Krythan's Journal

Entry #142 - Check-In #14

Lots going on! We've got a few projects going on at the moment. We're getting close to wrapping up T10 on the Bishop. But more importantly, we're only a few well scrolled Pet Equip(s) away from 30k on the Night Lord!!! In the meantime, we're a few hundred coins short of our next Night Lord upgrade (86!?), so we're hoping to take advantage of the current Anniversary Event's exp bonus to sell a bunch of leech, and stock up on those coins while Night Lord gear prices are low. Based on the recent balance changes, we're not super excited to play the Night Lord, but we're "sunken cost fallacy" at this point and time and gotta finish what we started... and with that, here's our updated goals:

What are our long-term goals?

• Run 18-man Pink Bean (1 of 2)
  
• Reach 30k HP on Night Lord (29,560 of 30,000)
• Earn Experience from Bossing (3.2b of 5b) - Updated!

What are our medium-term goals?

• Upgrade Night Lord Equip(s) (2 of 4)
• Finish Monster Book on Bishop (289 of 300)

What are our 2025 real-life goals?

• Hike & Run 200 Miles (54 of 200) - Updated!
• Bike 1,000 Miles (387 of 1,000) - Updated!

 

Entry #143 - THIRTY THOUSAND

WE DID IT!!! 30,000 HP on a Night Lord. Another one of our original goals accomplished! It took 6.3m NX, over the course of 2 years, 7 months, and 5 days, but we did it... we finally reached our goal of 30,000 HP on our Night Lord. We started this character on October 21st of 2022, and thanks to the Retro Hero Pendant, scrolling 3x pets equip(s), and just a few more AP Resets, bumping us up to the threshold, we just reached a total of 30k HP and 8.5k MP. This was our first attacker, and our first non-mage that we ever washed. We knew absolutely nothing at the time, so thanks to everyone that helped us figure out how it all worked, and thanks to everyone who shared their thoughts and feedback on what ultimately became the guide: Night Lord | Guide to Thirty Thousand Hit Points.

Special thanks to: fael convinced us that 30k HP, though it sounded crazy at the time, was the true objective to aim for. zeroxlr taught us how the various formulas worked together. Estrahl gave us tips and tricks on target levels and NX optimization. fartsy taught us to not be afraid of spending money. Leeching to level 150+ felt wildly expensive at the time. Now I understand it's just a drop in the bucket in the grand scheme of our next upgrades. LeonardoJF and creative were there for support, liking every single post in this this journal. And Nise created the definitive resource on HP Washing formulas, a forum post that I visit daily. Thank you everyone, that's helped us learn, and share, what we now know.

