Dragon Knight

Dragon Knight
Job Base(s):	Rune Knight
Job Type:	4-1
Job Level:	50
Race:	Human
Changes At:	Geffen
Number of Skills:	12
Total Skill Points:	90
Total Quest Skills:	0
Job Bonuses
STR AGI VIT INT DEX LUK +6 +8 +7 +8 +8 +6
Talent Bonuses
POW STA WIS SPL CON CRT +8 +5 +3 +5 +6 +6

Overview

Dragon Knights are the final evolution of the Rune Knight class. Their name is often abbreviated and referred to as "DK". They have traded in their dragon mounts for mature dragon mounts and are ready to do some serious damage with an arsenal of new powerful attacks while also having the highest HP pool compared to other classes.

Job Change Guide

See Dragon Knight Job Change Guide for detailed information.

This is one of the hardest job change quests for players without OCP/Kachua gear. Be prepared to fail a few times. It takes about 10-15 minutes to finish the quest.

Builds

Wind Cutter Build (2024)

Wind Cutter damage depends on Base level and Base Damage. So equips that increase ATK, will be helpful in boosting it's damage. The Wind Cutter skill hits enemies twice when using a Two-Handed sword, while using a spear makes it ranged attack for enemies with reflect. The main equipment that is needed initially is the full Peuz's set that will boost the Wind Cutter damage by a lot. This can be farmed in game from the Mora Coins given in the Mora Village quests. Additional gears help to boost damage and spamming.

This is a very good F2P starter build which new or old players can use to level up to 200+ easily. This build can also be used to farm and hunt some of the lower HP MVPs.

Stat Points

Stat	Amount	Notes
STR	120 - 125	STR to increase more damage.
AGI	90 - 100	AGI needed for Flee and ASPD.
VIT	90 - 120	For high health and survivability.
INT	1 or 12 - 18	Additonal INT for SP pool.
DEX	100 - 110	High DEX for HIT.
LUK	30 - 60 or 100	LUK for extra ATK and CRIT auto attacks. 100 LUK for Curse Resistance

Suggested Equipment

Equip	Best in Slot?	Card Options	Comments
Headgear (Upper)
+9 Black Ribbon [1]	❌	Purple Ferus Card	TBA
+11 Helm of Faith(Rune Knight) [1]	❌	Purple Ferus Card	TBA
+11 Thanatos Warrior Helmet [1]	✅	Purple Ferus Card	TBA
Headgear (Middle)
Demon's Familiar [1]	✅	Any	TBA
Headgear (Lower)
Old Camouflage Scarf	✅	None	TBA
Armor
+7 / 9 Peuz's Plate	✅	None	TBA
Weapon
+11 Hypocrisy Edge [2]	❌	Greater Special Alnoldi Card	TBA
+11 Adulter Fides Two-handed Sword [2]	❌	Rekenber Guard Card	TBA
+11 Vivatus Fides Two-handed Sword [2]	❌	Rekenber Guard Card	TBA
+11 Thanatos Great Sword-AD [2]	✅	Rekenber Guard Card	TBA
Garment
+9 Peuz's Manteau	✅	None	TBA
Shoes
+9 Peuz's Greaves [1]	✅	Any	TBA
Accessories
Peuz's Seal [1]	✅	Gold Scaraba Card	TBA
Storm Stone [1]	✅	Gold Scaraba Card	TBA

Special Gears:

• +10 Rune Knight Shadow Weapon (Must have for combo with Sonic Shadow Shield for Def Bypass)
• +10 Sonic Shadow Shield (Must have for combo with Rune Knight Shadow Weapon for Def Bypass)
• Costume 20th Anniversary Poring
• Costume 20th Anniversary Fairy Wing
• +10 Penetration Shadow Earring (Optional)
• +10 Penetration Shadow Pendant (Optional)

Note: Rune Knight Shadow Weapon and Sonic Shadow Shield combo are crucial for WC build, it give you 60% hard defense bypass (Recommended at lvl 160+)

Pets:

• Succubus Egg (for HP Leech)

Suggested Runes

Some of the runes from Rune Mastery are very helpful for Wind Cutter RKs. They are recommended to be used at Lvl 130+.

