Holy Magician Beta Companion

Beta Briefing

What this game is

Classic World is Nexon's official pre-Big Bang revival — "a timeline where the Big Bang never happened" — with quality-of-life changes. Four Explorer classes only (no Pirates), job advancements at Lv 10 / 30 / 70, original slow EXP curve, Free Market instead of Auction House, death still costs EXP.

New in COT #2

• NEW 3rd Job Advancement (Cleric → Priest at 70) — the Lv 50 cap from test #1 is gone
• NEW Ossyria: Orbis & El Nath — El Nath means Coolie Zombies, the iconic cleric camp
• Kerning City Party Quest, Forgotten Hollow (new original zone, Lv 39–59, boss at 60)
• Controller support, macOS support, multiple languages, more GM events
• Per the official announcements channel (May 2026), this may be the final closed test before open beta — treat it as your last dress rehearsal

⚠️ All build advice on this page is grounded in beta-1 data and the community datamine — the community's own rule is "don't trust old guides." Skim the official patch notes on Aug 4 and sanity-check the Skills section against them.

Good to know

• Magicians were 39% of all characters in test #1 — the strongest early class. Expect crowded mage maps; channel-hop freely.
• Mage-relevant QoL in this build: magic attacks cannot miss, base ~5% crit for everyone, HP washing removed, Holy Arrow buffed to 3 damage lines.
• Runs on Nexon Launcher (selected players are emailed — no keys). Performance may dip outside North America.
• Test #1 had an emergency maintenance on day 2 — expect some downtime and mid-test patches. Nexon permabans account sharing.
• Realistic 8-day ceiling: casual (2–3 h/day) ≈ Lv 30–38 · hardcore ≈ Lv 45–55+. 3rd job at 70 is a stretch goal, not a plan.

Character Creation & AP Build

The rule

Levels 1–10 (Maple Island)

• Do the beginner quests — they carry you to 10 in roughly 2–3 hours in this build.
• All AP into INT (plus the 1/level LUK). Kill snails and shrooms with whatever's in hand.
• Don't linger on the island — a magician's real progression starts at the job advance.
• Grab the [Event] ring quests the moment they're available.

SP Build Tables

🔮 Magician skill order at a glance (Lv 10–30) — COT-verified meta

Energy Bolt→ 8Lv 10–13

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MP RecoveryMAX 15Lv 14–18

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Energy BoltMAX 20Lv 18–23

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Magic Guard×3Lv 20–23

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Max MP IncreaseMAX 15Lv 24–30

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Magic Armordumpleftovers

✨ Cleric skill order at a glance (Lv 30–70) — beta-1 tester meta

Heal×1Lv 30 · pot economy

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Holy ArrowMAX 30Lv 30–40

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Teleport→ 20Lv 40–47

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BlessMAX 20Lv 47–54

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InvincibleMAX 20Lv 54–61

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MP Eater→ 20Lv 61–68

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HealleftoversLv 68–70

Orange-bordered steps are the make-or-break ones. Skip entirely: Magic Claw — yes, really; see the contrast box below.

Magician (Lv 10–30) — 61 SP

Level	Put points in	Why
10–13	Energy Bolt → 8, MP Recovery → 2	EB has damage spikes at ranks 8, 12, 16, 18, 20 — rank 8 is the early sweet spot. 1 point of MP Recovery is huge value.
14–18	Improved MP Recovery → MAX (15), Max MP 1	Percent-based regen + boosted pot recovery = meso efficiency, the real bottleneck in a fresh economy.
18–23	Energy Bolt → MAX (20)	Ride the rank 12/16/18/20 damage spikes — fewer casts per kill = less MP per kill.
20–23	Magic Guard → 3 (along the way)	~36% damage redirect — enough survivability for KPQ/King Slime. Don't max; it burns expensive MP.
24–30	Max MP Increase → MAX (15), Magic Armor dump	+25% MaxMP; leftovers into Magic Armor (real weapon defense now that Magic Guard stays low).

At 30 you'll have roughly: MP Recovery 15/15 · Max MP 15/15 · Energy Bolt 20/20 · Magic Guard 3/15 · Magic Armor ~8/20 · Magic Claw 0/20. If mesos somehow aren't tight (funded by a friend), you can flip the order — attack skills and Magic Guard first, MP skills last.

