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Introduction

The following guide takes the player through the combat of the Atlas of Discovery Expansion with as little effort as possible. This guide is targeted at people who have either completed or nearly completed the base game. Completion of at least the Air God Dungeon is recommended to follow the largest portion of this guide.

A lot of the combat for Atlas Of Discovery is locked behind both the

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Cartography

and

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Archaeology

skills so progress those if you have locked combat areas/dungeons.

This Guide is NOT designed with the Ancient Relics Game Mode in mind. Players looking for more information about that Game Mode should visit the Ancient Relics Guide. There is also the Barrier Guide which can be used as an alternative to this guide.

A simplistic order for completing Combat:

Acquire god gear sets from:
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Air God Dungeon,
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Water God Dungeon and
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Earth God Dungeon
Find Torn Chart
Excavate Ancient Market to get some starting gear
Blind Ghost
Vampiric Bat
Find Ancient Stone Tablet
Golem Territory
Find Old Route Chart
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Unholy Forest
Find Torn Scrolls
Trickery Temple
Find Lost Cursed Text
Cult Grounds
Upgrade god gear to (B)
Discover Melantis
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Mermaid Archer
Underwater City

How Atlas of Discovery affects Base Game Combat

Barrier Combat

The primary mechanic added to the game in is Barrier, a powerful shield that is entirely immune to player attacks while active. In order to break barriers, the player must utilize

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Summoning

Familiars that deal damage such as the

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Golbin Thief

or

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Unicorn

. Clear speed will be almost entirely determined by how fast you can break the Barrier so make sure to prioritize summon max hit in your builds.

Higher hit chance weapons are strongly recommended during the entire combat section, unless the alternative is required for Damage Reduction or the alternative simply does more damage. This is because the familiar's hit-chance is based on the player's hit chance, the higher the hit chance, the better.

Because the combat mechanics in this expansion are rather complex, and minor changes in enemy, equipment and player stats can make specific items better or worse it is always recommended to use the Combat Simulator to verify how to get the most kills per hour or drops per hour.

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Other Combat Changes

Gem Slot

A new gem equipment slot has been added which allows you to squeeze out higher summon max hit damage with gems like Devouring Barrier Gem or give various non Barrier modifiers such as the Agile Gem which reduces player attack interval.

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Points of Interest

Another mechanic added is

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Points of Interest. Once mastered in

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Cartography

, they can be travelled to to give the player both positive and negative modifiers.

Reccomended points of interest to use for combat are:

Unhallowed Wasteland for respawn timer reduction
Dark Waters for melee
Bandit Hideout for ranged
The Academia Arcanum for magic

These can also be simulated in the Combat Simulator to avoid the expensive travel costs.

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Unholy Prayers

Unfortunately

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Unholy Prayers

were nerfed so don't worry about those.

Stats and Buffs

Having progressed through combat will make combat significantly easier. This is due to the huge damage increase in the Spectre Spider compared to

Tortoise

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Dragon

, the summon set from

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Necromancers Palace

and the endgame weapons from

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Golden Cloud Mountains

.

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Summoning

There are two main summoning synergies to use for Barrier focused combat:

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Level 115 Spectre Spider for huge summoning max hit damage
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Level 90 Tortoise
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Dragon if you haven't unlocked the above synergy

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Gear

Base Game

Collect the first three god sets from:

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Air God Dungeon

,

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Water God Dungeon

and

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Earth God Dungeon

. Collecting the fire god set from

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Fire God Dungeon

will also be helpful but not strictly required. It is only for endgame clear speed improvement when you have enough damage reduction already.

Throne of the Herald

Ensure you have the following armour from

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Necromancers Palace

. This will be BIS save for a few items near the end of :

Collect the three weapons from

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Golden Cloud Mountains

as these are the BIS for most encounters:

Acquiring the Superior Max Skillcape will also be helpful.

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Herblore

Diamond Luck Potion IV is BIS if you haven't built
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Waterfall Crossing yet
Max Hit potions can be a solid and reliable source of increased damage
Damage Reduction Potion IV is incredibly useful for meeting DR requirements
Penetration Potion IV are potentially the highest amount of raw dps that can be gained from a potion and, once unlocked, can be used as the default combat potion for all Expansion Combat as soon as Ectoplasm is easily farmed
Critical Strike Potion IV are about equal to Penetration Potions in most situations, but require a material that is easier to obtain without doing difficult combat

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Prayers

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Battleborn is goated so pretty much always use this
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Battleheart
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Valor/
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Avidity/
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Divination
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Piety/
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Rigour/
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Augury
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Holy Aegis
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Stone Skin

Consumables

Fervor Scroll
Monster Hunter Scroll
Summoner's Blessing is good but requires a lot of effort to get so use sparingly
Blood Chalice
Power Crystals
Relic Whetstone and Charged Relic Quiver are technically good but they take so much effort to get they are ultimately useless

Make sure to run in Combat Simulator to find out what to use! These are just recommendations.

