~lvl 1-120 Guide~ [archer/xbowman/sniper]

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:Adam's General X-bowman Guide:

Edits: Training faqs on the way, adding % an hour from my training exp. Also including a link to the % an hour thread.

Im going to give WhiteAsIce's guide props.

First Off, my name is Adam and this is my guide. I am using my personal knowledge here and some information that I have gotten from a few friends of mine. (Car and Viet) When I started this guide I was level 5x. No telling what level I'm now.

I used this guide myself, and have had great results. Over 30m in equips and mesos at lvl 50 easy. Does that sound good to you? I hope It does.

Lets Get Started

-Beginner-

OGM Spoiler!

For those that are starting a bowman as their first character, press the \ key as default to bring up your key window. This will be needed for when you lvl up and get stat points. Throughout my guide I will mention some things that you, as a first timer, won't understand. That is fine, leave a messege in this thread or messege me personally and I will answer your questions as soon as possible.

Your life as a beginner will be short. I suggest a few things that many won't agree with. First, I suggest that you get 4/5, 5/5, 5/4, 4/4 off stats. Off Stats are the ones such as INT and LUK. At lvl 1 your stats should look something like this

STR anything, doesn't matter
DEX anything, doesn't matter
INT 4/5
LUK 4/5

From here I suggest that you get your STR to 18. This is the STR that you need to weild your battle crossbow and should be were you leave your STR for now. After getting your STR to 18, I suggest that you dump the rest of your points into DEX. Most would have gotten something like 4/5 off stats at the beginning and will have stats like this at lvl 10-

STR 18
DEX 43 (somewhere around there)
INT 4/5
LUK 4/5

Now you are ready to head off to Victoria, the place will you will become a bowman and stay for quite a while. In order to get to the boat that heads to Victoria, head to the far right on the bottom. The city should be SouthPerry. From here you need 150 mesos to get to Victoria. Before you leave, I suggest doing some of the quest here that get you easy exp.

-Archer-

OGM Spoiler!

Head to Bowman Instructional School in Henesys where you'll find Athena Pierce. Talk to her, and she will advance you as a Bowman if you've the requirement stats. Those stats are 25 DEX and lvl 10.

Each Level up add 5 DEX from level 10 through 18. Then add 1 STR and 4 Dex from lvl 18+.

Ability Points, you obtain 3 of these everytime you level up. Press k, if you have default settings, to open your ability point menu. I will suggest that you either chose Arrow Blow or Double Shot at this momment. Many say that Double Shot deals more damage, but I personally dislike it because of the sound it makes, the animation, and a few other things.

Arrow Blow vs. Double Shot

Arrow Blow:
-Has a better chance to deal knock back (flinching as some call it)
-Bigger Flashy numbers
-Easy to tell how much health the monster has left (A key to not over killing, this also saves money because you don't waste shots)
-2 Less MP
-Uses only 1 Arrow
-Has a Blue animation (looks kinda cool IMO)

Double Shot:
-Proven to deal out more damage due to criticals false effect. Critical shot actually deals 100% more damage on EACH shot, not x2 the damage of your move.
-More of a machine gun effect on monsters (basically, more numbers)
-Fires 2 Arrows
-Uses only 16 MP
-Much like a sins Lucky Seven
-Easy to Shoot-Jump (not jump-shot, thats for sins. We only jump and do most of the animation and then land and shoot. This saves time, but we aren't in the air when we fire)
-Looks cool with Soul Arrow

I will now include a small section on your skills. This will not list word for word what they do, but more of a guide line to see what I am talking about when I tell you to add a point into it. If you want level by level of what your skills do I will include a link for it.

OGM Spoiler!

http://www.hidden-street.net/characters/bowman.php

Skills:
Blessing of the Amazon-increases your accuracy

Eye of the Amazon-Increases range of your crossbow

Critical Shot-Adds more damage (a purple number) at certain rates.

Focus-Adds accuracy and Avoidability for a certain amount of time.

Double Shot-Fires 2 arrows at once.

Arrow Blow-Fires 1 arrow with "authority"


Ability Point Placing:

Although most say to go for Double Shot, I am a fan of Arrow Blow. Either way, your build only differs in the 2ed job advancement.
(during second job i will not include a Final Attack guide)

LVL
10-1 Blessing of the Amazon
11-2 Blessing of the Amazon, 1 Eye of the Amazon
12-3 Eye of the Amazon
13-3 Eye of the Amazon
14-1 Eye of the Amazon, 1 Arrow Blow, 1 Critical Shot
15-3 Critical Shot
16-3 Critical Shot
17-3 Critical Shot
18-3 Critical Shot
19-3 Critical Shot
20-3 Critical Shot
21-1 Critical Shot

Here is where the double shot and arrow blow builds differ

Arrow Blow-
21-1 Critical Shot, 2 Arrow Blow
22-3 Arrow Blow
23-3 Arrow Blow
24-3 Arrow Blow
25-3 Arrow Blow
26-3 Arrow Blow
27-2 Arrow Blow, 1 Focus
28-3 Focus
29-3 Focus
30-3 Forcus