Spoiler: See NX usage

Spoiler: See level chart

Spoiler: See level history

Level, Date, Map
181 2025-05-04 21:30:25 Zipangu: 2102 Tokyo Skies
180 2025-04-11 02:59:43 Zipangu: Kamuna
179 2025-03-24 05:37:25 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
178 2025-02-26 02:48:45 Last Mission: Zakum's Altar
177 2025-02-04 04:56:38 Zipangu: Ninja Castle Hallway
176 2025-01-07 09:03:21 China: Sutra Depository 5-6 F
175 2024-12-05 03:55:01 Thailand: Evil Cave
174 2024-11-21 03:19:33 Cave of Life: Horntail's Cave
173 2024-11-14 03:27:09 Thailand: Evil Cave
172 2024-11-06 03:21:54 Cave of Life: Horntail's Cave
171 2024-09-29 03:52:09 Last Mission: Zakum's Altar
170 2024-08-31 14:51:06 China: Shaolin Secret Chamber
169 2024-07-04 22:27:08 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
168 2024-06-16 02:39:38 Last Mission: Zakum's Altar
167 2024-06-10 03:05:27 Cave of Life: Horntail's Cave
166 2024-05-14 01:57:26 Last Mission: Zakum's Altar
165 2024-05-03 02:47:34 Singapore: Ruins of Krexel II
164 2024-04-18 03:24:16 Singapore: Ulu Estate I
163 2024-03-10 02:30:03 Party Quest: Grandmaster Council Hall
162 2024-01-28 01:51:09 Last Mission: Zakum's Altar
161 2024-01-10 04:39:42 Last Mission: Zakum's Altar
160 2023-12-09 03:55:04 Leafre: The Burning Forest
159 2023-11-18 02:54:48 Cave of Life: Horntail's Cave
158 2023-11-08 04:27:13 Last Mission: Zakum's Altar
157 2023-10-25 02:23:41 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
156 2023-10-10 01:45:04 Leafre: The Burning Forest
155 2023-09-24 19:47:17 Leafre: Dragon Forest III
154 2023-08-04 01:14:31 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
153 2023-07-19 03:04:05 Last Mission: Zakum's Altar
152 2023-06-06 01:16:27 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
151 2023-05-14 14:09:26 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
150 2023-05-05 22:46:33 Singapore: Ulu City Center
149 2023-05-02 04:11:35 Singapore: Ulu City Center
148 2023-05-01 21:18:58 Singapore: Ulu City Center
147 2023-05-01 04:49:21 Singapore: Ulu City Center
146 2023-04-26 03:46:31 Singapore: Ulu City Center
145 2023-04-25 21:12:36 Singapore: Ulu City Center
144 2023-04-25 06:53:47 Singapore: Ulu City Center
143 2023-04-25 01:54:44 Singapore: Ulu City Center
142 2023-04-24 20:52:29 Singapore: Ulu City Center
141 2023-04-24 05:44:06 Singapore: Ulu City Center
140 2023-04-24 01:21:22 Singapore: Ulu City Center
139 2023-04-22 03:49:59 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
138 2023-04-20 00:43:50 Singapore: Ulu City Center
137 2023-04-14 19:53:57 Singapore: Ulu City Center
136 2023-04-14 04:28:47 Singapore: Ulu City Center
135 2023-04-14 00:57:32 Singapore: Ulu City Center
134 2023-04-13 20:59:19 Singapore: Ulu City Center
133 2023-04-13 17:45:44 Singapore: Ulu City Center
132 2023-04-13 14:25:26 Singapore: Ulu City Center
131 2023-04-13 01:28:43 Singapore: Ulu City Center
130 2023-04-12 22:29:39 Singapore: Ulu City Center
129 2023-04-12 19:11:48 Leafre: The Dragon Nest Left Behind
128 2023-04-11 21:44:32 Singapore: Ulu City Center
127 2023-04-11 19:13:02 Singapore: Ulu City Center
126 2023-04-10 19:05:48 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
125 2023-04-06 21:40:09 Singapore: Ulu City Center
124 2023-04-06 19:04:56 Singapore: Ulu City Center
