Monk

Monks are those who choose to set aside melee weapons for the purity of form to be found in unarmed combat. For a monk, the body is a weapon, and they can deal as much damage as any warrior. Monks rigorous training also gives them great mastery over their bodies allowing them mentally command their bodies to heal themselves or protect them from harm.

They are one of the basic adventure professions. Monks are well known for their abilities in Unarmed combat. Monks excel at one-on-one combat due to their abilities in melee. They have no area of effect spells or abilities however so struggle against multiple mobs.

[Updated 2021-07-05] The Monk school has specific chained abilities that are unlocked after using the offensive Combat Trance or defensive One with the Wind abilities. The combination of abilities when used in a specific order can be devastating, and its very quick recycle time (5 seconds for most abilities) provides a continuous barrage of high damage attacks or high defensive capabilities. When used offensively, their damage output and speed of attack quite often overwhelm an opponent before they can inflict substantial damage on the Monk.

[Legacy comment] At the time of writing of this article (2008-08-17) it is generally accepted that the basic Monk class suffers at higher levels because of their reliance on Evasion. The current level cap of 100 means the max base Evasion possible for a Monk is 1,000 points. When battling 100+ mobs, this max Evasion is easily overcome by their attack strength, rendering Evasion useless.

It is recommended that Monks branch out into one of the Disciple schools: Flame Disciple, Ice Disciple, Spirit Disciple and Storm Disciple.

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Levelling advice

Monks rely on the Unarmed skill as their primary source of damage.

• Spend a portion (50% suggested) of your Training Points on Unarmed
• The way biped armor works, you won't be able to fill every tech slot with Unarmed skill. So, tech Unarmed wherever possible - the next stat that you want to go for is either Strength or Dexterity if you want more offense. Dex will increase your unarmed skill as well as some evasion, whereas Strength gives you more damage than Dex, but no additional evasion.
• For more surviving, get some Health (training points or techs), Armor (only techs), or Evasion (Put points into Dex or Evasion, or acquire Dexterity techs on your armor)
• Level a craft school that gets a lot of Strength, such as Fitter.

Chain Abilities

The Combat Trance and One with the Wind offensive abilities unlock specific connected abilities depending on the level of the Monk.

Combat Trance

Each set of abilities comes in three types - an Opener, a Followup, and a Closer. The Followup ability cannot be used unless the Opener is successful, and likewise the Closer ability cannot be used unless the Followup is successful.

A successful hit with an Opener ability automatically applies a combo opener effect which gives the Monk 5 seconds to land a Followup attack. Likewise the successful Followup attacks apply another combo opener effect which again gives the Monk 5 seconds to land a Closer attack. Monks are thus able to alternate between different Openers, Followups and Closers to suit their playing style.

To make the best use of the Combat Trance abilities the Monk must (not surprisingly) hit their target! The Unarmed skill is most important for this, and at high levels including a set of teched Jewelry, Armor and handwraps is essential.

One with the Wind

The One with the Wind defensive ability unlocks specific abilities again depending on the level of the Monk. Each set of abilities is designed to heal the Monk, stun their opponent, and inflict high levels of damage when avoiding incoming attacks. One with the Wind abilities are not connected to other abilities (unlike Combat Trance above) and can be used at any time and in any order.

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Legend:
/lvl - gain each level
100 - maximum at level 100
P - is primary skill? (crafting schools only)

Skill points gained Skill name /lvl 100 P? Evasion 10 1,000 n/a Intuition 10 1,000 n/a Magic Evasion 8 800 n/a Unarmed 10 1,000 n/a

Attribute points gained Attribute name /lvl 100 Health 22 2,200 Strength 6 600 Dexterity 10 1,000 Power 5 500 Focus 5 500 Parry 1 100

Requirements

One Hand Slash skill 100 Warrior level 10

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Trainers

Name	Location	X	Y
Hasera Steelclaw	Kion	20,103	24,749
Turai Levinn	Feladan	25,243	23,286

Monk abilities

Legend:

• Name = The name of the ability
• L = The level the ability is earned at this school
• M = Is it masterable?

