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Night Watch
Job Base: Gunslinger
Job Type: Expanded
Job Level: 60
Number of Skills: 17
Total Skill Points: 197
Job Bonuses
STR AGI VIT INT DEX LUK
+3 +8 +6 +8 +11 +7
Talent Bonuses
POW STA WIS SPL CON CRT
+11 +3 +6 +0 +11 +6
ASPD Modifier
👊 Bare hand 144
13100.webp Pistol +4
13150.webp Rifle -6
13156.webp Shotgun -38
13157.webp Gatling Gun -1
8920.webp Grenade Launcher -51

Introduction

This guide aims to help any Gunslinger enjoyer on how to class works, how to play it, what to build and most important, loving the class!

Why play Night Watch?

Night Watch, commonly abbreviated as NW is a solid choice to players who are just starting out, or for people who enjoy doing things in a flashy style, they have a strong potential DPS and have some niche abilities that can benefit themselves or the party as well.

Is Night Wactch newbie friendly?

As I said, it's a solid option to begin an adventure, their skills are somewhat simple once understood, and even some of them can bypass DEF. Moreover, Expanded jobs have an easier way to achieve 100% DEF penetration.

Does Night Watch have end-game potential?

Yes!, thanks to Time Dimensions Rune Crown (Night Watch) [1] (400542) and the respective weapons, Night Watch is capable of doing any content in the game, especially if you're on the crit build.


Night Watch is the final evolution of the Gunslinger Tree, they were designed as Ranged DPS job, either single target or in area. Night Watches have a variety of weapons choices, they have on their arsenal Pistols, Rifles, Gatling Guns, Shotguns and Grenade Launchers, each one with its own unique mechanics.

Pros Cons
Every Expanded Job advantage. (faster leveling, no rebirth) Being an Expanded Job means less HP% and lower stats in general.
Access to the mayority of elements thanks to bullets. No ghost bullet. (REEE)
Good farmer thanks to inherent DEF bypass on some skills. Need more than one weapon, if you want to use more skills. [1]
Great for MVPing. Always be on Wind Hawks' shadows.
Not having to worry about VCT%. Low base health.
Guns have no sizes penalty. Guns are two-handed weapons so that means no shield.
Access to bootleg Snap. Fallen Angel (Nephilim) Skills scales with CON. (kek)

Weapon Choices

One thing that I like about Night Watch is that every skill will have a different function depending on which weapons you'll use. So, depending on what you do, the gun you use will matter.

Pistol

Also known as Revolvers.

By far the most iconic arsenal of Gunslingers.

Things to consider.

  • Highest ASPD Base among every option.
  • Able to use Fallen Angel (Nephilim).
  • Access CRIT skills.
  • Good for Burst things thanks to the good synergy between Magazine for One + Intensive Aim.
  • Thanks to Wild Shot, pistols now have an AoE skill.
  • Lowest base ATK of every gun.

Rifle

My personal favorite.

Rifles are very similar to pistols in terms that both enables Skills that can CRIT. They're are stronger than pistols but slower.

Things to consider.

  • Medium ASPD base.
  • Able to use Anti-Material Blast (Obliterator), a debuff that reduces target resistances by 50%.
  • Access CRIT skills.
  • Capable of doing the highest DPS of all builds, thanks to Time Dimensions Combo.

Gatling Gun

“It costs four hundred thousand dollars to fire this weapon…for twelve seconds.” - Heavy Weapons Guy

Things to consider.

  • No ASPD penalties.
  • Good and big AoE skills.
  • Mayority of them have DEF bypass by default.
  • Decent single target damage thanks to Magazine for One and Auto Firing Launcher.
  • Forgotten by Gravity. ⚰️

Shotgun

Shotguns are powerful weapons and it's viability will depends on the server you're playing. Here on KRO meta servers, shotguns are not very good sadly.

Things to consider.

  • Strongest Skill Base Damage% of every gun.
  • 2nd highest base ATK of every gun.
  • Access to Banishing Buster (Exile), to dispell your enemies.
  • 2nd lowest ASPD Base.
  • Ground target skills have some cluncky animations even with high aspd.
  • Forgotten by Gravity. ⚰️

Grenade Launcher

Without a doubt, grenade launchers are the specialists in large area damage. They are one of the best weapon options for farming.

Things to consider.

  • They have the highest base ATK of every weapon in the game.
  • Very effective against large groups of enemies thanks to their 11×11 AoE.
  • Have the highest DPS for Pure Ranged Builds thanks to the Time Dimensions Combo.
  • Lowest ASPD base of every weapon in the game.
  • Ground target skills have some cluncky animations even with high aspd.

Knowing Night Watch's Skills

Credits to Penghaw for the table format, I really liked it!

Skill Properties Summary
5406.webp Only One Bullet
  • Single Target
  • 1s FCT
  • 0.35s Cooldown
  • 0.5s ACD
  • Requires 30% ACD reduction and 183 ASPD to spam efficiently.
  • Pistol 13100.webp
    • Since it doesn't crit, deals significantly less damage compared to 5408.webp Magazine for One.
    • Can bypass DEF.
    • By having low CD it turns great to kill weak monsters one by one.
  • Rifle 13150.webp
    • Can CRIT, resulting in a good single target DPS skill.
    • DOESN'T Bypass DEF
    • Once you have Time Dimensions Combo, this skill will autocast 5407.webp Spiral Shooting.
5408.webp Magazine for One
  • Single target
  • 1s FCT
  • 0.5s Cooldown
  • 1s ACD
  • Needs 50% ACD reduction and 175 ASPD to spam efficiently.
  • Pistol 13100.webp
    • Can CRIT, as a result, this skill is capable of dealing tons of damage.
    • Stacks well with 5403.webp Intensive Aim, therefore, able to burst MvPs.
  • Gatling Gun 13157.webp
    • Deals massive single-target damage even though it cannot crit.
    • Highest DPS skill for Gatling Gun.
5407.webp Spiral Shooting
  • Entity Targeted AoE
  • 1.5s FCT
  • 0.5s Cooldown
  • 1s ACD
  • Needs 50% ACD reduction and 175 ASPD to spam efficiently.
  • Rifle 13150.webp
    • The only crit skill that deals damage in area.
    • With Time Dimensions Combo you can bypass the skill CD by spamming 5406.webp Only One Bullet.
    • Kinda small AoE 7x7, compensated by 5406.webp Only One Bullet spammability.
  • Grenade Launcher 8920.webp
    • Deals deals damage in a massive 11x11 AoE around the target.
    • Once you have Time Dimensions Combo, this skill will autocast 5409.webp Wild Fire.
5409.webp Wild Fire
  • Ground target
  • 1s FCT
  • 0.5s Cooldown
  • 1s ACD
  • Needs 50% ACD reduction and 175 ASPD to spam efficiently.
  • Grenade Launcher 8920.webp
    • Deals massive damage in a 11x11 AOE.
  • Shotgun 13156.webp
    • Deals more damage at the cost of smaller AoE 7x7 compared to Grenade Launchers.
5405.webp The Vigilante at Night
  • Self target
  • 1.5s FCT
  • 0.5s Cooldown
  • 1s ACD
  • Needs 50% ACD reduction and 175 ASPD to spam efficiently.
  • Requires 1.5s of Fixed Cast Time reduction, meaning, is hard to use this skill with Drop Rate gears.
  • Gatling Gun 13157.webp
    • A 11x11 AoE skill around the caster is HUGE.
    • Has innate 100% DEF Bypass.
  • Shotgun 13156.webp
    • Deals more damage at the cost of smaller AoE 7x7 compared to Gatling Guns.
    • Just to remember, unlike Gatling Gun, when using a Shotgun, this skill DOESN'T BYPASS DEF.
5500.webp Wild Shot
  • Entity targeted AoE
  • 1.5s FCT
  • 0.75s Cooldown
  • 1s ACD
  • Needs 25% ACD reduction and 163 ASPD to spam efficiently.
    • If you're using 800042.webp Time Gap Night Revolver it will need 45% ACD and 173 ASPD to spam efficiently.
  • It deals more damage if 5414.webp Hidden Card is active.
  • Pistol 13100.webp
    • Finally an AoE (7x7) option for pistols.
  • Rifle 13150.webp
    • A 9x9 AoE.
    • Thanks to 300598.webp Gunter Card (300598) this skill is strong even with 0.7s CD
5501.webp Midnight Fallen
  • Ground target
  • 1s FCT
  • 0.7s Cooldown
  • 0.8s ACD
  • Needs 30% ACD reduction and 165 ASPD to spam efficiently.
  • It deals more damage if 5414.webp Hidden Card is active.
  • Regardless the weapon, it has a 100% DEF bypass.
  • Gatling Gun 13157.webp
    • A 9x9 AoE.
    • Good to extend your self centered AoE
    • In terms of damage, is the lowest of the three weapons.
  • Shotgun 13156.webp
    • A 7x7 AoE.
    • Good to extend your self centered AoE
    • In terms of damage, is the highest of the three weapons.
  • Grenade Launcher 8920.webp
    • A 11x11 AoE.
    • It can be used alternately with 5409.webp Wild Fire.
    • In terms of damage, is in the middle of the three weapons.

