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Monk

Monk Information[]

Monks are those who choose to set aside melee weapons for the purity of form to be found in unarmed combat. For a monk, the body is a weapon, and they can deal as much damage as any warrior. Monks rigorous training also gives them great mastery over their bodies allowing them mentally command their bodies to heal themselves or protect them from harm.

Monks are one of the basic adventure professions. Monks are well known for their abilities in Unarmed combat. Monks excel at one-on-one combat due to their abilities in melee. They have no AOE spells or abilities however so struggle against multiple mobs.

At the time of writing of this article (2008-08-17) it is generally accepted that the basic Monk class suffers at higher levels because of their reliance on Evasion. The current level cap of 100 means the max base Evasion possible for a Monk is 1,000 points. When battling 100+ mobs, this max Evasion is easily overcome by their attack strength, rendering Evasion useless. As soon as possible, it is recommended that Monks branch out into one of the Disciple schools. The other Disciple schools are:

Levelling Advice[]

Monks rely on the Unarmed skill as their primary source of damage.

  • Spend a portion (50% suggested) of your Training Points on Unarmed
  • The way biped armor works, you won't be able to fill every tech slot with Unarmed skill. So, tech Unarmed wherever possible - the next stat that you want to go for is either Strength or Dexterity if you want more offense. Dex will give you more unarmed skill (Unarmed is 75% dex, 25% strength) as well as some evasion, whereas Strength (needs to be tested) will give you more damage than Dex but no evasion.
  • For more surviving, get some Health (training points or techs), Armor (only techs), or Evasion (Put points into Dex or Evasion, or acquire Dexterity techs on your armor)
  • Level a craft school that gets a lot of Strength, such as Fitter

Trainers and Quests[]

No trainers found for the Monk school.

No quests found.

Skills and Stats[]

Requirements to Join
School Level
Warrior 10
Skill Name Per Level
Armor Use 10
Evasion 10
Magic Evasion 8
Unarmed 10
Stat Name Per Level
Dexterity 10
Focus 5
Health 18
Power 5
Strength 6

Abilities Gained by Level[]

Ability (* = Masterable) Level Earned
Dodge* 1
Improved Dodge 1
Intuition I* 1
Sprint* 1
Unarmed Mastery 01* 1
Chain Attack I 2
Evasion Boost I* 3
Ki Strike I 4
Combat Stance: Blue* 5
Foresight* 5
Neutral Stance* 5
Unarmed Mastery 02* 5
Evasive Style I* 6
Dexterity Boost I* 7
Critical Strike I* 8
Coordinated Strike I* 9
Combat Stance: Green* 10
Mind Over Body I 10
Unarmed Mastery 03* 10
Chain Attack II 12
Combat Stance: Red* 15
Unarmed Mastery 04* 15
Stunning Blow I 16
Coordinated Strike II* 18
Ki Strike II 18
Intuition II* 20
Power Style I* 20
Unarmed Mastery 05* 20
Chain Attack III 22
Multistrike I* 24
Gift Slots: Two* 25
Unarmed Mastery 06* 25
Critical Strike II* 26
Detoxify Self* 27
Coordinated Strike III* 28
Evasive Style II* 28
Ability (* = Masterable) Level Earned
Special Attack Adept* 30
Superior Dodge 30
Unarmed Mastery 07* 30
Chain Attack IV 32
Ki Strike III 34
Unarmed Mastery 08* 35
Stunning Blow II 36
Coordinated Strike IV* 38
Cripple I 38
Intuition III* 40
Melee Flurry I* 40
Unarmed Mastery 09* 40
Chain Attack V 42
Flow Like Water 44
Unarmed Mastery 10* 45
Critical Strike III* 46
Dexterity Boost II* 47
Coordinated Strike V* 48
Gift Slots: Three* 50
Multistrike II* 50
Unarmed Mastery 11* 50
Chain Attack VI 52
Ki Strike IV 54
Power Style II* 54
Unarmed Mastery 12* 55
Mind Over Body II 56
Stunning Blow III 56
Coordinated Strike VI* 58
Intuition IV* 60
Exceptional Dodge 60
Special Attack Expert* 60
Unarmed Mastery 13* 60
Chain Attack VII 62
Melee Flurry II* 64
Unarmed Mastery 14* 65
Critical Strike IV* 66
Ability (* = Masterable) Level Earned
Evasive Style III* 66
Coordinated Strike VII* 68
Nerve Strike 68
Iron Body 70
Unarmed Mastery 15* 70
Chain Attack VIII 72
Multistrike III* 74
Gift Slots: Four* 75
Unarmed Mastery 16* 75
Cripple II 76
Stunning Blow IV 76
Coordinated Strike VIII* 78
Ki Strike V 78
Intuition V* 80
Knit Bones 80
Unarmed Mastery 17* 80
Chain Attack IX 82
Power Style III* 84
Unarmed Mastery 18* 85
Critical Strike V* 86
Dexterity Boost III 87
Coordinated Strike IX* 88
Melee Flurry III* 88
Prescient Dodge 90
Special Attack Master* 90
Unarmed Mastery 19* 90
Chain Attack X 92
Unarmed Mastery 20* 95
Stunning Blow V 96
Coordinated Strike X* 98
Evasive Style IV* 98
Gift Slots: Five* 100
Intuition VI* 100
Multistrike IV* 100
Unarmed Mastery 21* 100

