Combat

HP

Hit Points (or Health Points). When your HP reaches 0, your character will be downed and can be resurrected by other players interacting with you. Rescue time is decreased as more players interact with a downed player.

In dungeons, you will automatically revive after some time if not rescued by others. Dungeons may have limited revives shared between all party members—these will not be consumed if the downed player is rescued by party members. If a party member is defeated with 0 lives left, the party will fail the dungeon and be kicked out, forfeiting all rewards.

In fields, you can remain downed and wait for someone to rescue you, or can choose to respawn after a short timer. If you choose to respawn, you will have the Weak debuff, decreasing your Max HP and movement speed.

When in fields or free exploration dungeons, HP will continuously recover over time while not in combat (1% of max HP every 3 seconds). While sitting (on an object or via an emote), you will recover 5% of max HP every 3 seconds. Visiting a village with a warp gate or sitting near a campfire will allow you to recover 5% of max HP every second. Natural HP recovery is disabled in dungeons.

HP can be recovered through various means such as skills, party chain, buffs, suppliers, and Battle Imagine.

Stamina

Stamina is consumed when performing certain actions. Stamina consumption can be reduced by certain skills and Enhance Imagine abilities. Max stamina can be increased by certain skills, such as Heavy Smasher’s passive skill, and Enhance Imagine abilities.

Action	Stamina Consumption
Sprinting (while being targeted)	20 / second
Jumping (while being targeted)	20
Skills (while being targeted)	Varies per skill
Dodging	15	20
Springboard Jump	20	30

Dodging provides a brief window of invulnerability, and can be used to cancel some player animations. To perform a dodge attack, press the basic attack and class action keys simultaneously after dodging.

If an enemy hits you during dodge invulnerability, you will perform a perfect dodge, indicated by a blue particle effect. Performing a dodge attack immediately after a perfect dodge will increase the damage of the dodge attack and may provide extra benefits such as restoring Shield Gauge (Aegis Fighter) or increasing dodge attack size (Spell Caster).

A springboard jump can be performed while pressing the jump key while in the air and near an enemy—you will jump off the enemy for added height. Melee classes will jump straight up, and ranged classes will jump backwards. The enemy will be staggered and aggro the player.

Jumping and Springboard jumping can be used to cancel some animations even when no enemy is nearby.

A plunge attack (or assault attack) can be performed by melee classes by pressing the basic attack and class action keys simultaneously while midair. If performed from a high enough altitude, the attack will receive an elevation bonus, dealing extra damage and providing extra benefits such as binding enemies (Aegis Fighter) or applying a movement speed down debuff (Heavy Smasher).

Finally, all classes can utilize Rebound (Ukemi) by pressing the dodge key right when you land after getting knocked down. When performed correctly, your character will get up faster than usual.

Learn more about each class’ perfect dodge attack effects, plunge attack, and animation cancels on their class page.

Level

Raising your class level will increase your stats and reduce the effects of equipment level syncs (details below). By raising your Adventurer Rank, you can increase the maximum level cap for your character.

The level difference between a player and an enemy influences how much damage and elemental charge a player will deal and EXP they will gain by defeating that enemy. For enemies that are 8 or more levels higher than you, your attacks will do 0 damage (thus you won’t be eligible for drops and won’t be able to activate certain effects that require hitting an enemy).

Battle Score

Battle Score is the rating of a player’s equipment. While it doesn’t directly convey how powerful a player is, it represents the level of equipment a player is using.

Level and Battle Score are common requirements to entering Missions.

Level Sync

If an item’s max level exceeds your class level, the item will be level synced down, reducing all of its stats besides Vitality to match your class level. Since VIT is not level synced, you will end up with higher HP and defense than usual.

Level syncs also exist in dungeons, forcefully adjusting all high level players’ stats to an appropriate level for the content.

Adventurer Rank

Raising your Adventurer Rank allows you to accept new quests (including continuing the main story quest), raises your maximum level cap, and provides some goodies. To raise your Adventurer Rank, you need to complete a Rank Up Adventure Board. Some ranks also require you to pass an exam (speak to NPC Millie at the Reclamation Bureau).