Build Stereotypes

As you could see, Night Watches have a variety of Weapons type and Skills to specialize.

In summary, there are two big groups of builds; Pure Ranged Builds and Ranged Critical Builds. Let's ignore magic build and pretends it doesn't exists

Ranged Critical Builds

On Renewal Ragnarok, critical skills started to dominate the metagame years ago, critical attacks deals 40% bonus damage (140%), have the advantage to ignore FLEE and have max damage variance. To be able to make a skill crit (as long as it can crit), you'll need to increase your Critical Rate stat.

  • Basically; if your Critical Rate is 10, you'll have 10% chance to crit.
  • However, monsters have a Critical Hit Shield, this stat reduces the chance of landing a critical hit and its calculated by: [Enemy's LUK÷5].
  • E.g.


Verdant Flora (21553) has a Critical Shield value of 36. That means you'll need to have a Critical Rate of 136 to ensure the crit.

  • So, for being able to crit every mob in the game, a critical rate between 182~216 is mandatory.
  • Reminder that every critical damage card, gear and buffs applies after the 140% critical damage bonus.

Back to Night Watching, physical critical builds aren't very diverse like Pure Ranged ones. Basically you're stuck with a Pistol, a Rifle or if possible both.

  • Do you want to farm end-game content? → Use Rifles
  • Do you want to kill things fast and move fast? → Use Pistols

By mastering gear switching (you should) you can do both.

If you are interested on gears, please check section 7.

Full Critical

The critical build has the most potential of every Night Watch build, you'll be able to do any content with it, from farming Varmundt's Biospheres with ease to bully some MvPs, including Betel and Rigel.

At first stance, we have this skills on our arsenal

  • Only One Bullet
  • Magazine for One
  • Spiral Shooting
  • Wild Shot

On a end-game phase you just use Only One Bullet, because it autocasts Spiral Shooting thanks to Time Dim Rifle and Crown.

Thanks to Time Gap Night Revolver [2] (800042) we can specialize in a Wild Shot build. Gear wise it will change because we need to achieve more ACD because we want to use Fallen Angel (Nephilim) right after Wild Shot or Rich's Coin (Fortune of the Rich)Rich's Coin, basically a bootleg version and gameplay of Inquisitor's Explosion Blaster. >70% ACD would be great

Pure Ranged Builds

Pure ranged builds don’t have all the benefits that critical attacks do. So, if we compare them, they tend to be worse. Still, some of them are more comfortable to use while still providing good results.

Since Night Watches have a ton of pure ranged skills, there are a variety of paths.

Grenade Launcher Build

This is the most viable ranged build at the moment. Grenade Launchers are one of the most powerful weapons at the cost of a big ASPD penalty, both GL skills have good skill base damage and huge AoE.

We have access to these skills.

  • Wild Fire
  • Spiral Shooting
  • Midnight Fallen

On a end-game phase Spiral Shooting autocasts Wild Fire thanks to Time Dim GL and Crown, leading to big numbers.

Pure Vigilante

To be fair, The Vigilante at Night is such a comfy skill to use (I'm a enjoyer too), just lay down and press one button. Unfortunately, Vigilante is one of the weakest skills of the NW repository, it doesnt have a great base skill modifier and it's pretty outdated in gears, if we compare it to Rifles, Pistols and Grenade Launchers.

BUFF VIGILANTE

Grenades

Not to be confused with the Grenade Launcher Build.

Grenade skills were useful when Night Watch was first introduced, for example, it was one of the ways of having an AoE option for pistols, instead of using Fire Dance (Dance of Massacre). Nowadays, they're just filler skills to regenerate some AP.

On the other hand, i've seen good results using Auto Firing Launcher, so maybe it can be considered as an offmeta, niche and for fun build.

Grenade-type Skills
Name Summary
5410.webp Basic Grenade Just like the name, it just throw a grenade. By being a ground target skill, having 0.3s CD, no ACD and recovering us 2 AP, it's a good way to fill our AP bar.
5411.webp Hasty Fire in the Hole Counter-Strike vibes.... Surprisingly not a weak skill, dealing 3 hits and having a scaling AoE up to 9x9, it has a longer cooldown than Basic Grenade tho, also, this skill has a hard animation, so it's a bit clunky to use.
5412.webp Grenades Dropping I like this skill. In an area of 5x5, drops grenades for 4 seconds that deals damage in intervals of 0.25s. Good skill but it has a RNG factor, sometimes dealing a lot of damage and other times not.
5404.webp Grenade Fragment I'll quote directly from skill description. "Adds elemental powder on the surface of a throwing grenade", wow.

It works like 425.webp Mild Wind. Grenades shares the element of your bullets, with this skill, we can have two elements at once, for example, having holy bullets with shadow element grenades.

  • At level 7, the endow can be removed.
5413.webp Auto Firing Launcher This buff grants us the ability to auto-cast; 5410.webp Basic Grenade, 5411.webp Hasty Fire in the Hole and 5412.webp Grenades Dropping, you'll need to have them learned to be auto-casted. Combined with 193 ASPD, it has a very high chance to proc.

  • You won't recover any AP from auto-casted skills.
5415.webp Mission Bombard One of our two ultimate skills, a heavy multi-hitting ground AoE. Basically a barrage of grenades. They do okayish damage and it cost 35 AP per use. Use it at Christmas Event!

Auto-Attack ASPD Build

Only for GemstoneRO

With the Christmas event on GemstoneRO, I've seen a lot of Night Watches hunting plant-protocol monsters (any monster that will always take 1 damage). This excited me a bit, because, it's always good to see more NWs~.

The main focus of this build is landing as many hits as possible in the shortest amount of time, to achieve this, we will focus on gears that provide us the ability to autocast others skills as we auto-attack. For this reason, similar to the Grenade-type build, we will using Auto Firing Launcher.

Being a Night Watch

Stats and Traits

Like every guide, of course it will have a stats and traits section.

STR STR will offer us little ATK, but, it increases weight capacity, so go for it.
AGI More AGI means more ASPD and that means less Delay between Animations.
VIT We want HP, we are squishy :(, and also provides some status inmunity.
INT INT will help us on our SP pool and some status inmunity.
DEX Our main stat for dmg, you want to 120 it.
LUK Every 3 Luk points it adds +1 Status ATK, cheaper than STR, also great for CRIT and Curse inmunity.
POW ATK goes BRRRR, literally a adds a final modifier (P.ATK) for damage calculation.
STA Adds RESistance for physical damage.
WIS Adds Magical RESistance for magical damage.
SPL We don't want SPL, because we ain't mages, unless...
CON CON will helps us with HIT, FLEE and P.ATK, also our Skills scales with it.
CRT Every 3 points in CRT it will add 1 of our beloved stat C.RATE. Useful for Crit Builds.

For more detailed explanations on stats and traits, please visit the Stats page.

Stat Distribution

It depends on the build you will be using.

🐤 Critical Ranged
STR 0-90 0-90
AGI 90 90
VIT 90-120 90-120
DEX 120 120
LUK 89 0-100
POW 110 110
STA 0 0-72
WIS 0 0-72
CON 72 110
CRT 110 0

It's totally viable to sacrifice some points on CON and add them to STA or WIS if you're having trouble to survive some attacks

Important Skills

In this section, only the most important skills will be mentioned.

Gunslinger

Skills
Name Level Summary
500.webp Coin Flip 5 Coins works exactly like Monk's 261.webp Call Spirits, they are catalyst for some skills and give us some Mastery ATK.
506.webp Increase Accuracy 1 Adds +20 HIT aswell as +4 points in DEX and AGI, free stat buff, get it.
505.webp Adjustment (Gunslinger's Panic) 1 A situational buff, +30 FLEE and 20% less damage on ranged attacks, has a 30s duration, could be useful in some scenarios.
509.webp Single Action 10 A passive skill, free +20 HIT and 5% ASPD, max it.
510.webp Snake Eyes 10 Another passive skill, at level 10 boost our HIT by +10 points and give us +10 Range on basic attacks.
511.webp Chain Action 10 It's 48.webp Double Attack for pistols, max it too.
515.webp Rapid Shower (Trigger Happy Shot) 7-10 A pistol exclusive skill. A glorified 46.webp Double Strafe, good for leveling meanwhile we are a rookie Gunslinger.
516.webp Desperado 10 A pistol exclusive skill. Desperado was always a strong skill, an 7x7 AoE around us, hits are random up to a max of 10 each cast. A must to have.

