Warlock

Warlock
Job Base(s):	High Wizard
Job Type:	3-1
Job Level:	70
Race:	Human
Changes At:	Morroc
Number of Skills:	23
Total Skill Points:	116
Total Quest Skills:	0
Job Bonuses
STR AGI VIT INT DEX LUK +1 +7 +7 +14 +8 +3

Overview

Warlocks are the advanced version of the Wizard class. Their name is often abbreviated and then referred to as just "WL". They offer two viable roles: The instant/fast cast killer and the crowd control support. Depending on how well geared a Warlock is they will be either a fallback support class for controlling mobs with Jack Frost or one of the main AoEs with Crimson Rock, Comet and Chain Lightning. The earth element tree offers great PVP capabilities with the ability to strip players of their equipment. Players also have the ability to "memorize" skills for instant casting at a later time, which can help with long cast times and reuse delays.

Job Change Guide

See Warlock Job Change Guide for detailed information.

A Quick Explanation of Spellbook/Release: The basics to playing Warlock

With the addition of new powerful spells upon job change, players will now have access to 2 spells that allow for instant casting of learned spells. These 2 spells are:

Reading Spell Book

Release

The way this new system of casting works is that a player will have to purchase spellbooks from the Geffen Mage guild (the building where you changed into a mage). Once these spells are in inventory, players can cast Reading Spellbook and choose the spells of the books they currently own to 'memorize'. What this basically does is store up the spells in the warlocks memory to 'Release' when needed at a later time with no casting bar or cooldown delay (yes this bypasses the horrible 1 minute cooldown of Comet. That is where the Release spell comes in. Players will need level 1 Release to cast the memorized spell.

Each Warlock has a number of maximum slots in which they can memorize spells, based on their Base Level, INT and the level of Freezing Spell. This determines how many skills they can keep memorized at any given time. At level 150, a Warlock will have 15 slots, with an additional slot for every 10 int, and an additional 4 for every level of Freezing Spell. Slots = (4*Freezing Spell Lv) + floor(BLv/10) + floor(Int/10)

Class Data

Skills

See Wizard Skills or High Wizard Skills for 2nd class Skills.

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Reading Spell Book	Warlock can preserve their magic by reading magic books.	1	Active
Freezing Spell	Increase the amount of spells that can be sealed with the skill Reading Spellbook.	10	Passive
Intensification	Increasing Ghost-type magic damage and reducing cast time and mana cost of spells.	5	Active
Radius	Increases the range of Warlock magic skills and decreases their casting time.	3	Passive
Drain Life	Strikes a single target with magical damage, and absorb some of that damage as HP.	5	Offensive
Soul Expansion	Strikes a target at long distance with ghost element damage.	5	Offensive
White Imprison	Imprisons the target temporarily behind a white magic curtain, preventing them from moving.	5	Active
Stasis	Players in the effective range of the caster, including the caster, cannot cast spells.	5	Active
Recognized Spell	By gaining a greater understanding of your magic, you can make all of your magic skills deal max damage.	5	Active
Marsh Of Abyss	Curse a target with the Marsh of Abyss, slowing their movement. It also decreases the target's Evasion and Physical Defence according to the caster's INT and job level.	5	Active
Crimson Rock	Summons huge meteorites to deal significant amount of Fire elemental magic damage on a target and it's surroundings.	5	Offensive
Hell Inferno	Burns a target and it's surroundings with fire from hell inflicting Fire and Shadow elemental magic damage.	5	Offensive
Comet	Summons destructive comet from space to attack all targets within 13x13 AoE that has chance of inflicting Neutral elemental magic damage and Magic Poison status.	5	Offensive
Frost Misty	Releases freezing mist over the ground, dealing damage and inflicting Freezing status on all enemies.	5	Offensive
Jack Frost	Deals Water elemental damage to a target and surrounding targets.	5	Offensive
Chain Lightning	Summons lightning to attack a target. If there is another enemy near the target that is hit by the lightning damage, the lightning will automatically find and damage them.	5	Offensive
Sienna Execrate	Causes Petrification status to a single target and all targets nearby.	5	Active
Earth Strain	Uplifts a wide land and inflicts Earth elemental magic damage to all enemies within skill range.	5	Offensive
Release	Throws your active Fire Ball, Water Ball, Lightning Ball and Earth Ball that you currently have summoned to deal damage to a single target.	2	Offensive
Summon Fire Ball	Summons a ball of Fire near the caster.	5	Offensive
Summon Water Ball	Summons a ball of Water near the caster.	5	Offensive
Summon Lightning Ball	Summons a ball of Lightning near the caster.	5	Offensive
Summon Stone	Summons a ball of Earth near the caster.	5	Offensive
Tetra Vortex	Summons 4 elements of ether, to deal 4 hits of magic damage of each element (Fire, Water, Wind, Earth).	10	Offensive
Full Throttle	Fully restores HP when cast and increases movement speed increases for the skill's duration. All stats +20%.	1	Active

