FAQ]CabaLPH General Newbie Guide

06/20/2008 19:34 kaiser134#1
I get this guide in the other forums.i just want to share it so others!credits to mrs.xiaokeaii




FAQ

Q1) How Do I Lvl Faster? How To Earn More Money?
Ans: At The Beginning point of the game, the fastest way to level would probably be doing all quest available at your current level. Same goes to Money.. quest should provide you enough money to survive (Until lvl 43, you'll know whyy later)

Q2) What Are Training Dummies? How Do I Use Them?
Ans: Training dummies basically for leveling your skills, they does not give leveling exp, but it gives you Skill Exp, Also it requires you to be at least of Apprentice Skill Rank and posess the item Platinum/Sliver Premium service card. before you'll be able to use it.

Q3) I See People AFK And Also Using Their Skills On Training Dummies, Do I Need A Bot Or 3rd Party Program To Do So?
Ans: Well.. actually no, you can simply afk at training dummies just by holding on to your desired skill button, or by 1st changing cabal into window mode, next hold on to the desired skill, Alt-Tab to another window, release the skill button and then tab back, notice your character will continue to use the skill over and over again until you press the skill button again... Also after you reach lvl 90, Training Dummies will now be avaliable to be used at maximum range (100% of skill rank)

Note: Its advisable to keep human interaction while using this method to train at dummies, due to the new policy of CabalSEA, you MAY get banned for AFK while skilling.

Q4) I've Seen Lots Of People Removing Their Weapons And "Punching" Monsters, What Exactly Does That Do?
Ans: "Punching a monster is an alternative way of leveling your skills, it levels both your sword and your magic skill rank at once, but its really slow compared to the other skill leveling method, and also, you need to at least gain 1 exp from the monster to be able to gain any skill points.

Q5) I' Heard Rumours Around Saying That Fade Step/Dash Gives You Skill Exp, Is That True?
Ans: Actually that depends on the server your playing, actually fade step and dash do give you skill exp for your sword, but due to the misuses, most of the server choose to remove the exp given from fade step and dash..

Q6) What Are Adept Sets? What Are The Functions Of Adept Items? How Do I Get Them?
Ans: Adept Sets are a set of items specially crafted to give extra bonus skill exp while using skills and punching.. you can either buy them from others or by crafting it yourself, but that requires you to be at least of lvl 50, where you will be able to enter the new map ,Port Lux... , You will also be required to complete some task given by the Core Alchemist of Port Lux to get the transmuter to start crafting..

Q7) Does Aura Codes Differ From 1 Another?
Ans: Seriously.. no, aura codes adds the same status regardless of the effect it displays, the only thing that differ is the visual effect..

Q8) What Stats Do I Need To Pump?!
Ans: The answer to this is prety simple, just follow the growth stats given in the status window. Well most of the time you'll get extra status points, don't worrie bout it, juz spent those extra status points either for your next equipment, or anywhere you choose to ^^ (its best for you to spent them on the requirement of your next armor, yes armor not weapon...)

Q9) What Are Aura And Battle Modes? How Do I Get Them?
Ans: Each Class will get their Aura Mode/Battle Mode Quest at Lvl 20/30/50,But you will need to reach the required Growth Stats Requirement,
20 for Aura Mode ,30 for Battle Mode 1 And 50 for Battle Mode 2.. ,Aura Mode, Battle Modes Basically Adds Your Status For a Short Period of time, each Battle Mode have their unique effects, Use them and explore =P

Q10) Do I Keep Doing Quest In The Whole Life In Cabal? --"
Ans: Well, not really.. Beginning from level 43, Questing starts to stop, as Quest no longer provide you sufficient EXP to reach the next level, thus this is the time where people start the actual grinding, Try killing monster in bunch if you have enough AoE Spells to keep your combo going. Moscutters are perferable for lvl 43-45 and WringleLeaf from lvl 46-50.. And By lvl 50, You'll Probaby be at Port Lux Exploring and Doing some quest Which Gives You the map code to that area, also some people might continue to do questing from lvl 50 again, but it gets really hard from here.. and the exp is really low, good for earning money though~ ^^

Q11) What Will Be The Best Way To Level My Skill?
Ans: It Depends On Which Skill You Would Like To Level, If your trying to just level a particular skill for example sword, the best way would be Either using training dummies, By Equiping with A Lousy Sword and Doing Sword Skill Combo's, or by transfering your Skill EXP from magic to sword, you can do this by simply learning the Skillpoints Transfer skill at Port Lux's Instructor, But Don't Worry, the Initial amout of Skill EXP of Magic will still remain, just that the following Skill EXP earned will be transfered to the Sword , This skill is also removable , After The Skill is learnt, Just continue your usual "punching" and your sword EXP should now gain much faster..

