Soul Ascetic
Job Base(s):	Soul Reaper
Job Type:	Expanded
Job Level:	50
Race:	Human
Changes At:	Payon
Number of Skills:	17
Total Skill Points:	100
Total Quest Skills:	0
Job Bonuses
STR AGI VIT INT DEX LUK +3 +7 +7 +11 +13 +2
Talent Bonuses
POW STA WIS SPL CON CRT +0 +7 +6 +11 +6 +3

Mystics of the spirit realm, binding ancestral forces into curses and blessings that sway the tides of life and death. Their calm presence hides unimaginable spectral power.

Soul Ascetic
Requirements
Base Level:	200
Job Level:	60(70 strongly recommended, will never recover lost skill points otherwise. But you will have 70 before getting to 200 base lvl)
Job Class:	Soul Reaper
Rewards
Item(s):	Hourglass Necklace
Quest Reward(s):	Job Change to Soul Ascetic

1. Talk to Clerk (payon 195/119)Paste Ingame in east of Payon.

   

2. Talk to Banyak near him

   

3. Follow the navigation and enter the hut to the east. Go north and enter the portal.
4. Talk to the Landscape Painting

   

5. Head back out and talk to Banyak and Jonchosa will show up.
6. After a long conversation between Banyak and Jonchosa, talk to Banyak again.
   • You have to be in a party of your own at this point.
   • Register the instance by asking Banyak to Alert his subordinates.
   • Enter the instance by choosing, I think we can depart now.
   • Instance Cooldown Quest Name: The Foot of an Unknown Mountain
   • You will be transported into the instance.

   

7. After entering talk to Jonchosa.

   

8. She will ask you to dust the place and duel the wolf cub.
   • Though you have an option to directly duel the wolf cub, do not do that.
9. Talk to each of the sprite that shows up, there will be 3 of them one after another.
   • You might have to spam enter a bit, since its based on chance.
10. After the third sprite, talk to Jonchosa and the wolf cub will attack you. Duel the baby wolf.
    • You will be transported to another location.
11. Talk to Jonchosa and he will ask you to find some fish and duel the eddga.
    • Same as previous step try each sprite one after another.
12. Talk to Jonchosa again after defeating the eddga monster.
    • He will teleport you back to the starting point.
13. Talk to Jonchosa and he will ask you to scale the fish you caught previously and cook it.
    • Again like before, try each sprite in sequence. There are 3 sprites that show up.
14. Talk to Jonchosa and Seo will start attacking you.
15. After having defeated Seo, talk to Jonchosa and he will change you to Soul Ascetic and transport you out of the instance.

    

Soul Linker • Soul Reaper • Soul Ascetic
2nd Class Skills	Spirit Link Skills	1st Transcendent Spirit • Alchemist Spirit • Assassin Spirit • Bard and Dancer Spirits • Blacksmith Spirit • Crusader Spirit • Hunter Spirit • Knight Spirit • Monk Spirit • Priest Spirit • Rogue Spirit • Sage Spirit • Soul Linker Spirit • Super Novice Spirit • Taekwon Master Spirit • Wizard Spirit
	Ka Skills	Kaahi • Kaina • Kaite • Kaizel • Kaupe
	Es Skills	Eska • Eske • Esma • Estin • Estun • Eswoo
3rd Class Skills	Link Skills	Fairy Soul • Falcon Soul • Golem Soul • Shadow Soul
	Ka & Es Skills	Esha • Espa • Eshwoo • Kaute
	Soul Skills	Curse Explosion • Evil Soul Curse • Soul Bind • Soul Circulation • Soul Collection • Soul Division • Soul Energy Research • Soul Harvest • Soul Explosion
4th Class Skills	Talisman Skills	Talisman Mastery • Talisman of Protection • Talisman of Warrior • Talisman of Magician • Talisman of Five Elements • Talisman of Soul Stealing • Totem of Tutelary • Talisman of Blue Dragon • Talisman of White Tiger • Talisman of Red Phoenix • Talisman of Black Tortoise • Talisman of Four Bearing God • Circle of Directions and Elementals • Soul of Heaven and Earth
	Soul Skills	Soul Mastery • Soul Gathering • Exorcism of Malicious Soul
Quests		Soul Linker Job Change Guide • Soul Reaper Job Change Guide • Soul Ascetic Job Change Guide
Weapons		Dagger • Rod

See Soul Linker Skills for 2nd class Skills. See Soul Reaper Skills for 3rd class Skills.

