What is IRC?

What is IRC?

IRC stands for Internet Relay Chat. IRC is a massive network of text-based chat channels (rooms) and users all across the world.
Internet Relay Chat is a live chat area of the Internet in which real-time conversations among two or more people take place via special software. Each specific IRC channel begins with a # and is dedicated to a different area of interest. IRC is considered another part of the technology of the Internet the same way FTP, Telnet and the Web are.

How to join the 9Dragons IRC channel?
A screenshotted guide is disponible here.
1. Go to http://www.gamesurge.net and register using the same name you are using on forums.
2. Check your email for a message from GameSurge that will provide your password
3. Open your favorite IRC client(Xchat, IceChat, mIRC and others) and connect to irc.gamesurge.net
4. Authenticate with GameSurge by using the following code:
/authserv AUTH

Account is the name you registered with (see step 1) and Password is what you received in the email (see step 2)
5. Join the channel #9Dragons (type /j #9Dragons)


ALL FORUM RULES APPLY

The 9Dragons channel will be monitored nearly 24/7 by moderators, Admins and VGMs

What if I have a question? What if I need help?
VGMs and Moderators will be available to respond to your questions on a regular basis.
If no one is available to help you, please post on forums or message a moderator on the forums

What if I want to report a breach of regulations or any other issue?
Please contact one of the moderators or GMs either here on the forums or in the IRC if they are available
If you are reporting an issue occurring within IRC, please provide the following information:
1. Name of the offending party
2. Time the offense occurred
3. What the offense is
4. If you can, please provide the IRC log
How do I recognise Moderators, VGMs and GMs?

Moderators, VGMs and GMs will be wearing tags next to their names:
[9D] is for moderators
[VGM] is for Volunteer Game Moderators
[GM] is for Game Masters
[CM] is for Community Manager Wink

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PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT MESSAGE ANY GMs UNDER ANY CONDITIONS. GMs ARE WORKING.
IF AN ISSUE NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT BY A GM, THE ISSUE WILL BE FORWARDED TO
HIM/HER BY A MODERATOR OR A VGM

While Connected to the IRC, Know that you are subject to the rules located here.

http://phpbb.acclaim.com/9dragons/viewforum.php?f=51

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IRC kick/ban regulations

Although all forum rules do apply on IRC, it is evident that some specific are needed. As such, below you will find specific offenses and consequences. Please read and understand them all. I have also tried to be as fair as I could

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE REGULATIONS BELOW HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY HISTORIAN AND ACCLAIM PHEW:

Kick/Ban reasons:

Spamming repeatedly

* 1st Offense - Warning
* 2nd Offense- Kick
* 3rd Offense - ban for 24 hours
* 4th Offense - ban for 10 days on IRC + an official Dragon Warning
* 5th offense-permanent ban


Illegal Links (includes porn, music, warez, CD cracks/codes, or otherwise)

* 1st Offense - Warning + kick
* 2nd Offense - Ban for 24 hours + official warning
* 3rd Offense - Ban for 10 days on IRC + an official Dragon Warning
* 4th Offense - Permanent ban

Hate speech and Sexual Comments (including racism, sexism, using the words "N word", nazi, any degrading language and sexual harassment)

* 1st offense - Immediate 10-Day ban
* 2nd offense - Permanent ban

Mod/VGM/GM Impersonation

* 1st Offense - 10 Day-ban
* 2nd offense - Permanent ban

How To Get Help from VGMs, GMs and MODs

Guide to 9Dragons IRC channel

Overview

The 9Dragons IRC channel is a parallel 9Dragons community powered by IRC technology (Internet Relay Chat) in which you will be able to discuss in real time with fellow players of 9Dragons. The channel is monitored every day by moderators, VGMs and even GMs. If you have questions to ask or need help on technical or in-game issues, we will be disponible to give a hand at solving the matter. Note however that the best way to get support is to mail 9dsupport@acclaim.com (see the Support mailing guide) to deal directly with the support team. There is still a large range of issues in which we will be able to give you help with.
In The Historian's words:
The Historian wrote:
ALL FORUM RULES APPLY

The 9Dragons channel will be monitored nearly 24/7 by moderators, Admins and VGMs

What if I have a question? What if I need help?
VGMs and Moderators will be available to respond to your questions on a regular basis.
If no one is available to help you, please post on forums or message a moderator on the forums

What if I want to report a breach of regulations or any other issue?
Please contact one of the moderators or GMs either here on the forums or in the IRC if they are available
If you are reporting an issue occurring within IRC, please provide the following information:
1. Name of the offending party
2. Time the offense occurred
3. What the offense is
4. If you can, please provide the IRC log

How do I recognise Moderators, VGMs and GMs?
Moderators, VGMs and GMs will be wearing tags next to their names:
[9D] is for moderators
[VGM] is for Volunteer Game Moderators
[GM] is for Game Masters
[CM] is for Community Manager Wink

Refer to the full IRC community rules and specifications here.
Now if you want to join it, you will need to follow the steps below;
Note: Even though the OS in my screenshots is french, the disposition of the functions doesn't change.

Step 1: Installing the mIRC software

1. Go to www.mIRC.com and click on "Download mIRC" twice.





2. Download the self-extracting executable setup client on your computer.





3. Launch the client by double clicking on its icon. It will be found in the default download directory of your computer (normally on the desktop).





