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Kathool Adept

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KATHOOL ADEPT

📌 OVERVIEW
Worth getting?Yes — fast-ramping farm class that can also buff the whole team.
Hits up to 3 targets and reaches Rank 10 in seconds.
Best for🌾 Farming · 🛡️ Support
✨ ENHANCEMENTS
ClassLuck
WeaponElysium
Acheron (Farming)
Arcana's Concerto (Supporting)
Valiance
Ravenous
Praxis
HelmPneuma / Wizard
CapeVainglory
Lament (class has low Crit Chance)
Wizard
💊 PotionsSage Tonic (counters Lament's effect)
Malevolence Elixir / Potent Battle Elixir
Felicitous Philtre / Potent Honor Potion
🔢 COMBOS
Skill 1💡 Nightmare Gaze — applies Madness to your target
(stacks to 50, lowers their Crit and Dodge)
Skill 2💡 Tentacle Slam — gives you Feeding (stacks to 10)
At 5 Feeding you gain Writhe (+25% resistances & healing)
Skill 3💡 Tidal — crit hit + Red Tide
(lowers target's Damage Resistance, more per Madness stack)
Skill 4💡 Frenzied Feast — needs 5+ Feeding stacks
+100% Crit Damage and Skill 2 damage
Skill 1 adds an extra Madness stack
⚠️ Used with 1–4 Feeding = −200% Crit Damage for 3s
Skill 5💡 Call of Kathool! — unavoidable crit, effect depends on Madness:
5 · −25% Physical & Magical Resistance
20 · −50% Outgoing Damage and Haste
50 · DoT + −100% Hit Chance
Effects last 15 seconds
Main Rotation✅ 4 → 2 → 3 → 2 → 2 → 4 → 5 → 3 → repeat
👥 Buffing TeamStack Feeding to 10 first (spam 2 before using 4)
At 10 Feeding, Skill 4 shares Writhe with your allies
Multiple Mobs💡 With more than 1 enemy, you can use 4 earlier

⚠️Don't use 4 below 5 Feeding stacks unless you're still stacking

📦 PRE-REQUIREMENTS

Level 80

Completed the Voice in the Sea saga

Route A (Bottom Feeder) also needs

Rank 10 Fishing

Rank 10 Somnia

All quests are at /join CallOfKathool

⚔️ HOW THE QUESTS WORK

Complete EITHER Bottom Feeder OR Top of the Food Chain.

Either one unlocksCall of Kathool → rewards Kathool Adept ✅
🅰️ Route A — Bottom Feeder
To acceptRank 10 Somnia + Rank 10 Fishing
+ all armors from Steps 1–6, Midnight Glaucus Sage
and Kathool Acolyte in your inventory
Items requiredJohnnyfish ×1
Kultist's Morsel ×75
🅱️ Route B — Top of the Food Chain
To acceptAdeptus Kathooli armor in your inventory
(merged from the same armors + Remnant of the Deep ×7)
Items requiredNone
🏁 Final — Call of Kathool

Unlocks after Route A or B

Items requiredKathool's Morsel Consumed ×1
RewardKathool Adept (Class)
📘 GOLD VOUCHERS & DROPS
💰 Gold Voucher 25kSold in every zone merge shop for 25,000 Gold
You need ×36 (900,000 Gold total)
📦 Treasure Chest (Misc)Global drop — most monsters on these maps
drop it while you farm the other items
⚔️ PHASE 1 — SEA BASE ARMORS
1 · Ashray Villager
Merge at Seaview Souvenirs/join ashray

→ Gold Voucher 25k ×4

→ Treasure Chest (Misc) ×30 · Global drop

→ Sur-gion Token ×50 · /join ashray
Kill Ashray Fisherman, Ghostly Eel,
Kitefin Shark Bait, Seafoam Elemental
or Stagnant Water

2 · Undine Defence Director
Merge at Undine Commissary/join sunlightzone

→ Gold Voucher 25k ×4

→ Undine Base Scrip ×10 · Drops from all mobs in the sea zones

→ Sun Zone Chit ×200 · /join sunlightzone
Turn in "Suckers for Supper"
(gives 1, 3, 5 or 7 at random)

3 · Evacuation Protocol Suit

Merge at Twilight Zone Merge (Mi Calistege) → /join twilightzone

→ Gold Voucher 25k ×4

→ Undine Visitor Badge ×12 · /join sunlightzone or /join midnightzone
Drops from all mobs

