Nova Class Guide

Introduction

Class guides are a rough explanation of the class, designed to give you an idea of the class and what you should be aiming for. You should really adapt the guide and follow your own instincts to match your play style!

I highly recommend looking at as many different sources as possible. The class discords are a great place to start, most have their own guides and resources as well as plenty of skilled players willing to help with questions.

Class Discord Link

The Nova class is a female class that uses a Morning Star (Mace) as her main weapon and a Quoratum (Tower Shield) offhand. Unlike all other classes in the game, Nova is an actual specific person in the main story quest line. She has unique dialogue in the story and some NPCs may interact differently with her. Nova is the last of the royal lineage and was forgotten in history when the republic was formed. She now masters the elite Thornwood Guards and embraces the darkness to help reclaim her kingdom. Her pre-awakening skills have a chess and ice theme as she uses the Thornwood guards to aid her in her battles with aggressive or defensive commands.

At level 56 she unlocks the succession or awakening path. Her succession skills enhance pre-awakening and allow her to summon the Axian monster. While her awakening is unlocked when she acquires the “Sting” weapon in a duel. The weapon has magical power and can switch its form from a sharp rapier-like sword to a scythe. This allows her to make quick piercing attacks and she gains a lot of mobility. Awakened Nova also acquires a new resource called “Star’s Breath”, this is shown under your HP bar and will accumulate when Nova successfully hits an enemy. Once Star’s Breath has reached its full capacity, it can be consumed by Nova to empower her and enhance her skills for a short period of time.

Awakening VS Succession

Nova Succession and Awakening can be unlocked after level 56 after speaking to the Black Spirit and completing the Awakening and Succession quests under the suggestions tab.

The Awakening will unlock a completely new skill tree, which will be your primary skills from now on. The skills in the pre-awakening are mostly utility skills, and your main damage dealers will be your Awakening skills.
The Succession skill kit enhances your Morning Star skills instead and only has a few awakening skills.

Most players tend to prefer Awakening and it is the more popular spec out of the two because it is currently much better at PVE grinding.

In PVP in comes down to preference and is difficult to compare the two because they are completely different playstyles.

Succession is much slower and some players feel it is similar to Guardian in that way as well as being more “new player friendly” due to its slower speed. It has good protection and control, making it strong in Arena of Solare PVP. Awakening is much more fast-paced with far more mobility, and also more of a glass cannon class. She has high burst and the Vacuum skill for group PVP.

Awakening is considered more difficult because there is less room for error and you need to manage your Star’s Breath bar whilst managing cooldowns and rotating your skills well.

Skill Builds

Since the skill point update in late 2022, you can obtain all skills for approximately 1,000 skill points. Focus on your main skills first, then level the passives. The Weight Training skill should be leveled last, since it only gives you weight limit increase.

[Click to Show/Hide] Nova Awakening Build - 1005 Skill Points

[Click to Show/Hide] Nova Succession Build - 1002 Skill Points

Protected Skills

It is important to read through your skills to understand which skills have protection and crowd control effects. Read through your skills carefully to get familiar with what each skill does. You can also filter the different effects in the Skill Window (K).

Super armor (SA)
- This means you cannot be crowd controlled while this effect is active (except grab/grapple), but you will still take damage from any attacks
Forward guard (FG)
- This means you will block damage and crowd control effects coming from the front direction of your character. The block can be broken if you take enough damage and you will see a blue shield with a number, indicating the % left of the block.
- Some classes have an “S block”. This means you will automatically use Forward Guard when moving backward with “S”.
Invincible (I-frame)
- This means that you will not take damage and cannot be crowd controlled from any direction for the duration of the effect