4. Follow the steps of the installer by clicking next, accepting the license and conditions of use (which you may want to read as a user), clicking next again, selecting directories and then installing. The interface is simple; the button you need to click to advance is always located on the bottom-right, middle. Creating a shortcut to the application on the desktop may be a good idea here.

Step 2: Registering on GameSurge.net

1. Go to www.GameSurge.net and click on "Account Registration", on the top right of the page.





2. Fill in the required fields as shown in the following screenshot. You are required to use your Acclaim ID in order to join the 9Dragons community. It is to prevent impersonations and such.





3. You should see this screen once you are done. You should also recieve an e-mail from GameSurge.net with your command tutorial as well as your password at the email adress you filled in.





Step 3: Logging onto the IRC channel

1. Launch mIRC from its shortcut icon or from the directory you installed it in.






2. On the start page, click "continue" as shown in the screenshot below. Do not click "Register". It is to host a chat room, which you do not want to do in this case. There is no need for you to pay for this. mIRC is a free software for what you will be doing with it -- joining the 9Dragons channel.





3. From the mIRC options, which should open automatically, select Connect >> Servers >> GameSurge (the servers are in alphabetical order, so just scroll down) >> Random server, then click on OK.






4. The server should open and ask you which room to join. Close the channel window and go in your mailbox, in which you should find a message like this:





Right-click "copy" the authserv command shown in the screenshot.

5. Now go back to your mIRC client and paste your authserv command in the server text as shown below:





6. Press enter. You should get the Authserv message " --AuthServ-- I recognize you. ". That means you have logged onto the GameSurge server. Congratulations, you can now join the 9Dragons channel by typing in server commands:
/j #9Dragons





7. You can now set your user name from the options or from the commands / change nickname as shown in the following:





Hopefully we will get to see you on the channels. Smile
Note that you should be able to get support in English, Français, Tagalog, Deutsch, العربية , Español and Português (see the Mods and GMs official list).

EDIT: Thanks to warda for helping in resizing the screenshots to make the guide clearer. If anything is not clear in the guide, let me know via PM or post here so that I can amend it.

To connect with mIRC after registering at GameSurge:

1: Go to http://www.mirc.com to download the latest client
2: Run the mIRC client and press continue (you do not have to register the program to use it)
3: Follow the images below for setting up the options



- Expand the Connect option at left and select Servers
- Find GameSurge in the list, expand it and select the Random server from the list then press the Select button



- Now choose Options in the tree at the left and press the Perform button



- Here you can enter in your /authserv command so it will do it for you automatically (enter the username you used when you registered at GameSurge and the password they sent in email)
Placing the /join #9Dragons will allow you to automatically join the room once connected to the server



- Press OK to close the Perform window

- Select the Connect option again and press the Connect button




If all goes well, you will connect to the GameSurge server, authenticate, and automatically join the 9Dragons channel.

Fun Event

Patch 69

Here are the details for patch 69 :

1. Chinese New Year Event
2. Romanian version Beta Released
3. Vault of Yellow Dragons Dungeon modified


Details for New Year Event.

There's a Fortune Teller NPC in Hefei, from who you can buy keys to open the boxes that are lying in front of him. You get a different quest depending on the Fortune Letter number (and each fortune letter has some advice too Wink ) . The main Quest can be got by collecting the fortune letter numbers 2,0,0,9 (*better collect all letters 0 to 9 but for main quest u need two letter zero)
Once you get the numbers, you will see the appropriate Quest info appear on map.


Romanian Version.

From launcher -> Options, you can drop down and choose Romanian, to see the text in Romanian. Note : This is in beta. The events cannot be seen in Romanian, and neither are some other features.



Vault of Yellow Dragon.

You need to kill the main boss to get access to the Six rooms now.

Patch 68

Adding Wei List in this Blog

Hello all my CF bros. Last time we didn't defend wei and we are out from the list. I hope this time you all will defend once in a while. Link to wei list is add under the Photo slide show in this blog.

In Game Abbreviations Guide (Originally from official forum)

OK its time i actually got around to publishing a proper guide not just a list of the abbreviations used in game.

Please Note : Some abbreviations are used several time as they have several meanings. Please try not to get too confused and in game apply them into context to figure out which of the abbreviations is the correct one for the situation.

Maps
As you level throughout the lands you will start to travel across the various maps.

WTS - Wu Tang Shan (Wu Tang Clan Base)
SS - Song Shan (Shaolin Clan Base)
TJ - Taijin (League of Beggars Clan Base)
ZD - Zian Dong (Sacred Flower Clan Base)
MtY - Mount Yanmo (Heavenly Demon Clan Base)
TS - Tai Shan (Brotherhood of Theives Clan Base)

ZZ - ZhengZhou (CoF is here for White Clans)
SZ - ShiZhang (CoF is here for Black Clans)

Note: the maps below are areas where Combat is possible (Asura Only)

JN - Jinan (EVoh - Eastern Valley of Hell and VoH here)
DT - Datong (WVoH - Western Valley of Hell and VoH here)
NC - Nanchang
HZ - HangZhou
LD - Liaodong
Note: the maps below are area where combat is possible (All servers)

