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Mew's Guardian Guide

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== About This Guide: ==
Are you stuck on your guardian? Do you not know where to start? Do you want insider tips and tricks to speeding up the process? Do you like pictures and a comprehensible layout for your guides? Look no further! Mew’s got you covered. From a decade old player and the proud owner of currently 9 guardians on rTO and 2 legendaries and 1 mighty on epTO, here is my in-depth and fantastic guide into the wonderful world of guardians.

My IGN is [[User:Realadminhours|Mewsie]] and I am a collector of fashion-related items. I have 9 guardians at the time of this guide on rTO alone (3 legendaries including one spinel, 3 superior, 1 normal, and 3 mighty), all of them I like to use to fit my itch for fashion. I also was able to make a legendary in a day (CID+build) on epTO. If you see me running around, feel free to say “Hello”! I will not hesitate to help if I possibly can. I’ve lead more Tricksters on this topic than I’d like to admit, so I figured “Why not make an all-encompassing guide?”.

My goal is to be the most descriptive guide out there so it’s a one-stop-shop for your guardian needs!

This guide has been a WIP since maybe 2017-2018 and I never intend to call it finished--there is always more information to learn. I originally held this on the rTO forums, and then on a stand-alone document after.

'''If you are looking for a TLDR''', [[Guardian Guide (TLDR)|here you go]].

== I. General Questions ==

=== Q. What is a guardian? ===

# A guardian is a familiar that permanently follows you around and assists in PvE (NOTE: NOT PvP) using skills.

=== Q. How do I know what skills my guardian can use? ===

# The skills are marked by a green flag at the top-left hand corner. It looks a lot like this. [[File:Cure icon.png|35x35px]] You also can right click the skill at the NPC and the like and it will say on there as well

=== Q. How long will it take to do this? ===

# '''Long answer:''' Well, assuming you mean solely the Empathy portion, it depends on 3 things: prep, type, and method. The more you research and collect items beforehand, essentially, the quicker the process goes. As for the remainder, that's solely up to you. I don't like to level, so it took me an undetermined amount of time to finish. You can technically start this whole thing at level 65.
# '''Short answer:''' My first guardian was a legendary and took me 10 days with minimal prep time and a lot of complaining to friends for cards. My second legendary I got in less than 3 days (you can only do so much Card ID, you know what I mean?)

=== Q: What is empathy? ===

# Empathy is a “secret” point system that builds your guardian’s total build. You cannot see empathy at any time (although you can see the results of your labor after you do it a certain amount of times and level up the stat). The result is a build graph that looks very similar to the one in your MyView. I will explain more later.

=== Q. What is secret empathy? ===

# That's a tricky one to explain in short. I will explain later.

=== Q. What is the best for me? ===

# Depends on your play style. Do more research and you'll see what's your best fit. I do have a cookie-cutter build later in the guide for those who are interested in bossing, and on epTO, is considered THE meta for all events as well as koi/kro (AKA: All end game content). If you are not interested in Tartarus and the end game content as well as bossing, pick the design that speaks to your soul! You'll be stuck with it, after all.

=== Q. I want a legendary first! Do you have any advice? ===

# Honestly, in rTO it used to not have much ROI to make, but on here, it's worth a slight bit of DPS boost if you really want it. You can get a full set of SCs within 800-1k cards, which means you'll basically be at legendary anyway. Make sure you CID first!!! I normally would not recommend it, and I still don't since the DPS is slightly negligible, but hey, more power to you.

=== Q. I DON'T want legendary first! Do you have any tips? ===

# CID BEFORE PLANTING YOUR SEED. That way there you don't soft-lock your character while you're trying to get all the SCs!!! Get the SCs first!!! Card farm first!!! Worry about building later, you don't need to plan for it, don't worry about it just yet, just CID first and then plant.

If I skipped a major question that can be explained in under a paragraph, please let me know. Otherwise, let’s begin!

== II. Card Identification Questline ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* Level 65+, 2nd job+
* One of each Arcana Card
* 5 Harkon Shards

'''TIP''': Play the game normally from Blooming Cora to finishing Azteca. You should be level 66 at least at that point in normal servers, and can be up to 100 or higher in epTO

'''TIP''': Card Girl’s riddles 1 and 2 in Southwest Forest and Gate of Azteca have 2 of the 4 Arcana cards

'''TIP''': Ask around for the other two arcana cards. Other than this quest, they're basically worthless to players so they probably will be more than happy to give them to you.

'''TIP''': The shards are found inside Harkon Heirlooms. These are drilled in Path to Mermaid 1&2 OR dropped by Cone Stones in the same area. Drilling is easier.

=== Method: ===
Essentially all you need is on this link [https://wikimirror.lifeto.co/wiki.ggftw.com/trickster/Card_Identification_Quests_Guide.html here]. Brief description below.

Find the Poppouri in Poppouri Cave - Rainbow Cave. Anyone can essentially be teleported to the crawlspace, so don't let it fool you. Fairy Nono will essentially ask for each Arcana Card individually, where after you hand it in, you need to fight the monster that corresponds with each type. After the last “test”, you speak to Fairy Nono again, then speak to Artisan Poppuri in Moss Cave with the 5 harkon shards, then go BACK to Fairy Nono and get the Card Identification Skill.

== III. Soul Seed Questline ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* Level 135+, 3rd job
* Questionable Letter in Inventory
* CID questline finished (YOU DON’T NEED ALL SCS FOR THIS!!)
* Access to Mirage Island Field 6 (Finishing the Mirage Questline up to Mirage Island Field 4’s Sandmen quests [yes you have to complete the 4 sandmen’s quests])
* 10x Iron Knight’s, Brass Knight’s, Bone Fighter’s, Bone Warrior’s, and Bone Magician’s Souls
* 15x Cobra Flower, Tooth Flower, Mud Bigfoot, and Lotus Wormhole Seeds

'''TIP:''' You don’t have to give up your Dimensional Key if you don’t want to at the end. You can keep it and go to Eclipse’s dimension whenever you want. However, it cannot be stored in your bank, so be wary of that. You also won’t get the Dimensional Card Pack, which means you won’t get a free Secret Card.

'''TIP''': Collect all the items beforehand.

'''TIP''': You probably have some of the souls if you got 3rd job on your own without buying anything. If not or you don’t have enough, you can get the souls at various places in Vamp Castle.

'''TIP''': All the Seeds are gotten in Swamp.

'''TIP''': Make sure you collected your Questionable Letter from your System Mail.

=== Method: ===
Essentially, everything can be found [https://wikimirror.lifeto.co/wiki.ggftw.com/trickster/Soul_Seed_Quests_Guide.html here] step-by-step.

If you haven’t done Mirage when you were in Oops Warf your first time, it’ll definitely be easier to do so now. You can learn about the Mirage Questline [https://wikimirror.lifeto.co/wiki.ggftw.com/trickster/Episode_3_Quests.html here]. However, you only need the sandmen’s quests completed to get through.

== IV. Soul Guardian Questline ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* Level 180+
* Third Job
* Matured Poseidon Seed
* Harkon
* Honey Tea
* All 16 SC cards for the Secret Space Map

=== Method: ===
The first thing you need to do is collect all 16 Secret Cards, and then check the “Secret” tab on your MyView. This allows you to go to Janus’s Secret Hideaway - Memory of Flames. Make sure to bring your Honey Tea and Harkon. You can easily make Honey Tea and get Harkon via Blacksmith Marx quests. Janus will ask you to kill a Red Flame Monster for him after you talk to him again. He’ll send you to Eclipse, where she will ask for an “Unknown item” which is your Honey Tea. Then, she sends you to Don Danihen who requires you to kill your Doppleganger which mirrors your level after talking to the Abraxas Mirror. Finishing that, just talk to Little Rosaline until she sends you back to Janus, who will give you your completed guardian.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

'''TIP''': If you plan on making any guardian requiring SEM, I *highly suggest* you CID for them instead of buying them, as you’ll eventually get each of them.

'''TIP''': Harkon can be received by doing Blacksmith Marx’s questlines at Snow Hill, Techichi, and Tapasco Mines. You can also drill it up (rarely) in Techichi Fields, Tapasco Fields, Gate of Abyss, and Spicy Dragon’s boss room.

== V. Soul Guardian Questline 2nd+ ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* One or more guardians
* Harkon (NOT in epTO!)
* Potentially a Soul Ticket, if this is beyond your 2nd.
* Space Map
* Poseidon OR Spinel Seed (doesn’t matter if mature or not)

=== Method: ===
Literally just use the Space Map after getting your new guardian seed to whatever build you like, talk to Janus, give him the Harkon, and you’re done. It’s that easy. Check if you need a Soul Ticket beforehand. You get 2 free guardian slots (courtesy of Janus), but after that, you need a Soul Ticket for every guardian you want.

'''NOTE''': In epTO, you get a Spinel seed for free at the end of Episode 6!

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== VI. Card Identification & Empathy/Secret Empathy ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* CID skill
* Monster and Character Cards
* Some ability to mix and match

'''TIP''': General questing gives character cards.

'''TIP''': If you start a character from scratch and get it through all the way to Azteca (totally do-able in a day), you will have ample cards to get started, character and monster alike.

'''TIP''': People will generally sell cards for 15,000-40,000 galder. 15k-40k is the universal price. Up to 300k means they’re usually for a skill mastery. Do not let people rip you off.

'''TIP''': If you are doing a legendary guardian, do NOT start this process before you get your soul seed. Trust me. You’re better off.

=== About CID: ===
Card Identification is the natural method to getting Secret Cards and secret empathy points for your soul seed. You must CID if it is your first guardian to gain Secret Cards, unless you buy them from other players. You can also get other goodies such as compound stones, potions, and chaos feathers, all scaled based on the level you get to.
[[File:Cid diagram.png|thumb|Diagram of CID]]

=== Diagram of CID: ===
'''Stage''' - How many cards this playthrough you’ve used without losing all your lives

'''Life''' - How many times you can fail before it boots you from this minigame

'''Life bar''' - Diagram of the lives you have comparatively

'''Playing Cards''' - As all boardgames, this is where you play

'''Card in use''' - This is the card you used this round

'''Combo''' - How many pairs in a row you’ve discovered. You can get extra lives with better combos

'''Symbol''' (see: Top-right of revealed cards) - These are based on suites you’d find in a normal card-game along with 4 colours each. These are how you know what to pair with if you don’t want to hover over the board all the time

'''Pair''' - Same-symboled, same-imaged cards. Your goal.

=== BEFORE YOU CID - CARD INFO: ===
[[File:Cid card example.png|thumb|CID Card example]]
This part of the guide is something you must, must, must know before you even start. Many people are unaware of how the process works or how cards influence their minigameplay. This is where you will know more than many people already with a guardian do.

This is a diagram of a simple card when you right click on one or press “view” in the card inventory menu. Notice anything on the card or under a specific tab that may be of use to us? When you right click, you can tell which cards are going to give a certain amount of Life to our CID process at the beginning. Use the higher-numbered cards for the first stage *only*. This will help for when you make mistakes. From the second stage-on, you should use +3 Life cards. Many people wonder why they can’t get to higher stages but THIS IS MAINLY WHY!! It isn’t a lack of skill, it’s the lack of resource utilization. Make sure to check how much life your cards give before using them. Also, if you make combos, you can gain lives easily. Be aware of that.

NOTE: THERE WILL BE ONE OUTLIER CARD!! THIS ONE CANNOT BE MATCHED. Match the other ones in order to reveal this one!

=== CID - Q&A ===
Q. How many cards will I need?

# The answer is simple: No one knows. You will need an upwards of 1,000, guaranteed, if you’re going for a legendary. If you’re going for just regular/mighty/superior, then you will need about 800 to get a full set. After that is up to how you CID/if you do anything fortune-related/anything else SEM-related. The only difference is Spinel where you need about double anything

Q. Do I need to CID/get secret empathy?

# The only ones that need SEM are Legendary and Accomplished, however, all of the guardians need Secret Cards, which can only be obtained mainly by CID. Neither of these mentioned guardians do anything but change appearance, have a different title, and can hold a certain amount of skills more/less than others. It also gives you some credit towards patience, but if you’re not in it for looks, not really necessary. Accomplished looks like Mighty guardians since they share the same sprite and Legendary is its own visual. Based on that is how you want to go about it. If you don’t want a Legendary or Accomplished, congrats. You don’t need SEM!! Pat yourself on the back because you just skipped something very time-consuming and money-capturing.

Q. Should I do CID first or after setting up my EM?

# You should CID first. This will affect how you set up your EM completely, and if you’re going for an Accomplished guardian, make-or-break your guardian plans in general since that relies on that +2 as the final.

=== HOW REGULAR EMPATHY WORKS ===
[[File:Guardian build screen.png|thumb|Your new best friend: The Guardian WIP Build screen]]
There’s 4 types of regular empathy: Power, Charm, Magic, and Sense. Each of these numbers on this diagram here are said types which correlate with the 4 different types of characters in the game.

You gain empathy by doing several things. This table will tell you most of what is known regarding gaining empathy.

'''NOTE''': The Empathy Aura Info combo bar is just a combo bar, nothing more! It is NOT an EXP bar! Ignore it!

=== Regular Empathy Guide: ===
'''Note''': “level” in this chart means “level cap” so the max level it applies to the guardian.
[[File:Guardian empathy table 1.png|none|thumb|[[File:Guardian empathy table 2.png|thumb]]Regular Empathy Chart]]

=== HOW SECRET EMPATHY WORKS ===
You gain secret empathy by using a card for CID, getting past stage 3 in CID, matching 2 SC tiles to gain a SC in CID, and any fortune read from Stella. The numbers were released a little while ago, and are attached if you scroll down a bit more. I’m just going to tell you this expedites the process by doing any of these and the more you do the later 3 things, the less cards you are going to need. This is why no one gives a straight number. Because there is no straight number. It’s all on you. The number could be 1500-1800, but with Spinel, this number doubles–expect at least 3500 cards with her.

What SEM is going to do to your seed is give it +1 for each type except one, which will be +2. This, to the extent of my knowledge, is pure RNG. You won’t be able to see the empathy until after it hatches, which is where the “Secret” comes from. It’s up to you to mark that last 3 flashes caused by CID/fortune-telling. But, you must, must, must finish with CID and not Fortune-Telling. If it no longer glows at Fortune-telling, CID until it stops flashing from doing so.

TIP: Hate matching games? Mill it. This is where you start CID, select a card, right click, exit, and repeat. I like to do this near the end because I have grown to hate CID. I actually add that I click on four cards, just to check to see if there’s any SCs there (you would be surprised what I’ve gotten on stage 1).
[[File:Guardian sem chart corrected kyo.webp|center|thumb|'''Guardian SEM guide'''. Note that you need to level SEM twice (~2000 points) so if you just milled cards without doing anything else (i.e. playing the game to get a SC, doing fortunes, etc.) it will cost ~2000 cards, but probably upwards of that. Big ''THANK YOU'' to ''KusangiKyo'' for the text in Red!!!!!]]
'''Note''': “level” in this chart means “level cap” so the max level it applies to the guardian.

'''NOTE''' towards fortunes:

only stat bonus -> 0 gives special empathy points

if a stat is raised by +0 -> no special empathy points

Joker and DX fortune bonus-> no special empathy points

== VII. Universal Guardian Information ==
# Your first guardian requires 16 Secret Cards, but any guardian after your first one can use a Janus Map (bought in MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian)
# All builds start out at 0,0,0,0.
# Any builds that end up at 0 at the end will be turned into 1 automatically after hatching.
# All stats cause the seed to mature, or be unable to adjust the build, at 6 points of regular empathy, so plan accordingly.
# Type of guardian is determined by the highest number in the build. If it’s two of the same, the one that has more experience put into it will be the resulting type.
## Ex. If you did 10 shimmers more than “4” on charm and did only up to “4” in power, it’ll end up a charm type.
# All guardians can learn skills after hatching, but only ones with the green bookmark at the top-left. Ex. [[File:Cure icon.png]]
# You can name/rename your guardian with a Soul Feather Pen, found in MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian.[[File:Guardian runes.png|thumb|Guardian Runes]]
# All guardians (except Spinels) start out with a single-target attack. You can buy yellow runes to change to either multi-targeting or auto-targeting in MyShop> Pet&Drill> RuneStone. (runes pictured above)
# Guardians cannot learn 2nd job skills without the corresponding Blue Rune. Buy them at MyShop> Pet&Drill> RuneStone. There’s one for each 2nd job type.
# Blue Rune types allow for both characters of said type’s skills (i.e. Cochma’s Rune allows both Lion and Fox 2nd job skills), so you don’t need two runes for the same type.
# You can only have one rune per slot, so if you want to change runes, the one equipped will be destroyed and replaced with the new rune.
# After your second guardian, you must purchase a Soul Ticket for another guardian slot. You can purchase this at MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian.
# You can’t replace the Top-left rune or add one to the Green slot. Original Trickster Online development never got that far.
# Spinels are naturally the hardest to obtain.
# Spinel seed+Secret Map package is sold under MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian, as well as regular Poseidon Seeds and Secret Maps. NOTE: IF YOU BUY THE SPINEL PACKAGE, YOU WILL GET THE SEED AND THE MAP. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY ANOTHER!!!!

=== Guardian Types and Looks ===
[[File:Guardians preview.png]]Now, guardians from easiest to hardest...

== VIII. The Regular Guardian ==
Literally any guardian that isn’t Mighty, Accomplished, Superior, or Legendary.

4~12 points.

Cannot be 3,3,3,3!!! This creates a superior build.

'''TIP''': If you’re just doing your first guardian to get to Spinel, if you have all your SCs, you can just hatch it immediately with a 0,0,0,0 build. It will end up a 1,1,1,1 after hatching and you can start on your Spinel right away!

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== IX. The Mighty Guardian ==
Builds at 13~15 points. Easiest is 14 points. If you decide to max one of your guardians’ stats, do this last. Otherwise you’ll end up with less than desirable. It’s just inefficient. This is also the best starting build for a bossing guardian, which I will explain later.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== X. The Legendary Guardian ==
18~19 points. Requires CID.

Yes, the alleged “hardest” build. It’s probably the longest, yes, but it is NOT the hardest. Most people feel it’s hard because it’s tedious, but it is definitely middle-of-the-road.

CID until it stops flashing when you use cards. Throw in some Fortune-telling to speed up the process. CID is the only thing necessary.

PLEASE for the love of all things beautiful and hat-filled, read this section [link to IV]. Please. Please. I hate repeating myself and I abhor inefficiency.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

=== REMINDERS: ===
-THE SEM IS RANDOM. YOU CANNOT PREDICT THIS. PAY ATTENTION TO THE FLASHES!!!!!!!

- PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE LIFE OF YOUR CARDS!!! YOU COULD BE WASTING YOUR HARD-EARNED/SPENT CARDS!!!

- YOU CANNOT SEE SEM POINTS UNTIL AFTER YOU HATCH SO PAY ATTENTION TO THE FLASHES!!!!

== XI. The Superior Guardian ==
Requires either 8 (2,2,2,2), 12 (3,3,3,3) OR 16 (4,4,4,4) AFTER hatch. Unlike Legendary and regular, you can’t be reckless. Mirrors Mighty’s need for specific numbers.

How to make sure you get the guardian you want:

# Plan, plan, plan!
# Pay attention when you do everything. Keep your build up at all times and watch what affects it and what doesn’t.
# Do NOT do your desired stat last. And do NOT stop your desired stat the second it goes to 3 or 4 (whichever build you are looking at). I like to do it first, but only because that’s the one I pay attention to the least and allow it to keep going a bit longer than needed.
# Your desired stat must, must, must be the one with the most “extra” put into it without exceeding 3 or 4 points (depending on your build). A lot of guides get this wrong and tell you to do your desired stat last, but that makes it much, much harder to remotely get the one you want. It’s how people who are going for a power superior get a charm and vice versa.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== XII. The Accomplished Guardian ==
Only allows for 16 point builds. Everything must be 4,4,4,4 *AFTER* hatching *AND* CID!!!!!!!!! REQUIRES CID. Literally the hardest to do. The love child of Legendary and Superior Guardians.

You thought Legendary was hard? Try one you can actually truly fail at.

Do your SEM process first. For the love of hats, please pay attention to the flashes. You can NOT do this build without that knowledge. When you’re finished SEM, start with EM. You need to make it 3 across the board except for the SEM’s +2 (THIS IS WHERE YOU PAID ATTENTION TO THE FLASHES, RIGHT????????).

