Super Novice

Super Novice
Job Base:			Novice
Job Type:			Novice
Changes At:			Al De Baran
Number of Skills:			49
Total Skill Points:			419
Total Quest Skills:			0
Job Bonuses
STR	AGI	VIT	INT	DEX	LUK
+5	+5	+5	+5	+5	+5

About Super Novices

Super novices are a special kind of class which exploits nearly every first class skill. Super Novices also sport highly effective armor and shields which reduce elemental attacks. Super Novices are the most versatile among all classes have "true freedom" in build and skills.

The downside to this freedom of skills is the limitations that haunt all Novices -- very low HP and SP (a Novice at heart). Super Novices lose the use of the Play Dead skill and also lose exp upon death with 1 HP remaining, just like a regular first class. Super Novices only can equip anything a normal Novice would be able to, including specialized Novice only equipment.

Super Novices also have a Job Level of 99.

Additionally, Super Novices have their own unique cart, should they choose to get one.

Jobchange Guide

Super Novice Job Change Guide
Requirements
Base Level:	45
Job Level:	10
Job Class:	Novice
Item(s) (Consumed):	30 Resin 30 Sticky Mucus
Rewards
Item(s):	Pantie
Quest Reward(s)	Jobchange to Super Novice

1. Head to Al De Baran and go to the Windmill building in the southwest region of the map (aldebaran 116, 63). Enter the room to the left and talk to Tzerero.

2. He will ask you to bring the following items:

• 30 Resin
• 30 Sticky Mucus

3. Once you bring the items, and if you fulfill the following requirements, you will be changed into a Super Novice:

4. In honor of successfully changing into a Super Novice, you will receive a pair of Panties.

Builds

Caster

• STR: 1
• AGI: 1
• VIT: 1-40
• INT: 90+
• DEX: 90+
• LUK: 1

The only class that currently has the ability to achieve instant cast (150 DEX), a caster Super Novice is an incredibly efficient farmer that can be tailored to your needs with very few downsides. Compared to other casters, they do much higher damage as a result of INT bonuses and the Hypnotist Staff giving +25% MATK (instead of the regular 15%), but this comes at the cost of having much lower maximum SP even with the bonus granted by the Angelic set. They may also struggle on higher end maps due to their squishiness, but even that can be mitigated depending on your build.

Gear:

• Headgear (Upper): Angel's Kiss[1] with Elder Willow or Willow card or Carat Card if you're going for a +9/+10 Headgear
• Weapon: Hypnotist's Staff[2] with Fabre/Drops cards and/or 1x Jelring Card (Poring set)
• Shield: Angelic Guard[1] with Racial or Thief Bug Egg card
• Armor: Angelic Protection[1] with Pupa or Roda Frog Card
• Garment: Angelic Cardigan[1] with Raydric or Doughring Card (Poring set)
• Shoes: Angel's Reincarnation[1] with Sohee, Alarm/Freezer, or Kalec Card
• Accessories: 2x Clip[1] with Zerom, Conductring Card, or 1x Abomring Card and 1x Protoring Card (Poring set)

Notable Skills:

• Owl's Eye
• Improve Concentration
• Blessing
• Increase SP Recovery
• Fire Bolt
• Thunderstorm
• Increase AGI (Usually kept at level 1 for movespeed bonus only, since casters don't benefit from the extra AGI)

Melee (Autoattacker)

• STR: 70+
• AGI: 90+
• VIT: 1-50
• INT: 1
• DEX: 1-50
• LUK: 1

Taking on all the best first-job skills for autoattacking, an AA-focuses Super Novice can run around buffing itself and dishing out very respectable damage with the help of Double Attack, Sword Mastery, and possibly even Demon Bane, with all the support spells it needs to back it up. However, it might struggle to keep up with the damage capability and usefulness of other AA-focused classes, such as Rogue or Blacksmith.

Gear:

• Headgear (Upper): Angel's Kiss[1]
• Weapon: Very, Very Strong Main Gauche/Stilleto and/or Star Dust Blade [1] with Jelring Card once you acquire Double Attack and Sword Mastery.
• Shield: Angelic Guard[1] with Racial or Thief Bug Egg card
• Armor: Angelic Protection[1] with Pupa or Roda Frog Card
• Garment: Angelic Cardigan[1] with Raydric or Doughring Card (Poring set)
• Shoes: Angel's Reincarnation[1] with Firelock Soldier Card
• Accessories: 2x Clip[1] with 2x Bongun Card, or Mantis Card and 1x Protoring Card (Poring set)

Notable Skills:

• Improve Concentration
• Blessing
• Increase AGI
• Double Attack
• Sword Mastery

Melee (Skill-focused)

• STR: 90+
• AGI: 70+
• VIT: 1-50
• INT: 1
• DEX: 1-50
• LUK: 1

Giving up autoattack-focused skills and with the help of Increase SP Regeneration, a Skill-focused Melee Super Novice can spam skills indefinitely, even on 1 INT. A solid build with good leveling opportunities and excellent power, but might struggle to scale into later tier PVM the same way a proper second job class can.