BP - Bloody Plains (appears as Southern Death Valley in party and HB/HL lists)
CC - Conqueror's Cave / Cave of the Conqueror (appears as Northern Death Valley in party and HB/HL lists){followed by a number ie. CC3 which means conquer cave third level in ect.}

Note : the maps below are instance dungeons

VoH - Valley of Hell (also known as JoH - Judgment of Hell)
CoF - Choice of Fate
Mns - Mansion (little used any more, mainly refered to in full as Mansion)
WT - Wild Tower
will add the New Liadong Dungeons soon
Levels
Here is a compiled list of level names, overall levels and TOTAL overall chi points that can be placed at the level

Level 0 - none - level 0 - 0

Losing Self:
LS1 - Losing Self 1 - Level 1 - 4 Chi Points
LS2 - Losing Self 2 - Level 2 - 8 Chi Points
LS3 - Losing Self 3 - Level 3 - 12 Chi Points
LS4 - Losing Self 4 - Level 4 - 16 Chi Points
LS5 - Losing Self 5 - Level 5 - 20 Chi Points
LS6 - Losing Self 6 - Level 6 - 24 Chi Points
LS7 - Losing Self 7 - Level 7 - 28 Chi Points
LS8 - Losing Self 8 - Level 8 - 32 Chi Points
LS9 - Losing Self 9 - Level 9 - 36 Chi Points
LS10 - Losing Self 10 - Level 10 - 40 Chi Points
LS11 - Losing Self 11 - Level 11 - 44 Chi Points
LS12 - Losing Self 12 - Level 12 - 48 Chi Points

Gathering Chi:
GC1 - Gathering Chi 1 - Level 13 - 54 Chi Points
GC2 - Gathering Chi 2 - Level 14 - 58 Chi Points
GC3 - Gathering Chi 3 - Level 15 - 62 Chi Points
GC4 - Gathering Chi 4 - Level 16 - 66 Chi Points
GC5 - Gathering Chi 5 - Level 17 - 70 Chi Points
GC6 - Gathering Chi 6 - Level 18 - 74 Chi Points
GC7 - Gathering Chi 7 - Level 19 - 78 Chi Points
GC8 - Gathering Chi 8 - Level 20 - 82 Chi Points
GC9 - Gathering Chi 9 - Level 21 - 86 Chi Points
GC10 - Gathering Chi 10 - Level 22 - 90 Chi Points
GC11 - Gathering Chi 11 - Level 23 - 94 Chi Points
GC12 - Gathering Chi 12 - Level 24 - 98 Chi Points

Opening Chi:
OC1 - Opening Chi 1 - Level 25 - 104 Chi Points
OC2 - Opening Chi 2 - Level 26 - 108 Chi Points
OC3 - Opening Chi 3 - Level 27 - 112 Chi Points
OC4 - Opening Chi 4 - Level 28 - 116 Chi Points
OC5 - Opening Chi 5 - Level 29 - 120 Chi Points
OC6 - Opening Chi 6 - Level 30 - 124 Chi Points
OC7 - Opening Chi 7 - Level 31 - 128 Chi Points
OC8 - Opening Chi 8 - Level 32 - 132 Chi Points
OC9 - Opening Chi 9 - Level 33 - 136 Chi Points
OC10 - Opening Chi 10 - Level 34 - 140 Chi Points
OC11 - Opening Chi 11 - Level 35 - 144 Chi Points
OC12 - Opening Chi 12 - Level 36 - 148 Chi Points

Revolving Chakra:
RC1 - Revolving Chakra 1 - Level 37 - 154 Chi Points
RC2 - Revolving Chakra 2 - Level 38 - 158 Chi Points
RC3 - Revolving Chakra 3 - Level 39 - 162 Chi Points
RC4 - Revolving Chakra 4 - Level 40 - 166 Chi Points
RC5 - Revolving Chakra 5 - Level 41 - 170 Chi Points
RC6 - Revolving Chakra 6 - Level 42 - 174 Chi Points
RC7 - Revolving Chakra 7 - Level 43 - 178 Chi Points
RC8 - Revolving Chakra 8 - Level 44 - 182 Chi Points
RC9 - Revolving Chakra 9 - Level 45 - 186 Chi Points
RC10 - Revolving Chakra 10 - Level 46 - 190 Chi Points
RC11 - Revolving Chakra 11 - Level 47 - 194 Chi Points
RC12 - Revolving Chakra 12 - Level 48 - 198 Chi Points

Raising Light:
RL1 - Raising Light 1 - Level 49 - 204 Chi Points
RL2 - Raising Light 2 - Level 50 - 208 Chi Points
RL3 - Raising Light 3 - Level 51 - 212 Chi Points
RL4 - Raising Light 4 - Level 52 - 216 Chi Points
RL5 - Raising Light 5 - Level 53 - 220 Chi Points
RL6 - Raising Light 6 - Level 54 - 224 Chi Points
RL7 - Raising Light 7 - Level 55 - 228 Chi Points
RL8 - Raising Light 8 - Level 56 - 232 Chi Points
RL9 - Raising Light 9 - Level 57 - 236 Chi Points
RL10 - Raising Light 10 - Level 58 - 240 Chi Points
RL11 - Raising Light 11 - Level 59 - 244 Chi Points
RL12 - Raising Light 12 - Level 60 - 248 Chi Points

