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You’ll end the first part of your HCCO journey with {{MonsterIcon|Steel Knight|Steel Knights}}. They drop the {{ItemIcon|Steel Helmet}} (15 in 67 chance), {{ItemIcon|Steel Shield}} (10 in 67 chance), {{ItemIcon|Steel Sword}} (10 in 67 chance), and {{ItemIcon|Steel Scimitar}} (4 in 67 chance). You should be using the {{ItemIcon|Steel Sword}} on ATK and DEF and the {{ItemIcon|Steel Scimitar|Scimitar}} on STR when killing most monsters, but again, daggers should be used on plants due to the fast attack rate. The {{ItemIcon|Mirror Shield}} is a useful item to get around here, but if you decide not to get it, you can avoid ever getting tasks in the {{ZoneIcon|Strange Cave}}

But before you visit the {{MonsterIcon|Mithril Knight}} you'll want to take a detour to fight the {{MonsterIcon|Mummy}} for {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Strength}} and {{ItemIcon|Gold Emerald Ring}} to fill out your neck and ring slots. Your next step, therefore, is {{MonsterIcon|Mithril Knight|Mithril Knights}}. Because they only drop gear a quarter of the time when killed (on average), it can take quite a while to get a full {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|mithril set}}. You will probably get {{ItemIcon|Mithril Boots|boots}} (25 in 268) and {{ItemIcon|Mithril Helmet|helmets}} (15 in 268) quite often, and the eventual {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platelegs|platelegs}} (5 in 268). The {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|platebody}} has quite a low drop-chance (1 in 568). This is quite the trend on these knights. Before getting the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Platebody|platebody}} you will probably get both a {{ItemIcon|Mithril Scimitar|scimitar}} (1 in 67) and a {{ItemIcon|Mithril Shield|shield}} (5/134), too, so equip these once dropped, for a decent upgrade. You may equip the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Sword|sword}}, too, but I’d stick with the {{ItemIcon|Mithril Scimitar|Scimitar}} for now, to efficiently level up your {{Skill|Strength}} skill before practically perma-equipping the {{ItemIcon|Ice Sword}} for a long while. The last thing to consider before moving on to the {{MonsterIcon|Ice Monster}} is to potentially getting an {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Calculated Promotion}} from {{MonsterIcon|Leech}} while your name is set to "witwix", however this is only a 1% chance, so you might instead want to put it off until later.

 

While your next target is necessarily {{MonsterIcon|Adamant Knight|Adamant Knights}}, you should know that leveling attack and defense up to 50 from your 40 stats will effectively reduce your (raw, without AE efficiency loss) {{ItemIcon|Potatoes|potato}} per knight count from 170 to 120. additionally, if you decided not to get the {{ItemIcon|Amulet of Calculated Promotion}} previously, you should definitely get it now, since you'll have extremely low accuracy on the next two knights.

{{Skill|Ranged}} is quite straightforward, but we’ve been putting it off for mainly two reasons: It doesn’t provide any real benefit until you start fighting wizards, or other magic monsters, and getting its gear without having the space in your bank or loadouts for the gear and weapon(s) will be annoying.

Literally all your next weapon upgrades, except if you go out of your way to get the {{ItemIcon|Yew Longbow}} from the Holy Archer at level {{Skill|Ranged|40}}, will come from the {{ItemIcon|Bandit Chest}}. At level {{Skill|Ranged|30}} you can upgrade to the {{ItemIcon|Maple Longbow}}, at level 50 you can use the {{ItemIcon|Magic Longbow}}, and finally you will get to use the {{ItemIcon|Redwood Longbow}} and the {{ItemIcon|Ancient Longbow}} at levels 60 and 70.