Leveling Gear:

• Headgear (Upper): Angel's Kiss[1]
• Weapon: Very, Very Strong Main Gauche/Stilleto and/or Star Dust Blade [1] with Jelring Card
• Shield: Angelic Guard[1] with Thief Bug Egg card
• Armor: Angelic Protection[1] with Pupa or Roda Frog Card
• Garment: Angelic Cardigan[1] with Raydric or Doughring Card (Poring set)
• Shoes: Angel's Reincarnation[1] with Matyr, Alarm, Freezer, or Firelock Soldier Card
• Accessories: 2x Clip[1] with 2x Flame Beetle Card (if you're leveling Mammonite), 2x Mantis Card, or 1x Abomring Card and 1x Protoring Card (Poring set)

Endgame Gear:

• Headgear (Upper): Super Novice Hat
• Weapon: Very, Very Strong Main Gauche/Stilleto and/or Star Dust Blade [1] with Racial/Element/Size damage cards
• Shield: Novice Shield[1] with Racial card
• Armor: Angelic Protection[1] with Elemental card
• Garment: Novice Manteau[1] with Raydric or Whisper card
• Shoes: Novice Shoes[1] with Matyr, Alarm, Freezer, or Firelock Soldier Card
• Accessories: 2x Clip[1] with 2x Flame Beetle Card (if you're leveling Mammonite), 2x Mantis Card, or 2x Kukre card

Notable Skills:

• Bash and/or Mammonite
• Blessing
• Improve Concentration
• Increase SP Regeneration
• Increase AGI

Super Novice Secrets

Being a Super Novice has its benefits as well as it's disadvantages and the class of Super Novice remains to be explored by many adventurers. Here are the secrets of Super Novicehood.

Doridori

Using the command "/doridori" restore HP/SP two times faster. You need to shake your head approximately 6 times in a 1.5-3s time period. A super novice insists that head-shaking supposedly speeds up his SP restoration. This only applies to HP and SP recovered by the skills Increase HP Recovery & Increase SP Recovery (Despite the description on the international version website, this only affects SP recovery, not HP recovery at all)

Guardian Angel

A Super Novice has its own level up Angel. When leveling-up, this Guardian Angel is different from those of the other classes. The angel will cast all skills from the following list: Kyrie Eleison, Magnificat, Gloria, Suffragium and Impositio Manus on the Super Novice.

Never give up!

According to hearsay, when a Super Novice's HP reaches 0 when he she is 99.0%-99.9%, their Guardian Angel may appear to refill his HP and cast Mental Strength on the Super Novice. This will not occur again until you relog or level another level.

Undying Love

A Super Novice wife will give +1 for every stat when she uses the marriage skill Undying Love on her husband. Also, the husband's SP recovery will double. However, the wife's Stats will all be reduced by 1. This however only occurs randomly and temporarily.

The Power of love

A super novice wife will heal her husband for 2x the normal amount.

Really Super

If a Super Novice can manage to avoid even a single death until job 70 and onwards, you will get +10 for all stats. If you die anytime afterwards, you will lose that bonus. This death record can be cleared (and the bonus stats recovered) using Super Novice Spirit.

Super Novice Cart

Super Novices get their own special cart for an extra fee (1900z) in Al De Baran behind the Kafra Headquarters in the Northwestern corner of the map.

Fury

A strange phenomenon when the Super Novice's EXP reaches increments of 10% such as, at 10.0%, 20.0% - 80.0%, 90.0%. During these times the Super Novice has been rumored to summon his Guardian Angel for help. If you change maps or relog, you have to repeat all the steps but otherwise you can just repeat the last 3 lines to get fury status again. Type 7 lines of text (or you will be silenced) and then type the following phrase to get the Fury Status (critical rate +50):

• Dear angel, can you hear my voice?
• I am (your name) Super Novice~
• Help me out~ Please~ T_T
• &

(Edit 01/2024: In PayonStories one line above is changed. The original line is "... SuperNovice~")

OR

• Guardian Angel, can you hear my voice? ^^;
• My name is (your name), and I'm a Super Novice~
• Please help me~ T.T
• &

& is random text. Sometimes you don't have write one more line after "Help me out" to make the effect activate.

Super Novice: Life After 99

Upon reaching level 99, a super novice has a few new tricks up its sleeves.

• At the moment of reaching 99, a super novice gains +2000 Base HP permanently. This is actual Base HP, and is thus affected by cards and vit.
• The two Super Novice Secrets which depend on your current % of Base EXP can still be used, but you must continue leveling to gain the exp required.