Double Shot-
(basically replace the Arrow Blow with Double Shot)
21-1 Critcal Shot, 2 Double Shot
22-3 Double Shot
23-3 Double Shot
24-3 Double Shot
25-3 Double Shot
26-3 Double SHot
27-3 Double Shot
28-3 Focus
29-3 Focus
30-3 Focus

End Build:
Blessing Of the Amazon-3
Eye of the Amazon-8
Critical Shot-20
Arrow Blow-20/1
Double Shot-0/20
Focus-9/10

Training:

1-10 Maple Island (easiest since there is no ksers)
10-15 Slimes at Henesys Hunting Grounds 1 (fast and you won't die)
16-22 Orange Mushrooms at Henesys Hunting Grounds 1 (fast and you can 1 hit them since you have critical)
22-25 Green Mushrooms at Henesys Hunting Grounds (easy to kill with either Arrow Blow/Double Shot)
25-30 Zombies Mushrooms at Ant Tunnel 1/2 (easy, fast, good spawn. You can 2 hit these now)

-Crossbow Man-

OGM Spoiler!

Go to Bowman Instructional School in Henesys once you've reached Lv 30. Go inside, talk to Athena Pierce. She'll give you a letter and you've to pass it to the job advancement instructor near Henesys. After giving the letter, you'll be given an errand to collect 30 Dark Marbles by defeating the monsters inside. Be careful to stock your potions up before you start collecting the 30 Dark Marbles.
Once you've collected 30 Dark Marbles, talk to the instructor, and the instructor will award you with a Proof of a Hero. Go back to Henesys's Instructional Bowman School, and talk to Athena Pierce once again, where then you'll advance as the Crossbowman.

Now that you have become a Crossbow Man, you are quite powerful.

Arguements of Final Attack.

For:
-Free shot
-Doesn't use MP
-You train faster
-Provides knockback for Double Shot users
-Does Alot of Damage

Against:
-Comes out randomly
-You may die when soloing large monsters
-Uncontrollable
-Can't max everything
-Will shoot even if there isn't a monster there
-Messes up mobbing

I am now including my Final Attack Guide. Although I think it is an easy change, some may need it in writing to help them out more.

Skills:

Crossbow Mastery-Increases min damage

Final Attack-Fires another attack, free of cost

Crossbow Booster-Increases firing speed

Power Knock-Back-Knock back up to 6 enemies and increase knockback rate

Soul Arrow-Fire without using an arrow for a certain amount of time

Iron Arrow-Fires an arrow that goes through 6 enemies and damage decreases by each shot.

Ability Points:
30-1 Iron Arrow
31-3 Mastery
32-2 Mastery, 1 Booster
33-3 Booster
34-1 Booster, 2 Soul Arrow
35-1 Booster, 2 Mastery
36-3 Mastery
37-3 Mastery
38-3 Mastery
39-3 Mastery
40-2 Iron Arrow, 1 Power Knock Back <<<<< !!Right Here!!>>>>>
41-3 Iron Arrow
42-3 Iron Arrow
43-3 Iron Arrow
44-3 Iron Arrow
45-3 Iron Arrow
46-3 Iron Arrow
47-3 Iron Arrow
48-3 Iron Arrow
49-3 Iron Arrow
50-Save
51-3 Booster, 1 Soul Arrow (save other 2)
52-3 Booster, 1 Soul Arrow, 1 Power Knock Back
53-3 Power Knock Back
54-3 Power Knock Back
55-3 Power Knock Back
56-3 Power Knock Back
57-3 Power Knock Back
58-3 Power Knock Back
59-Save*
60-3 Booster, 1 Soul Arrow, Save 2*
61-Save*
62-Save*
63-Save*
64-Save*
65-Save*
66-2 Booster, 15 Soul Arrow
67-3 Focus
68-3 Focus
69-3 Focus

Here the build changes if you went Double Shot or Arrow Blow

Arrow Blow
70-1 Focus, 1 Mastery, 1 Double Shot

Double Shot
70-2 Focus, 1 Mastery

In The End you get:
30 Iron Arrow
20 Mastery
20 Soul Arrow
20 Booster
20 Power Knock Back
10/11 Focus
1/0 Double Shot

Final Attack Build

30-1 Iron Arrow
31-3 Mastery
32-2 Mastery, 1 Booster
33-3 Booster
34-1 Booster, 2 Soul Arrow
35-1 Booster, 2 Mastery
36-3 Mastery
37-3 Mastery
38-3 Mastery
39-3 Mastery
40-3 Final Attack
41-3 Final Attack
42-3 Final Attack
43-3 Final Attack
44-3 Final Attack
45-3 Final Attack
46-3 Final Attack
47-3 Final Attack
48-3 Final Attack
49-3 Final Attack
50-3 Iron Arrow
51-3 Iron Arrow
52-3 Iron Arrow
53-3 Iron Arrow
54-3 Iron Arrow
55-3 Iron Arrow
56-3 Iron Arrow
57-3 Iron Arrow
58-3 Iron Arrow
59-2 Iron Arrow, 1 Booster
60-2 Booster, 1 Soul Arrow
61-3 Booster
62-1 Soul Arrow, 2 Booster
63-1 Booster, 2 Soul Arrow
64-3 Booster
65-2 Power Knock Back, 1 Mastery
66-3 Power Knock Back
67-3 Power Knock Back
68-3 Power Knock Back
69-3 Power Knock Back
70-3 Power Knock Back

