PearaNoia Unholy Path Guide

See Also: Instances, Unholy Path, Headgears

Required Level 255 Time to complete 15 minutes from entry. Cooldown 45 minutes from entry (Global Cooldown).

Recommended Party Setup

Recommendation for newbies: Run a bare minimum of 1 LK/Pally, 2 Snipers, 1 Creator (dual). Core Roles Lord Knight / Paladin (Runner/Tanker/Slight DPS) Sniper (DPS) Creator / Biochemist (Buffer) Supplementary High Priest (Buffer/Reviver/Sub tank) Sniper (Extra DPS)

Recommended Gear/Cards

Ghostring (Armor)- Good for overall PVM to negate damage. Alice (Shield) - Equip this card for all MVPs except Balam. Golden theifbug (Sheild) - This is crucial for Running and tanking Balam. Bloody Knight (Head Gear) - Stats are good to have, increase damage/HP/etc. The more the merrier Orc Hero (Head Gear) - Prevents stun. Always good to have. Abysmal Knight / Civil Servant (Weapon) - Run 3 AK 1 Civil Servant for all DPS roles for maximum Damage on boss. Use Elite/Uber for 4 slots Eddga (shoe) - Optional for the runner, however, the drop in HP may be dangerous Sleipnir will work fine. Raydric (Garment) - Reduce some damage. Exile (Accessories) - For sniper, If you have bought from market or completed the run a few times the stats will boost your clear speed. Megingjard (Accessories) - For LK, if you are running a hybrid tank/dps LK.

Items

Heals - *Must have*. Ygg Berry/Seeds/ Your choice of heal Ygg Leaf - *Must have* You will need this as there’s no warping back to the MVP Room after death. Panacea - Optional. Paimon cast Silence/Curse may be usefull to keep up DPS. Blue Pot - Optional. For roles equiped with GTB as it will 2x your SP consumption. Increase AGI / Blessing Scrolls - Optional. Nice to have if you have access to them and not running a priest Box of Thunders - Optional *Recommended*.This will help your runner speed through mobs to reach the NPC. Gargoyle (Accessories) to obtain from insect type monsters. Elemental Conveters - Optional. This is to help your melee classes to hit the MVP, however, LK/Pallys can just use Magnum break to get the 10s fire buff.

How to Start

To begin you must enter the Unholy Path from the NPC @go 5 (to the left of spawn), entry fee is 50k Zeny per character.

The Run

The Unholy path is a global instance of mobs and 5 NPC that will warp you to the Boss room. The path itself is just a room of trash mobs made to make your life difficult. So the idea is run *plays meme music*. Essentially you will need a runner to run past the mobs and interact with the NPC. This is the role of the LK/Pally. Buff with Windwalk and Increase AGI (if running a priest), remember to remove GTB when buffing and re-equip before run. Pop box of thunder and begin the run to the NPC (May not need for balam). Use Endure whenever necessary. Have a habit of sticking near the walls to avoid more agro from mobs. If your Runner is a LK you can use charge attack to snap yourself out of dense mob packs. Tip - Use @refresh to make your run easier. it will give you a brief moment to escape mobs/interact with NPC. (Note: Ensure all party members are in Unholy path and ALIVE to be warped into the MVP room) It is recommended to run the bosses in this order. 1. Balam 2. Shax 3. Raum 4. Paimon 5. Apollyon

The Bosses

All bosses are Ghost type, so melee DPS ensure you have elemental buff on your weapon, Range DPS use Immaterial Arrows (Ghost element). For every boss fight the setup is the same LK/Pally (Tanker) will take the boss's agro first while Snipers deal DPS from afar, Buff all members with Full Chemical Protection, with some exceptions below.

1. Balam GTB is required to tank Balam as he uses alot of magic skills. Fight him as normal however look out for; Storm gust - when Balam casts storm gust the tanker will be knocked around and maybe frozen, during this time Snipers should disengage to avoid pulling agro on themselves. Waterball - Balam may cast water ball onto the tanker. this skill has very high dps which could melt the tanker within Ygg Cooldown time. Snipers be prepared to revive. Tip for Snipers - if you find yourself the target of Balam, switch to a GTB shield when running to keep yourself alive.

2. Shax Tankers stay on GTB. Shax will spawn a bunch of mobs from Unholy Path, ensure FCP is on to avoid break/strips. Snipers can use sharpshoot here to kill slaves. Try to target Enchanters and Leaf cats as they can dispel and heal. Watch out for Shax's investigate skill. It has 1 hit ko our tankers before. So be prepared to revive.

3. Raum LK may switch to 2 handed sword and use Parry to mitigate some damage while tanking Raum, Pally's can use Auto Guard. A good trick to fight raum is to kill all but 1 monkey slave. This way Raum will not summon new Monkey slaves and you only need to tank Raum and 1 Monkey slave. Remember to have FCP on as Raum has a strip.

4. Paimon Similar to Raum, LK can use Parry, Pallys can use Auto Guard. Snipers can use Sharpshoot as dps here as Paimon has parry and kiling the slaves it will help reduce the damage to the tanker. Remember to have FCP as Paimon breaks gear like a hot knife through butter. Panacea is used here as Paimon Curses/Silences target.

5. Apollyon LK can use Parry, Pally can use Auto Guard. Apollyon slaves would be the trouble you face here. It is recommeneded to lure him to a corner before the fight to avoid being knocked around by his Archers/Wizard Storm gust. Remember to rebuff FCP after revive, Apollyon's whitesmith slaves will wreck your weapon and armor.

Boss Drops

All Bosses Silver Coin - 6% Reaper Crystal - 22.50% MVP Soul - 6%

Balam Seal of Death - 30% Equality Wings [4] - 2% Defier [4] - 6% Butcher [4] - 4% Slaughter [4] - 4%

Shax Seal of Power - 30% Equality Wings [4] - 2% Talefing [4] - 4% Creator [4] - 4%

Raum Seal of Wisdom - 30% Black Helm [4] - 2% Defier [4] - 4% Jammar [4] - 4%

Paimon Seal of Spirit - 30% Black Helm [4] - 2% Seeker [4] - 4% Xecutioner [4] - 4%

Apollyon Seal of Hate - 30% Lord Kaho Horn [4] - 4% Lords Knife [4] - 4% Tyrant [4] - 4%

To claim the Seals speak to the "Forsaken Mystic" NPC next to the Unholy Path NPC @go 5. Stat cards should be a priority to boost your run times before wings. Happy Hunting!