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

=== '''NOTE: IF YOUR SEM’S +2 LANDS ON YOUR DESIRED TYPE, YOU CAN NOT, I REPEAT, CANNOT GET THAT GUARDIAN.''' ===

== XIII. The Cookie Cutter Build (Mighty/Legendary) ==
Other builds found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here].

This works for most characters, but you may want to adjust one or two stats, depending on your character type. It is the most optimal for boss-hunting, especially soloing Koi, which is the intention for this guardian. This will be a Legendary/Mighty Ifron with the Poseidon/default seed, depending on whether or not you do the full SEM or not.

The best build for this is 3263, or 3 power, 2 magic, 6 sense, 3 charm.
[[File:Legendary kamon.png|center|thumb|+2 Sense legendary with Cookie-Cutter build]]

=== The way to build this: ===
[[File:Squiggle tile.png|thumb|'''Squiggle Tile''' (Spam click with 90 DA in a "Nothing is Here!" Spot)]]
View character profiles (preferably a private one, via spam-click): 2 charm

Consume 7.5k hp pots: 3 power, 3 charm

Consume 5k MP pots: 3 power, 2 magic, 1 sense, 3 charm

Drill (spam-click a squiggle tile* until level 3, then drill WITH items until 6): 3 power, 2 magic, 6 sense, 3 charm

=== Condensed build ===
(not recommended; can’t learn mana arrow+arrow rush for penguins or cure and skunk pouch is more likely to fail; also, potential to fail the build is higher due to the “nothing found” bug, but you are welcome to try; '''DO NOT USE IF YOU ARE A MAGIC TYPE'''):[[File:Cochma and louis rune.png|thumb|Cochma and Louis Runes. Buy Louis first (but see the next warning first)!!!]]7.5k HP potions: 3 power, 1 charm

5k MP potions: 3 power, 2 magic, 1 charm

AFK drill: 3 power, 2 magic, 6 sense, 1 charm

=== Skills to know: ===
[[File:Cookie cutter skill order.png|thumb|'''Skill order to use''' (Magic/Sense with input on left; Regular on right). Note that cure is put in singular slots if you so choose to have it.]]
'''Power''': '''Shockvibe''' and '''Luck Breaker''' (''1st power npc; magic/sense chars with input'') <big>'''''OR'''''</big> '''Faint''' (''Buff 2nd npc'')''', Luck Breaker''' (*Optional; ''Power 1st npc, good for with input'')''', Shockwave''' (''power/charm chars, also can be used for magic/sense for addtnl boss damage without input from player so preferred for epTO End Game Events, but it and its passive does not always work'')

'''Magic –''' ''1st Mage NPC'': '''Mana Arrow''' (lv 10); '''Arrow Rush''' (lv 10)

'''Sense –''' ''First Sense Job NPC'': '''Stone Strike''' (lv 10); '''Armor Destroyer''' (1); '''Lucky Seven''' (10); ''Lion 2nd job NPC:'' '''Shield Breaker''' (10); '''Lucky Fist''' (10)

'''Charm –''' ''1st charm NPC'': '''Skunk Pouch'''

=== WARNING: If you wear a Louis’s rune to equip Faint+Guardbreak, it will still apply to shockwave after you equip Cochma to get Shieldbreaker+Lucky Fist (this bug only applies to passive skills, not active ones, for those that are interested in building; AKA THIS IS WHY LUCKYFIST GUARDIAN WORKS!!!!) ===
'''Disclaimer''': If you are a '''mage''', do '''NOT''' use Louis’s rune and instead opt for Luck Breaker (Power) and Magic Defense Break (Charm). (Do this variant '''*only if*''' you want to also attack ''alongside'' the guardian. Otherwise, follow along as normal with Faint/AB/SW skills and the Louis rune first)

'''Disclaimer''': If you are a '''Sense''' type using long-ranged (throwing, guns), use Skunk Pouch / Lucky fist / Luck Break / Shield Break on repeatable slots and '''Sticky Foot''' on singular slots. If you did sense to 6, you should be able to do this just fine. If not, just ignore Sticky Foot.

== XIV. Harkon Defense ==

=== About HD ===
Harkon Defense is a mini-game mode centered around tower defense and guardian. You can use this game mode to get decent/BIS equips (depending on your class) and exclusive fuses and pets. There also is a [[Harkon Defense Custom Exchanges|MS Stone exchange]] in epTO as well as an event-basis Token of True Trickster exchange. Check it out--it's worth it!

=== Pregaming ===
To get to Harkon Defense, you first need to get a Popeye Anenome card [[File:Popeye anenome card.png]]. Popeye Anenomes are in Ghost Blue Field 1 and drop the Light Pink Coral, NOT THE CASH BOXES. Speak to Eclipse in Event Garden and get the '''Mind's Eye''' skill. PLEASE NOTE: You do NOT have to give up your Eclipse Key if you want a free teleport to Mega--just talk to her only once!

=== Getting to actual HD ===
After you speak to Eclipse and get Mind's Eye, wait for a message like this to pop up:

[[File:Harkon defense ghost blue 2min.png]]

There is an alert in your chatbox and overlaying above the center-top of your screen 10 minutes, 2 minutes, and when it starts as well as the town you need to be in. Go to the town and use Mind's Eye. Look at the top right of your screen to your mini map before and after you do so--2 to 3 new red dots should have appeared--hover over them to find Stella (one of the new red dots) and go there. Depending on how quick you are, Eclipse may or may not already be there. You have to wait until you see this message to see Eclipse pop in and for you to talk to her to get into the Sanctuary.

[[File:Ghost blue shadow world open.png]]

You can enter at any point from this point on as long as the next message does not pop up; it means the sanctuary was lost.
[[File:Ghost blue sanctuary lost.png|left]]

=== How to HD ===
[[File:Harkon defense guide image.png|thumb|'''General Diagram to HD''']]
So in HD there's a lot going on. Your primary objective is to defeat the shadow monsters and keep the statues alive. You get a new window that shows the health, monsters, and players at every statue. I've labeled most of it in this diagram on the side so you can use it for reference.

When you first enter, assuming you go right away, you have about 2 minutes to buff. You also get pop-up messages indicating the type of Harkon Defense it is--Gloom, Normal, or Boss. I'll get into those later. After that, you must defend the harkon statues. The health is bugged to show more than is actually there, so be careful!

When the timer is almost up, a boss will appear--Chronos! Don't worry, this is not the True Kronos you have heard legends about from Tartarus--this is a different boss with way less health, but it's still annoying to kill if you're not a Paula. This monster is the ''only way'' to get Chronos shards.

=== Types of Modes ===
- Gloom; lowest difficulty; good for getting Shadow Equips(?)

- Normal; Not great, not bad for shards(?)

- Boss; hardest difficulty; best for shards(?)

=== Where to Exchange ===
There's the [[Harkon Defense Custom Exchanges|Custom Exchange for MS Stones]] and the regular exchange. I will cover the regular exchange only in this section; please click on the link for the other exchange.

You need to go to Mega Shop and use Mind's Eye. Next to Rosemary is '''Stella''' by herself, ready to exchange shards and equipment with you.

== XV. Poseidon's Blessing (Clover+Bonus) ==
When you successfully defend a Harkon Sanctuary in its entirety, you get a Poseidon's Blessing. This nerfs the monsters in a given area as well as increases SC chances with CID! Yes, it's true! Check your map before you CID!
[[File:Clover map tapasco.png|thumb|What a Clover/Poseidon's Blessing looks like for Tapasco]]
[[File:Clover map.png|none|thumb|452x452px|'''General Map of the Towns''' and where their C'''lover''' would be if they had Poseidon's Blessing. '''NOTE''': "ROSE GARDEN" ONLY MEANS GATE OF VAMP CASTLE, NOT EVENT GARDEN---EVENT GARDEN IS CONSIDERED MEGALOPOLIS!!!]]

== XVI. Other FAQ ==
'''Q: What is the red Empathy Aura Combo Meter on my Build screen?'''

'''A''': IGNORE IT. IT'S JUST A COMBO METER. It's information overload.

'''Q: Do the number of actions have to be exact?'''

'''A:''' Yes, more or less. You want to be as accurate as possible to reduce your margin of error. Empathy (EM) is exact, SEM is unknown (thought to be exactly 2k but guestimated at 1.6k with regular actions)

'''Q: Why Cookie-cutter?'''

'''A:''' Luckyfist is based off of enemy HP, not so much internal stats, making it ideal for something that can't exactly buff itself. This is meta for epTO because much of the end game bosses, including custom content bosses, are based around incredibly high HP bosses with over 300 million HP.

You tell me that you wouldn't want something that does basically 1/6 of that every 30 seconds for just a slight grind of an investment, versus you hammering at it with your Paula doing 3.5mil damage if you're lucky with PvP eqs+comps+tempers after waiting 3 1/2 minutes for CH5 to pop just spamming hammerspin/equake/rain and that monster STILL cures for half of the damage you just dealt on your Paula then OHKO's your Paula before you could deal more than a full bar of damage.

Yeah. Just make the Cookie-cutter build, dude. Save yourself the misery, especially for Tartarus and custom events.

'''Q: What is squiggle? What is 90 DA?'''

'''A:''' Squiggle is shown in the cookie cutter section--it refers to the picture emote of a jumbled squiggle made when your character exclaims "Nothing is here!" and makes an angry motion. 90 DA refers to the stat, DA, and how much you need in total. This allows you to always have a concrete result of the drill, which is either "Item is found!" with the lightbulb, or the Squiggle.

== XVII. CREDITS ==
Almora’s guide, which I got a hefty amount of information from thanks to how detailed it was. Thank you for my lead into my first guardian. Check it out [http://web.archive.org/web/20161028052334/http://ggftw.com/forum/trickster-online-general-guides/106759-general-guardian-faq.html#post1661047 here]

Geepie, for [http://board.playtrickster.com/index.php?/topic/11082-guardians/ another great guide]

Infinity, the guild, for first helping me with my first ever guardian on rTO.

BeProud and JjaeQT, for helping give advice regarding builds.

Bunny, for good ideas for other hints and helpful tips to add to the guide.

All my friends that had no idea what to do about their guardians to the point where it became essential to create this guide.

The admin and mods for continuing to try your hardest to making this place worthwhile.

All my hats and fuses that inspire me to keep playing.

Only select images and content belong to me. I am in no way doing this for any reason but educational purposes. Thank you for reading.
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== General Info ==
Making a wiki is a thankless job. In this page, I want to celebrate the great figures, contributors, and archivists that make this wiki possible, and give them the thanks they deserve! Not only that, but my friends who have helped me immensely along the way.

== Wiki Contributors ==
- '''Mewsie''' -- Owner and main wiki editor (and writer of this page!)

- '''Cinnamoroll''' - Senior editor; cheerleading squad, artist, and major excel addict

- '''Hartlock''' - Junior editor; omnipresent yet hidden at the same time

- '''Xade''' - Junior editor; up and coming, and starting at his own pace

- '''kitty93213''' - Front-end Developer; most recent to the crew and eager to start

== Former Contributors ==
- '''BillyBass''' - Former Co editor in chief; Guide creator and IT specialist

= The following contributors are personal from Mewsie: =

== Game Credits ==
'''NTREEV''', for making one charming game and keeping it alive as long as you did.

'''epTO staff''', for making sure I have a home and giving me somewhere to contribute to and show my worth

== Trickster Community Credits/Idols/Friends/etc ==
'''Caiterz'''--for being my personal inspiration and hero

'''Raymonf'''--for being the rock and foundation that is the official archive

'''Almora'''--for making the first kickass guardian guide and giving me a head start on my own research for my own guide

'''BeProud'''--for being the official living Trickster encyclopedia and carrying me through many of these years with your knowledge

'''Mimzy'''--for standing up for me and believing in me when no one else would

'''Abby'''--you are an absolute sweetheart and an amazing friend, talented artist, and well-rounded individual; I have enjoyed the pleasure of watching you grow up immensely

'''Ghostie'''--for always being the voice of clarity at times

'''My guild Meow'''--for being my rock and biggest cheerleading squad

'''Cinnamoroll'''--for being so passionate about following in my footsteps that you make me feel like I could be as great as Caiterz one day, or maybe even am in your eyes

'''Eusebio'''--for being the best bro I could ask for. Thank you for getting me into PvP and extending my Trickster journey. You have been an amazing friend and grinder and I cherish you deeply

'''Mayhem'''--for elevating my Trickster gameplay and also being an amazing friend

'''Brigidi'''--for being a sweet and positive gift to not only the guild but my heart as well

'''Philter'''--for giving me the Trickster experience through fresh and entertaining eyes again

'''mamiff'''--for being with me all these years and tolerating my abuse in exchange for the chance at getting my dark attribute stones tee hee

'''Lexi'''--for being the sweetest fuse queen

'''Halo'''--for being one of my besties through so much turbulence and turmoil. I am grateful to still have your support

'''Habu'''--for being a positive force in my journey on this earth and a role model; I hope to one day be as devoted as you

'''Hisyaryu'''--for teaching me about PvP, various metas, and grinding efficiently with my buffalo as well as lending gear for him. You're a real one

'''Jupiter'''--for being not only a returning member of Meow, but a shining example of who I can only hope everyone that steps into the guild comes out to be. You are so kind, please never change

'''Sunrise'''--for always being there for me when you could, and not forgetting about me when life got busy

'''Torres'''--for giving me a good friend when I had very little, and giving me the experience of a friendship I've never felt before. You have a special place in my heart, always; thank you for everything

'''Jdaud'''--for always being a sweetheart trying to look on the positive side of things

'''Sombra'''--for being a sturdy rock to those who need it, and a cherished friend to those who don't

'''Starboy'''--for being a cherished friend through all these years, despite many rocky roads

'''Beanie'''--for being a positive influence and light in my life; thank you for being there for me, even when I am not there for myself

'''Hazard'''--for being one of the few whales nice to me and guiding me through various metas, including explaining in depth how the cooldown bug worked; you are a genius

'''Danny'''--for being the nicest whale (and PvP at that) to me and encouraging me on my journey. You are a sweetheart, and yes I know what you say in your private chats with the boysTM--it does not change how I feel about you

'''Flora'''--for being the Barbie I always dreamt of being

Other '''Mew'''--for being an absolute sweetheart and making me believe not only in redemption for our shared alias but for myself as well

'''newpage 1/Ahmad'''--you're crazy bro but I love you to pieces, and hope things get better for you soon; thanks for all the pointers you gave me

'''newpage 2/Noor'''--you're a great PvPer and I envy your stats, and a fair merchant as well; thanks for playing with me

'''chiusagi'''--thank you for believing in me all those years ago; I love you and miss you dearly

'''Kasia'''--we are crazy together and I love every second of our madness; may we never change in the way people hope but rather the way we need

'''D7'''--for kickstarting my PvP journey with that gear; I have enjoyed much of it along the way in part thanks to you

'''DragonPower'''--for helping me believe in my sheep, PvP abilities, and nice PvPers again

'''Yuragi'''--for being an absolute beast at this game and teaching me a bunch of stuff I wouldn't have otherwise dreamt of

'''Ferd'''--for being the funnest "ex-husband" I could ask for; I enjoy our banter greatly

== Real Life Credits ==
'''Mom and Dad'''--I would be broken and lost without you two. Your love and support is boundless

'''Wawwie'''--I love you dearly and I know you love me to pieces. I am so happy to have you as my grandmother

'''Jack'''--the sweetest boy cat in the world, may you rest in peace for all the years you brought that to me

'''Happy'''--my sweet baby boy kitten who can finally breathe thanks to his diaphragm repair and play like a regular, healthy kitten

'''Mary'''--for taking the time to get to know me and be by my side all this time

'''Alex'''--for being my friend throughout all these years, even through periods where we don't talk for ages at a time

'''Andrew'''--it is rough having me as your sibling, but I hope you know I wouldn't have it any other way than with you as my younger brother. Thanks for playing games with me including Trickster when no one else did.

'''Luke'''--you are one of the most successful people I know and your whole life sounds like one, big, crazy adventure; I hope you enjoy the ride, despite it all

'''Brian'''--you told me about this game back in 2008 in an off-moment and were ultimately the cause of so much joy, effort, and time spent making friends, having fun, and playing this game all these years, and yet you'll never know how much it all means to me, as I'm sure you'd find it silly since you quit early on back in 2008/2009, and probably never thought about the game again. Thank you, for all that you have brought into my life, without meaning to.

'''Duncan'''--you are an amazing boss and I'm glad to have held the pleasure of working by your side twice now

'''Billy'''--I had to include you outside of Trickster. We not only met there back in what, 2008, but we've been friends since, and even met, went to a concert together where I almost died (best story EVER), and have been working on this wiki together; thank you for everything you have done for me and for being there

'''Ariel'''--I had to include you here, too; growing up with you has been an insane pleasure and I can NOT wait to be your bridesmaid, AHHHHHHHHH!!!! YOU TWO ARE SO CUTE TOGETHER OMG

== Other Credits ==
'''Mason'''--thank you for being there for me so many times when things got bleak and being someone to chat with when I was lonely or had news

'''Kory'''--you are one intelligent cookie and I'm proud of the man you've grown to be

'''Nardos'''--your humor is amazing and I love your vivid yet subtle personality; I expect great things from you

'''Pingu'''--I love your art and everything you do, I just wish you believed in yourself more, but that will come in time; I will believe in you for us, both!

'''Kiwi'''--You are hilarious and I love seeing you bring so much discussion to our friend server, thank you for still thinking of us

'''Paul'''--you're a simple man, so I'll keep it simple: you're amazing, doing amazing, and I believe in you. Thank you for reminding me to take my own advice

'''Olivia'''--I'm proud of who you are and what you've grown into. Your journey is unconventional but I am glad to be there alongside your process and hear how well you're doing

'''Finn'''--It's been a long road but I hope the journeys we've taken will pave a better path forward; I've missed you bud

'''Moop'''--you're doing amazing dude; I always believed in you! Thank you for believing in me, too; I miss hosting that server with you and the gang

'''wert'''--you are zany, dorky, and incredibly hilarious; I miss joking with you on that server together and building and tinkering with nonsense together

'''Sulf'''--for always believing in me and my competency, enough to try to teach me Java on multiple occasions and helping me with other projects; I miss the server and hope we can hang together soon

'''Joe'''--you are amazing and have gotten so far in your life, even in the time I have known you. You deserve nothing but the best dude and I hope you get it all one day

'''Ceru'''--you are such an intelligent guy and I'm so happy to have had you as a best friend; I miss our days on the server where we chatted daily

'''Ray'''--I can't believe how long we've known each other; I still remember when we were kids on Skype together talking about music

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Mew's Guardian Guide

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== About This Guide: ==
Are you stuck on your guardian? Do you not know where to start? Do you want insider tips and tricks to speeding up the process? Do you like pictures and a comprehensible layout for your guides? Look no further! Mew’s got you covered. From a decade old player and the proud owner of currently 9 guardians on rTO and 2 legendaries and 1 mighty on epTO, here is my in-depth and fantastic guide into the wonderful world of guardians.

My IGN is [[User:Realadminhours|Mewsie]] and I am a collector of fashion-related items. I have 9 guardians at the time of this guide on rTO alone (3 legendaries including one spinel, 3 superior, 1 normal, and 3 mighty), all of them I like to use to fit my itch for fashion. I also was able to make a legendary in a day (CID+build) on epTO. If you see me running around, feel free to say “Hello”! I will not hesitate to help if I possibly can. I’ve lead more Tricksters on this topic than I’d like to admit, so I figured “Why not make an all-encompassing guide?”.

My goal is to be the most descriptive guide out there so it’s a one-stop-shop for your guardian needs!

This guide has been a WIP since maybe 2017-2018 and I never intend to call it finished--there is always more information to learn. I originally held this on the rTO forums, and then on a stand-alone document after.

'''If you are looking for a TLDR''', [[Guardian Guide (TLDR)|here you go]].

== I. General Questions ==

=== Q. What is a guardian? ===

# A guardian is a familiar that permanently follows you around and assists in PvE (NOTE: NOT PvP) using skills.

=== Q. How do I know what skills my guardian can use? ===

# The skills are marked by a green flag at the top-left hand corner. It looks a lot like this. [[File:Cure icon.png|35x35px]] You also can right click the skill at the NPC and the like and it will say on there as well

=== Q. How long will it take to do this? ===

# '''Long answer:''' Well, assuming you mean solely the Empathy portion, it depends on 3 things: prep, type, and method. The more you research and collect items beforehand, essentially, the quicker the process goes. As for the remainder, that's solely up to you. I don't like to level, so it took me an undetermined amount of time to finish. You can technically start this whole thing at level 65.
# '''Short answer:''' My first guardian was a legendary and took me 10 days with minimal prep time and a lot of complaining to friends for cards. My second legendary I got in less than 3 days (you can only do so much Card ID, you know what I mean?)

