Oluns Valley Guide

Introduction

Oluns Valley is a popular end-game grind spot in the top 10 silver-per-hour spots for 2023, with average players earning over 800 million silver per hour, and top players reaching over 1 billion silver an hour. There is also the potential to make more silver by creating Ibedor’s Scrolls using the Venomous Night Fang item drops, and running them in a group.

However, what really makes the grind spot popular, is that it drops a Rich Merchant RIng treasure piece.

You can also get the red Quturam Ashen Leaves and   Quturan’s Right Lung, which are used to create the La Orzeca Outfit (Armor piece).

The grind spot is a party spot designed for 3 players and is located in O’dyllita. It has lots of complicated mechanics and can be difficult for players that are new to the grind spot, so I recommend reading through this guide completely and checking out the additional resources so you are fully prepared! The guide goes over all the basic information, but also includes tips and tricks for experienced players that are looking to push their trash even higher.

* Experienced players can start grinding Oluns earlier with 289K AP.

Buffs and Preparation

The monsters at Oluns Valley are the Kamaslyvia Monster Type.

Checklist before you start
PVE Artifacts and Lightstones	Make sure you swap to PVE Artifacts and Lighstones. More information about recommended Lighstone Combinations can be found below.
PVE Crystal Preset	Make sure you swap to your PVE Cyrstal Preset if you frequently change your crystals for PVP.
PVE Skill Addons	Make sure you swap to your PVE Skill Addons if you frequently change your addons for PVP.
Heidel Carolin’s Crit Buff	Collect the Crit Buff from Carolin in Heidel. This isn’t mandatory but is useful if you are pushing for higher trash numbers. 30-minute duration Obtained from Carolin in Heidel (in the building near the skill instructor) but you need at least 50 Amity with her. Gives Critical Damage +10% buff Costs 25 energy
Elfianso’s Atanis Pond Buff	Collect the Atanis Pond Buff from the Elfianso NPC at Atanis Pond in Kamasylvia. This isn’t mandatory but is useful if you are pushing for higher trash numbers. 60-minute duration Requires 700 amity to unlock Gives Additional Damage to Kamalyvian Monsters +5 buff Costs 50 energy Stacks with the Caroline buff
Furniture Buff	I recommend using the Imp Captain Knife or Master’s Stuffed Shadow Lion Head furniture buffs
Pets	Make sure your pets are fed and out. You can put your pets on the slower (green) setting for Oluns.
Vell’s Heart	Make sure your alchemy stone is turned on.
Exquisite Cron Meal	Buy or make the Exquisite Cron Meal. Cooking Recipe: Serendia Meal x3, Special Arehaza Meal x1, Kamaslyvia Meal x3, Ancient Cron Spice x1
Party Elixirs	More information about the recommended Party Elixirs can be found below
Perfume of Courage OR Elixir of Deep Sea	Perfumes aren’t “mandatory”, but it is highly recommended to use Perfume of Courage. For more experienced groups that want to pull high trash numbers, you can splash out and use Elixir of Deep Sea instead, but Deep Sea Elixirs are expensive.
Church Buffs	Collect the AP church buffs from the priest in O’draxxia. Obtained from priests in some towns/cities: locations Costs 3,000,000 silver for 2 hours, or 10,000,000 silver for 5 hours.
Villa Buffs	Collect the [Body Enhancement] Villa buffs from your tent.
Loot Scroll	Use the (1) setting on your Item Collection Increase Gauge.
Agris Fever (if using)	Turn on your Agris Fever if you are choosing to use it. It is recommended to always use Agris when grinding at Oluns Valley.
Tent Buff (if using)	Buy the Adventurer’s Luck buff from your tent if you are choosing to use it. This depends on what other item drop rate buffs you have and if you are close to the 300% item drop rate cap. Adventurer’s Luck I – Item Drop Rate +10% – costs 10 million Adventurer’s Luck II – Item Drop Rate +20% – costs 20 million Adventurer’s Luck III – Item Drop Rate +30% – costs 30 million Adventurer’s Luck IV – Item Drop Rate +40% – costs 40 million Adventurer’s Luck V – Item Drop Rate +50% – costs 50 million
Krogdalo Horse AP buff (if available)	If you have the Krogdalo Wind Horse set, you can use the roar skill to gain an AP +5 buff for 60 minutes.
Other Item Drop Rate % Buffs	Use our Item Drop Rate Buff List to check for any other buffs you can use. You can check your current Item Drop Rate % in the character profile (P). The cap for all servers (except Arsha/excluding Castle Buff) is 300%.

