Blade and Soul NA: How to unlock all hongmoon skills and secret techniques *updated*

Currently in Blade and Soul NA there are several different secret hongmoon techniques you can unlock. You can unlock your LB (Left Mouse Button ability), your RB (Right Mouse button ability) and one utility spell depending on your class. Today i'll how you how to unlock them all. So let's get started! :)

 HongMoon Skill: LB 

The left-click button (LB) for all classes are learned in the same way, by consuming the following items:
●  Ocean Essence: Fire or Ice Bird at Wind Plain
● Deep Sea Weed: Fish Dragon at Wind Plain
● Golden Honey: Grizzly Bear at Wind Plain
● White Mist Mushroom: Grassland Yeti at Wind Plain
● Root of Evil Spirit: Flower monster at Wind Plain
● HongMoon Pill: From Guild Workshop

The consumables are rare drops from monsters located all over Silverfrost Mountains. Instead of hunting them, one can also exchange for them at Achievement Merchant in Zaiwei City (Location), provided that you have reached 1250 Achievement Points and you have 50 Naryu Silver.

Keep in mind that the hongmoon pellet cannot be purchased from the Achievement Merchant in Zaiwei City. Instead you will either have to pay someone to craft it for you or have you guild craft it if they are level 5 or higher. The pellet takes 3 days to finish crafting.

Unlock a secret hongmoon skill by eating a Royal Zen Bean 

 How to aquire it

For this you will have to visit your local zen bean trader and purchase a Royal Zen Bean. This will cost you 5000 zen beans and the zen beans can only be earned by participating in arena pvp either 1v1 or 3v3.

Even if you aren't a fan of pvp I highly recommend you do this because it's well worth your time. Also there are several daily pvp quests  you can pick up that will reward you a total of 600 zen beans when you've completed them all, so it's still worth it to try to do these especially if you wanna unlock one of your secret hongmoon skills.

So what skill does the royal zen bean unlock for your class? 
The following skills (with default key in bracket) can be learned by consuming a Celestial Bean:
T = Tier; S = Stage

Blade Master: Lightning Draw (4) T5S4
Force Master: Inferno (X) T5S2
Kung fu Master: Comet Strike (4) T5S2
Destroyer: Emberstomp (3) T5S4
Assassin: Shadow Slash (3) T5S2
Summoner: Rumblebees (RB) T5S4
Blade Dancer: Lightning Draw (C) T5S3
Warlock: Dragoncall tier 5

Alternatively you can press U to bring up your achievement page go to Character than go to skills to see which hongmoon skills you can unlock

Unlock a secret hongmoon technique by acquiring a HM Skillbook Volume 2

  How to aquire it

Another way to unlock one of your secret hongmoon skills is by acquiring a HM skill book. These are skill books that drop in certain 4 man dungeons (Bloodshade Harbor, Avalanche Den, The Awakened Necropolis).

These books are a rare drop and they only drop in 4 man dungeon mode however they are trade able so you will be able to purchase them at your local market place, but expect to pay a nice chunk of gold for them since almost everyone wants / needs them.

So what skill do these HM Books unlock for your class?

IThe HM Skill book from Bloodshade harbor will unlock the following skill for your class

Blade Master: Lightning Draw Tier 5, Stage 1, 2, and 3 
Force Master: Inferno Tier 5, Stage 1 and 3
Kungfu Master: Comet Strike Tier 5, Stage 1, 2, and 3
Destroyer: Emberstomp Tier 5, Stage 1, 2, and 3
Assassin: Shadow Slash (3) Tier 5, Stage 1, 3, and 4
Summoner: Rumblebees (RB)Tier 5, Stage 1, 2, and 3
Blade Dancer: Lightning Draw (C) Tier 5, Stage 1, and 2
Warlock: Dragoncall Tier 5, Stage 1, and Dragon Helix Tier 5, Stage 3

New Blade and Soul content coming June 1st

If you haven't heard yet, Blade and Soul will have some new content on June 1st that is being called Vengeance Breaks.

 

The 2.2 update brings new content and a direct confrontation with Jinsoyun.

The Vengeance Breaks update launches on June 1, and brings new content including the Sundered Nexus dungeon, 24-member open world Zaiwei Ruins, an Tower of Infinity that challenges players to complete AI-controlled fights in a race against the clock, the ability to adopt and bring Pets along with you on your adventures, and finally Altar of Divine Will where you’ll attempt to stop Jinsoyun once and for all.

New Heroic Dungeons

Sundered Nexus: With the secrets of the Naryu in his grasp, a mechanized Be Ido returns in the Sundered Nexus. Available in 4- and 6-member modes.

Altar of Divine Will: The battle of the ages is finally met upon the Altar of Divine Will as Jinsoyun attempts to bring the Dark Lord into the Earthen Realm. This daily dungeon is available only in 6-member mode.

Zaiwei Ruins: Zaiwei Ruins is overrun by demonic creatures pouring through a portal to the Dark Realm! Help defend against the invasion in this 24-member open world instance.

Tower of Infinity

The Tower of Infinity is the ultimate single-player challenge. Defeat a random, AI-controlled challenger on each floor, and see how high you can climb before the timer runs out, or you're defeated.

Pets

Now you can have your very own companion! Pets will follow you around and provide a defensive buff when fed. 

Along with a wide selection of existing pets, two new exclusive pets are coming to Blade & Soul in North America and Europe: a Griffin and Otter!

Exciting times indeed!

How to move / copy Blade and Soul to another computer.

With this method, you'll never have to re-download blade and soul ever again. As long as you have it installed on your flash drive or portable hard drive you can play it pretty much anywhere. Hope this video helps.

