Thursday 30 June 2011

Elemental King Guide

At level 61, the Elemental King is the highest level boss in the game. He can be found in Vita Springs: Twilight guarded by level 60 Elemental King Guardians. His most sought after drop is the General Symbol, used in master rank crafting. He re-spawns in the small body of water at the end of Vita Springs every 2-3 hours so expect to be waiting a while.

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You will typically find more than one person waiting with you for the King to re-spawn and whoever deals the most damage gets the drop. For this reason I recommend forming a team with another player, so that you both have a much higher chance of dealing the most damage. Basically the largest team gets the drop, and each member in that team has an equal chance of getting a symbol, if one drops. You each roll a number between 1 and 100 and the player with the largest number gets the Symbol.

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I've tried killing the Elemental King alone with no other players around, but as a Mage at least, I don't think it's possible. If you're lucky enough, you will get a General Symbol which you can use to craft items or sell on the Auction House.

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Release of the first update!

As promised, Gameloft has released the first update to Order and Chaos this month. To check the update out for yourself, go to the app store and update the Order and Chaos app.

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Once you've installed the update, the game needs to update too.

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You can now change server, but you will lose your friends, guild and 30 runes. To do this, tap the 'gear' icon in the corner below:

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Most interestingly, you can now buy very good quality equipment from the armour seller in Greenmont, north of the auction house, for runes.

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You can also block local and global chat so that you only get messages in your own language.

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I'll update again later if there's anything interesting I've missed!

Wednesday 29 June 2011

Money Making Guide

As mentioned in an earlier post, one of my post level 60 goals was to get 1,000 Gold after getting as many blue and purple items as possible. Since I just reached this goal I thought it might be a good idea to come here and share some of the money making methods I've been experimenting with.

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Ghost Colony Farming

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The ghost colony location is indicated below. Here you can gather up some ghosts and use AOE spells to tackle multiple enemies at once. There are two treasure chests nearby which can be looted periodically.

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Once your bag is full you can run south to Farstrider Post and sell all the green/grey drops to the food seller, except materials which can be taken to the auction house. Once you've collected enough magecloth and super armour scraps take the teleport to Strangers Roost and use the bank chest to deposit your items. These are typical drops after one hour of farming:

  • 70 Gold - after selling drops to the food seller
  • 120 magecloth 
  • 60 super armor scraps
  • 40 volcanic ash
  • 10 vita spring drop
  • 5 demonic ash

Redtrophi Ant Farming
This is similar to Ghost farming in every respect except location and rewards. The best way to get to the ants is to teleport to Bulrinto Outpost and run north over the bridge. Once you see a large boulder run onto of it. From here you can jump directly down keeping close to the cliff edge so you don't take any damage as you fall. You will land near the entrance of the Ant cave, where you can begin farming. Once your bag is full I recommend using Teleport wings to get to the Suspended City and then teleporting back to Bulrinto Outpost, once you've sold all your green/grey items to the food seller there, except materials which can go to auction house. The location of the Ants and typical rewards after one hour of farming are shown below.

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  • 90 Gold - after selling drops to the food seller
  • 160 magecloth 
  • 40 super armor scraps
  • 5 volcanic ash
  • 15 vita spring drop
  • 25 demonic ash

As an occasional bonus, you may get a blue item which you can take to the auction house.

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Colonel Symbol Farming
This method of making money is surprisingly effective if all the conditions are right. Colonel symbols can be farmed from the Barlock Lord who spawns in the great desert every 3 minutes. When killed efficiently it can spawn up to 20 times an hour. On my server the drop rate of the Colonel symbol is roughly 1 in 3, this may vary server to server. This means you can expect to get 6 symbols per hour (which I confined by experimentation). Colonel Symbols are used in professional level crafting. For Tailoring, this gives some of the best gear in the game for mages (Darkstripe gloves/hood/ shoulder pads). The materials to create these items cost around 5 Gold on my server and the Darkstripe gear sells for 25-50 Gold. Getting 6 symbols an hour gives an hourly profit of roughly 120-270 Gold. Although this sounds like a lot it can take several days to sell all the items you craft. The location where the Barlock Lord spawns is shown below, if he is not there then search the surrounding area as he tends to wonder quite far from his spawn point.

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The best place to use a bank chest is in Strangers Roost, where there is also a mailbox and food store. Just run south and follow the road into the Sinskaald Rift.

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Overall I tend to prefer the Ants method to make money, since it doesn't depend on market prices and gives consistent money. Let me know if you know of any better ways to make money in the comments section below!