Pre-awakening / Succession
	Storming Star	Shift + E	Super Armor while using the skill
	Punishing Trap	W + E	Forward Guard for surface hits(s)
	Quoratum’s Opening	E after certain skills	Forward Guard
	Quoratum’s Protection	Q	Forward Guard
	Command: Rime Ice	S + F	Super Armor while using the skill
	Quortum’s Ascension Prime: Quortum’s Ascension	W + F	Super Armor
	Mauling Star	LMB after certain skills	Super Armor
	Command: Frozen Earth Prime: Frozen Earth	Quickslot only	Super Armor
	Command: Fianchetto Prime: Fianchetto	Shift + LMB	Super Armor
	Command: Frozen Darkness Prime: Frozen Darkness	Shift + RMB	Super Armor during the skill
	Command: Stamma’s Mate Prime: Stamma’s Mate	Shift + Q	Super Armor
	Command: Blooming Icy Thorns Prime: Entangling Icy Thorns	Shift + F	Super Armor
	Queen’s Gambit	E (Magnus Skill)	Super Armor
	Prime: Star’s Call	S + C	Invincible while moving backward Super Armor
	Prime: Swooping Ring	W + C	Forward Guard
	Command: Passed Pawn Prime: Passed Pawn	SPACE after certain skills	Forward Guard
	Command: Opening	Quickslot only	Forward Guard
	Icy Fog	SHIFT + W/A/S/D	Forward Guard Invincible during skill (PVE only)
	Quoratum’s Guard Prime: Distorted Guard	Quickslot only	Super Armor
Awakening
	En Garde	E	Super Armor while using the skill Super Armor for 10 sec after using the skill
	Combust Life	Shift + E	Super Armor while using the skill
	Slicing Ring	Q	Forward Guard while using the skill
	Swooping Ring	W + RMB	Super Armor while using the skill
	Royal Fencing: Remise	S + LMB	Super Armor while using the skill
	Royal Fencing: Fleche	W + F	Super Armor while using the skill
	Frozen Ring	Shift + Q	Super Armor while using the skill
	Break Orbit	Shift + W/A/S/D	Invincibility -> Super Armor while using the skill
	Twisted Orbit	LMB during Break Orbit	Super Armor while moving
	Royal Fencing: Riposte	S + Q	Forward Guard during Swinging Attack
	Star’s Call	Shift + LMB	Forward Guard

PVE Iframe

Nova Class Guide Evasion, Icy Fog, Break Orbit, and Accel: Break Orbit are also “PVE Iframes”, which means these skills have a 1-second invincibility effect against monsters only, even if you spam the skill repeatedly.

Locked Skills

To lock a skill, press the lock icon on the top of each skill icon in the skill window (K).

These are the skills I recommend locking:
Evasion, Icy Fog (Awakening only)
Nova Class Guide

To lock a skill, press the lock icon on the bottom right of each skill icon in the skill window (K).

Most players tend to lock Icy Fog for awakening to make the awakening dash flow better and then will use the Quoratum’s Closing skill to switch to pre-awakening instead since it has a frontal guard.

Hotbar Skills

These are the minimum skills I recommend putting on your hotbar

Quaratum’s Guard, Command: Frozen Earth, Command: Opening, Winter Testudo, Quaratum’s Binding, Quaratum’s Earth, Queen’s Gambit, Frozen Ring, Brutal Ring

You may also want to put more skills on your hotbar and cooldown slots to keep track of them. For more information about how to do this, check out our Edit UI and Settings Guide.

Core Skills

Core skills are a way of upgrading 1 skill from your awakening skill kit.

Core skills are usually down to preference but most players choose Starfall for the Super Armor in PVE, or Frozen Ring for PVP.

Core: Swooping Ring: Stiffness on good hits.
Core: Royal Fencing: Remise: Bound on good 1st hit.
Core: Comet: Forward Guard while using skill.
Core: Royal Fencing: Fleche: Stiffness on good 1st hit.
Core: Frozen Ring: Stiffness on good hits.
Core: Starfall: Super Armor while using skill.

Skill Enhancement (Rabam) Skills

Skill Enhancement skills can be obtained in the Skill Window (K) under the “Skill Enhancement” tab at the top. At levels 56, 57, and 58, you will have 2 different options to choose between. These skills have no skill points cost, but you have to have other skills leveled up to be able to take them.