123 2023-04-06 17:04:57 Singapore: Ulu City Center
122 2023-04-06 14:59:09 Singapore: Ulu City Center
121 2023-04-06 13:15:41 Singapore: Ulu City Center
120 2023-03-24 11:54:47 Singapore: Ulu City Center
119 2023-03-23 01:42:38 Singapore: Ulu City Center
118 2023-03-20 21:39:46 Singapore: Ulu City Center
117 2023-03-17 12:32:35 Singapore: Ulu City Center
116 2023-03-14 13:07:11 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
115 2023-03-13 22:06:39 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
114 2023-03-13 16:56:10 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
113 2023-03-07 14:37:00 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
112 2023-02-28 23:09:46 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
111 2023-02-15 13:48:21 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
110 2023-02-14 13:43:41 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
109 2023-02-14 02:42:00 Leafre: Nest of a Dead Dragon
108 2023-02-13 05:50:31 Singapore: Ulu City Center
107 2023-02-10 14:05:15 Singapore: Ulu City Center
106 2023-02-10 01:58:47 Singapore: Ulu City Center
105 2023-02-08 14:36:43 Singapore: Ulu Estate II
104 2023-02-08 13:24:01 Singapore: Ulu Estate II
103 2023-02-08 02:00:30 Singapore: Ulu Estate II
102 2023-01-22 14:00:03 Singapore: Ulu Estate II
101 2023-01-22 04:11:32 China: Forest of Towers
100 2023-01-04 14:33:43 China: Forest of Towers
99 2023-01-04 13:41:27 China: Forest of Towers
98 2023-01-03 18:41:02 China: Forest of Towers
97 2023-01-03 14:27:30 Singapore: Ulu Estate I
96 2023-01-03 13:18:11 Malaysia: Fantasy Theme Park 3
95 2023-01-02 01:16:11 Malaysia: Fantasy Theme Park 3
94 2023-01-01 22:04:46 Malaysia: Fantasy Theme Park 3
93 2023-01-01 21:21:14 Malaysia: Fantasy Theme Park 3
92 2022-12-28 04:14:34 China: Forest of Towers
91 2022-12-28 03:27:42 China: Forest of Towers
90 2022-12-28 00:04:52 China: Forest of Towers
89 2022-12-27 23:33:03 China: Forest of Towers
88 2022-12-27 19:40:52 China: Forest of Towers
87 2022-12-27 19:11:28 China: Forest of Towers
86 2022-12-27 02:31:04 China: Forest of Towers
85 2022-12-27 01:56:23 China: Forest of Towers
84 2022-12-27 01:22:19 China: Forest of Towers
83 2022-12-26 05:03:45 China: Forest of Towers
82 2022-12-24 20:16:54 China: Forest of Towers
81 2022-12-24 19:17:01 China: Forest of Towers
80 2022-12-24 18:07:37 China: Forest of Towers
79 2022-12-20 02:37:34 MesoGears: Wolf Spider Cavern
78 2022-12-20 01:56:58 MesoGears: Wolf Spider Cavern
77 2022-12-20 01:17:47 MesoGears: Wolf Spider Cavern
76 2022-12-20 00:40:18 MesoGears: Wolf Spider Cavern
75 2022-12-06 13:48:11 Taiwan: Star Avenue South Section
74 2022-12-05 21:54:13 Taiwan: Star Avenue South Section
73 2022-12-05 19:53:06 Taiwan: Star Avenue South Section
72 2022-12-05 19:03:12 Taiwan: Star Avenue South Section
71 2022-12-05 18:22:26 Taiwan: Star Avenue South Section
70 2022-11-29 23:45:41 Taiwan: Star Avenue South Section
69 2022-11-29 19:30:23 Taiwan: Star Avenue South Section
68 2022-11-25 22:06:57 Taiwan: Star Avenue South Section
67 2022-11-25 16:21:54 Singapore: Ghost Ship 2
66 2022-11-24 15:45:36 Singapore: Ghost Ship 2
65 2022-11-24 02:11:35 Singapore: Ghost Ship 6
64 2022-11-23 13:34:03 Singapore: Ghost Ship 2
63 2022-11-23 01:49:45 Singapore: Ghost Ship 2