Recommended Crystals

These are an example of recommended crystals that are specific to Oluns. You can swap the Dark Red Fang Armor crystals for JIN Vipers if you need more accuracy.

Recommended Lightstone Combos

The Vicious Shadows Lighstone Combo is usually considered best in slot and is viable on all classes. However, for certain classes that don’t require the Critical Hit Rate % you may find that the Deathblow set is better. If you are unsure, I recommend asking in your Class discord for advice specific to your class, or just sticking with the Vicious Shadows combo.

If you are having trouble getting the Strike lightstone, you can use The Wild: Kamaslyvia for extra damage to Kamaslyvian Monsters.

For the Shai class, you are recommended to use the Deathblow set as this is best in slot for Shai.

Oluns Lightstone Combos
[Vicious Shadows] – Usually best in slot for all classes (except Shai) Fire: Predation Fire: Predation Fire: Shadows Fire: Strike	Total Combo Effects: Monster AP +13 Back Attack Damage +6% Critical Damage +3%
[Deathblow] – Best in slot for Shai class Fire: Predation Fire: Predation Fire: Blade Fire: Blade	Total Combo Effects: Monster AP +16 Critical Hit Chance +14%
[The Wild: Kamaslyvia] – Cheap beginner set Fire: Fallen Fire: Fallen Fire: Fallen Iridescent Lightstone	Total Combo Effects: Additional Kamasylvian Damage +30

Recommended Party Elixirs

All 3 party members are expected to bring a set of party elixirs to pop. Party elixirs last 15 minutes, and must be popped when you are next to your party members so that all players can get the buffs.

The shopping lists for each party member can be found below, I recommend buying as many different ones as you can. The lists have been balanced so that the cost and rarity of each elixir is as fair as possible.

When looking for a party, you will usually find groups/members that say “LF1 DPS with P1” for example, this means they are looking for 1 party member that has the Party Member #1 elixir group.

• Elixir of Endless Frenzy can be swapped for Endless Fury if not available, but Frenzy is better damage
• If you and your party are running x2 Valor Crystals, you don’t need to use Elixir of Strong Shock since you should already have Critical Hit +5.
• Intrepid Swiftness and Overwhelming Endurance are optional and are not always necessary. These are usually only used by very high-end groups trying to push higher trash and don’t have +5 movement speed.
• Recipe breakdown for the party elixirs can be found here

Rotations

For an extra +10% Item Drop Rate, I recommend leveling the Olun’s Valley node to level 20.

• On the map below, you can see the Golem monsters numbered (#1 – #17).
• Baby golem and Olun’s Heart monsters can be seen as a white dot on the map image below.
• The lines show where each player should go and where to “pre-pull” additional baby golems.
• The Shai in your group usually pre-pulls the main golem, but additional baby golems should be pulled by all members.

Credit for the rotations map: Suntukan

There are 3 different rotations you can do depending on the clear speed of your party:

• 15 Golem Rotation:
  • This is for beginner parties or slower parties. For this rotation, you do all the Golems except #4 (Forest) and #17.
  • As a beginner, try to aim to do 5 rotations per hour (75 golems total).
    

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• 16 Golem Rotation:
  • This is the rotation that most parties will do. You usually add the #4 (Forest) Golem since it has more babies.
  • Some parties choose to add #17 instead since it requires less running around, but it depends on your party.
    

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• 17 Golem Rotation:
  • This rotation is for more experienced parties that can pull high DPS and use more advanced mechanics.
  • High-end groups are able to do this rotation 5 times in one hour (85 golems per hour) and push for 6 rotations.
  • idrew has a great tip for gauging whether or not to include the #17 golem or not: “My rule of thumb for whether or not to include this golem when I am pugging is when the arm breaks on golem #16 during the first lap. If there is over 3 minutes on elixirs I include golem #17.”
    • idrew also has tons of useful videos showing these rotations so please check them out!

Double Arm Attacks (Donut and Smash)

• There are 2 different double-arm attacks, where the golem lifts both arms in the air, before smashing them down on the floor.
• If the golem flashes red it will do an AOE attack with 2 red circles. The attack is nicknamed “Donut” because of its shape. The red areas have a Stun CC if you are hit by them.
• If the golem does not flash red but does the double-arm attack, it will do a Smash attack in the area around it with no red circle as a warning. This is a Bound CC and deals a lot of damage, it is usually the cause of death so you have to pay close attention to the movement of the golem.
• The golem still does the double-arm attacks and animation with just one arm after you have destroyed the other arm.

Arm Slam Attack

• The golem lifts its arm up and 2 overlapping red circles appear on the floor around the golem. This is the longest animation and you have a lot of time to deal safe back attacks.