• Turisus Runestone For extra STR and ATK.
• Isia Runestone For better healing with Syrups
• Lux Anima Runestone Overall one of the best RK Rune. For more HP/SP, ATK and Damage boost.
• Asir Runestone For more ATK and ASPD.
• Hagalas Runestone For extra DEF, increase physical and magical armor.

Suggested Skills

Skills: Dragon Training 5 / Rune Mastery 10 / Wind Cutter 5 / Spear Dynamo 5 (For Extra ATK and HIT) / Aura Blade 5 / Two Hand Quicken

• Optional:Phantom Thrust 3 / Hundred Spears 10 / Ignition Break 5 / Enchant Blade 10
  • Prereqs: Enchant Blade 5 / Cavalier Mastery 1 / Brandish Spear 2 + Clashing Spiral 5 (if getting Hundred Spears) / Counter Attack 1 (if getting Ignition Break)

Special Thanks to Sanggoro for Researching and Testing this Newbie friendly build!

Dragon Breath Build (2024)

Introduction

Dragon Breath and Water Dragon Breath is a long range ground targeted AOE skill. It is one of the best overall build to clear more than 90% of the game content with right gears. Its damage calculation is very different from standard skills, refer the skill page for details. You need 185+ ASPD, 101% After Cast Delay, and near 0 Cast time, to maximise spamming the skill. It has no cooldown. Some of the runes will help change the element of the breath. Unfortunately, with current mechanics and equips its damage ceiling is lower than other builds.

Stat Points

Stat	Amount	Notes
STR	1 ~ 30	1 point for pure Dragon Breath only. More STR can be added for carrying capacity
AGI	90 ~ 100	AGI for high ASPD and reducing animation delay
VIT	120 ~ 130	Extremely important for every Rune Knight build
INT	120 ~ 130	Extremely important for every Rune Knight build
DEX	80 ~ 120	120 base DEX for eliminating Dragon Breath fixed cast time with Temporal Dex Boots.
LUK	1	LUK is not needed for this skill right now

Damage Modifiers

• Current HP
• Total SP
• Long Range
• VIT
• INT
• Skill Element
• Monster Element

Suggested Equipment

Below is a list of equipment based on approximate costs compiled by Sanggoro

Affordable and Cheap Early Dragon Breath Build

Equip	Best in Slot?	Card Options	Comments
Headgear (Upper)
+8 Red Baby Dragon Hat [1]	✅	Bungisngis Card	TBA
Headgear (Middle)
Heavenly Order	❌	None	TBA
Demon's Familiar [1]	✅	Firm Air Deleter Card	TBA
Headgear (Lower)
Sacred Lapel	❌	None	TBA
Einherjar Mantle	✅	None	TBA
Armor
+7 Fafnir Scale	✅	None	TBA
Weapon
+9/+11 Dragonic Slayer [2]	❌	Hunter Fly Card	TBA
+9/+11 Awakened Dragonic Slayer [2]	❌	Hunter Fly Card	TBA
+9/+11 Dragonic Slayer-LT [2]	✅	Hunter Fly Card	TBA
Garment
+10 Mysterious Muffler [1]	✅	Menblatt Card	TBA
Shoes
+7 Temporal Dex Boots	✅	Enchanted with - Expert Archer Speed of Light	TBA
Accessories
Temporal Ring [1]	❌	Broken Cleaner Card	TBA
Memento Mori [1]	✅	Broken Cleaner Card	TBA

Special Gears:

• Costume enchanted with Minor Casting Stone(Garment)

Pets:

• Incubus Egg (for SP Leech)

Mid but Awesome Dragon Breath Build

Gears:

• Upper
  • +9 Fafnir Helm [1]
    • Bungisngis Card

• Middle
  • Heavenly Order
  • Demon's Familiar [1]
  • Purified Pigeon [1]
    • Firm Air Deleter Card

• Lower
  • Moon God Lapel
  • Sacred Lapel
  • Einherjar Mantle

• Armor
  • +7 Fafnir Scale

• Weapon
  • +10 God Eater Dragon Spear [1]
    • Rekenber High Guard Card
    • Greater Research Assistant Bot Card

• Shield
  • +8 Striking Armguard [1]
  • +8 Spenta Armati
  • +7 Illusion Shield [1]
    • Andre Egg Card
    • Mushy Ant Egg Card
    • Alice Card for MVPing