Skill	Description	Levels	Type
Passive Skills
Soul Mastery	The studying of Soul Guiding Art increases your SPL.	10	Passive
Talisman Mastery	Increases the insight of talismans, increasing S.MATK and effectiveness of skills that use talismans.	10	Passive
Soul Skills
Soul Gathering	Gathers the wandering spirits that lingering around, instantly filling your Soul Energy to the maximum amount that the caster can accumulate.	5	Supportive
Exorcism of Malicious Soul	Consumes all of your Soul Energy and inflicts Neutral elemental magic damage to all targets around the caster.	5	Offensive
Talisman Skills
Talisman of Protection	Attaches a protective amulet to either yourself or one party member to recover the target's HP every 3 seconds.	5	Supportive
Talisman of Warrior	Attaching a warrior talisman to the weapon of either yourself or one party member to increase P.ATK for a certain duration.	5	Supportive
Talisman of Magician	Attaches the magician's amulet to the weapon of either yourself or one party member to increase S.MATK for a certain duration.	5	Supportive
Talisman of Soul Stealing	Throws a talisman at the target to inflict Neutral elemental magic damage and restores the caster's SP.	5	Offensive
Totem of Tutelary	Summons the Totem of Tutelary which worships the guardian deity on ground to recover HP and SP of nearby party members including the caster at certain intervals.	5	Supportive
Talisman of Five Elements	Increases physical and magical damage inflicted on Water, Wind, Earth, Fire and Neutral elemental enemies by attaching talisman to five elements to the weapon of either yourself or one party member.	5	Supportive
Talisman of Blue Dragon	Throws an amulet imbued the power of Cheongnyong, guardian deity of the east, to the target and inflicts Neutral elemental magic damage to it and apply Blessing of the East effect to yourself.	5	Offensive
Talisman of White Tiger	Throws the talisman imbued with the power of Baekho, guardian deity of the west, to all targets around the caster and inflicts Neutral elemental magical damage.	5	Offensive
Talisman of Red Phoenix	Throws a talisman imbued the power of Jujak, guardian deity of the south, to the target and inflicts Neutral elemental magic damage to it and targets within its surrounding range.	5	Offensive
Talisman of Black Tortoise	Throws a talisman imbued the power of Xuanwu, guardian deity of the north, inflicting Neutral elemental magic damage to enemies within range.	5	Offensive
Talisman of Four Bearing God	Throws a talisman at one target to inflict Neutral elemental magic damage to the target and enemies within its range.	5	Offensive
Circle of Directions and Elementals	Inflicts powerful Neutral elemental magic damage 5 times to the target and enemies in the surrounding range by fusing the power of the four gods and the five elements together.	5	Offensive
Soul of Heaven and Earth	Calls the divine power from the heaven upon the earth, fully recovering SP of all party members within 23x23 cells around the caster.	10	Supportive

Stat\Amount	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5	+6	+7	+8	+9	+10	+11	+12	+13
STR	27	29	36
AGI	3	11	25	29	32	34	25	28	31	32
VIT	1	8	10	15	16	28	35
INT	1	2	4	5	7	9	11	12	14	15	23
DEX	2	4	5	6	7	8	10	12	17	21	22
LUK	15	23
POW
STA	20	24	38	39	41	42	49
WIS	13	19	31	43	44	50
SPL	3	6	9	22	26	30	37	44	45	47	50
CON	13	18	33	43	46	49
CRT	16	40	48

Equip Attack Speed From TaeKwon Kid Bare Handed 146 −10 Shield -8 −2 Dagger 0 N/A Rod (One Handed) -3 N/A Rod (Two Handed) -3 N/A

ASPD Potions Usable Concentration ✔ Awakening ✔ Berserk ✔

Soul Linkers can use Concentration, Awakening and Berserk Potions, even though the in-game description does not mention it.

Taekwon Kids, Taekwon Masters, Soul Linkers, Star Emperors, Soul Reapers, Sky Emperors and Soul Ascetics share a unique level up angel that provides the following bonuses when a new base level is reached:

• Blessing Level 10 (10 minutes)
• Increase AGI Level 10 (10 minutes)

• This build is easy to get going with and does not depend much on its predecessor builds, viz. Curse Explosion or Eshwoo.
• Requires player to carry soul talismans which are used for pretty much every skill in various quantities.