Q12) What Are Force Core,Upgrade Core And Chaos Lamp?
Ans: Force Core and Upgrade Core comes in a few "quality" ranks, from low, medium, high , very high and so on, it basically refers to the sucess rate when used on a equipment, for Force Core, it acts like a gem which can be fortified with random effect to your "Socketed" Equipments, While Upgrade Cores can be used by simply right clicking it, then clicking in on the desired item you wish to upgrade, but be careful, as a item that fails to upgrade will get its + reduced depending on the level of the item, +0 to +4: no penalty, +4 to +6: Item goes back 1 grade, eg. from +5 back to +4 and
+6 to +7: Item goes back to +0.Upgrade Cores also cost quite alot so use them wisely, they can also be attain by hunting monsters, they are dropped by all monster but at a very low drop rate, Chaos Lamp would sometimes give you a Upgrade/Force Core as well =x, Chaos Lamp can be also used by right clicking on it, but by doing so, a random item would be attained in the Extract Item Area, Being it Potions, Map Parts and other valuable items, It Can also be sold to the NPC at 250k or around 400-600k to other players..

Thankz FireCloud for the Infomation and Correcting My Mistake ^^

Q13) How Do We Use The Combo System?
Ans: You may begin to use the combo system after reach the minimum of level 10, You'll be required to complete a set of task by the Instructors, after you have done so, a skill called Combo will be added into your skill, place it in your Skill Bar (1-9) , after targeting the desired monster, press the combo skill button to start your combo, you'll notice the bar starts to rapidly fill up rapidly, then press your skill button when the bar reaches the 2nd Mark line, the closer the colour is to red, the higher is the damage, continue doing this until either the Monster is killed or you have missed, you can also change targets while in combo mode, in this way, you can get more combo hits and kills,once you reach 11 combo, you will not lose SP in this phrase of your combo mode, note that you require 450 SP(The Yellow Bar Below Your MP) before you can start a combo, they can be gained by either "dancing" or by simply attacking monsters...
06/20/2008 19:36 kaiser134#2
Q14) Help! What skill do i pump for my job?
Ans:For Sword class jobs , e.g. Blader/Force Blader, Its recomended that you learn any skill necessary for your lvling, Flash Draw is a must and be sure to add it to 9, as you'll be using it very often for stunning monster's and for PvP (Fast Cooldown, AoE & Stun),the rest of the skills are up to you, as you can remove any skill which you feel that you do not need anymore with the cost of Alz.. Normally ppl keeps at least best 3-4 skills for Combo-ing, the rest can be remove to gain the skill points back to work on your better skills. As for Wizard, learn the "Special" skills which are only available for Wizard and choose another element Skill for Combo-ing. Same goes to FA, but be sure to increase the lvl of your buffs are they are critical for your survival ^^

Q15) Then what about upgrade skill? Are they important? Coz they cost quite alot ><
Ans:The answer is Yes, upgrade skills are the most important skills which you need, they are passive abilities which adds to either your Hp/Mp/Hit-Rate/Defence-Rate/Attack/Defence and many more, most important of all, would be the Hp Boost.. try get it once you have the money ^^, others are up to you to choose from, but its recomended that you get Hp and Defence Rate when you reach Apperantice Skill Rank, And also, Upgrade skills can be Learnt/Upgraded everytime your Skill Rank increases.. But they cost quite alot to upgrade so choose your Upgrade skills Wisely..!!

Q16) Zzz... I've been hunting for The Training Gloves for hours but still cant find it.. T.T
Ans:Well, there's somehow a small typo in the quest log that confused many ppl, making them hunt on the wrong monster for the wrong item, the "OR" is actually kinda misleading.. it should be, Hunting [1st monster listed,e.g. Scorlug(varies from jobs to jobs)] for the 1st Quest item, once euu got that item(e.g. Training Upgrade Core or Training Gloves, move on to the next monster specified(E.g. Red Garlies), so continue killing the monsters until the next quest item is found , then head over for your reward.. ^^

Q17) Will I Be Able To Gain Skill Exp's If Im Equip With A Sword, Doing Normal Attacks To Monsters? ("Punching")
Ans: While Equippied with any form of weapon, it will still be treated as "punching" , thus giving Skill EXP to both your Sword and Magic, Many Choose to remove their weapons because in that case you'll do much lesser damage and thus being able to "punch" more..., Equipping a Sword rather than Barehand boxing can sometimes be useful when you need to do Regeneration buffs, Defence buff ,etc etc..

Q18) How Do I Open Stall?
Ans: By simply targeting your character, look at the top middle of the screen, there should be a Menu with your IGN, and the wor "Menu" there, click on the Menu and press Open Personal Store/Shop, now you can place your items you wish to sell, set the price , name of your stall and your ready to earn some alz ^^, and also, by ticking on the box below the choosen item, your shop will automatically restocks with the same item which is sold in your stall at the same price, but of course, you'll need to have the required stock to do so.

Q19)Im A Force Archer , so if i don't use sword, how am i suppose to level my sword rank? (to learn Dash)
Ans: Simply unequip your weapon and start punching some monsters~ it gives skill exp to sword and magic ^^, or you'll have to wait till lvl 50, where the upgrade skill can be learnt to transfer your magic skill exp gained to your sword. (at Port Lux's Instructor)

Note: Applies to other jobs such as wizard if you wish to increase your sword skill rank.