Elemental Charge

Attacking with elements will fill the Elemental Charge gauge underneath an enemy’s health bar. Filling it to level 1 (100 charge), level 2 (300 charge), or level 3 (600 charge) will apply an Elemental Effect on the enemy, based on which element has contributed the most charge.

The active element (shown on the gauge) can change between levels, though the active debuff will remain until replaced at the next level, or the gauge resets. The condition to prevent the gauge from resetting is determined by the current gauge level.

Elemental Charge is accumulated for both your weapon and skill elements (at some ratio).

Enemies in Missions, Raids, and Elite Monsters have a multiplier that reduces the accumulation rate of elemental charge, i.e. 0.16x for Survey/Advenaced Survey and 0.33x for Rush Battle.

Elemental Effects

At level 1 and 2, a debuff is applied, with level 2 being a stronger version. Level 3 triggers an Elemental Burst, which deals considerable damage and begins Burst Bonus Time.

Fire

On Enemies

1. 

   Lv. 1 Deals 0.3% of Max HP as damage every 3 seconds

2. 

   Lv. 2 Deals 0.4% of Max HP as damage every 2 seconds

3. 

   Lv. 3 Deals 10% of Max HP and knocks down enemy

4. Burst Finish Deals 5%/7%/10%/15%/20% of Max HP as damage

On Players

1. 

   Lv. 1 Deals 2% of Max HP as damage every 2 seconds

2. 

   Lv. 2 Deals 3% of Max HP as damage every 2 seconds

3. 

   Lv. 3 Deals 20% of Max HP as damage and knocks down player

Ice

On Enemies

1. 

   Lv. 1 Reduces movement speed by 20%

2. 

   Lv. 2 Reduces movement speed by 40%

3. 

   Lv. 3 Freezes enemy

4. Burst Finish Deals 1%/3%/5%/7%/10% of Max HP as damage

On Players

1. 

   Lv. 1 Applies Movement Speed Down (small)

2. 

   Lv. 2 Applies Movement Speed Down (medium)

3. 

   Lv. 3 Freezes player (can be freed by ally attacks)

Thunder

On Enemies

1. 

   Lv. 1 Disrupt actions at a 20% chance every 5 seconds

2. 

   Lv. 2 Disrupt actions at a 40% chance every 5 seconds

3. 

   Lv. 3 Deals 5% of Max HP as damage and disrupts actions at an 80% chance every 3 seconds

4. Burst Finish Deals 5%/6%/8%/11%/15% of Max HP as damage, and applies Paralysis (disrupts actions at a 60% chance every 4 seconds for 20 seconds

On Players

1. 

   Lv. 1 Periodically disrupts actions at a chance

2. 

   Lv. 2 Periodically disrupts actions at a chance

3. 

   Lv. 3 Deals 2.5% of Max HP as damage, knocks down player, and applies Paralysis

Earth

On Enemies

1. 

   Lv. 1 Increases damage received by 10%

2. 

   Lv. 2 Increases damage recived by 20%

3. 

   Lv. 3 Petrifies enemy

4. Burst Finish Deals 1%/3%/5%/7%/10% of Max HP as damage

On Players

1. 

   Lv. 1 Increase damage taken

2. 

   Lv. 2 Increase damage taken

3. 

   Lv. 3 Petrifies player (can be freed by ally attacks)

Light

On Enemies

1. 

   Lv. 1 Reduces damage dealt by 15%

2. 

   Lv. 2 Reduces damage dealt by 30%

3. 

   Lv. 3 Deals 5% of Max HP as damage

4. Burst Finish Deals 5%/6%/8%/11%/15% of Max HP as damage and grants HP Regen to nearby players (recover 5% of Max HP every 3 seconds for 30 seconds)

On Players

1. 

   Lv. 1 Reduces damage dealt by 15%

2. 

   Lv. 2 Reduces damage dealt by 30%

3. 