=== Q: What is empathy? ===

# Empathy is a “secret” point system that builds your guardian’s total build. You cannot see empathy at any time (although you can see the results of your labor after you do it a certain amount of times and level up the stat). The result is a build graph that looks very similar to the one in your MyView. I will explain more later.

=== Q. What is secret empathy? ===

# That's a tricky one to explain in short. I will explain later.

=== Q. What is the best for me? ===

# Depends on your play style. Do more research and you'll see what's your best fit. I do have a cookie-cutter build later in the guide for those who are interested in bossing, and on epTO, is considered THE meta for all events as well as koi/kro (AKA: All end game content). If you are not interested in Tartarus and the end game content as well as bossing, pick the design that speaks to your soul! You'll be stuck with it, after all.

=== Q. I want a legendary first! Do you have any advice? ===

# Honestly, in rTO it used to not have much ROI to make, but on here, it's worth a slight bit of DPS boost if you really want it. You can get a full set of SCs within 800-1k cards, which means you'll basically be at legendary anyway. Make sure you CID first!!! I normally would not recommend it, and I still don't since the DPS is slightly negligible, but hey, more power to you.

=== Q. I DON'T want legendary first! Do you have any tips? ===

# CID BEFORE PLANTING YOUR SEED. That way there you don't soft-lock your character while you're trying to get all the SCs!!! Get the SCs first!!! Card farm first!!! Worry about building later, you don't need to plan for it, don't worry about it just yet, just CID first and then plant.

If I skipped a major question that can be explained in under a paragraph, please let me know. Otherwise, let’s begin!

== II. Card Identification Questline ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* Level 65+, 2nd job+
* One of each Arcana Card
* 5 Harkon Shards

'''TIP''': Play the game normally from Blooming Cora to finishing Azteca. You should be level 66 at least at that point in normal servers, and can be up to 100 or higher in epTO

'''TIP''': Card Girl’s riddles 1 and 2 in Southwest Forest and Gate of Azteca have 2 of the 4 Arcana cards

'''TIP''': Ask around for the other two arcana cards. Other than this quest, they're basically worthless to players so they probably will be more than happy to give them to you.

'''TIP''': The shards are found inside Harkon Heirlooms. These are drilled in Path to Mermaid 1&2 OR dropped by Cone Stones in the same area. Drilling is easier.

=== Method: ===
Essentially all you need is on this link [https://wikimirror.lifeto.co/wiki.ggftw.com/trickster/Card_Identification_Quests_Guide.html here]. Brief description below.

Find the Poppouri in Poppouri Cave - Rainbow Cave. Anyone can essentially be teleported to the crawlspace, so don't let it fool you. Fairy Nono will essentially ask for each Arcana Card individually, where after you hand it in, you need to fight the monster that corresponds with each type. After the last “test”, you speak to Fairy Nono again, then speak to Artisan Poppuri in Moss Cave with the 5 harkon shards, then go BACK to Fairy Nono and get the Card Identification Skill.

== III. Soul Seed Questline ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* Level 135+, 3rd job
* Questionable Letter in Inventory
* CID questline finished (YOU DON’T NEED ALL SCS FOR THIS!!)
* Access to Mirage Island Field 6 (Finishing the Mirage Questline up to Mirage Island Field 4’s Sandmen quests [yes you have to complete the 4 sandmen’s quests])
* 10x Iron Knight’s, Brass Knight’s, Bone Fighter’s, Bone Warrior’s, and Bone Magician’s Souls
* 15x Cobra Flower, Tooth Flower, Mud Bigfoot, and Lotus Wormhole Seeds

'''TIP:''' You don’t have to give up your Dimensional Key if you don’t want to at the end. You can keep it and go to Eclipse’s dimension whenever you want. However, it cannot be stored in your bank, so be wary of that. You also won’t get the Dimensional Card Pack, which means you won’t get a free Secret Card.

'''TIP''': Collect all the items beforehand.

'''TIP''': You probably have some of the souls if you got 3rd job on your own without buying anything. If not or you don’t have enough, you can get the souls at various places in Vamp Castle.

'''TIP''': All the Seeds are gotten in Swamp.

'''TIP''': Make sure you collected your Questionable Letter from your System Mail.

=== Method: ===
Essentially, everything can be found [https://wikimirror.lifeto.co/wiki.ggftw.com/trickster/Soul_Seed_Quests_Guide.html here] step-by-step.

If you haven’t done Mirage when you were in Oops Warf your first time, it’ll definitely be easier to do so now. You can learn about the Mirage Questline [https://wikimirror.lifeto.co/wiki.ggftw.com/trickster/Episode_3_Quests.html here]. However, you only need the sandmen’s quests completed to get through.

== IV. Soul Guardian Questline ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* Level 180+
* Third Job
* Matured Poseidon Seed
* Harkon
* Honey Tea
* All 16 SC cards for the Secret Space Map

=== Method: ===
The first thing you need to do is collect all 16 Secret Cards, and then check the “Secret” tab on your MyView. This allows you to go to Janus’s Secret Hideaway - Memory of Flames. Make sure to bring your Honey Tea and Harkon. You can easily make Honey Tea and get Harkon via Blacksmith Marx quests. Janus will ask you to kill a Red Flame Monster for him after you talk to him again. He’ll send you to Eclipse, where she will ask for an “Unknown item” which is your Honey Tea. Then, she sends you to Don Danihen who requires you to kill your Doppleganger which mirrors your level after talking to the Abraxas Mirror. Finishing that, just talk to Little Rosaline until she sends you back to Janus, who will give you your completed guardian.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

'''TIP''': If you plan on making any guardian requiring SEM, I *highly suggest* you CID for them instead of buying them, as you’ll eventually get each of them.

'''TIP''': Harkon can be received by doing Blacksmith Marx’s questlines at Snow Hill, Techichi, and Tapasco Mines. You can also drill it up (rarely) in Techichi Fields, Tapasco Fields, Gate of Abyss, and Spicy Dragon’s boss room.

== V. Soul Guardian Questline 2nd+ ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* One or more guardians
* Harkon (NOT in epTO!)
* Potentially a Soul Ticket, if this is beyond your 2nd.
* Space Map
* Poseidon OR Spinel Seed (doesn’t matter if mature or not)

=== Method: ===
Literally just use the Space Map after getting your new guardian seed to whatever build you like, talk to Janus, give him the Harkon, and you’re done. It’s that easy. Check if you need a Soul Ticket beforehand. You get 2 free guardian slots (courtesy of Janus), but after that, you need a Soul Ticket for every guardian you want.

'''NOTE''': In epTO, you get a Spinel seed for free at the end of Episode 6!

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== VI. Card Identification & Empathy/Secret Empathy ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* CID skill
* Monster and Character Cards
* Some ability to mix and match

'''TIP''': General questing gives character cards.

'''TIP''': If you start a character from scratch and get it through all the way to Azteca (totally do-able in a day), you will have ample cards to get started, character and monster alike.

'''TIP''': People will generally sell cards for 15,000-40,000 galder. 15k-40k is the universal price. Up to 300k means they’re usually for a skill mastery. Do not let people rip you off.

'''TIP''': If you are doing a legendary guardian, do NOT start this process before you get your soul seed. Trust me. You’re better off.

=== About CID: ===
Card Identification is the natural method to getting Secret Cards and secret empathy points for your soul seed. You must CID if it is your first guardian to gain Secret Cards, unless you buy them from other players. You can also get other goodies such as compound stones, potions, and chaos feathers, all scaled based on the level you get to.
[[File:Cid diagram.png|thumb|Diagram of CID]]

=== Diagram of CID: ===
'''Stage''' - How many cards this playthrough you’ve used without losing all your lives

'''Life''' - How many times you can fail before it boots you from this minigame

'''Life bar''' - Diagram of the lives you have comparatively

'''Playing Cards''' - As all boardgames, this is where you play

'''Card in use''' - This is the card you used this round

'''Combo''' - How many pairs in a row you’ve discovered. You can get extra lives with better combos

'''Symbol''' (see: Top-right of revealed cards) - These are based on suites you’d find in a normal card-game along with 4 colours each. These are how you know what to pair with if you don’t want to hover over the board all the time

'''Pair''' - Same-symboled, same-imaged cards. Your goal.

=== BEFORE YOU CID - CARD INFO: ===
[[File:Cid card example.png|thumb|CID Card example]]
This part of the guide is something you must, must, must know before you even start. Many people are unaware of how the process works or how cards influence their minigameplay. This is where you will know more than many people already with a guardian do.

This is a diagram of a simple card when you right click on one or press “view” in the card inventory menu. Notice anything on the card or under a specific tab that may be of use to us? When you right click, you can tell which cards are going to give a certain amount of Life to our CID process at the beginning. Use the higher-numbered cards for the first stage *only*. This will help for when you make mistakes. From the second stage-on, you should use +3 Life cards. Many people wonder why they can’t get to higher stages but THIS IS MAINLY WHY!! It isn’t a lack of skill, it’s the lack of resource utilization. Make sure to check how much life your cards give before using them. Also, if you make combos, you can gain lives easily. Be aware of that.

NOTE: THERE WILL BE ONE OUTLIER CARD!! THIS ONE CANNOT BE MATCHED. Match the other ones in order to reveal this one!

=== CID - Q&A ===
Q. How many cards will I need?

# The answer is simple: No one knows. You will need an upwards of 1,000, guaranteed, if you’re going for a legendary. If you’re going for just regular/mighty/superior, then you will need about 800 to get a full set. After that is up to how you CID/if you do anything fortune-related/anything else SEM-related. The only difference is Spinel where you need about double anything

Q. Do I need to CID/get secret empathy?

# The only ones that need SEM are Legendary and Accomplished, however, all of the guardians need Secret Cards, which can only be obtained mainly by CID. Neither of these mentioned guardians do anything but change appearance, have a different title, and can hold a certain amount of skills more/less than others. It also gives you some credit towards patience, but if you’re not in it for looks, not really necessary. Accomplished looks like Mighty guardians since they share the same sprite and Legendary is its own visual. Based on that is how you want to go about it. If you don’t want a Legendary or Accomplished, congrats. You don’t need SEM!! Pat yourself on the back because you just skipped something very time-consuming and money-capturing.

Q. Should I do CID first or after setting up my EM?

# You should CID first. This will affect how you set up your EM completely, and if you’re going for an Accomplished guardian, make-or-break your guardian plans in general since that relies on that +2 as the final.

=== HOW REGULAR EMPATHY WORKS ===
[[File:Guardian build screen.png|thumb|Your new best friend: The Guardian WIP Build screen]]
There’s 4 types of regular empathy: Power, Charm, Magic, and Sense. Each of these numbers on this diagram here are said types which correlate with the 4 different types of characters in the game.

You gain empathy by doing several things. This table will tell you most of what is known regarding gaining empathy.

'''NOTE''': The Empathy Aura Info combo bar is just a combo bar, nothing more! It is NOT an EXP bar! Ignore it!

=== Regular Empathy Guide: ===
'''Note''': “level” in this chart means “level cap” so the max level it applies to the guardian.
[[File:Guardian empathy table 1.png|none|thumb|[[File:Guardian empathy table 2.png|thumb]]Regular Empathy Chart]]

=== HOW SECRET EMPATHY WORKS ===
You gain secret empathy by using a card for CID, getting past stage 3 in CID, matching 2 SC tiles to gain a SC in CID, and any fortune read from Stella. The numbers were released a little while ago, and are attached if you scroll down a bit more. I’m just going to tell you this expedites the process by doing any of these and the more you do the later 3 things, the less cards you are going to need. This is why no one gives a straight number. Because there is no straight number. It’s all on you. The number could be 1500-1800, but with Spinel, this number doubles–expect at least 3500 cards with her.

What SEM is going to do to your seed is give it +1 for each type except one, which will be +2. This, to the extent of my knowledge, is pure RNG. You won’t be able to see the empathy until after it hatches, which is where the “Secret” comes from. It’s up to you to mark that last 3 flashes caused by CID/fortune-telling. But, you must, must, must finish with CID and not Fortune-Telling. If it no longer glows at Fortune-telling, CID until it stops flashing from doing so.

TIP: Hate matching games? Mill it. This is where you start CID, select a card, right click, exit, and repeat. I like to do this near the end because I have grown to hate CID. I actually add that I click on four cards, just to check to see if there’s any SCs there (you would be surprised what I’ve gotten on stage 1).
[[File:Guardian sem guide.png|center|thumb|'''Guardian SEM guide'''. Note that you need to level SEM twice (~2000 points) so if you just milled cards without doing anything else (i.e. playing the game to get a SC, doing fortunes, etc.) it will cost ~2000 cards, but probably upwards of that.]]
'''Note''': “level” in this chart means “level cap” so the max level it applies to the guardian.

'''NOTE''' towards fortunes:

only stat bonus -> 0 gives special empathy points

if a stat is raised by +0 -> no special empathy points

Joker and DX fortune bonus-> no special empathy points

== VII. Universal Guardian Information ==
# Your first guardian requires 16 Secret Cards, but any guardian after your first one can use a Janus Map (bought in MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian)
# All builds start out at 0,0,0,0.
# Any builds that end up at 0 at the end will be turned into 1 automatically after hatching.
# All stats cause the seed to mature, or be unable to adjust the build, at 6 points of regular empathy, so plan accordingly.
# Type of guardian is determined by the highest number in the build. If it’s two of the same, the one that has more experience put into it will be the resulting type.
## Ex. If you did 10 shimmers more than “4” on charm and did only up to “4” in power, it’ll end up a charm type.
# All guardians can learn skills after hatching, but only ones with the green bookmark at the top-left. Ex. [[File:Cure icon.png]]
# You can name/rename your guardian with a Soul Feather Pen, found in MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian.[[File:Guardian runes.png|thumb|Guardian Runes]]
# All guardians (except Spinels) start out with a single-target attack. You can buy yellow runes to change to either multi-targeting or auto-targeting in MyShop> Pet&Drill> RuneStone. (runes pictured above)
# Guardians cannot learn 2nd job skills without the corresponding Blue Rune. Buy them at MyShop> Pet&Drill> RuneStone. There’s one for each 2nd job type.
# Blue Rune types allow for both characters of said type’s skills (i.e. Cochma’s Rune allows both Lion and Fox 2nd job skills), so you don’t need two runes for the same type.
# You can only have one rune per slot, so if you want to change runes, the one equipped will be destroyed and replaced with the new rune.
# After your second guardian, you must purchase a Soul Ticket for another guardian slot. You can purchase this at MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian.
# You can’t replace the Top-left rune or add one to the Green slot. Original Trickster Online development never got that far.
# Spinels are naturally the hardest to obtain.
# Spinel seed+Secret Map package is sold under MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian, as well as regular Poseidon Seeds and Secret Maps. NOTE: IF YOU BUY THE SPINEL PACKAGE, YOU WILL GET THE SEED AND THE MAP. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY ANOTHER!!!!

=== Guardian Types and Looks ===
[[File:Guardians preview.png]]Now, guardians from easiest to hardest...

== VIII. The Regular Guardian ==
Literally any guardian that isn’t Mighty, Accomplished, Superior, or Legendary.

4~12 points.

Cannot be 3,3,3,3!!! This creates a superior build.

'''TIP''': If you’re just doing your first guardian to get to Spinel, if you have all your SCs, you can just hatch it immediately with a 0,0,0,0 build. It will end up a 1,1,1,1 after hatching and you can start on your Spinel right away!

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== IX. The Mighty Guardian ==
Builds at 13~15 points. Easiest is 14 points. If you decide to max one of your guardians’ stats, do this last. Otherwise you’ll end up with less than desirable. It’s just inefficient. This is also the best starting build for a bossing guardian, which I will explain later.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== X. The Legendary Guardian ==
18~19 points. Requires CID.

Yes, the alleged “hardest” build. It’s probably the longest, yes, but it is NOT the hardest. Most people feel it’s hard because it’s tedious, but it is definitely middle-of-the-road.

CID until it stops flashing when you use cards. Throw in some Fortune-telling to speed up the process. CID is the only thing necessary.

PLEASE for the love of all things beautiful and hat-filled, read this section [link to IV]. Please. Please. I hate repeating myself and I abhor inefficiency.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

=== REMINDERS: ===
-THE SEM IS RANDOM. YOU CANNOT PREDICT THIS. PAY ATTENTION TO THE FLASHES!!!!!!!

- PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE LIFE OF YOUR CARDS!!! YOU COULD BE WASTING YOUR HARD-EARNED/SPENT CARDS!!!

- YOU CANNOT SEE SEM POINTS UNTIL AFTER YOU HATCH SO PAY ATTENTION TO THE FLASHES!!!!

== XI. The Superior Guardian ==
Requires either 8 (2,2,2,2), 12 (3,3,3,3) OR 16 (4,4,4,4) AFTER hatch. Unlike Legendary and regular, you can’t be reckless. Mirrors Mighty’s need for specific numbers.

How to make sure you get the guardian you want:

# Plan, plan, plan!
# Pay attention when you do everything. Keep your build up at all times and watch what affects it and what doesn’t.
# Do NOT do your desired stat last. And do NOT stop your desired stat the second it goes to 3 or 4 (whichever build you are looking at). I like to do it first, but only because that’s the one I pay attention to the least and allow it to keep going a bit longer than needed.
# Your desired stat must, must, must be the one with the most “extra” put into it without exceeding 3 or 4 points (depending on your build). A lot of guides get this wrong and tell you to do your desired stat last, but that makes it much, much harder to remotely get the one you want. It’s how people who are going for a power superior get a charm and vice versa.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== XII. The Accomplished Guardian ==
Only allows for 16 point builds. Everything must be 4,4,4,4 *AFTER* hatching *AND* CID!!!!!!!!! REQUIRES CID. Literally the hardest to do. The love child of Legendary and Superior Guardians.

You thought Legendary was hard? Try one you can actually truly fail at.

Do your SEM process first. For the love of hats, please pay attention to the flashes. You can NOT do this build without that knowledge. When you’re finished SEM, start with EM. You need to make it 3 across the board except for the SEM’s +2 (THIS IS WHERE YOU PAID ATTENTION TO THE FLASHES, RIGHT????????).

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

=== '''NOTE: IF YOUR SEM’S +2 LANDS ON YOUR DESIRED TYPE, YOU CAN NOT, I REPEAT, CANNOT GET THAT GUARDIAN.''' ===

== XIII. The Cookie Cutter Build (Mighty/Legendary) ==
Other builds found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here].

This works for most characters, but you may want to adjust one or two stats, depending on your character type. It is the most optimal for boss-hunting, especially soloing Koi, which is the intention for this guardian. This will be a Legendary/Mighty Ifron with the Poseidon/default seed, depending on whether or not you do the full SEM or not.