Five Dragons:
FD1 - Five Dragons 1 - Level 61 - 254 Chi Points
FD2 - Five Dragons 2 - Level 62 - 258 Chi Points
FD3 - Five Dragons 3 - Level 63 - 262 Chi Points
FD4 - Five Dragons 4 - Level 64 - 266 Chi Points
FD5 - Five Dragons 5 - Level 65 - 270 Chi Points
FD6 - Five Dragons 6 - Level 66 - 274 Chi Points
FD7 - Five Dragons 7 - Level 67 - 278 Chi Points
FD8 - Five Dragons 8 - Level 68 - 282 Chi Points
FD9 - Five Dragons 9 - Level 69 - 286 Chi Points
FD10 - Five Dragons 10 - Level 70 - 290 Chi Points
FD11 - Five Dragons 11 - Level 71 - 294 Chi Points
FD12 - Five Dragons 12 - Level 72 - 298 Chi Points

Sun and Moon:
SM1 - Sun and Moon 1 - Level 73 - 304 Chi Points
SM2 - Sun and Moon 2 - Level 74 - 308 Chi Points
SM3 - Sun and Moon 3 - Level 75 - 312 Chi Points
SM4 - Sun and Moon 4 - Level 76 - 316 Chi Points
SM5 - Sun and Moon 5 - Level 77 - 320 Chi Points
SM6 - Sun and Moon 6 - Level 78 - 324 Chi Points
SM7 - Sun and Moon 7 - Level 79 - 328 Chi Points
SM8 - Sun and Moon 8 - Level 80 - 332 Chi Points
SM9 - Sun and Moon 9 - Level 81 - 336 Chi Points
SM10 - Sun and Moon 10 - Level 82 - 340 Chi Points
SM11 - Sun and Moon 11 - Level 83 - 344 Chi Points
SM12 - Sun and Moon 12 - Level 84 - 348 Chi Points

Golden Blossoms:
GB1 - Golden Blossoms 1 - Level 85 - 354 Chi Points
GB2 - Golden Blossoms 2 - Level 86 - 358 Chi Points
GB3 - Golden Blossoms 3 - Level 87 - 362 Chi Points
GB4 - Golden Blossoms 4 - Level 88 - 366 Chi Points
GB5 - Golden Blossoms 5 - Level 89 - 370 Chi Points
GB6 - Golden Blossoms 6 - Level 90 - 374 Chi Points
GB7 - Golden Blossoms 7 - Level 91 - 378 Chi Points
GB8 - Golden Blossoms 8 - Level 92 - 382 Chi Points
GB9 - Golden Blossoms 9 - Level 93 - 386 Chi Points
GB10 - Golden Blossoms 10 - Level 94 - 390 Chi Points
GB11 - Golden Blossoms 11 - Level 95 - 394 Chi Points
GB12 - Golden Blossoms 12 - Level 96 - 398 Chi Points

Elemental Crown:
EC1 - Elemental Crown 1 - Level 97 - 404 Chi Points
EC2 - Elemental Crown 2 - Level 98 - 408 Chi Points
EC3 - Elemental Crown 3 - Level 99 - 412 Chi Points
EC4 - Elemental Crown 4 - Level 100 - 416 Chi Points
EC5 - Elemental Crown 5 - Level 101 - 420 Chi Points
EC6 - Elemental Crown 6 - Level 102 - 424 Chi Points
EC7 - Elemental Crown 7 - Level 103 - 428 Chi Points
EC8 - Elemental Crown 8 - Level 104 - 432 Chi Points
EC9 - Elemental Crown 9 - Level 105 - 436 Chi Points
EC10 - Elemental Crown 10 - Level 106 - 440 Chi Points
EC11 - Elemental Crown 11 - Level 107 - 444 Chi Points
EC12 - Elemental Crown 12 - Level 108 - 448 Chi Points

Floral Crown:
FC1 - Floral Crown 1 - Level 109 - 454 Chi Points
FC2 - Floral Crown 2 - Level 110 - 458 Chi Points
FC3 - Floral Crown 3 - Level 111 - 462 Chi Points
FC4 - Floral Crown 4 - Level 112 - 466 Chi Points
FC5 - Floral Crown 5 - Level 113 - 470 Chi Points
FC6 - Floral Crown 6 - Level 114 - 474 Chi Points
FC7 - Floral Crown 7 - Level 115 - 478 Chi Points
FC8 - Floral Crown 8 - Level 116 - 482 Chi Points
FC9 - Floral Crown 9 - Level 117 - 486 Chi Points
FC10 - Floral Crown 10 - Level 118 - 490 Chi Points
FC11 - Floral Crown 11 - Level 119 - 494 Chi Points
FC12 - Floral Crown 12 - Level 120 - 498 Chi Points