Atlas of Discovery Combat

Early Game Atlas of Discovery

After collecting the first three god sets from:

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Air God Dungeon

,

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Water God Dungeon

and

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Earth God Dungeon

the player will be well equipped to start combat. Immediate goals are to begin gathering Barrier damaging equipment. The first gear the player will get is actually from the Ancient Market in

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Archaeology

. Remember

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Cartography

and

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Archaeology

are crucial to progressing Atlas Of Discovery combat.

Major Goals

Excavate Old Summoning Amulet and Ring of Summoning from Ritual Site
Farm Barrier Gem from Ancient Market to create Tortoise (you only need one for gem slot if you have a lot of Spectre Spider already)
Lesser Summoning Amulet from Blind Ghost
Craft Ring of Barrier Touch
Sapping Barrier Gem and Barrier Sapping Gloves from Vampiric Bat
Excavate Ancient Silk from Bazaar to craft Ancient Infernal Cape
Optionally; Max all skills for the Max Skillcape
Excavate Ancient Stone Tablet from Monuments
Farm 11 Draining Barrier Gem from Golem Territory to upgrade your gloves to Barrier Draining Gloves and to equip one in your gem slot

Mid Game Atlas of Discovery

After completing the early game the next goal is to unlock the Cult Grounds dungeon as fast as possible and farm it to upgrade your god gear to (B). The difficulty starts ramping up here. If you are struggling to defeat these dungeons check the individual strategy guides on each dungeons page.

Major Goals

Find Old Route Chart
Complete
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Unholy Forest once
Find Torn Scrolls
Complete Trickery Temple once
Find Lost Cursed Text
Adaptive Summoning Amulet from
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Cult Imp
Farm Cult Grounds until you have enough Barrier Exalted Shard and Siphoning Barrier Gem to upgrade your air god and then earth god armour to (B). The helmet for both should be skipped if you have the summon set from . Barrier Dust can be farmed from either
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Cult Imp or
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Cult Member
Equip Summoner's Blessed Ring from Cult Grounds unless you are using the summon set from

Late Game Atlas of Discovery

The main goal of late game is to find Melantis, collect the three weapons from Underwater Ruins, finishing Underwater City and then acquiring endgame clear speed items for the subsequent pet farms.

Major Goals

Optionally; Finish
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Into the Mist at least once for the passive slot
Discover Melantis through following a trail of clues (solution here for lazy people)
Engulfing Vortex Longbow from
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Mermaid Archer. Devouring Barrier Gem in your gem slot. Optionally; Water Pulse Staff from
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Merman and Hasty Trident from
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Merman Guard can be acquired but they are easily replaced
Underwater City (guide higly reccomended!). Equip Eradicating Gloves (m) as soon as they are found (for those using summon set play around with the Combat Simulator to decide whether to use them or not)
Devouring Barrier Shield for shield slot and Knight's Summoning Defender for passive slot are both reccomended for further farming