Skill Tree

Job Bonuses

Stat\Amount	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8	+9	+10	+11	+12	+13	+14
STR	34
AGI	8	20	29	40	47	54	58
VIT	15	18	24	25	52	57	65
INT	1	2	7	12	23	35	36	41	44	45	50	55	60	62
DEX	3	6	13	19	28	39	51	59
LUK	31	53	63

ASPD

Equip Attack Speed From 2nd Class Bare Handed 151 +5 Shield -5 +3 Dagger -7 −3 Rod (One Handed) -5 −2 Rod (Two Handed) -11 −2

ASPD Potions Usable Concentration ✔ Awakening ✔ Berserk ✔

Builds

NOTE: While all listed gears in this section are viable for usage, it is encouraged to test the item combinations you desire for your character first by going to the iRO Wiki Calculator, consult any knowledgable players in your group or in iRO Wiki Discord, or watch video guides before purchasing any item included in this list.

Comet Build (2025)

Comet is the meta skill for Warlocks, it deals neutral damage and hits like a tank. With its vast radius, it is capable of hitting mobs outside the user's screen. In the skill tree, Tetra Vortex helps increase damage if the user is using Four of a Kind armor, else that skill can be left at Lv. 5 as a requirement for Climax.

Ideal Skill Tree

Talent / Stats

Stat	Amount	Notes
Stats
STR	1	Not needed as such, only for weight capacity.
AGI	90 - 110	AGI needed for Flee and high ASPD, preferably 193.
VIT	60 - 72	For health and survivability.
INT	130	Nothing to look at here, main damage stat. So to the max!!.
DEX	125 - 130	DEX for reducing variable casting time.
LUK	60 - 72	LUK for extra MATK. 100 Total LUK for Curse Resistance.
Talents
POW	0	Not needed.
STA	0	Not needed.
WIS	0	Not needed.
SPL	100	Main talent stat for damage.
CON	97	Secondary talent stat after SPL.
CRT	0	Not needed.

