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Christmas Event (2007/12/18) ~ (2008/01/04)

2007-12-30T01:25:02Z

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{{Quest Info
| levelreq =
| joblevelreq =
| classreq =
| itemreq = 10 {{item |id=530 Candy Cane}},<br/>10 {{item |id=538 Well-baked Cookie}}
| zenyreq =
| questsreq =
| questscoreq =
| baseexpreward =
| jobexpreward =
| itemreward = {{item |id=12132 Santa's Bag}},<br/> {{item |id=5811 Santa Beard}},<br/> {{item |id=7908 Louise's Beauty Coupon}}
| qreward =
}}

Christmas Decoration Snow, Carol in town:
Alberta , Al De Baran, Geffen, Izlude, Prontera, Prontera Church, Lutie

== Finding Yulia's Hat ==

1. Look for Examiner (prontera 47, 329) near the Knight's Chivalry in [[Prontera]].

[[Image:Xmas_Examiner.jpg]]

2. He is investigating a case, if player select to help him, the NPC will appoint players to go [[Lutie]].

3. Look for Staff Igor (xmas 196, 245) in Lutie, near a big sleigh outside Santa's House. If one asks about the case, the NPC will reveal the location of another Staff, named Yorg.

[[Image:Staff_Igor.jpg]]

4. Look for Pack Staff Yorg inside Santa's house (xmas_in 92, 96). Say "Excuse me" and he will tell you that he saw ‘Some Shadows’ and he will reveal the location of Boris and Linus.

[[Image:Pack_Staff_Yorg.jpg]]

5. Proceed to meet Gen Staff Boris inside Toy Factory level 1 (xmas_dun01 213, 83). Talk to him and he will request you to look for Linus (see next step).

[[Image:Gen_Staff_Boris.jpg]]

6. Continue the quest by visiting Div Staff Linus in Toy Factory level 1, east of the level 2 entrance portal (xmas_dun01 152, 129).

[[Image:Div_Staff_Linus.jpg]]

7. Complete the conversation with Linus and return to Boris. He will tell you about Yulia.

8. Look for Kid Yulia in Lutie, near south portal (xmas 143, 44).

[[Image:Kid_Yulia.jpg]]

9. Players are required to bring 10 {{item |id=530 Candy Cane}} and 10 {{item |id=538 Well-baked Cookie}} for her.

10. Once she obtains the sweets, she will give the direction of the robber who stole her Hat and ran off to Toy Factory level 2. Direction could either be:

North

[[Image:North_Antonio.jpg]]

North-East

East

West

South-East. (players are advised to read the conversation carefully)

11. Proceed to the direction told by Yulia, and search for the robber (in xmas_dun02). Talk to the Santa NPC and 3 Antonio will spawn. Defeat them all. Talk to the Santa again to obtain Yulia's hat (non-equippable Sunday Hat).

[[Image:Yulias_hat.jpg]]

12. Bring the hat back to Yulia in Lutie then proceed to Prontera to close the case.

13. Talk to the Examiner and one will receive a single {{item |id=12132 Santa's Bag}}.

[[Image:Santas_Bag.jpg]]

* This quest is not repeatable.

== Case of the Bobbed Haircuts ==
Upon completion of Quest 1, talk to NPC Knight Examiner @ prontera 60 342 to activate Quest 2.

# Look for NPC Knight Examiner (prontera 60, 342).
# Listen to the conversation, proceed to the Morroc Inn (morroc 199,64) and go upstairs to the right to hear Kage (morocc_in 116, 127).
# Return to Knight Examiner and he will request you to look for these NPCs in order:
## Irine, near the Prontera Item Shop (prontera 128, 212);
## Ling, near the Payon middle sidewalk (payon 139, 218);
## Lumi, west of the Comodo Kafra (comodo 144, 160);
## Lastly, find Ayuma east of the north portal in Geffen (geffen 143, 196).
# After listening to all four NPCs, return to Knight Examiner in Prontera and he will ask you to look for Kage again.
# Female characters will be ambushed as they approach Kage's room in the Morroc Inn. Their hair will be cut short just like all the victims.
# Talk to Kage, look at the conversation carefully as you would have to find the clue within it. *Tips: The answer of middle part is [Kafra Warps]
# In this section Female characters will receive {{item |id=7908 Louise's Beauty Coupon}}, and Male characters will need to go on to the next step.
# Return to Knight Examiner to end the quest. All characters will receive {{item |id=5811 Santa Beard}} upon completion of the quest.
# If a male character brings a flower for the NPC, he will be given {{item |id=7908 Louise's Beauty Coupon}}. Note: 'Flower' can be purchased from Flower Girl NPC in Prontera.
* This quest is not repeatable.

== Bonus Quest 1 ==
* Louise Kim in Santa's House of Lutie (xmas_in 89, 92)
Free hairstyling service, if players bring along the 'Louise's Beauty Coupon' from Quest 2.