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 A lot of the combat for {{AoD}} [[Atlas of Discovery Expansion|Atlas Of Discovery]] is locked behind both the {{Skill|Cartography}} and {{Skill|Archaeology}} skills so progress those if you have locked combat areas/dungeons.
-This Guide is NOT designed with the [[Ancient Relics]] Game Mode in mind. Players looking for more information about that [[Game Mode]] should visit the [[Ancient Relics/Guide|Ancient Relics Guide]].
+This Guide is NOT designed with the [[Ancient Relics]] Game Mode in mind. Players looking for more information about that [[Game Mode]] should visit the [[Ancient Relics/Guide|Ancient Relics Guide]]. There is also the {{Icon|Barrier|notext=true|nolink=true}} [[Barrier/Guide|Barrier Guide]] which can be used as an alternative to this guide.
 A simplistic order for completing {{AoD}} Combat:
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 # Upgrade god gear to {{ItemIcon|Terran God Platebody (B)|notext=true|nolink=true}} (B)
 # Discover {{POIIcon|Melantis}}
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 The primary mechanic added to the game in {{AoD|Atlas of Discovery}} is {{Icon|Barrier}}, a powerful shield that is entirely immune to player attacks while active. In order to break barriers, the player must utilize {{Skill|Summoning}} Familiars that deal damage such as the {{ItemIcon|Golbin Thief}} or {{ItemIcon|Unicorn}}. Clear speed will be almost entirely determined by how fast you can break the {{Icon|Barrier}} so make sure to prioritize summon max hit in your builds.
-Two-handed weapons are strongly recommended during the entire combat section, unless the alternative is required for [[Damage Reduction]] or the alternative simply does more damage. Two-handed weapons generally have a higher hit chance and because the [[familiar]]'s hit-chance is based on the player's hit chance, the higher the hit chance, the better.
+Higher hit chance weapons are strongly recommended during the entire combat section, unless the alternative is required for [[Damage Reduction]] or the alternative simply does more damage. This is because the [[familiar]]'s hit-chance is based on the player's hit chance, the higher the hit chance, the better.
 ''Because the combat mechanics in this expansion are rather complex, and minor changes in enemy, equipment and player stats can make specific items better or worse it is always recommended to use the [[Scripting_and_Extensions/Combat_Simulator|Combat Simulator]] to verify how to get the most kills per hour or drops per hour.''
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 Having progressed through {{TotH}} combat will make  {{AoD|Atlas of Discovery}} combat significantly easier. This is due to the huge damage increase in the {{Synergy|Spectre|Spider}} compared to {{Synergy|Tortoise|Dragon}}, the summon set from {{ZoneIcon|Necromancers Palace}} and the endgame weapons from {{ZoneIcon|Golden Cloud Mountains}}.
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-The Agility obstacles 9 or higher are not required, 8 and below are highly suggested (and simulations were done with those active). <br>
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-|Raft Building
-|Ice Jump
-|Dragon Fight
-|Frozen Maze
-|Boulder Balance
-|Balance Trap
-|Freezing Climb
-|Waterfall Crossing
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-|Elite Pillar of Expertise
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 ===Late Game Atlas of Discovery===
-The main goal of late game is to find {{POIIcon|Melantis}}, collect the three weapons from {{MonsterIcon|Mermaid Archer}}, {{MonsterIcon|Merman}} and {{MonsterIcon|Merman Guard}}, finishing {{ZoneIcon|Underwater City}} and then acquiring endgame clear speed items for the subsequent {{PetIcon|Lumi|notext=true}} pet farms.
+The main goal of late game is to find {{POIIcon|Melantis}}, collect the three weapons from {{ZoneIcon|Underwater Ruins}}, finishing {{ZoneIcon|Underwater City}} and then acquiring endgame clear speed items for the subsequent {{PetIcon|Lumi|notext=true}} pet farms.
 ====Major Goals====
 # Optionally; Finish {{ZoneIcon|Into the Mist}} at least once for the {{SlotIcon|passive}} passive slot
 # Discover {{POIIcon|Melantis}} through following a trail of clues (solution [[Melantis Clue 1|here]] for lazy people)
-# Farm {{MonsterIcon|Mermaid Archer}}, {{MonsterIcon|Merman}}, {{MonsterIcon|Merman Guard}} for their respective weapons. This can be done in any order since they are all part of the combat triangle but {{MonsterIcon|Mermaid Archer}} is recommended to be done first with the {{ItemIcon|Ultima Godsword}} as its pretty strong. The resulting {{ItemIcon|Engulfing Vortex Longbow}} can be used to acquire the {{ItemIcon|Water Pulse Staff}} and finally {{ItemIcon|Hasty Trident}}. Also be sure to equip the {{ItemIcon|Devouring Barrier Gem}} in your {{SlotIcon|gem}} gem slot
+# {{ItemIcon|Engulfing Vortex Longbow}} from {{MonsterIcon|Mermaid Archer}}. {{ItemIcon|Devouring Barrier Gem}} in your {{SlotIcon|gem}} gem slot. Optionally; {{ItemIcon|Water Pulse Staff}} from {{MonsterIcon|Merman}} and {{ItemIcon|Hasty Trident}} from {{MonsterIcon|Merman Guard}} can be acquired but they are easily replaced
 # {{ZoneIcon|Underwater City}} ([[Underwater City/Guide|guide]] higly reccomended!). Equip {{ItemIcon|Eradicating Gloves (m)}} as soon as they are found (for those using {{ItemIcon|Hood of Shade Summon|notext=true}} summon set play around with the [[Scripting_and_Extensions/Combat_Simulator|Combat Simulator]] to decide whether to use them or not)
 # {{ItemIcon|Devouring Barrier Shield}} for {{SlotIcon|shield}} shield slot and {{ItemIcon|Knight's Summoning Defender}} for {{SlotIcon|passive}} passive slot are both reccomended for further farming
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Introduction