Poison Attack

• The poison skill will only happen if you cannot kill the golem fast enough. The golem will do a roar animation with both arms at their side, before lifting the arms and spitting green poison from its mouth. Do not try to tank the damage and move behind the golem to deal back attacks while it is in the animation.

Arm Swipe Attack

• The golem does a swipe animation where it swings the arm to the side as if it is sweeping the floor. This skill deals high damage and the best way to avoid it is by moving behind the golem.

Nuke Attack

• The Nuke attack is a long-ranged attack that happens when the person with aggro is a certain distance away from the golem
• The Nuke attack deals a lot of damage and can 1 shot your entire party if you are not careful
• You can also force the nuke attack in more experienced groups. More information can be found in the Force Nukes section below
• After the arm is destroyed, the golem will no longer do the Nuke attack, so you can safely move away from the golem and even pull it to the next golem in certain places (such as pulling Golem 14 to Golem 15)

idrew’s video guide explains forcing nukes in detail and shows exactly where to stand for each golem.

Olun’s Heart Mechanic

There are Olun’s Heart monsters located around Olun’s Valley. These statues can summons up to 3 additional babies. You must go into the range of the Olun Heart to aggro it, and you can see if the heart is aggro’d because the rocks will start spinning around the heart in a circle. You have to stay inside the summon range for the baby golems to spawn.

• The first baby takes 10 seconds to spawn,
• Then the second baby spawns around 20 seconds later
• And finally, the third baby is another 20 seconds after the second baby
• So for all 3 baby golems, it takes approximately 50 seconds in total

Most of the Olun’s Heart statues are located near a main golem, so you can aggro them during the pre-pull to try and get extra baby spawns for more trash.

Another trick is to use your horse to aggro the heart. You pull the heart and then whistle the horse to your location, or ride your horse and place it near the heart when moving to the next golem. Make sure you do not put the horse near a main golem so that it doesn’t get killed!

Class Information

Oluns Valley is most efficient when using a Shai class to buff, pre-pull, and DPS, alongside 2 other classes to DPS.

Succession Striker is a popular choice and running 1 Shai class + 2 Succession Strikers used to be considered the best class combination. However, you can grind Oluns with whatever class you like, and many different combinations of classes are being used in the groups that pull the highest loot numbers. You may find that other class combinations work best for you and your group, so don’t feel that you have to play what is considered meta! Double Shai groups can also work but isn’t as good as it used to be since Shai can now max level all their buff skills, so you don’t get the bonus buff anymore by running 2 Shais. However, it can still be good for players who are learning and can take pressure off the Shai since the responsibilities are shared.

Shai

The Shai class is highly desirable for Oluns groups since they have group buffs, heals, and debuff skills. They are also usually responsible for pre-pulling the main golem.

Beginner DPS Combo Example:

[W + F] > [S + RMB] > [S + LMB] >  [RMB] (x1 hit) > [Q] > [RMB] (x2 hits) > [S + RMB] > [S + LMB] >  [RMB] (x1 hit) > [Q] > [RMB] (x2 hits) > Repeat…

• Credit goes to TheCrux for this combo, his Oluns Shai guide is also super useful for players who are both new to shai, or a shai main!
• Use the combo on a loop. Your attack speed buff from Tuck-and-Roll should be ending around the time you finish the combo so you can keep it refreshed.
• When using the Go! [Q] skill, the attack always goes to the left, so turn your camera to the right a little during the skill to reposition it.

Add-ons Example:

These are example add-ons to go with the combo listed above. Credit goes to BlOniKe for sharing these!

Striker

Succession Striker is still one of the top DPS classes for Oluns. They also have a taunt skill “Crouching Wolf” [SPACE] which is really useful for pre-pulls and more advanced mechanics.

DPS Combo Example:

The combo below is broken into 3 parts to make it easier to learn since it is quite long.