   Lv. 3 Deals 2.5% of Max HP as damage, knocks down player, and grants HP Regen to nearby enemies (recover 0.6% of Max HP every 3 seconds for 30 seconds)

Dark

On Enemies

1. 

   Lv. 1 Attacks have a 10% chance to miss

2. 

   Lv. 2 Attacks have a 30% chance to miss

3. 

   Lv. 3 Deals 5% of Max HP as damage

4. Burst Finish Deals 5%/6%/8%/11%/15% of Max HP as damage and applies HP Leak (when hit, the player regains 5% of damage dealt as HP, minimum 1% of Max HP, for 30 seconds)

On Players

1. 

   Lv. 1 Attacks have a 10% chance to miss

2. 

   Lv. 2 Attacks have a 30% chance to miss

3. 

   Lv. 3 Deals 2.5% of Max HP as damage, knocks down player, and applies HP Leak (when hit, the enemy regains ?% of damage dealt as HP, minimum 1% of Max HP, for 30 seconds)

The effects of Level 1 and 2 Fire are reduced by 75% against Elite Monsters and Raid Bosses.

Burst Bonus Time

Activating an Elemental Burst will trigger Burst Bonus Time for 10 seconds. Players and Battle Imagine will deal increased elemental damage, and Level 2 elemental effects are removed. The damage boost is determined by the element of the attack (prioritizing skill element).

Elements	Player Damage	Battle Imagine Damage
	+15%	+20%
	+10%	+15%
	+0%	+10%

Example

(During burst bonus time)

Weapon Element	Skill Element	Damage Increase
		15%
		10%
		0%

A Burst Finish Gauge will appear with a level 1 indicator next to it. Attacking with elements will rapidly fill the gauge. Levels are increased by 1 each time the gauge is filled, up to level 5.

After Burst Bonus Time ends, a Burst Finish will occur, dealing damage based on the gauge’s level. Some elements will also apply buffs or debuffs after a Burst Finish (see table above).

Elemental Burst and Burst Finish damage is not affected by defense or elemental resistance. The effects of Burst and Burst Finish are reduced by 75% against Elite Monsters and Raid Bosses.

Elemental Resistance

Players and enemies both have elemental resistance for each element, influencing damage taken and elemental charge buildup. Negative resistance values indicate that the target is weak to that element.

Debuffs that reduce Elemental Resistance are additive to the target’s elemental resistance stat. When debuffing an element that the target is resistant to, the debuff’s potency will be reduced to 20%.

Chevron icons next to your damage number indicate that the enemy is weak against an element (affected by debuffs as well).

Weapon-Skill Interaction

Skill element and weapon element both factor into your damage in regards to elemental weaknesses. In other words, on an enemy that is weak against fire, you will do more damage using a fire skill + fire weapon than a fire skill + ice weapon. The skill will retain its element (fire) even if equipped with a different element weapon (ice).

If the weapon and skill elements match, the weapon’s Elemental Attack stat is added to your attack when calculating damage. Non-elemental skills will always get this bonus because they inherit the weapon element.

Most classes have a set of non-elemental skills if they wish to use their weapon’s element.

If the weapon and skill elements do not match, damage from resistance is calculated at a 30/70 ratio of weapon/skill. In other words, you may only get a portion of the damage increase/decrease mentioned in the Elemental Resistance section based on which elements you use. Additionally, Elemental Charge is accumulated for both elements.

Skill Variants

At G3+, skills have three variations: Normal, Alpha, and Beta variants. These variants slightly alter how a skill works, such as increasing the number of hits, adding additional buffs/debuffs, and more.

Alpha skills can be purchased with class talismans (available from Class Adventure Boards) at the Class Master. To unlock the shop, complete all of his quests (you need to be Level 50 to purchase from the shop).

Beta skills have a chance of dropping in Survey & Advanced Survey Missions after you reach level 50. Only the skills that you currently have equipped on your palette will be eligible for a beta skill drop. The drop rates are notoriously low.