GUIDE

ANS to: 1. How do I take screen shots in the game?
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Press the PrintScreen button to take a screenshot, and go to your game folder under eleasescreenshot to view them. (i.e. C:Program FilesGranado Espada eleasescreenshot) The name of the screen shot will be shown in the systems tab within the chat window after it is taken. Read more

CHARACTER

ANS to: 1. What is the level limit
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The current level limit is 100. However, maximum level might change as game content will be added in the future.

ANS to: 2. How many characters are allowed per account?
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Each account can hold up to 36 characters, 9 per barracks, up to 4 barracks.

ANS to: 3. What are the barracks?
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The Barracks is a place that “holds” your characters. Each Barracks can hold up to 9 characters

ANS to: 4. What options are customizable on our character when we create it?
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When creating a character, you can select the Class and the Gender of your character.

ANS to: 5. Can I customize the height, weight and appearance of my characters?
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You cannot customize the height and weight of your characters, but some of the equipment you use can change their appearance.

ANS to: 6. Are there any naming restrictions? How long can your name be and will last names be available?
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You can name your characters using only alphabets, no caps limitations. However, players with explicit character/family names will be subject to punishment based on Codes of Conduct. Please refer to the Code of Conduct FAQ for more information on naming policies.

ANS to: 7. Why can't I delete my character?
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Before deleting a character, you have to make sure that the character you want to delete isn't selected into your team. Meaning he/she must be standing behind in the background, instead of  having stepped forward.

ANS to: 8. Why can't I create a character?
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You can't create a character because :

a. You have just deleted a character and need to wait 1 minute before you can create
    a new character.
b. Your family does not have enough character slots. You can increase your family's
    character slots by earning more Family Reputation.

ANS to: 9. Is there a limit on how much money a character can carry?
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No, there is no limit on how much money a character can carry.

ANS to: 10. Do the characters age?
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No, the characters do not age.

ANS to: 11. Do the characters require food and water to survive?
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No. Foods in this game are mainly used for recovering HP/SP loss.

ANS to: 12. Does the character's gender have any effect on its stats?
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No, the character's gender does not have any effect on its stats.

ANS to: 13. Does the game have a skill or level based system?
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Yes. Characters gain Level and Stance-Level through fighting monsters and doing quests. Their skills are learned through skill-points, which are earned when your stance gain a level. However, skill-points earned from leveling a stance, cannot be used to level-up skills that belong to another stance.

ANS to: 14. Can player characters sit on chairs? Or do any poses
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No, but characters can strike poses. You can buy pose-books from Andre in Cite de Reboldoeux, but you have to complete a quest given by him. This quest will give you the first volume of pose books, and you will be able to purchase further volumes from him subsequently.

CLASSES

ANS to: 1. How many classes are there?
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There are 5 classes. Fighter, Wizard, Musketeer, Scout, Elementalist.

ANS to: 2. What are the characteristics?
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Class information can be found at the website, under The Heroes.

ANS to: 3. Have all the classes been announced?
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Yes. There might be more classes in the future as the developers are working on adding morecontent into the game

ANS to: 4. What classes can tank?
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The Fighter is the main tanking class, but other RNPCs may also serve this fucntion.

ANS to: 5. What is “tank”?
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A tank is a character with particularly high defense, typically used to draw damage away from the rest of a group. These characters, in most games, have best armor reduction characteristics and capabilities. It can also be used as a verb.

ANS to: 6. What classes can heal?
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The Scout can heal.

ANS to: 7. What classes can revive the dead?
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The Scout can revive the dead using the Resuscitation spell.

ANS to: 8. Is there any class that can summon pets to assist in battle?
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No. But there might be more classes in the future as the developers are working on adding more content into the game.

GAME PLAY

ANS to: 1. Is the game easy to learn how to play?
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Yes. By completing the tutorial and the first few quests, you will be able to understand how to control and use 3 characters to accomplish given tasks.

ANS to: 2. Is it a must to train all 3 characters at the same time?
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No, players can choose to train only 1 character or up to 3 characters at the same time.

