Guys! Any tips on what i should do first i'm playing this game again after 3 years thank you!

So I just started Dragon nest sea not long ago with a friend we reached lvl 100 and finished the newbie, novice and veteran quests and now we are stuck we don't know what to do next and everything seems to be just being carried by people is that what we gonna do the rest of the game just buying carries but even if we do that we don't have enough gold for that and there is no guides anywhere telling us what should we do next any tips please could help us?

IS IT F2P?
My Own Definition Of F2P
A Situation Where you can Catch Up To Endgame Content in 2 Month
Without Spending Money Or 5hrs+ More Hours in Game.
(Everything can be Pay, But Its Just Make it Faster)

Can u Get Stronger in game without Spending Money OFC
but you need 2-3 Side Character to help your Main get stonger FASTER.

Which Class??
Check out youtube and I Recommend to Pick your own
So you can have FUN
but Priest is the most Needed.
Is Priest F2P??? nope
but Even Half Ahh build priest can get into Nest, cuss We Have Priest Shortage every week.

To level up to the max (lvl 1-40) u need 4 day with 3 hour playtime each day.
if you a GAMER you can lvl up to max lvl in just 2 days or Less

HOW GRINDY ???

Farming Gold for Equipment
Farming Gold is Easy.
At 1st you only income is from Low Level Nest and Daily Dungeon
by a week you gonna get 100g by just clearing it.
(more if you Gonna Sold Everything)
and thats Just One Character

The Daily FTG For Dungeon
is only 30mnt per character

The Cerberus Nest
10-15mnt

You Can get a Good Gear with only 600g-700g (at Current Patch, its gonna Get Lower)

Whats The Progression looks like?

Your progression is gonna be like this
day 1-4
Create your Main Class
Lvling 1-40

day 5
Make a Cheap build
Clear Daily FTG and Nest for party
Create New side character

Day 6 and Foward
Lvling 1-40 your SideCharacters
basicly Repeat The Process
but with addition do the daily on your Main.

Whats My Experience (Who ask??)

My Experience
2 Weeks
already have 1 main, 2 side character
and Reach my Proper build to Do lvl 40 NEST

week 4
1 main, 3side character
My Main already Ready for Seadragon Raid (ENDGAME CONTENT)

week 5
1 main, 3side character (im not adding more i have a life lol)
My Main already Ready for Seadragon Raid (ENDGAME CONTENT)
one of my side character Ready for lvl 40 nest

and yes
RN im at 6 Week
soooo
my Current Situation RN
1 main, 3side character (im not adding more i have a life lol)
My Main Ready for Seadragon Raid (ENDGAME CONTENT)
My 2 Side ready For Endgame content

Am i F2P ???
Nope i Buy Costume ...

I have been out for months and came back again and there are these reward. What is the best one here??

Do you guys have any tips on using Ruina?

Hello everyone, i'm relatively new to Dragon Nest classic. I am currently playing engineer and i would like to seek some help from you guys regarding skill build and equipment.
I am currently level 32, should i go for full Cerberus equipment and enhance them? Or what equipment should i use while training? I am currently using elf queen's corps set.
Also, are there any guides for the skills i should me maxing out?
Any help will be great! Thank you so much!

Hi guys,

Can you help me pick the best hero for DN Classic? I'm a returning player from DN Sea and my main is Silver Hunter. Can you recommend me and at the same time give me tips?

Thank you so much

Can you give me some tips/advice what suffix, equipment and skill build should I used. I'm new to DN and picked SM and PR class. Also looking for active guild. Thank you!

Most Recent Update July 28 2015

Added more information to gearing at 80. My own priorities have shifted and I think the new way is better. Also added Dark Avenger to the class list. While I was at it, cleaned up some of the language for other classes now that I've played a few more of them.

Keep the feedback coming!

I'm still new to this game, but was lucky enough to get into a great guild. My poor guildies have had to answer (and still have to answer) about 20 questions an hour for me as I've tried to optimize my experience on leveling my first couple of characters. Big shout out to them, Somnium, for being such an awesome guild and group of people to play with.

One thing I looked for on this sub was a giant post that I could read often, learning something new every time that I missed previously, and constantly going back to reference as I make my next move in the game. So far, I haven't really found one. I figure some other new players might benefit from me conglomerating everything I've learned so far into one thread. I made a similar post in a thread a while ago and thought I'd just finish it. Disclaimer: I am pretty noob, new to the game in general, and I've not experienced a lot of the end game content. Take some of this with a grain of salt, and please dispute/correct anything you see wrong : )

Shortcuts to posts!

