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Dex/AC Bonus

As a bonus, as you level, you will gain extra AC. This is determined by the base DEX that your character has. The formula is as follows:

Dex 18 = Every 4 levels you will recieve -1 AC
Dex 16-17 = Every 5 levels you will recieve -1 AC
Dex 13-15 = Every 6 levels you will recieve -1 AC
Dex 10-12 = Every 7 levels you will recieve -1 AC
Dex 7-9 = Every 8 levels you will recieve -1 AC

Other Bonuses

+1 "to hit" for every 3 character levels
+1 Melee-only damage for every 10 character levels

Getting Started

Now that you have chosen your stats, here is a basic guide on how to level up your Knight. Please note that there are many different preferences on where to hunt; this is just my opinion.

As a Knight, you will find yourself in Hidden Valley. This is the beginning area of the game for Knights. Familiarize yourself with this town and what it contains. There are people (NPC’s) standing around the town that you can talk to in order to familiarize yourself with the game. At the gates of the town, you will want to talk to the Healer’s, as they will heal you (HP and MP) when you are injured. There are also a few NPC’s that will enchant your armor (Armor Enchanter), enchant your weapon (Weapon Enchanter), polymorph you (Polymorh NPC), and Haste you (Haste Master) all for a small fee. These are probably good NPCs to talk to in order to strengthen your weapons and armor until you can cast those spells yourself. You are welcome to stay in this valley until you are level 12, although you are welcome to leave at any time to go to Silver Knights Town. In order to tele to Silver Knights Town, talk to Illdrath in the town.

I want to mention this here as I find it very crucial to the game until you are fully lawful. As you walk around the town, pick up as much junk (letters, meat, lamps, lanterns, armors, weapons, etc.). Just make sure that your weight does not go over 50%. I would suggest picking up or sending yourself as many letters as you can since they don’t take up much if any weight. You will want a lot of these, probably around 70-100. You are probably thinking that this sounds really stupid, but here is the point. If you are not full lawful (32,767 alignment points) and you die, you will drop an item from your inventory. By carrying so many letters, you will usually drop a letter rather than the important item you don’t want to lose. Note that this does not guarantee that you will drop one of the items you want, it just improves the statistics of you not dropping it.

If you look in your inventory window (press the Tab key), you will see a map of Hidden Valley, a leather jacket, a dagger and 2 candles. Put on the leather jacket by double clicking on it, and then do the same with the dagger. The candles can be used at night when it is dark.

Opening Text for a Knight

The Knight is the easiest character for the new player to use. A good Knight should have plenty of strength, as they specialize in battling an opponent with their sword.

Knights are the most fierce warriors in Lineage, with more strength than the other classes. In addition to this, they have the ability to use more armor and weapons than any other class, making them quite effective in both giving and absorbing damage.

The primary statistics for a Knight should be Strength and Constitution, which control the amount of damage they can do and their ability to receive damage and heal. Secondarily, Dexterity can also be useful, affecting one’s ability to hit accurately.

The downside of being a Knight is that they have no innate ability to cast magical spells at all. They are dependent on potions and scrolls or friendly party members for magical support. (unless they have any of the magical helmets)

Knights thus have a vested interest in seeking the patronage of a powerful Bloodpledge leader, but they begin the game in Hidden Valley (connected to SKT) as wandering and lordless warriors.

Setting Up and Starting your Knight

There are a couple different types of Knight that people prefer to have. I will explain them before I explain the rest of the Knights’s leveling experience.

The Key stats for a Knight are Strength (Str) and Constitution (Con). Strength affects the amount of damage you do to a monster or person and also affects how much you can carry. Constitution is what gives you the most Hit Points (HP) per level up. The more HP you have, the easier it is to live longer.

The base stats that you get for a Knight are as follows with 4 extra points to distribute:

• Strength: 16
• Dexterity: 12
• Constitution: 14
• Wisdom: 9
• Charisma: 12
• Intelligence: 8

The distribution of these 4 points are up to you based on what your playing preference is from the stats mentioned above. The three stats that I would suggest are as follows:

• 16 Strength, 18 Constitution = The Most HP but not as strong. Most prefer this Knight.
• 18 Strength, 16 Constitution = Good Strength without sacrificing too much HP
• 20 Strength, 14 Constitution = Very Strong especially with Strength Spell, but lacking in HP

Note: Lineage 1 Guide data/guides have been transferred from Lineage Guide.