The best build for this is 3263, or 3 power, 2 magic, 6 sense, 3 charm.
[[File:Legendary kamon.png|center|thumb|+2 Sense legendary with Cookie-Cutter build]]

=== The way to build this: ===
[[File:Squiggle tile.png|thumb|'''Squiggle Tile''' (Spam click with 90 DA in a "Nothing is Here!" Spot)]]
View character profiles (preferably a private one, via spam-click): 2 charm

Consume 7.5k hp pots: 3 power, 3 charm

Consume 5k MP pots: 3 power, 2 magic, 1 sense, 3 charm

Drill (spam-click a squiggle tile* until level 3, then drill WITH items until 6): 3 power, 2 magic, 6 sense, 3 charm

=== Condensed build ===
(not recommended; can’t learn mana arrow+arrow rush for penguins or cure and skunk pouch is more likely to fail; also, potential to fail the build is higher due to the “nothing found” bug, but you are welcome to try; '''DO NOT USE IF YOU ARE A MAGIC TYPE'''):[[File:Cochma and louis rune.png|thumb|Cochma and Louis Runes. Buy Louis first (but see the next warning first)!!!]]7.5k HP potions: 3 power, 1 charm

5k MP potions: 3 power, 2 magic, 1 charm

AFK drill: 3 power, 2 magic, 6 sense, 1 charm

=== Skills to know: ===
[[File:Cookie cutter skill order.png|thumb|'''Skill order to use''' (Magic/Sense with input on left; Regular on right). Note that cure is put in singular slots if you so choose to have it.]]
'''Power''': '''Shockvibe''' and '''Luck Breaker''' (''1st power npc; magic/sense chars with input'') <big>'''''OR'''''</big> '''Faint''' (''Buff 2nd npc'')''', Luck Breaker''' (*Optional; ''Power 1st npc, good for with input'')''', Shockwave''' (''power/charm chars, also can be used for magic/sense for addtnl boss damage without input from player so preferred for epTO End Game Events, but it and its passive does not always work'')

'''Magic –''' ''1st Mage NPC'': '''Mana Arrow''' (lv 10); '''Arrow Rush''' (lv 10)

'''Sense –''' ''First Sense Job NPC'': '''Stone Strike''' (lv 10); '''Armor Destroyer''' (1); '''Lucky Seven''' (10); ''Lion 2nd job NPC:'' '''Shield Breaker''' (10); '''Lucky Fist''' (10)

'''Charm –''' ''1st charm NPC'': '''Skunk Pouch'''

=== WARNING: If you wear a Louis’s rune to equip Faint+Guardbreak, it will still apply to shockwave after you equip Cochma to get Shieldbreaker+Lucky Fist (this bug only applies to passive skills, not active ones, for those that are interested in building; AKA THIS IS WHY LUCKYFIST GUARDIAN WORKS!!!!) ===
'''Disclaimer''': If you are a '''mage''', do '''NOT''' use Louis’s rune and instead opt for Luck Breaker (Power) and Magic Defense Break (Charm). (Do this variant '''*only if*''' you want to also attack ''alongside'' the guardian. Otherwise, follow along as normal with Faint/AB/SW skills and the Louis rune first)

'''Disclaimer''': If you are a '''Sense''' type using long-ranged (throwing, guns), use Skunk Pouch / Lucky fist / Luck Break / Shield Break on repeatable slots and '''Sticky Foot''' on singular slots. If you did sense to 6, you should be able to do this just fine. If not, just ignore Sticky Foot.

== XIV. Harkon Defense ==

=== About HD ===
Harkon Defense is a mini-game mode centered around tower defense and guardian. You can use this game mode to get decent/BIS equips (depending on your class) and exclusive fuses and pets. There also is a [[Harkon Defense Custom Exchanges|MS Stone exchange]] in epTO as well as an event-basis Token of True Trickster exchange. Check it out--it's worth it!

=== Pregaming ===
To get to Harkon Defense, you first need to get a Popeye Anenome card [[File:Popeye anenome card.png]]. Popeye Anenomes are in Ghost Blue Field 1 and drop the Light Pink Coral, NOT THE CASH BOXES. Speak to Eclipse in Event Garden and get the '''Mind's Eye''' skill. PLEASE NOTE: You do NOT have to give up your Eclipse Key if you want a free teleport to Mega--just talk to her only once!

=== Getting to actual HD ===
After you speak to Eclipse and get Mind's Eye, wait for a message like this to pop up:

[[File:Harkon defense ghost blue 2min.png]]

There is an alert in your chatbox and overlaying above the center-top of your screen 10 minutes, 2 minutes, and when it starts as well as the town you need to be in. Go to the town and use Mind's Eye. Look at the top right of your screen to your mini map before and after you do so--2 to 3 new red dots should have appeared--hover over them to find Stella (one of the new red dots) and go there. Depending on how quick you are, Eclipse may or may not already be there. You have to wait until you see this message to see Eclipse pop in and for you to talk to her to get into the Sanctuary.

[[File:Ghost blue shadow world open.png]]

You can enter at any point from this point on as long as the next message does not pop up; it means the sanctuary was lost.
[[File:Ghost blue sanctuary lost.png|left]]

=== How to HD ===
[[File:Harkon defense guide image.png|thumb|'''General Diagram to HD''']]
So in HD there's a lot going on. Your primary objective is to defeat the shadow monsters and keep the statues alive. You get a new window that shows the health, monsters, and players at every statue. I've labeled most of it in this diagram on the side so you can use it for reference.

When you first enter, assuming you go right away, you have about 2 minutes to buff. You also get pop-up messages indicating the type of Harkon Defense it is--Gloom, Normal, or Boss. I'll get into those later. After that, you must defend the harkon statues. The health is bugged to show more than is actually there, so be careful!

When the timer is almost up, a boss will appear--Chronos! Don't worry, this is not the True Kronos you have heard legends about from Tartarus--this is a different boss with way less health, but it's still annoying to kill if you're not a Paula. This monster is the ''only way'' to get Chronos shards.

=== Types of Modes ===
- Gloom; lowest difficulty; good for getting Shadow Equips(?)

- Normal; Not great, not bad for shards(?)

- Boss; hardest difficulty; best for shards(?)

=== Where to Exchange ===
There's the [[Harkon Defense Custom Exchanges|Custom Exchange for MS Stones]] and the regular exchange. I will cover the regular exchange only in this section; please click on the link for the other exchange.

You need to go to Mega Shop and use Mind's Eye. Next to Rosemary is '''Stella''' by herself, ready to exchange shards and equipment with you.

== XV. Poseidon's Blessing (Clover+Bonus) ==
When you successfully defend a Harkon Sanctuary in its entirety, you get a Poseidon's Blessing. This nerfs the monsters in a given area as well as increases SC chances with CID! Yes, it's true! Check your map before you CID!
[[File:Clover map tapasco.png|thumb|What a Clover/Poseidon's Blessing looks like for Tapasco]]
[[File:Clover map.png|none|thumb|452x452px|'''General Map of the Towns''' and where their C'''lover''' would be if they had Poseidon's Blessing. '''NOTE''': "ROSE GARDEN" ONLY MEANS GATE OF VAMP CASTLE, NOT EVENT GARDEN---EVENT GARDEN IS CONSIDERED MEGALOPOLIS!!!]]

== XVI. Other FAQ ==
'''Q: What is the red Empathy Aura Combo Meter on my Build screen?'''

'''A''': IGNORE IT. IT'S JUST A COMBO METER. It's information overload.

'''Q: Do the number of actions have to be exact?'''

'''A:''' Yes, more or less. You want to be as accurate as possible to reduce your margin of error. Empathy (EM) is exact, SEM is unknown (thought to be exactly 2k but guestimated at 1.6k with regular actions)

'''Q: Why Cookie-cutter?'''

'''A:''' Luckyfist is based off of enemy HP, not so much internal stats, making it ideal for something that can't exactly buff itself. This is meta for epTO because much of the end game bosses, including custom content bosses, are based around incredibly high HP bosses with over 300 million HP.

You tell me that you wouldn't want something that does basically 1/6 of that every 30 seconds for just a slight grind of an investment, versus you hammering at it with your Paula doing 3.5mil damage if you're lucky with PvP eqs+comps+tempers after waiting 3 1/2 minutes for CH5 to pop just spamming hammerspin/equake/rain and that monster STILL cures for half of the damage you just dealt on your Paula then OHKO's your Paula before you could deal more than a full bar of damage.

Yeah. Just make the Cookie-cutter build, dude. Save yourself the misery, especially for Tartarus and custom events.

'''Q: What is squiggle? What is 90 DA?'''

'''A:''' Squiggle is shown in the cookie cutter section--it refers to the picture emote of a jumbled squiggle made when your character exclaims "Nothing is here!" and makes an angry motion. 90 DA refers to the stat, DA, and how much you need in total. This allows you to always have a concrete result of the drill, which is either "Item is found!" with the lightbulb, or the Squiggle.

== XVII. CREDITS ==
Almora’s guide, which I got a hefty amount of information from thanks to how detailed it was. Thank you for my lead into my first guardian. Check it out [http://web.archive.org/web/20161028052334/http://ggftw.com/forum/trickster-online-general-guides/106759-general-guardian-faq.html#post1661047 here]

Geepie, for [http://board.playtrickster.com/index.php?/topic/11082-guardians/ another great guide]

Infinity, the guild, for first helping me with my first ever guardian on rTO.

BeProud and JjaeQT, for helping give advice regarding builds.

Bunny, for good ideas for other hints and helpful tips to add to the guide.

All my friends that had no idea what to do about their guardians to the point where it became essential to create this guide.

The admin and mods for continuing to try your hardest to making this place worthwhile.

All my hats and fuses that inspire me to keep playing.

Only select images and content belong to me. I am in no way doing this for any reason but educational purposes. Thank you for reading.
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Mew's Guardian Guide

2025-02-20T18:08:43Z

Realadminhours: /* Skills to know: */ updated skills

== About This Guide: ==
Are you stuck on your guardian? Do you not know where to start? Do you want insider tips and tricks to speeding up the process? Do you like pictures and a comprehensible layout for your guides? Look no further! Mew’s got you covered. From a decade old player and the proud owner of currently 9 guardians on rTO and 2 legendaries and 1 mighty on epTO, here is my in-depth and fantastic guide into the wonderful world of guardians.

My IGN is [[User:Realadminhours|Mewsie]] and I am a collector of fashion-related items. I have 9 guardians at the time of this guide on rTO alone (3 legendaries including one spinel, 3 superior, 1 normal, and 3 mighty), all of them I like to use to fit my itch for fashion. I also was able to make a legendary in a day (CID+build) on epTO. If you see me running around, feel free to say “Hello”! I will not hesitate to help if I possibly can. I’ve lead more Tricksters on this topic than I’d like to admit, so I figured “Why not make an all-encompassing guide?”.

My goal is to be the most descriptive guide out there so it’s a one-stop-shop for your guardian needs!

This guide has been a WIP since maybe 2017-2018 and I never intend to call it finished--there is always more information to learn. I originally held this on the rTO forums, and then on a stand-alone document after.

'''If you are looking for a TLDR''', [[Guardian Guide (TLDR)|here you go]].

== I. General Questions ==

=== Q. What is a guardian? ===

# A guardian is a familiar that permanently follows you around and assists in PvE (NOTE: NOT PvP) using skills.

=== Q. How do I know what skills my guardian can use? ===

# The skills are marked by a green flag at the top-left hand corner. It looks a lot like this. [[File:Cure icon.png|35x35px]] You also can right click the skill at the NPC and the like and it will say on there as well

=== Q. How long will it take to do this? ===

# '''Long answer:''' Well, assuming you mean solely the Empathy portion, it depends on 3 things: prep, type, and method. The more you research and collect items beforehand, essentially, the quicker the process goes. As for the remainder, that's solely up to you. I don't like to level, so it took me an undetermined amount of time to finish. You can technically start this whole thing at level 65.
# '''Short answer:''' My first guardian was a legendary and took me 10 days with minimal prep time and a lot of complaining to friends for cards. My second legendary I got in less than 3 days (you can only do so much Card ID, you know what I mean?)

=== Q: What is empathy? ===

# Empathy is a “secret” point system that builds your guardian’s total build. You cannot see empathy at any time (although you can see the results of your labor after you do it a certain amount of times and level up the stat). The result is a build graph that looks very similar to the one in your MyView. I will explain more later.

=== Q. What is secret empathy? ===

# That's a tricky one to explain in short. I will explain later.

=== Q. What is the best for me? ===

# Depends on your play style. Do more research and you'll see what's your best fit. I do have a cookie-cutter build later in the guide for those who are interested in bossing, and on epTO, is considered THE meta for all events as well as koi/kro (AKA: All end game content). If you are not interested in Tartarus and the end game content as well as bossing, pick the design that speaks to your soul! You'll be stuck with it, after all.

=== Q. I want a legendary first! Do you have any advice? ===

# Honestly, in rTO it used to not have much ROI to make, but on here, it's worth a slight bit of DPS boost if you really want it. You can get a full set of SCs within 800-1k cards, which means you'll basically be at legendary anyway. Make sure you CID first!!! I normally would not recommend it, and I still don't since the DPS is slightly negligible, but hey, more power to you.

=== Q. I DON'T want legendary first! Do you have any tips? ===

# CID BEFORE PLANTING YOUR SEED. That way there you don't soft-lock your character while you're trying to get all the SCs!!! Get the SCs first!!! Card farm first!!! Worry about building later, you don't need to plan for it, don't worry about it just yet, just CID first and then plant.

If I skipped a major question that can be explained in under a paragraph, please let me know. Otherwise, let’s begin!

== II. Card Identification Questline ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* Level 65+, 2nd job+
* One of each Arcana Card
* 5 Harkon Shards

'''TIP''': Play the game normally from Blooming Cora to finishing Azteca. You should be level 66 at least at that point in normal servers, and can be up to 100 or higher in epTO

'''TIP''': Card Girl’s riddles 1 and 2 in Southwest Forest and Gate of Azteca have 2 of the 4 Arcana cards

'''TIP''': Ask around for the other two arcana cards. Other than this quest, they're basically worthless to players so they probably will be more than happy to give them to you.

'''TIP''': The shards are found inside Harkon Heirlooms. These are drilled in Path to Mermaid 1&2 OR dropped by Cone Stones in the same area. Drilling is easier.

=== Method: ===
Essentially all you need is on this link [https://wikimirror.lifeto.co/wiki.ggftw.com/trickster/Card_Identification_Quests_Guide.html here]. Brief description below.

Find the Poppouri in Poppouri Cave - Rainbow Cave. Anyone can essentially be teleported to the crawlspace, so don't let it fool you. Fairy Nono will essentially ask for each Arcana Card individually, where after you hand it in, you need to fight the monster that corresponds with each type. After the last “test”, you speak to Fairy Nono again, then speak to Artisan Poppuri in Moss Cave with the 5 harkon shards, then go BACK to Fairy Nono and get the Card Identification Skill.

== III. Soul Seed Questline ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* Level 135+, 3rd job
* Questionable Letter in Inventory
* CID questline finished (YOU DON’T NEED ALL SCS FOR THIS!!)
* Access to Mirage Island Field 6 (Finishing the Mirage Questline up to Mirage Island Field 4’s Sandmen quests [yes you have to complete the 4 sandmen’s quests])
* 10x Iron Knight’s, Brass Knight’s, Bone Fighter’s, Bone Warrior’s, and Bone Magician’s Souls
* 15x Cobra Flower, Tooth Flower, Mud Bigfoot, and Lotus Wormhole Seeds

'''TIP:''' You don’t have to give up your Dimensional Key if you don’t want to at the end. You can keep it and go to Eclipse’s dimension whenever you want. However, it cannot be stored in your bank, so be wary of that. You also won’t get the Dimensional Card Pack, which means you won’t get a free Secret Card.

'''TIP''': Collect all the items beforehand.

'''TIP''': You probably have some of the souls if you got 3rd job on your own without buying anything. If not or you don’t have enough, you can get the souls at various places in Vamp Castle.

'''TIP''': All the Seeds are gotten in Swamp.

'''TIP''': Make sure you collected your Questionable Letter from your System Mail.

=== Method: ===
Essentially, everything can be found [https://wikimirror.lifeto.co/wiki.ggftw.com/trickster/Soul_Seed_Quests_Guide.html here] step-by-step.

If you haven’t done Mirage when you were in Oops Warf your first time, it’ll definitely be easier to do so now. You can learn about the Mirage Questline [https://wikimirror.lifeto.co/wiki.ggftw.com/trickster/Episode_3_Quests.html here]. However, you only need the sandmen’s quests completed to get through.

== IV. Soul Guardian Questline ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* Level 180+
* Third Job
* Matured Poseidon Seed
* Harkon
* Honey Tea
* All 16 SC cards for the Secret Space Map

=== Method: ===
The first thing you need to do is collect all 16 Secret Cards, and then check the “Secret” tab on your MyView. This allows you to go to Janus’s Secret Hideaway - Memory of Flames. Make sure to bring your Honey Tea and Harkon. You can easily make Honey Tea and get Harkon via Blacksmith Marx quests. Janus will ask you to kill a Red Flame Monster for him after you talk to him again. He’ll send you to Eclipse, where she will ask for an “Unknown item” which is your Honey Tea. Then, she sends you to Don Danihen who requires you to kill your Doppleganger which mirrors your level after talking to the Abraxas Mirror. Finishing that, just talk to Little Rosaline until she sends you back to Janus, who will give you your completed guardian.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

'''TIP''': If you plan on making any guardian requiring SEM, I *highly suggest* you CID for them instead of buying them, as you’ll eventually get each of them.

'''TIP''': Harkon can be received by doing Blacksmith Marx’s questlines at Snow Hill, Techichi, and Tapasco Mines. You can also drill it up (rarely) in Techichi Fields, Tapasco Fields, Gate of Abyss, and Spicy Dragon’s boss room.

== V. Soul Guardian Questline 2nd+ ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* One or more guardians
* Harkon (NOT in epTO!)
* Potentially a Soul Ticket, if this is beyond your 2nd.
* Space Map
* Poseidon OR Spinel Seed (doesn’t matter if mature or not)

=== Method: ===
Literally just use the Space Map after getting your new guardian seed to whatever build you like, talk to Janus, give him the Harkon, and you’re done. It’s that easy. Check if you need a Soul Ticket beforehand. You get 2 free guardian slots (courtesy of Janus), but after that, you need a Soul Ticket for every guardian you want.

'''NOTE''': In epTO, you get a Spinel seed for free at the end of Episode 6!

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== VI. Card Identification & Empathy/Secret Empathy ==

=== Pre-requisites: ===

* CID skill
* Monster and Character Cards
* Some ability to mix and match

'''TIP''': General questing gives character cards.

'''TIP''': If you start a character from scratch and get it through all the way to Azteca (totally do-able in a day), you will have ample cards to get started, character and monster alike.

'''TIP''': People will generally sell cards for 15,000-40,000 galder. 15k-40k is the universal price. Up to 300k means they’re usually for a skill mastery. Do not let people rip you off.

'''TIP''': If you are doing a legendary guardian, do NOT start this process before you get your soul seed. Trust me. You’re better off.

=== About CID: ===
Card Identification is the natural method to getting Secret Cards and secret empathy points for your soul seed. You must CID if it is your first guardian to gain Secret Cards, unless you buy them from other players. You can also get other goodies such as compound stones, potions, and chaos feathers, all scaled based on the level you get to.
[[File:Cid diagram.png|thumb|Diagram of CID]]

=== Diagram of CID: ===
'''Stage''' - How many cards this playthrough you’ve used without losing all your lives

'''Life''' - How many times you can fail before it boots you from this minigame

'''Life bar''' - Diagram of the lives you have comparatively

'''Playing Cards''' - As all boardgames, this is where you play

'''Card in use''' - This is the card you used this round

'''Combo''' - How many pairs in a row you’ve discovered. You can get extra lives with better combos

'''Symbol''' (see: Top-right of revealed cards) - These are based on suites you’d find in a normal card-game along with 4 colours each. These are how you know what to pair with if you don’t want to hover over the board all the time

'''Pair''' - Same-symboled, same-imaged cards. Your goal.

=== BEFORE YOU CID - CARD INFO: ===
[[File:Cid card example.png|thumb|CID Card example]]
This part of the guide is something you must, must, must know before you even start. Many people are unaware of how the process works or how cards influence their minigameplay. This is where you will know more than many people already with a guardian do.

This is a diagram of a simple card when you right click on one or press “view” in the card inventory menu. Notice anything on the card or under a specific tab that may be of use to us? When you right click, you can tell which cards are going to give a certain amount of Life to our CID process at the beginning. Use the higher-numbered cards for the first stage *only*. This will help for when you make mistakes. From the second stage-on, you should use +3 Life cards. Many people wonder why they can’t get to higher stages but THIS IS MAINLY WHY!! It isn’t a lack of skill, it’s the lack of resource utilization. Make sure to check how much life your cards give before using them. Also, if you make combos, you can gain lives easily. Be aware of that.

NOTE: THERE WILL BE ONE OUTLIER CARD!! THIS ONE CANNOT BE MATCHED. Match the other ones in order to reveal this one!

=== CID - Q&A ===
Q. How many cards will I need?

# The answer is simple: No one knows. You will need an upwards of 1,000, guaranteed, if you’re going for a legendary. If you’re going for just regular/mighty/superior, then you will need about 800 to get a full set. After that is up to how you CID/if you do anything fortune-related/anything else SEM-related. The only difference is Spinel where you need about double anything

Q. Do I need to CID/get secret empathy?

# The only ones that need SEM are Legendary and Accomplished, however, all of the guardians need Secret Cards, which can only be obtained mainly by CID. Neither of these mentioned guardians do anything but change appearance, have a different title, and can hold a certain amount of skills more/less than others. It also gives you some credit towards patience, but if you’re not in it for looks, not really necessary. Accomplished looks like Mighty guardians since they share the same sprite and Legendary is its own visual. Based on that is how you want to go about it. If you don’t want a Legendary or Accomplished, congrats. You don’t need SEM!! Pat yourself on the back because you just skipped something very time-consuming and money-capturing.

