Revolt:Magic

A user casting the #abizit spell.

Introduction

Magic in The Mana World is made up of 6 different skills:

• Magic (general magic)
• Transmutation Magic
• Nature Magic
• Astral Magic
• War Magic
• Life Magic

To cast a spell, a player must type in the "incantation" of the spell, which will always start with an # followed by the incantation.

Example: #abizit

Getting Started

In order to begin using magic, a player must complete a small series of quests:

• First, a player must touch the Mana Seed. To find the Mana Seed, head west on the stone path from Hurnscald. At the first fork (at a farm with many trees), go north. Continue north until the path forks again. Take the east fork and follow the path to a set of caves, one higher and one lower. Enter the higher cave, and continue through until it exits. Continue east along the stones and into a second cave. The mana seed will be in the northeast corner.
• After touching the Mana Seed, a player must talk to either Auldsbel or Wyara. Wyara is the obvious choice as she requires the least amount of materials. Speak to the NPC about [Mana Potions] via the "What do you know about..." inquiry.
• Collect the necessary materials for the Mana Potion. Wyara requires 40 Mauve Herbs and 1 Bottle of Water. The Bottle of Water can be purchased from the general store, which is the L-shaped building southeast of Wyara's building.
• Go back to the Mana Seed and touch it again. Congratulations! You may now begin learning magic!

Acquiring and Training Magic Spells

Since your characters don't start with the ability to control magic, they must learn magic from NPCs. Magic trainers can both give you spells, and level you up in whatever schools of magic they can train in. There are currently 8 NPC magic trainers. When you visit a magical NPC, you can ask about other magical NPCs, via the "What do you know about..." inquiry. Some magic trainers are easy to find, while others require searching through more obscure parts of the TMW world.

Leveling up

Leveling up requires that you gain experience in magic by practicing spells. Casting the same spell consecutively will result in no additional experience after the first cast. Also, spells that give experience consume items. Once you have gained enough experience in a particular type of magic, you can go to a trainer in that kind of magic, talk to them, and they can advance you, as long as they are an advanced enough trainer for the level of magic you are advancing to.

Use #abizit to check if you have enough experience to reach the next level:

• "You feel completely overwhelmed by your magic." less than 10%
• "You feel quite overwhelmed by your magic, but are beginning to see patterns." 10%-20%
• "You feel that you have only the bare minimum of control over your magic." 20%-30%
• "Trying to control your magic is still rather troublesome." 30%-40%
• "You feel you still have a few difficulties in controlling your magic." 40%-50%
• "You feel somewhat in control of your magic." 50%-60%
• "You feel mostly in control of your magic." 60%-70%
• "You feel quite in control of your magic." 70%-80%
• "You feel that you have very good control of your magic." 80%-90%
• "You feel in almost perfect control of your magic." 90%-100%
• "You feel in perfect control of your magic, [and seem on the verge of something more... perhaps you should see the Mana Seed to ask for more magic?]" 100%-200%
• "You have perfect control of what you understand now, but there is now a distinct sensation of something more, something indescribable. If only the Mana Seed would give more magic to you..." 200%-450%
• "Magic flows naturally from you, readily and with ease. Your understanding of what you can currently control at present is flawless, far beyond your requirements to cast magic at this level. [Surely the Mana Seed will more than readily offer more magic for such a proficient user.]" 450% and over

Minimum experience for each level*:

• 1 - n/a
• 2 - 100
• 3 - 1200
• 4 - 8000
• 5 - 40000

*Add up to 1/3% due to built-in inaccuracy of #abizit

Casting Spells

Once you learn spells, you cast them by entering them in to the Player chat tab, placing a pound sign (#) in front of the name of the spell, followed by the spell's parameters, separated by spaces. If a parameter to a spell needs to contain spaces, use double-quotes (") to enclose it.

Certain spells require items, which may or may not be consumed in the process. In addition, different spells are of different levels. For whatever level a spell is, your magic skill level must be equal to or greater than it, in both the spell's school of magic and in general magic, if you want to cast it. For example, to cast a level 2 nature spell, you must be level 2 in both Nature Magic and General Magic.

Finally, in order to be able to cast a spell you need your magic to be enabled (your M.Attack value > 0). This is explained in the next section.

Magical Stats

The main stat that increases your magical abilities is Intelligence. Although intelligence is not absolutely necessary to advance in magic, it determines the effectiveness and strength of your spell. Intelligence is used to compute 2 of your stats: M.Attack and M.Defense. M.Attack stands for "magic attack"; this is how powerful your spells will be. M.Defense is "magic defense"; this is how well you will be able to withstand magical attacks on you. MP is the amount of magical energy available to devote to casting spells. It recharges over time. In TMW, your ability to use MP requires a non-zero M.Attack value. If your M.Attack value is zero, you may notice that your MP bar is grey (disabled) (pic example goes here). If this happens, it is because your M.Attack value is being penalized by negative status effects or worn equipment.

For more info on the Intelligence stat, see the Stats page.

NPCs

• Wyara - Potion seller in Hurnscald.
• Auldsbel - West of Hurnscald.
• Sword (Dimond) - River separating Dimond Inn from the woods to the west.
• Sword (Cave) - River in cave underneath the Hurnscald bar.
• Elanore - Tulimshar.
• Mana Seed - cave without danger sign, northwest of Auldsbel.
• Hinnak - Farm north of Hurnscald.
• Sagatha - woods northeast of Auldsbel, also from Old Wizard's spell.
• Old Wizard - between Sagatha and Auldsbel.
• Hurnscald Bookshelf - left shelf in the empty house.
• Earth Spirit - Snake desert, in the well.

Herbs

Many quests require herbs. The easiest way to get them is by killing squirrels.

Equipment

(See also Item Reference)

Penalizing Items

In TMW, almost all things worn will penalize your M.Attack value, with the exception of weapons, which have no effect on your magical stats. Magic penalties are especially big from metal armor. The following list includes things that penalize your M.Attack value:

• All gloves
• All boots, except cotton boots
• All shirts and chest armor, except a silk robe
• All shields
• All Helmets, Many hats
• All pants

The worst penalties come with shields and chest armor.

Helpful Items

Few things will not penalize your M.Attack, and occasionally, you can wear something that actually gives a bonus to M.Attack.

The following is a substantially complete list of such obtainable items:

• Silk Robe, Serf Hat, Graduation Cap, Cotton Headband (+0)
• Cotton Boots, Noh-Mask, Wedding Ring, Pinkie Hat, Cat Ears, Bunny Ears (+1)
• Top Hat, Funky Hat, Christmas Elf Hat, Antler Hat, Santa Beard Hat (+2)
• Christmas Tree Hat (+4)
• Circlet, Demon Mask, 4-Leaf Clover, Towel (+5)

Two items give good bonuses, but it is not determined whether these are obtainable:

• Monster Skull Helmet (+10)
• High Priest Crown (+20)

External Links

• Cotillion's Spells Guide: http://wiki.themanaworld.org/index.php/User:Cotillion
• Source code: http://gitorious.org/tmw-eathena-data/mainline/blobs/master/conf/magic.conf.template

Spell List

See Magic Spells

Magic Quests

See Magic Quests