Crimson Snake:
CS1 - Crimson Snake 1 - Level 121 - 504 Chi Points
CS2 - Crimson Snake 2 - Level 122 - 508 Chi Points
CS3 - Crimson Snake 3 - Level 123 - 512 Chi Points
CS4 - Crimson Snake 4 - Level 124 - 516 Chi Points
CS5 - Crimson Snake 5 - Level 125 - 520 Chi Points
CS6 - Crimson Snake 6 - Level 126 - 524 Chi Points
CS7 - Crimson Snake 7 - Level 127 - 528 Chi Points
CS8 - Crimson Snake 8 - Level 128 - 532 Chi Points
CS9 - Crimson Snake 9 - Level 129 - 536 Chi Points
CS10 - Crimson Snake 10 - Level 130 - 540 Chi Points
CS11 - Crimson Snake 11 - Level 131 - 544 Chi Points
CS12 - Crimson Snake 12 - Level 132 - 548 Chi Points

Golden Lotus:
GL1 - Golden Lotus 1 - Level 133 - 554
GL2 - Golden Lotus 2 - Level 134 - 558
GL3 - Golden Lotus 3 - Level 135 - 562
GL4 - Golden Lotus 4 - Level 136 - 566
GL5 - Golden Lotus 5 - Level 137 - 570
GL6 - Golden Lotus 6 - Level 138 - 574
GL7 - Golden Lotus 7 - Level 139 - 578
GL8 - Golden Lotus 8 - Level 140 - 582
GL9 - Golden Lotus 9 - Level 141 - 586
GL10 - Golden Lotus 10 - Level 142 - 590
GL11 - Golden Lotus 11 - Level 143 - 594
GL12 - Golden Lotus 12 - Level 144 - 598

Note: There are further levels in other versions of the game (ie Korean) but as with the american version the level cap is 121 i dont see the need to do the rest as of yet. They will be completed at a later date and added in. 12/05/08 - I have added up to Golden Lotus since new patch and map increased the level Cap. as of Yet level cap is rumoured to be GL4 accoring to VGM.


Clans/Bands/Leagues

Starting the Game (as you should well know) you are asked to choose the clan you would like to join.

TV/PV - True Vagabond/Pure Vagabond (Not used overly much)

WC - White Clans

WT - Wu Tang
Sha0 - Shaolin
LoB - League of Beggars

BC - Black Clans

SF - Sacred Flower
HD - Heavenly Demons
BoT - Brotherhood of Theives

Later in the game you will arrive at with the opportunity to create and join a hero band (if you havent done so already).As this occurs you may notice these phrases appearing in your chat.

HB - Hero Band
HL - Hero League
BM - Band Master/Band Mate/Band Member
LM - League Master/League Mate/League Member
LsM - League Sub Master
BL - Band Leader

As things progress and your band strengthens you may find yourself doing one of the following:
SvS - Storm Versus Storm (Two leagues fight for the rights to own a Fortress)
BW - Band Wars (war between two or more Hero Bands)
CW - Clan Wars (war between two or more clans)
BvW - Black Versus White Wars (War where Black Clans versus White Clans.)
Note: Each side has someone to protect and when the hermit or overlord is killed the successful clan has access to CC5 and true general wei and all side members get special buffs and free access to CC (no poison effect) for 3 hours or until death

Some Strong hero bands also develope their own appreviations.

Nirvana:
Asc/Ascn - Ascention/S Hero League
MoH - Mandate of Heaven
KM - KingsMen
GD - Golden_Dragons
PoB - Power of Buddah

Asura:

Bardo:

Note: i will add more for the other servers later as i dont play on them.

Buying and Selling

In Game people use a premium Item called Lions Raor (purchased with acclaim coins from the item mall) wich enables them to "shout" across the server being played on. It is in these shouts or in Stall names throughout the lands (Mostly in Hefei, Wuan Village{ZZ},Xuanshe Village {SZ}) where time and/or space is short that many of these appear.

WTB - Want to Buy
WTS - Want to Sell
WTT - Want to Trade
PM - Private Message/Pigeongram/Pigeon Message

There are a number of items which are regularly shouted for or put into stands.

Adv - advanced (applies to manuals for skills or experience boosts)
Med - Meditaion
BE - Blood Essence (highly sought efter item used for weapon refinement)
BM - Blood Mushroom (Elixer Suppliment that increases success)
BSM - Blue Stone Mushroom (Elixer Suppliment that greatly increases chance of success)
LF - Lightfoot (skill which inreases running speed)
WD - Wan Daye (generally refering to his weapons which become available at higher levels)
WB - Wrist Bands
NB - National Beauty Clothing
ID - Iron Deva Clothing
WL/WnL - Wind and Lightning Clothing
Rel - Relic (often accompanied by the level requirement ie EC BK Rel)
Man - Manual
Weap - Weapons
cloth - Clothes
Coll - Colletions/Collectables
Ref - Refined (normally accompanied by an number ie. EC4 +5 Sabre)
10K - Ten thousand / 10 000
10mil - Ten million / 10 000 000
10KK - Ten million / 10 000 000
Elix - Elixers (normally with level and stat ie. lvl3 ess elix)
KG - Korean Ginseng (heals 100% HP instantly)
EM - Ethereal Mushroom (heals 100% VE instantly)

Character:

The Following are abreviations are things to do with your characters Statistics, attribute points, damage,Karma ect.