ANS to: 3. What is a Faction?
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A faction is more known as “guild” in other games. A faction is where a society of people with the same objectives and aspirations get together to achieve their goals or it's simply a place where people/friends gather and fight together.

ANS to: 4. How can I form a Faction?
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You can form a faction by talking to NPC Lyndon at the Office of Pioneering Support. However there are requirements to form a faction. Your family reputation needs to be at least 200, and an amount of 1000 Vis will be charged to purchase the right to form a faction.

ANS to: 5. Are there trade skills in the game?
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No. Trade skills might be added in the future as the developers are looking into adding more content.

ANS to: 6. What is the currency used in Granado Espada?
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The currency used in Granado Espada is Vis.

ANS to: 7. Can I trade/transfer Vis?
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Yes, Vis can be traded/ transferred.

ANS to: 8. Does the game have any transport tools like a car?
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No. But you can save Warp Points and create Warp Gates to go to your saved points.

ANS to: 9. Are there any job/class changes or multi-class options at certain levels? Top back to Game Play
No, there are no job/ class change or multi-class options.

ANS to: 10. How can I setup a store or sell items in the game?
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You can setup a your own store for selling items using Alt + N. Note that personal stores can only sell items, and not buy items.

ANS to: 11. How can I use skill points? How can I attain skill-points?
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Skill-points can be obtained by leveling-up a Stance. You can then level-up the skills using the skill-points earned. Take note that skill-points earned from a stance cannot be added onto skills that belong to another stance.

ANS to: 12. What is a quest?
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A quest is a task/mission given to you by a NPC in the game. It can be just a stand alone quest, or a series of quests. You can press Alt + A to access your quest window.

ANS to: 13. Are there any other things to do in game besides leveling?
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There is a variety of things to do to keep players from feeling like it's a big repetitive grind. Players can sell their items by setting up stalls, travel from city to city, and engage in 1-vs-1 or Group PVP.

ANS to: 14. Is there a party function for group exploring?
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Yes. In G.E., parties are called “squads”. Players can create squads, invite other players into their squads, and explore together as a squad.

ANS to: 15. Is there a way I can talk to everyone on the server?
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Yes. You will be able to talk to everyone in the server using a Microphone. You can buy it from NPC traders. Take note that a Microphone will be used for each line transmitted.

ANS to: 16. Are there different channels/servers that I can go to?
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Yes. There are currently 3 channels that you can go to. If you find a channel too crowded, you can switch to another channel by pressing Alt + F2.

NPC

ANS to: 1. What are NPCs ? Top back to NPC
NPCs are Non-Playing Characters. However, some NPCs can be played in this game, by creating a character using NPC cards gained through quests. We call these recruitable NPCs, or RNPCS.

ANS to: 2. How do I talk to NPC?
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Left click on NPCs to talk to them.

ANS to: 3. Can you attack NPCs?
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You can only attack NPCs when you are doing a quest that involves fighting them.

ANS to: 4. Do NPCs remember what players have talked to them?
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NPCs will remember if players have talked to them only for quest purposes. This is for players to keep track of their quest progress when talking to them after getting a quest from the respective NPC.

ANS to: 5. Do trading NPCs have a stock limit on the items they have?
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No, there is no stock limitation.

NPC Card / Recruitable NPC (RNPC)

ANS to: 1. What is an RNPC?
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An RNPC is a NPC you can select as a class, at the character creation screen. To be able to do this, you need NPC-Cards of the respective RNPCs you want to create.

ANS to: 2. What is a NPC Card?
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A NPC Card is an item used for creating RNPC characters in your family

ANS to: 3. How can I attain NPC Cards?
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can attain NPC Cards by finishing quests given by the respective RNPCs

ANS to: 4. If I have created that RNPC as a character in my family, will the NPC Card disappear from my inventory?
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Yes. The NPC Card of the respective RNPC you created will be expended. (e.x. If you create Ramiro as a character in your family, the NPC-Card for Ramiro in your inventory will be used.)

ANS to: 5. Does the NPC Card have time limit lifespan?
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It will be expended when you create the RNPC.

