Build:Sword and Board

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To get this stuff:

Detailed walkthrough by KirumaKazuma;

1. Gather blue sand, grind some cash, get blue sand set. Detailed walkthrough : Collect blue sand on the beach next to Cierzo, blue sand will sparkle on the night making it easier to spot and collect but beware of the monster roaming the beach. In addition to that, you can collect more blue sand by going to the *Star Fish Cave*. To go to Star Fish Cave, you must leave town via the Cierzo Storage room, which is located at the end of the pier right below the entrance to your house. Travel through the cave to the other side, where you will find yourself on a beach. Halfway up the beach, on the left, you'll discover a collection of huge shells and other objects. When you arrive at that place, you will notice a little entrance to a cave, which is Star Fish Cave. You can only access the cave after 1 a.m., or very early in the morning, because the cave is flooded.

2. Make sure to get the power coils by having Crock fight Burac and kill the wendigo for Balira. Go to Montcalm Clan Fort and use the power coils to get the backpack. Detailed walkthrough : You have to visit Rissa in Berg on Emmerkar Forest as she would tell you about the Cierzo is being targeted by the Vendeval Fortress. Before going to Vendavel Fortress make sure to bring Garberry Wine to confront Crock and tell him to fight Burac 1 by 1. In addition to that, make sure to prepare yourself with enough potion to fight the next 2 Commander. Although you can avoid fighting Balira by killing wendigo, but it wasn't worth fighting a wendigo. You need 2 power coil to acquire the Mefino Trade backpack, how? By making Crock fight Burac will give you 1 power coil, another one can be founded in the prison under the Cierzo Town Hall where they imprisoned Crock. If you didn't get any power coil in the prison, helping Balira or Rospa will give you 1 power coil but you need to disguise yourself after making Crock fight Burac. Here is the detail walkthrough on it Vendavel Quest. After acquiring 2 power coil, go to Montcalm Clan Fort to get the backpack behind a locked door which require 2 power coil to open. Montcalm Clan Fort is shown as bandit camp on the north side of the map.

3. Grind some more cash, get the items needed for brand by travelling to the top of Conflux Mountain, alchemist in Levant, alchemist in Monsoon (While grinding cash for the part of brand in Monsoon, head south to the Jade Quarry in Hallowed Marsh to get the shield.) and blacksmith in Berg.

Detailed walkthrough : Prepare at least 1900 Silver for this part, I know it's quite a lot but trust me, it's gonna worth every silver. So first of all, you gonna need to climb Conflux Mountain to get the Strange Rusted Sword but be sneaky as you don't want to awaken the Manticore if you do not have proper equipment to fight it. (it's gonna be tough without proper equiment) After that, go to Hallowed Marsh's Monsoon to buy the Mage Poking Stick (375 Silver) from the Alchemist. While roaming in Hallowed Marsh (or before you go to Monsoon), you can retrieve the Zhorn Demon Shield firsthand (It's just east side of the entrance to Chersonese). In addition to that, you might wanna prepare Anti poison potion such as antidote, or any poison resistance potion as it is very poisonous in the cave. Be wary of the creatures inside, you can choose to be sneaky and let other creature fight themselves or be bold (don't die because I died a lot and I didn't prepare anything against poison). The cave is rather tricky and to acquire the shield, here's the walkthrough link jade quarry. After finishing business in hallowed marsh, go to Emmerkar forest and don't be happy yet (real pain is on Abrassar). In Emmerkar Forest's main capital; Berg, Buy the Blacksmith Vintage Hammer from the blacksmith for 300 Silver. After buying, prepare yourself with armor that can withstand the heat in Abrassar because it is gonna be a desert and hella hot. To be honest, I died to heat once... After you went through the hell desert and arrive in Levant, You would need to buy Chemical Broken Flask from the alchemist for 1225 Silver, kinda expensive compare to other two but if you complete Blood Under the Sun, It would be much cheaper. Before completing the quest, all item in Levant is 1.75 higher because of the tax rate from the quest. 700*1.75 = 1225 Silver. If you feeling rich, you can buy it under that price but if you wanna it to be cheaper make sure to complete the Blood under the sun Quest. Finally, combine all of the item and voila.

4. Get Kazite Spellblade skills in Cierzo, Wild Hunter skills in Berg and Warrior Monk skills in Monsoon.

Detailed walkthrough : Well, at this part..It's all about grinding money to gain all the skills you would need..it might be a good idea to grind extra money for the skills while you travelling for the Brand material.

Original Author: The blue sand set gives elemental resistance to all the elements. Also everything in this build is very available, most things simply require a bit of money or running through a dungeon to pick up the shield for example. :) Went for the big backpack cause you can get it early and you'll need space for your heavy armor if you switch to other gear while running. Bandage and Rage can ofc be changed out if you so desire, this is just how I play it.