Q20) If I Die, Will I Lose Any Exp? Is There Any Death Penalties? Where Is My EXP Bar?
Ans: Death Penalties only applies after lvl 10, you will not lose any exp due to death, but your maximum HP and MP will be reduced by a small amount until you gain enough EXP to cover up the Red portion of the EXP. Your EXP bar is located Bottom of the screen,Above your Quickslots.The percentage of your EXP will not be shown there, however there are bars which helps you estimate how much more will you need to lvl up, The amount of EXP required to reach the next level will not be shown however.

Q21) OMG, Im level 10 but i have not reach my growth stats requirement, what will happen? What should i do?
Ans: The growth stats is a requirement for the Combo quest to be avaliable to you, if you do not reach that target, you'll not be able to do that quest, but don't worry, the quest will still be available after level 10 once your growth stats reaches the requirement, so just pump your stats acording to the growth stats ^^

Q22) How Do I Go To Port Lux?
Ans: Port Lux will be avaliable for all players after they reach Lv.50 .To go to Port Lux, Talk to the Port Manager At Green Despair, Next to the Armorshop Keeper
For the map code, You'll need to complete *ALL* 4 Quest in order to get it,The Book of Apocalypse Part 1 to 3. The last quest of part 3 is The Last Knight

Note: The quest are "chained" together, meaning that they require you to complete the first before you'll be able to do the 2nd. And all 3 part of The Book of Apocalypse before you'll be able to do the Last Knight quest to get your map code.

Q23) What is Rolling a Dice/Drawing Lot for?
Ans: Actually im not really sure bout its actual use, but i believe its used for "Luck Test" , before you open chaos lamp or craft items? =x

Q24) What are Honor points for? How do i gain honor points? Will I Lose Honor points?
Ans: Honor points are used while Crafting, and by gaining Honor points and increasing your Honor Rank, You'll be able to purchase higher Lv. Potions and other misc Such as Return Stones. There are several ways to gain honor points, either by completing quest, Purchasing it from an Officer (I did'nt purchase honor points before so im not sure bout the cost and how many honor points it provides), or by Completing a quest using the "Plate of Honor" And by Winning a Guild War. You'll lose honor points If you kill a character while in PK Penalty status, you will lose 10,000 Honor Points on the top of the 1,000 points that you have lost by attempting a PK(Orange/Red/Black), If you continue attempting PK while in PK Penalty status, the severity and duration of penalty will be increased.

Q25) What is the Skill Transfer Skill about? Do i get to transfer all my Skill Exp from Sword to Magic or Magic to Sword?
Ans: Well.. sorry, nope..the description of that skill is VERY.. yes.. VERY misleading, its written Transfer magic/sword skill experience points to sword/magic skill points, however what their trying to say is.. if you learn this upgrade skill, from now on, all skill points gained will go from the selected either sword or magic, to the other side of it. it does NOT shifts the skill points you gained so far though, only the experience earned AFTER you learn the skill.

Q26)
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Originally Posted by Shirogane View Post
Oh yeah, one more thing. Does it count as extra hits when I do piercing/splash damage to more than 1 mob? Like, do I get extra skill EXP for that? Or just one?
Ans: The number of Combo is counted by the times you suceed in doing a combo, not the times you hit a monster, so doing combo while attacking multiple targets doesnt give you extra counts in Combo. However by killing multiple targets while Combo does increase the amount of Kills.

Q27)
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Originally Posted by XavierX View Post
wat does the LIMIT stands for in the skill?
Ans: Limit 1 refers to a single target spell, Limit 1(piercing) refers to a skill which allows you to deal damage in a straight line from where you are, Limit 2 refers to a spells which affects an area damage, such as Gravity Distortion, Prismatic Arrows, Elemental Cannons etc. Limit 3 refers to a spell which deal both straight line damage and a area of damage effect. if your using Shooting star often you'll know what i mean.

Q28)
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Originally Posted by WillSmith View Post
How do you split up items in your inventory? Meaning you have 99 in one stack, but you want to split it into 2 stacks.
Ans: By pressing Shift and Right click, You'll be able to take a certain amount of the quantity to form another stack . however its irreversible.. (cant restack after unstack)
06/20/2008 19:36 kaiser134#3
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06/20/2008 20:00 LuCk3r#4
Didnt that all fit in 1 Post?
06/20/2008 20:21 kaiser134#5
no it cant..its too long
06/24/2008 10:04 HolySLayeR#6
Hey I got a question, i boted all my way up to lvl 52.. and now i have to do the quest for the FL map key, can you tell me the quest areas that I have to do to activate the book of apoc part 3?
06/30/2008 16:44 nubita#7
yeah !!
07/08/2008 23:41 xBlizzarD#8
Only 1 person said thanks other than me. Cmon ppl he done a gr8 job!

Nice Guide!!