Level 56 – [SHIFT + X]

Quoratum’s Closing – Requires [Icy Thorns IV] and [Quoratum’s Ascension IV]
- (Preferred Choice)
Frozen Chain – Requires [Icy Thorns IV] and [Chain Strike IV]

I would recommend Quoratum’s Closing because the skill is useful for switching into pre-awakening and will debuff the target with Movement Speed, Attack Speed, and Casting Speed -30% for 10 seconds. It has a forward guard whilst moving and stiffness on good hits. The only downside is that the skill cannot be canceled and that you are not protected the entire time, which is quite a large window for you to be CC’d so you need to learn to use it effectively. Frozen Chain on the other hand has a small super armor on the first hit and can inflict a float on a good 2nd hit.

Level 57 – [SHIFT + Z]

Bitter Star– Requires [Bitter Reign V] and [Vengeful Star V]
- (Preferred Choice)
Binding Star – Requires [Bitter Reign V] and [Quoratum’s Binding III]

I would recommend Bitter Star. Neither of the skills have any protection on them and are quite underwhelming, but Binding Star has a long cooldown of 30 seconds which makes Bitter Star the preferred choice.

Level 58 – [Quickslot Only]

Enter the Darkness – Requires [Command: Frozen Darkness V] and [Command: Frozen Earth V]
Quoratum’s Earth – Requires [Command: Frozen Darkness V] and [Mauling Star IV]

Quoratum’s Earth can be useful as a filler skill in PVE or closer in PVP if you are succession nova. While Enter the Darkness is useful as an extra protected skill with a small amount of HP regen. I would personally recommend Quoratum’s Earth since it is a useful quick swap and has good damage with a Downsmash in PVP. However, both choices are viable and completely down to preference.

Skill Add-ons

Below are some examples of PVE skill add-ons you can take.

If you would like example skill add-ons for other scenarios, please refer to the Class Discord and its resources.

I recommend experimenting with your add-ons and figuring out what is best for you because it really depends on your personal preference and how you play your class. If you’re simply not sure what to take then you can blindly follow the examples below and they will still be effective.

You can also check our Skill Add-on guide for a complete list of Skill Add-ons.

Awakening PVE Add-ons
Swooping Ring I	Extra AP Against Monsters +20 for 7 sec
Swooping Ring I	All DP +15 for 7 sec
Comet I	Back Attack Damage +3% for 5 sec
Comet I	Crit Hit Damage +3% for 5 sec
Frozen Ring I	Attack/Casting Speed +7% for 7 sec
Frozen Ring I	All DP -15 for 10 sec for target
Royal Fencing: Remise I	Critical Hit Rate +20% for 7 sec
Royal Fencing: Remise I	All DP -15 for 10 sec for target
Starfall I	Extra AP Against Monsters +30 for 7 sec
Starfall I	Critical Hit Rate +30% for 7 sec
Brutal Ring	Critical Hit Rate +20% for 7 sec
Brutal Ring	Attack/Casting Speed +7% for 7 sec

Succession PVE Add-ons: (Credit: Velika)
Storming Star I	Extra AP Against Monsters +30 for 7 sec
Storming Star I	Attack/Casting Speed +10% for 7 sec
Command: Stamma’s Mate I	Movement Speed +7% for 7 sec
Command: Stamma’s Mate I	100 Bleeding Damage per 3 sec for 15 sec
Command: Frozen Earth I	Critical Hit Rate +30% for 7 sec
Command: Frozen Earth I	Critical Hit Damage +5% for 5 sec
Command: Blooming Icy Thorns I	Extra AP Against Monsters +20 for 7 sec
Command: Blooming Icy Thorns I	Attack/Casting Speed +7% for 7 sec
Command: Fianchetto	Extra AP Against Monsters +20 for 7 sec
Command: Fianchetto	All DP -15 for 10 sec for target
Command: Frozen Darkness I	All Accuracy Rate +4% for 7 sec
Command: Frozen Darkness I	All Evasion Rate -4% for 10 sec for target

Example Skill Combos

(AWAKENING COMBO)

[SHIFT] + [W] > [LMB] > [F] > [S] + [Q] > [W] + [F] > [SHIFT] + [W] > [LMB] > [W] + [RMB] > [SHIFT] + [W] > [LMB] > [F]

This is an example of a mobility combo you can use for simple movement.