Cleric (Lv 30–70) — 121 SP

Level	Put points in	Why
30	Heal 1	One point = free HP sustain between fights. More ranks are a luxury, not a farming tool.
30–40	Holy Arrow → MAX (30)	Your actual attack skill, per beta-1 tester consensus ("max Holy Arrow first"). 3 lines, strong vs undead and the new dark-attribute mobs, cheap MP-per-damage.
40–47	Teleport → ~20	Rank 1 costs a painful 55 MP — testers advise against sitting at 1. Push it (55 → 15 MP) once your damage is online.
47–54	Bless → MAX (20)	+20 accuracy/avoid and +10% HP recovery for the party — accuracy is a real pain point for other classes in this build, so Bless makes you the party pick.
54–61	Invincible → MAX (20)	−30% physical damage plus a +30 basic attack rider while active.
61–70	MP Eater → 20, Heal leftovers	Testers: don't max MP Eater early — it has a once-per-5s cooldown now, so it's a late filler, not an engine. Spare points into Heal for bigger top-ups.

Leveling Roadmap

EXP/hr figures are community-measured from test #1 (meowdb) — treat as relative guides, not gospel. ☩ = undead (takes bonus holy damage from Holy Arrow — and most of the remake's new mobs are dark-attribute, which holy also punishes). Sprites & minimaps are authentic GMS v62 data.

Level	Where	What	~EXP/hr	Notes
1–10	Maple Island	Beginner quests	—	~2–3 h to Lv 10. Do the Lv 10 [Event] ring quest.
10–15	Ellinia tree dungeons / Pig Beach / Kerning construction site		300–600k	Energy Bolt rank 8 spike comes online. Lv 15 [Event] ring quest.
15–21	Kerning Subway Line 1 / Dangerous Steam		~640k	Stirges knock you around but pay well. Green Mushrooms (Tree Dungeon) as alternate.
21–30	Kerning City Party Quest	KPQ spam	Best in bracket	Leader calls a track in chat ("j> KPQ track 3"). Channels 1–4 busiest; hop if the lobby's dead. Solo alt: Ant Tunnel I–III (~1.5M/hr).
30–36	Ant Tunnel (Sleepywood)		~1.5M	Fresh Cleric — Energy Bolt until Holy Arrow has ranks, then HA melts these undead.
33–45	Kerning Subway Line 2 Area 1 / Monkey Swamp III		~2.3M	Holy Arrow heaven — undead take bonus holy damage. Best non-PQ EXP of the mid-game.
39+	NEW Forgotten Hollow	10 new monsters, exclusive questlines	~1.3M+	The beta-original zone (Lv 39–59, Rotten Mushmom boss at 60). Slightly worse EXP than Wraiths but the content Nexon most wants tested — do the questline at least once. (No sprites — it doesn't exist in classic data!)
46–55	Kerning Subway Line 2 Area 2–3		~3.7M	The measured EXP ceiling of test #1. Camp here whenever you're not exploring.
55+	NEW El Nath — Dead Mine		?	The iconic pre-BB cleric camp, newly opened in COT #2. Holy Arrow + Heal-1 sustain; bring Invincible. Explore Orbis on the way.

Field Notes — Day-of Walkthroughs

🎓 Job advancements (don't get lost on the big days)

Lv 10 → Magician: Classic World advances you at Lv 10 with no stat requirement — community reports say you can advance in your starting town; classically it's Grendel the Really Old at the top of the Magic Library in Ellinia. Either way: hit 10, look for the job NPC, take Energy Bolt first.

Lv 30 → Cleric (the classic blueprint): talk to Grendel → he hands you a letter for the Mage Job Instructor north of Ellinia → the instructor opens a test portal → inside, kill Curse Eyes / Horned Mushrooms until you've collected 30 Dark Marbles → receive the Proof of a Hero → return to Grendel → choose Cleric (not Wizard!). Bring pots: the test room mobs hit level-30-you harder than your grind mobs. ⚠️ The remake may streamline this — but if there's a test, this is its shape.

Lv 70 → Priest: classically an El Nath quest chain (chief NPC, a fight vs your own clone, a quiz). Out of reach this beta — if you're somehow here, you don't need this site anymore.

🗺️ Getting around (no fast travel, remember?)

🔨 Crafting (the thing Nexon actually wants tested)

Six professions, 342 recipes, added in this remake — and almost no community data on which profession suits a mage. That makes it a feedback goldmine: pick one that sounds gear-relevant (smithing/accessory-type), craft while resting MP, and write down what feels clunky — crafting feedback was among the most-praised community input from test #1. Budget an hour for it mid-beta (it's on your checklist), not day 1.

Time Planner — How Long to Get Where

Quick table — hours per bracket (solo / partied)

Read: the whole 1–30 story costs a partied player ~15 hours (2 relaxed days); 50 costs ~50 partied hours (the full beta at 6+ h/day); 3rd job at 70 is mathematically out of reach (~100+ more hours past 55) — it exists in this test for the no-lifers duoing 18 h/day, not as a personal goal. Levels 50+ use an extrapolated EXP curve (+9.5%/level).

