Weapon Mastery Guide

Weapon Mastery Nodes

NCSoft split the new Weapon Mastery System into 4 different sections: Support, Attack, Tactics, and Defense. The Support and Tactics sections tend to offer more utility for the weapons whereas, the Offense and Defense sections offer exactly what their titles suggest.

Within each section lies various nodes that you can unlock by spending Sollant and Precious Ores. Once unlocked, use Mastery Skill Points to actually spec into the node. Players spec into Expertise, Augment, and Intensity Nodes, while they can obtain additional Achievement Effects based on the various nodes they've selected. Each section has 1 Heroic Node, and players can spec into 2 Heroic Nodes per weapon.

Expertise, Augments, and Intensity Nodes

Sorted between Common, Uncommon, and Rare these are the main nodes to unlock and spec into. After 30 Points are put into various Common Nodes, Uncommon Nodes are then unlocked. Rare Nodes have similar requirements where 30 points in Uncommon Nodes are required for these final nodes. Each of these nodes can be unlocked with 1 point and then upgraded for higher efficiency with a maximum of 10 total points per node.

Achievement Effects

Split between Common, Uncommon, and Rare sections, players unlock Achievement Effects once at least 20 Points are invested into Expertise, Augment, and/or Intensity Nodes of the same rarity and within the same section. These nodes don't require Mastery Skill Points, and they can't be upgraded. Often times, these nodes affect the weapon's Passive and Active Skills by adding or augmenting the skill itself. Selecting specific Achievement Effects can be tricky, as the game normally prioritizes the sections with the most Mastery Points invested into. The system allows each weapon only 2 Achievement Effects per rarity.

Heroic Nodes

Each weapon contains 4 total Heroic Nodes split between each category, 1 Support, Attack, Tactics, and Defense Heroic Node. These nodes are unique in that the first node becomes as players invest 80 Mastery Points into anywhere, whereas the 2nd Heroic Node unlocks once players invest 120 Mastery Points anywhere. The Heroic Nodes also require at least 1 Achievement Effect to unlock within its respective section. For example, unlock at least 1 Attack Achievement Effect and 80 points invested anywhere on the Weapon Mastery Tree to be able to use that weapon's Attack Heroic Node.

Hidden Stat Intensity Nodes

Each weapon contains 1-2 Intensity Nodes that grant additional Attributes once fully leveled.

Overall Mastery Skill Breakpoints

As stated previously, there are additional skills called Overall Mastery Skills. There is a total of 12 Skills but only 4 slots to use them. Not all the skills and slots are unlocked at the same time. These are unlocked based on the sum of your total Mastery Weapon Levels, also referred to as your Overall Mastery Level. Reaching 780 Overall mastery Level is the goal for most users as it unlocks the final Overall Mastery Skills. Here are some common combinations of Weapon Mastery Levels to achieve 780 Overall Mastery Level with minimal grinding.

• Two Weapon Mastery Levels of 100, requires 96-97 Weapon Mastery Level on all others to reach 780 Overall Weapon Mastery Level.
• Two Weapon Mastery Levels of 130, requires 86-87 Weapon Mastery Level on all others to reach 780 Overall Weapon Mastery Level.
• Two Weapon Mastery Levels of 200, requires 63-64 Weapon Mastery Level on all others to reach 780 Overall Weapon Mastery Level.
• Three Weapon Mastery Levels of 130, requires 65 Weapon Mastery Level on all others to reach 780 Overall Weapon Mastery Level.

Overall Mastery Level 130

Reaching Overall Mastery Level 130 unlocks the first Overall Mastery Skill Slot along with 2 Overall Mastery Skills.

• Overcome Crisis - If your Health is below 50%, gain additional Attack and Cooldown Speed. 60s Cooldown.
• Destructions Spear - After landing 7 Attack Skills, fires a destructive spear doing 240% Base Damage to a single target. Ignores Shield Block Chance and has a cooldown of 5s.

Overall Mastery Level 260

Reaching Overall Mastery Level 260 unlocks 1 Overall Mastery Skill Slot along with 2 Overall Mastery Skills.

• Spirit of Defiance - After defending 3 Fury Attacks with Defense Skills within 1 second, deals 100% of Base Damage to targets within 5m and applies Collision: Push. 20s Cooldown.
• Deadly Survival Instinct - Survival Skills cooldown decreases by 3s when defeating an enemy. 20s Cooldown.

Overall Mastery Level 390

Reaching Overall Mastery Level 390 unlocks 1 Overall Mastery Skill Slot along with 2 Overall Mastery Skills.

• Fountain of Revitalization - Healing you or a party member under 30% of Health with an Active Skill creates a Fountain of Life within a 1m range that's applied to you and party members for 6s. 60s Cooldown.
• Deadly Viper - Standing still for 4s while in Combat State activated Inject Venom for 9s. 60s Cooldown.

Overall Mastery Level 520

Reaching Overall Mastery Level 520 unlocks the final Overall Mastery Skill Slot along with 2 Overall Mastery Skills.

• Potential - Gain 1 Dexterity, Fortitude, Perception, Strength, and Wisdom.
• Dragon Ascent - While Mana is 60% or higher, each Attack Skill costs 4% of your current Mana to deal 140% Base Damege and 7% of your current Mana as additional damage.

Overall Mastery Level 650

Reaching Overall Mastery Level 650 unlocks 2 Overall Mastery Skills.

• Falling Flower - On hit after using 10% of Max Mana, drops a flame that deals damage by 210% of Base Damage within a 1m radius around the target. 6s Cooldown.
• Indomitable Stance - After maintaining 90% or higher Max Health for 5s in combat, grants a buff that gives the you a shield with health equal to 120 times your Fortitude for 3s after being hit. 60s Cooldown.

Overall Mastery Level 780

Reaching Overall Mastery Level 780 unlocks the final 2 Overall Mastery Skills.

• Lightning Speed - Activated after moving for 10s. On hit, Lightning Chains for 3s that deal 40% of your Base Damage. If the target is Wet or Frosted, the lightning transfers to other enemies within a 5m radius up to 2 additional times. 30s Cooldown.
• Time Bomb - Using Attack Skills stacks a Time Bomb that lasts for 10s up to 3 stacks. Damaging a target with a Control Skill fires up to 3 Time Bombs at the target, dealing fixed damage that never misses. The damage is 5% of Max Health per stack within a 3m radius around the target. 30s Cooldown.

Weapon Mastery EXP Sources

Universal Weapon Mastery EXP Sources

• Co-Op Dungeons
• Gate of Infinities
• Weekly and Daily Contracts

Written by: Bloo

Reviewed by: Yaen and Tenkiei