Abilities Gained By Quests[]

Ability (* = Masterable) Level Earned
Monk's Edge* 1
Gifted* ?
Antolathes' Gift* ?
Armor of the Watcher* ?
Hero's Resolve 100

Spells, Weapons, and Armor[]

SpellsSkill
Root


Weapons
Aelia's Cudgel (Weapon)
Bat of the Gnerph
Broken Cudgel
Broken Leather Hand Wraps
Broken Quarterstaff
Broken Staff
Cloth Hand Wraps
Club
Cudgel
Fine Club
Fine Cudgel
Fine Quarterstaff
Fine Staff
Hide Hand Wraps
Ishenar's Cedar Cudgel
Leather Hand Wraps
Moss-Covered Club
Padded Hand Wraps
Quarterstaff
Reklar's Chaos Chakram
Reklar's Cudgel of Power
Reklar's Sash of Fury
Scabreia's Heart Staff
Staff


Armor
Cloth Armor
Hide Armor
Leather Armor
Padded Armor



Experience Required Per Level[]

Total Experience needed to reach level 100 is 35,657,500. Prestige schools starting at a higher level than level 1 need less.

Example: Ranger starts at level 20. So it only needs 35,528,400 exp to reach 100. The 139,100 exp needed to reach level 20 are ignored.

Your character's rating is the mathematical sum of all your adventure schools.

Level XP for Next XP Required
1 100 0
2 200 100
3 400 300
4 600 700
5 900 1,300
6 1,200 2,200
7 1,500 3400
8 1,900 4,900
9 2,300 6,800
10 3,000 9,100
11 5,200 12,100
12 7,000 17,300
13 9,100 24,300
14 11,200 33,400
15 13,500 44,600
16 16,000 58,100
17 18,700 74,100
18 21,600 92,800
19 24,700 114,400
20 28,000 139,100
21 31,600 167,100
22 35,300 198,700
23 39,000 234,000
24 43,000 273,000
25 47,500 316,000
Level XP for Next XP Required
26 51,500 363,500
27 56,000 415,000
28 60,500 471,000
29 65,000 531,500
30 70,000 596,500
31 76,500 666,500
32 81,500 743,000
33 88,500 824,500
34 93,500 913,000
35 100,500 1,006,500
36 106,000 1,107,000
37 113,500 1,213,000
38 119,000 1,326,500
39 126,500 1,445,500
40 132,000 1,572,000
41 140,000 1,704,000
42 145,500 1,844,000
43 154,000 1,989,500
44 159,500 2,143,500
45 168,000 2,303,000
46 174,000 2,471,000
47 183,000 2,645,000
48 189,000 2,828,000
49 198,000 3,017,000
50 204,000 3,215,000
Level XP for Next XP Required
51 219,500 3,419,000
52 232,000 3,638,500
53 244,000 3,870,500
54 260,500 4,114,500
55 273,000 4,375,000
56 285,000 4,648,000
57 302,500 4,933,000
58 315,000 5,235,500
59 327,500 5,550,500
60 345,500 5,878,000
61 358,500 6,223,500
62 371,000 6,582,000
63 390,000 6,953,000
64 403,000 7,343,000
65 416,000 7,746,000
66 435,500 8,162,000
67 449,000 8,597,500
68 462,000 9,046,500
69 482,500 9,508,500
70 496,000 9,991,000
71 516,000 10,487,000
72 544,000 11,003,000
73 564,500 11,547,000
74 585,000 12,111,500
75 614,000 12,696,500
Level XP for Next XP Required
76 635,000 13,310,500
77 655,500 13,945,500
78 686,000 14,601,000
79 707,000 15,287,000
80 728,000 15,994,000
81 759,500 16,722,000
82 781,000 17,481,500
83 802,500 18,262,500
84 823,500 19,065,000
85 857,000 19,888,500
86 878,000 20,745,500
87 900,000 21,623,500
88 921,500 22,523,500
89 956,500 23,445,000
90 978,000 24,401,500
91 1,007,500 25,379,500
92 1,036,500 26,387,000
93 1,080,500 27,423,500
94 1,110,000 28,504,000
95 1,139,500 29,614,000
96 1,169,000 30,753,500
97 1,215,000 31,922,500
98 1,245,000 33,137,500
99 1,275,000 34,382,500
100 N/A 35,657,500
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