The world of Zaikan

The world of Zaikan is the entire Season 6 map, from Lorencia to the Swamp of Calmness, with the Season 20 maps hanging off the end of the ladder. You do not pick where to hunt by taste: each map has a monster level range, and staying on a map that is too weak is wasted time, while walking into one that is too strong means dying without taking off a health bar.

This page is the map of that ladder. It says in what order the places appear, how much it costs to reach each one and what rule separates the normal maps from the top maps.

• 48destinations in the Move window
• 2,000zen for the cheapest Move
• 30,000zen for the most expensive Move
• 800total level of the highest map

The three ways to change maps

Walking from one corner of the world to the other is not a serious option past the first few levels. There are three ways to travel, and they charge you different things.

1. 1Portal on the ground

   You step on a marked area and get taken to the other side. It is free, but it has a level requirement of its own and only connects two neighboring maps.

2. 2Move window

   The M key, or the move command. It takes you to any destination already unlocked, charges zen and requires level. It is the long distance transport.

3. 3Event NPC

   Blood Castle, Devil Square, Chaos Castle and Kalima have no portal and no Move: you talk to the event NPC, hand over the ticket and get thrown inside.

The order of the maps by level

The column that really matters is the monster level: that is what tells you whether the map is right for you now. The entry level is just the lock on the door, and in several places it is far lower than the level at which it is worth being there.

The natural progression path

If you follow only the monster level range, the route writes itself. It is not mandatory, and each range has more than one option, but it is the path most people take.

1. 1 to 20
   Lorencia and Noria

   The four corners of Lorencia and the Noria field. Monsters from level 2 to 19, everything close to an NPC and a safe zone.

2. 20 to 50
   Devias, Elvenland and Dungeon

   Devias has the Elite Yeti, the most numerous monster on the map. The Dungeon goes deeper, up to the level 55 Gorgon.

3. 50 to 90
   Lost Tower and Atlans

   The seven floors of the tower cover 47 to 66. Atlans goes up to the level 70 Lizard King and the level 74 Hydra.

4. 90 to 150
   Tarkan, Icarus, Aida and Kanturu

   This is where jewels and excellent start to drop, because the line is the level 76 monster. Icarus requires wings.

5. 150 to 400
   Karutan, Raklion, Vulcanus and Swamp

   The long stretch. The Swamp of Calmness asks for level 400 in the Move window and has the toughest monsters in classic Season 6.

6. Total 400+
   The Season 20 maps

   Ferea, the Acheron region, Nixie's Lake and the five Deep Dungeons, which end with the level 300 Deep Dungeon Gorgon.

A safe zone is per tile, not per map

This is the rule that confuses people coming from other servers the most. The protection does not belong to the map: it belongs to each little square of ground. An attack is blocked when the attacker or the target is standing on a safe zone tile, and that is that.

• Inside the protected area of the towns nobody hits anybody, and no monster hits you either.
• One step outside it and PvP is on, including on the outskirts of Lorencia, Devias, Noria and Elvenland.
• A hunting map has no safe zone beyond the arrival point, when it has one at all.
• The Arena and the Duel Arena are the two places made for fighting, and they have rules of their own.

Every destination in the Move window

The complete list, with the cost in zen and the required level, read from the database. Where the level column says total, the comparison is against level plus master level.

The portals that link map to map

A portal is free and needs no window: you walk to the coordinate and cross. Several of them ask for a lower level than the Move to the same destination, so early in the game the portal is always the better option.

Where you respawn when you die

Each map points at a return place. The default rule is simple: if the map has an arrival point of its own, you come back to it; if it does not, you land in Lorencia. The exceptions worth remembering are the Dungeon, which sends you to Lorencia, the Devil Square, which sends you to Noria, Blood Castle and Chaos Castle, which send you to Devias, and Kalima, which sends you to Lorencia.

• Farming spotsThe points marked on the minimap and auto move.
• BestiaryEvery monster with level, health and damage.
• Route from level 1 to 400Where to stay in each level range.
• Map tableThe raw reference, for a quick lookup.