Armor Goals

There are two types of armor that a Magician may want based on what type of monsters they are hunting. If the monster uses magic (floating eye, basilisk, dark elf, succubus, etc) then you will want to use a Magic Resistance (MR) set. If you are hunting normal monsters (skeletons, werewolves, arachnevil, giant soldier ants, etc.) then you will want an AC set. The sets below are my opinion.

MR armor:
 

• +4 Cotton Robe (base = +4 MR; no change of MR with zel)
• +4 Blessed Cloak of Magic Resistance (base = +10 MR; +2 MR for each zel)
• +4 Helm of Magic Resistance (base = +4 MR; +1 MR for each zel)
• +4 T-Shirt (no improvement to MR)
• +6 Elven Shield (no improvement to MR)
• +4 Iron Gloves (no improvement to MR)
• +4 Iron Boots (no improvement to MR)
• +0 Orc Amulet (+20 HP)

AC armor:
 

• +6 elven leather helm or +4 wizards cap
• +4 T-Shirt
• +4 wizard’s robe or leather vest w/belt
• +4 cloak of protection
• +6 elven shield
• +4 Iron Gloves
• +4 Iron Boots
• +0 Orc Amulet (+20 HP)

Note: The Mage Set will reduce the AC by one or two but will give you +50 MP.

On the LoA Server you can wear the Elven Leather Helmet and Elven Breast Plate for an additional bonus.

Levels 21 to 30

You should be making some decent money and are on your way to success. After level 20 it gets a bit harder to gain experience. Lizardmen, Tribal Orcs, MLC 1f and 2f, and SWL are all good spots to work on leveling. I would work in these spots for a while and continue to try and get lawful. Once you are full lawful, I would use some of your saved money and try to improve your armor. I have but some armor goals at the bottom of the items you are wanting to get. I would suggest working on your AC set first and getting the i-boots, i-gloves, t-shirt, and the Cloak of Protection first. I would then suggest getting, but not wearing, the elven leather helmet, the elven shield, and the leather vest with belt. The reason I wouldn’t wear them is because the bone set that you should have will be better until the other items are plussed a bit. Once your AC is closer to level 30, you can probably start venturing into some more difficult areas.

Some people will suggest that you try to get a better weapon first while others will suggest you get a better AC first. Well, this is your choice. I do know that a +’d Staff of Mana helps a lot. One way or another, you will want to start working on enchanting your armor (31,000 each zel) and enchanting your weapon (75,000 each zel). This takes time and does not come easy. Try not to waste your money on items you do not really need. As your AC gets closer to 35-40, you will notice a big difference in monsters missing you a lot.

Levels 30 +

At this point I would really focus on leveling. Main Land Caves 1F is great for leveling and for getting some good cash. Losus Island (tricky to get onto as you have to random tele onto the island) is very good for experience but not so good for money. Orc Fire Fields are good for experience but doesn’t earn you a lot of money. These are the three main areas that I would stick with until you are closer to level 40. You will still receive very good experience in all three of these areas.

Shortly after reaching level 30, you will want to take the Level 30 Mage Quest. View the Quest Guide for more details on the quests you can take.

Levels 11 to 16

Take some time and explore the town for Talking Island. Before you go out and hunt beware that things are different from on Singing Island. If you attack a goblin, all other goblins on the screen will attack you. The same goes for orcs except that if you hit an orc, all orc archers, orcs, and orc fighters on the screen will start attacking you.

When you are ready to start hunting and gaining more experience, move around parts of the island finding monsters that you want to kill. I would suggest staying on Talking Island until you are level 12 in order to get your level 3 spells. Beware of where you go on the island as there are a lot of "bigger" monsters such as Stone Golems, Orc Fighters, Lycanthropes, and Werewolves towards the north part of the island. To the south and south east part of the island there are some big spiders called Arachnevil and Arachnevil Elders. These are very fast and will kill you very easily if you are not careful. Be careful what you are hunting and feel free to hunt with another person. A dog will help you kill many of these "bigger" monsters but again, they steal half of the lawful points and experience. Plus, when your dog dies, you can’t buy a resurrection spell until you go to the Main Land.

