Pets, Vanguard & the Crypts

Discover the new pet skills, follow the Vanguard campaign, and prepare for the Abyssal and Nightmare Crypts. This guide explains how the systems work and includes the complete skill, obtainable equipment and new quest lists.

Staged pet skills

Each of the 34 pet families gains five new skills, for 170 new skills in total. Skills become available as the pet advances through Awakened, Tempered, Ascendant, Exalted and Primordial stages. Higher stages retain access to the earlier staged skill offers, alongside the family's existing skills.

To advance a pet, visit the Beast Ascension Master beside the Beast Trainer in Delos with two matching pets of the required family and stage, both refined to exactly +15. Dismiss them first; broken, sealed or expired pets are not eligible. The ritual permanently consumes both pets and creates one pet of the next stage at level 1 and +0 refinement. Repeat with matching staged pets to progress up to stage 5.

Your pet must reach level 10 to learn these skills. Each stage adds one staged skill slot in addition to the family's existing slots. Learning a skill is a separate purchase; unlocking a stage does not automatically teach it.

Advancing a pet to another stage creates a level-1 pet and resets purchased skills. Train the new pet back to level 10 and purchase the skills you want again. Purchased skills from either source pet do not carry over. Staged pets can also be refined using Soulites.

Guardian Link

Some defensive pets can share the damage you take. While Guardian Link is active, a portion of incoming combat damage is transferred to the pet after your defences have been applied. The pet actually loses HP and can die; damage it cannot absorb remains on you.

Only one link can protect you at a time. A new link replaces the previous one, and protection ends when its duration expires or the pet dies, is dismissed, or leaves your map. PvP uses half the listed transfer rate, rounded down to a whole percentage.

Vanguard campaign and equipment choices

Speak to the Village Chief in Lagos to begin the Vanguard campaign at level 20. The 15 quests unlock in sequence at five-level intervals, ending at level 90. Each quest awards experience, money and one Vanguard Commendation.

At levels 50, 70 and 90, completing the corresponding campaign quest unlocks a class-specific equipment requisition. Each requisition is a one-time choice between a six-piece armour crate and one of your class's two weapon types. Choosing armour gives you a full set; choosing a weapon gives you one weapon.

Keep your commendations: the level-50 and level-70 exchanges return them, while the final level-90 exchange consumes all 15. These optional exchanges do not replace the campaign's next quest.

Open an armour crate with six free inventory slots. Vanguard equipment and crates cannot be traded or sold.

Armour set bonuses

Vanguard and Crypt armour reward wearing matching pieces. Only the highest reached bonus applies; the two-, four- and six-piece bonuses do not add together. Pieces from different sets do not combine toward one set's threshold.

The Abyssal and Nightmare Crypts

The Crypts are shared dungeons with respawning enemies and 47 gatekeeper encounters per difficulty. The Abyssal Crypts contain enemies from levels 20–90; Nightmare enemies range from 90–120. These are enemy level ranges, not a promise that every area suits a character at the entrance.

Enter the Abyssal Crypts through its world entrance. Find and defeat Kiki the Demented Jester to open a Nightmare Rift for 10 minutes. Kiki roams a randomly selected chamber and respawns after 5–10 minutes.

The Nightmare arrival sanctuary is safe. Outside it, PvP is active and party or guild membership does not protect you from another player's attacks.

Ordinary enemies respawn after 30 seconds in the Abyssal Crypts and 60 seconds in Nightmare. Gatekeepers retaliate and chase when attacked, then return home if combat ends. Enemy health now scales with level and encounter role; Nightmare remains the harder difficulty.

Gatekeeper rewards and repeat farming

A gatekeeper has a 20% base chance in the Abyssal Crypts or a 60% base chance in Nightmare to award one shared Rare equipment piece. A successful roll selects one of the 29 items in the appropriate tier. Existing drop bonuses can modify the chance; this is not a separate item roll for every party member.

If your character is no more than 10 levels above the boss, you can farm its rare gear repeatedly. If you are more than 10 levels above it, you receive one rare-gear attempt per boss, per difficulty, every 24 hours. The timer starts with the eligible kill even if no gear drops.

For example, a level-30 character can repeatedly farm a level-20 gatekeeper, while a level-31 character uses the 24-hour rule. Party members are checked individually, so an overlevelled helper does not put level-appropriate teammates on cooldown. Characters on cooldown can still help fight, but cannot collect that boss's protected rare gear. This rare-gear timer does not remove experience, money or ordinary supply rewards.