Name: Ki Strike I, Mind Over Body I, Stunning Blow I, Ki Strike II, Combat Trance I, Ki Strike III, Stunning Blow II, Cripple I, Combat Trance II, One with the Wind II, Ki Strike IV, Mind Over Body II, Stunning Blow III, Intuition IV, Iron Body, Cripple II, Stunning Blow IV, Ki Strike V, Intuition V, Dexterity Boost III, Combat Trance III, One with the Wind III, Stunning Blow V, Intuition VI, Unarmed Mastery 01, Evasion Boost I, Combat Stance: Offensive, Foresight, Unarmed Mastery 02, Critical Strike I, Evasive Style I, Dexterity Boost I, Combat Stance: Attuned, Coordinated Strike I, Unarmed Mastery 03, Combat Stance: Focused, Unarmed Mastery 04, Coordinated Strike II, Unarmed Mastery 05, Unarmed Mastery 06, Critical Strike II, Coordinated Strike III, Evasive Style II, Special Attack Adept, Unarmed Mastery 07, Unarmed Mastery 08, Coordinated Strike IV, Melee Flurry I, Unarmed Mastery 09, Unarmed Mastery 10, Critical Strike III, Dexterity Boost II, Coordinated Strike V, Unarmed Mastery 11, Unarmed Mastery 12, Coordinated Strike VI, Group Evasion Aura, Special Attack Expert, Unarmed Mastery 13, Melee Flurry II, Unarmed Mastery 14, Critical Strike IV, Evasive Style III, Coordinated Strike VII, Unarmed Mastery 15, Unarmed Mastery 16, Coordinated Strike VIII, Unarmed Mastery 17, Unarmed Mastery 18, Critical Strike V, Coordinated Strike IX, Melee Flurry III, Special Attack Master, Unarmed Mastery 19, Unarmed Mastery 20, Coordinated Strike X, Evasive Style IV, Detoxify Self I, Detoxify Self II, Detoxify Self III, Flow Like Water I, Flow Like Water II, Flow Like Water III, Exceptional Dodge, Shattering Kick I, Shattering Kick II, One with the Wind I, Intuition I, Neutral Stance, Intuition II, Gift Slots: Two, Intuition III, Gift Slots: Three, Gift Slots: Four, Gift Slots: Five (L: 1, 8, 16, 18, 20, 34, 36, 38, 50, 50, 54, 56, 56, 60, 70, 76, 76, 78, 80, 87, 90, 90, 96, 100, 1, 2, 3, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 8, 10, 10, 15, 15, 18, 20, 25, 26, 28, 28, 30, 30, 35, 38, 40, 40, 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 55, 58, 58, 60, 60, 64, 65, 66, 66, 68, 70, 75, 78, 80, 85, 86, 88, 88, 90, 90, 95, 98, 98, 27, 57, 87, 44, 64, 84, 1, 4, 14, 10, 1, 5, 20, 25, 40, 50, 75, 100, M: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X, , , , , , , , X, X, X, X, X, X, X, X)

Abilities gained by quests

Ability (* = Masterable)	Level Earned
Monk's Edge*	1
Gifted*	?
Antolathes' Gift*	?
Armor of the Watcher*	?
Hero's Resolve	100

Spells, weapons and armor

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Multiclassing Biped Armor Biped Spells

Spells and weapons shown below may be useable as Monk.
However, you may lack the skill requirements on certain spells unless another school you've played delivers it.

Example

• A Warrior does not gain the Life skill.
  Any of the healing spells are based on life, so he is not able to use them on his own.
• A Cleric gets the Life skill.
  If you did some levels as a Cleric and gained the appropriate minimum skill for a life based spell, you are able to cast it. Since Warrior is allowed to use some of the healing spells, too, you are able to cast them whenever you met the skill requirements.

Spell name Attack type Skill needed Tier Blight Bolt I Blight Blight 1 Blight Resistance I Blight 1 Blight Ward I Blight 1 Energy Attack I Energy 1 Energy Bolt I Energy Energy 1 Energy Resistance I Energy 1 Energy Ward I Energy 1 Experimental Flame Bolt Flame Flame 1 Flame Attack I Flame Summoning 1 Flame Bolt I Flame Flame 1 Flame Resistance I Flame 1 Flame Ward I Flame 1 Gift of Alacrity I Augmentation 1 Gift of Arcanist I Flame Ice Energy Mind Summoning 1 Gift of Armor I 1 Gift of Armor II 1 Gift of Armor III 1 Gift of Armor IV 1 Gift of Armor V 1 Gift of Artistry I 1 Gift of Brawler I One Hand Pierce Two Hand Crush One Hand Slash Unarmed Two Hand Slash One Hand Crush 1 Gift of Builder I 1 Gift of Colossus I One Hand Pierce Two Hand Crush One Hand Slash Unarmed Two Hand Slash One Hand Crush Bow Crossbow 1 Gift of Creator I 1 Gift of Dexterity I Augmentation 1 Gift of Fate I Life 1 Gift of Focus I Augmentation 1 Gift of Health I Life 1 Gift of Hunter I Bow Crossbow 1 Gift of Knowledge I 1 Gift of Power I Augmentation 1 Gift of Resilience I Augmentation 1 Gift of Resistance I Augmentation 1 Gift of Shroud I Flame Ice Energy Mind Summoning Spirit Blight Nature Life 1 Gift of Speed I Augmentation 1 Gift of Stargazer I Spirit Blight Nature Life 1 Gift of Strength I Augmentation 1 Gift of Toughness I Life 1 Ice Attack I Ice 1 Ice Bolt I Ice Ice 1 ... further results