In the End You Get:
20 Mastery
18 Booster
6 Soul Arrow
30 Iron Arrow
30 Final Attack
17 Power Knock Back

You may also switch out the Power Knock Back for Focus and Blessing of the Amazon if you wish. I dont recommend this because when you get to 82, you will want Power Knock Back for Death Teddies. This is an alright build, you get even timers, Final Attack, and you don't completely lose out on Power Knock Backs power. Although you get it later, you will still enjoy it.

I advise that you alter my builds if you want a few Power Knock Back earlier, which is okay. Power Knock Back is actually very usable for creating oversized mobs and not killing the monster. I enjoy doing this on a regular basis.

Training:

30-32 Zombie Mushrooms at Ant Tunnel 1/2
32-35 Wild Boars at Hidden Street: Wild Boars
35-40 Brown Teddies (entrance hall) or Boars
40-45 Brown Teddies, fire Boars, or Jr. Kitties
45-50 Brown Teddies, Jr. Kitties, Stone Gollems, Toy Trojens (far right/left of entrance hall) Lunar Pixies, Copper Drakes, or Star Pixies
50-55 Dark Stone Gollems, Hectors, Stone Gollems, Chronos, Jr. Yetis, Zombie Lupins, or Luster Pixies
55-60 Luster Pixies, Dark Stone Gollems, Jr. Yetis, or Hectors
60-70 Luster Pixies, Hectors, White Pangs, Mix Gollems, Wild Cargos, Drakes, Zombies, Fly Eyes, Yetis, Red Drakes, The monsters at Hot Sand, or Dark Stone Gollems

-Sniper-

OGM Spoiler!

Go to El Nath - Chief Residence and speak to Rene. After talking to Rene, head back to Victoria Island and talk to Athena Pierce which is located in Henesys. Next, find the Door of Dimension located at Sleepy Dungeon V and it'll bring you to "The Path of the Glittering Crystal". Walk until the end of the path and enter the portal to defeat the wiseman's dark side to obtain the Black Charm.

Return to Athena Pierce and exchange the Black Charm for a Necklace of Strength. Return to El Nath after that and give the item to Rene. Head on to the Holy Ground at the Snowfield (Sharp Cliff II). 1 Dark Crystal is requirred to answer 5 questions to obtain the Necklace of Wisdom. Again, head back to Rene in El Nath and give her the Necklace of Wisdom.

Now that you have become a sniper (or are just reading this for future reference) you are much, MUCH, more powerful than you have ever been. With new skills like Strafe and Ice Shot knocking on your door, you are tempted to put a point in every skill just for the heck of it. DON'T! I do not recommend this or even think it is even a choice to consider.

Skills:

Ability Points:

70-1 Ice Shot
71-3 Strafe
72-3 Strafe
73-3 Strafe
74-3 Mortal Blow
75-2 Mortal Blow, 1 Arrow Erruption
76-3 Strafe
77-3 Strafe
78-3 Arrow Erruption
79-3 Puppet
80-3 Puppet
81-3 Strafe
82-3 Strafe
83-3 Strafe
84-3 Strafe
85-3 Strafe
86-3 Arrow Erruption
87-3 Arrow Erruption
88-3 Arrow Erruption
89-3 Arrow Erruption
90-3 Arrow Erruption
91-2 Arrow Erruption, 1 Ice Shot
92-3 Ice Shot
93-3 Ice Shot
94-3 Ice Shot
95-3 Arrow Erruption
96-3 Arrow Erruption
97-3 Arrow Erruption
98-3 Golden Eagle
99-3 Golden Eagle
100-3 Golden Eagle
101-1 Golden Eagle, 2 Ice Shot
102-3 Ice Shot
103-3 Ice Shot
104-2 Ice Shot, 1 Mortal Blow
105-3 Mortal Blow
106-1 Mortal Blow, 2 Golden Eagle
107-3 Golden Eagle
108-3 Golden Eagle
109-3 Golden Eagle
110-3 Golden Eagle
111-3 Golden Eagle
112-3 Golden Eagle
113-3 Puppet
114-3 Puppet
115-3 Puppet
116-3 Puppet
117-3 Puppet
118-1 Puppet, 2 Mortal Blow
119-3 Mortal Blow
120-3 Mortal Blow

In The End you get:
30 Strafe (usable at lvl 9)
30 Arrow Erruption
21 Ice Shot
20 Puppet
30 Golden Eagle
0 Thrust
20 Mortal Blow

This will get you ready for Death Teddies at lvl 82, make Strafe usable at lvl 73, get Ice Shot early for high level soloings, Get you pretty much ready for both Gobis and Lethal Squids when you need it. I plan on using this guide all the way, hope you do too.