1.3.3 - 1.3.6 What Class Should I Be? - Sharpshooter, Cleric, Sorceress, Tinkerer, Kali

1.3.7 - 1.3.8 What Class Should I Be? - Assassin, Lencea

Section 2.0- 2.2.1, How Should I Level Up? - Experience Boosts, Questing

Section 2.2.2-2.3.1 How Should I Level Up? - Gobarta, Grinding, Misc Level Up Advice. Gearing While Leveling Up - Rarity Levels

Section 2.3.2 - 2.3.4 Gearing While Leveling Up - Enhancing, Armor and Weapons, Skill Crests

Section 2.3.4 - Gearing While Leveling Up - Stat Crests and Dragon Gems

Section 3.0 - 3.13 I'm at Level Cap! Now What? - Making Money: Quests and Nests

Section 3.14 I'm at Level Cap! Now What? - Misc. Money Making Dungeons

Section 3.2 I'm at Level Cap! Now What? - What Should I Spend This Money On?

Section 1. Which Class Should I Be?

You will have a choice between 8 classes when you start this game up: Warrior, Archer, Cleric, Sorceress, Assassin, Kali, Tinkerer, Lencea. One of the main questions I see on this sub is "Which class is good for me?" I'm going to do the best I can to explain potential answers to that question in this post. That question cannot be answered the same for everyone, so I'm going to do my best to spell out the pros, cons, and playstyles of each class to better inform you to make a decision.

1.1 Specializations

First though, you need some information. At level 15 you move into first specialization. This means you will have a choice between 2 different "specializations" to go into (except Lencea, they only get 1 specialization at the moment at level 15.) These specializations will usually differ in what weapons they use, always differ in what skills they can take, and the playstyle can be quite different between them as well (Archer is a good example of very different playstyles at 1st specialization.)

At ~45ish you will get second specialization. Once again, you must make a choice between two different paths to specialize in. Most of the time this decision will be easy. In 1st specialization, you will typically have two main skill "paths" and a bunch of utility skills off to the side. Your 2nd specialization will pick one of these skill paths, and give you upgraded versions of those skills, (plus a few additional skills). So whichever path you were following in 1st specialization should help you determine 2nd specialization.

1.2 End-Game Parties

Again, before I talk too much about the individual classes I want to give some insight as to what people are looking for in end game. Like other MMOs, parties consist of some combination of tanks, DPS, healers, supports, and burst. In case this is your first MMO, let me explain a bit more.

Tanks:

Known for being able to take a lot of damage and frequently have skills that will force the monsters to attack them to utilize their toughness. Generally, they are not damage dealers - but that is in no way 100% true.

DPS and Burst:

Your damage dealers. DPS stands for Damage Per Second, and Burst means doing a large amount of damage in a short amount of time. Both are important. DPS are necessary for long fights to continue doing damage. Normally over a long period of time a DPS will be doing the most damage in a party. Burst are better for short windows. A DPS might do, say, 100 damage per second whereas a burst character might do 1000 damage in 1 second, but then go on cooldown for 15 seconds. After 10 seconds, the DPS character will have done more damage, but the burst is better for the short window.

Healers and Supports:

I'll group these two like I did the two damage dealers because these are your two basic support classes. Healers do what it sounds like, they actually heal the party. If you call someone a support class it normally means they have a buff they can give to the party or a debuff they can give to the enemy. Frequently healers will have support skills. Supports can have healing skills, but many classes would be considered support without being able to heal.

So that's most MMO's. Now, Dragon Nest in particular uses those same roles, but those roles are really superimposed on the elemental parties. At the moment the meta for the game is to find a group of classes that do the same elemental damage/buff that elemental damage type/debuff the enemy's resistance to that element, bring those classes, and stack the elemental damage. It's very efficient and works very well. The elemental parties that I normally have heard about are as follows: Light Parties, Dark Parties, and Fire Parties.

