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Archmage

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ARCHMAGE

📌 OVERVIEW
Worth getting?Yes — one of the strongest classes in the game when mastered.
Versatile but requires effort to learn.
Best for🌾 Farming · ⚔️ Soloing
✨ ENHANCEMENTS
ClassLuck · Wizard
WeaponValiance
Elysium
Acheron (Farming — fixes Elysium issues with high HP)
Spiral Carve
Awe Blast
HelmPneuma
CapeAbsolution / Penitence / Vainglory
Acheron Notes💡 Less issues with high mana
Massive damage on Skill 3
May need Penitence cape
🔢 COMBOS
Skill 2💡 Deals damage based on mana lost · Scales with attack power
Skill 3💡 Increases your damage · Recovers mana — use when low
Skill 4💡 Deals damage based on HP lost · Scales with attack power
Main Rotation✅ Spam 3 + 5 then 2 and 4
📦 PRE-REQUIREMENTS

Level 80

Rank 10 ChaosRank 10 Spellcrafting
Rank 10 EmberseaRank 10 Etherstorm
Rank 10 LoremasterRank 10 Good

Rank 10 Evil

Completed /guardiantree questline

Completed /brightoak questline

Completed /originul

⚠️Team recommended for later quests

⚔️ PREREQUISITE QUESTS
Complete each of the following 5 times
Tapping into the Arcane

→ Mythic Quills ×49 · Kill Slugfit at /join mobius or "Nulgath (Larvae)"

→ Mythic Shards ×49 · Kill Astral Ephemerites at /join timespace
or Grief at /join underrealm (~50% drop)

→ Semiramis Feather ×1 · /join guardiantree · Accept "Take Down Terrane" → Kill Terrane

→ Mythic Inc ×1 · /join deepchaos · Kill Kathool

Aethereal Flow

→ Celestial Ether ×1 · /join celestialarena · Kill Aranx (~30%)

→ Chaotic Ether ×1 · /join eternalchaos · Kill Eternal Drakath (4th portal) (~30%)

→ Mortal Ether ×1 · /join shadowattack · Kill Death (~20%)

→ Vital Ether ×1 · /join gaiazor · Kill Gaiazor (~20%)

→ Infernal Ether ×1 · /join fiendshard · Kill Nulgath's Fiend Shard (~20%)

Tracing Ley Lines

→ Sky Locus ×1 · /join skytower · Kill Moonstone/Sunstone/Star Sapphire (2%) or Aspect of Good/Evil (25%)

→ Sea Locus ×1 · /join chaoskraken · Kill Chaos Kraken (100%) or Anglerfish/Merdraconian (2%)

→ Earth Locus ×1 · /join ectocave · Kill Ektorax (~50%)

→ Fire Locus ×1 · /join drakonnan · Kill Drakonnan (30%) or Ultra Drakonnan (50%)

→ Prime Locus Attunement ×30 · /join elemental · Kill Mana Golem (100%) or any mob (20%)

Thaumaturgy

→ Dragon Runestone ×30 · /join alchemyacademy (100k Gold each)

→ Exalted Paladin Seal ×1 · /join darkthronehub (500k Gold)

→ Forsaken Doom Seal ×1 · /join shadowfall (500k Gold)

→ Arcane Lotus ×1

→ Prismatic Ether ×1

→ Mystic Scribing Kit ×1

⚔️ CLASS QUESTS
📖 Book of Magus: Incantation

→ Brilliant Aura ×200 · /join necropolis · "Finding Fragments with Blinding Mace"

→ Scroll of Mystify ×50 · /join spellcraft · Buy Archmage Ink
Combo: 1st green top, 2nd grey ×2 middle, 1st red bottom-left, 3rd red bottom-right

→ Prismatic Seams ×250 · /join streamwar · "Mega Timestream Medals" + "Timestream Medals"

→ Unbound Tome ×1

→ Celestial Magia ×50 · /join timeinn · Kill Ezrajal, Engineer, or Warden (~30%)