• Garment
  • +11 Fafnir Breath [1]
    • Menblatt Card
    • Cenere Card

• Shoes
  • +7 Rune Greave
  • +11 Prana Boots [1]
    • Firelock Soldier Card
    • Verporta Card

• Accessories
  • Temporal Ring [1]
  • Memento Mori [1]
    • Broken Cleaner Card

Special Gears:

• Costume enchanted with
  • Lord Knight Stone (Upper), Lord Knight Stone (Middle), Lord Knight Stone (Lower) and Rune Knight Stone (Garment)
  • Range Stone (Upper), Range Stone (Middle), Range Stone (Lower) and Minor Casting Stone(Garment)
• Firebreath Shadow Weapon, Firebreath Earring Shadow and Firebreath Pendant Shadow
• Cold Breath Shadow Armor, Cold Breath Shadow Shield and Cold Breath Shadow Shoes
• Rune Knight Shadow Weapon and Rune Knight Shadow Shield

High End and Almost High End Dragon Breath Build

Gears:

• Upper
  • +9 Fafnir Helm [1]
    • Bungisngis Card
    • Melted Poring Card

• Middle
  • Heavenly Order
  • Demon's Familiar [1]
  • Diabolus Wing [1]
  • Purified Pigeon [1]
    • Firm Air Deleter Card
    • Melted Poring Card
    • Sealed Kiel Card
    • Kiel-D-01 Card

• Lower
  • Twinhead Dragon Scale

• Armor
  • +12/+14 Twinhead Dragonmail [1]
    • Amitera Card
    • Dame of Sentinel Card combo with Empathizer Card in Garment
    • Tao Gunka Card
    • Sealed Tao Gunka Card

• Weapon
  • +10 God Eater Dragon Spear [1]
    • Rekenber High Guard Card
    • Greater Research Assistant Bot Card
  • +15/+18 Pike [4], /+15/+18 Spear [4] and /+15/+18 Javelin [4]
    • 3x Rekenber High Guard Card
    • Dracula Card
    • Sealed Dracula Card

• Shield
  • +8 Spenta Armati
  • +12/+15 Striking Armguard [1]
  • +10 Symbol of Eden [1]
    • Mushy Ant Egg Card
    • Golden Thief Bug Card
    • Alice Card for MVPing

• Garment
  • +11 Fafnir Breath [1]
    • Empathizer Card
    • Menblatt Card
    • Cenere Card

• Shoes
  • +13 Twinhead Dragon Boots [1]
    • Firelock Soldier Card
    • Verporta Card

• Accessories
  • Y.S.F.Ring [1]
    • Broken Cleaner Card

Special Gears:

• Costume enchanted with
  • Lord Knight Stone (Upper), Lord Knight Stone (Middle), Lord Knight Stone (Lower) and Rune Knight Stone (Garment)
  • Range Stone (Upper), Range Stone (Middle), Range Stone (Lower) and Minor Casting Stone(Garment)
• Firebreath Shadow Weapon, Firebreath Earring Shadow and Firebreath Pendant Shadow
• Cold Breath Shadow Armor, Cold Breath Shadow Shield and Cold Breath Shadow Shoes
• Rune Knight Shadow Weapon and Rune Knight Shadow Shield
• Almighty Shadow Earring and Almighty Shadow Pendant

Skills

• Mandatory:
  • 10 Dragon Breath
  • 10 Water Dragon Breath
  • 5 Dragon Howling: For Equipment set
  • 5 Dragon Training: For able to use the skill and Equipment set
  • 10 Rune Mastery: For crafting and using runes
• Pre-requisites:
  • 1 Cavalry Mastery
• Optional:
  • 10 Enchant Blade: For more ASPD from Rune Knight Shadow Shield
  • 10 Twohand Quicken: For more ASPD with Two Handed swords
  • 5 Spear Dynamo: For Endure Effect

Ignition Break Build

Introduction

Ignition Break build tends to have higher DPS than Dragon Breath builds for leveling, especially at lower levels (100-130) when an RK's HP / SP pool is not high. During Ignition Break's 2 second cooldown, Bowling Bash is usually the next best skill to do additional damage, which is why this build is often referred to as the IB + BB build. Rune Knights can get both Dragon Breath AND Ignition Break if they wish (although they will need to gear accordingly to get the full effect of Dragon Breath), while still maxing Rune Mastery.