Crypt gear is bind-on-equip. Armour has the set bonuses above; weapons and accessories do not contribute to those armour sets.

Loot and crafting supplies

The updated loot balance puts more emphasis on crafting ingredients and upgrade supplies, with fewer finished equipment drops from ordinary encounters. Materials follow the level of the encounter and the recipes available around that progression tier.

Standard dungeon bosses have an 80% base chance to drop one shared equipment item, with weapon options for all four classes. This is a chance of any equipment, not a guaranteed upgrade for your class. Crypt gatekeepers use their separate rare-gear rules above.

Both Crypts also provide independent rolls for level-appropriate crafting materials, food or drink, Soulites and, from level 20, protection scrolls. These supply rolls are separate from gatekeeper rare gear and remain available during a rare-gear cooldown.

Other dungeon and service updates

Tower of Chaos now has seven playable stages, with enemy waves, bosses and progression from the basement to the summit.

Den of Mazes has organized enemy formations. Stone Chamber of the Dead has a connected teleport network, with landing positions clear of portal triggers. Hall of Heroes accepts levels 18–35, Ancient Grotto accepts levels 45–60, and Zeide Raceway accepts levels 1–200.

Portable service items summon a warehouse keeper, auctioneer, travelling merchant or post box. They can be reused while valid, with a 10-minute cooldown between successful summons.

Assassins can now access Claw and Dagger crafting options at the Idamere blacksmith.

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All 170 new skills are listed below, grouped by pet family. Stage is the minimum stage required to offer the skill; every skill also requires pet level 10. The pictures are the skill's in-game icons. Cooldown is shown in seconds and MP is the listed mana cost.

Damage percentages describe skill scaling, not guaranteed final damage. Actual results depend on the target and combat modifiers. Poison, bleed or burn effects described as ineffective against bosses do not apply that effect to bosses.

Bugger

Infected Bugger

Sporefish

Boar

Raptor

Yllib

Hyenadon

Grunt

Turtle

Stager

Diceros

Eagle

Beetle

Vorsgha

Prowler

Bat

Crabber

Bambiseal

Scorpion

Tarantula

Wolf

Equus

Camela

Ant

Male Ant

Lizard

Bear

Drakan

Orcanus

Tyrannos

Moth

Bobcat

Skeletal Stager

Skeletal Tyrannos

This catalogue contains 194 equipment pieces: 78 Vanguard pieces and 116 Crypt pieces. The nine obtainable Vanguard armour crates are listed separately. Every row shows the item's in-game icon; some items intentionally share an icon.

Attack and Defence are base physical values before refinement, character bonuses and armour set bonuses. Grade is shown separately from rarity. A dash means the item does not grant that base stat.

Vanguard equipment

Vanguard equipment is Elite rarity. Obtain it through the level-50, level-70 and level-90 requisition quests. Armour comes from the matching six-piece crate; weapons are individual alternatives to the crate. Each requisition can be completed only once for that character's class.

Level 50 — Lifebound

Level 70 — Armada

Level 90 — Ruinforged

Vanguard armour crates

Each crate contains the matching set's head, chest, legs, hands, feet and shoulder pieces. Leave six inventory slots free before opening it.

Crypt equipment

Crypt equipment is Rare rarity and drops from gatekeepers. The boss's level determines the eligible tier; Normal and Nightmare use the same tier catalogue with different drop chances. Each tier contains 18 armour pieces, eight weapons and three accessories.

Level 20 — Ossuary

Level 50 — Ashen

Level 80 — Sovereign

Level 110 — Dreambane

The update adds 27 quests: 15 Vanguard campaign quests and 12 class-specific equipment requisitions. A character follows the 15-quest campaign and can complete the three requisitions matching their class.

Vanguard campaign

Every campaign quest starts and finishes with the Village Chief in Lagos. Complete the previous campaign quest and meet the listed level to accept the next one. Each completion awards one Vanguard Commendation, plus the experience and money shown below. These quests are not repeatable.

Money uses g = gold, s = silver and c = copper; 100 copper make one silver, and 100 silver make one gold.

Class equipment requisitions

Return to the same Village Chief after the required campaign step. Each row is a separate, non-repeatable quest for the listed class. Choose one of the three rewards; the armour crate contains six pieces, while either weapon reward contains one weapon. Requisitions award no additional XP or money.