Srt - Strength
Ess - Essence
Wis - Wisdom
Con - Constition
Dex - Dexterity
CK - Chi Kung
PvP - Player Versus Player
PvE - Player verses Environment
KS - Kill Steal
KoS - Kill on Sight
PK - Player Kill
CK - Chi Kung
EW - External Wounds
IW - Internal Wounds
HP - Health Point / Hit Points
VE - Vital Energy
Stat - Statistic (eg. Strength, Wisdom etc).
Def - Defence
AR - Attack rating
CKAR - Chi Kung Attack Rating
CKDef - Chi Kung Defence
Dam - Damage
CKDam - Chi Kung Damage
GK - Good Karma
BK - Bad Karma
Crit - Critical / Critical Rate
CKCrit - Chi Kung Critical / Chi Kung Critical Rate
XP/Exp - Experience
BP - Blood Points
BC - Blood Count
Char - Character
Para - Paralise (nuke, smashing or skill)
KO - Knocked out (Before entering comatose state)
Epi/Epit - Epitaph / Epitet
Res/Rez - Resurect

General Chat and Miscellaneous

These are most of the terms that occur in general chat and other miscellaneous abbreviations that appear throughout the game.

PQ - Party Quest
Q - Quest (not often used) / Question
Plz/plz - Please
ty - thank you
tyvm - thank you very much
kk - ok ok / kewl kewl / cool cool
PP - party please
AFK - Away From Keyboard
AFG - Away from game (still logged in and on computer but not active in game)
btw - by the way
atm - at the moment
sis - sister (form of address to female character)
bro - brother (form of address to male character)
omw - on my way
GG/gg - good grind / good game / game guard
gl - good luck
gd - good drops
bts - be there soon
OMG - Oh My God
W.T.F - What the F@DC. d/c - disconnect
LH - Low Herb
MH - Middle Herb
HH - High Herb
HS - Herb Steal
MM - Meng Mian (Cof Boss killer epi for white)
MSH - Mei San-He (VoH Boss killer epi for white)
SM - Sheng Mian (CoF Boss killer epi for black)
SYL - Shao Yu-Lang (VoH boss killer epi for black)
SM/KSM - Shen Mo/Killer of Shen Mo (Annother Epi)
TGW - True General Wei (CC5 boss)
KoG - Killer of Ghosts (Mansion Epi)
KoB - Killer of Beasts (Wild Tower Epi)
No0b/noob/n00b - Never owened online before / low level / inexperienced player / insult / character that follow higher levels and askes for free things (most annoying)
Newbie - New in Game / inexperienced player
Lowbie - low level character
wc - wrong chat
yw - your welcome
np - no problem
prob - problem
brt - be right there
bb - bye bye
gb - good bye
wb - welcome back
cya - see you later / see you after / bye
ttyl - talk to you later
w/[said word] - with [said word]
lol - laugh out loud
rofl - rolling on floor laughing
roflol - rolling on floor laughing out loud
roflmao - rolling on floor laughing my arse off
lmao - laughing my arse off
wo0t/woot/w00t - we own other teams / expresion of happiness
SS - Screen shot (press print screen button while in game and appears in program files 9Dragons capture character name)

Note: anything that appears in your chat as ******** is something that the chat filter has found rude offensive and inappropriate weather it be intentional or accidental. but for now all hope you enjoy it.

Well its finished ive spent over the last 6 hour doing this for you so i hope you appreciate this all. i think its alot more informative than my other one and alot easier to read.
Well i must give credit to lakers4eva becuse i cross checked my working with his (found it after working everything out). to Aashera for keeping my coffee mug full and correcting MY mistakes and keeping me sane.
well i hope this fits the bill of what you guys where after... took me long enough lol so now if you have just read all of this anything you see in game you should have no problems understanding.
Thanks all
Slaveborn

Edit - Have added some more levels and the new abbreviations for the new map as well as a couple of others that were reported to be missing. Hope its better now. Kepp the Feed back coming, This is not finished YET!

Refinement Research (Originally from Official Forum)

I am sick of people saying the +9 level is bugged and will not succeed. I am also sick of VGM’s and GM’s saying it is not bugged and is working just fine (failing to address the success rate reduction).

The fact of the matter is the rates have been drastically reduced from what they once were. Although you might fail many times in a row, it still is possible to make a +9 weapon.

Below are the results of warrior trying to make a +11 weapon (a warrior with the 5% refining bonus mastery). So many people are curious about refinement rates. This study shows similarities between the old success rates for 1-8 levels. It also shows the how level 9 is now more difficult than what it was, as well as, making +10, +11 , and +12 exponentially more difficult. If you have a large refinement history for +9, +10, +11, and +12 and keep track of the fails and successes feel free to post it and I will add it to these results.

Ultimately, 5,530 BE were used paired with 82 scales and 17 tears from the item mall (insurance only added for +9 or higher). The results were 3 +10 weapons. Not one +11 weapon was made from this study.

Advanced Dungeon Guide: Golden Coin Mansion

Just a little note: I will not include the "Entering the Dungeon" part of my guide, simply because at the level you are entering Golden Coin Mansion, I would at least expect that you have entered a dungeon once before. This is a non-newbie guide.

I. Introduction



The Mansion of Golden Coins is the final dungeon of the Golden Coin clan. Golden Touch, The Alchemist, Master of The Clan of Golden Coins, is the master of this dungeon. Hidden deep in the heart of Hangzhou he rules his clan from this majestic fortess. The Mansion itself is guarded by many formidable guards and have many secrets left to be unveiled.