Chaining Bowling Bash with Ignition Break can produce high AOE DPS. Using IB + BB to MVP is possible and effective as well.

Basic Stats

Stat	Amount	Notes
STR	120-125	Base damage.
AGI	90+	Increases Aspd, to reuse skill faster in combination with cooldown reduction gears.
VIT	50-100+	At least 100 total is recommended for stun immunity.
INT	1-60	This build requires a lot of SP use but can be remedied with SP leech effects. INT also gives cast time reduction.
DEX	50-90	DEX provides cast time reduction.
LUK	120-126	Increases Crit Rate.

Suggested Equipment

Weapon

• Adulter Fides Two-handed Sword [2] / Vivatus Fides Two-handed Sword [2]
• Full Force [1]
• Lindy Hop [2]
• Thanatos Great Sword [1]
• Twin Edge of Naght Sieger (red) [3]
• Volar [2]

Cards to use with weapon:

• Abysmal Knight Card
• Doppelganger Card (only with Full Force [1])
• Greater Special Alnoldi Card
• Memory of Thanatos Card
• Polluted Wander Man Card
• True Seyren Windsor Card
• Turtle General Card
• Unidentified Life Form Card
• White Knight Card

Upper Headgear

• Awaking Bloom [1]
• Black Ribbon [1]
• Biolab Aries Crown [1]
• Helm of Faith(Rune Knight) [1]
• Old Rune Circlet [1] with Acute enchant.
• Rekenber's Celestial Hat [1]

Middle Headgear

• Ancient Morocc Noble Jewelry [1]
• Crow Tengu Mask
• Crow Tengu Mask [1]
• Ear of Spirit
• Gambler's Seal
• Hairband of Asmodeus [1]
• Heavenly Order
• Smiling Eyes [1]
• Victory Wing Ear [1] (with ATK, CRIT, or critical damage enchants)
• Mob Scarf Set

Lower Headgear

• Bat Von Blood
• Grey Wolf Cub in Mouth
• Heart Card in Mouth
• Loyal Servant of Morroc
• Mob Scarf
• Old Camouflage Scarf
• Tengu Scroll
• Tyrant of Earth
• Vassalage Necklace

Armor

• Armor from main episode quest:
  • Episode 16.1 Abusive Robe [1]
  • Episode 16.2 Consultation Robe [1]
  • Episode 17.1 Illusion Armor Type A [1]
  • Episode 17.2 Automatic Armor Type A [1] with Automatic Modification Orb (ATK) or Automatic Modification Orb (Critical Force) enchant
  • Episode 18 Gray Wolf Suit [1] with Wolf Orb (Cutter Break) and Wolf Orb (Warrior) enchant
• Abyss Dress / Nature Dress / Icefall Dress / Samael Dress
• Abyss Lake Roaring Armor [1] / Abyss Lake Roaring Armor-LT [1]
• Fire Dragon Armor [1]
• Mighty Black Threaded Armor [1]
• Overwelm Str Armor [1] / Overwelm Agi Armor [1] / Overwelm Luk Armor [1]
• Revelation of Aramazd [1]
• Screaming Ghost Party [1]
• Seth's Grace [1]

Card options:

• Amdarais Card / Amdarais H Card
• Ancient Mimic Card (only with Treasure Mimic Card)
• Angry Nine Tail Card
• Boitata Card / Bone Detardeurus Card / Gloom Under Night Card / Jewel Ungoliant Card / R48-85-BESTIA Card
• Creator Card / Sealed Creator Flamel Card
• Polluted Raydric Card
• Restless Dead Card
• Reginleif Card
• RSX-0806 Card (only with Ancient Mechanic Greaves [1])
• Elemental resist cards

Shield

• Mad Bunny Special
• Mad Bunny Special [1]
• Automatic Shield I [1]
• Purified Knight's Shield [1]

Card options for Shield:

• Khalitzburg Knight Card

Garment

• Garment from main episode quest:
  • Episode 17.1 Illusion Engine Wing Type A [1]
  • Episode 17.2 Automatic Engine Wing Type A [1]
  • Episode 18 Gray Wolf Manteau [1] with Wolf Orb (Powerful) and Wolf Orb (HIT) enchants
• Arabian Manteau [1]
• Battle Aura Manteau-LT [1]
• Fallen Angel Wing [1]
• Royal Payon Cape [1]
• Royal Prontera Cape [1]
• Scarlet Hero Manteau [1]
• Temporal Str Manteau [1] / Temporal Agi Manteau [1] / Temporal Luk Manteau [1]

Card options for Garment:

• A-Ji and Geffen Card
• Galensis Card
• Happiness Giver Card
• Petal Card
• Raydric Card
• Rockridge Cramp Card
• Rune Knight Seyren Card
• Wakwak Card

Shoes

• Free shoes from main episode quest:
  • Episode 16.1 Noblesse Attack Boots [1]
  • Episode 16.2 Imperial Attack Boots [1]
  • Episode 17.1 Grace Attack Boots [1]
• Ancient Mechanic Greaves [1]
• Booster Shoes
• Demon Hunter Shoes [1]
• Midgard Knight Shoes [1]
• Nameless Swordsman's Boots [1]
• Peep Toe Sandals [1]
• Unknown STR Boots [1]

Card options for Shoes:

• Abysmal Merman Card
• Boss Egnigem Card
• Broken Memory of Thanatos Card
• Chaotic Baphomet Junior Card (only with Royal Prontera Cape [1])
• Despair God Morocc Card
• Faceworm Queen Card
• Miguel Card
• Phantom of Amdarais Card
• Stephen Jack Ernest Wolf Card (only with Palace Ring [1] )
• Darklord Essence Force3

Accessory

Both Slot

• Bakonawa Agimat Tattoo
• Blacksmith's Glove [1]
• Giant's Protection [1]
• Immortal Dog Tag [1] (only with Lindy Hop [2])
• Jasper Ring [1]
• Palace Ring [1] (only with Lindy Hop [2])
• Ring of Jupiter [1] on right slot accessory
• Ring of Silver Claw [1]
• Verus Core [1]

Left Slot Only

• Accessory from main episode quest:
  • Episode 17.1 Illusion Booster L [1] with ASPD, Expert Archer, or Fatal enchants
  • Episode 17.2 Automatic Booster L [1]
  • Episode 18 Gray Wolf Ring [1]
• Black Eagle Ring [1]
• King Schmidt's Insignia (Str) [1]
• Overdrive Rampage [1]
• Perverse Demon Mask [1]

Right Slot Only

• Free accessory from main episode quest:
  • Episode 16.1 Noblesse Attack Ring [1]
  • Episode 16.2 Imperial Attack Ring [1]
  • Episode 17.1 Grace Attack Ring [1]
• Accessory from main episode quest:
  • Episode 17.1 Illusion Booster R [1] with ASPD, Expert Archer, or Fatal enchants
  • Episode 17.2 Automatic Booster R [1]
  • Episode 18 Gray Wolf Pendant [1]
• Amulet of Asteria [1]
• Document Swordsman [1]
• Illegal Chip [1]

Card options for Accessories:

• Beelzebub Card / Sealed Beelzebub Card
• Demon God's Apostle Ahat Card (only with Loyal Servant of Morroc)
• Demon God's Apostle Shnaim Card (only with Loyal Servant of Morroc)
• Gold Scaraba Card
• Grey Wolf Card (left slot accessory only)
• Ominous Heater Card
• Phantom Wolf Card (right slot accessory only)
• Void Mimic Card
• Darklord Essence Force3

Shadow Equipment

• Ignition Shadow Weapon
• Ignition Shadow Pendant
• Ignition Shadow Earring
• Full Power Shadow Armor
• Full Power Shadow Shoes
• Physical Power Shadow Weapon
• Physical Power Shadow Shield

Skills

• Main:
  • 5 Ignition Break
  • 10 Enchant Blade
  • 10 Rune Mastery
• Optional:
  • 5 Dragon Training
  • 10 Dragon Breath
  • 5 Sonic Wave
  • 10 Hundred Spears
• Pre-requisites:
  • 1 Cavalier Mastery
  • 1 Counter Attack
  • 10 Bowling Bash
• Recommended LK skills:
  • 10 Twohand Quicken
  • 10 Parry
  • 5 Spear Dynamo
  • 5 Aura Blade