62 2022-11-22 19:42:53 Singapore: Ghost Ship 2
61 2022-11-22 18:26:04 Singapore: Ghost Ship 2
60 2022-11-22 13:19:41 Singapore: Ghost Ship 2
59 2022-11-22 03:25:23 Singapore: Ghost Ship 2
58 2022-11-21 14:36:13 Singapore: Ghost Ship 5
57 2022-11-21 13:37:07 Singapore: Ghost Ship 5
56 2022-11-21 01:42:53 Singapore: Ghost Ship 5
55 2022-11-21 00:10:58 Singapore: Ghost ship 1
54 2022-11-20 16:01:07 Singapore: Ghost ship 1
53 2022-11-14 13:03:07 Zipangu: The Secret Spa (M)
52 2022-11-12 15:12:02 Ellin Forest: Mushroom Hill Entrance
51 2022-11-12 05:56:07 Ellin Forest: Deep Fairy Forest
50 2022-11-10 02:17:43 Mu Lung: Mu Lung Temple
49 2022-11-09 13:01:22 Kerning City Subway: Line 1 <Area 4>
48 2022-11-08 22:09:25 Kerning City Subway: Line 1 <Area 4>
47 2022-11-03 03:23:59 Forest of Poison Haze: Ellin's Forest
46 2022-11-03 02:24:05 Forest of Poison Haze: Ellin's Forest
45 2022-11-02 12:40:26 Kerning City Subway: Line 1 <Area 4>
44 2022-11-02 11:43:27 Kerning City Subway: Line 1 <Area 4>
43 2022-11-02 09:15:44 Mu Lung: Deep in the Sky Forest
42 2022-11-01 13:11:34 Mu Lung: Deep in the Sky Forest
41 2022-11-01 01:48:35 Alcadno Research Institute: Lab - Area A-3
40 2022-10-31 16:46:03 Ludibrium: The Path of Time <1>
39 2022-10-31 02:34:35 Ludibrium: The Path of Time <1>
38 2022-10-31 00:25:53 Ludibrium: The Path of Time <1>
37 2022-10-30 16:43:28 Ludibrium: The Path of Time <1>
36 2022-10-30 02:43:45 Victoria Road: East Rocky Mountain II
35 2022-10-30 01:56:31 Zenumist Research Institute: Lab - Unit 103
34 2022-10-30 00:38:11 Ariant: The Town of Ariant
33 2022-10-29 23:26:48 Kerning City Subway: Line 2 <Area 1>
32 2022-10-25 22:31:35 Kerning City Subway: Line 2 <Area 1>
31 2022-10-25 21:55:49 The Nautilus: Bottom Floor - Hallway
30 2022-10-25 13:59:59 Ariant: The Town of Ariant
29 2022-10-25 11:59:37 Zipangu: Inside Ninja Castle
28 2022-10-24 18:37:07 Zipangu: Inside Ninja Castle
27 2022-10-24 18:10:23 Zipangu: Inside Ninja Castle
26 2022-10-24 13:35:17 The Nautilus: Top Floor - Hallway
25 2022-10-24 13:03:46 Victoria Road: Excavation Site III
24 2022-10-24 11:58:49 Dungeon: Sleepywood
23 2022-10-22 22:51:33 Victoria Road: Henesys Park
22 2022-10-22 21:29:41 Thailand: Floating Market
21 2022-10-22 21:12:30 Thailand: Floating Market
20 2022-10-22 20:42:42 Hidden Street: Primrose Hill
19 2022-10-22 20:21:48 Hidden Street: Primrose Hill
18 2022-10-22 04:33:08 Hidden Street: Primrose Hill
17 2022-10-22 04:16:34 Hidden Street: Primrose Hill
16 2022-10-22 04:05:02 Hidden Street: Primrose Hill
15 2022-10-22 03:52:16 Hidden Street: Primrose Hill
14 2022-10-22 03:41:53 Hidden Street: Primrose Hill
13 2022-10-22 03:21:50 Victoria Road: Lith Harbor
12 2022-10-22 03:16:06 Victoria Road: Thieves' Hideout
11 2022-10-22 03:06:27 Victoria Road: Thieves' Hideout
10 2022-10-22 02:29:02 Victoria Road: The Field South of Ellinia
9 2022-10-22 01:39:56 Maple Road: The Field West of Southperry
8 2022-10-22 01:31:53 Rainbow Street: The Field East of Amherst
7 2022-10-22 01:28:25 Rainbow Street: The Field East of Amherst
6 2022-10-22 00:44:03 Rainbow Street: Amherst
5 2022-10-21 22:52:43 Rainbow Street: Amherst
4 2022-10-21 22:50:25 Maple Road: A Split Road
3 2022-10-21 22:48:07 Maple Road: Snail Hunting Ground I
2 2022-10-21 22:46:49 Maple Road: Lower level of the Training Camp