II. Getting the Passes



III. Golden Coin Mansion Layout



A - This is the room where you will spawn

B - This is one of two doors that will allow you to enter the final boss room

C - This is where mobs and the 4 mini-bosses and 2 main bosses will spawn

D - The other one of two doors that will allow you to enter the final boss room, this is also the way leading to the chest room

E - Chests and exit are located in this area

Mini-boss rooms - (will be explained further) They contain a mini-boss surrounded by mobs, and chest loot rooms

Halls - All the areas marked with the dotted line are filled with mobs, which you must defeat in order to clear the dungeon and open the main boss rooms

IV. Defeating Golden Con Mansion

You are given 30 minutes to defeat the mobs and mini-bosses outside the main room, mobs and mini-bosses inside the main room, and the 2 forms of Martial Arts Maniac and first two forms of Golden Touch. The time for defeating Golden Touch's third form will be determined by the pass/dungeon difficulty.

The dungeon is separated into chambers. These chambers contain mobs, a mini-boss and chest rooms. The main objective for this dungeon is 1) defeat all the mobs and 2) defeat the mini-bosses, get keys from them and open the chest rooms. Remember that the chest rooms MUST be opened in order to toggle the main boss room's opening.



The Halls

The halls are marked orange and pink on the image shown above, only because the orange area of the map is covered by Goldenbell Guards Horn Bow Archers (level 130 mobs) and the pink area is covered by Goldenbell Guards Horn Bow Archers (level 131 mobs). You will need to defeat all of the mobs in the halls to be able to open the main boss room.

The Mini-boss rooms

You will need to defeat all the mobs in the room, and a mini-boss. Mini-bosses will drop keys for you to open chest rooms.

I've broken down all the chambers to include mobs, mini-bosses and keys.

1
Mob Name and level: Goldenbell Guards Steel Bow Archers (132), Goldenbell Guards Sturdy Bow Archers (133)
Mini-boss Name: Goldenbell Defender Blood Gold Maehwa
Key Dropped:

2
Mob Name and level: Goldenbell Guards Long Bow Archers (132), Goldenbell Guards Crossbow Archers (133)
Mini-boss Name: Goldenbell Defender Red Apricot Kumhee
Key Dropped:

3
Mob Name and level: Goldenbell Guards Poisoned Needle Acupuncturists (134), Goldenbell Guards Sturdy Sword Fighters (135)
Mini-boss Name: Goldenbell Defender Blue Clothes Moekung
Key Dropped:

4
Mob Name and level: Goldenbell Guards Silver Needle Acupuncturists (134), Goldenbell Guards Snake Sword Fighters (135)
Mini-boss Name: Goldenbell Defender Green Bamboo Dongyea
Key Dropped:

5
Mob Name and level: Goldenbell Guards Short Spear Warriors (136), Goldenbell Guards Dual Spear Warriors (137)
Mini-boss Name: Goldenbell Defender Archer Hoorang
Key Dropped:

6
Mob Name and level: Goldenbell Guards Golden Spear Warriors (137), Goldenbell Guards Steel Spear Warriors (138)
Mini-boss Name: Goldenbell Defender Far Lived Groom
Key Dropped:

You will find doors to open (like this one) in every room. The key to open these rooms are the keys dropped by each mini-boss (shown above)



And inside, you will find chests to open. It doesn't matter if you collect from the chests or not to be able to open the final room gates.



V. The Final Bosses: Martial Arts Maniac and Golden Touch

After you have opened all the doors and defeated all the mobs, the poison mist will disappear along with the bleeding. At this moment, the gates to the final boss room will open. When you enter, there will be more mobs inside, including 4 mini-bosses.


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Once you have defeated all the mini-bosses, the two final bosses will spawn. Note that you only need to kill the mini-bosses to trigger main boss spawn.

Martial Arts Maniac has two forms to defeat


Golden Touch has three forms to defeat.


Note that you have the option not to clear the last mobs in the main boss room in order to finish to dungeon. You may leave them as soon as you have killed both the main bosses.

VI. Exiting

When you have defeated the two final bosses, you will be able to enter the loot room, collect from the chests and exit.



VII. The Rewards

From the Mobs:

Yes, if you are the right level, mobs will drop for you. Drops are similar to those in Wild Tower. They include GB-FC level weapons, Dodge clothes, HP absorb hats, HP/VE wristbands, seals (Fire, Water, Trees, Moon, Iron)

From Martial Arts Maniac:

This is the boss that has similar drops to Golden Shell in Silver Coin Mansion. He will drop all the White Clan Mansion gear and accessories.

From Golden Touch:

This is the boss that has similar drops to Laughing Face in Silver Coin Mansion. He will drop the Vagabond Vault of Death gear and accessories. He also drops Blood Essence.

From the Chests:

Intermediate and Advanced manuals, level 3, 4, 5 and 6 elixirs, elixir supplements and water herbs

Epithet:





I'd like to thank GM Shaleza and GM Phew for taking me into the dungeons and working on the guides with me, plus the moral support as I slaved on the guides lol.