Rebellion

Skills
Name Level Summary
2552.webp Rich's Coin (Fortune of the Rich) 1 Champion's 401.webp Dangerous Soul Collect (Zen) but with a CD, pepehands. Calls up to 10 coins at the cost of 100 zeny.
2563.webp Platinum Alter 5 Oh boi, one of our best buffs, a whopping 150 ATK and shield of 25% of our health, the ATK buff scales with the number of coins we have summoned, so use it after Rich's Coin, it doesn't have cooldown.

  • Can't be used alongside Heat Barrel, Adjustment and Madness Canceler.
  • This skill only works if 13220.webp Purifying Bullet (13220) or 13221.webp Silver Bullet (13221) are equipped.
  • Bullets can be endowed.
2568.webp Heat Barrel (Acceleration Bullet) 5 Another good buff, not as good as Platinum Alter tho, with 10 coins will give us 160% ATK, 20% FCT reduction and +5 flat ASPD. Keep in mind that this ATK boost for skills is just additive, thus, acting similar like 486.webp Maximum Power Thrust.

If we compare it with Platinum Alter, is a small boost on skills. On the other hand, for basic attacks it's basically double damage for 1 minute.

  • Can't be used alongside Platinum Alter, Adjustment and Madness Canceler.
2564.webp Fallen Angel (Nephilim) 1 A pistol exclusive skill. The baby form of 264.webp Body Relocation. Teleports you to the targeted cell, consumes a coin and it has a range of 9 cells.

  • At higher attack speed, it will feel smoother, try going to 193 ASPD.
2555.webp Binding Trap (Dark Pit) 5 A trap skill. It lays down a 7x7 trap on your position, affecting enemies' movement speed, there can be only one trap active at a time tho. Needs 1 7940.webp Special Alloy Trap (7940) and a coin.

  • This skill works on bosses.
2558.webp Eternal Chain (Infinite Chain) 10 Enables 511.webp Chain Action for any gun. Chain Action level will depend of the skill level of Eternal Chain.
2565.webp Round Trip (Circle Dance) 10 A Gatling Gun exclusive skill. Personally I find Round Trip to be one of the best skills in the game, it has great damage, a massive 13x13 AoE, and deals extra damage if targets are knocked back into a wall (this extra hit is guaranteed on bosses because they are immune to KB). Additionally, there are tons of gears to improve it. A must-have skill.
2561.webp Fire Dance (Dance of Massacre) 0 or 10 A Pistol exclusive skill. Back in the day, Fire Dance was one of the highest DPS skills for Rebellion. Even in the early days of 4th jobs, this skill used to achieve good results. Currently, it remains a viable option for leveling, alongside Round Trip. It requires around 66–72% ACD reduction, though I can't recall the exact value. For this reason, you want to choose Round Trip for leveling.
2569.webp Anti-Material Blast (Obliterator) 5 A Rifle exclusive skill. A debuff we have at our disposal, it cuts to half enemies resistances, working like a pseudo 2213.webp Comet, it has a 70% chance to hit. Cooldown can be reduced with 28223.webp Finisher [2] (28223) . Very good skill, a must.
2554.webp Banishing Buster (Exile) 10 A Shotgun exclusive skill. A powerful shot capable of removing buffs of your enemies, working like 289.webp Dispell, chance increases depending the level, it has 100% at level 10, you can reduce the cooldown through gears. A good situational skill, a must have too.
2560.webp Crimson Marker (Blood Brand) 1 Marks your enemy with a Crimson Death Mark, once it's marked you can see your enemies through the mini-map. Useful if a MvP teleports away. Lasts 50 seconds and consume a coin.
2567.webp Fire Rain (Fire Deluge) 5 A Gatling Gun exclusive skill. A strange one to be fair, shots a barrage of bullets in 3x10 area, capable of removing ground effects (e.g. Pneuma, Land Protector), it has a long cooldown and a 40% chance to work. Very situational and mediocre, it's hard to use this skill correctly because sometimes it goes to the wrong direction. If you're using 1001048.webp Rebellion Stone (Mid) (1001048) max it, otherwise, skip it.

Night Watch

Skills
Name Level Summary
5401.webp P.F.I 10 Night Watch's most basic skill, a free stat booster, max it unless you wanna do something crazy with your skill tree lmao.
5402.webp Grenade Mastery 10 Same as above, free +10 CON, it also boost the damage of Grenade-type skills.
5403.webp Intensive Aim 1 This skill is interesting. Once activated you'll enter an Intensive Aim state. While is active, you'll gain 150 ATK, 250 HIT and 30 Critical Rate, however, you won't be able to move. Every 0.5 seconds you gain a stack of Aiming Count, up to 10.

These Aiming Count stacks multiply the damage of your skills. For example, when using a pistol, 5408.webp Magazine for One has a Aiming Count multiplier of 500, meaning at 10 Aiming Counts you'll have a extra 5000% of skill damage.

Once a skill is used, your Aiming Count will reset to 0 and it will have to recharge it again up to 10.

  • Using 2564.webp Fallen Angel (Nephilim) is the only way to move around while 5403.webp Intensive Aim is active.
5414.webp Hidden Card 10 One of our two ultimate skills, at the cost of 150 AP, we gain 100% Ranged Physical damage and +30 P.ATK. A no brainer, max it ASAP. why it can't be like unlimit :(

Lvl Route

Gears

Critical Build

Mid-game Gears
Slot Item Enchants Notes
Headgear (Top) +9 ~ +11 19488.webp Temporal Circlet (Rebellion) [1] (19488) 29085.webp Acute Lv5 (29085)

29689.webp Temporal Jewel (LUK) Lv 3 (29689)

Acute is the most important enchant on this hat, yes, Temporal Jewel is strong, but, 25865.webp Temporal Gemstone (25865) skyrocketed in price. Another way to obtain this enchant is to reroll it with 25867.webp Temporal Fragment (25867) . Obtainable in Old Glast Heim: Challenge Mode.
Headgear (Mid) 410093.webp Sealed Chain (410093)

410094.webp Sealed Chain [1] (410094)

🐥 Perfect item for us, crit damage, rate and ranged mod. Farmable in Niflheim.
Headgear (Low) 420076.webp Bondage Necklace (420076) 🐥 Perfect item for us, crit damage, rate and ranged mod. Farmable in Niflheim.
Armor +10 [C] 450264.webp Glacier Armor [1] (450264) 312065.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Marksman) (312065)

312062.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Shooter) (312062)

312068.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Global Cooldown) (312068)

I can't really recommend to get Gray Wolf Suit or Snowflower Armor, the first one is expensive to make, and the second one depends on market availability. On the other hand, every Glacier set is cheap to craft, even, people tends to throw them away, don't be shy and ask one in #global!. See the episode quest 20 The Immortal for related info.
Weapon +9 810010.webp Glacier Rifle (810010) 311327.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Spiral Shooting) (311327)

311348.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Physical-Race) (311348)

311347.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Skill Delay) (311347)

311344.webp Glacier Flower Spell (CRI) (311344)

Any Glacier weapon is a huge boost in our damage output, they are cheap and easy to make, same as above, peoples have thousands of the material needed for the enchants, just ask if they can give you a enchanted one, even I would to that for you. See Issgard Equipment for detailed info.
+12 [A] 800015.webp Dim Glacier Pistol [1] (800015) 311453.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Physical Grade) Lv5 (311453)

x2 311328.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Magazine for One) (311328)

With the Glacier Rifle in hand, you could slowly farm this badboy, the best in slot weapon for 5408.webp Magazine for One. Get one, you won't regret. See Issgard Equipment for detailed info.

By the way, don't waste your time getting a 810015.webp Dim Glacier Rifle [1] (810015) .