(AWAKENING COMBO)

[W] + [E] > [W] + [C] > [F] > [S] + [LMB] > [Shift] + [RMB] > [S] + [Q] > [Q] > [W] + [F] > [F] > [S] + [LMB]

This is an example awakening PVP combo starting with your grab in the pre-awakening stance.

(AWAKENING COMBO)

[Shift] + [W/A/S/D] > [F] > [S] + [LMB] > [S] + [Q] > [Q] > [Shift] + [RMB] > [RMB] > [Shift] + [Q]

This is an example PVP combo using a stun instead.

(AWAKENING COMBO)

[S] + [LMB] > [S] + [F] > [F] > [S] + [Q] > [W] + [F] > [SHIFT] + [RMB] > [SHIFT] + [LMB] > [Q] > [LMB] > [SHIFT] + [Q] > [W] + [F]

This is an example awakening PVE combo for higher end grind spots

(AWAKENING COMBO)

[W] + [Q] > [S] + [LMB] > [S] + [F] > [F] > [S] + [Q] > [W] + [F] > [SHIFT] + [RMB] > [SHIFT] + [LMB] > [W] + [Q] > [Q] > [LMB] > [SHIFT] + [Q] > [W] + [F]

This is the Accel version of the PVE combo listed above.

(SUCCESSION COMBO)

[W] + [C] > [W] + [F] > (Hold Shift) + [W] > [SPACE] + [LMB] > [W] + [E] > [SPACE] + [LMB] > (Hold E) > (Hold W) + [E] > [Shift] + [W]

This is an example of a mobility combo you can use.

(SUCCESSION COMBO)

[W] + [E] > [Shift] + [S] > [Shift] + [RMB] > [RMB] > [Shift] + [F] > [S] + [F]

This is an example of an easy PVP combo to help you get started

(SUCCESSION COMBO)

[Shift] + [W] > [Shift] + [LMB] > [Shift] + [A/D] > [Shift] + [F] > [Shift] + [A/S/D] (if blocking) > [Shift] + [RMB] > [LMB] > [S] + [RMB]

This is an example of a PVP combo

(SUCCESSION COMBO)
[S] + [F] > [S] + [RMB] > [SHIFT] + [RMB] > [SHIFT] + [LMB] > [SHIFT] + [F] > [SHIFT] + [Q] > [SHIFT] + [C] > [SHIFT] + [A/D] > [SHIFT] + [Z] > [W] + [F]

This is a beginner PVE combo for harder grinding spots

Weapons

Mainhand Weapon	Details
Tuvala Morning Star	Tuvala Weapons are obtained through Season Servers and are the best starting weapons. If you are a new or returning player, I would recommend creating a Season Character.
Kzarka Morning Star	Kzarka is a boss weapon that you will upgrade your Tuvala weapon into. It is a great weapon for PVX.
Offin Tett Morning Star	Offin Tett is a boss weapon alternative. Most players tend to pick Kzarka. The difference is that Offin has slightly more AP which can help you reach the higher AP brackets more easily, in return, you lose accuracy, which can be fine on certain classes that don’t rely on accuracy too much. If you are unsure of which weapon to go for, just go with Kzarka.
Blackstar Morning Star	Blackstar is the best in slot PVE weapon. Godr-Ayed weapons are an alternative to Blackstar weapons, with the same stats but a different enhancing method. You can swap from a PEN Kzarka to a TET Blackstar and it will still perform better in PVE due to the additional monster damage. The monster damage applies to both your pre-awakening and awakening skills, even though it is a main-hand weapon. Unlike boss weapons, you cannot put caphras into this weapon, but it has a higher base AP. PEN Blackstars are also the hardest weapons to enhance.