Sniper Build 2

70-1 Ice Shot
71-3 MB
72-2 MB, 1 Erruption
73-3 Erruption
74-3 Erruption
75-3 Erruption
76-3 Erruption
77-3 Erruption
78-3 Erruption
79-3 Erruption
80-3 Erruption
81-3 Erruption
82-2 Erruption, 1 Strafe
83-3 Strafe
84-3 Strafe
85-3 Strafe
86-3 Strafe
87-3 Strafe
88-3 Strafe
89-3 Strafe
90-3 Strafe
91-3 Strafe
92-2 Strafe, 1 Puppet
93-3 Puppet
94-3 Puppet
95-3 Puppet
96-3 Eagle
97-3 Eagle
98-3 Eagle
99-3 Eagle
100-3 Eagle
101-3 Eagle
102-3 Eagle
103-3 Eagle
104-3 Eagle
105-3 Eagle
106-3 Ice Shot
107-3 Ice Shot
108-3 Ice Shot
109-3 Ice Shot
110-3 Ice Shot
111-3 Ice Shot
112-1 Ice Shot, Puppet
113-3 MB
114-3 MB
115-3 Mb
116-3 MB
117-3 MB
118-3 Puppet
119-3 Puppet
120-3 Puppet

I suggest you make your own guide over this because I'm not 100% sure. Here is a link for help!

3ed Build

70: 1 Blizzard (1)
71: 3 Strafe (3)
72: 3 Strafe (6)
73: 3 Strafe (9)
74: 1 Strafe, 2 Mortal Blow (10,2)
75: 3 Mortal Blow (5)
76: 1 Arrow Eruption, 2 Strafe (1,12)
77: 3 Puppet (3)
78: 2 Puppet, 1 Golden Eagle (5,1)
79: 3 Strafe (15)
80: 3 Strafe (18)
81: 3 Strafe (21)
82: 3 Strafe (24)
83: 3 Strafe (27)
84: 3 Strafe (Max)
85: 2 Blizzard, 1 Arrow Eruption (3,2)
86: 3 Blizzard (6)
87: 3 Blizzard (9)
88: 3 Blizzard (12)
89: 3 Blizzard (15)
90: 3 Blizzard (18)
91: 3 Blizzard (21)
92: 3 Arrow Eruption (5)
93: 3 Arrow Eruption (8)
94: 3 Arrow Eruption (11)
95: 3 Arrow Eruption (14)
96: 3 Arrow Eruption (17)
97: 3 Arrow Eruption (20)
98: 2 Golden Eagle, 1 Arrow Eruption (3,21)
99: 3 Arrow Eruption (24)
100: 3 Arrow Eruption (27)
101: 3 Arrow Eruption (Max)
102: 3 Blizzard (24)
103: 3 Blizzard (27)
104: 3 Blizzard (Max)
105: 3 Puppet (8)
106: 3 Puppet (11)
107: 3 Puppet (14)
108: 3 Puppet (17)
109: 3 Puppet (Max)
110: 3 Mortal Blow (8)
111: 3 Mortal Blow (11)
112: 3 Mortal Blow (14)
113: 3 Mortal Blow (17)
114: 3 Mortal Blow (Max)
115: 3 Golden Eagle (6)
116: 3 Golden Eagle (9)
117: 3 Golden Eagle (12)
118: 3 Golden Eagle (15)
119: 3 Golden Eagle (18)
120: 3 Golden Eagle (21)

Yes, I did not write this one, I took it off of basil. Thanks goes to "richeh01" of Basil Market. THANKS RICH!

4th Build -updated to new UnDT glitch-
70-1 Ice Shot
71-3 Strafe
72-3 Strafe (6)
73-3 Strafe (9)
74-3 Strafe (12)
75-3 Strafe (15)
76-3 Mortal Blow
77-2 Mortal Blow (5) 1 Erruption
78-3 Ice Shot
79-3 Ice Shot (6)
80-3 Ice Shot (9)
81-1 Ice Shot (11) 2 Strafe (17)
82-3 Strafe (20)
83-Save
84-Save
85-Save
86-10 Strafe (30) 2 Erruption (3)
87-3 Erruption (5)
88-3 Erruption (8)
89-3 Erruption (11)
90-3 Erruption (14)
91-2 Erruption (17) 1 Puppet
92-3 Puppet (4)
93-2 Puppet (6) 1 Eagle
94-3 Eagle (4)
95-3 Eagle (7)
96-3 Eagle (10)
97-3 Eagle (13)
98-3 Eagle (16)
99-3 Eagle (19)
100-3 Eagle (22)
101-3 Eagle (25)
102-3 Eagle (28)
103-2 Eagle (30) 1 Erruption (18)
104-3 Erruption (21)
105-3 Erruption (24)
106-3 Erruption (27)
107-3 Erruption (30)
108-3 Ice Shot (14)
109-3 Ice Shot (17)
110-3 Ice Shot (20)
111-1 Ice Shot (21) 2 Puppet (8)
113-3 Puppet (11)
114-3 Puppet (14)
115-3 Puppet (17)
116-3 Puppet (20)
117-3 Mortal Blow (8)
118-3 Mortal Blow (11)
119-3 Mortal Blow (14)
120-3 Mortal Blow (17)