Garment +11 ~ +12 [C] 480174.webp Pirate Captain's Coat [1] (480174) 🐥 Good garment for any CRIT build, usable even in end-game. Check the recipe at Equipment Crafting.
Shoes +10 [C] 470196.webp Glacier Boots [1] (470196) 312077.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Physical Force) (312077)

312076.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Fixed Casting) (312076)

Glacier Boots are a cheap way to get rid that pesky second of Fixed Cast Time. See the episode quest 20 The Immortal for related info.
Accesories 490107.webp Grey Wolf Ring [1] (490107) x2 310632.webp Wolf Orb (Critical) Lv.4 (310632) Now I eat my words for the Gray Wolf Armors, but, the enchants on this accessory are so damn good. +30 Critical rate and some critical damage? can't say no to that. See the episode quest 18 Direction of Prayer for detailed info.
490299.webp Varmundt Soul Rune Ring [1] (490299) 311949.webp Tenacity of Varmundt Lv1 (311949)

OR

311959.webp Focus of Varmundt Lv1 (311959)

These base Varmundt's rings are super cheap and strong, keep in mind that Focus, will only benefit crit builds, unlike Tenacity, that can be shared to any character or build. Take a look in Varmundt's Biosphere to see how this dungeon and their gears works.
End-game Gears
Slot Item Enchants Notes
Headgear (Top) +12 ~ +15 [A] 400542.webp Time Dimensions Rune Crown (Night Watch) [1] (400542) 312753.webp Acute Jewel Lv5 (312753)

312712.webp Time Dimension Jewel (Luck) Lv3 (312712)

This headgear should be one of the first things you'll craft, grading it should be a priority because it will enable to auto-cast 5407.webp Spiral Shooting when using 5406.webp Only One Bullet. See Varmundt's Biosphere Depth 2 for detailed info.
Headgear (Mid) 410233.webp Gambler's Seal [1] (410233) x2 5% Ranged mod

OR

x2 5% Crit damage

Choosing between ranged or critical mods will depend on how much we have of each one. Try to find a balance between them.
Headgear (Low) 420220.webp Ace of Diamonds in Mouth (Ranged Physical) (420220) Any stat

AND

7% Ranged mod

🐣I like VIT🐣
Armor +12 ~ +15 [A]450172.webp Nebula Suit of Creative [1] (450172) 310682.webp Star Cluster of Concentration Lv.3 (310682)

OR

310685.webp Star Cluster of Creative Lv.3 (310685)

310732.webp Nebula of Expert Archer Lv.3 (310732)

Nebula suit is the best in slot Armor, it combos with HoL[2] gears. See Constellation Tower for detailed info.

310682.webp Star Cluster of Concentration Lv.3 (310682) can be used with other Critical Ranged jobs.

310685.webp Star Cluster of Creative Lv.3 (310685) Can be used with Windhawks as well.

Weapon +12 ~ +15 810040.webp Dimensions Night Rifle [2] (810040) Personal preference 🐣 This rifle was a game-changer for us. As I said above, it enables to autocast two powerful skills, the best part is that this rifle is easy and cheap to craft. See Varmundt's Biosphere Depth 2 for detailed info.

+12 [A] 800015.webp Dim Glacier Pistol [1] (800015) 311453.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Physical Grade) Lv5 (311453)

x2 311328.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Magazine for One) (311328)

Our loved Dim Glacier Pistol, it will give us movement, damage, and AoE, good to have to switch. See Issgard Equipment for detailed info.
Garment +12 ~ +15 [A] 480352.webp Circulation of Life Winter [1] (480352) 313023.webp Life of Winter (Creative) (313023)

312538.webp Physical Fruit Lv20 (312538)

312513.webp Physical Flower Lv5 (312513)

The new BiS garment for critical enjoyers, it's stupid how good this piece of gear is. Thanks to Patch Note #173 it's way more accessible to craft and enchant it. It has combos with Nebula Suit and Signet of Circulation. Take a look on Divine Beast's Cloak: Winter to understand how this garment works.
Shoes +12 [A] 470260.webp Gaebolg Boots [1] (470260) 313097.webp Forest Magic Orb (Firing Shot) (313097)

313094.webp Forest Magic Orb (Size Attack) (313094)

313090.webp Forest Magic Orb (HP) (313090)

I really like these new pair of boots, a good generalist piece of armor, a way better Glade and Ice Boot. Good damage and give us a lot of HP%. Remember to fully enchant and upgrade it before reform them to 470303.webp Yorscalp Boots . Obtainable in the episode 21 Age of Heroes.
Accesories 490135.webp Creative Signet of Star [1] (490135) 313033.webp Star Cluster of Luck Lv5 (313033)

x2 310706.webp Star of Sharp Lv.5 (310706)

Why Star of Sharp instead of 310701.webp Star of Master Archer Lv5 (310701) ? Some upcoming cards will reduce our critical rate, so it's important to have the highest critical rate possible to mitigate this loss. See Constellation Tower for detailed info.
490486.webp Signet of Circulation Winter [1] (490486) 313006.webp Signet of Creative Lv5 (313006)

OR

312991.webp Signet of Concentration Lv5 (312991)

312981.webp Token of Life (312981)

A awesome accesory, not too much to say, just give it a look. For more detailed info. Check Circulation of Life Accessories to see more detailed info about this accesories.

313006.webp Signet of Creative Lv5 (313006) needs 310685.webp Star Cluster of Creative Lv.3 (310685) .

312991.webp Signet of Concentration Lv5 (312991) needs 310682.webp Star Cluster of Concentration Lv.3 (310682) .

Wild Shot Gears
Slot Item Enchants Notes
Headgear (Top) +12 ~ +15 [A] 400723.webp Yorscalp Crown of Execution [1] (400723) 313426.webp Warrant of Arbiter (313426) 300598.webp Gunter Card (300598) is a MUST with this headgear. Also it has very flexible gears. Obtainable in the episode 21 Age of Heroes.

If you need damage 313409.webp Strength of Yorscalp Lv4 (313409) .

If you need ACD 313421.webp Speed of Yorscalp Lv4 (313421)

If you need being more tanky 313425.webp Defense of Yorscalp Lv4 (313425) .

Headgear (Mid) 410233.webp Gambler's Seal [1] (410233) x2 5% ACD or +10 CRIT We want to use ACD% Cards. 4403.webp [MVP] Kiel Card (4403) or 4480.webp Sealed Kiel Card (4480) . CRIT rate enchant could be good if lacking.
Headgear (Low) 420220.webp Ace of Diamonds in Mouth (Ranged Physical) (420220) Any stat

AND

7% Ranged mod

🐣
Armor +12 ~ +15 [A]450172.webp Nebula Suit of Creative [1] (450172) 310682.webp Star Cluster of Concentration Lv.3 (310682)

OR

310685.webp Star Cluster of Creative Lv.3 (310685)

310732.webp Nebula of Expert Archer Lv.3 (310732)

Nebula suit is the best in slot Armor, it combos with HoL[3] gears. See Constellation Tower for detailed info.

310682.webp Star Cluster of Concentration Lv.3 (310682) can be used with other Critical Ranged jobs.

310685.webp Star Cluster of Creative Lv.3 (310685) Can be used with Windhawks as well.

Weapon +12 ~ +15 800042.webp Time Gap Night Revolver [2] (800042) Personal preference 🐣 This pistol is potentially the best for Wild Shot, if it's enough invested you can one-shot at D2. Check Time Gap Weapons for detailed info.
+12 [A] 800015.webp Dim Glacier Pistol [1] (800015) 311453.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Physical Grade) Lv5 (311453)

x2 313815.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Wild Shot) (313815)

Our loved Dim Glacier Pistol, good source of ACD, isn't strong as Time Gap. See Issgard Equipment for detailed info.
+12 [A] 810015.webp Dim Glacier Rifle [1] (810015) 311453.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Physical Grade) Lv5 (311453)

x2 313815.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Wild Shot) (313815)

If you want to have a 9x9 strong AoE, this could be useful. See Issgard Equipment for detailed info.
Garment +12 ~ +15 [A] 480352.webp Circulation of Life Winter [1] (480352) 313023.webp Life of Winter (Creative) (313023)

312538.webp Physical Fruit Lv20 (312538)

312513.webp Physical Flower Lv5 (312513)

The new BiS garment for critical enjoyers, it's stupid how good this piece of gear is. Thanks to Patch Note #173 it's way more accessible to craft and enchant it. It has combos with Nebula Suit and Signet of Circulation. Take a look on Divine Beast's Cloak: Winter to understand how this garment works.
Shoes +12 [A] 470260.webp Gaebolg Boots [1] (470260) 313097.webp Forest Magic Orb (Firing Shot) (313097)

313094.webp Forest Magic Orb (Size Attack) (313094)

313090.webp Forest Magic Orb (HP) (313090)

I really like these new pair of boots, a good generalist piece of armor, a way better Glade and Ice Boot. Good damage and give us a lot of HP%. Remember to fully enchant and upgrade it before reform them to 470303.webp Yorscalp Boots . Obtainable in the episode 21 Age of Heroes.
Accesories 490135.webp Creative Signet of Star [1] (490135) 313033.webp Star Cluster of Luck Lv5 (313033)

x2 310706.webp Star of Sharp Lv.5 (310706)

Why Star of Sharp instead of 310701.webp Star of Master Archer Lv5 (310701) ? Some upcoming cards will reduce our critical rate, so it's important to have the highest critical rate possible to mitigate this loss. See Constellation Tower for detailed info.
490486.webp Signet of Circulation Winter [1] (490486) 313006.webp Signet of Creative Lv5 (313006)

OR

312991.webp Signet of Concentration Lv5 (312991)

312981.webp Token of Life (312981)

A awesome accesory, not too much to say, just give it a look. For more detailed info. Check Circulation of Life Accessories to see more detailed info about this accesories.