Awakening Weapon	Details
Tuvala Sting	Tuvala Weapons are obtained through Season Servers and are the best starting weapons. If you are a new or returning player, I would recommend creating a Season Character.
Dandelion Sting	Dandelion is a boss weapon which you will upgrade your Tuvala weapon into. It is a great weapon for PVX. You can also enhance this weapon with a Garmoth’s Heart to make it a Fiery weapon and unlock extra Crystal slots.
Blackstar Sting	Blackstar is the best in slot PVE weapon. Godr-Ayed weapons are an alternative to Blackstar weapons, with the same stats but a different enhancing method. Like the main-hand Blackstar weapon, the awakening Blackstar has additional monster damage. However, it has less monster damage than the main-hand, so usually players prioritize getting the main-hand one first, or may choose to only use the main-hand Blackstar weapon. Unlike boss weapons, you cannot put caphras into this weapon, but it has a higher base AP. PEN Blackstars are also the hardest weapons to enhance.

Awakening
Weapon

Details

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Tuvala Sting

Tuvala Weapons are obtained through Season Servers and are the best starting weapons. If you are a new or returning player, I would recommend creating a Season Character.

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Dandelion Sting

Dandelion is a boss weapon which you will upgrade your Tuvala weapon into. It is a great weapon for PVX.

You can also enhance this weapon with a Garmoth’s Heart to make it a Fiery weapon and unlock extra Crystal slots.

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Blackstar Sting

Blackstar is the best in slot PVE weapon. Godr-Ayed weapons are an alternative to Blackstar weapons, with the same stats but a different enhancing method.

Like the main-hand Blackstar weapon, the awakening Blackstar has additional monster damage. However, it has less monster damage than the main-hand, so usually players prioritize getting the main-hand one first, or may choose to only use the main-hand Blackstar weapon.
Unlike boss weapons, you cannot put caphras into this weapon, but it has a higher base AP. PEN Blackstars are also the hardest weapons to enhance.

Offhand Weapon	Details
Tuvala Quoratum	Tuvala Weapons are obtained through Season Servers and are the best starting weapons. If you are a new or returning player, I would recommend creating a Season Character.
Kutum Quoratum	Kutum is the offhand weapon you should get first and should swap your Tuvala offhand for. The Kutum weapons have a mixture of AP and DP with additional monster damage. This makes them great for PVE and they are also good in PVP when running hybrid evasion builds on certain classes. You can also enhance this weapon with a Garmoth’s Heart to make it a Fiery weapon with extra stats.
Nouver Quoratum	Nouver is your PVP offhand. It is considered the best in slot for PVP in most classes due to its high AP. You can also enhance this weapon with a Garmoth’s Heart to make it a Fiery weapon with extra stats.
Blackstar Quoratum	Blackstar offhands are another choice for PVE. Godr-Ayed weapons are an alternative to Blackstar weapons, with the same stats but a different enhancing method. However, when you compare a PEN Blackstar offhand with a PEN Kutum (Caphras 20), there is very little difference between the two. Blackstars are known to be the hardest weapons in the game to enhance, and obtaining a PEN Kutum with caphras level 20 is much more obtainable, for this reason, it is not recommended to go with a Blackstar offhand at the moment and would be an endgame goal for very few players.

Offhand Weapon

Details

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Tuvala Quoratum

Tuvala Weapons are obtained through Season Servers and are the best starting weapons. If you are a new or returning player, I would recommend creating a Season Character.

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Kutum Quoratum

Kutum is the offhand weapon you should get first and should swap your Tuvala offhand for.

The Kutum weapons have a mixture of AP and DP with additional monster damage. This makes them great for PVE and they are also good in PVP when running hybrid evasion builds on certain classes.

You can also enhance this weapon with a Garmoth’s Heart to make it a Fiery weapon with extra stats.

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Nouver Quoratum

Nouver is your PVP offhand. It is considered the best in slot for PVP in most classes due to its high AP.

You can also enhance this weapon with a Garmoth’s Heart to make it a Fiery weapon with extra stats.

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Blackstar Quoratum

Blackstar offhands are another choice for PVE. Godr-Ayed weapons are an alternative to Blackstar weapons, with the same stats but a different enhancing method.

