Mabinogi advice and tips

Well hello there! Need some advice to improve your Fantasy Life experience? That's what we're here for! Ask away!

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And that’s all she wrote!

That was the final question this blog is going to answer before I retire from Mabinogi. I won’t go into the reasons why, stirring up any blame and drama in the community is the last thing I want to do.

I will, however, leave this blog up as a reference for anybody who needs it. And anybody who wishes to be added or removed from the volunteer list may still message me through tumblr’s messaging system. But I will be turning off the askbox and submit box.

I hope I was able to help people during my time here, and I hope all of you will continue to enjoy your fantasy life!

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Hi! I've been playing (on and off) Mabinogi for 8 years+ now, and I just came back to playing it seriously after a break of, say, about 3 years? And so much stuff changed, I don't know where to start?? My main is just under 1k and I'm getting all these beginner quests and items despite being really advanced in my skills? (I only need one page of AR and I'll be master archer) Did the gameplay become easier over the past three years ?

You’re getting all these quests because Mabinogi now considered anybody under level 1k a newbie. I would recommend doing them, though. The new newbie quests give some decent benefits!

As for the gameplay getting easier, yes and no. A lot of generations have been dumbed down, while general dungeons have been buffed to the point that many consider them very unfriendly to newbies.

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Are artisan upgrades the only final upgrades that are totally randomized rolls? what about "unique" upgrades?

In the standard upgrade tree, yes. Unique upgrades are things that only apply to certain items (gathering tools, certain weapons, ect.), and they’re typically not randomized.

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I'm on the last step of Flash Path, and am trying to engage a Black Dragon. Nobody shows up during the natural spawn times, and when the NPC says there is a summoned one, and I go to the summoned one's location, there's nothing there. What is going on?

Either means you just missed it, it’s at it’s second summon location, or you need to look around a little more to find it!

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Hey! :) I'm a pure mage (as of now, at least) and I am not sure whether I should create a male or female spirit wand. I see a lot of mages around with the male spirit wand. What do you suggest?

Sorry for the late reply! I wanted to do a little looking into this to make sure I wasn’t just spouting off unproven information!

Almost always the case with spirit weapons is that their stats are dependent on what you feed them. The only things that change with the gender of your spirit weapon is what gems they prefer (what gems apply to which stats), their general text and personality, and the title you get from them if you chose to have a spirit sword.

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The “Fresh New Look” event is in progress until January 17th 2017!

Any and all appearances that cost pon are completely free until then! Enjoy your fantasy life, Milletians!

With this event going on, maybe it would be a good time to get a friend into Mabinogi?

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Protip for anyone who can't find someone to do a Jam Band with. Use Laighlinne. Was able to use two of a solo scroll with her and it worked.

A good tip for anyone with the partner!

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Soooo... i was wondering where can i get tons of large nails since the stones in port quilla got removed D: Any advice?

There’s a signpost in Port Cobh that’s right across from the blacksmith that a lot of players use to get large nails!

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I equipped a shuriken and learned shuriken mastery, but i cant get the ninja subquest from alissa

Did you rebirth to the ninja talent, as well?

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is it possible to dye outfits that my partner is wearing without having to unlock it?

Nope! You gotta dye it before hand or unlock it, dye it, and then re-gift it to them!

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I have a question. I've just started playing Mabinogi today, but one thing I noticed was when I was making my character there were certain skin colors I didn't see. Are more skin colors available when you get to the Beauty Shop? (I got the game off of Steam)

Nope! Everything for your race is available from the get-go. However, if you pick a part for your character that’s premium only, the game will tell you that you need to purchase pon to get it!

Some skin colors and other customization options are only available to certain races (An example being that elves don’t have dark skin color options, for some dumb reason!). So if you want your character to have a certain skin tone, make sure to go through all three races first!

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Hi! I hope this is okay to ask, but-- I'm a fairly new player, three weeks in. I've gotten an immensely generous crew of friends that have helped me become accustomed to the game; however, I've recently found something that says with certain AI you can have your pets actually talk instead of going "..." - and I wanted to implement this. My issue is that I don't know if this would be against the rules or not, and would like some advice- I don't want to do anything rule-breaking.

From what I’ve been told, that involves modding which breaks the TOS! As fun as it seems, you sadly can’t do it without modifying your client.

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What happened to the waxen wings? They’re not in the item shop but the dungeon wings are still there. Are they temporarily removed?

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Waxen wings can still be obtained through advanced play and as rewards from Baltane supply boxes!

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is it possible to take an enchant off an item to put on another one?

Sadly, no. If you want an enchant that’s on an item, you have to do an enchanters burn and lose the item (and it has a success rate, so it could be for nothing).

If you do succeed, however, you lose the item but get the enchant! Which you can then put on an item that fills that enchant’s requirements!

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currently at r3 of rain cast and trainign it is becoming increasingly difficult.... any tips for training these last 3 ranks?

Ugh, raincasting! Such a grind, am I right? Luckily, I have some tips that may help you out!

For the boss requirements: Ingredients in cooking dungeons are almost always boss level unless your CP is ridiculously high! And even then, nothing a tendering potion bought with Saga tickets, or -CP gear, can’t help! If you do Baltane Squire stuff regularly and have extra tokens, there’s a chance you can get tendering potions from the basic and intermediate supply boxes, too!

For the 5+ people requirement: Take advantage of busy channels, or get some friends together!

For the gathering requirement: If your herbalism is high enough, you can actually find base herbs out in the wild near the bear area in Dunbarton, and the grassy area near Ciar Dungeon! If not, try something like carpentry!

For the finishing production requirement: Hairbands! They’re cheap, they’re easy, and even someone who’s never touched life skills can make them! Get a bunch to 99.9%, use raincasting, and finish them all under the cloud!

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Hello! I'm thinking about starting a new guild, and I've been looking around doing my research on it. Any advice?

Always keep in mind that guilds are part of premium/VIP service! Losing VIP won’t make your guild disappear, but you won’t be able to recruit or upgrade your guild unless you have VIP!

You need a party of five to form a guild, the mod recommends forming it with friends rather than random people!

Speaking of random people, don’t go throwing around random invitations to people without saying anything! Talk to the people you want to recruit, make them feel like a real contribution to the guild instead of just a number!

Don’t put your guild stone in the middle of nowhere if you want people to apply! Put it where people will see it, like Dunbarton or Tir Chonaill!

Don’t be afraid to set standards or application rules for your guild in accordance with the type of people you want coming in!

Lastly, but most importantly, be a just and understanding leader! I’ve seen leader bias ruin a lot of good guilds! If guild drama comes knocking, try to see it from both sides! And if your guildies come to you with concerns about the guild or other guild mates, listen to them and take what they say into consideration! You’re the leader, yes, but the people you let in along with your actions can make or break a guild!

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I'm a bit frightened when it comes to the event coming out tomorrow. What if the person I end up paired with is someone on my blacklist? Or is someone who makes sexual comments at anything with a female avatar?

Nothing on the event information page says anything about limited times a day. So unless they’re outright not saying “you can only do this so many times a day”, there’s no shame in just leaving.

Or, if you don’t want to leave, just hit control+n to turn off names and speech bubbles before switching to a different chat tab!