== Bonus Quest 2 ==
* Santa Claus @ prontera 156 268
Santa Claus will ask players to deliver presents instead of him. You will be randomly assigned 1 from 5 locations. Equipping 'Santa Beard' is a necessary when you deliver presents to the children. Without the Santa Beard, the kids will step on your toes!
* This quest is repeatable .

Related NPC location:
* Silver @ lighthalzen 141 97
* Bathornby @ aldebaran 176 145
* Bisun @ payon 190 222
* Neona @ comodo 241 178
* Iddas @ xmas 172 135

Item Drops:
*Candy Cane x5
*Caviar Pancake
*Chocolate x3
*Chocolate Tart
*Cookie Bag
*Honey Pancake
*Jam Pancake
*Mushroom Pancake
*Old Navy Box
*Santa Bag
*Santa Hat
*Sour Cream Pancake
*Well Baked Cookie x5
*White Chocolate x2

The "Pancake" items appear identical to Royal Jelly except in appearance.
The item Old Navy Box drops two items when opened.

[[Category: Temporary Event Quests]]

Bard

2007-12-20T02:41:18Z

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{{Infobox Job
|jobType=2-2
|changesAt=Comodo
|skills=18
|skillPoints=91
|questSkills=1
|str=2
|agi=7
|vit=3
|int=5
|dex=9
|luk=4}}

{{expert}}

After a life of plucking their bows, many [[Archer]]s feel the itch to strum strings of a different kind. The Bards of Ragnarok Online are the right choice for the idealists among Archers who wish to change the world with their poetry.

The voice of a Bard is laden with magical harmonies, singing hymns that invoke the ancient Gods of Asgard to [[Pang Voice|instill fear]] in the hearts of his enemies and inspire his comrades to victory with songs of [[Song of Lutie|eternal youth]] and [[Impressive Riff|glorious charges]]. Where their female counterparts, the [[Dancer]]s, are more bent on disruption, Bards specialize in support, which make them central in all defensive strategies during the War of Emperium.

Supporting with a Bard or Dancer requires a different approach than other classes. Music-based buffs are mostly percentual values, as opposed to the absolute values of [[Priest]] buffs, and require careful strategy and positioning, but playing as an [[Archer]] should already provide some experience in this respect. Despite their supportive role, one should not forget that Bards are also capable of dealing good quantities of damage, one of their main advantages over [[Hunter]]s is their immense SP pool which allows them to continually use [[Double Strafe]] instead of normal attacks, ensuring a very nice damage output.

== General Information ==

To understand building your Bard or [[Dancer]], you need to know what all your skills do. [[Dancer]] and Bard skills in comparison to other classes, are very stat dependent. In general, there are 2 types of skills for both [[Dancer]]s and a Bards; skills which can be sung or danced without a partner of the opposite gender and those where the player needs another Bard or [[Dancer]] respectively.

As a Bard, only [[Instrument]]s, [[Dagger]]s, and [[Bow]]s are available for weapons, whereas [[Dancer]]s can use [[Whip]]s instead of [[Instrument]]s.

* When armed with an [[Instrument]]:
** Bow skills ([[Double Strafe]], [[Arrow Shower]], [[Arrow Repel]]) cannot be used
** [[:Category: Performance Skills|Performance Skills]], as well as [[Amp]] and [[Encore]] are available
** Instrument skills ([[Melody Strike]]) can be used

[[Unbarring Octave]] and [[Pang Voice]] are usable regardless of weapons.

== How to become a Bard ==

Items needed

* a flower not sold by NPCs (with the exception of a Witherless Rose)
* 1 Sticky Mucus
* 1 Squid Ink

Optional Items

* 60 Trunks of any kind.

=== Seeking the Wandering Minstrel ===

The Roaming Bard, Lalo, can be found at 226,123 on the '''Comodo''' town map. This is a short distance to the bottom right of the Kafra. After a short conversation with the bard he will request that the player brings him a flower. The flower must be one of the following,

* Hinalle
* Ment
* Singing Flower
* Illusion Flower
* Witherless Rose (Sold in Morroc by an NPC on the east side)

Once the player has given the bard a flower, he will send the player to Lutie to becom friends with the Snowman in Lutie.
=== Mr Snowman ===

See: [[Snowysnow Quest]]
=== Singing ===

Once the player becomes friends with Mr Snowman, return to the bard to finish the quest. He will require the player to type exactly what he sings.
=== Job Change ===

Upon job change, the bard offers to give you a weapon if you have 60 trunks. Each type of trunk gives the player a different weapon.