However, when you compare a PEN Blackstar offhand with a PEN Kutum (Caphras 20), there is very little difference between the two. Blackstars are known to be the hardest weapons in the game to enhance, and obtaining a PEN Kutum with caphras level 20 is much more obtainable, for this reason, it is not recommended to go with a Blackstar offhand at the moment and would be an endgame goal for very few players.

Armor

For your armor, you will make a choice between Damage Reduction or Evasion gear. I recommend reading our guide about the two different DP stats if you want to learn what the two different stats do.

Generally, you are recommended to build Damage Reduction on Nova.

Armor	Details
Tuvala Set Tuvala Helmet Tuvala Armor Tuvala Gloves Tuvala Shoes	Tuvala Armors are obtained through Season Servers and are the best starting armors. If you are a new or returning player, I would recommend creating a Season Character.
Boss Set (Damage Reduction) Griffon Helmet Red Nose Armor Bheg’s Gloves Urugon’s Shoes	This boss set is the most popular boss set to go for after graduating from Season. This set is focuses on Damage Reduction, which is viable on all classes. Classes which should always pick damage reduction: Warrior, Ranger, Berserker, Tamer, Valkyrie, Wizard, Witch, Dark Knight, Archer, Guardian, Nova, Drakania, Woosa This is because these classes either have bad base evasion or have shields that scale well with Damage Reduction. ** Choosing the Red Nose Armor is recommended instead of Dim Tree to save you silver later on, since it requires far fewer caphras to get to caphras level 10.
Boss Set (Evasion) Griffon Helmet Red Nose Armor Leebur’s Gloves Muskan’s Shoes	This boss set is the evasion build boss set. If you are unsure of which to pick, the general answer is to just go with the Damage Reduction set. Evasion is only considered good on certain classes: Striker, Mystic, Hashashin, Shai and can be considered viable on other classes in return for less damage: Sorceress, Musa, Maehwa, Ninja, Kunoichi, Lahn, Sage, Corsair, Maegu ** Choosing the Red Nose Armor is recommended instead of Dim Tree to save you silver later on, since it requires far fewer caphras to get to caphras level 10.
Fallen God Armor	Fallen God Armor is the best in slot armor piece. It will eventually replace your Red Nose armor. To make the Fallen God Armor, you will need a Flame of Despair and a PEN Red Nose or Dim Tree Armor with level 10 caphras. This is why it is recommended to go with Red Nose, since it costs fewer caphras to get to caphras level 10.
Labreska Helmet	Labreska Helmet is the best in slot helmet piece. It will eventually replace your Giath/Griffon helmet. To make the Labreska helmet you will need a Flame of Frost and a PEN Giath or Griffon Helmet with level 10 caphras. Both of these helmets require the same amount of caphras to get to level 10.

Armor

Details

Tuvala Set

Tuvala Helmet
Tuvala Armor
Tuvala Gloves
Tuvala Shoes

Tuvala Armors are obtained through Season Servers and are the best starting armors. If you are a new or returning player, I would recommend creating a Season Character.

Boss Set (Damage Reduction)

Griffon Helmet
Red Nose Armor
Bheg’s Gloves
Urugon’s Shoes

This boss set is the most popular boss set to go for after graduating from Season. This set is focuses on Damage Reduction, which is viable on all classes.

Classes which should always pick damage reduction:

Warrior, Ranger, Berserker, Tamer, Valkyrie, Wizard, Witch, Dark Knight, Archer, Guardian, Nova, Drakania, Woosa

This is because these classes either have bad base evasion or have shields that scale well with Damage Reduction.

** Choosing the Red Nose Armor is recommended instead of Dim Tree to save you silver later on, since it requires far fewer caphras to get to caphras level 10.

Boss Set (Evasion)

Griffon Helmet
Red Nose Armor
Leebur’s Gloves
Muskan’s Shoes

This boss set is the evasion build boss set. If you are unsure of which to pick, the general answer is to just go with the Damage Reduction set.

