Orc Fighter guide

Highest HP value of any race — great for meleeing! Fast HP and MP regeneration. Some natural resistance to poison.

Slow and not good for kiting (though Quick Step potions help a lot).

Your newbie weapons will work until you can afford your first gloves (spiked) or sword/blunt weapon. When hunting, look for things that con light blue or blue. You'll still get XP, but won't have to wait so long to recover HP/MP.

Between Levels 1 and 3, hunt the Keltirs (young to elder as you progress). You can head north or south to find both Keltirs.

Past Level 3, you should venture further out. The best way is to jump off the N or S cliffs. Watch out for boulders — if you get *stuck* behind one, try restarting the game. It will usually put you back a few steps and give you room to go around the rock.

At Level 4, when you get new quests, scale down the cliffs to the N or S to find Kasha Wolves, Rakeclaw Imps, and Goblin Grave Robbers. The south side (by the ocean) is usually a little less crowded. Nice groups prowl near the cliff by the North exit (jump down and head right), and by the coast on the south side. You'll spend a lot of time there in your pre-teen levels — and quickly discover that it's a long hike back up the hill. A few hundred adena will get you an Escape Scroll at the Magic shop — if you have it to spare, get one to make the return trip go faster.

Once you hit Level 6, you can do the grave-robber quest. Go ahead and get the Rakeclaw Imp quest too, since they are found in the same areas. If you have to wait for robber respawns, you can kill imps in search of soulstones. At Level 9, go for Maraku Werewolves in the plateau area about halfway between town and the Frozen Waterfalls on the map. (Jump off bluffs to get there faster.) The Werewolves drop totems worth 600 adena apiece, so this quest is worth repeating.

For the early-to mid-teen levels, you'll feel the XP grind. It's slow… very slow…. especially since other players will be doing the exact same thing (killing Werewolves forever). But, keep repeating the Werewolf quest and save money. If you get bored, you can kill Fungi while you're waiting for Werewolves to respawn. Probably not worth wasting your HP over, but they're slow (speed and attack speed) and sometimes drop cloth boots, etc.

For more difficult foes, head toward the falls (north road, toward Cave of Trials) and seek out Grizzlies and Golems.

Finally, around Level 15, you can do the Gatekeepers' Charm quest (for one free ticket to Gludin; you still have to pay the return fare) and the Totem of the Hestui quest. Both take place near the bottom of the Frozen Waterfalls. The charm quest involves Greystone Golems, which boast a Wind attack. The totem one involves hunting aggressive Kasha Bears — for this one, stock up on health potions before you go! At the end of the quest, a totem bear (Level 17) spawns, and you have to kill it to get the totem to drop.

Don't leave Orc land until you're ready to do your profession quest! There's plenty of stuff to kill in the Cave of Trials at Levels 15-19, and you will want to load up on adena and fill out your armor before you start the Monk or Raider quests.

Make the decision now as to whether you want to play hand-to-hand (dual wield) or sword/blunt/polearm weapons. What skills you develop depends primarily on your career goal.

As you earn SP, go visit Prefect Brukurse and train the appropriate attack skill, plus Relax (190). For claws, get Iron Punch 1 and 2 (60 apiece), then boost Iron Punch as you're able. For swords, go for Power Strike. Next, pick up at least one of the masteries — Weapon Mastery (more important) or Armor Mastery.

Here, you really need to examine your options. If you want to take the Monk path (better for soloing), focus on training Iron Punch all the way to Skill Level 6. If you want to be a swordsman or blunt attacker (best for damage-dealing in groups), you can get Power Strike for early levels, and later, you can opt for sword or blunt skills. Either way, before you venture too deep into the Cave of Trials for some heavy hitting, you're going to want to bolster your defense with Armor Mastery 1 and 2, or 1/2/3. Then, get Weapon Mastery!

Side tactic: If you don't plan to be a monk, don't mind waiting for MP restoration, and don't mind spending an extra 60 SP, train Power Strike 1 or 2 along with Iron Punch 1/2/3. Hit with one power attack, then switch to your other weapon and hit while the first timer is still winding down. This makes the "go kill 50 Goblin Grave Robbers" quest go a little faster. But if you do this, you'll have to wait longer to get mastery skills in both.

Make spiked gloves your first purchase (fairly cheap), or a sword/dagger. It's worth mentioning here that few Orcs try archery. You don't get good skills for that, and this race can't kite due to a lack of speed — even though Monks get speed skills later.

Gloves are the way to go if you plan to become a Monk later. Mobs drop gloves here, and players sell cheaper than traders when they trade up — you can get Iron Gloves for 8K to 10K, versus 14K at the store. Some players skip Iron Gloves entirely (or wait for a rare drop from the Maraku Werewolves) and save instead for Foxnail Gloves or armor, but the iron gloves pack more punch than spiked ones. For the H2H path, Foxnail gloves will be your next big purchase (45K to 50K, depending on the selling player's price). Later, down the dual wield road, you'll need Cestus — don't pay vendor prices! Look for player sales instead.

It's worth mentioning here that if you plan to be a tank, you probably want to focus on swords or blunt weapons instead of claws. In that case, you're going to want to replace your newbie weapon with something other than claws.