Tuesday 28 June 2011

Community Events

It's often said that there's nothing to do in the game after level 60. Since there are no official mini games or activities, players on my server have organised some unofficial games to keep everyone occupied. These can be really fun, so if your server doesn't hold these kind of events I recommend you to kick start one yourself!

The first event held on the Storm Cape server was on the 25th June. This was a duelling 1v1 tournament where each player paid 5 gold to enter and the winner won the whole pot. It was one round elimination and I made it to the final match! It was me against another Mage, Zankouro. The final battle lasted about 40 seconds and Zankouro won in the end. It was a tense match and quite a lot of players came to watch.

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I heard players on another server had a game of "Hide and Seek" which I thought was an excellent idea! I decided to try it out myself by hiding in Greenmont and telling everyone on global chat that if they could send me a duel request within 1 hour I would give away 100 gold instantly. Luckily, after just 15 minutes I was found. When you see where I was hidden you might wonder how he ever found me! I might have been too generous with the clues I was giving...

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As you may be able to tell, I was hidden inside a glitched part of a roof which can only be accessed by taking a brave jump off the highest platform in Greenmont. As promised, I handed over the 100 gold.

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Tailoring Guide

Since I'm often asked, I'm going to outline where I farmed for the materials needed to get through the ranks of tailoring. Since armour scraps will always drop in excess, I'll focus on the fabrics. To obtain ranks, you must buy them from the tailoring master in Greenmont, Legendary Garden, with business currency. I do not recommend buying handbooks since they don't give extra currency when used.

To get from primary rank to intermediate you need to craft 55 grenadine gloves, which translates to 440 grenadine or 22 stacks of 20. My favourite spot to farm grenadine is south of Messa Camp, in the spot indicated below. Here you can kill level 7 goblins, which drop grenadine frequently. Higher level players are recommended to kill Waterby Mobs in Waterby (South of Greemmont).

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2,300 business currency is needed to get from intermediate to advanced rank. This requires 46 Quality Cotton Gloves (23 stacks of 20 Cotton). The best place to farm Cotton is in the Old Oak Mine at the most northern part of Tear Coast, in the area shown below.

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To get to professional rank, you need to make 10,000 business currency. Although this sounds like a lot, each Worsted Wool Cloak gives 250 business currency. This means you need 28 stacks of 20 Wool. To get Wool you can kill indigo raiders in the Whispering Islands, the location is shown below. Beware, you also need to buy a handbook from the Tailor Master in Greenmont for 3,750 currency. This is to allow you to craft professional level gear. You need an extra 11 stacks of wool for this.

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The final stretch requires 44,000 business currency. Although, again, this sounds like a lot, it turns out that the best source for Moire Cloth is also the best way to grind for XP in the Great Desert when the quest chain dries up. These are the elite monsters in the south of the desert, near the entrance of the Sinskaald Rift. To get 44,000 business currency you need to craft with 29 stacks of Moire Cloth.

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Congratulations! You are now a Master Rank Tailor!

My account so far...

I'm going to use this blog to express my opinions on various aspects of the game, keep a record of the notable things I get up to and to give my perspective of the game. But for now, let me give a little background of my account and what I've done so far.

I have one level 60 character with master tailoring and three other newbie accounts which I use mainly for storage. I got to level 60 around 8 weeks after the game's release, after playing mainly on weekends (I had no wifi during the week!). My main character is called Zzell, a Mage on the Storm Cape server.

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I always thought that once I had levelled my first character to 60 I would start another, since I was led to believe the game ended once you reached the maximum level. This couldn't be further from the truth, however, as I have found plenty of things to occupy myself with at level 60.

Firstly, I wanted to get all the epic gear I could wear and the best superior items I could find. This involved buying most items off the auction house, except the Reinforced Force magecloth robe, which I had to craft myself using 2 general symbols and 100 runes.

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Secondly, I set myself the goal of getting 1,000,000 business currency, which took a while of grinding ghosts in the Ghost Colony (Sinskaald Rift).

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Finally, I have set myself the goal of making 1,000 gold and finding the best money making method in the game. I'm still working on this!

This is all in addition to guild events, duelling and such so as you can imagine, I'm keeping myself very busy in the world of Order and Chaos!

Welcome to the order and chaos blog!

Since the release of order and chaos I've been searching for the perfect medium to share my in game experiences with the gameloft community and now I think I've found it! I will continue to update this blog as I play along the game, giving my perspective as I go along.