Some missing information:

- Mobs that drop passes
- Time given to defeat 3rd boss form per pass level
- Boss levels per pass level

I'll get that information as soon as GM Phew gets back to me on them. For the meantime I hope you find the guide helpful

More screenshots can be found here

Advanced Dungeon Guide: Beast Tower

Just a little note: I will not include the "Entering the Dungeon" part of my guide, simply because at the level you are entering Beast Tower, I would at least expect that you have entered a dungeon once before. This is a non-newbie guide.

I. Introduction



The Beastmaster of the Beast Clan, Zhurong, rules from the impenetrable Vault of Double Dragons, his Beast Tower, hidden in the far reaches of Nanchang. Had you braved Wild Tower and met his two most powerful generals, Savage Hands and Flaming bull, you must now be aware of the power which the Beastmaster holds. For the bravest of warriors, take this challenge. For those faint at heart, there is still time to turn back...

II. Getting the Passes



III. Beast Tower Layout


Image 1

1 - This is the area where you spawn as you enter the Beast Tower

2 - First Mini Boss you will encounter, Double Axe Beast, he will drop a key Black Leopard Eye

3 - Second Mini Boss you will encounter, Great Hoya King, he will drop a key White Tiger Eye

4 - Third Mini Boss you will encounter, New Bear Rider, he will drop a key Heavenly Bear Eye

5 - First gate to open with Black Leopard Eye. Proceed further and you will encounter mobs. You must defeat all the mobs to proceed further

6 - Second gate to open with White Tiger Eye. Proceed further to unlock the third gate.

7 - Third gate to open with Heavenly Bear Eye. Enter and fight mobs. Defeat all mobs to trigger bosses.

8 - Boos room and gates to the exit. Destroy the gates to be able to reach the exit.

9 - Loot chests and exit

All the unmarked areas are where the mobs are located.

IV. Defeating Beast Tower

The objective of Beast Tower is actually fairly simple: You get 1 hour to defeat all the mobs, get to the three mini-bosses to loot the keys to open the games, defeat more mobs to trigger the mini-boss and boss spawns, defeat The Beast Sage and defeat Zhurong's first two forms. The time given to defeat Zhurong's third form will be determined by the pass/dungeon difficulty level.

The difficulty here: there's a lot of mobs to kill, and you have to do it all while you are bleeding. Mobs range from level 130-138 outside the gates, and level 139-141 inside the gates. Most of the areas you will not be able to use lightfoot on either, so be prepared to spend a lot of time running around.

Since this dungeon has no chambers, I've tried my best to layout the map into areas where which level mobs are present:


Image 2




You will be poisoned for the most part while killing mobs, i.e. you will be bleeding a lot. Until you defeat the final bosses, you will be poisoned the whole way through.

There are 3 important mini-bosses you must kill,

Doube Axe Beast (Marked 2 in Image 1), is in a separate room surrounded by mobs. Drops Black Leopard Eye



New Bear Rider (Marked 4 in Image 1) drops Heavenly Bear Eye



These two mini-bosses are in separate rooms, surrounded by mobs.

Great Hoya King (Marked 3 in Image 1) is not in a separate room, drops White Tiger Eye



The drops from these Mini-bosses will allow you to open the gates leading to the final bosses.

The first gate opens with Black Leopard Eye

Once you enter this gate you will encounter more mobs (level 139-140)



Proceed further to the second gate, opens with White Tiger Eye

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And finally, the third gate to open with Heavenly Bear Eye

V. The Final Bosses: The Beast Sage and Zhurong

Once you have cleared the mobs, you will be able to move on to the final room where there will be more mobs to defeat (level 140-141)



And finally, after they have been defeated, 7 mini-bosses and the two final bosses will spawn


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The Beast Sage is one of the two final bosses. You must defeat both his forms


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Zhurong is the other of the two final bosses. He has three forms to defeat.


http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/mystwyze/Beast%20Tower/BT_zhurong2.jpg
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VI. Exiting

And when all the bosses are defeated, it's time to exit the gates

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/mystwyze/Beast%20Tower/BT_exitgate2.jpg
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/mystwyze/Beast%20Tower/BT_exitbridge.jpg

Finally, loot the chests and exit.

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c84/mystwyze/Beast%20Tower/BT_exitdoor.jpg

VI. The Rewards

From the Mobs:

Yes, if you are the right level, mobs will drop for you. Drops are similar to those in Wild Tower. They include GB-FC level weapons, Dodge clothes, HP absorb hats, HP/VE wristbands, seals (Fire, Water, Trees, Moon, Iron)

From The Beast Sage:

This is the boss that has similar drops to Flaming Bull in Wild Tower. He will drop all the Black Clan Wild Tower gear and accessories.

From Zhurong:

This is the boss that has similar drops to Savage Hands in Wild Tower. He will drop the Vagabond Vault of Death gear and accessories. He also drops Blood Essence.

From the Chests:

Intermediate and Advanced manuals, level 3, 4, 5 and 6 elixirs, elixir supplements and water herbs


Epithet:







Some missing information:

- Mobs that drop passes
- Time given to defeat 3rd boss form per pass level
- Boss levels per pass level


I'll get that information as soon as GM Phew gets back to me on them. For the meantime I hope you find the guide helpful

More screenshots can be found here