• To Fury, you must gain n*10.0x million exp (where n=1,2,3,...).
• In order to use Mental Strength you must gain an additional 99 million exp or more after 99-ing.
• Upon attaining 99,999,999 exp (as shown on the character select screen) you will be able to use both the novice fury chant and Mental Strength upon 0 hp.

Super Novice Data

Payon Stories Balance Changes

• Soul Harvest (Quest Skill) added, which allows a Super Novice to obtain Soul Fragments- a currency used to reset their death counter and buy Novice-specific gear (see the skill page for a complete list).
• HP Changes: Super Novices will now receive bonus HP at every 10 level increments starting at level 40. They are additive as follows:

• Level 40: +100 HP
• Level 50: +150 HP (+250 HP total)
• Level 60: +200 HP (+450 HP total)
• Level 70: +250 HP (+700 HP total)
• Level 80: +300 HP (+1000 HP total)
• Level 90: +400 HP (+1400 HP total)
• Level 99: +1000 HP (+2400 HP total)

• SP Changes: Super Novices will now receive an additional +10 SP at every 10 base levels starting at level 20 and will get a special +30 SP bonus at Level 99.

Skills

Swordman subclass

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Bash	Melee attack with additional accuracy, causing up to 400% damage to a single target. After learning Fatal Blow, also has a chance of stunning the target.	10	Offensive
Endure	Disables Fliching Status for up to 7 Hits and up to 37 seconds. Also grants 10 bonus Mdef with casted.	10	Active
HP Recovery	Increases HP recovery while not moving. Also increases efficiency of healing items and Alchemist's Aid Potion.	10	Passive
Magnum Break	Melee AoE attack with added accuracy, dealing up to 300% damage in a 5*5 area the user. Also pushes back items and gives a small fire damage bonus for 10 seconds after use. Drains a bit of HP.	10	Offensive
Provoke	Increase a target's attack by up to 32% and decrease its defense by up to 55%.	10	Active
Sword Mastery	Increases damage done with One-Handed Swords.	10	Passive

Acolyte subclass

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Angelus	Increase VIT DEF of the user and all party members nearby for 5~50% for 30~300 seconds.	10	Supportive
Aqua Benedicta	Create 1 Holy Water while standing in shallow water. Each use consumes an Empty Bottle.	1	Active
Blessing	For 120~300 seconds, increase a target's STR, DEX and INT by 1~10. When used on Undead or Demons, reduces their DEX and INT by 50%.	10	Supportive
Cure	Cures a target from Silence, Blind and Chaos statuses.	1	Supportive
Decrease AGI	Attempts to lower a target's AGI by 3~12 with 42~60% chance of success. (30~120 seconds)	10	Active
Demon Bane	Increases attack against against Demons and Undead monsters by 3~30.	10	Passive
Divine Protection	Increases VIT against against Demons and Undead monsters by 3~30.	10	Passive
Heal	Restore a target's HP, or damage Undead targets. (Base factor 12~84)	10	Supportive
Increase AGI	For 120~300 seconds, increase target's AGI by 3~12.	10	Supportive
Pneuma	Protects a 3×3 area from incoming ranged attacks.	1	Supportive
Ruwach	Reveal hidden enemies in a 5×5 area around the user and deal 145% MATK damage to them.	10	Offensive
Signum Crucis	Decrease Undead-element and Demon monsters' DEF by 14~50% in a wide radius around the user, with 27~63% success chance.	10	Supportive
Teleport	Instantly move to a random spot on the map or the user's save spot. Does not work in PvP environments.	2	Supportive
Warp Portal	Use a Blue Gemstone to open a portal to the user's save spot or an area memorized earlier for up to 8 players to pass through. (0~3 memo points, 10~25 seconds.	4	Supportive

Thief subclass

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Detoxify	Cures yourself or a target from being poisoned.	1	Supportive
Double Attack	Adds a high chance to deal double damage when attacking with a dagger.	10	Passive
Envenom	Poison-element melee attack that deals up to 150 additional damage and has a chance of poisoning its target.	10	Offensive
Hiding	Hide to protect yourself. Does not work against Boss, Insect and Demon monsters, counterable by some AoE skills and items.	10	Active
Improve Dodge	Adds up to 30 Flee. Bonus increases when you become a Rogue or Assassin. Also increases Movement Speed if you're an Assassin.	10	Passive
Steal	Steal items from monsters. Affected monster may still drop the stolen item normally.	10	Passive

Archer subclass

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Improve Concentration	Increase DEX and AGI by up to 12% for a duration. Uncovers hidden enemies in a 3*3 area when activated.	10	Supportive
Owl's Eye	Increases DEX by up to 10.	10	Passive
Vulture's Eye	Increases range and HIT when using bows.	10	Passive