→ Mortal Essence ×100 · /join noxustower or /join lightguardwar · Kill Sigrid Sunshield (100%) or Lightguard Casters (10%)

→ Orthogonal Energy ×150 · /join portalmazec · Kill Pactagonal Knight

🔥 Book of Fire: Immolation

→ Scroll of Fire Storm ×50 · /join spellcraft · Buy Archmage Ink
Combo: 2nd green top, 2nd red ×2 middle, 1st grey bottom-left, 2nd grey bottom-right

→ Unbound Tome ×1

→ ShadowFire Wisps ×200 · /join fireavatar · Kill any enemy (100% from Avatar Tyndarius, 10% others)

→ Spark of Life ×200 · /join fotia · Kill Femme Cult Worshiper

→ Emblazoned Basalt ×200 · /join mafic · Kill Scoria Serpent, Living Fire, Volcanic Maggot (10%) or Mafic Dragon (50%)

→ Dense Dragon Crystal ×200 · /join underlair · Kill Void Draconians

🧊 Book of Ice: Glacial Impact

→ Scroll of Frostbite ×50 · /join spellcraft · Buy Elemental Ink
Combo: Fill every slot with 2nd red rune

→ Ice Diamond ×100 · /join kingcoal · Trade with King Coal

→ Unbound Tome ×1

→ Rimeblossom ×100 · /join icestormarena · Kill Warlord Icewing (100%) or /join icepike Chained Kezeroth (30%)

→ Temporal Floe ×100 · /join icestormarena · Kill Warlord Icewing or /join icedungeon Shade of Kyanos

→ Starlit Frost ×100 · /join icestormarena · Kill Warlord Icewing (100%) or /join icepike Karok the Fallen (30%)

🌌 Book of Aether: Supernova ⚠️ Team recommended

→ Scroll of Eclipse ×50 · /join spellcraft · Buy Fading Ink
Combo: 3rd red rune in slot 1, 1st red rune in all other slots

→ Unbound Tome ×1

→ Void Essentia ×1 · /join voidflibbi · Kill Flibbitiestgibbet (4%)
OR merge: Void Essence ×25 + Void Aura ×75 + 750k Gold at /join thevoid

→ A Fragment of the Beginning ×1 · /join streamwar · Kill Second Speaker (2%)
OR merge: Prismatic Seams ×250 + Unbound Thread ×10 + 750k Gold

→ Vital Exanima ×1 · /join dage · Kill Dage the Evil (1%)
OR merge: Dage the Evil Insignia ×10 + 750k Gold

→ Everlight Flame ×1 · /join fireavatar · Kill Avatar Tyndarius (1%)
OR merge: Avatar Tyndarius Insignia ×5 + 750k Gold

✨ Book of Arcana: Arcane Sigil ⚠️ Team recommended

→ Scroll of Ethereal Curse ×50 · /join spellcraft · Buy Archmage Ink
Combo: 1st grey top, 3rd grey ×2 middle, 2nd grey ×2 bottom

→ The Mortal Coil ×1 · /join tercessuinotlim · Kill Nulgath or merge Roentgenium of Nulgath ×4

→ The Divine Will ×1 · /join celestialpath · Kill Azalith

→ Unbound Tome ×1

→ Insatiable Hunger ×1 · /join voidnightbane · Kill Nightbane (~20%)

→ Undying Resolve ×1 · /join theworld · Kill Encore Darkon (1%)
OR merge: Darkon Insignia ×5 + 750k Gold at /join ultradarkon

→ Calamitous Ruin ×1 · /join darkcarnax · Kill Nightmare Carnax (7%)
OR merge: Synthetic Viscera ×25 + 750k Gold

📘 ARCHMAGE'S ASCENSION
Book of Magus×1
Book of Fire×1
Book of Ice×1
Book of Aether×1
Book of Arcana×1
Elemental Binding×250 → /join archmage · Kill Prismata