Crafting, Forging and Alchemy

Basics

In Runerok Online, a character's class, also known as their Job, is what defines their abilities and skills and shapes what playstyles are available to them. Once you pick a class for a character, you cannot switch to a different class, and once you pick that character's second class, you are locked to that second class's evolution path forever. Characters start out as Novices and can then progress down a class tree as they level.

The six primary classes are Swordsman, Mage, Merchant, Acolyte, Thief, and Archer.

Class Progression

Characters in Runerok Online have two types of levels: their Base Level and their Job Level. While the former tracks the overall power level of the character, the latter tracks how far along a character is in the mastery of their Class. Both defeated foes and a reasonable number of quests give Job Level Experience in addition to Base Level Experience. Job Levels start at 1 and have a class-specific cap, and each additional level gives you one extra Skill Point which can be spent to learn a new Skill or develop one that has already been learned. Additionally, all Classes give extra bonuses to their most relevant Stats at specific Job Levels (for example, Mages have an extra +1 INT at Job Level 2, +2 at Job Level 14, and so on, up to Job Level 50, when they get +8 INT total).

All classes have another layer of progression beyond just their Skills and Job Levels: once you reach a certain specific Job Level and allocate all of your Skill Points, you have the option to evolve into a new class. When you do so, your Job Level is reset to 1 (but you don't lose any of your already-existing Skills and Skill Points) and you get access to entirely new Skills plus extra bonuses to your Stats.