Merchant subclass

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Discount	Buy items from NPC's with an up to 24% discount.	10	Passive
Enlarge Weight Limit	Increase your character's maximum Weight Limit by up to 2000 points.	10	Passive
Item Appraisal	Identify items without a magnifier.	1	Active
Mammonite	Powerful melee attack dealing up to 600% damage that costs up to 1000 Zeny.	10	Offensive
Overcharge	Get up to 24% more Zeny from selling items to NPC's.	10	Passive
Pushcart	Carry an additional 8000 weight units and/or 100 items in a separate inventory.	10	Passive
Vending	Open a shop with up to 12 item stacks for other players to buy.	10	Active

Mage subclass

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Cold Bolt	Attack a single target with up to 10× MATK Water-element damage.	10	Offensive
Fire Ball	Attack a target and enemies in a 5×5 area around it for up to 170% Fire-element damage.	10	Offensive
Fire Bolt	Attack a single target with up to 10× MATK Fire-element damage.	10	Offensive
Fire Wall	Put up a small fire wall that causes 50% Fire-element damage to enemies passing through and pushes them back.	10	Offensive
Frost Diver	Attack a target for up to 200% Water-element damage with a chance to freeze it, rendering it immobile and turning it to Water 1 element.	10	Offensive
Increase SP Recovery	Passively increases SP recovery speed when not moving. Also increases efficiency of SP-restoring items consumed and thrown by an Alchemist	10	Passive
Lightning Bolt	Attack a single target with up to 10× MATK Wind-element damage.	10	Offensive
Napalm Beat	Deal up to 170% MATK Ghost-element damage to target and all enemies in a 3×3 area around it.bold;">12~84)	10	Offensive
Safety Wall	Use a Blue Gemstone to create a pillar on a cell that protects whoever stands in it from melee attacks.	10	Supportive
Sight	Reveal hidden enemies in a 7×7 area around the user.	1	Active
Soul Strike	Ghost-element attack dealing up to 5× MATK damage to a single target. Does additional damage to Undead-element enemies.	10	Offensive
Stone Curse	Attempt to turn target into stone, rendering it immobile and turning it to Earth 1 element.	10	Active
Thunderstorm	Wind-element AoE attack dealing up to 8× MATK damage to targets in a 5*5 area.	10	Offensive

For reference, that's all non-quest first job skills except:

Double Strafe
Arrow Shower
Two-Handed Sword Mastery

Quest Skills

Skill	Description
Soul Harvest	Allows the Super Novice to sometimes find (5% rate) a Soul Fragment when killing non-boss monsters of Level 40 or above.

Job Bonuses

Stat	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5
STR	1	13	25	37	49
AGI	3	15	27	39	52
VIT	5	17	29	41	56
INT	7	19	31	43	60
DEX	9	21	33	45	64
LUK	11	23	35	47	68

HP

Note that the listed values include the bonus HP from the Payon Stories Balance Changes.

Level HP 1 40 2 45 3 50 4 55 5 60 6 65 7 70 8 75 9 80 10 85 11 90 12 95 13 100 14 105 15 110 16 115 17 120 18 125 19 130 20 135

Level HP 21 140 22 145 23 150 24 155 25 160 26 165 27 170 28 175 29 180 30 185 31 190 32 195 33 200 34 205 35 210 36 215 37 220 38 225 39 230 40 335

Level HP 41 340 42 345 43 350 44 355 45 360 46 365 47 370 48 375 49 380 50 535 51 540 52 545 53 550 54 555 55 560 56 565 57 570 58 575 59 580 60 785

Level HP 61 790 62 795 63 800 64 805 65 810 66 815 67 820 68 825 69 830 70 1,085 71 1,090 72 1,095 73 1,100 74 1,105 75 1,110 76 1,115 77 1,120 78 1,125 79 1,130 80 1,435

Level HP 81 1,440 82 1,445 83 1,450 84 1,455 85 1,460 86 1,465 87 1,470 88 1,475 89 1,480 90 1,885 91 1,890 92 1,895 93 1,900 94 1,905 95 1,910 96 1,915 97 1,920 98 1,925 99 2,930

Base ASPD

Equip Attack Speed From Novice Bare Handed 150 0 Dagger 135 (-15) 0 Sword (One Handed) 130 (-20) 0 Axe (One Handed) 120 (-30) 0 Mace 130 (-20) 0 Rod (One Handed) 135 (-15) 0

ASPD Potions Usable Concentration Potion ✔ Awakening Potion ✔ Berserk Potion ✘

See Also

Novice
Skills	Basic Skill • First Aid • Play Dead
Quests	Novice Skill Quest
Weapons	Dagger • One Handed Sword