Card System Guide

Cards are not just there to be collected and forgot about, they offer ways to boost your character's defensive and offensive powers. Individual bonuses are small, but they add up to sizable amounts against specific enemy types in the endgame.

These contain merchants that sell 7 Peyto and Fermata Card Packs for 2,000 Pirate Coins weekly. Card packs sold here are per character. Pursuing Cooperative Sea Missions daily nets you enough Pirate Coins to purchase these on multiple characters and accrue a healthy Card Collection over someone who does not.
Note that each islands ship sells their own version of the card pack separately.

Upon opening your Card Deck (Alt+C) you can see your acquired Card Sets as well as the Setup Area. Additionally you may swap between Books or Enhance in the top left corner.

All available Major Card Sets are listed on the left side, including the name and amount of cards present within each set. Card sets can consist of either 2, 3, 4, 6 or 7 cards.

Hovering over the magnifying glass shows you the bonuses available for equipping the required amount of cards into your Deck.

This is where the magic happens! You can place up to 6 Cards in the open slots. Activate as many useful effects as possible using the cards available to you. Depending on the set, their effects are activated at either 2, 3, 4 or 6 cards. Note that multiple Card Sets can be activated at the same time as long as you equip the right amount of cards!

These buttons highlight cards that belong to the same set, letting you easily distinguish between them if you're using bonuses from multiple Card Sets.

This window shows all currently activated bonuses and effects applied to your character from your equipped deck.

Not all activities require the same Card Sets. You're given 2 preset slots to quickly change between your favorite Deck Setups. Additional slots can be bought using Gold (Slot 3 and 4) and Blue Crystals. All slot unlocks are roster wide.

These Card Sets are similar to the ones found under the Main Deck Tab. Unlike them, their effect is only activated upon obtaining the full set. Represented within these sets are all the cards in the game. Note that most of these cards cannot be equipped for your Main Deck, but instead provide minor benefits when completed.

Bonuses you can obtain by completing these sets include:

By Awakening enough cards within the set and reaching a certain set level (amount of Awakened cards). You gain additional effects that boost your damage versus certain boss types like Demons, Beasts, Plants and so on. While these effects look extremely minor at a glance, all bonuses combined provide a meaningful benefit in the late game.

These are the unlocked effects between all completed Book Card Sets you own. Focus on completing sets which grant Crit, Specialization or Swiftness as they greatly benefit you in PvE.

Cards found ingame have to be consumed for them to count towards your collection. To do so, simply right click them from your inventory, and they are sent to your Enhance tab automatically. This is where all your activated cards get stored.

Every unique card is taking up a singular slot within the Enhance tab, while each duplicate gets added on top of it without taking up extra space. You can have up to 15 duplicates of any card. At which point any consecutive copy gets turned into Card XP Enchantment Points when consumed.

Awakening a card requires three things: Silver, extra duplicates of the card you're upgrading, and Card XP to fill its Experience Gauge. Once obtained simply:

Your card has reached level 1 Awakening! Further stages require more card duplicates, Card XP and Silver. To reach maximum Awakening (level 5) a total of 15 extra copies are required.
Some of the Strongest Card Set Effects are locked behind big Awakening level requirements and are worth pursuing.

Various activities reward you with Soul Leafs, Eternity Essences, Creation Fragments and Manelik's Tomes. All of these grant Card XP for Awakening your cards. Notable sources for these include:

Depending on if you're going into a Guardian Raid, participating in Guild vs Guild or simply enjoying some Trade Skilling. The correct Card Sets can play a big role in performing better in these activities.