Equipment

Equip	Best in Slot?	Card Options	Comments
Headgear (Upper)
+10 or more Garden of Eden [1]	❌	Plaga Card	Source for 100% Magic Defense Penetration, damage and some VCT stats
+10 or more Awaking Bloom [1]	❌	Plaga Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Good source of damage increase, damage reduction from mobs and VCT stats.
+12 or more Helm of Faith II (Warlock) [1]	❌	Plaga Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Source for Comet and Neutral damage increase and also has 0.5s fixed casting time reduction.
+11 or more Thanatos Magic Helmet [1]	❌	Plaga Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources.
+11 or more Thanatos Magic Helmet-LT [1]	❌	Plaga Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources.
+13 or more Full Faith Crown [1]	❌	Plaga Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. SPL / S.MATK / MATK Bonuses, 0.7s fixed casting time reduction and quite some damage increase.
+10 or more Old Magic Stone Hat [1]	✅	Plaga Card Enchanted with Magic Essence Lv. 5 or more	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Account Bound and can be crafted, refer Nightmare Biolabs Headgear Quests. Max HP / SP / MATK Bonuses, and can be enchanted with Magic Essense to obtain fixed casting time reduction and quite some damage increase. Pairs up with Document Mage, for some good damage increase.
Headgear (Middle)
Sunglasses [1]	❌	Plagarion Card	Cheaper option, set effect with Mob Scarf.
Ears of Abyss	❌	None	Good source of MATK based on sum of AGI and INT.
Floating Ball	❌	None	Good source of MATK and some MATK % versus boss monsters.
Kardui Ear	❌	None	Good source of MATK. Also provides Comet cooldown reduction, if paired with Laphine Shield.
Ancient Morocc Noble Jewelry [1]	❌	Marduk Card Pharaoh Card	Good source of MATK. Also increases damage and helps with ACD reduction if paired with Marduk or Pharaoh card.
Exiled Ninja's Eyes [1]	✅	Plagarion Card White Lady Card	Good source of MATK % and damage against boss monsters.
Headgear (Lower)
Mob Scarf	❌	None	Set effect with Sunglasses.
Old Camouflage Scarf	❌	None	For every 10 base levels, increases magical damage against all size monsters by 1%.
Bat Von Blood	❌	None	Some MATK and EXP + 15%. Gives minor fixed HP / SP leech and Greed Lv. 1.
Grey Wolf Cub in Mouth	❌	None	Some talent stats and MHP. For every 10 base levels, increases magical damage against all size monsters by 1%.
Constellation Orb	✅	None	All Stats and Talents +7, helps with damage and VCT stats. For every 10 base levels, increases magical damage against all size monsters by 1%.
Armor
+9 or more Lunar Eclipse Armor [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Some MHP and MSP, also 70% fixed casting time reduction.
+9 or more Armor of White Thread [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Some MATK and cheap source of 70% Magical Defense Penetration.
+10 or more Automatic Armor Type B [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card Enchanted with - 2x Automatic Orb (Shadow Spell) Automatic Modification Orb (MATK)	Good source of MATK and magic damage.
+10 or more Speculation [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Good source of MATK, ASPD and magic damage against all sizes enemies.
+10 or more Four of a Kind [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Good source of INT, MATK, ASPD and Max HP / Max SP.
+11 or more Violent Dragon Shadow Armor [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Good source of MATK, All Stat +10 for VCT stats and magic damage.
+13 Screaming Ghost Party [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Good source of damage and All Stats increase for VCT.
+14 (A) Violent Dragon Shadow Armor-LT [1]	✅	Sweet Nightmare Card Nidhoggur Shadow Card	All Stats +12, good source of Max HP / SP, MATK, SPL and CON. Increases magical damage by a LOT, reduces ACD and also provides 0.3s fixed casting time reduction.
Weapon
Pride Stone [2]	❌	Red Pitaya Card Magic-Poisoned Plaga Card Mutating White Knight Card	Provides Comet cooldown reduction and also increases its damage.
