Rescue the Princess guide (mage, but not only)

Since I’m a mage, I know only mage skills/items, but the overall tactics should be the same (fighters should have it a bit easier due to multi-hit enabled in PDs and their phys att/def, since there’s lots of mobs swarming at you).

Just after reaching lvl15 get yourself a PD ticket, upgrade your E. Field to lvl4 or 5 (for a diff class insert the respective PD skill, if it’s any good ), get the whole armor set (even though some need lvl 17), get lvl17 staff (again, diff class weapon if you’re not a mage) and maybe some pots. And keep your pet fully fed, or at least 20-30pts, so it’ll last through this LONG dungeon.

Once done, go to Roland and start the Rescue the Princess quest. After arriving equip your pet – even though it will not be summoned, it will be ‘active’, i.e. it will give you bonuses and earn exp.

While going through the dungeon try to use only normal attacks to give the pet the most exp. Although this might be difficult (should be easy for titans/knights) on lvl15 and maybe 16, it’ll be easy after that.

While going through the dungeon kill every single mob and go everywhere, wait for mobs to respawn. You’ll get more exp/sp/coins/items and will make your way back to the entrance easier.

After the big wooden door, go left, killing all the mobs, until you are able to see the princess and turn back (If you go too far you’ll trigger an event that’ll block your way back) and take the other way, killing everything again, and reach the big_bad_troll_boss. () Kill everything around him (especially harpie hunters) and take him out last, as it’ll make the princess vulnerable to attack).

Now you’ve got two choices:
1) Trap the princess and go the easy way (although not advisable, as this is rather against the rules)
2) Proceed normally, the hard way

If you want the easier way, just go back to the rocks that are blocking your way, as far as you can, and then start running forward, keeping close to the left wall and the crystals there. Just after the crystals take a sharp left and stick to the wall, still running forward. If done correctly, the princess should stay behind, her path blocked by the crystals.

Anyway you decide to do it, proceed back to the entrance. You’ll notice some of the mobs you’ve cleared earlier are back, but that’s just a few that were activated after you’ve freed the princess (without clearing the mobs earlier you’d have one **** of a party here ). The only thing you have to watch out for is the Harpy Queen, as she’ll surely be red for you, taking 40-50hp (or more, depending on stats) per strike (slow strikes though) and having a lot of hp. One more thing that has changed is the Goblin General, which now has roughly 2 times more hp or 2 times more def (don’t know which, just had to whack him 2xlonger ).

After you clear the mobs up to the wooden door, and a bit after that, you should notice 3 Goblin Generals walking in one place, literally. Every time I do the quest, they’re in the (almost) same place, stuck in the middle of the path XD Clear everything around and unequip your weapon. This way you’ll be doing 5-10 dmg per strike, which will land your pet a rough 40-60 exp per sergeant. Do the same if you notice other monsters stuck anywhere (I once had 4 H. Queens stuck in the same place, one after another ) to get even more pet exp.

After that, it’s just an easy walk to the entrance, and 10k cash + moonstone.

After each run I get roughly 50% exp (lvls15-17, after that ~30-40%), 15-20k cash (including the reward), 2-3 moonstones (again, including the reward), some eggs, flutes, heaven stones, etc. and no less than half a lvl for my pet. Not to mention loads of sp

Hope this helps some of you having trouble finding cash/items, lvling up your char/pet, etc Don’t know if this is the most effective thing to do at those lvls, but it sure is good, and better than mindlessly whacking sasquatches

PS. if anything here is considered an exploit, please tell me so I can modify it.

PS2: I forgot to mention that in this dungeon you can easily gain bloodseal ability on your equipment
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Credits go to Gyumaou for putting this guide together!