ANS to: 6. Is there a limit on how many NPC Cards a players can have?
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No. There is no limitation on how many NPC cards a player can have.

ANS to: 7. Can we change the armor of the RNPCs?
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In most cases, no, but there are few RNPCs that have headgear which can be removed or replaced, and will result in change of appearance.

ANS to: 8. How long will an RNPC stay in my family?
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An RNPC will stay in the family until you delete them.

ANS to: 9. What level does my RNPC start with when I create them?
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RNPCs that are created start with different levels, determined by the level of the quest you did to obtain their respective NPC-cards.

Dungeons

ANS to: 1. What are dungeons?
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Dungeons are areas or zones where lots of monsters reside. They are good places to gain levels, and usually have many quests tied to them.

ANS to: 2. How can I go into a dungeon? Any restrictions?
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There are no known restrictions to enter a dungeon. But if you are not of the suitable level range to fight in the dungeon, you are entering at your own risk.

ANS to: 3. Do we need keys to enter the dungeons?
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Some parts of certain dungeons require keys to enter, based on quests.

ANS to: 4. Will there be maps for the dungeons?
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Yes, each dungeon has a few zones, each with their own maps.

ANS to: 5. Is there any difference between exploring dungeons and exploring normal zones?
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The only difference between dungeons and normal zones is that dungeons tend to be more saturated with monsters.

ITEMS

ANS to: 1. Are there any restrictions to the various items in game?
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Yes. Equipment in the game has level requirements, and some carry gender and class requirements as well.

ANS to: 2. Is there a bank/stash for storing items? How many slots?
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Yes. In Granado Espada, it is known as an item vault. are available at the start. There are no charges when you store items, but there is a charge for withdrawal, 20 Vis per slot.

ANS to: 3. Can items in the game be upgraded through imbuing gems?
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No. However, items can be enchanted through Enchanting Merchant NPCs in cities, or through using Enchantment Chips (min level 32).

ANS to: 4. What are Enchantment Chips?
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Enchantment chips are tokens are used to enchant your weapons and armor with additional abilities. For example it will add 1 or more options on your weapon “3% chance to [stun] enemy”.

ANS to: 5. How do I get Enchantment Chips?
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You will obtain an enchantment chip when an enchant fails when doing an enchantment through an enchantment merchant. Alternatively, you can go to The Enchantment Chip Exchanger located in City of Auch, and use 3 “option items” (items with additional stats) to exchange for an Enchantment Chip.

ANS to: 6. Can players acquire all items through fighting monsters?
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No. Some items can only be acquired through quests.

ANS to: 7. Does the game have a crafter as playing character class?
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No. The game does not have a crafter as playing character class.

ANS to: 8. Are we able to set various visualizations of items in our characters?
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For items that will affect physical appearance of your character.

ANS to: 9. How do we exchange our items with other playing characters?
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Right click on the player you want to trade with, and click on “Request a Transaction”.

ANS to: 10. Will monster dropped items “rot”?
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Yes. Items that drop from a monster will be tagged to the player who dealt the most damage to it. After some time, it will lose its tag and the item becomes free for anyone to loot. And then after more time if no one picks it up, it will disappear.

ANS to: 11. Will items equipped be bound to the character that used them?
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No. Items used by a character can be unequipped and transferred to another character.

ANS to: 12. Does equipment require repairs?
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No. Equipment in Granada Espada does not break as they do not decrease in durability over time/usage.

ANS to: 13. I tried to sell/trade an item, but the game doesn't allow me to.?
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Most of the items can be traded/sold in-game, except Quest Items.

PVP

ANS to: 1. Is there any PVP system in the game?
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There is a Dueling System by which a player may issue a challenge to another player's team and duel them in an arena instance. Family points may be earned or lost in a duel.

ANS to: 2. How do I PVP?
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There is a PVP Officer in every city. Players can create arena instances through the PVP Officer. Alternatively, they can also right click on another player and request a duel.

ANS to: 3. Will players lose experience for loses in PVP matches?
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No. Experience points will not be lost if you lose a duel or PVP match.