Adulter Fides Two-handed Staff [2]	❌	Red Pitaya Card Magic-Poisoned Plaga Card Mutating White Knight Card	Good source of damage increase.
Iron Staff-LT [2]	❌	Red Pitaya Card Magic-Poisoned Plaga Card Mutating White Knight Card	TBA.
Vivatus Fides Two-handed Staff [2]	❌	Red Pitaya Card Magic-Poisoned Plaga Card Mutating White Knight Card	TBA.
+10 or more Deus Ex Machina [3]	✅	Red Pitaya Card Magic-Poisoned Plaga Card Mutating White Knight Card Dracula Card	Good all round staff with LOTS of damage and INT bonuses. Also provides 70% fixed casting time reduction.
Shield
+10 or more Excelion Shield [1]	❌	Mutating Khalitzburg Card	Max HP / SP and some MATK.
+10 or more Automatic Shield I [1]	❌	Mutating Khalitzburg Card	Good source of MHP / MSP % and every refine level provides 5% physical and magical defense penetration.
+7 or more Laphine Shield [1]	❌	Mutating Khalitzburg Card	Provides some MATK and 20 seconds Comet cooldown reduction when paired with Kardui Ear.
+11 or more God-Devouring Demonic Shield [1]	❌	Mysteltainn Card	Good source of MATK, tons of ASPD and some magical damage increase.
+14 (D) or more Ancient Prontera Book [1]	✅	Mutating Khalitzburg Card	Good source of MATK and all property magical damage increase. If equipped with White Lady in headgear, INT / SPL + 30. There's a 7% chance to activate INT + 70 and SPL + 70 for 10 seconds when dealing magical damage.
Garment
+11 or more Fairy of Eden [1]	❌	Purple Pitaya Card Tai-Zi and Niflheim Card	Good source of ASPD / MATK, VCT stats and DEF / MDEF. If equipped with Wizard of Veritas in weapon, INT + 40.
+9 Reforming Magic Cloak [1]	❌	Purple Pitaya Card Tai-Zi and Niflheim Card	Good source of ASPD, MATK and magical damage increase.
+11 or more Valkyrie Curse Blight [1]	❌	Purple Pitaya Card Tai-Zi and Niflheim Card	Good source of Max HP / SP, ACD and magical damage increase. Also provides All Stats + 10 and reduces damage taken from Ghost property attack.
+9 Magic Compressor [1]	❌	Purple Pitaya Card Tai-Zi and Niflheim Card	Good source of ASPD, INT, ACD and magical damage increase.
+13 or more Hero's Grace [1]	❌	Purple Pitaya Card Tai-Zi and Niflheim Card	Good source of MATK and other talent stats. Also increases damage against all size monsters and provides ACD reduction. Lacks All Stats +10 like in other garments, so will have to be compensated for variable casting time calculations with base stats.
+12 (B) or more Royal Geffen Cape [1]	✅	Purple Pitaya Card Tai-Zi and Niflheim Card	Good source of MATK and other talent stats. Increases magical damage by a LOT. Provides All Stats + 15 and ACD reduction.
Shoes
+10 or more Moaning of Evil Spirits [1]	❌	Research Assistant Bot Card	Provides 100% Magic Defense Penetration and good amount of MATK / ASPD.
+11 or more Great Hero's Boots [1]	❌	Research Assistant Bot Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Provides 0.7s fixed casting time reduction.
+12 or more Kenzen Ichinyo [1]	❌	Research Assistant Bot Card Nightmare Verit	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Provides lots of MATK % increase and ACD reduction.
+11 or more Hero Boots-LT [1]	❌	Research Assistant Bot Card Nightmare Verit	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Provides 0.8s fixed casting time reduction.
+13 (A) or more Mythical Moonlight Paw [1]	✅	Research Assistant Bot Card Cat O' Nine Tails Card Nightmare Verit Card Moonlight Flower Card	Good source of MATK, INT and other talent stats. Increases magical damage by a LOT and reduces fixed casting time by 1 second.
Accessories
Geffenia Ice Magic Tool [1]	✅	Roaming Spellbook Card Dy Card	Good source of magical damage and also ACD reduction. When learnt Jack Frost Lv. 5, increases damage of Comet by 50% and also reduces its SP consumption.
Document Mage [1]	✅	Roaming Spellbook Card Dy Card	Provides 20 seconds cooldown reduction for Comet and also 1 second fixed casting time reduction. When paired with Old Magic Stone Hat, provides some more ACD reduction and Neutral property magic increase. Also provides considerable damage increase for Comet.