Stat	Amount	Notes
Stats
STR	1+	Depends on you, you only need STR for Weight Limit
AGI	40 - 100	You want to reach 193 ASPD
VIT	70 - 80	Depends, again, on you - you want at least 100 with bonus, for stun immunity
INT	120 ~ 130	Now we are talking, this is the MAIN stat of SR, increasing this will increase your damage you want at least 120 but dont spend too much, 120 to 130 is very expensive
DEX	120 ~ 130	To get instant cast and reduce VCT, nothing more to see here
LUK	70+	This for my part is a filler, if i have points to give after stating every other stat, I put them in Luk, because a bit Perfect Dodge and extra Matk does not hurt
Talents
POW	0	Not needed.
STA	0	Not needed.
WIS	0	Not needed.
SPL	100	Main source of damage post 200.
CON	97	Another talent stat which boosts magical damage.
CRT	0	Not needed.

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 status
+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.
+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.
+10 or more Spiritual Crown [1]	❌	Plaga Card	Has 50% Magic Defense Penetration.
+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.
Headgear (Middle)
Sunglasses [1]	❌	Plagarion Card	Cheaper option, set effect with Mob Scarf.
Red Pope Ribbon [1]	❌	Plagarion Card	Useful early on while leveling.
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.
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 GreedLv. 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.
+12 Bougainvillea [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Good source of magical damage and base level based skill damage for Talisman skills.
+13 Screaming Ghost Party [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card	Good source of damage and All Stats increase for VCT.
+12 or more Neptune Uniform [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card Khalitzburg Knight Card Maya Card	Good source of damage and All Stats increase for VCT.
+13 (A) or more Neptune Uniform-LT [1]	❌	Sweet Nightmare Card Khalitzburg Knight Card Maya 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
+9 or more Awakened Spirit Pendulum [2]	❌	Mutating White Knight Card Dracula Card	TBA.
+9 or more Spirit Pendulum-LT [2]	❌		TBA.
+12 or more Adulter Fides Dark Wand [2]	❌		TBA.
+12 or more Vivatus Fides Dark Wand [2]	❌		TBA.
+10 or more Deus Ex Machina [3]	✅		Good all round staff with LOTS of damage and INT bonuses. Also provides 70% fixed casting time reduction.
Solid Wand [2]	✅	Mutating White Knight Card Dracula Card Enchanted with - Talisman of Four Bearing God Tuning Device Clockwork (Matk)	Good staff with damage increase for Four Bearing.
Shield
+10 or more Excelion Shield [1]	❌	Mutating Khalitzburg Card	Max HP / SP and some MATK.
+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
+7 or more Day of the Dead [1]	❌	Purple Pitaya Card Tai-Zi and Niflheim Card	Useful early on and cheaper. Good source of ASPD / MATK, VCT stats and DEF / MDEF.
+11 or more Fairy of Eden [1]	❌		Good source of ASPD / MATK, VCT stats and DEF / MDEF. If equipped with Wizard of Veritas in weapon, INT + 40.
+11 or more Valkyrie Curse Blight [1]	❌		Good source of Max HP / SP, ACD and magical damage increase. Also provides All Stats + 10 and reduces damage taken from Ghost property attack.
+13 or more Hero's Grace [1]	❌		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.
+14 (A) Will of Karasu [1]	❌		Good source of MATK and some damage reduction from Normal and Boss monsters. Provides All Stats + 43, SPL +26 and 14% ACD reduction. Increases all property magical damage by 60%. Also provides 0.5 second fixed casting time reduction.
+12 (B) or more Royal Geffen Cape [1]	✅	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]	❌	Special Alnoldi Card	Provides 100% Magic Defense Penetration and good amount of MATK / ASPD.
+11 or more Great Hero's Boots [1]	❌	Special Alnoldi Card	Does not have Magic Defense Penetration, will need from other sources. Provides 0.7s fixed casting time reduction.
+11 or more Hero Boots-LT [1]	❌	Special Alnoldi 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]	✅	Special Alnoldi 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
Amulet of Asteria [1]	❌	Magic-poisoned Dolor Card Mavka Card Dy Card	Good source of magical damage and MATK.
Five Elements Sealing Talisman [1]	✅		provides all property magical damage + 15% and MATK+10%. For every 10 base levels, increases damage by 1% for - Talisman of Blue Dragon Talisman of White Tiger Talisman of Red Phoenix Talisman of Black Tortoise Talisman of Four Bearing God Circle of Directions and Elementals
Overdrive Rampage [1]	✅		Good source of magical damage and MATK.