I missed 3 points somewhere i think, those should go to mortal blow at the end. You get:
30 Strafe
30 Erruption
30 Eagle
21 Ice Shot
20 Puppet
20 Mortal Blow
0 Thrust

Training:
70-80 Zombies, Hectors, Macis, Yetis, Soul Teddies, Cerebes, Red Drakes, Dark Yeti and Pepes, Lazy Buffy, Dark yeti
80-90 Death Teddies, Zombies (Death Teddies are much better) Ghost Pirates, Yeti and Peps, Buffoon
90-100 Squids, Spirit Viking, Bone Fish, Master Death Teddy, Bains, Phantom Watch, Grim Phantom Watch, Sharks and Cold Sharks.

Also Check Out:
A hot Sand Thread? never been there so try it.

OGM Spoiler!

http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/show....php?t=1126770

Recap Of Training (more in depth too)
Level 1 - 30

Snail, Blue Snail, Shroom & Red Snail (Level 1 - 15) [Hill East of Henesys, Henesys Hunting Ground I, II, III]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Rating: A

Stump & Slime (Level 10 - 15) [Field Up North of Eilina, The Tree That Rose]*
For all unfunded archers, train here with a melee weapon to get branches (to make processed wood). Pretty fast leveling.
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Rating: A

Orange Mushroom (Level 15 - 20) [Mushroom Garden, Kerning City Construction Site]*
Ultimate leveling spot at this point in time. This monster is an archer monster too!
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Okay Drops
Rating: A

Green Mushroom & Horned Mushroom (Level 20 - 30) [Forest of Wisdom, Henesys Hunting Ground I, Swampy Land in a Deep Forest]*
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Okay Drops
Rating: C+

Dark Stump, Axe Stump & Dark Axe Stump (Level 20 - 25) [Over the Wall, East Domain of Perion, West Domain of Perion]
If you are poor, come here. It is slower than pigs, but good for mesos. While doing Winston's Fossil Dig-up, you can come train here.
Okay Exp
Okay Spawn
Okay Drops
Slow speed
Rating: B

Pig & Ribbon Pig (Level 20 - 25) [Pig Beach, Rain-Forest East of Henesys, A Hill West of Henesys]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Moves really fast
Rating: B

Stirge (Level 25 - 35) [Transfer Area]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Move Too Fast
Rating: C

Jr. Necki (Level 28 - 35) [Damp Forest, Swampy Land in a Deep Forest]
Bad Exp
Okay Spawn
Good Drops (skins can be sold for 200meso each)
Rating: D

Octopus (Level 20 - 25) [Construction Site North of Kerning City, Kerning City Construction Site]
I do not suggest that you go into the Sleepywood Dungeon to train, because of Jr. Neckis, you can't hit them yet. Going into the dungeon will give you better spawn too.
Good Exp
Okay Spawn
Good Drops
Rating: C

Level 28 - 35

Wild Boar (Land of Wild Boar 2) [Level 28 - 35]*
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Okay Drops
Mob-friendly
Rating: A+

Zombie Mushroom (Ant Tunnel I) [Level 28 - 35]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Mob-able and has sniping spots
Rating: A

Jr.Sentinels (Orbis Tower) [Level 28 - 35]
This place is for people who are having trouble affording potions. They have very low touch damage. With normal shot, you can get by here with barely any money at all.
Okay Exp
Okay Spawn
Good Drops
Rating: B-

Level 35 - 45

Pink/Brown Teddies (Cloud Terrace 3) [Level 35 - 50]*
Great Exp
Good Spawn
Okay Drops
Mob-friendly
Rating: A

Mask Fish (Level 35 - 42) [West Sea]
Comes in groups. Pretty much the same as Fire Boar besides the mobility issue.
Great Exp
Great Spawn
Good Drops
Swimming
Rating: B

Jr.Kitties (Garden of Colours) [Level 35 - 45]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Gets boring after some time
Mob-friendly
Rating: B

Pinboom, Cicle, Krappi, Cico, Bubblefish, Flowerfish & Krip (Level 35 - 42) [The stretch of Aqua Road after Aquarium]
More mobility
Great Exp
Great Spawn
Good Drops
Rating: B

Fire Boars (The Burnt Land) [Level 35 - 42]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Unstable Damage for killing
Rating: B

Chronos (Path of Time) [Level 35 - 42]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Terrain is bad
Rating: B

Evil Eye (Level 35 - 42) [Ant Tunnel Park]
Not well-known because it is deep into Ant Tunnel. But if you know how to navigate and don't mind spending on pots, you could level really fast here.
Great Exp
Excellent Spawn
Bad Drops, poor terrain
Mob-friendly
Rating: B-

