Advanced guide to remaster the game for old players starting anew, part 1

Hello dear dragons,

This guide is a tribute to all veterans players that are part of this great community, since the game started to be published in Europe and US. I am proud since 2007 to play along side with great people that in time became a small family. Some left among the road and came back, some took a break, some left for good and some just came back. To all of you I dedicate this guide. I hope you can still enjoy the game and have great memories, like we had back then.

All started in 2007 in Asura, when Sedbona started the journey of 9Dragons as wu tan warrior. Since than till now was a hell of ride, with great memories, coming backs, going up and down, but even so I enjoyed everything.

Sedbona, wu tang warrior, ex Asura server
[Bones], wu tang warrior, ex Bardo server
Enjoy the ride between the past and present !

Summary :

1. Short Introduction / History
2. The Lore of 9Dragons
3. The Maps
4. Characters/ Clans/ Roles
5. Stats and Attributes
6. Elixirs
7. Leveling
8. Items (Weapon, Clothes, Ornaments & Relics)
9. Skills & Mastery
10. Auto-training System
11. Mobs & Bosses
12. Dungeons
13. Player vs Player
14. War

Introduction/ History :

2005 -Game of the Year in Koreea, pre-beta testing
2006- Closed Beta
2007- Open Beta
2010 - Acclaim ends the publisher right
August 2010, players lost all their characters, items and play experience due the fact Acclaim refused to give the data base to the new publisher. This is the moment where the majority of players left the game and the community crash.
2010- GameFirst takes over publisher rights
October 2010, GameFirst announce that they will create template characters with lots of events, meaning the players got naked characters.The players got rebuild 80 level empty characters.
2011- GameCampus takes over publisher rights
2016 -RedFox takes over publisher rights

Past developer : Indy21
New developer : JoongWon Games

Past publisher : Acclaim, GamersFirst, GameCampus,
Actual publisher : RedFox

I. Learn about the Lore of 9Dragons

1. General

Character creation : the same, the authentication is more secure, 4 digit code and keyboard was added when you enter the game.

2.Game Interface :
There are some additions to game interface versus old one.

In ”C„ we have the following changes :

Old :

New:

Loyalty system was added and sealed combination for relics.

Small changes at chat interface, experience was added as bar :

Old:

New:

Mastery window was changed with other names :

Old:

New:

KungFu (skills) bar was extended and more skills were added.

Old :

New:

The character bar has some changes, the experience is no more display as round circles, but down in bar, roles icons were added to characters.

Old:

New:

Stamp system with daily and monthly reward was added below map in the right corner of the screen. The system counts up the hours log in game and rewards the players with items.

How I take daily gift from stamp ?

3.F11 FUNCTION was added to the game.

The F11 function incorporates a set of centralized game controls. It is a kind of command center of game.The assembly and creation of resources has been centralized in this function. The master and pupil system was incorporated into this function. Also the band, storm vs storm, a dungeon, costume gallery and guardian was incorporated.

RESOURCE FUNCTION

The resources on the maps were all incorporated in the window called Resources. The maps and NPCs are listed. Resources can be traded with any NPC through the function. The player no longer has to travel to the NPCs on the maps to trade. The function does it automatically.The player must have in the bags the necessary resources to trade.Lately, the game has added a lot of resources. You can browse through maps and NPC to get used to the resources. Dungeon resources are also incorporated.Below you can see what resources you need to create a new item or a new resource.

CREATE FUNCTION

The function CREATE refers to the creation of items, relics, clothes and collectibles.Unlike the resource function where you can trade resources, items and clothes, the created function can fail to make an item.The function uses the resources gathered in the game and stored in bags to create something new.

Success rates in creation are not made public by the publisher, so we cannot know exactly for each item what are the chances of success.There are also items that do not fail and have been confirmed by the publisher as failing, like dungeon payments

Creating items can be enhanced with a band stat of 50% when all attributes are set. You also can use master Creating Guide X2, X5 and Master Creating Guide Excellence to increase the chances of success.For some items these do not work. A warning message appears in the window.

Master Creating guide can be obtain by monthly stamp or from IM.

Master Creating Guide X5 can be obtain via drops from summoning illusive branch monster (IM item), or exchanging resource from illusive branch in F11/ Resource. Also, in some events some mobs drops this item.

Master Creating Guide Excellence can be obtain via drops from summoning illusive branch monster (IM item), or exchanging resource from illusive branch in F11/ Resource. Also, in some events some mobs drops this item (see HW event).