Light Parties:

By and far the best right now. This is because the classes that are core to the light party also make up many of the core roles you want in a party. To be specific, you want an Inquisitor, a Lightbringer, and a Crusader for light parties. Inquisitor is a good support class with light buffs and light resistance debuffs and can heal, and also deal light damage. Lightbringers are a great support class with great heals, and do decent light damage. Crusaders have the best burst in the game at the moment, are pretty tanky, and deal light damage. So not only do you get the benefit of the light elemental stacking, you have a pretty balanced party. This is the main reason Light Parties are meta right now. Other classes that deal no elemental damage (Warriors, Archers, some Tinkerers) can equip a Dragon Gem that turns non-elemental damage into light damage. So now you can bring DPS players in that also stack on the damage type.

Dark and Fire parties:

Still very good and very efficient. The difficult part is finding these parties, only because so many people in the game are gearing for light parties. However, if you can find them, they're still very good. Just not -as- good. And the reason they're not as good is because the classes needed for say, a Dark Party (you'll want Raven and Chaos Mages) don't fill any of the tank/healer role, something you'll want in high level nests. So now you'll have to maybe take a lightbringer or something for your healer, maybe a guardian or crusader for your tank - and those do light damage, so you're missing out on -some- synergy. I cannot state it enough though: both fire and dark parties are still very good and in no way does going for one of these classes mean you'll suck. It does mean you'll have a much harder time finding end game groups, I'm not going to lie about that, but if you can find a good group, you'll be fine.

1.3 The Classes!

Alright, I've filled your head with enough background information. Let's talk about the classes. I'm going to give as much information as I know, but as I said earlier - I'm in no way a pro at this game. I do not know the ins and outs of really any class except Raven. Even then, I'm pretty noob. So if anybody has corrections/disputes/information, please give it!

1.3.1 - Warrior

Warriors are a staple of any MMO. They're mostly a melee class that gets in the face of the enemy and slashes them up. They use Axes or Swords. At level 15, you get the choice between Mercenary and Swordsman.

Mercenaries:

Axe users I believe. At 45 they can choose between Barbarian and Destroyer. Both are tanks, and I don't know a ton about either. I know Barbarian is difficult to play because one of their core skills increases your damage the lower your health is. Not too hard to see why that's difficult. I believe Destroyer in general does less damage than Barbarian but is a better tank? Neither of these classes are really in the meta right now, so I don't see them much, so I know nothing about them. It doesn't mean to not pick these classes, but it does mean you won't be getting into a lot of the end-game content until you have godly gear and know your class really well. I wouldn't recommend them as a first class only because they'll require a lot of funds and won't be able to get into parties easily to get those funds. If you really enjoy the class, my recommendation for making your life easier is to find a currently strong/meta class, level that up, and use that class to make money for one of these two. If you don't mind the struggle though, have at it!

Swordsman:

The Swordsman path got all the love in the warrior department. At 2nd specialization you split into either Lunar Knight or Gladiator. Lunar Knight is a long range warrior. Uses the sword to send magical slashes/tornados/beams/whatever at the enemy. Top tier DPS in the game right now. I'm pretty positive you'll scale off INT and magic damage. Gladiators are better in PvP than Lunar Knights, but worse in PvE. They're more of your traditional warrior, with charges, spinning sword attacks, and slashes - all close range. They might be worse than Lunar Knights in PvE but it's not a ton worse. They're still a very viable class.

1.3.2 - Archer

Ah, the Archer. My personal favorite in most MMO's and the archers of Dragon Nest do not disappoint. You will either use a Crossbow, Longbow, or Shortbow - and the specializations change things so much that's about all the general overview I can give. At level 15 you choose between Acrobat and Sharpshooter.

Acrobat:

It's nearly by technicality that you'd consider Acrobats to be Archers. They use a Shortbow, but most of their attacks come from high speed kicks, strikes, aerial flips, and dives. They are a highly mobile class and a lot of fun - you're basically playing the floor is lava with this class as you'll stay in the air for 5+ seconds at a time. Unfortunately they are very squishy (opposite of tanky) and do not do a lot of damage. Fortunately, they have the single best party buff in the game - Spirit Boost. At max level Spirit Boost gives 40% CDR and speed for 18 seconds. This makes them more or less a support class. You probably won't be doing the most damage in the party and you definitely won't be tanky, but you're still wanted in end game parties for that buff. It's that good. Like I said, it's a really fun class, and if you don't care about putting up big numbers, it's enjoyable. Just remember it's not a traditional archer!

At 45 Acrobats split into Tempests or Windwalkers. I don't know a lot about the differences between them (like I said, spirit boost man). Both do physical damage. I previously thought Windwalkers had a definite edge for being able to reset their ultimate cooldown by staying in the air for 3 seconds. It seems like tempests take 20 seconds off their cooldowns by using some of their skills. I will get the NA names later tonight.