313006.webp Signet of Creative Lv5 (313006) needs 310685.webp Star Cluster of Creative Lv.3 (310685) .

312991.webp Signet of Concentration Lv5 (312991) needs 310682.webp Star Cluster of Concentration Lv.3 (310682) .


Ranged Build

Early-game Gears
Slot Item Enchants Notes
Headgear (Top) +4 ~ +9 19344.webp Illusion Hot-blooded Headband [1] (19344) 4992.webp HP Absorb 1 (4992)

4993.webp SP Absorb 1 (4993)

A decent hat for starters, enchants are optional. Farmable at Illusion of Teddy Bear.
+9 400061.webp Sagittarius Celestial Coronet [1] (400061) 🌱 At +9 it give us 15% ranged mod. Check OS / OS-LT Headgears for more info.
Headgear (Mid) 🌱 🌱 🌱
Headgear (Low) 🌱 🌱 🌱
Armor +9 450108.webp Grace Trip Suit [1] (450108) 🌱 Refine it with 100130.webp Grace Refine Ticket (100130) . Pretty good armor, can be enchanted too, we are going for the entire set. 4392.webp Observation Card (4392) is a good card to use. See Grace Set for detailed info.
Weapon +10 28254.webp Illusion Butcher [2] (28254) %Ranged Damage This weapon combined with two 27307.webp Mutant Heart Hunter Bellare Card (27307) will result in great gatling gun to use until we can afford a Glacier weapon. Farmable at Illusion of Labyrinth.
830004.webp Paradise Rebellion Gatling Gun (830004) 🌱 As stated in the patch notes of 01/10/24 I have to recommend this freebie, although is not a bad weapon, tons of skill mod and % ranged. Free at Eden.
Garment +9 480018.webp Grace Attack Manteau [1] (480018) 🌱 300270.webp Empathize Card (300270) this will combo with 4392.webp Observation Card (4392) . See Grace Set for detailed info.
Shoes +9 470020.webp Grace Attack Boots [1] (470020) 🌱 Try it with any cheap +9 effect card. See Grace Set for detailed info.
Accesories 490019.webp Grace Attack Ring [1] (490019) 🌱 These cards should be cheap and they are great 300449.webp Timbers Card (300449) 300447.webp Aferde Card (300447) . See Grace Set for detailed info.
32208.webp Illusion Booster L [1] (32208) 🌱 See the episode quest 17.1 Illusion for detailed info.
Mid-game Gears
Slot Item Enchants Notes
Headgear (Top) +11 19344.webp Illusion Hot-blooded Headband [1] (19344) x2 4995.webp Rune of Strength Lv2 (4995) At full enchants, this hat ends to be a great option for mid game, if you don't wanna spend tons of zeny on Crown of Beelzebub, go for this. Farmable at Illusion of Teddy Bear.
+11 ~ +12 [C to A] 400110.webp Crown of Beelzebub [1] (400110) 🌱 This hat is one of the strongest available, and it's usable until end-game, however, it needs to be graded, meaning you'll have it to refine it several times and it will cost you a bunch of zeny. At this point of the game +9 grade C is enough. Check the recipe at Equipment Crafting.
Headgear (Mid) 410094.webp Sealed Chain [1] (410094) 🌱 Ranged modifier and a slot, also cheap. Farmable in Niflheim.
Headgear (Low) 420030.webp Feather In Mouth (420030) 🌱 Good damage booster. Farmable at Amicitia.
18754.webp Blood Sucker (18754) 🌱 This grant us HP% leech at cost of our HP/SP regen, combine it with 9052.webp Incubus Egg (9052) . Check the recipe at Equipment Crafting.
Armor +10 [C] 450264.webp Glacier Armor [1] (450264) 312065.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Marksman) (312065)

312062.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Shooter) (312062)

312068.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Global Cooldown) (312068)

I can't really recommend to get Gray Wolf Suit or Snowflower Armor, the first one is expensive to make, and the second one depends on market disponibility. On the other hand, every Glacier set is cheap to craft, even, people tends to throw them away, don't be shy and ask one in #global!. See the episode quest 20 The Immortal for related info.
Weapon +9 830013.webp Glacier Gatling (830013) 311325.webp Glacier Flower Spell (The Vigilant at Night) (311325)

311348.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Physical-Race) (311348)

311347.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Skill Delay) (311347)

311342.webp Glacier Flower Spell (ATK) (311342)

Any Glacier weapon is a huge boost in our damage output, they are cheap and easy to make, same as above, peoples have thousands of the material needed for the enchants, just ask if they can give you a enchanted one, even I would to that for you. See Issgard Equipment for detailed info.
+9 840009.webp Glacier Launcher (840009) 311329.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Wild Fire) (311329)

311348.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Physical-Race) (311348)

311347.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Skill Delay) (311347)

311342.webp Glacier Flower Spell (ATK) (311342)

Any Glacier weapon is a huge boost in our damage output, they are cheap and easy to make, same as above, peoples have thousands of the material needed for the enchants, just ask if they can give you a enchanted one, even I would to that for you. See Issgard Equipment for detailed info.
Garment +10 [C] 450266.webp Glacier Manteau [1] (450266) 312073.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Powerful) (312073)

312069.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Fast) (312069)

312057.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Magical Defense) (312057)

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Shoes +10 [C] 470196.webp Glacier Boots [1] (470196) 312077.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Physical Force) (312077)

312076.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Fixed Casting) (312076)

Glacier Boots are a cheap way to get rid that pesky second of Fixed Cast Time. 312081.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Firing Shot) (312081) is optional. See the episode quest 20 The Immortal for related info.
Accesories 490328.webp Glacier Pendant [1] (490328) 312087.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Physical Power) (312087)

312084.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Expert Archer) (312084)

312082.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Speed) (312082)

OR

312051.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (DEX) (312051)

🌱
490327.webp Glacier Ring [1] (490327) 312087.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Physical Power) (312087)

312084.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Expert Archer) (312084)

312082.webp Glacier Flower Meow Power (Speed) (312082)

🌱

Grenade Launcher Build

Grenade Launcher focused End-game Gears
Slot Item Enchants Notes
Headgear (Top) +12 ~ +15 [A] 400542.webp Time Dimensions Rune Crown (Night Watch) [1] (400542) 312743.webp Master Archer Jewel Lv5 (312743)

312700.webp Time Dimension Jewel (Agility) Lv3 (312700)

This crown will grant us to autocast 5409.webp Wild Fire when using 5407.webp Spiral Shooting, boosting our DPS drastically. The AGI Jewel is for the ACD and ASPD needed for using Grenade Launchers. See Varmundt's Biosphere Depth 2 for detailed info.
Headgear (Mid) 410233.webp Gambler's Seal [1] (410233) x2 5% Ranged mod 🐣
Headgear (Low) 420220.webp Ace of Diamonds in Mouth (Ranged Physical) (420220) Any stat

and

7% Ranged mod

🐣
Armor +12 ~ +15 [A]450171.webp Nebula Suit of Concentration [1] (450171) 310682.webp Star Cluster of Concentration Lv.3 (310682)

310732.webp Nebula of Expert Archer Lv.3 (310732)

With the addition of Hall of Life, this armor is a monstrocity, if I have to highlight something about this armor is that will give us a bunch of ASPD%, meaning it will be easier to reach 193 ASPD. See Constellation Tower for detailed info.
Weapon +12 ~ +15 840032.webp Dimensions Night Launcher [2] (840032) Personal preference 🐣 Without question, the best weapon for 5409.webp Wild Fire and 5407.webp Spiral Shooting, no reason to go with Dim Glacier anymore. Easy and cheap to craft. See Varmundt's Biosphere Depth 2 for detailed info.
Garment +12 ~ +15 [A] 480350.webp Circulation of Life Summer [1] (480350) 313015.webp Life of Summer (Concentration) (313015)

312538.webp Physical Fruit Lv20 (312538)

312513.webp Physical Flower Lv5 (312513)

The new BiS garment for ranged users, it's stupid how good this piece of gear is. Thanks to Patch Note #173 it's way more accessible to craft and enchant it. It combos with Nebula Suit and Signet of Circulation. Take a look on Divine Beast's Cloak: Summer to understand how this garment works.
Shoes +12 [A] 470260.webp Gaebolg Boots [1] (470260) 313097.webp Forest Magic Orb (Firing Shot) (313097)

313094.webp Forest Magic Orb (Size Attack) (313094)

313090.webp Forest Magic Orb (HP) (313090)

I really like these new pair of boots, a good generalist piece of armor, a way better Glade and Ice Boot. Good damage and give us a lot of HP%. Remember to fully enchant and upgrade it before reform them to 470303.webp Yorscalp Boots . Obtainable in the episode 21 Age of Heroes.
Accesories 490132.webp Power Signet of Star [1] (490132) 313028.webp Star Cluster of Strength Lv5 (313028)

x2 310701.webp Star of Master Archer Lv5 (310701)

One of, if not, the BiS right accesory. A bunch of ATK%, ranged modifier, P.ATK, race modifier and normal/boss modifier. Just get one :4head:. See Constellation Tower for detailed info.
490484.webp Signet of Circulation Summer [1] (490484) 312991.webp Signet of Concentration Lv5 (312991)

312981.webp Token of Life (312981)

A awesome accesory, not too much to say, just give it a look. For more detailed info. Check Circulation of Life Accessories to see more detailed info about this accesories.

