Dwarven Fighter guide

Great clan members — can supply clans with much-needed supplies.

Dwarves have two unique skills — Spoil produces added drops, while Crafting produces crafted goods

Can make money crafting by buying materials and selling finished goods. Can be a tank in battle due to high HP. With their high Constitution, Dwarves have a lot of HP and a very good stun rate.

No real special combat abilities. No buffing abilities. Not good for casual play — requires a lot of patience and perseverance.

Dwarves have an even slower run speed then Humans, which makes them an easy kite for archers.

Every Dwarf belongs to a workman association and goes through a period of training to learn how to craft various weapons and armors and gather materials for those items. For Dwarves, leveling through hunting is not as important as to other Fighter classes. Their major ability is taking items from monsters and selling items that they themselves create.

Since Dwarves can score more drops, and can craft items as they progress, they tend to have much more available cash than other characters at the same level. Played efficiently, a Dwarf will use that extra cash to make life easier for himself as he levels. Of course, this is somewhat offset by the lack of other special abilities.

Dwarfland is possibly the most isolated region in the game, both because it's physically separated from the mainland, and because it breeds no Mystics. Consequently, many options and decisions that other players face are simply not a factor here. What kind of group will you form? Unless a caster from another race is ready to join you, you're choosing between solo Fighter, Fighter/Fighter, or maybe Fighter/Fighter/Fighter.

Hunting styles are similar to that of other fighting classes. In the party, a Dwarf's stoutness lets her play an important role as a tanker, based on higher-than-average hit points and great physical strength.

Every clan needs a Dwarf Warsmith and spoiler (Bounty Hunter). You'll be popular at higher levels.

Dwarves have higher encumbrance ability and inventory space due to their stoutness.

Some feel that it's not really worth spending time crafting till Level 50 or so. Profit margin prior to then can be pretty small. (But others will respond: every little bit helps. And the increased profits, invested wisely in better equipment, will increasingly add up.)

Lots of Dwarves make mule characters to produce soulshots. Until you can craft hard-to-find items, that's a prime money-maker.

The Dwarf Level 20 Scavenger quest is the longest Profession Quest in the game, all classes considered. Be prepared to spend a while completing it! (By the time you complete it, you'll wish you had a large nail to pin Toma down to one place.)

Dwarves have one of the hardest starting locations (no magic, no other skills, just lots of Dwarves).

Take your weapon skills first, then Spoil, then Sweep, then armor skills.

Don't worry about wielding un-Dwarflike weapons, like swords and daggers. You don't start specializing until you hit 20 and choose a profession. Some prefer a dagger (which is Very Fast) to anything else that can normally be found. And a bow is occasionally useful for pulling one mob away from a companion who would also aggro if you didn't pull the first one.

Save one of each recipe you find, and sell the rest. Don't try to sell the rest to other Dwarves (if you found two, there probably will be plenty of them in circulation), just take them to the store.

Don't save upper-level recipes unless you might become an Artisan, or you have an Artisan to give them to. But don't discard recipes just because they're marked as "Crafting 2." Check the list in this guide for which ones are really Crafting 1.

First Choice. Learn the skills you can (including Crafting), then spend the adena to cross over to Talking Island. Partner with a healer and maybe another Fighter and start cranking EXP/SP.

Second Choice. Run the Level 10-12 quests:.

At Level 10/11 run the two Elder quests (for bat fangs and floating stones) as often as you can. The first time you get a nice M.Def ring and 60 SP each. Do them again (and again, and again) for 2400 adena and 60 SP each. (That's about another 50 adena per kill — a very nice bonus — and the SP don't hurt either.) If you stayed in Dwarfland, also run the Silversmith's Hammer quest as soon as you can — a much nicer weapon than you've had so far (unless you've been twinked or grabbed an extraordinary drop), that you get for free. That's a good time to make the switchover to blunt weapons.

Once you're tired of killing Bats and Magical Weavers, cross over to Aden and find some non-Dwarf friends. If you're nearly to Level 15, you might stick around Dwarfland to get the skills at that level. Otherwise, leave earlier.

Don't come back until you're ready to run your Level 20 Profession Quest. If you're going to be a crafter, buy all the components you can from other players.

One good reason to leave Dwarfland — not a lot of other Dwarves want to sell goods to you, while most other races are happy to unload goods on you, sometimes for less-than-store prices. When someone gives you a sweet deal, be sure to be properly appreciative — if you're staying in the same area for awhile, you're almost certain to see the same player again, and you'll want him to remember you kindly.