In order to get more lawful points, you can venture into the Talking Island Caves and hunt the two Zombie Rooms. These rooms contain 4 or 5 zombies that will spawn in the same room about a minute or two after you kill them. It is a good spot to "camp" to get more lawful points. It can get quite boring though, so beware.

Once you get to level 12 buy the other 5 spells that you need from Gereng (located alongside the road southeast of the town). After you have these spells, go to the Main Land by purchasing a ticket (300a) to the mainland from the Harbormaster by the harbor. Take the boat to the mainland (10 minute trip). You can also teleport there but that will cost you 1500 adena. Once you get off of the boat, you will be in Gludio.

Gludio is a city that has most anything you need aside from a kennel. Before venturing out too far, you will want to talk to Luth, the general merchant, and buy a few basic items. If you have a dog, you will want a resurrection scroll or two, a couple Scrolls of Escape, and some Potions of Lesser Healing. If your dog dies, you will want to resurrect him. Note that these scrolls are expensive. The Scrolls of Escape are different from the Scrolls of Return to Singing Island (which you don’t need anymore). Scroll of Escape are very critical. They will take you back to the town. I would suggest hotkeying this item in F12 or somewhere for easy access while in combat. The Potions will help you restore HP when you are being injured.

My main concern at this point is to continue to get lawful so you don’t drop good items when you die. At this point, you have a few options, hunt around the gludio area (probably with a dog which you may need to walk/tele to Kent to get), hunt south of Kent Bridge, or go to the Silver Knight Town area. Around Gludio you will find the following monsters. Goblins, Kobolds, Orcs, Orc Archers, Orc Fighters, Arachnevil, Werewolves, and Lycanthropes. Most of these are level 10+ and thus you will need to be prepared to take some hits. All of these will help in giving you your lawful points. South of the Kent Bridge you will find Dwarves, Dwarf Warriors, and Werewolves. These are good monsters to kill but are also a bit difficult. Not to mention, the dwarves do not give any lawful points. The third option would probably be my suggestion. I would go to the Silver Knights Town area as there are lots of lower level mops there that can give good lawful points and some good exp. There are Kobolds, Goblins, Hob Goblins Orcs, Orc Fighters, Orc Archers, Stone Goblins, Werewolves, and Skeletons. None of these should be too difficult to kill…even without a dog.

Levels 16 to 20

Once level 16, you are probably going to want to take the first of the Mage Quests. View the Quest Guide for more details on the quests you can take. These quests will give you some armor/weapons that can be quite beneficial to your character.

At somepoint you will want to start saving for your Staff of Mana (SOM). This is one of the main weapons that you will need as a mage. Unfortunatly, the quest to receive this item was removed a while back. If you need to get a SOM, the only way to obtain one is by buying it from another player. The price on these may be fairly high and there won’t be too many +0 SOM’s around so you may have to buy a +6 SOM. The SOM is very critical to a Mage as it allows you to regain mana by hitting monsters. This allows you to stay full on Mana while hunting and not having to stop and regenerate all the time.

Once you get to level 16 it is time to buy the next level spells which are all worth around 1-2K each. You will want all 5 of these spells but I would recommend getting the Fireball spell as early as possible. Once you obtain the Fireball spell, life can become a bit easier. You are probably at a point where you can start hunting SWL or the MLC. The main monsters you are going to want to be killing are Skeletons (12), Skeleton Archers (12), Werewolves (9), Dwarf Warriors (9), Zombie (8), Orc Fighters (8). The numbers following the monsters are how many lawful points they give when you kill them. I would venture to the SWL (with a friend) and hunt many of the monsters there. The Black Knights are good too use your Fireball spell on them. Use it 3 times to kill them. Just have your finger on the Red Pots hot key and feel free to run a bit. One thing I used the f-b spell for is to go into the MLC and into the two orc/zombie rooms near the entrance. You hit one orc and they all run to you. When you get a group of them, f-b them 2 times and they are all dead. You get a lot of lawful points doing this. Once again, have some reds handy. This is also handy if you want to hunt Lizards along the beach between Silver Knights Towna and Windawood. Run around gathering 4 or 5 Lizards and then f-b them. Be ready to pump some reds though as they do hurt at this point. Take a dog along to help kill them as the Lizards won’t turn on your dog.