Weapon name Tier Moss-Covered Club Blighted Flaxen Cloth Hand Wraps 1 Blighted Flaxen Padded Hand Wraps 1 Cedar Club 1 Cedar Cudgel 1 Cedar Cudgel of Crushing 1 Cedar Quarterstaff 1 Cedar Quarterstaff of Power 1 Cedar Staff 1 Deteriorated Arthridgel Forest Cudgel 1 Deteriorated Staff of Ribeth 1 Fine Cedar Club 1 Fine Cedar Cudgel 1 Fine Cedar Quarterstaff 1 Fine Cedar Staff 1 Flaxen Cloth Hand Wraps 1 Flaxen Padded Hand Wraps 1 Ishenar's Cedar Cudgel 1 Rough Hide Hand Wraps 1 Rough Leather Hand Wraps 1 Splendid Cedar Cudgel 1 Splendid Cedar Quarterstaff 1 Splendid Cedar Staff 1 Splendid Rough Leather Hand Wraps 1 Aelia's Cudgel 2 Bat of the Gnerph 2 Blighted Kenaf Cloth Hand Wraps 2 Blighted Kenaf Padded Hand Wraps 2 Elm Club 2 Elm Cudgel 2 Elm Quarterstaff 2 Elm Staff 2 Exceptional Arthridgel Forest Cudgel 2 Exceptional Elm Cudgel 2 Exceptional Elm Quarterstaff 2 Exceptional Elm Staff 2 Exceptional Staff of Ribeth 2 Exceptional Tanned Leather Hand Wraps 2 Fine Elm Club 2 Fine Elm Cudgel 2 ... further results

Armor Tier 2008 Fall Festival Cat Mask 2008 Fall Festival Fishing Mask 2008 Fall Festival Myloc Mask 2008 Fall Festival Skull Head Scale 2008 Fall Festival Skull Mask 2008 Fall Festival Wolf Mask 2017 Fall Festival Skinwraith Mask 2017 Hours of Frost Ice Mask 2020 Fall Festival Bounty Hunter Mask 2020 Fall Festival Dia de los Dragones Head Scale 2020 Fall Festival Night Sky Mask 2020 Fall Festival Oni Mask 2020 Fall Festival Poisonous Mask Anniversary Celebration Formal Shirt Anniversary Celebration Tuxedo Pants Black Boxers with Crossbones Blue Gnomekindle Helper Pants Blue Gnomekindle Helper Shirt Blue Lightning Pants Boar Hide Mask Bony Boxers Burial Mask Cat of Cheshire Mask Demon Mask Dragon Mask (Biped) Fall Harvest Mask Ghost Mask Ghoulie Boxers Gnomekindle 2007 Holiday Pants Gnomekindle 2008 Winner "Snow Time Shorts" Gnomekindle 2009 Winner "Pink Ribbons" Gnomekindle Clause Pants Gnomekindle Clause Shirt Gnomekindle Festival Official Boots Gnomekindle Helper Pants Gnomekindle Helper Shirt Green Gnomekindle Helper Pants Green Gnomekindle Helper Shirt Gruok Mask Harlequin Shirt ... further results