Ratz & Dirty Ratz (Level 35 - 42) [Eos Tower]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Sniping Spots
Rating: B

Tick (Crossroad of Time) [Level 35 - 42]
Good Exp
Bad Spawn for a map like that
Spawns with Tick-Tock
Rating: C

Curse Eye (Dungeon Hunting Ground) [Level 35 - 45]
Good Exp
Okay Spawn
Bad Drops
Rating: D

Jr. Pepe (Orbis Tower 1st floor) [Level 35 - 45]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Bad Drops
Moves very fast
Rating: D

Scuba Pepe (Orbis Tower Basement 2) [Level 37 - 45]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Rating: C

Level 40 - 50

Panda Teddy/Roloduck (Sky Terrance 5) [Level 42 - 50]*
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Okay Drops
Mob-friendly
Rating: A

Platoon Chronos (Lost Time 1) [Level 42 - 50]
These are pretty good training, but the unavoidable magic attack is a pain in the neck.
Good Exp
Good Spawn (works better with 2-3 people)
Great Drops
Rating: B

Block Gollem/King Block Gollem (Eos Tower: 8th floor) [Level 42 - 55]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Mob-able (great if you get use to it)
Rating: A

Stone Gollem (Gollem Temple Entrance/2) [Level 45 - 60]
+10 Jump will benefit training (due to how platforms are spaced)
Good Exp
Okay Spawn
Generally Good Drops
Rating: B

Lupins (Monkey Forest) [Level 45 - 55]
Good Exp
Good Drops
Good Spawn
Mob-friendly
Unavoidable magic and money waster
Rating: B-

Tobo/Master Robo (Toy Factory) [Level 42 - 50]
Good Exp
Moves very slow
Good spawn
Bad drops, tough
Rating: C+

Freezer/Sparkler (Aqua Road) [Level 42 - 50]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Bad Drops
Rating: B

Copper Drake (Dangerous Valley) [Level 45 - 55]
Okay Exp
Good Amount of Money
Okay Spawn
Bad Drops
Rating: C+

Crocos (Swamp of Despair) [Level 45 - 55]
Good Exp
Okay Spawn
Spawns with other monsters
Good Drops
Hard to find a training route
Rating: D

Level 50 - 60

Jr.Yeti (Watch out for Icy Path) [Level 50 - 65]*
Bad Exp-to-Health Ratio, but relatively flat map
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Mob-able
Rating: A

The Pixie Family
Tip: You start training at Cloud Park I from level 45, then you feel stronger, then move on to Cloud Park II, then to Cloud Park III and so on! Don't go straight to Luster Pixies, you're not going to be used to it and be frustrated often.

Star Pixies (Cloud Park I) [Level 47 - 57]
They are harder, because of the small plattforms, but they are the best exp-hit ratio from level 50 - 55.
Good Exp
Good Spawn (Works better with Haste/Speed)
Huge Map
Good Drops
Mob-able
Rating: B+

Lunar Pixies (Cloud Park III) [Level 50 - 57]
Good Exp, but painful Magic Attack though.
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Bomb-friendly
Rating: B+

Drakes (Drake Hunting Ground) [Level 50 - 65]
Good Exp
Okay Spawn
Good Drops
Rating: C

Master Chronos (Lost Time 2) [Level 50 - 55]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Okay Drops
Rating: B

Wraith (Subway) [Level 50 - 55]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Very Crowded with Clerics
Rating: B

Iron Hogs (Pig Park II) [Level 50 - 60]
Bad Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops (100 hoofs make one steel @ Kerning Tool Shop)
Mob-friendly
Rating: D

Level 60 - 80

Luster Pixies [Level 57 - 80] (Cloud Park VI)*
Good Exp, but painful Magic Attack though.
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Mob-able
Rating: A

Soul Teddy & Master Soul Teddy (Forgotten Path of Time 1) [Level 65 - 80]*
I highly recommend this spot from level 60 onwards as an alternative to Coolies. First, train at Jr. Yetis (Level 50 - 60) and then Luster Pixies (Level 60 - 65). The two spots above gives a lot of money and decent leveling. As a result, you will have enough pot money to power train from Level 65 - 80 on this monster. It will drain your money, but you'll find that you will level very very fast. And it ain't crowded.
Good Exp
Good Drops
Good Spawn, but costly
Rating: B

Kitties (Garden of Colours 2) [Level 60 - 70]
Good Exp
Good Drops
Spawns with Jr.Kitties
Mob-able
Rating: B+

Coolies (Forest of Dead Trees) [Level 60 - 80]
Super good.
Great Exp
Good Spawn
Common Drops
Rating: A+
Tip: Try not to go to Coolies any earlier, because you'll have to stick here for the next 10-20 levels and going there too early will bore you out during the late 60s.

