Ludibrium Party Quest - LightSoul/Smuggle Style

Overview: This guide will inform you on how to do Ludibrium Party Quest (LPQ, levels 35-50) the way we typically do it on this server. LPQ is unchanged from its live version but because smuggling is allowed, there is a somewhat more efficient way to run the party quest. Knowing how to do LPQ is important to reading this guide so here’s a link if you need a refresher: forums.mapletip.com/index.php?/topic/105953-ludi-pq-guide/

• On LSMS, the item drop timer is down to one minute, and party members
  cannot loot your drops when you initially kill the monster. The Pass of
  Dimensions share all of these rules: they cannot be looted immediately
  and will expire so make sure you loot all passes.
• NPCs, except Arturo, will take all of your passes. As party leader, try
  to have the exact amount of passes you need to pass the stage before you
  talk to the Balloon. Make sure you have no passes when talking to the
  Red Sign or the Sgt Anderson. It is a good idea to designate a non-leader
  party member as the pass holder.
  
• Only let one person hit a box. Hitting a box together can cause crashes.
  
• If you die at Alishar, do not leave the stage you spawn in. You will be
  teleported into the reward room after your party clears Alishar.
• There is no bonus stage.

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Stage 1 requires 25 passes and they can be obtained by killing the Ratz and Black Ratz that spawn throughout the map.

If you are starting an LPQ session with no passes, do this stage normally. If you do have passes, immediately clear this stage. Designate 1 or 2 party members to stay behind and collect passes from the mobsl. The rest of the party should proceed to stage 2.

Stage 2 requires 15 passes and they can be obtained by hitting the boxes that spawn throughout the map.

The second box from the top on this map is known as the “Trap Box” and will take whoever broke the box to a separate map with the rest of the required passes. If this is a new LPQ session, do this stage normally. With passes, immediately clear this stage. Designate 1 (or 2, if necessary) party member(s) to stay behind and collect passes. The rest of the party should proceed to stage 3.

On live and likely many other private servers, the “trap box” will teleport every player on the map to the separate map when broken. This does not happen in LSMS.

Stage 3 requires 88 passes and they can be obtained by killing the Bloctopuses that spawn from destroying the boxes that spawn throughout the map. If not aggroed, the Bloctopuses will slowly make their way to the bottom of the map. Typically, you shatter all the boxes, group them all on the bottom, then Slash Blast and Thunderbolt them to death. Make sure to loot your passes. It can be difficult because of the volume of mobs but it is imperative that you do.

If this is your first run of the session, have someone that is not the leader hold all the passes while the leader exits the party quest and do not clear this stage. Smuggle the passes and restart the party quest.

If you have smuggled passes, clear this stage and proceed.

If you have smuggled passes, you can skip through these two stages. The stages require 6 and 24 passes, respectively.

Because we do not have down jump, CMS is a more efficient method of movement. However, JMS is much more common. They are both fundamentally the same besides the first few boxes so you will learn them simultaneously. The best type of practice is simply doing it so keep the picture of whatever style you will be doing open. It is significantly faster than going in order and the styles seem to be applicable for LPQ in other servers as well.

To clear this stage, kill Alishar. To spawn Alishar, have your Archer/Thief (possible with a lot of trouble with a Magician) kill the Black Ratz on the lone platform.

A common strategy for Alishar is to have a member who cannot contribute meaningfully to the fight (typically your Warrior or low-levels) hit Alishar a few times then run to the other side of the map. All the technical jargon aside, this will cause Alishar to not summon Chronoses and use his attacks, making him easier to fight. This strategy will also remove the need for All-Cure Potions, Holy Waters, and Eyedrops although I would still pack some.

The prize pool is, so far, identical to live. Here is a link to the prize pool: bbb.hidden-street.net/party-quest/ludibrium/bonus-stage

Known exceptions include: Glove for Attack 60%.

With the smuggling strategy, the only class you need to have would be a Magician because of Teleport parts in Stage 1. They can kill, albeit with a lot of struggle, the Black Ratz that spawns Alishar. Even though you can clear with any party composition, an Ice/Lightning Wizard and/or a Warrior is important for clearing Stage 3 smoothly.

From my observation, most classes do not inflict meaningful damage to Alishar until mid-40s and most Warriors unless they have good gear and a maxed Bless cannot hit Alishar consistently even at Level 50.

The “weakest” party I have ever cleared Alishar with is with Level 36 Cleric, I/L Wizard, Assassin, and Crossbowman, a level 41 and a level 49 Fighter with high Dexterity. It took 5~6 minutes typically and the potion use is probably pretty high as I recall using about 60-70 Mana Elixir pills as the Cleric. It would not be a bad idea to limit test with your party to see if clearing Alishar is worth the resources. While the scrolls are valuable, especially in a low population server, it is up to you to decide whether it is worth spending all those mesos to gamble.