Other Ranged builds

End-game Gears
Slot Item Enchants Notes
Headgear (Top) +12 ~ +15 [A] 400723.webp Yorscalp Crown of Execution [1] (400723) 313426.webp Warrant of Arbiter (313426) Basically 313426.webp Warrant of Arbiter (313426) enchant made every other piece of headgear obsolete. Also it has very flexible enchants. Obtainable in the episode 21 Age of Heroes.

If you need damage 313409.webp Strength of Yorscalp Lv4 (313409) .

If you need ACD 313421.webp Speed of Yorscalp Lv4 (313421)

If you need being more tanky 313425.webp Defense of Yorscalp Lv4 (313425) .

Headgear (Mid) 410233.webp Gambler's Seal [1] (410233) x2 5% Ranged mod 🐣
Headgear (Low) 420220.webp Ace of Diamonds in Mouth (Ranged Physical) (420220) Any stat

and

7% Ranged mod

🐣
Armor +12 ~ +15 [A] 450171.webp Nebula Suit of Concentration [1] (450171) 310682.webp Star Cluster of Concentration Lv.3 (310682)

310732.webp Nebula of Expert Archer Lv.3 (310732)

With the addition of Hall of Life, this armor is a monstrocity, the ASPD% doesn't matter to much since Gatling Guns don't have problems with ASPD. See Constellation Tower for detailed info.
Garment +12 ~ +15 [A] 480350.webp Circulation of Life Summer [1] (480350) 313015.webp Life of Summer (Concentration) (313015)

312538.webp Physical Fruit Lv20 (312538)

312513.webp Physical Flower Lv5 (312513)

The new BiS garment for ranged users, it's stupid how good this piece of gear is. BUT it will take you months to enchant it and maximize each of its enchantments. It has combos with Nebula Suit and Signet of Circulation. Take a look on Divine Beast's Cloak: Summer to understand how this garment works.
Shoes +12 [A] 470260.webp Gaebolg Boots [1] (470260) 313097.webp Forest Magic Orb (Firing Shot) (313097)

313094.webp Forest Magic Orb (Size Attack) (313094)

313090.webp Forest Magic Orb (HP) (313090)

I really like these new pair of boots, a good generalist piece of armor, a way better Glade and Ice Boot. Good damage and give us a lot of HP%. Remember to fully enchant and upgrade it before reform them to 470303.webp Yorscalp Boots . Obtainable in the episode 21 Age of Heroes.
Accesories 490132.webp Power Signet of Star [1] (490132) 313028.webp Star Cluster of Strength Lv5 (313028)

x2 310701.webp Star of Master Archer Lv5 (310701)

One of, if not, the BiS right accesory. A bunch of ATK%, ranged modifier, P.ATK, race modifier and normal/boss modifier. Just get one :4head:. See Constellation Tower for detailed info.
490484.webp Signet of Circulation Summer [1] (490484) 312991.webp Signet of Concentration Lv5 (312991)

312981.webp Token of Life (312981)

A awesome accesory, not too much to say, just give it a look. For more detailed info. Check Circulation of Life Accessories to see more detailed info about this accesories.
BiS Weapon of each skill
Slot Skill Item Enchants Notes
Weapons
5405.webp The Vigilante at Night +12 [A] 830015.webp Dim Glacier Gatling Gun [1] (830015) 311453.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Physical Grade) Lv5 (311453)

x2 311325.webp Glacier Flower Spell (The Vigilant at Night) (311325)

Great ATK, ASPD and ACD. Sadly just one slot. See Issgard Equipment for detailed info.
5408.webp Magazine for One +12 [A] 830015.webp Dim Glacier Gatling Gun [1] (830015) 311453.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Physical Grade) Lv5 (311453)

x2 311328.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Magazine for One) (311328)

Great ATK, ASPD and ACD. Sadly just one slot. See Issgard Equipment for detailed info.
5501.webp Midnight Fallen 840010.webp Dim Glacier Grenade Launcher [1] (840010) 311453.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Physical Grade) Lv5 (311453)

x2 313816.webp Glacier Flower Spell (Midnight Fallen) (313816)

Same as every Dim Glacier series. See Issgard Equipment for detailed info.

Drop Rate Build

  • 25% drop rate equals plus 0.01 to MvP card drop.
1 second FCT
Slot Item Notes
Headgear (Top) 400542.webp Time Dimensions Rune Crown (Night Watch) [1] (400542) Top Headgear will depend on the weapon we are using.
400723.webp Yorscalp Crown of Execution [1] (400723) Top Headgear will depend on the weapon we are using.
Headgear (Mid) 19117.webp Poring Sunglasses (19117) Obtainable in Poring Village instance.
19118.webp Poring Sunglasses+ [1] (19118) Obtainable in Poring Village instance.
Headgear (Low) 19147.webp Drops Balloon (19147) Any Poring Balloon. Check Poring Family Balloons for more info.
19095.webp Happy Balloon (19095) Obtainable in the Slot Machine. Good luck~
Armor 450171.webp Nebula Suit of Concentration [1] (450171)

450172.webp Nebula Suit of Creative [1] (450172)

Depending if you're running CRIT or Ranged build.
15186.webp Kafra Uniform [1] (15186) If you don't need the damage from armors, you can boost your drop rate % further. Dropped by Nightmare Golem (30230)
Garment 480350.webp Circulation of Life Summer [1] (480350)

480352.webp Circulation of Life Winter [1] (480352)

Depending if you're running CRIT or Ranged build.
+12 20802.webp Teleport Amistr Bag [1] (20802) If you don't need the damage from garment slot, you can boost your drop rate % further.
Shoes 22055.webp Sharel Shoes [1] (22055) Keep in mind drop rate shoes doesn't give any FCT. Obtainable in Royal Hunting quests and gacha. Good luck~
Accesories 490132.webp Power Signet of Star [1] (490132)

490135.webp Creative Signet of Star [1] (490135)

Accesories slots will help us on dealing more damage.
490484.webp Signet of Circulation Summer [1] (490484)

490486.webp Signet of Circulation Winter [1] (490486)

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Costume Stones 1001049.webp Rebellion Stone (Low) (1001049)

25858.webp Rebellion Stone (Garment) (25858)

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25501.webp Wanderer Minstrel Stone (Garment) (25501)

25500.webp Clown Gypsy Stone (Low) (25500)

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25067.webp Cast Stone (Garment) (25067) 🐣
1.5 second FCT
Slot Item Notes
Headgear (Top) +11 400238.webp Helm of Faith II (Rebellion) [1] (400238) We can enchant this hat with 29071.webp Magic Essence Lv1 (29071) up to Lv3, therefore, we can reach 0.8s FCT. Check Helms of Faith to how craft it.
Headgear (Mid) 19117.webp Poring Sunglasses (19117) Obtainable in Poring Village instance.
19118.webp Poring Sunglasses+ [1] (19118) Obtainable in Poring Village instance.
Headgear (Low) 19147.webp Drops Balloon (19147) Any Poring Balloon. Check Poring Family Balloons for more info.
19095.webp Happy Balloon (19095) Obtainable in the Slot Machine. Good luck~
Armor 450171.webp Nebula Suit of Concentration [1] (450171)

450172.webp Nebula Suit of Creative [1] (450172)

Depending if you're running CRIT or Ranged build.
15186.webp Kafra Uniform [1] (15186) If you don't need the damage from armors, you can boost your drop rate % further. Dropped by Nightmare Golem (30230)
Garment 480350.webp Circulation of Life Summer [1] (480350)