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Has Blade and Soul gone pay2win?

Welcome everyone. So has Blade and Soul gone pay2win? Today we're going to find out. First, what exactly is pay2win? Pay2win is when your able to acquire powerful items from the cash shop that cannot be obtained anywhere else in the game, and these items give you a significant advantage over other players who haven't or simply refuse to fork over cash, either because they don't have the money or simply because they just don't want to be a pay2win player.

For example, say tomorrow NCWest decided to release legendary weapons, accessories, and soul shields in the cash shop only and these items were not obtainable anywhere in the game. And let's say they made these items usable in 1v1 and 3v3 arena. To me that would be considered pay2win because these items give you a significant advantage over other players and basically make it so you win not because of skill but because you forked over some cash to get these overpowered items. Now that is pay2win.

However, I don't think Blade and Soul players know what they are talking about when they label for example the treasure trove event as pay2win because that's simply not true. The treasure trove which basically was an RNG Box, had a chance to drop all kinds of goodies like sparkling hexagonal gems, soulstones, costumes, and hongmoon skill books to name a few. We all know that.

But NONE of these items in the treasure trove box give you any kind of distinct advantage over other players, because even if a player got lucky and maybe got a few hexagonal gems, maybe a stack of soulstones or even a hongmoon skill book, you can't use these items against other players except only in the new 6v6 battleground which isn't really that popular right now.

Yes these items in the treasure  trove box can be used to upgrade a players gear and weapon and make them stronger but what exactly is pay2win about that? The person who is forking over cash for these treasure boxes isn't really paying2win. They are paying2progress faster or even paying2skip ahead but definitely not paying to win.

Now I don't know about you all, but if my clan had a few of these supposed pay2win players i'd be pretty damn excited. I'd go out of my way to be their best friend so I could clear some of the harder dungeons faster like Asura and Yeti. These players that are being labled pay2win are probably people who don't have a lot of time to devote to blade and soul and they see these RNG boxes as a way to catch up.

 That's it. Just because an item requires you to hand over cash in order to obtain it doesn't make it pay2win. Alot of these items can all be obtained in the game, but unlike players who hand over cash to get them, players like myself and others have to actually grind hours and hours on end to obtain them.

We're still able to get the same items as players who pay for them but for the rest of us who don't want to pay cash for them, it's just going to take longer. So does that mean all of these rng box events that NCWest has been releasing are pay2win. In my opinion, no.

Because again, none of these items give you any kind of advantage over another player in a competitive pvp environment and no I don't count the new 6v6 battleground as competitive pvp because that place is a ghost town. So is blade and soul pay2win? The answer is no.

5 tips that will help you level up fast in blade and soul!

Leveling up in Blade and Soul is a relatively straight forward task, however if you're not upgrading your gear on your long journey to level 50, which is the max level in this game, than leveling can get very tedious.

So today i'm going to show you how to level up quickly and efficiently in blade and soul. Some info about myself, I've been playing Blade and Soul since it launched in North America on January 19, 2016 and i've leveled up two characters to max and am now working on a third character.

 Tip#1 Don't forget to upgrade your weapon and accessories
Anyway let's get started. When you first zone into the world of Blade and Soul you'll notice your character starts with no equipment, but as you level up in the game you'll start receiving equipment like your hongmoon weapon, and your hongmoon accessories like your ring, earring, and necklace. Now here is where Blade and Soul is different than other mmos.

Unlike other mmos the epic equipment you get on your journey to 50 stays with you all the way till you hit level 50. The reason is this. Your hongmoon weapon and accessories can be upgraded by feeding them green and blue quality items.

As you do this, your weapon and accessories get stronger and give you more stats and in turn makes it so you are killing mobs faster. This is awesome because the faster your killing mobs the faster you are earning xp and the faster you are leveling up. Win / win situation. So I highly recommend you are constantly evolving your weapon and accessories when you can.

Tip#2 Make sure to equip a soul shield
Now let's talk about your soul shield. In blade and soul we don't get armor like other mmos. We have what is called a soul shield. This soul shield increases important stats like your health power, critical rate, and defensive stats. It's important that you have one equipped as you level up because if you don't have one equipped mobs will be hitting you much harder than they should be.

Tip#3 If you're lost, follow the story line icon
Next tip is if you are lost in blade and soul all you have to do is open up your map and locate the yellow icon. This is the main story line quest for blade and soul and will show you where you need to go next. 

Tip#4 Do heroic dungeons when you can
There are heroic dungeons in Blade and Soul that you can run that drop epic items, most importantly epic soul shields that have much better stats on them than anything you'll find while questing. You can run your first heroic dungeon at level 20. You can access the dungeon screen by pressing F8 on your keyboard.

Tip#5 The Hongmoon Store
Blade and Soul has a cash shop you can access by pressing F10 on your keyboard. This cash shop has some nice items you can get that can increase your experienced gain by 100% and other items that increase your inventory as well. This tip is optional but if you ever need an experience boost, make sure to checkout the hongmoon store.

How to increase your attack power in Blade and Soul

What's up guys. Today i'm going to show you how to increase your attack power. Right now in Blade and Soul it seems you need a really high amount of attack power to get into good groups.

A lot of groups are asking for 500, 550, even 600+ attack power in order to join their party, which kind of sucks if you have no where near that amount of attack power. So I decided to create this video that will show you how to increase your attack power in a relatively cheap way in the MMO Blade and Soul. Hope you enjoy. :)

Blade and Soul Shattered Empire Update is coming! Are you ready?

On April 27th Blade and Soul is getting yet another update called Shattered Empire. In this video I explain what to expect and what are some of the changes that are coming our way.