I figured I'd make this guide, just to show you guys how to solo dungeons effectively, and with as little time as possible.
Table of Contents
1) Getting Started - Loadouts/General Guide
2) Floor Calls - Helping Yourself
3) Shortcuts - Keys and Other General Stuff
Chapter 1 - Getting Started, Loadouts and General GuideBy now, you should all be familiar with how to start a party, and how to go into floors, so I will not go into that. But here's some stuff i will get into.
Loadouts - Loadouts are your binds. There can be many different binds, all situational. Here's the best binds for solo dungeons, imho.
Loadout 1 - (Mage Loadout): Air Staff / Bryll Robe Top / Bryll Hood / Bryll Robe Legs / Fractite Spear
Loadout 2 - (Melee Loadout): Fractite Spear (really all you'll need here, bring staff if you're soloing frozens for better times against Astea Frostweb)
Loadout 3 - (Hybrid): Air Staff / Fractite Spear / Bryll Robe Top / Fractite Platelegs
Note: 5 binds is at 120 Dungeoneering, 4 at 90, 3 at 50
Here's an example of my loadouts, I do not have my full loadouts ready for solo dungeoneering, but they're a start.
Ability Bar Setup - This is crucial for efficient soloing. A good ability bar can be the difference between a 2 minute solo, and a 6 minute solo. Here's my Ability bar, i think this is pretty standard:
Spell 1: Wrack
Spell 2: Sonic Wave
Spell 3: Impact
Spell 4: Combust
Spell 5: Asphyxiate
Spell 6: Chain
Spell 7: Omnipower
Spell 8: Air Blast (main spell)
Spell 9: Create Gatestone
Spell 10: Teleport to Gatestone
Spell 11: Group Gatestone Teleport
Spell 12: Dungeon Home Teleport
You have a giant area called your public chat for your own help. You can call keys to make sure you don't forget where they are, you can mark the map to signal a key when you don't have your gate for that key. Here are some (some is an understatement really), for calls you can make in public chat.
Bo m - Bonus Marked
Bo n/w/s/e - Bonus key/door south/west/east/north
Key n/w/s/e - X key in that direction (door/actual key)
B n/w/s/e m - Boss that direction from marked monster
Gd m - Guardian door marked, usually you'll have another path instead of that guardian door.
B@h - Boss gated/at home.
@B - Group Gatestone is outside boss.
#B - Personal gatestone outside boss/Somewhere outside home.
Key n/w/s/e "?" - Key door is not opened, and what direction that door is at.
List of all the keys/colors, if you didn't know it already.
Shapes:
Pentagon
Wedge
Diamond
Corner
Shield
Rectangle
Colors:
Red
Orange
Purple
Gold
Silver
Yellow
Things you want to know:
- Pressing M on your keyboard while in the "Press Enter to Chat" part of your chatbox, will open up the mini-map, however, it doesn't close it as well.
- Pressing T on your keyboard while in the "Press Enter to Chat" part of your chatbox will let you teleport without having to have it on your ability bar.
- For the most efficient xp/h - Clear gds with monsters with relatively low hp (somewhere between 100-4000), gives a decent amount of xp and doesn't take too long.
- Making a gatestone during the animation will cause you to delay for a few seconds, cancel this affect by making sure you make gatestones where enemies can attack you.
- The ability "Chain" is great for clearing out gds faster, since you won't have to spend as much time killing monsters in a room.
- Always remember that your home teleport is great for getting to your group gatestone, so you don't have to use your time making laws, but it could be more efficient to make 10-20 at the start of the dungeon.
- Starting your gatestone at home is great for getting back to home to teleport to your group gatestone, or to get easier access to key doors that are in your base, or to the boss once you're done.
- You can always solo a dungeon, so if you don't have anybody to do dungeoneering with, solo!
- An average solo should last between 3-5 minutes for frozens, 3-6 minutes for abandoned, and 3-7 for furnished floors. I do not recommend soloing Abandoned 2 Floors, but if you cannot find a party, you can solo those.