Part 1 –

[RMB] > [RMB] (Deathstrike) > [RMB] (Bombardment) > [LMB] (Venom Fang) > [LMB] (Final Blow) > [S + Q] > [LMB + RMB] > [S + LMB + RMB] > [LMB] > [S + LMB + RMB] >

Part 2 –

[SHIFT + LMB] > [SHIFT + Q] > [SHIFT + RMB] > [RMB] (Deathstrike) > [RMB] (Bombardment) > [LMB] (Venom Fang) > [LMB] (Final Blow) > [RMB] (Adamantine) > [LMB] > [S + F] > [S + Q] > [LMB + RMB] > [S + LMB + RMB] >

Part 3 –

[SHIFT + LMB] > [SHIFT + RMB] > [RMB] (Deathstrike) > [RMB] (Bombardment) > [LMB] (Venom Fang) > [LMB] (Final Blow) > [S + LMB + RMB] > [LMB]

• Make sure you only do Somersault and don’t hold [Q] too long or you will also use the skill Rising Blast Combo
• Rampaging Predator [W + C] and Somersault [S + Q] can be used after your dash.
• You should have 3 Shards to use Crouching Wolf to pull and gain the attack speed, so make sure you time it well and don’t waste it.
• If you use the entire combo and the golem is still alive. Freestyle the rest using whatever skills are not on cooldown, or if you want to create your own combo. Just make sure you use all of the Crimson Fang tree, have 3 shards for Roaring Tiger, and use the Wolf’s Fang Flow when it is up.
• If you don’t have the Magnus skill, replace Heart and Soul with Iron Fist Fury or Rampaging Predator

Add-ons Example:

These are example add-ons to go with the combo listed above. Credit goes to Mimikry for sharing these and the combo to go with them.

Loot Breakdown

• Average silver per hour is over 800 million silver using a blue loot scroll and Agris Fever.
• However, more advanced groups are able to pull between 4k – 5k trash with blue + Agris, which is way above the average.
• It is recommended to use a blue loot scroll (level 1 on your Item Drop Gauge) and turn Agris Fever ON!
• You can use yellow instead (level 2 on your Item Drop Gauge) but blue with Agris is more efficient.
• Check this Trash calculator for more details!

Icon	Item	Use	Average per hour (based on blue LS + Agris)
	Golem’s Heart Fragment	Trash loot that drops at Oluns Valley, sale price is 107,000 each	x3,500
	Purple Floating Stone Fragment	Trash loot that drops at Oluns Valley, sale price is 27,500 each	x9
	Black Stone	Enhancement materials	x600
	Caphras Stone	Used to upgrade various gear with Caphras Levels.	x100
	Ancient Spirit Dust	Used to craft Caphras Stones	x150
	Olucas	Used to craft an Olucas’ Crystal Use Simple Alchemy in the Processing window to turn Olucas x1, Black Magic Crystal – Precision x1, and Magical Shard x20 into Olucas’ Crystal.	x2
	Artifacts	Various artifacts can drop from Olun’s Valley. Check our Artifact and Lightstone guide for more information	x0.1
	Imperfect Lightstones	Various Lightstones can drop from Olun’s Valley. Check our Artifact and Lightstone guide for more information	x1
	Mass of Pure Magic	Ingredient to create Cup of Dwindling Starlight and Cup of a Lonely Cloud, which can be fused onto rings to gain additional stats Ingredient to create Scorching Sun Gemstones to enhance Godr-Ayed Weapons. Ingredient to create Flawless Magical Black Stones and Flawless Chaotic Black Stones to enhance Black Star and Fallen God/Labreska Armor.	x0.1
	Venomous Night Fang	Can be used to create an Ibedor’s Scroll by Processing (L) Simple Alchemy: Venomous Night Fang x5 These scrolls are worth doing in high-end groups for additional silver – Ibedor’s Scroll Guide by Quendya	x8
	Quturan’s Ashen Leaf (Red)	The red Quturan’s Ashen Leaf drops from monsters at Olun’s Valley. You can obtain the La Orzeca Armor piece by processing (L) > Simple Alchemy: Quturan’s Ashen Leaf x100 then exchanging the Right Lung.	x4
	Quturan’s Right Lung	You can obtain the La Orzeca Armor piece by exchanging the Right Lung	x0.015
	Rich Merchant’s Ring Piece	The Rich Merchant’s Ring piece has a very low chance of dropping and is used to create the Rich Merchant Ring treasure item.	x0.0016

Useful Links

I highly recommend joining the Olun Community Discord. The discord has lots of helpful resources and also has LFG channels for finding Olun grind parties! I’d like to give a shoutout to Shs for reaching out and providing feedback to make this guide better, and idrew’s Olun Guide as well, which was extremely helpful for my own research and learning how to min-max mechanics.

Other useful links:

• Item Drop Rate % Buff List
• Rich Merchant Ring Guide
• La Orzeca Outfit Guide
• Olun Valley Guide by Duodecil
• Advanced Olun Guide by Bairog Hann
• Arm Back Attacks and Positioning Guide by JaykunVT
• Olun Shai Guide by TheCrux
• Olun Shai Grind by JaykunVT
• Olun Succession Striker Guide by Garounn
• Olun Succession Striker Guide by idrew