Q. Should I do CID first or after setting up my EM?

# You should CID first. This will affect how you set up your EM completely, and if you’re going for an Accomplished guardian, make-or-break your guardian plans in general since that relies on that +2 as the final.

=== HOW REGULAR EMPATHY WORKS ===
[[File:Guardian build screen.png|thumb|Your new best friend: The Guardian WIP Build screen]]
There’s 4 types of regular empathy: Power, Charm, Magic, and Sense. Each of these numbers on this diagram here are said types which correlate with the 4 different types of characters in the game.

You gain empathy by doing several things. This table will tell you most of what is known regarding gaining empathy.

'''NOTE''': The Empathy Aura Info combo bar is just a combo bar, nothing more! It is NOT an EXP bar! Ignore it!

=== Regular Empathy Guide: ===
'''Note''': “level” in this chart means “level cap” so the max level it applies to the guardian.
[[File:Guardian empathy table 1.png|none|thumb|[[File:Guardian empathy table 2.png|thumb]]Regular Empathy Chart]]

=== HOW SECRET EMPATHY WORKS ===
You gain secret empathy by using a card for CID, getting past stage 3 in CID, matching 2 SC tiles to gain a SC in CID, and any fortune read from Stella. The numbers were released a little while ago, and are attached if you scroll down a bit more. I’m just going to tell you this expedites the process by doing any of these and the more you do the later 3 things, the less cards you are going to need. This is why no one gives a straight number. Because there is no straight number. It’s all on you. The number could be 1500-1800, but with Spinel, this number doubles–expect at least 3500 cards with her.

What SEM is going to do to your seed is give it +1 for each type except one, which will be +2. This, to the extent of my knowledge, is pure RNG. You won’t be able to see the empathy until after it hatches, which is where the “Secret” comes from. It’s up to you to mark that last 3 flashes caused by CID/fortune-telling. But, you must, must, must finish with CID and not Fortune-Telling. If it no longer glows at Fortune-telling, CID until it stops flashing from doing so.

TIP: Hate matching games? Mill it. This is where you start CID, select a card, right click, exit, and repeat. I like to do this near the end because I have grown to hate CID. I actually add that I click on four cards, just to check to see if there’s any SCs there (you would be surprised what I’ve gotten on stage 1).
[[File:Guardian sem guide.png|center|thumb|'''Guardian SEM guide'''. Note that you need to level SEM twice (~2000 points) so if you just milled cards without doing anything else (i.e. playing the game to get a SC, doing fortunes, etc.) it will cost ~2000 cards, but probably upwards of that.]]
'''Note''': “level” in this chart means “level cap” so the max level it applies to the guardian.

'''NOTE''' towards fortunes:

only stat bonus -> 0 gives special empathy points

if a stat is raised by +0 -> no special empathy points

Joker and DX fortune bonus-> no special empathy points

== VII. Universal Guardian Information ==
# Your first guardian requires 16 Secret Cards, but any guardian after your first one can use a Janus Map (bought in MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian)
# All builds start out at 0,0,0,0.
# Any builds that end up at 0 at the end will be turned into 1 automatically after hatching.
# All stats cause the seed to mature, or be unable to adjust the build, at 6 points of regular empathy, so plan accordingly.
# Type of guardian is determined by the highest number in the build. If it’s two of the same, the one that has more experience put into it will be the resulting type.
## Ex. If you did 10 shimmers more than “4” on charm and did only up to “4” in power, it’ll end up a charm type.
# All guardians can learn skills after hatching, but only ones with the green bookmark at the top-left. Ex. [[File:Cure icon.png]]
# You can name/rename your guardian with a Soul Feather Pen, found in MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian.[[File:Guardian runes.png|thumb|Guardian Runes]]
# All guardians (except Spinels) start out with a single-target attack. You can buy yellow runes to change to either multi-targeting or auto-targeting in MyShop> Pet&Drill> RuneStone. (runes pictured above)
# Guardians cannot learn 2nd job skills without the corresponding Blue Rune. Buy them at MyShop> Pet&Drill> RuneStone. There’s one for each 2nd job type.
# Blue Rune types allow for both characters of said type’s skills (i.e. Cochma’s Rune allows both Lion and Fox 2nd job skills), so you don’t need two runes for the same type.
# You can only have one rune per slot, so if you want to change runes, the one equipped will be destroyed and replaced with the new rune.
# After your second guardian, you must purchase a Soul Ticket for another guardian slot. You can purchase this at MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian.
# You can’t replace the Top-left rune or add one to the Green slot. Original Trickster Online development never got that far.
# Spinels are naturally the hardest to obtain.
# Spinel seed+Secret Map package is sold under MyShop> Pet&Drill> Guardian, as well as regular Poseidon Seeds and Secret Maps. NOTE: IF YOU BUY THE SPINEL PACKAGE, YOU WILL GET THE SEED AND THE MAP. YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY ANOTHER!!!!

=== Guardian Types and Looks ===
[[File:Guardians preview.png]]Now, guardians from easiest to hardest...

== VIII. The Regular Guardian ==
Literally any guardian that isn’t Mighty, Accomplished, Superior, or Legendary.

4~12 points.

Cannot be 3,3,3,3!!! This creates a superior build.

'''TIP''': If you’re just doing your first guardian to get to Spinel, if you have all your SCs, you can just hatch it immediately with a 0,0,0,0 build. It will end up a 1,1,1,1 after hatching and you can start on your Spinel right away!

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== IX. The Mighty Guardian ==
Builds at 13~15 points. Easiest is 14 points. If you decide to max one of your guardians’ stats, do this last. Otherwise you’ll end up with less than desirable. It’s just inefficient. This is also the best starting build for a bossing guardian, which I will explain later.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== X. The Legendary Guardian ==
18~19 points. Requires CID.

Yes, the alleged “hardest” build. It’s probably the longest, yes, but it is NOT the hardest. Most people feel it’s hard because it’s tedious, but it is definitely middle-of-the-road.

CID until it stops flashing when you use cards. Throw in some Fortune-telling to speed up the process. CID is the only thing necessary.

PLEASE for the love of all things beautiful and hat-filled, read this section [link to IV]. Please. Please. I hate repeating myself and I abhor inefficiency.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

=== REMINDERS: ===
-THE SEM IS RANDOM. YOU CANNOT PREDICT THIS. PAY ATTENTION TO THE FLASHES!!!!!!!

- PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE LIFE OF YOUR CARDS!!! YOU COULD BE WASTING YOUR HARD-EARNED/SPENT CARDS!!!

- YOU CANNOT SEE SEM POINTS UNTIL AFTER YOU HATCH SO PAY ATTENTION TO THE FLASHES!!!!

== XI. The Superior Guardian ==
Requires either 12 (3,3,3,3) OR 16 (4,4,4,4) AFTER hatch. Unlike Legendary and regular, you can’t be reckless. Mirrors Mighty’s need for specific numbers.

How to make sure you get the guardian you want:

# Plan, plan, plan!
# Pay attention when you do everything. Keep your build up at all times and watch what affects it and what doesn’t.
# Do NOT do your desired stat last. And do NOT stop your desired stat the second it goes to 3 or 4 (whichever build you are looking at). I like to do it first, but only because that’s the one I pay attention to the least and allow it to keep going a bit longer than needed.
# Your desired stat must, must, must be the one with the most “extra” put into it without exceeding 3 or 4 points (depending on your build). A lot of guides get this wrong and tell you to do your desired stat last, but that makes it much, much harder to remotely get the one you want. It’s how people who are going for a power superior get a charm and vice versa.

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

== XII. The Accomplished Guardian ==
Only allows for 16 point builds. Everything must be 4,4,4,4 *AFTER* hatching *AND* CID!!!!!!!!! REQUIRES CID. Literally the hardest to do. The love child of Legendary and Superior Guardians.

You thought Legendary was hard? Try one you can actually truly fail at.

Do your SEM process first. For the love of hats, please pay attention to the flashes. You can NOT do this build without that knowledge. When you’re finished SEM, start with EM. You need to make it 3 across the board except for the SEM’s +2 (THIS IS WHERE YOU PAID ATTENTION TO THE FLASHES, RIGHT????????).

'''TIP''': You can check out meta builds [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here] for this server's endgame content.

=== '''NOTE: IF YOUR SEM’S +2 LANDS ON YOUR DESIRED TYPE, YOU CAN NOT, I REPEAT, CANNOT GET THAT GUARDIAN.''' ===

== XIII. The Cookie Cutter Build (Mighty/Legendary) ==
Other builds found [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SkdhgabTyefBNrZ_WfSMQdHrddwXcTSJDchQWQl--GU/edit?gid=0#gid=0 here].

This works for most characters, but you may want to adjust one or two stats, depending on your character type. It is the most optimal for boss-hunting, especially soloing Koi, which is the intention for this guardian. This will be a Legendary/Mighty Ifron with the Poseidon/default seed, depending on whether or not you do the full SEM or not.

The best build for this is 3263, or 3 power, 2 magic, 6 sense, 3 charm.
[[File:Legendary kamon.png|center|thumb|+2 Sense legendary with Cookie-Cutter build]]

=== The way to build this: ===
[[File:Squiggle tile.png|thumb|'''Squiggle Tile''' (Spam click with 90 DA in a "Nothing is Here!" Spot)]]
View character profiles (preferably a private one, via spam-click): 2 charm

Consume 7.5k hp pots: 3 power, 3 charm

Consume 5k MP pots: 3 power, 2 magic, 1 sense, 3 charm

Drill (spam-click a squiggle tile* until level 3, then drill WITH items until 6): 3 power, 2 magic, 6 sense, 3 charm

=== Condensed build ===
(not recommended; can’t learn mana arrow+arrow rush for penguins or cure and skunk pouch is more likely to fail; also, potential to fail the build is higher due to the “nothing found” bug, but you are welcome to try; '''DO NOT USE IF YOU ARE A MAGIC TYPE'''):[[File:Cochma and louis rune.png|thumb|Cochma and Louis Runes. Buy Louis first (but see the next warning first)!!!]]7.5k HP potions: 3 power, 1 charm

5k MP potions: 3 power, 2 magic, 1 charm

AFK drill: 3 power, 2 magic, 6 sense, 1 charm

=== Skills to know: ===
[[File:Cookie cutter skill order.png|thumb|'''Skill order to use''' (Magic/Sense with input on left; Regular on right). Note that cure is put in singular slots if you so choose to have it.]]
'''Power''': '''Shockvibe''' and '''Luck Breaker''' (''1st power npc; magic/sense chars with input'') <big>'''''OR'''''</big> '''Faint''' (''Buff 2nd npc'')''', Luck Breaker''' (*Optional; ''Power 1st npc, good for with input'')''', Shockwave''' (''power/charm chars, also can be used for magic/sense for addtnl boss damage without input from player so preferred for epTO End Game Events, but it and its passive does not always work'')

'''Magic –''' ''1st Mage NPC'': '''Mana Arrow''' (lv 10); '''Arrow Rush''' (lv 10)

'''Sense –''' ''First Sense Job NPC'': '''Stone Strike''' (lv 10); '''Armor Destroyer''' (1); '''Lucky Seven''' (10); ''Lion 2nd job NPC:'' '''Shield Breaker''' (10); '''Lucky Fist''' (10)

'''Charm –''' ''1st charm NPC'': '''Skunk Pouch'''

=== WARNING: If you wear a Louis’s rune to equip Faint+Guardbreak, it will still apply to shockwave after you equip Cochma to get Shieldbreaker+Lucky Fist (this bug only applies to passive skills, not active ones, for those that are interested in building; AKA THIS IS WHY LUCKYFIST GUARDIAN WORKS!!!!) ===
'''Disclaimer''': If you are a '''mage''', do '''NOT''' use Louis’s rune and instead opt for Luck Breaker (Power) and Magic Defense Break (Charm). (Do this variant '''*only if*''' you want to also attack ''alongside'' the guardian. Otherwise, follow along as normal with Faint/AB/SW skills and the Louis rune first)

'''Disclaimer''': If you are a '''Sense''' type using long-ranged (throwing, guns), use Skunk Pouch / Lucky fist / Luck Break / Shield Break on repeatable slots and '''Sticky Foot''' on singular slots. If you did sense to 6, you should be able to do this just fine. If not, just ignore Sticky Foot.

== XIV. Harkon Defense ==

=== About HD ===
Harkon Defense is a mini-game mode centered around tower defense and guardian. You can use this game mode to get decent/BIS equips (depending on your class) and exclusive fuses and pets. There also is a [[Harkon Defense Custom Exchanges|MS Stone exchange]] in epTO as well as an event-basis Token of True Trickster exchange. Check it out--it's worth it!

=== Pregaming ===
To get to Harkon Defense, you first need to get a Popeye Anenome card [[File:Popeye anenome card.png]]. Popeye Anenomes are in Ghost Blue Field 1 and drop the Light Pink Coral, NOT THE CASH BOXES. Speak to Eclipse in Event Garden and get the '''Mind's Eye''' skill. PLEASE NOTE: You do NOT have to give up your Eclipse Key if you want a free teleport to Mega--just talk to her only once!

=== Getting to actual HD ===
After you speak to Eclipse and get Mind's Eye, wait for a message like this to pop up:

[[File:Harkon defense ghost blue 2min.png]]

There is an alert in your chatbox and overlaying above the center-top of your screen 10 minutes, 2 minutes, and when it starts as well as the town you need to be in. Go to the town and use Mind's Eye. Look at the top right of your screen to your mini map before and after you do so--2 to 3 new red dots should have appeared--hover over them to find Stella (one of the new red dots) and go there. Depending on how quick you are, Eclipse may or may not already be there. You have to wait until you see this message to see Eclipse pop in and for you to talk to her to get into the Sanctuary.

[[File:Ghost blue shadow world open.png]]

You can enter at any point from this point on as long as the next message does not pop up; it means the sanctuary was lost.
[[File:Ghost blue sanctuary lost.png|left]]

=== How to HD ===
[[File:Harkon defense guide image.png|thumb|'''General Diagram to HD''']]
So in HD there's a lot going on. Your primary objective is to defeat the shadow monsters and keep the statues alive. You get a new window that shows the health, monsters, and players at every statue. I've labeled most of it in this diagram on the side so you can use it for reference.

When you first enter, assuming you go right away, you have about 2 minutes to buff. You also get pop-up messages indicating the type of Harkon Defense it is--Gloom, Normal, or Boss. I'll get into those later. After that, you must defend the harkon statues. The health is bugged to show more than is actually there, so be careful!

When the timer is almost up, a boss will appear--Chronos! Don't worry, this is not the True Kronos you have heard legends about from Tartarus--this is a different boss with way less health, but it's still annoying to kill if you're not a Paula. This monster is the ''only way'' to get Chronos shards.

=== Types of Modes ===
- Gloom; lowest difficulty; good for getting Shadow Equips(?)

- Normal; Not great, not bad for shards(?)

- Boss; hardest difficulty; best for shards(?)

=== Where to Exchange ===
There's the [[Harkon Defense Custom Exchanges|Custom Exchange for MS Stones]] and the regular exchange. I will cover the regular exchange only in this section; please click on the link for the other exchange.

You need to go to Mega Shop and use Mind's Eye. Next to Rosemary is '''Stella''' by herself, ready to exchange shards and equipment with you.

== XV. Poseidon's Blessing (Clover+Bonus) ==
When you successfully defend a Harkon Sanctuary in its entirety, you get a Poseidon's Blessing. This nerfs the monsters in a given area as well as increases SC chances with CID! Yes, it's true! Check your map before you CID!
[[File:Clover map tapasco.png|thumb|What a Clover/Poseidon's Blessing looks like for Tapasco]]
[[File:Clover map.png|none|thumb|452x452px|'''General Map of the Towns''' and where their C'''lover''' would be if they had Poseidon's Blessing. '''NOTE''': "ROSE GARDEN" ONLY MEANS GATE OF VAMP CASTLE, NOT EVENT GARDEN---EVENT GARDEN IS CONSIDERED MEGALOPOLIS!!!]]

== XVI. Other FAQ ==
'''Q: What is the red Empathy Aura Combo Meter on my Build screen?'''

'''A''': IGNORE IT. IT'S JUST A COMBO METER. It's information overload.

'''Q: Do the number of actions have to be exact?'''

'''A:''' Yes, more or less. You want to be as accurate as possible to reduce your margin of error. Empathy (EM) is exact, SEM is unknown (thought to be exactly 2k but guestimated at 1.6k with regular actions)

'''Q: Why Cookie-cutter?'''

'''A:''' Luckyfist is based off of enemy HP, not so much internal stats, making it ideal for something that can't exactly buff itself. This is meta for epTO because much of the end game bosses, including custom content bosses, are based around incredibly high HP bosses with over 300 million HP.

You tell me that you wouldn't want something that does basically 1/6 of that every 30 seconds for just a slight grind of an investment, versus you hammering at it with your Paula doing 3.5mil damage if you're lucky with PvP eqs+comps+tempers after waiting 3 1/2 minutes for CH5 to pop just spamming hammerspin/equake/rain and that monster STILL cures for half of the damage you just dealt on your Paula then OHKO's your Paula before you could deal more than a full bar of damage.

Yeah. Just make the Cookie-cutter build, dude. Save yourself the misery, especially for Tartarus and custom events.

'''Q: What is squiggle? What is 90 DA?'''

'''A:''' Squiggle is shown in the cookie cutter section--it refers to the picture emote of a jumbled squiggle made when your character exclaims "Nothing is here!" and makes an angry motion. 90 DA refers to the stat, DA, and how much you need in total. This allows you to always have a concrete result of the drill, which is either "Item is found!" with the lightbulb, or the Squiggle.

== XVII. CREDITS ==
Almora’s guide, which I got a hefty amount of information from thanks to how detailed it was. Thank you for my lead into my first guardian. Check it out [http://web.archive.org/web/20161028052334/http://ggftw.com/forum/trickster-online-general-guides/106759-general-guardian-faq.html#post1661047 here]

Geepie, for [http://board.playtrickster.com/index.php?/topic/11082-guardians/ another great guide]

Infinity, the guild, for first helping me with my first ever guardian on rTO.

BeProud and JjaeQT, for helping give advice regarding builds.

Bunny, for good ideas for other hints and helpful tips to add to the guide.

All my friends that had no idea what to do about their guardians to the point where it became essential to create this guide.

The admin and mods for continuing to try your hardest to making this place worthwhile.

All my hats and fuses that inspire me to keep playing.

Only select images and content belong to me. I am in no way doing this for any reason but educational purposes. Thank you for reading.
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:<code>bodyclass -</code> applies an HTML <code>class</code> attribute to the entire navbox.
:<code>name -</code> the name of the template.
:<code>title -</code> text in the title bar, such as: <nowiki>[[Widget stuff]]</nowiki>.
:<code>titleclass -</code> applies an HTML <code>class</code> attribute to the title bar.
:<code>state - autocollapse, uncollapsed, collapsed</code>: the status of box expansion, where "autocollapse" hides stacked navboxes automatically.

:<code>titlestyle - </code>a CSS style for the title-bar, such as: <code>background:gray;</code>
:<code>groupstyle - </code>a CSS style for the group-cells, such as: <code>background:#eee;</code>

:<code>image - </code>an optional right-side image, coded as the whole image. Typically it is purely decorative, so it should be coded as <code><nowiki>[[Image:</nowiki><var>XX</var><nowiki>.jpg|90px|link=|alt=]]</nowiki></code>.
:<code>imageleft - </code>an optional left-side image (code the same as the "image" parameter).

:<code>above - </code>text to appear above the group/list section (could be a list of overall wikilinks).

:<code>groupn - </code>the left-side text before list-n (if group-n omitted, list-n starts at left of box).
:<code>listn - </code>text listing wikilinks, often separated by middot templates, such as: [<nowiki />[A]]<code>{<nowiki />{·}}</code> [<nowiki />[B]]
:<code>below - </code>optional text to appear below the group/list section.

Further details, and complex restrictions, are explained below under section ''[[#Parameter descriptions|Parameter descriptions]]''. See some alternate navbox formats under: [[#Layout of table|''Layout of table'']].

== Parameter descriptions ==
The following is a complete list of parameters for using {{tl|Navbox}}. In most cases, the only required parameters are <code>name</code>, <code>title</code>, and <code>list1</code>, though [[Template:Navbox/doc#Child navboxes|child navboxes]] do not even require those to be set.