Evasion is only considered good on certain classes:

Striker, Mystic, Hashashin, Shai

and can be considered viable on other classes in return for less damage:

Sorceress, Musa, Maehwa, Ninja, Kunoichi, Lahn, Sage, Corsair, Maegu

** Choosing the Red Nose Armor is recommended instead of Dim Tree to save you silver later on, since it requires far fewer caphras to get to caphras level 10.

Fallen God Armor

Fallen God Armor is the best in slot armor piece.

It will eventually replace your Red Nose armor. To make the Fallen God Armor, you will need a Flame of Despair and a PEN Red Nose or Dim Tree Armor with level 10 caphras. This is why it is recommended to go with Red Nose, since it costs fewer caphras to get to caphras level 10.

Labreska Helmet

Labreska Helmet is the best in slot helmet piece. It will eventually replace your Giath/Griffon helmet. To make the Labreska helmet you will need a Flame of Frost and a PEN Giath or Griffon Helmet with level 10 caphras. Both of these helmets require the same amount of caphras to get to level 10.

Accessories

There are various different accessories in the game. At first, just focus on using the accessories that give you the highest AP in each slot.

There are also “free” accessories that all new players should get:

Accessory	How to obtain
Tuvala Accessories	Tuvala accessories are starter accessories obtained from the Season Server. Try to push up your accessories to PEN if possible, but if you don’t have much time to play Season, then focus on your Weapons and Armor first.
PEN Capotia Necklace	You can obtain a FREE PEN Capotia Accessory from the Season Servers Special Reward. For your first season, it is recommended to get the PEN Capotia Necklace because it gives the most AP. You then want to create another Season character in the next season to get the PEN Capotia Belt, and finally the PEN Capotia Ring or Earring.
PEN Ring of Crescent Guardian	You can obtain a PEN Ring of Crescent Guardian by completing Jetina’s PEN Accessory quests. These are daily quests that take a minimum of 45 days to complete. Every new and returning player should complete these as early as possible for a highly discounted PEN accessory.

Accessory

How to obtain

Tuvala Accessories

Tuvala accessories are starter accessories obtained from the Season Server.

Try to push up your accessories to PEN if possible, but if you don’t have much time to play Season, then focus on your Weapons and Armor first.

PEN Capotia Necklace

You can obtain a FREE PEN Capotia Accessory from the Season Servers Special Reward.

For your first season, it is recommended to get the PEN Capotia Necklace because it gives the most AP. You then want to create another Season character in the next season to get the PEN Capotia Belt, and finally the PEN Capotia Ring or Earring.

PEN Ring of Crescent Guardian

You can obtain a PEN Ring of Crescent Guardian by completing Jetina’s PEN Accessory quests.

These are daily quests that take a minimum of 45 days to complete. Every new and returning player should complete these as early as possible for a highly discounted PEN accessory.

Common Starter PVE accessories:

TET Black Distortion Earrings or TET Narc Ear Accessory (PEN Capotia Earring)
TET Basilisk’s Belt (or PEN Capotia Belt)
TET Ring of Crescent Guardian
TET Ogre Ring/Laytenn’s Necklace (or PEN Capotia Necklace).

PEN Tuvala Necklace	⇒	PEN Capotia Necklace	⇒	PEN Tungrad Necklace PEN Ogre Ring PEN Laytenn’s Necklace
PEN Tuvala Ring	⇒	PEN Capotia Ring	⇒	PEN Ring of Crescent Guardian PEN Tungrad Ring PEN Eye of the Ruins Ring
PEN Tuvala Belt	⇒	PEN Capotia Belt	⇒	PEN Basilisk Belt PEN Valtarra Eclipsed Belt PEN Tungrad Belt
PEN Tuvala Earring	⇒	PEN Capotia Earring	⇒	TET Black Distortion Earring

Crystals

Below is an example starter Crystal build for PVE. Some of the crystals are expensive. You can obtain the Rebellious Crystal by completing the main story questline. For more example crystal builds, including an end-game PVE crystal build, and PVP Crystal builds, check our Crystal Preset Guide.