🧮 Your calculator

Party Quests — What You Actually Need to Learn

⚡ KPQ quick reminder (keep this open while playing)

Entry: Lv 21–30 · party of 4 · Lakelis, top of the Kerning City tower · ~30 min limit

1. Stage 1 — Coupons: everyone kills Ligators and turns in coupons; leader clears the stage via the NPC.
2. Stage 2 — Ropes: 3 members hang on ropes, leader checks the NPC after each arrangement. Call positions in party chat, change ONE person at a time.
3. Stage 3 — Platforms: same idea standing on numbered platforms. Use the standard call order below — never guess randomly.
4. Stage 4 — King Slime: burst it down (community guide: ~35k HP in the remake), it summons slime adds. Magic Guard ON here, OFF after.
5. Bonus: break boxes / grab drops until the timer boots you. Exit is Kerning — restock and re-queue.

The sacred combination order (5-choose-3, works for any combo stage — call it in party chat and tick through):
123 · 124 · 125 · 134 · 135 · 145 · 234 · 235 · 245 · 345
For a 4-rope stage: 123 · 124 · 134 · 234. The leader is the only one who talks to the NPC — everyone else holds position until called.

Lobby lingo: "track" = the channel-hopping queue for who enters next. "j> KPQ track 3 need 2" = join us, we're third in line on this channel, 2 slots open. Full channels move fast; dead lobbies mean hop channels. Add every good partymate to your buddy list — that's your grind network for the rest of the beta.

⚠️ This is the classic blueprint — the remake has tweaks (stage order/counts may differ). The transferable skills are the combo call order, one-leader-talks rule, and track etiquette. Watch Nexon's own KPQ recap video to see the remake version in motion.

❓ PQ questions nobody wants to ask out loud

🧠 Classic habits a modern Mapler must relearn

• Death costs EXP — near a level-up, play like you're carrying glass. No safety charms here.
• No fast travel — no hyper teleport rocks, no world-map warping. Boats have departure schedules; return scrolls are precious hotbar items.
• Party invites are social — no party finder. You type, you ask, you get invited because you're a cleric with Bless. Being pleasant is a gameplay mechanic.
• Potions are manual and finite — no auto-pot. Bind them (see Loadout) and buy stacks before leaving town.
• Free Market, not Auction House — pricing is word-of-mouth; in a beta, trade generously, hoard nothing.

Gear & Quests

Weapons — wands beat staves at every tier

Where wands come from: the early tiers (Wooden 8 / Hardwood 13 / Metal 18) are sold by Flora the Fairy in the Ellinia Weapon Store (the shop building mid-town) — upgrade there on every Ellinia visit, it's cheap. From Ice Wand (23) upward, wands stop being reliable shop items: they come from mob drops, Free Market trading, and the remake's crafting system — check a drop database like meowdb's item DB for live sources, shout a buy offer in the FM, and keep an eye on crafting recipes (weapon crafting is new to this remake and untested territory). A one-tier-old wand is fine; two tiers behind is when your kills/hour visibly sags.

Exact v62 wand progression (icons are the real sprites):

Wooden WandLv 8

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Hardwood WandLv 13

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Metal WandLv 18

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Ice WandLv 23

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Mithril WandLv 28

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Wizard WandLv 33

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Fairy / Crystal WandLv 38

Other slots

• Esther Shield (Lv 33) — spotted in a trailer, but its drop source is an open question (it was gachapon-only originally, and Ludibrium is absent). Also per testers: INT shield scrolls don't exist, so a shield is stats-as-dropped.
• NEW Crit gear system (not in the original game): all gloves roll crit rate and crit-rate scrolls exist at every tier; earrings carry crit damage with matching scrolls. Testers say current crit values are too weak to chase — know it exists, don't invest yet.
• Overalls > top/bottom for INT scrolling (more slots, better rolls). Wizard Robe at 28; Sauna Robe from the quest below.
• Squishy Shoes (Lv 28) — no requirements, +1 all stats (Classic World item — not in v62 data, so no sprite).
• Stock Blue Potions in bulk for the Energy Bolt era (Lv 10–30) — your only expensive window.
• Scrolling is safe here: CLASSIC WORLD Δ only Chaos Scrolls can destroy items. Still — don't over-scroll gear you'll replace by 35; it's a wipe.