What are our long-term goals?

• Reach 30k HP on Night Lord (30,000 of 30,000) - Accomplished!

 

Ha ha. I think it's friendlier. Representing multiple characters, or "you and I", the readers.... or, you know, or representing myself and my ring craven.

 

Entry #144 - T10

Just finished our Bishop's Tier 10 Monster Book Ring!!

For the final batch of maps... we spent some time around Perion collecting the Skeleton Soldier and Officer Skeleton Soldier cards, then went to explore a few of the new card set options that were recently added including Thailand for newly added White Baby Monkey, Mama Monkey, and Wild Monkey cards. In Taiwan, we wrapped up the new Greatest Oldies and Kid Mannequin cards. Our last set? I felt it was only appropriate to end on the newly added Jonin card! Representative of Nintos, one of our personal favorite maps, it felt like a great last set to wrap up the ring. And with that, we finished all 300 sets needed on our Bishop's T10 Monster Book Ring!

Here's our updated monster book difficulty list (entirely subjective) on which cards we personally found the easiest and hardest!

What are our medium-term goals?

• Finish Monster Book on Bishop (300 of 300) - Accomplished!

 

Entry #145 - 1,592 Gacha

We recently cashed in 1,592 gacha at Ellinia. And the results...

• 2 Chaos Scrolls
• 6 Elemental Wands 5-8
  
• 1 Brown Work Glove
• 1 Glove for Attack 30%
• 2 Pink Adventurer Capes (1, 3)

This latest batch tallied a 796:1 rate for Chaos or White Scrolls, bringing our running avg. since we started logging gacha to a rate of 430:1.

 

Entry #146 - 86/12

With the May 2025 Balance Changes to Night Lord's Shifter, and the reduction of avoid due to the change in Avoidability Formula, there was a general sentiment of dissent. The Shifter skill is definitively worse, plus the avoid formula changes took away just a little bit of the charm and class identity that made Night Lords so slick and unique to play.

We'd hoped this general pessimistic sentiment would let us upgrade our next Red Craven at a bargain, but alas. Despite the demand for clean 51 att. Red Cravens taked (still have quite the supply in our inventory for sale), and the supply of finished Red Cravens appeared to go up - but there wasn't much of a dip in overall prices for perf. cravens.

There was an 86/12 Red Craven that had been sitting on the market for 3 months. We would have put in a bid earlier, but more time, meant more time to save up coins - and minimize taking on debt. We put a bid in for 3,350 coins. Assuming we could flip our 76 Red Craven, that meant we would only have to borrow around ~600c from a good friend to make it happens. Seller set a 50c min. increment, and another buyer went in for 3.4k. That meant, our ticket price was now at least 3,450c for an 86/12, so we decided to let that one go - as, at 3,450c, you're getting closer and closer to the price needed to make the jump to 86/14.

If our previous gacha run had been more profitable, we would have been sitting on a few hundred more coins at the time, and would have likely pulled the trigger. But, not to worry - this just gives us more time to save up some coins and minimize taking on debt.

 

Entry #147 - Timeless Pendant

On Thursday's Pink Bean run, we picked up a Timeless Pendant. DEX +8, LUK +9, few hours at 5-6F, and tada! DEX +28, LUK +27, for a 55 Total Stat. Nice. Funny enough, even with 25 Base DEX, this allows us to swap our DEX earrings for our LUK earrings, that had previously only been wearable with event equip(s). Does this count as an "upgrade" as per our current long-term goals?

On Cider we're currently trading LUK:Attack at a 6.8:1 ratio, so upgrading from 23/23 HTP to 28/27 Timeless Pendant counts as per our own self-defined rules! We'd originally planned for these two remaining upgrades to be claw, and cape, but as per our own definitions... I think it counts...