→ Sundered Tentacle ×100 · /join twilightzone · Kill Whale Louse

4 · Ashray Elf Warden

Merge at Abyssal Zone Merge (Dr. Song Rivale) → /join abyssalzone

→ Gold Voucher 25k ×4

→ Undine Base Scrip ×10

→ Water Elf Antler ×200 · /join abyssalzone
Turn in "Burial at Sea"
(×1 Antler each, random Scrip bonus)

5 · Elven Heritage Guardian
Merge at Midnight Zone Merge/join midnightzone

→ Gold Voucher 25k ×4

→ Undine Base Scrip ×14

→ Water Elf Pearl ×40 · /join midnightzone · Drops from all mobs

6 · DeepWater Drow
Merge at Trench Observe Merge/join trenchobserve

→ Gold Voucher 25k ×4

→ Undine Base Scrip ×10

→ Dark Elf Pearl ×30 · /join trenchobserve
Turn in "Undine's Dredge"
(×1 Pearl each, random Scrip bonus)

→ Ashray Elf Warden ×1 · From Step 4

⚔️ PHASE 2 — GLAUCUS CHAIN

(/join seavoice)

All three merge at Sea Voice Merge → /join seavoice

Each step uses up the armor from the step before.

Bioluminessence · Turn in "Dry Spell" or "Blooming Sea" (10 Algal Bloom each)

Algal Bloom· Kill Voice in the Sea (drops ×1–20)
7a · Glaucus Mystic

→ Kill Voice in the Sea (drop)
or random reward from "Blooming Sea"

7b · Glaucus Sage

→ Gold Voucher 25k ×4

→ Bioluminessence ×30

→ Water Elf Pearl ×20

→ Glaucus Mystic ×1

7c · Midnight Glaucus Mystic

→ Gold Voucher 25k ×4

→ Bioluminessence ×30

→ Dark Elf Pearl ×12

→ Glaucus Sage ×1

7d · Midnight Glaucus Sage

→ Gold Voucher 25k ×4

→ Bioluminessence ×30

→ Dark Elf Pearl ×12

→ Midnight Glaucus Mystic ×1

⚔️ PHASE 3 — GOD OF THE DEPTHS

(/join kathooldepths)

8 · Kathool Acolyte (both routes)

→ /join kathooldepths · Kill God of the Depths

→ /join deepchaos · Kill Kathool (Level 41)

⚔️ ROUTE A — BOTTOM FEEDER ITEMS
9 · Johnnyfish ×1

→ /join greenguardwest · Talk to Faith → Fishing Gear shop
(needs Rank 10 Fishing)

10 · Kultist's Morsel ×75

→ /join CallOfKathool · Kill Kathool Kultist

Turn in Bottom Feederthen do Call of Kathool → Kathool Adept ✅
⚔️ ROUTE B — TOP OF THE FOOD CHAIN
9 · Remnant of the Deep ×7

→ /join kathooldepths · Kill God of the Depths

10 · Adeptus Kathooli
Merge at Kathool's Chest/join kathooldepths

→ Ashray Villager ×1

→ Undine Defence Director ×1

→ Evacuation Protocol Suit ×1

→ Ashray Elf Warden ×1

→ Elven Heritage Guardian ×1

→ DeepWater Drow ×1

→ Midnight Glaucus Sage ×1

→ Kathool Acolyte ×1

→ Remnant of the Deep ×7

Accept Top of the Food Chain at /join CallOfKathool

→ then do Call of Kathool → Kathool Adept ✅

📦 TOTAL REQUIREMENTS
💰 Gold Voucher 25k×36 (900,000 Gold)
📦 Treasure Chest (Misc)×30
🪙 Sur-gion Token×50
📜 Undine Base Scrip×44
☀️Sun Zone Chit → ×200
🎫 Undine Visitor Badge×12
🐙 Sundered Tentacle×100
🦌 Water Elf Antler×200
⚪ Water Elf Pearl×60
⚫ Dark Elf Pearl×54
✨ Bioluminessence×90
Glaucus Mystic×1
🐚 Kathool Acolyte×1
Route A alsoRank 10 Fishing + Rank 10 Somnia
Johnnyfish ×1 + Kultist's Morsel ×75
Route B alsoRemnant of the Deep ×7