Quests worth your time

Quest	Level	Reward
[Event] A Strange and Familiar Wood	10	PERMANENT Label Ring at launch
[Event] Beyond the Unknown	15	PERMANENT Chat Ring at launch
Maya's Sick — starts at Maya's house on the Henesys hill	~15	Early EXP while you're nearby
Icarus and the Flying Pill — starts at Icarus, on the Kerning City street (sends you to Ellinia)	~26	Icarus Cape — one of the only early capes
Mr. Wetbottom's Secret Book — starts inside the Sleepywood VIP Sauna (pay the entry fee)	30	Sauna Robe — high-defense, no-requirement overall, great through the 40s
Subani's Alchemy — starts in the Kerning City swamp maps	36	Chance at a Glove-for-Attack scroll — pure meso, sell it
Ellinia lines — Arwen (town), Sabitrama (Sleepywood sauna area), Grendel errands	var.	Modest EXP, but you live in Ellinia anyway
NEW Forgotten Hollow questlines	39+	Beta-exclusive content — worth testing regardless of EXP

Money in a wipe economy

Only earn what speeds you up: pots for the Energy Bolt era (10–30 is your only expensive window — buy blue pots in bulk), wand upgrades, and KPQ reward scrolls. Once Heal + MP Eater are up you're potless. Skip merching entirely — the knowledge transfers, the wealth doesn't.

Ten classic mistakes to skip

1. Putting anything into STR/DEX
2. Building Magic Claw before ~28 on classic instinct — Energy Bolt is the meso-efficient 1st-job attack (Claw's 2 lines only pull ahead near the job change, and you respec anyway)
3. Maxing Magic Guard — rank ~3 is enough here, and running it 24/7 burns expensive MP pots (toggle it off outside bosses)
4. Skipping Improved MP Recovery's first point — 1 SP for percent-based regen is the best value in the job
5. Going LUKless — testers confirm it's strictly worse damage than 4 INT / 1 LUK here
6. Maxing Heal to farm undead — the classic heal-grind is nerfed out of the game; Heal is a 1-point sustain tool
7. Sleeping on Holy Arrow — it's your real attack skill and the top mage DPS of beta 1; max it first at 2nd job
8. Solo-grinding maps a full party could clear — party bonus EXP is far above the original game's, and clerics stack a hidden bonus on top
9. Over-scrolling gear you'll replace — in a beta, doubly so
10. Skipping KPQ / party play — it's the best EXP and the fun part

Loadout: Consumables & Keybinds

Consumables by bracket

Prices/availability are classic-data guides — verify in shops. Rule of thumb: as a mage your HP bar barely matters (Magic Guard early, Heal-1 later) — MP is your real fuel cost, so buy MP pots in stacks of 100.

Level	HP	MP	Utility	Notes
10–20	Orange Potion	Blue Potion ×100	Return Scroll – Nearest Town ×5	Cheapest era. Rest on ropes/ladders — MP Recovery ticks while you stand still.
21–30 (KPQ)	Orange Potion ×30	Blue Potion ×100+	Return Scrolls (KPQ exit = Kerning anyway)	Stock up BEFORE entering the PQ lobby — tracks move fast and shopping mid-rotation loses your spot. Magic Guard ON only for the King Slime stage, OFF after (it drinks your blue pots).
30–45	White Potion ×20	Mana Elixir ×100	All Cure ×10 (Forgotten Hollow debuffs unknown)	Heal-1 is now your HP pot for anything that isn't burst damage. Sell junk drops for elixir money.
45+ / Ossyria	Elixir (emergency)	Mana Elixir ×200	All Cure + Returns (El Nath walk is LONG)	El Nath mobs hit harder — keep real HP pots again for Coolie bursts. Sorcerer Elixirs if they drop — don't buy.

Keybinds — pick your level, see your loadout

Laid out like the in-game keyconfig. Drag the slider: keys light up as skills unlock along this guide's build (Energy Bolt era → Holy Arrow cleric). Dimmed keys = nothing there yet at that level.

Controller — same loadout, gamepad edition

COT #2 adds controller support with customizable layouts. Proposed mapping (Xbox labels), driven by the same slider:

Day-by-Day Schedule

Assumes a few hours per day; compress or stretch to taste. Level targets are the casual-to-solid band.

Beta Checklist

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Resources

• Official COT #2 page — rules, reward details, launcher info
• Official feedback thread — where your beta feedback goes
• NiaMeowDB (meowdb) — measured grind-map EXP/hr, EXP table, item DB, class guides
• OSMSTools linktree — the community's recommended entry point to all Classic World tools and sites
• Metaroad — guide site recommended by the community Discord
• ⚠️ Avoid henesys.gg — the community Discord has thoroughly discredited it (wrong magic formula vs observed beta data, outdated scrolls, contradictory job-advance levels, and speculative 3rd/4th-job data presented as fact)
• COT skill datamine dashboard — the actual Classic World skill numbers behind the builds on this page
• meowdb character builder — plan/tweak your SP allocation interactively
• DigitalTQ pre-BB Cleric guide — the classic-mechanics baseline (note: 1st-job advice is outdated for Classic World — see the contrast box in Skills)

Unconfirmed as of July 31, 2026: exact level cap, daily server hours, character slots, and EXP/drop rates. Items tagged CLASSIC WORLD Δ differ from authentic classic per community playtest reports — verify in-game.