{{tl|Navbox}} shares numerous common parameter names as its sister templates {{tl|Navbox with columns}} and {{tl|Navbox with collapsible groups}} for consistency and ease of use. Parameters marked with an asterisk <nowiki>*</nowiki> are common to all three master templates.

=== Setup parameters ===
:; ''name''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: The name of the template, which is needed for the "v{{·}} d{{·}} e" ("view{{·}} discuss{{·}} edit") links to work properly on all pages where the template is used. You can enter <code><nowiki>{{subst:PAGENAME}}</nowiki></code> for this value as a shortcut. The name parameter is only mandatory if a <code>title</code> is specified, and the <code>border</code> parameter is not set.

:; ''state''<nowiki>*</nowiki> [<code>autocollapse, uncollapsed, collapsed, plain, off</code>]
:* Defaults to <code>autocollapse</code>. A navbox with <code>autocollapse</code> will start out collapsed if there are two or more tables on the same page that use other collapsible tables. Otherwise, the navbox will be expanded. For the technically minded, see {{Blue|MediaWiki:Common.js}}.
:* If set to <code>collapsed</code>, the navbox will always start out in a collapsed state.
:* If set to <code>plain</code>, the navbox will always be expanded with no [hide] link on the right, and the title will remain centered (by using padding to offset the v • d • e links).
:* If set to <code>off</code>, the navbox will always be expanded with no [hide] link on the right, but no padding will be used to keep the title centered. This is for advanced use only; the "plain" option should suffice for most applications where the [show]/[hide] button needs to be hidden.
:*If set to anything other than <code>autocollapse</code>, <code>collapsed</code>, <code>plain</code>, or <code>off</code> (such as "uncollapsed"), the navbox will always start out in an expanded state, but have the "hide" button.

: To show the box when standalone (non-included) but then auto-hide contents when in an article, put "uncollapsed" inside <noinclude> tags:
:* <code>state = </code><nowiki><noinclude>uncollapsed</noinclude></nowiki>
:* That setting will force the box visible when standalone (even when followed by other boxes), displaying "[hide]" but then auto-collapse the box when stacked inside an article.

: Often times, editors will want a default initial state for a navbox, which may be overridden in an article. Here is the trick to do this:
:*In your intermediate template, create a parameter also named "state" as a pass-through like this:
:*<code><nowiki>| state = {{{state<includeonly>|your_desired_initial_state</includeonly>}}}</nowiki></code>
:*The <nowiki><includeonly>|</nowiki> will make the template expanded when viewing the template page by itself.

:; ''navbar''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: Defaults to <code>Tnavbar</code>. If set to <code>plain</code>, the v • d • e links on the left side of the titlebar will not be displayed, and padding will be automatically used to keep the title centered. Use <code>off</code> to remove the v • d • e links, but not apply padding (this is for advanced use only; the "plain" option should suffice for most applications where a navbar is not desired). Note that it is highly recommended that one does not hide the navbar, in order to make it easier for users to edit the template, and to keep a standard style across pages.

:; ''border''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: ''See section below on using navboxes within one another for examples and a more complete description.'' If set to <code>child</code> or <code>subgroup</code>, then the navbox can be used as a borderless child that fits snuggly in another navbox. The border is hidden and there is no padding on the sides of the table, so it fits into the ''list'' area of its parent navbox. If set to <code>none</code>, then the border is hidden and padding is removed, and the navbox may be used as a child of another container (do not use the <code>none</code> option inside of another navbox; similarly, only use the <code>child</code>/<code>subgroup</code> option inside of another navbox). If set to anything else (default), then a regular navbox is displayed with a 1px border. An alternate way to specify the border to be a subgroup style is like this (i.e. use the first unnamed parameter instead of the named ''border'' parameter):
:::<code><nowiki>{{Navbox|child</nowiki></code>
::::<code>...</code>
:::<code><nowiki>}}</nowiki></code>

=== Cells ===
:; ''title''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: Text that appears centered in the top row of the table. It is usually the template's topic, i.e. a succinct description of the body contents. This should be a single line, but if a second line is needed, use <code><nowiki>{{-}}</nowiki></code> to ensure proper centering. This parameter is technically not mandatory, but using {{tl|Navbox}} is rather pointless without a title.

:; ''groupn''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: (i.e. ''group1'', ''group2'', etc.) If specified, text appears in a header cell displayed to the left of ''listn''. If omitted, ''listn'' uses the full width of the table.

:; ''listn''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: (i.e. ''list1'', ''list2'', etc.) The body of the template, usually a list of links. Format is inline, although the text can be entered on separate lines if the entire list is enclosed within <code><nowiki><div> </div></nowiki></code>. At least one ''list'' parameter is required; each additional ''list'' is displayed in a separate row of the table. Each ''listn'' may be preceded by a corresponding ''groupn'' parameter, if provided (see below).

:; ''image''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: An image to be displayed in a cell below the title and to the right of the body (the groups/lists). For the image to display properly, the ''list1'' parameter must be specified. The ''image'' parameter accepts standard wikicode for displaying an image, ''e.g.'':
::: <code><nowiki>[[Image:</nowiki><var>XX</var><nowiki>.jpg|90px|link=|alt=]]</nowiki></code>

:; ''imageleft''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: An image to be displayed in a cell below the title and to the left of the body (lists). For the image to display properly, the ''list1'' parameter must be specified and no groups can be specified. It accepts the same sort of parameter that ''image'' accepts.

:; ''above''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: A full-width cell displayed between the titlebar and first group/list, i.e. ''above'' the template's body (groups, lists and image). In a template without an image, ''above'' behaves in the same way as the ''list1'' parameter without the ''group1'' parameter.

:; ''below''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: A full-width cell displayed ''below'' the template's body (groups, lists and image). In a template without an image, ''below'' behaves in the same way as the template's final ''listn'' parameter without a ''groupn'' parameter.

=== Style parameters ===
Styles are generally not recommended as to maintain consistency among templates and pages in Wikipedia. However, the option to modify styles is given.

:; ''style''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: Specifies CSS styles to apply to the template body. The parameter ''bodystyle'' also does the example same thing and can be used in place of this ''style'' parameter. This option should be used sparingly as it can lead to visual inconsistencies. Examples:
::: <code>style = background:#''nnnnnn'';</code>
::: <code>style = width:''N'' [em/%/px or width:auto];</code>
::: <code>style = float:[''left/right/none''];</code>
::: <code>style = clear:[''right/left/both/none''];</code>

:; ''basestyle''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: CSS styles to apply to the ''title'', ''above'', ''below'', and ''group'' cells all at once. The style are not applied to ''list'' cells. This is convenient for easily changing the basic color of the navbox without having to repeat the style specifications for the different parts of the navbox. Examples:
::: <code>basestyle = background:lightskyblue;</code>

:; ''titlestyle''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: CSS styles to apply to ''title'', most often the titlebar's background color:
::: <code><nowiki>titlestyle = background:</nowiki>''#nnnnnn'';</code>
::: <code><nowiki>titlestyle = background:</nowiki>''name'';</code>

:; ''groupstyle''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: CSS styles to apply to the ''groupN'' cells. This option overrides any styles that are applied to the entire table. Examples:
::: <code>groupstyle = background:#''nnnnnn'';</code>
::: <code>groupstyle = text-align:[''left/center/right''];</code>
::: <code>groupstyle = vertical-align:[''top/middle/bottom''];</code>

:; ''groupnstyle''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: CSS styles to apply to a specific group, in addition to any styles specified by the ''groupstyle'' parameter. This parameter should only be used when absolutely necessary in order to maintain standardization and simplicity. Examples:
::: <code>group3style = background:red;color:white;</code>

:; ''liststyle''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: CSS styles to apply to all lists. Overruled by the ''oddstyle'' and ''evenstyle'' parameters (if specified) below. When using backgound colors in the navbox, see the [[#Intricacies|note below]].

:; ''listnstyle''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: CSS styles to apply to a specific list, in addition to any styles specified by the ''liststyle'' parameter. This parameter should only be used when absolutely necessary in order to maintain standardization and simplicity. Examples:
::: <code>list5style = background:#ddddff;</code>

:; ''listpadding''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: A number and unit specifying the padding in each ''list'' cell. The ''list'' cells come equipped with a default padding of 0.25em on the left and right, and 0em on the top and bottom. Due to complex technical reasons, simply setting "liststyle=padding:0.5em;" (or any other padding setting) will not work. Examples:
::: <code>listpadding = 0.5em 0em; </code> (sets 0.5em padding for the left/right, and 0em padding for the top/bottom.)
::: <code>listpadding = 0em; </code> (removes all list padding.)

:; ''oddstyle''
:; ''evenstyle''
::Applies to odd/even list numbers. Overrules styles defined by ''liststyle''. The default behavior is to add striped colors (white and gray) to odd/even rows, respectively, in order to improve readability. These should not be changed except in extraordinary circumstances.

:; ''evenodd'' <code>[swap, even, odd, off]</code>
:: If set to <code>swap</code>, then the automatic striping of even and odd rows is reversed. Normally, even rows get a light gray background for striping; when this parameter is used, the odd rows receive the gray striping instead of the even rows. Setting to <code>even</code> or <code>odd</code> sets all rows to have that striping color. Setting to <code>off</code> disables automatic row striping. This advanced parameter should only be used to fix problems when the navbox is being used as a child of another navbox and the stripes do not match up. Examples and a further description can be found in the section on child navboxes below.

:; ''abovestyle''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:; ''belowstyle''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: CSS styles to apply to the top cell (specified via the ''above'' parameter) and bottom cell (specified via the ''below'' parameter). Typically used to set background color or text alignment:
::: <code>abovestyle = background:#''nnnnnn'';</code>
::: <code>abovestyle = text-align:[''left/center/right''];</code>

:; ''imagestyle''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:; ''imageleftstyle''<nowiki>*</nowiki>
:: CSS styles to apply to the cells where the image/imageleft sits. These styles should only be used in exceptional circumstances, usually to fix width problems if the width of groups is set and the width of the image cell grows too large. Examples:
::: <code>imagestyle = width:5em;</code>

===== Default styles =====
The style settings listed here are those that editors using the navbox change most often. The other more complex style settings were left out of this list to keep it simple. Most styles are set in {{Blue|MediaWiki:Common.css}}.

:<code>bodystyle = background:#fdfdfd; width:100%; vertical-align:middle;</code>
:<code>titlestyle = background:#ccccff; padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em; text-align:center;</code>
:<code>abovestyle = background:#ddddff; padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em; text-align:center;</code>
:<code>belowstyle = background:#ddddff; padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em; text-align:center;</code>
:<code>groupstyle = background:#ddddff; padding-left:1em; padding-right:1em; text-align:right;</code>
:<code>liststyle = background:transparent; text-align:left/center;</code>
:<code>oddstyle = background:transparent;</code>
:<code>evenstyle = background:#f7f7f7;</code>

Since ''liststyle'' and ''oddstyle'' are transparent odd lists have the color of the ''bodystyle'', which defaults to #fdfdfd (white with a hint of gray). A list has <code>text-align:left;</code> if it has a group, if not it has <code>text-align:center;</code>. Since only ''bodystyle'' has a vertical-align all the others inherit its <code>vertical-align:middle;</code>.

=== Advanced parameters ===
:; ''titlegroup''
:: This puts a group in the title area, with the same default styles as ''groupn''. It should be used only in exceptional circumstances (usually advanced meta-templates) and its use requires some knowledge of the internal code of {{tl|Navbox}}; you should be ready to manually set up CSS styles to get everything to work properly if you wish to use it. If you think you have an application for this parameter, it might be best to change your mind, or consult the talk page first.

:; ''titlegroupstyle''
:: The styles for the titlegroup cell.

:; ''innerstyle''
:: A very advanced parameter to be used ''only'' for advanced meta-templates employing the navbox. Internally, the navbox uses an outer table to draw the border, and then an inner table for everything else (title/above/groups/lists/below/images, etc.). The ''style''/''bodystyle'' parameter sets the style for the outer table, which the inner table inherits, but in advanced cases (meta-templates) it may be necessary to directly set the style for the inner table. This parameter provides access to that inner table so styles can be applied. Use at your own risk.

====Microformats====
;bodyclass : This parameter is inserted into the "class" attribute for the infobox as a whole.
;titleclass : This parameter is inserted into the "class" attribute for the infobox's title caption.

This template supports the addition of microformat information. This is done by adding "class" attributes to various data cells, indicating what kind of information is contained within. To flag a navbox as containing [[w:hCard|hCard]] information about a person, for example, add the following parameter:

<pre>
|bodyclass = vcard
</pre>

''and''

<pre>
|titleclass = fn
</pre>

''or'' (for example):

<pre><nowiki>
|title = The books of [[Iain Banks]]
</nowiki></pre>

...and so forth.

== Layout of table ==
Table generated by {{tl|Navbox}} '''without''' ''image'', ''above'' and ''below'' parameters (gray list background color added for illustration only):
{{Navbox
|name = Navbox/doc
|state = uncollapsed
|liststyle = background:silver;
|title = {{{title}}}
|group1 = {{{group1}}}
|list1 = {{{list1}}}
|group2 = {{{group2}}}
|list2 = {{{list2}}}
|list3 = {{{list3}}} ''without {{{group3}}}''
|group4 = {{{group4}}}
|list4 = {{{list4}}}
}}

Table generated by {{tl|Navbox}} '''with''' ''image'', ''above'' and ''below'' parameters (gray list background color added for illustration only):
{{Navbox
|name = Navbox/doc
|state = uncollapsed
|liststyle = background:silver;
|image = {{{image}}}
|title = {{{title}}}
|above = {{{above}}}
|group1 = {{{group1}}}
|list1 = {{{list1}}}
|group2 = {{{group2}}}
|list2 = {{{list2}}}
|list3 = {{{list3}}} ''without {{{group3}}}''
|group4 = {{{group4}}}
|list4 = {{{list4}}}
|below = {{{below}}}
}}

Table generated by {{tl|Navbox}} '''with''' ''image'', ''imageleft'', ''lists'', and '''without''' ''groups'', ''above'', ''below'' (gray list background color added for illustration only):
{{Navbox
|name = Navbox/doc
|state = uncollapsed
|liststyle = background:silver;
|image = {{{image}}}
|imageleft = {{{imageleft}}}
|title = {{{title}}}
|list1 = {{{list1}}}
|list2 = {{{list2}}}
|list3 = {{{list3}}}
|list4 = {{{list4}}}
}}

== Technical details ==

*This template uses CSS classes for most of its looks, thus it is fully skinnable.
*Internally this meta template uses HTML markup instead of wiki markup for the table code. That is the usual way we make meta templates since wiki markup has several drawbacks. For instance it makes it harder to use [[Help:ParserFunctions|parser functions]] and special characters in parameters.
*For more technical details see the CSS classes in {{Blue|MediaWiki:Common.css}} and the collapsible table used to hide the box in {{Blue|MediaWiki:Common.js}}.

=== Intricacies ===

*The 2px wide border between groups and lists is drawn using the border-left property of the list cell. Thus, if you wish to change the background color of the template (for example <code>bodystyle = background:purple;</code>), then you'll need to make the border-left-color match the background color (i.e. <code>liststyle = border-left-color:purple;</code>). If you wish to have a border around each list cell, then the 2px border between the list cells and group cells will disappear; you'll have to come up with your own solution.
*The list cell width is initially set to 100%. Thus, if you wish to manually set the width of group cells, you'll need to also specify the liststyle to have width:auto. If you wish to set the group width and use images, it's up to you to figure out the CSS in the groupstyle, liststyle, imagestyle, and imageleftstyle parameters to get everything to work correctly. Example of setting group width:
::<code>groupstyle = width:10em;</code>
::<code>liststyle = width:auto;</code>
*Adjacent navboxes have only a 1 pixel border between them (except in IE6, which doesn't support the necessary CSS). If you set the top or bottom margin of <code>style/bodystyle</code>, then this will not work.
*The default margin-left and margin-right of the outer navbox table are set to "auto;". If you wish to use navbox as a float, you need to manually set the margin-left and margin-right values, because the auto margins interfere with the float option. For example, add the following code to use the navbox as a float:
::<code>style = width:22em;float:right;margin-left:1em;margin-right:0em;</code>

== TemplateData ==
{{TemplateData header}}
<templatedata>
{
"format": "block",
"description": {
"en": "This template allows a navigational template to be set up relatively quickly by supplying it one or more lists of links.",
"cs": "Tato šablona umožňuje poměrně rychle nastavit navigační šablonu tím, že jí poskytne jeden nebo více seznamů odkazů."
},
"params": {
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"label": {
"en": "Image",
"cs": "Obraz"
},
"type": "wiki-file-name"
},
"imageleft": {
"label": {
"en": "Image left",
"cs": "Obrázek vlevo"
},
"type": "wiki-file-name"
},
"name": {
"label": {
"en": "Template Name",
"cs": "Název šablony"
},
"description": {
"en": "The name of the template that creates this navbox.",
"cs": "Název šablony, která vytváří toto navigační pole."
},
"autovalue": "{{subst:PAGENAME}}",
"suggested": true,
"type": "wiki-template-name"
},
"title": {
"label": {
"en": "Title",
"cs": "Titul"
},
"type": "string"
},
"above": {
"label": {
"en": "Content above",
"cs": "Obsah výše"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group1": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #1",
"cs": "Skupina 1"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list1": {
"label": {
"en": "List #1",
"cs": "Seznam 1"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group2": {
"label": {
"en": "Group 2",
"cs": "Skupina 2"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list2": {
"label": {
"en": "List #2",
"cs": "Seznam 2"
},
"type": "content"
},
"list3": {
"label": {
"en": "List #3",
"cs": "Seznam 3"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group3": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #3",
"cs": "Skupina 3"
},
"type": "string"
},
"group4": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #4",
"cs": "Skupina 4"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list4": {
"label": {
"en": "List #4",
"cs": "Seznam 4"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group5": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #5",
"cs": "Skupina 5"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list5": {
"label": {
"en": "List #5",
"cs": "Seznam 5"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group6": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #6",
"cs": "Skupina 6"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list6": {
"label": {
"en": "List #6",
"cs": "Seznam 6"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group7": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #7",
"cs": "Skupina 7"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list7": {
"label": {
"en": "List #7",
"cs": "Seznam 7"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group8": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #8",
"cs": "Skupina 8"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list8": {
"label": {
"en": "List #8",
"cs": "Seznam 8"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group9": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #9",
"cs": "Skupina 9"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list9": {
"label": {
"en": "List #9",
"cs": "Seznam 9"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group10": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #10",
"cs": "Skupina 10"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list10": {
"label": {
"en": "List #10",
"cs": "Seznam 10"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group11": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #11",
"cs": "Skupina 11"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list11": {
"label": {
"en": "List #11",
"cs": "Seznam 11"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group12": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #12",
"cs": "Skupina 12"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list12": {
"label": {
"en": "List #12",
"cs": "Seznam 12"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group13": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #13",
"cs": "Skupina 13"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list13": {
"label": {
"en": "List #13",
"cs": "Seznam 13"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group14": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #14",
"cs": "Skupina 14"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list14": {
"label": {
"en": "List #14",
"cs": "Seznam 14"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group15": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #15",
"cs": "Skupina 15"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list15": {
"label": {
"en": "List #15",
"cs": "Seznam 15"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group16": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #16",
"cs": "Skupina 16"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list16": {
"label": {
"en": "List #16",
"cs": "Seznam 16"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group17": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #17",
"cs": "Skupina 17"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list17": {
"label": {
"en": "List #17",
"cs": "Seznam 17"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group18": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #18",
"cs": "Skupina 18"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list18": {
"label": {
"en": "List #18",
"cs": "Seznam 18"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group19": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #19",
"cs": "Skupina 19"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list19": {
"label": {
"en": "List #19",
"cs": "Seznam 19"
},
"type": "content"
},
"group20": {
"label": {
"en": "Group #20",
"cs": "Skupina 20"
},
"type": "string"
},
"list20": {
"label": {
"en": "List #20",
"cs": "Seznam 20"
},
"type": "content"
},
"below": {
"label": {
"en": "Content below",
"cs": "Obsah níže"
},
"type": "content"
}
},
"paramOrder": [
"name",
"title",
"image",
"imageleft",
"above",
"group1",
"list1",
"group2",
"list2",
"group3",
"list3",
"group4",
"list4",
"group5",
"list5",
"group6",
"list6",
"group7",
"list7",
"group8",
"list8",
"group9",
"list9",
"group10",
"list10",
"group11",
"list11",
"group12",
"list12",
"group13",
"list13",
"group14",
"list14",
"group15",
"list15",
"group16",
"list16",
"group17",
"list17",
"group18",
"list18",
"group19",
"list19",
"group20",
"list20",
"below"
]
}
</templatedata>
<includeonly>{{Sandbox other||

[[Category:Formatting templates| ]]


}}</includeonly>

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· <noinclude>

{{documentation}}

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<noinclude>
<languages/>
</noinclude>{{#switch:
| =
{{ombox
| type = content
| image = [[File:OOjs UI icon alert-warning.svg|40px|alt=]]
| imageright =
| text = {{#switch:{{NAMESPACE}}
|Module={{#if:{{{1|}}}
|'''This Lua module is used on approximately {{formatnum:{{{1}}}}} pages.'''
|'''This Lua module is used on many pages.'''
}}
|#default={{#if:{{{1|}}}
|'''This template is used on approximately {{formatnum:{{{1}}}}} pages.'''
|'''This template is used on many pages.'''
}}
}} 
{{#switch:{{NAMESPACE}}
|Module=To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes to this module should first be tested in its [[{{#switch:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|doc|sandbox={{SUBJECTSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|#default={{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}}}/sandbox|/sandbox]] or [[{{#switch:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|doc|sandbox={{SUBJECTSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|#default={{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}}}/testcases|/testcases]] subpages.
|#default=To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes to this template should first be tested in its [[{{#switch:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|doc|sandbox={{SUBJECTSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|#default={{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}}}/sandbox|/sandbox]] or [[{{#switch:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|doc|sandbox={{SUBJECTSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|#default={{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}}}/testcases|/testcases]] subpages or in your own [[Special:MyLanguage/Help:Subpages#Use of subpages|user subpage]].
}}
The tested changes can then be added to this page in one single edit.
{{#if:{{{2|}}}
|Please consider discussing any changes at [[{{trim|{{{2}}}}}]] before implementing them.
|Please consider discussing any changes on the [[{{#switch:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|doc|sandbox={{TALKSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|#default={{TALKPAGENAME}}}}|talk page]] before implementing them.
}}
}}
| #default=
{{#invoke:Template translation|renderTranslatedTemplate|template=Template:High-risk|noshift=1|uselang={{int:lang}}}}
}}<noinclude>
{{Documentation|content=

This is the {{tl|high-risk}} message box. It is meant to be put at the top of the documentation page on the most high-use (high-risk) templates and Lua modules (the template detects the name space), i.e., for templates used on a large number of pages

{{note|1=It is normal that some of the links in the message box are red.}}

=== Usage ===
The template can be used as is.
But it can also take some parameters:

* First parameter is the number of pages.
* Second parameter is the name of some other talk page if you want discussion to be made there instead. But a better option might be to redirect the talkpage of your template to that other talkpage.