What are our medium-term goals?

• Upgrade Night Lord Equip(s) (3 of 4) - Updated!

 

Don't tempt me! I gotta get this craven first...

Look what Regrets lent me. Net gain of +3 LUK seeing as my current boots now over-DEX me. Now they are trying to peer-pressure me into scrolling +5 LUK Katinas with 30% avoids for the lols.

 

I'm waiting for theclammiest and Nightz to scuff a couple more stompers, so I can scoop up their leftovers...

 

Entry #148 - Grinding

The past few weeks have been alternating between selling leech and Pink Bean. Our goal at the moment is to grind out the coins needed to buy a perf. craven out right. We've got the funds in pocket to pick up an 82/12, but might give it another week or two to save up and get an 86/14 instead. It's hard to justify paying an extra ~500c for +2 LUK, but it might help with the re-sellability in the future. We have another batch run of gacha coming up, so that should push us over the finish line, plus some - maybe even enough to start the next fund for our upcoming cape upgrade. Best case scenario, a decent deal shows up on the market for a 90-91 attack NT claw, but that's subject to supply!

For grinding out mesos, most of our income has come from our mages. Our leech has been a combination of ulu2 when we can coordinate buyers, and some ~meh 3-hit 5-6F leech. The later has helped put some levels on our I/L, pushing it up to 169, the main benefit being it's now eligible for Nameless exp. Our SE is lagging a few levels behind, but we'll be putting some more levels into that character soon, as we're looking to make some more regular NT runs...

 

Couldn't (and wouldn't) do this without you! Your support is the reason we keep posting updates!

 

Entry #149 - RL #6

Between July and August, we've been spending a decent amount of time traveling and outside of the house. Summer is a chance to log as many miles as we can. Across a few bike trips, runs, and hikes, we've been updating our tracked miles towards our real-life goals... We also have a few ongoing home renovation projects, but that's likely a journal in itself!

What are our 2025 real-life goals?

• Hike & Run 200 Miles (157 of 200) - Updated!
• Bike 1,000 Miles (601 of 1,000) - Updated!

 

Entry #150 - More NT

When online, most of our time has been spent selling 5-6F leech, ulu2 leech, and maging at Nintos. Every once and a while we take a break to run some content - which of recently has been primarily NT. Being able to multi-attack with NL+SE+IL, and sometimes even Angel Ray on the Bishop, gives a decent amount of flexibility as it means simply recruiting one other player (usually duo-attacker) for that last slot in Nib and/or Nameless. Pretty soon, we might start going for solo's of JC, Nib and Nameless, but at the moment, when we're bossing, what we really care about is exp/min - and it that case often makes more sense to recruit a full party for the sake of time efficiency.

What are our long-term goals?

• Earn Experience from Bossing (3.8b of 5b) - Updated!

 

Entry #151 - Eighteen x2

We just accomplished one of this journal's original goals!

• Run 18-man Pink Bean (with 2 of 2 characters)

We recently had the chance to mule our Bishop in 18-man Pink Bean. And with that, having now cleared 18-man on both our main characters, we can mark this item as accomplished!

Muling the Bishop in Pink Bean was actually much easier than I expected. Don't die from dispels, hit a few holy shields on mass sed, and provide rez's on demand. Room for improvement, especially on timing the holy shields in phase 4/5, and body, but was more straight forward than we expected. Managing the Bishop we lost about ~1m @dpm on statues, and ~0.2m @dpm on body with our NL. With some practice, we're pretty confident we can get our @dpm up to essentially on-par with where we were pre-muling.

And with that, we're marking off another one of our original goals that we had set, two years ago now, at the very beginning of this journal as accomplished!

What are our long-term goals?

• Run 18-man Pink Bean (2 of 2) - Accomplished!