School quests

Quest name	Starts with	Type	Level	Rewards
Epic: Way of the Dark Tiger	Hasera Steelclaw	Adventure	100	Epic Token Dark Leather Strip Title: Eye of the Tiger Bonus: Strength II Bonus: Unarmed I
Grandmaster Trial: Are you sure you want to continue?	Hasera Steelclaw	Errand	100
Monk: Ahnna's Shipment	Ahnna Borai	Crafting	100	Hasera's List Box of Feladan Gyokuro Tea Leaves Cast Iron Kettle Ceremonial Tea Set
Monk: Learn the Disciplines	Hasera Steelclaw	Errand	20	Spirit Shard Medallion of the Disciplines Flame Shard Ice Shard Pure Shard Storm Shard
Monk: Preparation	Hasera Steelclaw	Errand	100	Hasera's List Vial of Lavender Infused Gyokuro Tea Leaves Vial of Lemon Infused Gyokuro Tea Leaves
Monk: Preparing to Prepare	Hasera Steelclaw	Errand	100	Hasera's List
Monk: Proof of Skill	Hasera Steelclaw	Adventure	100	Cup of Rice Infused Sencha Tea
Monk: Special Blends	Ahnna Borai	Crafting	100	Small Box of Ceremonial Teas
Monk: The Apprentice's Trial	Hasera Steelclaw	Adventure	30	Apprentice's Yellow Sash
Monk: The Expert's Trial	Hasera Steelclaw	Adventure	70	Expert's Blue-Tipped Sash
Monk: The Final Trial	Hasera Steelclaw	Adventure	100	Cup of Mint Infused Sencha Tea Grandmaster's Black Sash
Monk: The Grandmaster's Trial	Hasera Steelclaw	Errand	100
Monk: The Initiate's Trial	Hasera Steelclaw	Errand	20	Initiate's White Sash
Monk: The Journeyman's Trial	Hasera Steelclaw	Adventure	50	Journeyman's Green-Tipped Sash
Monk: The Master's Trial	Hasera Steelclaw	Adventure	90	Master's Red-Tipped Sash
Monk: Trial of Discipline	Azrak	Errand	100	Cup of Lemon Infused Gyokuro Tea Coin of Discipline
Monk: Trial of Mind	Khenet	Unknown / Undefined	100	Cup of Lavender Infused Gyokuro Tea Coin of Peace

Experience required per level

Total Experience needed to reach level 100 is 35,657,500.

Your character's rating is the mathematical sum of all your adventure schools. You can use the Rating and Trophy Calculator for getting your exact rating for each school.

Level XP for Next XP Required 1 100 0 2 200 100 3 400 300 4 600 700 5 900 1,300 6 1,200 2,200 7 1,500 3400 8 1,900 4,900 9 2,300 6,800 10 3,000 9,100 11 5,200 12,100 12 7,000 17,300 13 9,100 24,300 14 11,200 33,400 15 13,500 44,600 16 16,000 58,100 17 18,700 74,100 18 21,600 92,800 19 24,700 114,400 20 28,000 139,100 21 31,600 167,100 22 35,300 198,700 23 39,000 234,000 24 43,000 273,000 25 47,500 316,000

Level XP for Next XP Required 26 51,500 363,500 27 56,000 415,000 28 60,500 471,000 29 65,000 531,500 30 70,000 596,500 31 76,500 666,500 32 81,500 743,000 33 88,500 824,500 34 93,500 913,000 35 100,500 1,006,500 36 106,000 1,107,000 37 113,500 1,213,000 38 119,000 1,326,500 39 126,500 1,445,500 40 132,000 1,572,000 41 140,000 1,704,000 42 145,500 1,844,000 43 154,000 1,989,500 44 159,500 2,143,500 45 168,000 2,303,000 46 174,000 2,471,000 47 183,000 2,645,000 48 189,000 2,828,000 49 198,000 3,017,000 50 204,000 3,215,000

Level XP for Next XP Required 51 219,500 3,419,000 52 232,000 3,638,500 53 244,000 3,870,500 54 260,500 4,114,500 55 273,000 4,375,000 56 285,000 4,648,000 57 302,500 4,933,000 58 315,000 5,235,500 59 327,500 5,550,500 60 345,500 5,878,000 61 358,500 6,223,500 62 371,000 6,582,000 63 390,000 6,953,000 64 403,000 7,343,000 65 416,000 7,746,000 66 435,500 8,162,000 67 449,000 8,597,500 68 462,000 9,046,500 69 482,500 9,508,500 70 496,000 9,991,000 71 516,000 10,487,000 72 544,000 11,003,000 73 564,500 11,547,000 74 585,000 12,111,500 75 614,000 12,696,500

Level XP for Next XP Required 76 635,000 13,310,500 77 655,500 13,945,500 78 686,000 14,601,000 79 707,000 15,287,000 80 728,000 15,994,000 81 759,500 16,722,000 82 781,000 17,481,500 83 802,500 18,262,500 84 823,500 19,065,000 85 857,000 19,888,500 86 878,000 20,745,500 87 900,000 21,623,500 88 921,500 22,523,500 89 956,500 23,445,000 90 978,000 24,401,500 91 1,007,500 25,379,500 92 1,036,500 26,387,000 93 1,080,500 27,423,500 94 1,110,000 28,504,000 95 1,139,500 29,614,000 96 1,169,000 30,753,500 97 1,215,000 31,922,500 98 1,245,000 33,137,500 99 1,275,000 34,382,500 100 N/A 35,657,500