Ah’krad Crystal x2

Rebellious Spirit Crystal x2

Red Battlefield Crystal: Adamantine x2

Ancient Magic Crystal of Crimson Flame – Power x2

Dark Red Fang Crystal – Valor x2

Corrupted Magic Crystal x2

Max HP +350
All AP +34
All Accuracy +6
Extra Damage to Monsters +20
Hidden Damage Reduction -4
Knockdown/Bound Resistance +50%
Stun/Stiffness/Freezing Resistance +10%
Critical Hit Level +4
Critical Hit Damage +22%
Skill EXP +10%

This is an example PVP Build for Novas using Damage Reduction Armors and going full Human Damage (glass cannon). For more example crystal builds, check our Crystal Preset Guide or the Class Discord.

- Glorious Crystal of Gallantry – Olucas x2
- Red Spirit Crystal x2
- Crystal of Elkarr x2
- Corrupted Magic Crystal x2
- JIN: Magic Crystal – Viper x2
- Red Battlefield Crystal: Viper x2
- Red Battlefield Crystal: Carmae x2
- Ancient Spirit’s Crystal – Swiftness x1

All accuracy +70
Ignore All Resistance +20%
Max HP +200
All AP +14
Extra Damage to Humans +56
All Damage Reduction -4
Critical Hit Damage +22%
Attack, Casting Speed +2%
Attack Speed +6
Casting Speed +4
Critical Hit +2
Movement Speed +2

Artifacts and Lightstones

There are a few different viable choices for both Artifacts and Lightstone combos. Nova is the “Melee Damage” type so you want to go for Melee Accuracy and Melee Damage for offensive artifacts.

For PVE Lighstones there are a few different options to min-max. For certain spots, you may want to use Species damage combos (eg. The Wild: Demihumans, The Wild: Kamaslyvia, The Wild: Humans). Species damage combos perform better if you are reaching the monster AP caps at a certain zone.

A more generic PVE combo is listed below that is recommended for your class and will work at any spot.

You can also find more information about Artifacts and Lightstones, and how to obtain them, in our guide. We also have a list of Best in slot Artifacts and Lightstones.

Artifacts for PVE:

Marsh’s Artifact – Extra AP Against Monsters

(Extra Damage to Monsters +6)

Lesha’s Artifact – Monster Damage Reduction

(Monster Damage Reduction +9)

Artifacts for PVP:

Marsh’s Artifact – Melee AP

(Melee AP +4)

Marsh’s Artifact – Melee Accuracy

(Melee Accuracy +8)

PVE Lightstone Combo
[Deathblow] Fire: Predation Fire: Predation Fire: Blade Fire: Blade	Total Combo Effects: Monster AP +16 Critical Hit Chance +14%

PVP Lightstone Combo
[Target Openings] Fire: Rage Fire: Marked Wind: Lungs Fire: Strike	Total Combo Effects: All AP +10 All Accuracy +16 Maximum Stamina +100 Critical Damage +6%

Useful Links/Credits

I highly recommend checking out the Nova Class Discord for resources about your class. The class discords always have the most up-to-date information and tons of experienced players that can help with questions or gearing advice. I would like to give a shoutout to the Moderation and Helper Roles in the Nova discord for all their hard work gathering resources. You can find some of their own guides below. I honestly cannot recommend enough to join the discord.

Useful links to check out:

PVP Montage Videos:

Credits Disclaimer: Since there are now 26 BDO classes, it is impossible for me to keep class guides fully maintained. My main class is Ranger and I don’t claim to be the best in any class. Therefore, I use resources and recommendations from the Class discords since (as all other players would agree) this is the best source. I also ask for advice from friends who are more experienced in the class. Where possible, I credit specific players for information such as Add-ons, and combos. However, sometimes there is no player mentioned as the original sharer. If there are any issues with credit or you would like certain information removed/changed, please reach out to me!

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Introduction

Awakening VS Succession

Skill Builds

[Click to Show/Hide] Nova Awakening Build - 1005 Skill Points

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Protected Skills

PVE Iframe

Locked Skills

Hotbar Skills

Core Skills

Skill Enhancement (Rabam) Skills

Skill Add-ons

Example Skill Combos

Weapons

Armor

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