===Examples===
<pre>
{{high-risk| 30,000+ | Project:Village Pump}}
</pre>

{{high-risk| 30,000+ | Project:Village Pump}}

<pre>
{{high-risk| 30,000+ }}
</pre>

{{high-risk| 30,000+ }}

<pre>
{{high-risk| | Project:Village Pump}}
</pre>

{{high-risk| | Project:Village Pump}}

The full code for a /doc page top may look like this:

<pre>
{{documentation subpage}}

{{high-risk| 30,000+ }}
</pre>

=== Technical details ===
The [[{{translatable}}/sandbox|/sandbox]] and [[{{translatable}}/testcases|/testcases]] links are the standard names for such subpages.
If those pages are created then the green /doc box for the template will detect them and link to them in its heading.
For instance see the top of this documentation.

=== See also ===
* {{tl|intricate template}} – For the intricate, i.e., complex templates.
* {{tl|pp-template}} – The protection template that usually is put on high-risk templates.
* {{tl|used in system}} – For templates used in the user interface.

}}
</noinclude>

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<noinclude>
<languages/>
</noinclude>{{#switch:<translate></translate>
| =
{{ombox
| type = content
| image = [[File:OOjs UI icon alert-warning.svg|40px|alt=]]
| imageright =
| text = {{#switch:{{NAMESPACE}}
|Module={{#if:{{{1|}}}
|'''<translate> This Lua module is used on approximately <tvar name=5>{{formatnum:{{{1}}}}}</tvar> pages.</translate>'''
|'''<translate> This Lua module is used on many pages.</translate>'''
}}
|#default={{#if:{{{1|}}}
|'''<translate> This template is used on approximately <tvar name=5>{{formatnum:{{{1}}}}}</tvar> pages.</translate>'''
|'''<translate> This template is used on many pages.</translate>'''
}}
}} 
{{#switch:{{NAMESPACE}}
|Module=<translate> To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes to this module should first be tested in its [[<tvar name=4>{{#switch:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|doc|sandbox={{SUBJECTSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|#default={{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}}}/sandbox</tvar>|/sandbox]] or [[<tvar name=5>{{#switch:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|doc|sandbox={{SUBJECTSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|#default={{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}}}/testcases</tvar>|/testcases]] subpages.</translate>
|#default=<translate> To avoid large-scale disruption and unnecessary server load, any changes to this template should first be tested in its [[<tvar name=4>{{#switch:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|doc|sandbox={{SUBJECTSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|#default={{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}}}/sandbox</tvar>|/sandbox]] or [[<tvar name=5>{{#switch:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|doc|sandbox={{SUBJECTSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|#default={{SUBJECTPAGENAME}}}}/testcases</tvar>|/testcases]] subpages or in your own [[<tvar name=9>Special:MyLanguage/Help:Subpages#Use of subpages</tvar>|user subpage]].</translate>
}}
<translate> The tested changes can then be added to this page in one single edit.</translate>
{{#if:{{{2|}}}
|<translate> Please consider discussing any changes at <tvar name=2>[[{{trim|{{{2}}}}}]]</tvar> before implementing them.</translate>
|<translate> Please consider discussing any changes on the [[<tvar name=3>{{#switch:{{SUBPAGENAME}}|doc|sandbox={{TALKSPACE}}:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|#default={{TALKPAGENAME}}}}</tvar>|talk page]] before implementing them.</translate>
}}
}}
| #default=
{{#invoke:Template translation|renderTranslatedTemplate|template=Template:High-risk|noshift=1|uselang={{int:lang}}}}
}}<noinclude>
{{Documentation|content=

<translate> This is the <tvar name="1">{{tl|high-risk}}</tvar> message box.</translate> <translate> It is meant to be put at the top of the documentation page on the most high-use (high-risk) templates and Lua modules (the template detects the name space), i.e., for templates used on a large number of pages</translate>

{{note|1=<translate> It is normal that some of the links in the message box are red.</translate>}}

<translate>
=== Usage === 
</translate>
<translate> The template can be used as is.</translate>
<translate> But it can also take some parameters:</translate>

* <translate> First parameter is the number of pages.</translate>
* <translate> Second parameter is the name of some other talk page if you want discussion to be made there instead.</translate> <translate> But a better option might be to redirect the talkpage of your template to that other talkpage.</translate>

<translate>
===Examples=== 
</translate>
<pre>
{{high-risk| 30,000+ | Project:Village Pump}}
</pre>

{{high-risk| 30,000+ | Project:Village Pump}}

<pre>
{{high-risk| 30,000+ }}
</pre>

{{high-risk| 30,000+ }}

<pre>
{{high-risk| | Project:Village Pump}}
</pre>

{{high-risk| | Project:Village Pump}}

<translate> The full code for a /doc page top may look like this:</translate>

<pre>
{{documentation subpage}}

{{high-risk| 30,000+ }}
</pre>

<translate>
=== Technical details === 
</translate>
<translate> The <tvar name="1">[[{{translatable}}/sandbox|/sandbox]]</tvar> and <tvar name="2">[[{{translatable}}/testcases|/testcases]]</tvar> links are the standard names for such subpages.</translate>
<translate> If those pages are created then the green /doc box for the template will detect them and link to them in its heading.</translate>
<translate> For instance see the top of this documentation.</translate>

<translate>
=== See also === 
</translate>
* {{tl|intricate template}} – <translate> For the intricate, i.e., complex templates.</translate>
* {{tl|pp-template}} – <translate> The protection template that usually is put on high-risk templates.</translate>
* {{tl|used in system}} – <translate> For templates used in the user interface.</translate>

}}
</noinclude>

Template:-

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#REDIRECT [[Template:Clear]]

Module:Effective protection level

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local p = {}

-- Returns the permission required to perform a given action on a given title.
-- If no title is specified, the title of the page being displayed is used.
function p._main(action, pagename)
local title
if type(pagename) == 'table' and pagename.prefixedText then
title = pagename
elseif pagename then
title = mw.title.new(pagename)
else
title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
end
pagename = title.prefixedText
if action ~= 'edit' and action ~= 'move' and action ~= 'create' and action ~= 'upload' then
error( 'First parameter must be one of edit, move, create, upload', 2 )
end
if title.namespace == 8 then -- MediaWiki namespace
if title.contentModel == 'javascript' or title.contentModel == 'css' then -- site JS or CSS page
return 'interfaceadmin'
else -- any non-JS/CSS MediaWiki page
return 'sysop'
end
elseif title.namespace == 2 and title.isSubpage then
if title.contentModel == 'javascript' or title.contentModel == 'css' then -- user JS or CSS page
return 'interfaceadmin'
elseif title.contentModel == 'json' then -- user JSON page
return 'sysop'
end
end
local level = title.protectionLevels[action] and title.protectionLevels[action][1]
if level == 'sysop' or level == 'editprotected' then
return 'sysop'
elseif title.cascadingProtection.restrictions[action] and title.cascadingProtection.restrictions[action][1] then -- used by a cascading-protected page
return 'sysop'
elseif action == 'move' then
local blacklistentry = mw.ext.TitleBlacklist.test('edit', pagename) -- Testing action edit is correct, since this is for the source page. The target page name gets tested with action move.
if blacklistentry and not blacklistentry.params.autoconfirmed then
return 'sysop'
elseif title.namespace == 6 then
return 'sysop'
else
return 'autoconfirmed'
end
end
local blacklistentry = mw.ext.TitleBlacklist.test(action, pagename)
if blacklistentry then
if not blacklistentry.params.autoconfirmed then
return 'sysop'
else
return 'autoconfirmed'
end
elseif level == 'editsemiprotected' then -- create-semiprotected pages return this for some reason
return 'autoconfirmed'
elseif level then
return level
elseif action == 'upload' then
return 'uploader'
else
return '*'
end
end

setmetatable(p, { __index = function(t, k)
return function(frame)
return t._main(k, frame.args[1])
end
end })

return p

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{{#switch:

{{#if:{{{demospace|}}}
| {{lc: {{{demospace}}} }} 
| {{#ifeq:{{NAMESPACE}}|{{ns:Module}}
| module
| other
}}
}}
| module = {{{1|}}}
| other
| #default = {{{2|}}}
}}<noinclude>

{{documentation}}

</noinclude>

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<includeonly>{{#switch:{{#invoke:Effective protection level|edit|{{FULLPAGENAME}}}}
|*=[[Category:Pages with incorrect protection templates]]
|autoconfirmed={{#tag:indicator|[[File:Semi-protection-shackle-keyhole.svg|20px|link=Project:Protected page|alt=Permanently protected {{module other|module|template}}|This high-risk {{module other|module|template}} is permanently semi-protected to prevent vandalism]]|name="pp-default"}}[[Category:{{module other|Modules subject to page protection|Semi-protected templates}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
|sysop={{#tag:indicator|[[File:Full-protection-shackle-keyhole.svg|20px|link=Project:Protected page|alt=Permanently protected {{module other|module|template}}|This high-risk {{module other|module|template}} is permanently protected to prevent vandalism]]|name="pp-default"}}[[Category:{{module other|Modules subject to page protection|Fully protected templates}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
}}</includeonly><noinclude>
{{Documentation}}
</noinclude>

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<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Message box|ombox}}</onlyinclude>
{{Documentation}}

Module:Navbox/styles.css

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.navbox {
border: 1px solid #aaa;
box-sizing: border-box;
width: 100%;
margin: auto;
clear: both;
font-size: 88%;
text-align: center;
padding: 1px;
}

.navbox-inner,
.navbox-subgroup {
width: 100%;
}

.navbox + .navbox-styles + .navbox {
/* Single pixel border between adjacent navboxes */
margin-top: -1px;
}

.navbox th,
.navbox-title,
.navbox-abovebelow {
text-align: center;
/* Title and above/below styles */
padding-left: 1em;
padding-right: 1em;
}

th.navbox-group {
/* Group style */
white-space: nowrap;
/* @noflip */
text-align: right;
}

.navbox,
.navbox-subgroup {
background: #fdfdfd;
}
.navbox-list {
/* Must match background color */
border-color: #fdfdfd;
}

.navbox th,
.navbox-title {
/* Level 1 color */
background: #eaeeff;
}

.navbox-abovebelow,
th.navbox-group,
.navbox-subgroup .navbox-title {
/* Level 2 color */
background: #ddddff;
}

.navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,
.navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow {
/* Level 3 color */
background: #e6e6ff;
}

.navbox-even {
/* Even row striping */
background: #f7f7f7;
}

.navbox-odd {
/* Odd row striping */
background: transparent;
}

th.navbox-title1 {
border-left: 2px solid #fdfdfd;
width: 100%;
}

td.navbox-list1 {
text-align: left;
border-left-width: 2px;
border-left-style: solid;
}

.navbox .hlist td dl,
.navbox .hlist td ol,
.navbox .hlist td ul,
.navbox td.hlist dl,
.navbox td.hlist ol,
.navbox td.hlist ul {
/* Adjust hlist padding in navboxes */
padding: 0.125em 0;
}

.navbox .hlist dd,
.navbox .hlist dt,
.navbox .hlist li {
/* Nowrap list items in navboxes */
white-space: nowrap;
}

.navbox .hlist dd dl,
.navbox .hlist dt dl,
.navbox .hlist li ol,
.navbox .hlist li ul {
/* But allow parent list items to be wrapped */
white-space: normal;
}

ol + .navbox-styles + .navbox,
ul + .navbox-styles + .navbox {
/* Prevent lists from clinging to navboxes */
margin-top: 0.5em;
}

Module:Navbar

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local p = {}

local getArgs
local ul

function p.addItem (mini, full, link, descrip, args, url)
local l
if url then
l = {'[', '', ']'}
else
l = {'[[', '|', ']]'}
end
ul:tag('li')
:addClass('nv-'..full)
:wikitext(l[1] .. link .. l[2])
:tag(args.mini and 'abbr' or 'span')
:attr('title', descrip..' this template')
:cssText(args.fontstyle)
:wikitext(args.mini and mini or full)
:done()
:wikitext(l[3])
end

function p.brackets (position, c, args, div)
if args.brackets then
div
:tag('span')
:css('margin-'..position, '-0.125em')
:cssText(args.fontstyle)
:wikitext(c)
end
end

function p._navbar(args)
local show = {true, true, true, false, false, false}
local titleArg = 1

if args.collapsible then
titleArg = 2
if not args.plain then args.mini = 1 end
if args.fontcolor then
args.fontstyle = 'color:' .. args.fontcolor .. ';'
end
args.style = 'float:left; text-align:left'
end

if args.template then
titleArg = 'template'
show = {true, false, false, false, false, false}
local index = {t = 2, d = 2, e = 3, h = 4, m = 5, w = 6, talk = 2, edit = 3, hist = 4, move = 5, watch = 6}
for k,v in ipairs(require ('Module:TableTools').compressSparseArray(args)) do
local num = index[v]
if num then show[num] = true end
end
end

if args.noedit then show[3] = false end

local titleText = args[titleArg] or (':' .. mw.getCurrentFrame():getParent():getTitle())
local title = mw.title.new(mw.text.trim(titleText), 'Template')
if not title then
error('Invalid title ' .. titleText)
end
local talkpage = title.talkPageTitle and title.talkPageTitle.fullText or ''

local div = mw.html.create():tag('div')
div
:addClass('plainlinks')
:addClass('hlist')
:addClass('navbar')
:cssText(args.style)

if args.mini then div:addClass('mini') end

if not (args.mini or args.plain) then
div
:tag('span')
:css('word-spacing', 0)
:cssText(args.fontstyle)
:wikitext(args.text or 'This box:')
:wikitext(' ')
end

p.brackets('right', '[ ', args, div)

ul = div:tag('ul')
if show[1] then p.addItem('v', 'view', title.fullText, 'View', args) end
if show[2] then p.addItem('t', 'talk', talkpage, 'Discuss', args) end
if show[3] then p.addItem('e', 'edit', title:fullUrl('action=edit'), 'Edit', args, true) end
if show[4] then p.addItem('h', 'hist', title:fullUrl('action=history'), 'History of', args, true) end
if show[5] then
local move = mw.title.new ('Special:Movepage')
p.addItem('m', 'move', move:fullUrl('target='..title.fullText), 'Move', args, true) end
if show[6] then p.addItem('w', 'watch', title:fullUrl('action=watch'), 'Watch', args, true) end

p.brackets('left', ' ]', args, div)

if args.collapsible then
div
:done()
:tag('div')
:css('font-size', '114%')
:css('margin', args.mini and '0 4em' or '0 7em')
:cssText(args.fontstyle)
:wikitext(args[1])
end

-- DELIBERATE DELTA FROM EN.WP THAT INTEGRATES HLIST TSTYLES
-- CARE WHEN SYNCING
local frame = mw.getCurrentFrame()
return frame:extensionTag{
name = 'templatestyles', args = { src = 'Flatlist/styles.css' }
} .. frame:extensionTag{
name = 'templatestyles', args = { src = 'Module:Navbar/styles.css' }
} .. tostring(div:done())
end

function p.navbar(frame)
if not getArgs then
getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
end
return p._navbar(getArgs(frame))
end

return p

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--
-- This module implements {{Navbox}}
--

local p = {}

local navbar = require('Module:Navbar')._navbar
local getArgs -- lazily initialized

local args
local border
local listnums
local ODD_EVEN_MARKER = '\127_ODDEVEN_\127'
local RESTART_MARKER = '\127_ODDEVEN0_\127'
local REGEX_MARKER = '\127_ODDEVEN(%d?)_\127'

local function striped(wikitext)
-- Return wikitext with markers replaced for odd/even striping.
-- Child (subgroup) navboxes are flagged with a category that is removed
-- by parent navboxes. The result is that the category shows all pages
-- where a child navbox is not contained in a parent navbox.
local orphanCat = '[[Category:Navbox orphans]]'
if border == 'subgroup' and args.orphan ~= 'yes' then
-- No change; striping occurs in outermost navbox.
return wikitext .. orphanCat
end
local first, second = 'odd', 'even'
if args.evenodd then
if args.evenodd == 'swap' then
first, second = second, first
else
first = args.evenodd
second = first
end
end
local changer
if first == second then
changer = first
else
local index = 0
changer = function (code)
if code == '0' then
-- Current occurrence is for a group before a nested table.
-- Set it to first as a valid although pointless class.
-- The next occurrence will be the first row after a title
-- in a subgroup and will also be first.
index = 0
return first
end
index = index + 1
return index % 2 == 1 and first or second
end
end
local regex = orphanCat:gsub('([%[%]])', '%%%1')
return (wikitext:gsub(regex, ''):gsub(REGEX_MARKER, changer)) -- () omits gsub count
end

local function processItem(item, nowrapitems)
if item:sub(1, 2) == '{|' then
-- Applying nowrap to lines in a table does not make sense.
-- Add newlines to compensate for trim of x in |parm=x in a template.
return '\n' .. item ..'\n'
end
if nowrapitems == 'yes' then
local lines = {}
for line in (item .. '\n'):gmatch('([^\n]*)\n') do
local prefix, content = line:match('^([*:;#]+)%s*(.*)')
if prefix and not content:match('^') then
line = prefix .. '' .. content .. ''
end
table.insert(lines, line)
end
item = table.concat(lines, '\n')
end
if item:match('^[*:;#]') then
return '\n' .. item ..'\n'
end
return item
end