Shadow Equipment

Armor

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Wizard Shadow Armor	1	0
Reload Shadow Armor	1	10
Spell Caster Shadow Armor	1	10
Full Tempest Shadow Armor	1	10
Full Spell Shadow Armor	200	10

Weapon

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Warlock Shadow Weapon	1	10
Concentration Shadow Weapon	1	10
Magical Spell Shadow Weapon	1	10

Shield

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Warlock Shadow Shield	1	0
Reload Shadow Shield	1	10
Concentration Shadow Shield	1	10
Magical Spell Shadow Shield	1	10

Shoes

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Wizard Shadow Shoes	1	0
Reload Shadow Shoes	1	10
Spell Caster Shadow Shoes	1	10
Full Tempest Shadow Shoes	1	10
Full Spell Shadow Shoes	200	10

Pendant

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Magician Shadow Pendant	1	5+
Centering Shadow Pendant	200	10
Full Tempest Shadow Pendant	1	10

Earring

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
Magician Shadow Earring	1	5+
Centering Shadow Earring	200	10
Full Tempest Shadow Earring	1	10

Costume Enchants

• Warlock Stone II(Garment)
  • Increases damage by 15%.
  • When equipped with High Wizard Stone II(Upper), increases damage by 15%.
  • When equipped with High Wizard Stone II(Middle), reduces fixed casting time by 0.1 second for every level of Mystical Amplification learnt.
  • When equipped with Warlock Stone (Lower), increases damage by 15%.
• Warlock Stone (Middle)
  • Reduces fixed casting time by 0.1 second for every level of Comet learnt.

• Reduce Minor Casting
  • Reduces fixed casting time by 0.3 seconds.
  • When equipped with Reduce Minor Casting(Dual), reduces fixed casting time by 0.3 seconds.

• Reduce Minor Casting(Dual)
  • Reduces fixed casting time by 0.1 second.

Suggested Skills

Primary Skills Used
Comet	Drain Life	Soul Expansion
Recognized Spell	Mystical Amplification	Crimson Rock

Basic All-Purpose Build Outline (level 162)

• STR: 1
• AGI: 70 (reduces Animation Delay)
• VIT: 80
• INT: 120 (for Temporal Int Boots)
• DEX: 120 (for Temporal Dex Boots)
• LUK: 1

These Stats can be reached at level 162 and give the player the freedom of switching between Temporal Int Boots and Temporal Dex Boots as needed.

With the leftover Stats from the following levels one can increase:

Str: for additional carrying capacity,

Agi: for more ASPD resulting in less Animation Delay,

Vit: 87 Base Vit for 100 total Vit with VIP-Buffs or 94 Base Vit for 100 total Vit without VIP-Buffs,

Int: more MAtk and slightly faster cast,

Dex: slightly faster cast,

or

Luk: slightly more MAtk and Perfect Dodge.

Example Stat Progressions

Stat	Level 99	Level 125	Level 150	Level 162	Level 175
STR	1	1	1	1	1+
AGI	1	1	60	70	70+
VIT	50	54	80	80	80+
INT	100	100	110	120	120+
DEX	86	120	120	120	120+
LUK	1	1	1	1	1+

Stat	Level 99	Level 125	Level 150	Level 162	Level 175
STR	1	1	1	1	1+
AGI	1	1	1	70	70+
VIT	50	60	80	80	80+
INT	100	120	120	120	120+
DEX	86	96	120	120	120+
LUK	1	1	1	1	1+

The following example is more suited for players that have access to (very) good gears:

Stat	Level 99	Level 125	Level 150	Level 162	Level 175
STR	1	1	1	1	1+
AGI	1	14	70	70	70+
VIT	20	50	70	80	80+
INT	50	100	110	120	120+
DEX	120	120	120	120	120+
LUK	1	1	1	1	1+

Example Skill Builds

Note: All builds have 4 free Skillpoints for High Wizard. Those can be used to increase Stormgust, Ice Wall, Quagmire or any other spell the reader might find useful.

Build with Tetra Vortex

Tetra Vortex eats up a lot of Skillpoints.

Radius 3 is a must to increase spell range, while Recognized Spell increases the overall damage output.

Intense Telekinesis makes Soul Expansion very powerful, enabling a WL to easily kill Ghost elemental mobs.

Following this example, the player has 1 leftover Skillpoint to distibute as he wishes.

Build without "Ultimate Spells"

Not getting any of the "Ultimate Spells", Comet or Tetra Vortex, leaves the player with enough Skillpoints to get a lot of nice little perks the WL Skilltree offers.

Drain Life to regain HP easily while dealing damage to a single target at the same time.

Intense Telekinesis to destroy Ghost elemental mobs with Soul Expansion.

And Freezing Spell to store more Spells to use with Release.

A single Skillpoint should be invested into Hell Inferno, so the Player can use it's Burning to deal with certain enemies faster.

Following this example, the player has 1 leftover Skillpoint to distibute as he wishes.