Once you've reached the second role level, EC6, you'll unlock the Advanced Mastery pages for your character. Two of the more important masteries for black clans are the Damage to Non-Human Types, and the Afternoon Damage Increase. These aren't the masteries you would maximize first but they should be high on your list.


I see a lot of players out there who must not understand the combined effect of these 2 masteries. I gain at least a 20% advantage in my grinding speed when the sunset image shows on my mini-map just by moving to an animal mob. Let me give you an example.

I mentioned recently that I'm grinding on the Miao Twin Axe Warriors. They are white for me now, and a easy mindless grind. They are a human type mob though, and I don't get the advantage of those 2 advanced masteries, so I only grind them during the daylight hours on the map. It now takes me 38 to 40 minutes of grind on these human type mobs to earn 1% of experience.

The moment the sun marker on my mini-map goes to sunset time I move to the next mobs on the map, the Little Golden Leaf Monkeys. I usually stay there until the sun comes up again and in that time I can gain experience at 1% per 30 minutes. It may not sound like much, but at the level I play at, every little bit helps. This idea could help your grind a lot, once you reach the second role levels.

It isn't all good though and these masteries aren't always so useful. For starters a few of the maps don't have very many animal mobs, Liaodong and Tibet in particular. And the animal mobs on the Ice Map hit really hard, the reindeer in particular, so you'll have to be careful which mobs you go after. Still, it all helps as long as you grind without meditating.

Anyone else have a good grinding tip?

- SpearDriver