Armor

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
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
Taekwon Shadow Weapon	1	9
Concentration Shadow Weapon	1	10
Magical Spell Shadow Weapon	1	10

Shield

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

Shoes

Equip	Required Level	Rcommended Refine
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

• Soul Reaper Stone(Garment)
  • Soul Reaper Stone (Upper)
    • For every level of Espa, increases all property magical damage by 1%.
• Soul Reaper Stone (Middle)
  • • For every level of Eshwoo, increase magic damage against all size enemies by 1%.
• Soul Linker Stone(Lower)
  • • For every level of Kaahi, reduces variable cast time by 2%.
    • Reduces Fixed Casting Time by 0.5 seconds.

Soul Linker • Soul Reaper • Soul Ascetic
2nd Class Skills	Spirit Link Skills	1st Transcendent Spirit • Alchemist Spirit • Assassin Spirit • Bard and Dancer Spirits • Blacksmith Spirit • Crusader Spirit • Hunter Spirit • Knight Spirit • Monk Spirit • Priest Spirit • Rogue Spirit • Sage Spirit • Soul Linker Spirit • Super Novice Spirit • Taekwon Master Spirit • Wizard Spirit
	Ka Skills	Kaahi • Kaina • Kaite • Kaizel • Kaupe
	Es Skills	Eska • Eske • Esma • Estin • Estun • Eswoo
3rd Class Skills	Link Skills	Fairy Soul • Falcon Soul • Golem Soul • Shadow Soul
	Ka & Es Skills	Esha • Espa • Eshwoo • Kaute
	Soul Skills	Curse Explosion • Evil Soul Curse • Soul Bind • Soul Circulation • Soul Collection • Soul Division • Soul Energy Research • Soul Harvest • Soul Explosion
4th Class Skills	Talisman Skills	Talisman Mastery • Talisman of Protection • Talisman of Warrior • Talisman of Magician • Talisman of Five Elements • Talisman of Soul Stealing • Totem of Tutelary • Talisman of Blue Dragon • Talisman of White Tiger • Talisman of Red Phoenix • Talisman of Black Tortoise • Talisman of Four Bearing God • Circle of Directions and Elementals • Soul of Heaven and Earth
	Soul Skills	Soul Mastery • Soul Gathering • Exorcism of Malicious Soul
Quests		Soul Linker Job Change Guide • Soul Reaper Job Change Guide • Soul Ascetic Job Change Guide
Weapons		Dagger • Rod

Classes of Ragnarok Online
Novice Class	Novice • High Novice • Super Novice • Hyper Novice*
First Class / High First Class	Swordman • Mage • Merchant • Acolyte • Thief • Archer
Second Class	Knight • Crusader • Wizard • Sage • Blacksmith • Alchemist • Priest • Monk • Assassin • Rogue • Hunter • Bard • Dancer
Transcendent Second Class	Lord Knight • Paladin • High Wizard • Scholar • Mastersmith • Biochemist • High Priest • Champion • Assassin Cross • Stalker • Sniper • Minstrel • Gypsy
Third Class	Rune Knight • Royal Guard • Warlock • Sorcerer • Mechanic • Geneticist • Arch Bishop • Sura • Guillotine Cross • Shadow Chaser • Ranger • Maestro • Wanderer
Fourth Class	Dragon Knight • Imperial Guard • Arch Mage • Elemental Master • Meister • Biolo • Cardinal • Inquisitor • Shadow Cross • Abyss Chaser • Windhawk • Troubadour • Trouvere
1st Expanded Class	TaeKwon Kid • Ninja • Gunslinger
2nd Expanded Class	TaeKwon Master • Soul Linker • Kagerou • Oboro • Rebel
3rd Expanded Class	Star Emperor • Soul Reaper • Shinkiro* • Shiranui* • Night Watch*
4th Expanded Class	Sky Emperor • Soul Ascetic
Doram	Summoner • Spirit Handler*