480352.webp Circulation of Life Winter [1] (480352)

Depending if you're running CRIT or Ranged build.
+12 20802.webp Teleport Amistr Bag [1] (20802) If you don't need the damage from garment slot, you can boost your drop rate % further.
Shoes 22055.webp Sharel Shoes [1] (22055) Keep in mind drop rate shoes doesn't give any FCT. Obtainable in Royal Hunting quests and gacha. Good luck~
Accesories 490132.webp Power Signet of Star [1] (490132)

490135.webp Creative Signet of Star [1] (490135)

Accesories slots will help us on dealing more damage.
490484.webp Signet of Circulation Summer [1] (490484)

490486.webp Signet of Circulation Winter [1] (490486)

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Costume Stones 25170.webp Minor Casting Stone (Garment) (25170)

1000521.webp Minor Casting Stone (Dual) (1000521)

This combo gives us 0.7s FCT, resulting in a 1.5s FCT reduction

Shadow Gears and Costume Enchants

Gears
Shadow Gears
Early Shadow Gears
Slot Item Enchants Notes
Armor 24694.webp Advanced Paradise Shadow Armor (24694) 🍂 🍂
Weapon 24711.webp Rebellion Advanced Paradise Shadow Weapon (24711) 🍂 A bunch of free stats; Skill mods, % ranged, ACD, and 50% DEF bypass. Free at Eden.
Shield 24693.webp Advanced Paradise Shadow Shield (24693) 🍂 🍂
Boots 24695.webp Advanced Paradise Shadow Shoes (24695) 🍂 🍂
Accessories 24696.webp Advanced Paradise Shadow Earring (24696) 🍂 🍂
24697.webp Advanced Paradise Shadow Pendant (24697) 🍂 🍂
Critical Build Shadow Gears
Slot Item Enchants Notes
Armor 24679.webp Maximum Mammoth Shadow Armor (24679) +5 C.RATE Max HP%, % ranged, % all element enemies, and knock-back immunity, can't say no to that.
Weapon 24768.webp Mega Blitz Shadow Weapon (24768) +5 C.RATE As guns doesn't have size penalties, Mega Blitz series are good for NWs.
Shield 24767.webp Mega Blitz Shadow Shield (24767) +5 C.RATE 🍂
Boots 24680.webp Maximum Mammoth Shadow Shoes (24680) +5 C.RATE 🍂
Accessories 24661.webp Full Penetration Shadow Earring (24661) +5 C.RATE A must, since crit doesn't bypass DEF.
24662.webp Full Penetration Shadow Pendant (24662) +5 C.RATE 🍂
Ranged Build Shadow Gears
Slot Item Enchants Notes
Armor 24679.webp Maximum Mammoth Shadow Armor (24679) POW/CON Max HP%, % ranged, % all element enemies, and knock-back immunity, can't say no to that.
Weapon 24734.webp Durable Shadow Weapon (24734) POW/CON We have multiple options here; 24686.webp Absorb Shadow Weapon (24686) , 24425.webp Perfect Size Shadow Weapon (24425) , 24768.webp Mega Blitz Shadow Weapon (24768) , 24751.webp Physical Power Shadow Weapon (24751) , 24755.webp Concentration Shadow Weapon (24755) .
Shield 24746.webp Separate Reload Shadow Shield (24746) POW/CON 🍂
Boots 24680.webp Maximum Mammoth Shadow Shoes (24680) POW/CON 🍂
Accessories 24661.webp Full Penetration Shadow Earring (24661)

24681.webp Maximum Mammoth Shadow Earring (24681)

POW/CON If you're using Grenade Launcher use Full Penetration, if you're using Vigilante or Midnight Fallen, use Maximum Mammoth.
24662.webp Full Penetration Shadow Pendant (24662)

24682.webp Maximum Mammoth Shadow Pendant (24682)

POW/CON 🍂

Pure Vigilante builds want Master Shadow Set

Costume Enchants
Critical Build
Slot Item Notes
Headgear (Top) 311463.webp Rebellion Stone (Top) (311463) All size% damage, nice.
Headgear (Mid) 311464.webp Rebellion Stone (Mid) (311464) Rebel stone my beloved, for each level of 2567.webp Fire Rain (Fire Deluge) we get 2% Ranged, up to 10%.
Headgear (Low) 311435.webp Guillotine Cross Stone (Low) (311435) 15% on every race. :)
Garment 310188.webp Guillotine Cross Stone II (Garment) (310188) 15% Crit damage stone, and the pillar of the other ones.
311354.webp Critical Stone (Dual) (311354)

OR

311014.webp Reload Stone (Dual) (311014)

Free crit rate and damage. If you lack ACD go for Reload Stone.
Ranged Build
Slot Item Notes
Headgear (Top) 311463.webp Rebellion Stone (Top) (311463) Up to 10% damage to all Size if we have 2563.webp Platinum Alter at level 5.
Headgear (Mid) 311464.webp Rebellion Stone (Mid) (311464) Rebel stone my beloved, for each level of 2567.webp Fire Rain (Fire Deluge) we get 2% Ranged, up to 10%.
Headgear (Low) 311364.webp Shadow Chaser Stone (Low) (311364)

OR

311435.webp Guillotine Cross Stone (Low) (311435)

Shadow Chaser bonus will give us 15% damage to enemies of any element, Guillotine Cross will give us 15% to all races, just choose whenever you get first, or, the lowest mod you have at that moment.
Garment 29480.webp Shadow Chaser Stone (Garment) (29480)

OR

310188.webp Guillotine Cross Stone II (Garment) (310188)

🍂
311471.webp Power Stone (Dual) (311471)

OR

311014.webp Reload Stone (Dual) (311014)

Very intuitive to be honest.

Cards and Pets

Gears
Cards
Slot Item Notes
Headgear 300363.webp Limacina Card (300363) , 4583.webp Engkanto Card (4583) , 300174.webp Melted Poring Card (300174) , 4198.webp Maya Purple Card (4198) , 300456.webp Icewind Egg Card (300456) , 27109.webp Jitterbug Card (27109) Limacina/Engkanto for damage, Melted Poring for HP, Maya Purple/Icewind Egg for utility. Jitterbug for neutral element monsters.
Armor 300381.webp Hearthunter AT Card (300381) , 4392.webp Observation Card (4392) , 300525.webp Yoscopus Sorcerer Card (300525) In terms of damage, from highest to lowest.

  1. Yoscopus + Yoster
  2. Observation + Empathize
  3. Heart Hunter AT + Crux Findel
Weapon 27361.webp Polluted Wander Man Card (27361) , 300506.webp Scalleg Card (300506) , 300519.webp Yormi Card (300519) , 300240.webp Gan Ceann Card (300240) , 300241.webp Brutal Murderer Card (300241) , 300455.webp Copo Card (300455) Scalleg + Yormi is BiS, if MvPing x2 Gan Ceann is better. Copo wants combo with Grey Icewind Card.
Garment 300270.webp Empathize Card (300270) , 300426.webp Crux Findel Card (300426) , 300517.webp Yoster Negotiator Card (300517) Take in mind that Crux Findel isn't a combo card.
Boots 300380.webp Piloted Midrange Rgan Card (300380) , 300457.webp Grey Icewind Card (300457) , 300177.webp Midnight Archi Card (300177) Crit builds want Piloted Rgan.
(L)

Accessories

(R)

300278.webp Void Mimic Card (300278) , 300249.webp Giant Caput Card (300249) , 300250.webp Dolorian Card (300250) , 27108.webp Singing Pere Card (27108) , 4040.webp Creamy Card (4040) Creamy for farming, rest for damage.
300468.webp Snow Rabbit Iceslug Card (300468) , 27107.webp Playing Pere Card (27107) Singing and Playing Pere Cards wants Jitterbug on headgear.
Pets
Item Notes
9132.webp Abysmal Knight Egg (9132) The best pet for MvPing for Night Watches, 5% ATK, 2 P.ATK and 5% more damage to boss monsters.
9193.webp Mistress Egg (9193) As guns doesn't have size penalties, Mistress will give us 7% more damage to normal protocol enemies.
9052.webp Incubus Egg (9052) At loyal, Incubus will grant us, 5% SP and 1% SP Leech.
9055.webp Succubus Egg (9055) At loyal, Succubus will grant us, 1% HP and 5% HP Leech.