-- Separate function so that we can evaluate properly whether hlist should
-- be added by the module
local function has_navbar()
return args.navbar ~= 'off' and args.navbar ~= 'plain' and not
(not args.name and mw.getCurrentFrame():getParent():getTitle():gsub('/sandbox$', '') == 'Template:Navbox')
end

local function renderNavBar(titleCell)

if has_navbar() then
titleCell:wikitext(navbar{
args.name,
-- we depend on this being mini = 1 when the navbox module decides
-- to add hlist templatestyles. we also depend on navbar outputting
-- a copy of the hlist templatestyles.
mini = 1,
fontstyle = (args.basestyle or '') .. ';' .. (args.titlestyle or '') .. ';background:none transparent;border:none;box-shadow:none; padding:0;'
})
end

end

--
-- Title row
--
local function renderTitleRow(tbl)
if not args.title then return end

local titleRow = tbl:tag('tr')

if args.titlegroup then
titleRow
:tag('th')
:attr('scope', 'row')
:addClass('navbox-group')
:addClass(args.titlegroupclass)
:cssText(args.basestyle)
:cssText(args.groupstyle)
:cssText(args.titlegroupstyle)
:wikitext(args.titlegroup)
end

local titleCell = titleRow:tag('th'):attr('scope', 'col')

if args.titlegroup then
titleCell
:addClass('navbox-title1')
end

local titleColspan = 2
if args.imageleft then titleColspan = titleColspan + 1 end
if args.image then titleColspan = titleColspan + 1 end
if args.titlegroup then titleColspan = titleColspan - 1 end

titleCell
:cssText(args.basestyle)
:cssText(args.titlestyle)
:addClass('navbox-title')
:attr('colspan', titleColspan)

renderNavBar(titleCell)

titleCell
:tag('div')
-- id for aria-labelledby attribute
:attr('id', mw.uri.anchorEncode(args.title))
:addClass(args.titleclass)
:css('font-size', '114%')
:css('margin', '0 4em')
:wikitext(processItem(args.title))
end

--
-- Above/Below rows
--

local function getAboveBelowColspan()
local ret = 2
if args.imageleft then ret = ret + 1 end
if args.image then ret = ret + 1 end
return ret
end

local function renderAboveRow(tbl)
if not args.above then return end

tbl:tag('tr')
:tag('td')
:addClass('navbox-abovebelow')
:addClass(args.aboveclass)
:cssText(args.basestyle)
:cssText(args.abovestyle)
:attr('colspan', getAboveBelowColspan())
:tag('div')
-- id for aria-labelledby attribute, if no title
:attr('id', args.title and nil or mw.uri.anchorEncode(args.above))
:wikitext(processItem(args.above, args.nowrapitems))
end

local function renderBelowRow(tbl)
if not args.below then return end

tbl:tag('tr')
:tag('td')
:addClass('navbox-abovebelow')
:addClass(args.belowclass)
:cssText(args.basestyle)
:cssText(args.belowstyle)
:attr('colspan', getAboveBelowColspan())
:tag('div')
:wikitext(processItem(args.below, args.nowrapitems))
end

--
-- List rows
--
local function renderListRow(tbl, index, listnum)
local row = tbl:tag('tr')

if index == 1 and args.imageleft then
row
:tag('td')
:addClass('navbox-image')
:addClass(args.imageclass)
:css('width', '1px') -- Minimize width
:css('padding', '0px 2px 0px 0px')
:cssText(args.imageleftstyle)
:attr('rowspan', #listnums)
:tag('div')
:wikitext(processItem(args.imageleft))
end

if args['group' .. listnum] then
local groupCell = row:tag('th')

-- id for aria-labelledby attribute, if lone group with no title or above
if listnum == 1 and not (args.title or args.above or args.group2) then
groupCell
:attr('id', mw.uri.anchorEncode(args.group1))
end

groupCell
:attr('scope', 'row')
:addClass('navbox-group')
:addClass(args.groupclass)
:cssText(args.basestyle)
:css('width', args.groupwidth or '1%') -- If groupwidth not specified, minimize width

groupCell
:cssText(args.groupstyle)
:cssText(args['group' .. listnum .. 'style'])
:wikitext(args['group' .. listnum])
end

local listCell = row:tag('td')

if args['group' .. listnum] then
listCell
:addClass('navbox-list1')
else
listCell:attr('colspan', 2)
end

if not args.groupwidth then
listCell:css('width', '100%')
end

local rowstyle -- usually nil so cssText(rowstyle) usually adds nothing
if index % 2 == 1 then
rowstyle = args.oddstyle
else
rowstyle = args.evenstyle
end

local listText = args['list' .. listnum]
local oddEven = ODD_EVEN_MARKER
if listText:sub(1, 12) == '</div><table' then
-- Assume list text is for a subgroup navbox so no automatic striping for this row.
oddEven = listText:find('<th[^>]*"navbox%-title"') and RESTART_MARKER or 'odd'
end
listCell
:css('padding', '0px')
:cssText(args.liststyle)
:cssText(rowstyle)
:cssText(args['list' .. listnum .. 'style'])
:addClass('navbox-list')
:addClass('navbox-' .. oddEven)
:addClass(args.listclass)
:addClass(args['list' .. listnum .. 'class'])
:tag('div')
:css('padding', (index == 1 and args.list1padding) or args.listpadding or '0em 0.25em')
:wikitext(processItem(listText, args.nowrapitems))

if index == 1 and args.image then
row
:tag('td')
:addClass('navbox-image')
:addClass(args.imageclass)
:css('width', '1px') -- Minimize width
:css('padding', '0px 0px 0px 2px')
:cssText(args.imagestyle)
:attr('rowspan', #listnums)
:tag('div')
:wikitext(processItem(args.image))
end
end

--
-- Tracking categories
--

local function needsHorizontalLists()
if border == 'subgroup' or args.tracking == 'no' then
return false
end
local listClasses = {
['plainlist'] = true, ['hlist'] = true, ['hlist hnum'] = true,
['hlist hwrap'] = true, ['hlist vcard'] = true, ['vcard hlist'] = true,
['hlist vevent'] = true,
}
return not (listClasses[args.listclass] or listClasses[args.bodyclass])
end

-- there are a lot of list classes in the wild, so we have a function to find
-- them and add their TemplateStyles
local function addListStyles()
local frame = mw.getCurrentFrame()
-- TODO?: Should maybe take a table of classes for e.g. hnum, hwrap as above
-- I'm going to do the stupid thing first though
-- Also not sure hnum and hwrap are going to live in the same TemplateStyles
-- as hlist
local function _addListStyles(htmlclass, templatestyles)
local class_args = { -- rough order of probability of use
'bodyclass', 'listclass', 'aboveclass', 'belowclass', 'titleclass',
'navboxclass', 'groupclass', 'titlegroupclass', 'imageclass'
}
local patterns = {
'^' .. htmlclass .. '$',
'%s' .. htmlclass .. '$',
'^' .. htmlclass .. '%s',
'%s' .. htmlclass .. '%s'
}

local found = false
for _, arg in ipairs(class_args) do
for _, pattern in ipairs(patterns) do
if mw.ustring.find(args[arg] or '', pattern) then
found = true
break
end
end
if found then break end
end
if found then
return frame:extensionTag{
name = 'templatestyles', args = { src = templatestyles }
}
else
return ''
end
end

local hlist_styles = ''
-- navbar always has mini = 1, so here (on this wiki) we can assume that
-- we don't need to output hlist styles in navbox again.
if not has_navbar() then
hlist_styles = _addListStyles('hlist', 'Flatlist/styles.css')
end
local plainlist_styles = _addListStyles('plainlist', 'Plainlist/styles.css')

return hlist_styles .. plainlist_styles
end

local function hasBackgroundColors()
for _, key in ipairs({'titlestyle', 'groupstyle', 'basestyle', 'abovestyle', 'belowstyle'}) do
if tostring(args[key]):find('background', 1, true) then
return true
end
end
end

local function hasBorders()
for _, key in ipairs({'groupstyle', 'basestyle', 'abovestyle', 'belowstyle'}) do
if tostring(args[key]):find('border', 1, true) then
return true
end
end
end

local function isIllegible()
-- require('Module:Color contrast') absent on mediawiki.org
return false
end

local function getTrackingCategories()
local cats = {}
if needsHorizontalLists() then table.insert(cats, 'Navigational boxes without horizontal lists') end
if hasBackgroundColors() then table.insert(cats, 'Navboxes using background colours') end
if isIllegible() then table.insert(cats, 'Potentially illegible navboxes') end
if hasBorders() then table.insert(cats, 'Navboxes using borders') end
return cats
end

local function renderTrackingCategories(builder)
local title = mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
if title.namespace ~= 10 then return end -- not in template space
local subpage = title.subpageText
if subpage == 'doc' or subpage == 'sandbox' or subpage == 'testcases' then return end

for _, cat in ipairs(getTrackingCategories()) do
builder:wikitext('[[Category:' .. cat .. ']]')
end
end

--
-- Main navbox tables
--
local function renderMainTable()
local tbl = mw.html.create('table')
:addClass('nowraplinks')
:addClass(args.bodyclass)

if args.title and (args.state ~= 'plain' and args.state ~= 'off') then
if args.state == 'collapsed' then args.state = 'mw-collapsed' end
tbl
:addClass('mw-collapsible')
:addClass(args.state or 'autocollapse')
end

tbl:css('border-spacing', 0)
if border == 'subgroup' or border == 'none' then
tbl
:addClass('navbox-subgroup')
:cssText(args.bodystyle)
:cssText(args.style)
else -- regular navbox - bodystyle and style will be applied to the wrapper table
tbl
:addClass('navbox-inner')
:css('background', 'transparent')
:css('color', 'inherit')
end
tbl:cssText(args.innerstyle)

renderTitleRow(tbl)
renderAboveRow(tbl)
for i, listnum in ipairs(listnums) do
renderListRow(tbl, i, listnum)
end
renderBelowRow(tbl)

return tbl
end

function p._navbox(navboxArgs)
args = navboxArgs
listnums = {}

for k, _ in pairs(args) do
if type(k) == 'string' then
local listnum = k:match('^list(%d+)$')
if listnum then table.insert(listnums, tonumber(listnum)) end
end
end
table.sort(listnums)

border = mw.text.trim(args.border or args[1] or '')
if border == 'child' then
border = 'subgroup'
end

-- render the main body of the navbox
local tbl = renderMainTable()

-- get templatestyles
local frame = mw.getCurrentFrame()
local base_templatestyles = frame:extensionTag{
name = 'templatestyles', args = { src = 'Module:Navbox/styles.css' }
}
local templatestyles = ''
if args.templatestyles and args.templatestyles ~= '' then
templatestyles = frame:extensionTag{
name = 'templatestyles', args = { src = args.templatestyles }
}
end

local res = mw.html.create()
-- 'navbox-styles' exists for two reasons:
-- 1. To wrap the styles to work around phab: T200206 more elegantly. Instead
-- of combinatorial rules, this ends up being linear number of CSS rules.
-- 2. To allow MobileFrontend to rip the styles out with 'nomobile' such that
-- they are not dumped into the mobile view.
res:tag('div')
:addClass('navbox-styles')
:addClass('nomobile')
:wikitext(base_templatestyles .. templatestyles)
:done()

-- render the appropriate wrapper around the navbox, depending on the border param
if border == 'none' then
local nav = res:tag('div')
:attr('role', 'navigation')
:wikitext(addListStyles())
:node(tbl)
-- aria-labelledby title, otherwise above, otherwise lone group
if args.title or args.above or (args.group1 and not args.group2) then
nav:attr('aria-labelledby', mw.uri.anchorEncode(args.title or args.above or args.group1))
else
nav:attr('aria-label', 'Navbox')
end
elseif border == 'subgroup' then
-- We assume that this navbox is being rendered in a list cell of a
-- parent navbox, and is therefore inside a div with padding:0em 0.25em.
-- We start with a </div> to avoid the padding being applied, and at the
-- end add a <div> to balance out the parent's </div>
res
:wikitext('</div>')
:wikitext(addListStyles())
:node(tbl)
:wikitext('<div>')
else
local nav = res:tag('div')
:attr('role', 'navigation')
:addClass('navbox')
:addClass(args.navboxclass)
:cssText(args.bodystyle)
:cssText(args.style)
:css('padding', '3px')
:wikitext(addListStyles())
:node(tbl)
-- aria-labelledby title, otherwise above, otherwise lone group
if args.title or args.above or (args.group1 and not args.group2) then
nav:attr('aria-labelledby', mw.uri.anchorEncode(args.title or args.above or args.group1))
else
nav:attr('aria-label', 'Navbox')
end
end

if (args.nocat or 'false'):lower() == 'false' then
renderTrackingCategories(res)
end

return striped(tostring(res))
end

function p.navbox(frame)
if not getArgs then
getArgs = require('Module:Arguments').getArgs
end
args = getArgs(frame, {wrappers = {'Template:Navbox', 'Template:Navbox subgroup'}})
if frame.args.border then
-- This allows Template:Navbox_subgroup to use {{#invoke:Navbox|navbox|border=...}}.
args.border = frame.args.border
end

-- Read the arguments in the order they'll be output in, to make references number in the right order.
local _
_ = args.title
_ = args.above
for i = 1, 20 do
_ = args["group" .. tostring(i)]
_ = args["list" .. tostring(i)]
end
_ = args.below

return p._navbox(args)
end

return p

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/**
* Style for horizontal lists (separator following item).
* @source https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Snippets/Horizontal_lists
* @revision 9 (2016-08-10)
* @author [[User:Edokter]]
*/
.hlist dl,
.hlist ol,
.hlist ul {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}

/* Display list items inline */
.hlist dd,
.hlist dt,
.hlist li {
/* don't trust the note that says margin doesn't work with inline
* removing margin: 0 makes dds have margins again */
margin: 0;
display: inline;
}

/* Display nested lists inline */
/*
We remove .inline since it's not used here.
.hlist.inline,
.hlist.inline dl,
.hlist.inline ol,
.hlist.inline ul,
*/
.hlist dl dl, .hlist dl ol, .hlist dl ul,
.hlist ol dl, .hlist ol ol, .hlist ol ul,
.hlist ul dl, .hlist ul ol, .hlist ul ul {
display: inline;
}

/* Hide empty list items */
.hlist .mw-empty-li,
.hlist .mw-empty-elt {
display: none;
}

/* Generate interpuncts */
.hlist dt:after {
content: ": ";
}

.hlist dd:after,
.hlist li:after {
content: " · ";
font-weight: bold;
}

.hlist dd:last-child:after,
.hlist dt:last-child:after,
.hlist li:last-child:after {
content: none;
}

/* Add parentheses around nested lists */
.hlist dd dd:first-child:before, .hlist dd dt:first-child:before, .hlist dd li:first-child:before,
.hlist dt dd:first-child:before, .hlist dt dt:first-child:before, .hlist dt li:first-child:before,
.hlist li dd:first-child:before, .hlist li dt:first-child:before, .hlist li li:first-child:before {
content: " (";
font-weight: normal;
}

.hlist dd dd:last-child:after, .hlist dd dt:last-child:after, .hlist dd li:last-child:after,
.hlist dt dd:last-child:after, .hlist dt dt:last-child:after, .hlist dt li:last-child:after,
.hlist li dd:last-child:after, .hlist li dt:last-child:after, .hlist li li:last-child:after {
content: ")";
font-weight: normal;
}

/* Put ordinals in front of ordered list items */
.hlist ol {
counter-reset: listitem;
}

.hlist ol > li {
counter-increment: listitem;
}

.hlist ol > li:before {
content: " " counter(listitem) "\a0";
}

.hlist dd ol > li:first-child:before,
.hlist dt ol > li:first-child:before,
.hlist li ol > li:first-child:before {
content: " (" counter(listitem) "\a0";
}

Template:Blue

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{{{1}}}<noinclude>{{documentation}}
[[Category:Formatting templates{{#translation:}}|{{PAGENAME}}]]
</noinclude>

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{{((}}{{ll|Template:{{{1}}}|nsp=0}}{{))}}<noinclude>
{{documentation}}

</noinclude>

Module:Lua banner/config

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local cfg = {} -- Don’t touch this line.

-- Subpage blacklist: these subpages will not be categorized (except for the
-- error category, which is always added if there is an error).
-- For example “Template:Foo/doc” matches the `doc = true` rule, so it will have
-- no categories. “Template:Foo” and “Template:Foo/documentation” match no rules,
-- so they *will* have categories. All rules should be in the
-- ['<subpage name>'] = true,
-- format.
cfg['subpage_blacklist'] = {
['doc'] = true,
['sandbox'] = true,
['sandbox2'] = true,
['testcases'] = true,
}

-- Allow wishes: whether wishes for conversion to Lua are allowed.
-- If true, calls with zero parameters are valid, and considered to be wishes:
-- The box’s text is “This template should use Lua”, and cfg['wish_category'] is
-- added. If false, such calls are invalid, an error message appears, and
-- cfg['error_category'] is added.
cfg['allow_wishes'] = false

-- Default category: this category is added if the module call contains errors
-- (e.g. no module listed). A category name without namespace, or nil
-- to disable categorization (not recommended).
cfg['error_category'] = 'Lua templates with errors'

-- Wish category: this category is added if no module is listed, and wishes are
-- allowed. (Not used if wishes are not allowed.) A category name without
-- namespace, or nil to disable categorization.
cfg['wish_category'] = 'Lua-candidates'

-- Default category: this category is added if none of the below module_categories
-- matches the first module listed. A category name without namespace, or nil
-- to disable categorization.
cfg['default_category'] = 'Lua-based templates'

-- Module categories: one of these categories is added if the first listed module
-- is the listed module (e.g. {{Lua|Module:String}} adds
-- [[Category:Lua String-based templates]].) Format:
-- ['<module name>'] = '<category name>'
-- where neither <module name> nor <category name> contains namespace. An empty
-- table (i.e. no module-based categorization) will suffice on smaller wikis.
cfg['module_categories'] = {
['String'] = 'Lua String-based templates',
}

return cfg -- Don’t touch this line.

Module:Lua banner

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-- This module implements the {{lua}} template.

local yesno = require('Module:Yesno')
local mList = require('Module:List')
local mTableTools = require('Module:TableTools')
local mMessageBox = require('Module:Message box')
local TNT = require('Module:TNT')

local p = {}

local function format(msg)
return TNT.format('I18n/Lua banner', msg)
end

local function getConfig()
return mw.loadData('Module:Lua banner/config')
end

function p.main(frame)
local origArgs = frame:getParent().args
local args = {}
for k, v in pairs(origArgs) do
v = v:match('^%s*(.-)%s*$')
if v ~= '' then
args[k] = v
end
end
return p._main(args)
end

function p._main(args, cfg)
local modules = mTableTools.compressSparseArray(args)
local box = p.renderBox(modules, cfg, args)
local trackingCategories = p.renderTrackingCategories(args, modules, nil, cfg)
return box .. trackingCategories
end

function p.renderBox(modules, cfg, args)
local boxArgs = {}
if #modules < 1 then
cfg = cfg or getConfig()
if cfg['allow_wishes'] or yesno(args and args.wish) then
boxArgs.text = format('wishtext')
else
boxArgs.text = string.format('%s', format('error_emptylist'))
end
else
local moduleLinks = {}
for i, module in ipairs(modules) do
moduleLinks[i] = string.format('[[:%s]]', module)
end
local moduleList = mList.makeList('bulleted', moduleLinks)
boxArgs.text = format('header') .. '\n' .. moduleList
end
boxArgs.type = 'notice'
boxArgs.small = true
boxArgs.image = string.format(
'[[File:Lua-logo-nolabel.svg|30px|alt=%s|link=%s]]',
format('logo_alt'),
format('logo_link')
)
return mMessageBox.main('mbox', boxArgs)
end

function p.renderTrackingCategories(args, modules, titleObj, cfg)
if yesno(args.nocat) then
return ''
end

cfg = cfg or getConfig()

local cats = {}

-- Error category
if #modules < 1 and not (cfg['allow_wishes'] or yesno(args.wish)) and cfg['error_category'] then
cats[#cats + 1] = cfg['error_category']
end

-- Lua templates category
titleObj = titleObj or mw.title.getCurrentTitle()
if titleObj.namespace == 10
and not cfg['subpage_blacklist'][titleObj.subpageText]
then
local category = args.category
if not category then
local pagename = modules[1] and mw.title.new(modules[1])
category = pagename and cfg['module_categories'][pagename.text]
if not category then
if (cfg['allow_wishes'] or yesno(args.wish)) and #modules < 1 then
category = cfg['wish_category']
else
category = cfg['default_category']
end
end
end
if category then
cats[#cats + 1] = category
end
end

for i, cat in ipairs(cats) do
cats[i] = string.format('[[Category:%s]]', cat)
end
return table.concat(cats)
end

return p

Template:Lua

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<onlyinclude><includeonly>{{#invoke:Lua banner|main}}</includeonly></onlyinclude>
{{Lua|Module:Lua banner}}
{{Documentation}}