Mastery sets

After level 400 the classic armor stops growing and the mastery line begins, imported from Season 20. There are ten tiers, each with ten sets (one per class, plus three support and tank variants), all ancient, all with their own set bonus. The item number runs from 100 to 199 across the five armor groups, and each tier takes a whole block of ten.

• 10tiers
• 100sets
• 4ancient pieces per set
• 1300total level on Lightning

The ladder of the ten tiers

1. 1
   Bloodangel

   The first step after 400. It uses the normal level, not the total.

   100 to 109 · level 400
2. 2
   Darkangel

   This is where the total level requirement starts.

   110 to 119 · total level 500
3. 3
   Holyangel

   Last tier before the fourth class enters the math.

   120 to 129 · total level 600
4. 4
   Awakening Soul

   First tier of the Mastery bonus family.

   130 to 139 · total level 700
5. 5
   Blue Eye

   Requires the fourth class.

   140 to 149 · total level 800
6. 6
   Silver Heart

   Requires the fourth class.

   150 to 159 · total level 900
7. 7
   Manticore

   Requires the fourth class.

   160 to 169 · total level 1000
8. 8
   Brilliant

   Requires the fourth class.

   170 to 179 · total level 1100
9. 9
   Apocalypse

   Requires the fifth class.

   180 to 189 · total level 1200
10. 10
    Lightning

    The top of the armor line.

    190 to 199 · total level 1300

Which set belongs to your class

The last digit of the number tells the class. The rule holds the same from Darkangel to Lightning, and the Bloodangel is the only exception: there digits 3, 4 and 5 sit in natural class order.

Defense piece by piece

Values from the Dark Knight series, which is the one with the highest defense. The other series follow the same +45 per tier ladder, starting from different bases.

The defense of the Armor piece by series, across the seven top tiers, shows well where each class sits. The Dark Knight defense line (digit 9) is the highest in the game and the Elf support line (digit 7) is the lowest, because she trades defense for energy and for set bonuses of another kind.

Stat requirement

From Darkangel to Lightning the stat requirement is identical across all tiers: what grows is the total level. The number the server stores is not the number the tooltip shows, because it goes through a formula that takes into account the item level and the ancient mark.

effectiveDropLevel = item dropLevel
                   + 30 if ancient (or +25 if excellent)
                   + 3 x item level (+0 to +15)

requirement = (multiplier x effectiveDropLevel x requirementValue / 100) + 20

multiplier = 3 for strength, agility, vitality and command
multiplier = 4 for energy

A worked example: the Dark Knight Bloodangel Armor has a requirement value of 102 for strength and dropLevel 150. Ancient and at +15, it asks for around 706 strength. The same piece at +0 asks for a lot less, because the item level enters the math with a weight of 3.

The set bonus

Every mastery set has exactly four ancient pieces, so the ladder is short and the fourth piece is already the complete set. When the series of your tier have five items, the fifth piece exists as normal equipment and does not count toward the set.

1. 12 pieces

   Skill damage and the main stat of the class.

2. 23 pieces

   Double damage chance and the raw damage bonus (physical, magic or curse).

3. 34 pieces

   The heavy block: critical, excellent, ignore defense, all stats and final defense, all at once.

From Awakening Soul up, the family of effects called Mastery comes in, and it accounts for a good part of the total bonus. The numbers grow by tier, not by class: the Dark Wizard Apocalypse set repeats the same values as the Dark Knight one and only swaps physical attack for magic attack.

The three special series break from that design. The Elf support line (digit 7) trades attack for energy, defense with shield and health. The Dark Knight defense line (digit 9) is pure tank: maximum health with two pieces already, defense with three and no raw damage. The Magic Gladiator energy line (digit 8) sits between the two.

Three effects are turned off on purpose

Some sets list effects the server does not apply. That is a recorded decision, not a bug, and it is worth knowing before building around a number that will not happen.

Where you get them

For now, nowhere along the random path: no mastery piece drops from monsters. There were 470 armor pieces and 31 shields dropping, while the 100 weapons never dropped, and that senseless half was closed by a project decision. The way to earn mastery equipment is a mechanic of its own, still being designed, and until it exists the top gear does not enter the game by drop.

It is worth saying what was happening before, because it explains the decision. Four tiers already did not drop either way: Blue Eye, Silver Heart, Brilliant and Lightning have a dropLevel that matches no monster level on the server, so the top of the top was never in the draw. The middle tiers dropped for free halfway along. While the mechanic is not ready, the realistic endgame set is the well refined classic ancient.

• 
  Blood Angel Knight ArmorRaro
  • Tier 1
  • Defense 135
  • Level 400

  Dark Knight

• 
  Holyangel Elf ArmorRaro
  • Tier 3
  • Total level 600

  Fairy Elf, attack line

• 
  Soul Knight ArmorÉpico
  • Tier 4
  • Defense 204
  • Total level 700

  Dark Knight

• 
  Manticore Summoner ArmorÉpico
  • Tier 7
  • Defense 312
  • Total level 1000

  Summoner

• 
  Lightning Knight ArmorLendário
  • Tier 10
  • Defense 474
  • Total level 1300

  Dark Knight

• Mastery weaponsThe 130 weapons and shields that come with each tier.
• Ancient setsHow the set engine works.
• Building the top setThe order in which it pays to chase them.