MAP

ANS to: 1. How do I see the map? Top back to Map
Press Alt + M to turn on/off the mini-map on the top-right corner of your screen, Alt + W to see the world map, and Alt + Z to see the zone map

ANS to: 2. Is there a warp tool or scroll for teleporting from map to map?
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You can save your Warp Location by using the Family Info window (Alt + R), and click on “Save” below the Warp Holding List on the right of the window. To go back to the location you saved, simply open your Family Info window (Alt + R), and click “Run.” A Warp Gate will open and it will transport you to the location you saved. Take note that each time this is done, a Warp Scroll is used. You can buy Warp Scrolls from Leonardo Express in every city.

QUEST

ANS to: 1. What are quests in the game for?
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Quests will blend your playing experience into the story that surrounds Granado Espada.

ANS to: 2. Is it compulsory to do the quests in the game?
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No, players can choose to do or not to do the quests in the game.

ANS to: 3. Are quests done individually or can be completed in a squad?
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Quests can be done both individually and in a squad.

ANS to: 4. Do quests have level requirements?
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Yes. Quests have level requirements, and some quests have pre-requisites.

ANS to: 5. Are we able to re-do a quest if we had failed previously?
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Yes, you can try again if you failed the quest.

ANS to: 6. What is EXP card?
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An EXP card is a card that is mostly given by NPCs as rewards for quests done. EXP cards can be used to increase experience to any of your characters in your family.

ANS to: 7. Are quest rewards shared?
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No. If you completed the quest with another player in your squad, you will each receive your own rewards.

ANS to: 8. Do quests take long to complete?
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The length of quests varies as some quests have only 1 step, and some have multiple steps.

ANS to: 9. Are Quest Rewards better than Items dropped from monsters?
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Item quality can vary. There are good items from quest rewards, and also good items that drop off monsters.

ANS to: 10. How to refer to quest details if I have forgotten what to do for the quest?
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You can either speak to the NPC that gave you the quest, or view your Quest Log using Alt + A.

STANCE / SKILLS

ANS to: 1. How does the skill system work?
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Skills in this game belong to stances. Meaning in order to use a skill, the player must be using the stance which the skill belongs to.

ANS to: 2. What are Stances?
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Each class may use a variety of weaponry and gear, which is determined and limited by the characters' levels. Particular weapons or combinations of weapons require a Stance to use, and with each stance comes a set of skills. Books to learn higher-level Stances may be purchased at the Stance Instructor located in the Office of Pioneering Support. The higher the level of the Stance, the more skills can be unlocked, and the more skill points can be spent on improving each skill.

ANS to: 3. Am I able to add skill points to all skills?
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The highest level for a Stance is 25, and you might not be able to add the points gained in those 25 levels to all skills.

ANS to: 4. How are skill points attained?
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Skill points are attained through leveling up a Stance. Take note that each Stance's skill points are exclusive to other Stances. (For a Fighter, Skill Points earned in the High-Guard Stance cannot be used for skills in Back-Guard Stance.)

ANS to: 5. Do we have a chance to reconfigure our skill points if added wrongly?
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No, once the points are added, they are fixed.

ANS to: 6. Is the skill damage reliant on the items that we're equipped with?
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Yes, skill and spell damage is reliant on the equipment that your characters are using, as skills and spells work through multipliers.

SPELLS

ANS to: 1. How do spells work?
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All classes and RNPCs have their spells and skills. As the characters advance in level, they can have access to new Stances through buying Stance-books from the Stance Instructor at the Office of Pioneering Support. And through learning new Stances and leveling them, characters will have new spells/skills.

ANS to: 2. What classes are able to use spells?
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Scouts, Elementalists, Wizards, and RNPCs of the caster class can use spells. Other classes use skills

ANS to: 3. Can spell user use melee when SP is low?
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Spell users can use their normal attacks if they run out of SP.

ANS to: 4. Are there spells for single target as well as group targets?
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Yes. There are Single-Target Spells and AoE Spells.

ANS to: 5. What is a buff?
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A buff is a spell which is used to enhance your combat ability. For example the level 1 Intensify buff from the scout is able to increase your damage by 4%. There are also other buffs that are available in the game.