Vulcanus

Vulcanus is map 63, and it is the biggest trap in the Move window. Its level requirement is 30, the lowest of all the paid maps, and the cost is 15,000 zen, the most expensive in that bracket. Except the monsters that live inside are level 90 to 124, and some of them have half a million health. A level 30 character gets to Vulcanus. He does not leave.

How to get there

There is no ground portal to Vulcanus. The island is an isolated stop: you come in by Move and you leave by Move, by scroll or by dying.

Who lives here

Twelve entries on the list, but in practice they are five creatures in two versions each. Each species shows up once in the normal version, from level 90 to 113, and again in the reinforced version, from level 120 to 124, with the same name and far more health. There is no way to tell them apart by name in the game, only by behavior.

The defense on the reinforced ones is the detail that changes the strategy: the level 121 Resurrected Gladiator has 230 defense, less than the level 93 version of the Ash Slaughterer. They are built to have a lot of health and hit hard, not to be hard to hit.

What drops here

No exclusive drop. The global groups apply, and every monster in Vulcanus is past level 76, so jewel at 0.1% and excellent at 0.01% drop across the whole map. Zen on half the kills and a random item on 30%.

• Gold Medal at 0.2% comes from the seven monsters of level 90 to 113, which are inside the up to 110 range or just above it; the reinforced ones are past 110 and give no medal.
• Symbol of Kundun +6 (monster 92 to 107) and +7 (108 or more) cover the entire map.
• Old Scroll and Illusion Sorcerer Covenant of high level, materials for the Illusion Temple ticket.
• Nothing beyond that: the volcano has no item of its own and no recipe tied to it.

NPC and the Duel Arena

The only NPC on the map is Gatekeeper Titus, at (122,135), right next to the arrival point. He does not sell anything: his job is to let you watch duels. He is how you get into the Duel Arena stands, the map where official duels take place.

That explains the level 30 requirement on the Move: 30 is exactly the minimum level to duel. Vulcanus is the waiting room of the duel system, and the level 300 hunting ground was layered on top of that later.

Is it worth it?

It is worth it from level 300 on, and for two specific things. Vulcanus has 32 regular spots and 4 hot spots marked on the minimap.

• Arena and Duel ArenaHow dueling works and where to get into the stands.
• PvP and PKThe rules for fighting another player.
• Farming spotsThe 36 Vulcanus markers on the minimap.