Mix Gollem & Dark Stone Gollems (DSG) (Forest of Gollem) [Level 60 - 80]
Better than Coolies. Luster Pixies are recommended instead, if you're poor.
Good Exp
Great Spawn
Okay Drops
Mob-able and need PKB
Rating: A+

Hector (Watch out for Icy Path) [Level 50 - 75]
Good Exp
Good Spawn
Good Drops
Mob-able
Rating: B

Wild Cargo (Wild Cargo's Area) [Level 65 - 80]
Good Exp-Health ratio
Good Drops
Bad Spawn
Spawns With Cold Eyes
Rating: C+

Red Drake (Dangerous Valley) [Level 65 - 75]
Good Exp
Bad Spawn
Good Drops
Spawns with Copper Drakes and Fire Boars
Rating: C

Buffy & Lazy Buffy (Warped Path of Time 1) [Level 65 - 75]
Good Exp
Good Drops
Bad Spawn
Rating: C

Yeti (Icy Cold Snow Field) [Level 70 - 80]
Good Drops
Bad Spawn
Spawns With Jr.Yeti
Bad Exp
Rating: D

Dark Yeti (Sharp Cliff) [Level 70 - 80]
Good Drops
Bad Exp
Okay Spawn
Rating: D

Tauromacis (Sanctuary Entrance) [Level 70 - 80]
Good Exp
Good Drops
Bad Spawn
Spawns with Cold Eyes
Rating: D-

Level 75 - 90

Death Teddies (Forgotten Path of Time 3) [Level 85 - 95]*
Great Exp
Great Spawn
Good Drops
You should be able to kill them in 4-5 hits.
Rating: C (no more glitch, not as good anymore)

Ghost Pirate (Warped Path of Time 3) [Level 85 - 95]
Good Exp
Good Drops
Okay Spawn
Spawns with Deep Buffoons
Rating: B

Yeti & Pepe (Ice Valley II) [Level 75 - 95]
Good Exp
Good Drops
Bad Spawn
Spawns with Yeti
Rating: F+

Buffoon & Deep Buffoon (Warped Path of Time 2) [Level 80 - 90]
Good Exp
Good Drops
Good Spawn
Rating: C

Dark Yeti & Pepe (Dangerous Cliff) [Level 85 - 95]
Good Exp
Good Drops
Bad Spawn
Spawns with Dark Yetis
Rating: D-

Klock & Dark Klock (Forgotten Path of Time 2) [Level 80 - 90]
Good Exp
Slow Speed
Good Spawn
Okay Drops
Rating: D

Level 90 - 120

Squids (Dangerous Sea Gorge) [Level 90 - 120]*
Better than Spirit Vikings because of health to exp ratio
Good Exp
Bad Drops
Good Spawn
Rating: A

Spirit Viking (warped Path of Time 4) [Level 87 - 120]
Good Exp (certainty one of the best monsters to train on)
Slow Speed
Good Spawn
Rating: B

Bone Fish (Deep Sea Gorge) [Level 87 - 110]
Good Exp
OUCH! ATTACK can kill you!
Good Drops
Okay Spawn
Rating: B

Master Death Teddy (Lost Time) [Level 95 - 105]
Good Exp
Good Drops
Okay Spawn
Rating: B

Bain (Cave of Trial) [Level 95 - 105]
Good Exp
Good Drops
Bad Spawn
Spawns with Cerebes
Rating: D

Level 100+

Phantom Watch (Forgotten Path of Time 4) [Level 100 - 120]
Good Exp
Slow speed
Bad Drops
? Spawn
Rating: C

Grim Phantom Watch (Forbidden Time) [Level 100 - 120]
Good Exp
Good Drops
? Spawn
Rating: C

Gigantic Spirit Viking (Twisted Time) [Level 100 - 120]
Good Exp
Slow speed
Bad Drops
Good Spawn
Rating: B

Shark & Cold Shark [Level 110 - 130]
Good Exp
Good Drops
Dispels skills/Slows you
Okay Spawn
Spawns with Goby Houses
Rating: B


Useful Web Pages:

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% an hour http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/show....php?t=1133144

Death Teddy

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http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/show...1032499&page=7

Gobis

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http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/show...1060116&page=4

Lethal Squids

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http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/show...1046795&page=2

Bowman Calculator

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http://www.geocities.com/sybaris_ms/index.htm

Leveling Calculator

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http://frz.cc/xpcalc.htm

Hidden Street Forums

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http://www.hidden-street.net/forum/index.php

Monster List and Info

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http://www.hidden-street.net/monsters/mons_list.php

Archer Character Simulator

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http://www.geocities.jp/qdobp_m/8080...cher_index.htm

Character Simulator 2 (more things, even xbows, not done yet)

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http://www.happymapling.net/Ver29/

Accuracy Calculator

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http://glue.umd.edu/~mdevries/acc.html

Fraps

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www.fraps.com

Get Inspired

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http://bowmanvideos.blogspot.com/

General Maplestory Noob Help

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http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/327240

Meso Making for Unfunded

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http://www.66666666666.com/show/guid...ake_mesos.html

CS Help (thnx WhiteAsIce)