 

Once you get into higher levels you may consider using the {{ItemIcon|Adamant Arrows|Adamant}} (worse than {{ItemIcon|Ice Arrows|Ice}}), {{ItemIcon|Rune Arrows|Rune}} and {{ItemIcon|Dragon Arrows}} you’ve collected from the {{ItemIcon|Bandit Chest}}. If you’re farming {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite}} for food you may also use {{ItemIcon|Ancient Arrows}} in {{Skill|Ranged|ranged combat}} after level 70.

 

Most of your ranged armor upgrades will come from the {{ZoneIcon|Spider Forest}}, moving through {{ItemIcon|Green D-hide Body|Green D'hide}} at level 40, {{ItemIcon|Blue D-hide Body|Blue D'hide}} at level 50, {{ItemIcon|Red D-hide Body|Red D'hide}} at level 60, and finally into {{ItemIcon|Black D-hide Body|Black D'hide}} at level 70. Upgrading ranged armor is much easier than for melee armor, as you can buy {{ItemIcon|Leather}} from the shop, which can then be used to buy {{ItemIcon|Green Dragonhide|Green}}, {{ItemIcon|Blue Dragonhide|Blue}}, and {{ItemIcon|Red Dragonhide|Red}} dragon leathers for upgrading their respective armor tiers. Alternatively, killing dragons in the {{ZoneIcon|Dragon Valley}} can provide all chromatic dragonhide, including {{ItemIcon|Black Dragonhide|Black}}. {{ItemIcon|Ranger Hat}} and {{ItemIcon|Ranger Boots}} are a nice bonus for saving ammunition while training, but after level 70, ammunition will be plentiful thanks to {{MonsterIcon|Raging Horned Elite|Raging Horned Elites}}, so they aren't necessarily worth the time to grind out.

 

It's about time to get your best-statted amulet, the {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs}}, or FEZ. You don't have to do it now, as it provides the same 2% DR as that of the {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Defence}}, but the other offensive and defensive bonuses are not to be underestimated. Refer to the [[Fury_of_the_Elemental_Zodiacs/Guide|FEZ/Guide]] for getting all the materials to make it. The {{PetIcon|Leonardo}} pet is good to have by this point as well, as it's a free 1% DR. Another useful item to get around this time if you don't already have it is the {{ItemIcon|Sandstorm Ring}}, for its unavoidable special attack.

 

Getting 99/99/99 melee stats is not a bad plan at this point, but before moving into the {{ZoneIcon|Air God Dungeon}}, you'll want to have at least 90/90/90 melee stats, full {{ItemIcon|(G) Ancient Platebody|(G) Ancient melee armor}}, {{ItemIcon|(G) Rune Boots}}, {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}}, {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield}}, {{ItemIcon|Fire Cape}}, {{ItemIcon|Fury of the Elemental Zodiacs|FEZ}} or {{ItemIcon|Elite Amulet of Defence}}, and level 85 {{Skill|Ranged}}. This combination of armor will allow you to reach 43% DR and idle the {{ZoneIcon|Air God Dungeon}} with as low as level 97 hp for 1000 total health, including the 30 hp bonus from the {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield|DFS}}. If your hp is at least level 95, then you can even use the {{ItemIcon|(U) Ancient D-hide Vambraces}} for 2% DR more than {{ItemIcon|Paladin Gloves}}.

 

Your goal is to get full {{ItemIcon|Aeris God Platebody|Aeris God Armor}} from the {{ItemIcon|Scroll of Aeris|Scrolls of Aeris}}, with the {{ItemIcon|Stormsnap}} being optional. The {{ItemIcon|Aeris Godsword}} is wholly unnecessary, as you'll want to keep using the DR of the {{ItemIcon|Dragonfire Shield|DFS}} awhile longer, though all of the godswords can be used for non-dungeon grinding.

 

You'll want to hold on to the {{ItemIcon|Earth Shard|Earth Shards}} which can be upgraded into {{ItemIcon|Earth Chest|Earth Chests}}, containing various crossbow bolts. These won't be enough to supply you for the {{ZoneIcon|Water God Dungeon}} but will at least save you some time grinding ammunition in the future.