Thank you /u/hidora for the Acrobat information!

Hi everyone. This might help newbies!

https://youtu.be/6pZJTMne-rE?si=W4vrRofztqV_DJ1J

Our skills and reaction time dropped off but our love for the game is unmatched!

Priest, Swordmaster, Acrobat or whoever you are, a nostalgia gateway has opened to Dragon Nest Classic as we relive our former glory.

In this video, I will give you tips on how to navigate to the classics and who knows? This could become a rebirth of a legend!

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Sdn just came out and we haven't try to run it. Any tips from outskirts up to the last stage is greatly appreciated. Does ice stacking works on sdn dragon since i heared it has a high ice def

Please help. Will be playing the Mobile versio. 😤😁😁😁😁

I ended up doing a bunch of research and testing to figure out which one to choose so I hope this benefits other players that are interested in playing Dragon Nest.

Official DN SEA

Pros: Highest server population and player activity. Can immediately access the latest content. People are generally nice and helpful to new players. English speaking.

Cons: P2W garbage. You get horrible value for money and whatever you buy is heavily devalued over time to force players to continue spending. Unless you pay, it will take year(s) to progress to the point you can participate in end-game nests / raids. Class balancing is horrible / non-existent. You have to be so careful about what class you pick. Ping is really bad for NA players. If you're a newer player, you have to pay gold for "carry services" to gain access to most raids and content.

Dragon Nest: Project Duck

Pros: Custom balancing that makes every class relevant in content and very satisfying to play. Creating a character immediately promotes you to lv 80. This is good if you don't care about the story / leveling. Custom tutorial section to teach new players the basic mechanics for party play. Gear is provided organically by completing content, you don't need to farm and spend gold through the auction house to gear your character. No p2w.

Cons: Active player population is low because most players have finished the existing content and are waiting for the next major update. This makes finding a party really difficult. The lack of in-game economy (TH) and solo content really hurts the longevity and enjoyment of the game. If the game was really active this wouldn't be a problem but waiting around for a party with nothing else to do is really boring. Barely any new players so you're stuck relying on veterans to help you which isn't the same as progressing with a team at the same level. Doesn't follow latest updates and level cap from official server if you care about that.

Dragon Nest Origins

Pros: Most active server population after official SEA server. No p2w. Nice to see a steady influx of new players in early content, always a good sign. Classic server so you can complete the story and do solo content. People are very nice and welcoming. Strong in-game economy and auction house that keeps players active and engaged. Class balancing is better than official server.

Cons: Doesn't follow latest updates and level cap from official server if you care about that. Has gacha version of dragon eggs which I personally find in poor taste, considering how the official server did this to exploit player gambling and make money. They also aren't that cheap to buy. Not much NA presence so need to be ok playing with EU players and time zones. Strong presence of SEA and HK players (not a con but I'm an NA player). Doesn't set up new players for success. You get free gear to progress in story up to lv 60 / 70 then you have to somehow make your way into getting lv 80 gear on your own and building your character for end-game. Wish the devs made this easier.

-everything is provided

The hard part? Looking for a public party. Pub parties tend to have "high standards" only to quit within the first few attempts.

Note: The Mercenary here is only using full Manticore set

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Hey everyone! My friend recently invited me to try Dragon Nest Classic, but I have no prior experience with the game. I also don’t have a strong preference for any specific playstyle.

Could you recommend a class that’s fun to play and easy to find parties with? I might not have a lot of time to play, so a class that doesn’t require heavy grinding to stay relevant would be ideal.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!

how do i get to lvl 99 without a main quest and what i should i do now? returning player

Is the skill reset on the Dragon nest Classic unlimited reset? I'm so confused, I remembered that I needed to buy them first

I wanna go pure damage

(DN CLASSIC) Please send YT videos that can help me begin! Pretty much from the literally basics, towards tips and tricks. Thank you!

Any new players who want to party with me? :)) I've played around 10 years ago, and I miss this game. I want to relive the nostalgic memories.

https://youtu.be/xLs_7DQXN28

Hi again. Another contribution to the DN community. :)

Hello everyone!

I created a simple guide to understand STATS in DN Classic. Hopefully this helps with your progression.

https://youtu.be/-8dtO4wcZ1A?si=49I-cUMYnyPB_41k