Create 30 Const ornaments :

INFINITE DUNGEON

The Infinite Dungeon is accessible to all characters level 37 and above and is in Loulan. You can enter individually, or in a party and is composed of 50 Ranks (stages). The dungeon have a time limit. Can be acces direct pressing Waiting Area. Before entering you can consult the NCP at the entrance. You can purchase, trade via resource or create. In my opinion you need to level a little than level 37 that is recommended.

In create you can make HG9 clothes, Blood Sorcerer set level 1, but via IM and in game resources too, also from using ID points to buy boxes. I would recomand not to do this, since when you will level you can farm directly the set from Potala Dungeon or buy it in Hefei.

Sneak Peak:

The most valuable asset you can exchange for point is the Ultimate Tablet that cost 1,000,000 points. This ultimate tablet is used to cerate and trade top relics. You can create the set of excellence beads, that are superior to the one that are normal or trade as material in F11/Resource for top relics.

For the dungeon you can also purchase extra entries per day from IM :

PUPIL/MASTER FUNCTION

Many of you remembers how the old system look liked, let us get back in time and via my wu tang from ex Bardo server remember how the system worked and looked liked :

So first, you had to make quest to be a master, than we got 4 grades. You could ask a disciple to join via a window, clicking the character. The disciple will take the name of master band title. The disciples had to grind make points to advance the to next level. When class was in full session and both master and disciple on, from some mobs, at certain count skill you could x2 or x4, x5 as random. On 1.000 kill you got 10x experience from that mob. At level SM1 you could have been a master and you had to be 13 level above the disciple.

Old version :

Now the system is incorporated in F11 function. To find a master as you start to replay the game you must first choose a clan. White clan has white clan master and black clan has black clan master. To search for a master name you have to search his name and apply to him/her. If you are a vagabond you can not apply. The master must be register to apply to him.

Once you apply and you are accepted you can get daily gift, meaning a buff. More pupils taking the gift daily, more you will get increase in buff time and the stats. It is better to use the buffs in event.

You can check my guide on becoming a master also.

How I get the gift ?

BAND

In the past we had only band system, no hero leagues. A band could accommodate 40 players in total. After 2007 hero league system was implemented. More bands could join and make a hero league. 5 bands could form a hero league.

What is new in band system is that you have to increase the band experience (via members that grind) in order to accommodate more players, like we had master&disciple system in the past. Also, now we have attributes in hero league. We can increase the stats via hero league. To have more attributes you need to level up the band to get more points or buy from IM. Also to increase hero band experience you can buy from IM a package.

More bands also can form a hero league. You can apply to a band via F11 function/band/search the band name. Invite,make party,chat,kick inactive players,leaders and so on are the same as in old time, only in a new window via function F11 .

COSTUME GALLERY

We didn't have this function in old version of the game. You can register costumes (decos) in costume gallery and change the appearance of your character deco from there. First you must unlock the slots in order to register the deco. To unlock the slots will cost money.

Maxim deco registration is 50, but will cost a lot. After you register a deco, you can add another one like that to extract fabrics from him and unlock new abilities to your character. There are 44 options to abilities to apply to your slots. Also you have steps and high stats can be obtain by slots order. You can not have same ability in 2 or 3 slots. If you are not content with the ability you got, to change it you must use fabric.

To unlock slots you need to give fabric. The easy way to extract fabric is from GCM costume (deco) level 1. You register and extract the fabrics to unlock slots. Those costumes have a high drop rate in GCM. Clan decos do not give you fabrics, only look.

STORM vs STORM

Storm vs Storm is the battle between registered Hero Leagues to take control of the Fortress located in Nanchang or Hangzhou.Three minutes before the action starts, the icons will appear above registered members heads. Blue icon for defending league and Red icon for any attacking league.

Stages :

Stage 1 - Breaking through the gates.
Stage 2 - PVP.
Stage 3 - Making the threats.
Stage 4 - Looting and SVS Deco.

Storm vs Storm is an old good memory for veterans players. The battles back then were massive. I'm going to disappoint you, but now, no one goes to SvS. Let us remember some of SR hero league moments of glorios days in SvS.

Old school rules :

From F11 meniu now you can register as band master your band in SvS directly. You do not need to go to the NPC of fortress anymore.

Remember the time to register the band :

GUARDIAN

Guardian system is new to 9Dragons and was not implemented at all in the old game. Guardian it is a spirit. Guardian will auto-loot items (except the white one) and will give you extra buff power. You have 50 slots to register guardians. Guardians have ranks 1-4 and than 5. 1-4 have normal skills and 5 another special skill besides.

You can purchase the guardian from boxes in IM.