Auto-cast Event Build

Gears
Slot Item Enchants Notes
Headgear (Top) 19488.webp Temporal Circlet (Rebellion) [1] (19488) 🐣 Or any hat with ASPD%.
Headgear (Mid) 410092.webp Cor Core Booster [1] (410092) 🐣 Any slotted mid headgear we want to put a 4087.webp Giearth Card (4087) or 300236.webp Intrepid Giearth Card (300236) on it. Farmable at Rudus.
Headgear (Low) 18666.webp Foreign CD In Mouth (18666) 🐣 This CD will give us a lot of auto-casted bolts. Check the recipe at Headgear Crafting.
Armor +9 15398.webp AGI Soutane [1] (15398) 310077.webp AGI Blessing (310077) We will need the most ASPD possible if we are going to use rifle or shotgun. Use 4105.webp Marc Card (4105) . Farmable at Odin.
Weapon 13127.webp Crimson Revolver [2] (13127) 🐣 If we don't have Master Soul Rifle, pistols will come handy, use this or any two-slotted one.
+9 810009.webp Master Soul Rifle-LT [2] (810009) 🐣 The KING of our build, this rifle will auto-cast 13.webp Soul Strike, 400.webp Napalm Vulcan and 2202.webp Soul Expansion. Put a 31025.webp Immortal Wind Ghost Card (31025) , it works on triggered spells. Check Hero's Weapons-LT to learn how to craft it.
+11 28244.webp Illusion Gate Keeper-DD [2] (28244) 🐣 If you love memeing, get this, it will auto-cast 520.webp Spread Attack dealing an extra hit. Also, shotguns deals splash damage in a 3x3 AoE (to be confirmed). Good weapon choice if monsters are gather up close each other. Farmable and craftable at Illusion of Teddy Bear.
Garment 20947.webp Clergy's Manteau [1] (20947) 🐣 I highly recommend use 4595.webp Cenere Card (4595) in this slot, it's 24% ASPD at 120 AGI. Used in combo with 15398.webp AGI Soutane [1] (15398) and 22209.webp Clergy's Boots [1] (22209) . Farmable at Odin.
Shoes +7 22209.webp Clergy's Boots [1] (22209) 🐣 This shoes gives 20% ASPD at +7. Used in combo with 15398.webp AGI Soutane [1] (15398) and 20947.webp Clergy's Manteau [1] (20947) . Farmable at Odin.
Accesories 490024.webp Automatic Booster R [1] (490024) 1000116.webp Automatic Modification Module (Attack Speed) (1000116) Using it with a 4264.webp Wind Ghost Card (4264) could be a good idea. Check the episode quest 17.2 Sage Legacy for more info.
2980.webp Evil Thread Glove [1] (2980) 🐣 This accessory will give us some auto-casted spells, the most important is 2449.webp Psychic Wave. Using it with a 4264.webp Wind Ghost Card (4264) could be a good idea. Obtainable on Horror Toy Factory.

Discussion

1. Engraved Corruption Poison Rune Cloth vs Nebula Suit of Creative

  • If we compare both armors separately, the Depth armor sure is a winner, however, if we consider every piece of gear we have, Nebula suit have a more potential to be a better armor.
Analysis
450285.webp 450172.webp
Has inherent 10% ACD at +11. Need combo with 490486.webp Signet of Circulation: Winter for 10% ACD.
It has more defensive stats. It does not have def stats, besides the ones that come by default by being an armor.
20% Boss, thanks to 312384.webp Poison Rune Lv5 and 312379.webp Corruption Rune Lv5 15% Boss with 312981.webp Token of Life and 313033.webp Star Cluster of Luck Lv5 , however, both of this enchants give us more stats than Poison/Corruption enchants.
Due to 312394.webp Corruption Poison Rune Lv10 we're forced to use 120LUK. This armor doesn't have this issue.
Once refined and graded it's ready to use. Full potential behind a timegate or (at the moment) super expensive materials.

2. Which enchants should I pick for my Dimensions Weapon/Time Gap Weapon/Varmundt Gear?

  • I'll answer this question with some examples:
  • If you're farming Depths 2 Varmundt's Crystal (Flame) Lv3 (311864) , Varmundt's Crystal (Plain) Lv3 (311874)
  • If you're farming Biosphere Temple Varmundt's Crystal (Ice) Lv3 (311869) , Biosphere Gem (Vibra-rupt) (311934)
  • If you're farming Biosphere Venom Biosphere Gem (Hunting Divine) (311940)
  • If you're farming Biosphere Soul/Depth 1 Varmundt's Crystal (Death) Lv3 (311879)
  • If you're killing Betelgeuse (20994) → Varmundt's Crystal (Poison) Lv3 (312800) , Biosphere Gem (Dragon Fishing) (311928)
  • If you're killing Rigel (22174) → Varmundt's Crystal (Poison) Lv3 (312800) , Biosphere Gem (Vibra-rupt) (311934)
  • If you're killing Demigod Lasgand (21981) → Biosphere Gem (Hunting Divine) (311940)
  • If you're killing Encroached Tan (22373) → Biosphere Gem (Execu-sect) (311937)

3. Should I use Nightwatch Stone or Guillotine X II Stone ?

  • TLDR: If you're using Rifle use NW Stone; If you're using Pistol use GX-II Stone; If you're swaping weapons use GX-II Stone.
Results
🐤 313061.webp NW (U+M+L+G) 310188.webp GX II Stone (L+G) + Rebel Stone (U+M)
Only One Bullet 18,716k 19,709k
Spiral Shooting 26,343k 25,839k
OOB+SS 45,059k 45,548k
Maganize for One 33,213k 32,767k
Wild Shot 21,627k 22,768k
  • If you have Nightwatch Stone but you're not using Magazine for One, Gunslinger Stone (Low) (25857) as a replace of Rebellion Stone (Low) (1001049) is a good choice to replace. Highest SS damage, middle WS and OOB damage.

4. Which one is better, ¿CRT Build or CON Build?

  • Tested with gears on section 7.1
Results
CRT build
110 POW / 110 CRT / 72 CON
CON build
107 POW / 110 CON / 75 CRT
+12 Nebula Suit (CRT3/EA3)
Winter Signet (CRT5)
+12 Nebula Suit (CON3/EA3)
Winter Signet (CON5)
OoB 23.7k OoB 23.8k
SS 31.1k SS 31.2k
OoB+SS 54.8k OoB+SS 55k
WS 23.5k WS 24.9k
M41 33.8k M41 34.7k

5. +15 Yorscalp Crown + Gunter Card Weapon comparison

  • Tested with gears on section 7.1
Results
+15 Yorscalp (Arbiter/STR3)
with Gunter Card
800015.webp Dim Glacier Pistol 313426.webp Arbiter Proc
M41 37k 53.5k
WS 17.1k 24.7k
800042.webp Time Gap Pistol 313426.webp Arbiter Proc
M41 30.8k 44.7k
WS 27.5k 39.9k
810015.webp Dim Glacier Rifle 313426.webp Arbiter Proc
WS 27.3k 39.6k

6. DPS Test

  • Tested with gears on section 7.1
  • (Skill1+Skill2) means weaving/chaining skills. This isn't very accurate because it heavily depends on your ping and how many ACD% you have. Take it with a grain of salt.
Results
810040.webp TDRC+Dimensions (Ele+Race) 161m
810040.webp TDRC+Dimensions 109m
800015.webp Dim Glacier + Yorscalp (M41) 95~106m
800015.webp Dim Glacier + Yorscalp (M41+WS) 94~111m
800042.webp Time Gap + Yorscalp (M41+WS) (Ele) 94~102m
800042.webp Time Gap + Yorscalp (M41+WS) 84~92m

7. +12 TDRC vs +15 Yorscalp Crown for Wild Shot

Results
400542.webp TDRC + Time Gap 35.1k
400723.webp Yorscalp + Time Gap 47.9k

Changelog

  • 26/02/25
  • Guide completed (kinda) and published.
  • 08/08/25
  • Updated some builds.
  • Moved some gears to Honorable Mentions.
  • Added Midnight Fallen ACD/ASPD requirement
  • Added Wild Shot ACD/ASPD requirement, information and gears.
  • Added a stat/trait distribution.
  • Added Costume Enchants comparison
  • Added Gatling gun comparison.
  • Added a card section.
  • 09/11/25
  • Completed Wild Shot build.
  • Removed Vigilante focused-build as the Yorscalp crown made it out of date.
  • For this reason, I added a general End-Game ranged build, and their BiS weapons.
  • Added Drop Rate build.
  • Replaced SinX Stone (Top) for Rebellion Stone (Top) (is better).
  • Added some topics on Discussion section
  • Added a comparison of CRT and CON gears for min-maxing.
  • Added a general DPS Test
  • Added a comparison of which hat is better for Wild Shot

To do list

  1. Talk and showcase the new mod perhaps? (it's great for non crit builds)
  2. Ch1 Boots
  3. Leveling route. (not a priority to be honest)
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