Costume/Shadow Equipment

• Any costume with the following enchant:
  • Upper headgear: ATK + 1%
  • Middle headgear: HP + 1% / ATK + 1% / STR + 3 INT - 3
  • Lower headgear: HP + 1% / ATK + 1% / STR + 3 DEX - 3
  • Garment: ASPD + 1
• Physical Shadow Set
• Malicious Shadow Set
• Liberation Shadow Set
• Critical Shadow Set
• Elemental shadow armor
• Swordman Shadow Set
• Reload Shadow Set

Class Data

Skills

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Servant Weapon	Summons the aura weapons, When dealing normal melee physical damage, the weapon is consumed and dealing melee physical damage for 2 hits to the target and surrounding enemies within 9 x 9 cells around the target.	5	Active
Servant Weapon - Sign	Weapon consumption skill. Blows the weapon to the target, marks the sign for the Servant Weapon-Phantom and Servant Weapon-Demolition.	5	Active
Servant Weapon - Phantom	Weapon consumption skill. Instantly dashes to the target who is within 7 x 7 cells around the target marked by Servant Weapon-Sign and deals physical damage equal to the number of weapons consumed to the target and surrounding enemies within 5 x 5 cells around the target, has a chance to inflict [pitch-darkness] status to the targets.	5	Offensive
Servant Weapon - Demolition	Weapon consumption skill. Consumes all weapons to deals melee physical damage equal to the number of weapons consumed to all target who have been marked by Servant Weapon-Sign within 13 x 13 cells around the caster and restores the weapon equal to the number of targets hit.	5	Offensive
Charging Pierce	Spear series and two-handed sword exclusive skill. When the user uses Pierce, Clashing Spiral, Hundred Spears or Madness Crusher during the skill duration. Charging counter will be collected.	10	Offensive
Two-handed Defense	When equipping two-handed sword, two-handed spear or two-handed axe, reduces physical damage taken from enemies depends on their size.	10	Passive
Hack and Slasher	Two-handed sword and two-handed spear exclusive skill. Swings the weapon to deals physical damage to the target and surrounding enemies for 2 hits. If user equips two-handed sword, damage type is melee physical damage.	10	Offensive
Madness Crusher	Two-handed spear and two-handed sword exclusive skill. Strikes the single target and inflicts long ranged physical damage to the surrounding enemies around the target.	5	Offensive
Vigor	Increases normal melee physical damage for the skill duration.	10	Supportive
Storm Slash	Two-handed sword and two-handed axe exclusive skill. Deals melee physical damage to the target multiple times, has a 60% chance to double skill damage if using while under Giant Growth buff.	5	Offensive
Dragonic Aura	Deals powerful long ranged physical damage to single target, increases Dragon Breath, Dragon Breath - Water and Hundred Spears damage for 300 seconds.	10	Offensive
Dragonic Breath	Note: This skill has not been implemented into IRO. Can only be used when riding a dragon. Embraces the power of the dragon within the body, then exhales the powerful dragon's breath towards the target.	10	Offensive

Skill Tree

Job & Talent Bonuses

Stat\Amount	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8	+9	+10	+11	+12
STR	1	9	16	24	30	36
AGI	3	5	12	19	23	33	38	49
VIT	5	14	19	25	32	42	50
INT	8	11	18	26	31	37	43	47
DEX	2	4	10	17	23	27	35	44
LUK	7	14	21	28	31	40
POW	1	16	26	29	36	43	46	50
STA	8	22	37	40	45
WIS	32	44	47
SPL	2	7	20	24	39
CON	5	11	18	29	35	46
CRT	3	9	25	34	42	49

ASPD

Equip Attack Speed From 2nd Class Bare Handed 156 0 Shield -5 0 Dagger -10 −1 Sword (One Handed) -12 −7 Sword (Two Handed) -15 −3 Axe (One Handed) -18 −8 Axe (Two Handed) -20 −5 Mace -5 0 Spear (One Handed) -8 +7 Spear (Two Handed) -12 +13

ASPD Potions Usable Concentration ✔ Awakening ✔ Berserk ✔