Chaos Card (27343)	Decreases After Cast Delay by 4%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Left Accessory Weight: 1	Some %ACD
Accessory (Left)	Broken Beta Guards Card (300076) or any 17.2 10% HP card	VIT +3 MaxHP +10% ─────────── Increases damage of Banishing Point and Cannon Spear by 10%. ─────────── When equipped with Verporta Card and Senior Assistant Bot Card: Increases damage of Banishing Point and Cannon Spear by 20%. For each 2 Refine Levels of equipped Shoes: Increases damage of Banishing Point by additional 5%. For each 2 Refine Levels of equipped Weapon: Increases damage of Cannon Spear by additional 5%. ─────────── Type: Card Compound on: Accessory Weight: 1	MORE HP!

Shadow Gear

You will use Eden's Advanced Paradise. It cost 230 Eden Coins to buy all pieces.

It gives 15% ACD and 10% VCT and 7% ASPD. REALLY cheap when compared to the Shadow Gears you would have to make.

Pet

Wouldn't bother getting one

Blue Moon Loli Ruri Egg (9140)

What everyone should know, but sometimes go unnoticed

Shout out to Madame Celery for the good general tips guide for the GemstoneRO server (Madame Celery's Guide to GemstoneRO)

There you can find general equipment progression, level up spots suggestions, what to farm and where, what is a Refinement Ticket and how to get it, some notable cards that I definitely didn't look to make the card section of this guide.

You can use the refinement tickets in the Hero Boots-LT [1] (470094) transformation and refinement of basically all equipment from the builds in this guide.

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