* Trunk : 3s Violin
* Solid or Barren : 2s Mandolin
* Fine Trunk : 2s Lute
* Fine Trunk + Job 50 : 2s Harp

== Equipments Used ==

Presented here are just suggestions to what a player may find useful to kill, survive and win in a tough environment.
=== Headgear ===

Top Headgear

* Cap [1] - +4 DEF. It is usually easy to find an overupgraded cap to put a card in for defensive or offensive purposes.
** Cards: Depending on what you're doing, PVP/WoE/PVM the cards in headgear will differ. For leveling purposes more INT or SP helps the player to kill more monsters. Carat Card, +2 INT and +150 SP if the headgear is upgraded to +9 or higher. Willow Card, +80 SP. Elder Willow Card, +2 INT. If you are in a situation where you could be affected by status effects a card that reduces that chance, or makes you immune to it could be more useful. Nightmare, immune to sleep and +1 AGI, and Marduk, immune to silence are helpful.
* Apple of Archer - 0 DEF and +3 DEX. Not recommended in PVP/WoE environment, but for MVP and leveling to reach a new dex bonus AoA is very useful. With it's +3 DEX on headgear, this is a must-have for all Bards, even if it is not part of their build to reach a new DEX bonus. You never know when you may have ot use a different Armor/Accesory combo and have to use the AoA to reach the next dex bonus.
* Poo Hat - 10% less from demi-humans. If you don't need an AoA for your dex, Poo Hat is great for PVP and WoE.
* Ghost Bandana - +2 AGI.. If you are an AGI Bard this is useful, it obviously depends on your build.

Middle Headgear

* Binoculars - +1 DEF and +1 DEX, not bad but slotted sunnies are almost always better, unless you need the binocs to hit your dex bonus.
* Sunglasses [1] - The only slotted middle headgear in the game.
** Cards: The same cards mentioned above with the exception of the Carat card as it would be cheaper to get an Elder Willow card, and you cannot get the bonus from the card as Sunglasses cannot be upgraded.
* Masquerade - 0 DEF Increases damage to Demihuman monsters by 3%.
* Zealotus Mask - +3 DEF Increases damage to Demihuman monsters by 5% and reduces damage from Demihuman monsters by 5%. This headgear also takes up the upper headgear slot.

Lower Headgear

* Gangster Mask - 0 DEF, adds 15% resistance to Silence status.

=== Weapons ===

There are 3 types of weapons that bards can use. [[Dagger]]s, [[Bow]]s and [[Instrument]]s. Daggers serve a limited usefulness, a common Knife is usually carried for its use in the dagger-stopping method to cancel songs. Instruments are needed to perform the songs and duets that the bard class can do. Bows are used mainly for leveling purposes.
== Common Skill/Stat Builds ==
=== Battle Builds ===
=== WoE Builds ===
=== Other Builds ===
== PvM PvP WoE Application ==
== Tips and Tricks ==

Dagger switching, or Dagger Amping is a popular technique used among Bards and Minstrels to stop a song, most commonly [[Magic Strings]], faster than [[Amp]] does, even within the first five seconds. This also protects the Musical Instrument from being broken if it does not have a {{item |id=4072 Golem Card}} in it. Although it is also possible of to cancel a song by equipping a Bow, changing to a Dagger has the advantage that the bard's shield does not become unequipped in the process.
== Bard Data ==

Note: The [http://iro.ragnarokonline.com/game/jobbarskill.asp iRO Bard Skill Section] is very outdated. Do not be surprised if some of the skill descriptions differ from the website contents (i.e. [[Acoustic Rhythm]]), they have been contrasted with the ingame descriptions and the more up-to-date [http://guide.ragnarok.co.kr/jobbarskill.asp Korean website].
=== Skills ===
''See [[Archer#Skills|Archer Skills]] for first class skills.''
==== Solo Skills ====
{{skill|Amp}}
{{skill|Encore}}
{{skill|Impressive Riff}}
{{skill|Magic Strings}}
{{skill|Melody Strike}}
{{skill|Music Lessons}}
{{skill|Perfect Tablature}}
{{skill|Song of Lutie}}
{{skill|Unbarring Octave}}
{{skill|Unchained Serenade}}
==== Ensemble Skills ====
{{skill|Acoustic Rhythm}}
{{skill|Battle Theme}}
{{skill|Classical Pluck}}
{{skill|Down Tempo}}
{{skill|Harmonic Lick}}
{{skill|Lullaby}}
{{skill|Mental Sensing}}
{{skill|Power Cord}}
=== Soul Linker Skills and Buffs ===
''For more info see the [[Bard and Dancer Spirits]] page.''
=== Quest Skills ===
{{skill|Pang Voice}}
==== Unimplemented Skills ====
{{skill|Ragnarok}}
=== Job Bonus ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Stat\Amount||+1||+2||+3||+4||+5||+6||+7||+8
|-
!STR
|3||28|| || || || || ||
|-
!AGI
|2||10||11||24||30||35||48||
|-
!VIT
|17||33||43|| || || || ||
|-
!INT
|5||13||21||40||47|| || ||
|-
!DEX
|7||15||16||19||32||38||46||50
|-
!LUK
|6||9||20||41||
|}
=== ASPD ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Weapon||Base ASPD||Base Delay
|-
|Unarmed
|-
|Dagger
|-
|Bow
|-
|Instrument
|}

== Future Updates ==
== Useful Links ==

* [http://web.hc.keio.ac.jp/~fk061999/himeyasha/skill3/index.html Skill Simulator]
* [http://ro.doddlercon.com/calc/calcx.html General Stat Calculator]