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http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/show....php?t=1064741

% an Hour Thread

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http://www.sleepywood.net/forum/show...1133144&page=2

Tips:

I suggest that you listen to music and talk to your friends. Call up someone on the phone. Or even get some type of talking via internet device to talk to your buddies from maple story. Of course this is while you are training. This will keep you from getting bored. Even now, as I write this guide, I am listening to music on my Ipod. Don't become a hacker, don't listen to people who say they will be your friend if you lend them some items, don't PQ (party quest) unless you are bored. The EXP from these PQ's is terrible. Training is much better and you have a better chance of making more money training. I also suggest that you do use every weapon except the level 12 crossbow. Scroll your level 50+ weapons with 60% scrolls and 70+ try some 10%'s. Or you could just buy them pre-scrolled which is often cheaper and easier.

There is no such thing as a "Hell Period" of a crossbow man. You just have to know where to train. The hell period that most go through is actually them just being bored and having to train somewhere that they won't enjoy it. I always thought that 46-50 is actually the Hell Period if there is one, late 60's are bad too because you are limited to monsters that are either boring or the EXP is crap.

Leet, one may come across people that speak poorly. This is NOT leet. Leet is actually a computer language of a sort that uses no letters. Wanna learn? Sure you do. I decided to add a leet guide to my archer guide. Hope it helps, well it won't help you train, but it might be fun to use with some friends.
A- /-\ or @
B- 8
C- (
D- l)
E- 3
F- l=
G- 9
H- l-l
I- 1
J- _l (not sure atm)
K- l<
L- l_
M- /\/\
N- /\/
O- 0
P- |>
Q- (_,)
R- l-
S- 5
T- 7
U- (_)
V- \/
W- \/\/
X- ><
Y- ^/
Z- =

Sorry if anyone disagrees with it, this is just what i know/think i know. It's what I use when I'm bored and talk to my friends. Remember to put a space between letters that may be confusing like y and n's.
exp. /\/\^/ /\/ /-\ /\/\3 15 /-\ l) /-\ /\/\
My name is Adam.

~Thank You~

Also, anyone that doesn't have a dedicated spoiler is only because the info i took from you wans't on your original post, but rather reposted as a quote from someone else. Sorry, but if you see it know you helped out.

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If there is something spelt wrong or something that i could improve, leave me a messege in my inbox or on this thread. I will change it asap after i get the messege. Thnx

[Fl4sHSt3P]

nice man not bad at all :] very helpfull

[stinkylinkz]

Hey Thanks =D Took me...a few hours -_- But it took me weeks to figure everything out before i started to type it up. I originally made a guide and wrote it down on paper for my personal use.

I really hope this gets a sticky. It will make me feel good. =D Plus, I put alot of time into it, sorry no real pictures of me. xD Didnt take any.

[Eddy01741]

Thx a bundle, we need more people like you, you can never have enough (good) guides.

[stinkylinkz]

You guys, -heart explodes- are over doing this. Thnx alot. I need a bunch of comments so i can get this thing stickied so everyone can use it. I dont leave noobs or semi-pros out.

Ill update if need, and will include 4th job when it officially comes out.

[trixR4nerds]

you need to realize there are more 3rd job builds than what you have up. try to include more of them. oh yea, put the final attack build up, even if you have no experience in it. remember, your way is not the only way and should not be the only option given.

you should probably post the skills, and how 1 skill point effects rates (like lvl 1-20, all written out)

i assume you are only lvl 94? seems like you have a lot of 1st and 2nd job knowledge, but not too much in 3rd job. more q&a section for the common questions regarding xbowman would be nice. maybe you should hold off until you are 11x

*doesnt see the point of the huge "show" pictures"

your restating a lot of the obvious things already pointed out by whiteasice, surefood, and raymond

ehh 3/10 imo. surefoot's is a little better, ray.mond's ftw :/

my opinion of course. good effort, but sticky? ion think so

[CandyArrows]

kewlies, i found it helpful i hope it gets a sticky =)
But is there any way to like shrink the people that u show?

[Zerostar]

Very nice guide. 8/10.

[stinkylinkz]

see, ray.mond got not here. The guide isnt here...-to my knowledge-

And the reason I dont have more 3ed job guides is...most dont make sense and wont let you train at the places that i have listed. I read the sticky that has xbowman/sniper and those guides seem out dated by a long shot. Ludi and aqua are out in GMS and are much better than the places that he has listed. So i find his/here guide out dated and not useful for most. Since i know that everyone would rather train at DT's or Squids than the old Bain map. Im not dissing him/her, just saying its older.

Oh, im restating things because i dont think "Go to raymonds guide and look at line 303 halfway through. There you can see where to train." That would be stupid. -_- I just included what i could think of and i am open to improvements too. So I will try to correct things.

BTW, if you knew what lvl i am actually...you would cry and laugh. -_-

[amschetty007]

Originally Posted by stinkylinkz

BTW, if you knew what lvl i am actually...you would cry and laugh. -_-

wut lvl are you?? XD