[CoF] Choice of Fate for Newbies
Author:mystwyze
Thanks to all the people who have contributed to this guide. You all have been really helpful and I am really greatful for all the input that you have given.
I. Introduction
The Choice of Fate are the dungeons found in Zhengzhou (white) and Shi Zhang (black). To enter, you must have three passes, either purple, green or red. Each pass color corresponds to the difficulty level of the dungeon. Purple being the easiet, green being moderate, and red being the hardest. You can get these passes as drop from certain mobs, or doing collection quests.
II. Getting the Passes
These mobs drop the passes:
Purple Pass of Death Valley - Drunken Swordsmen, Iron Flowers, Black Confiucianists
Green Pass of Death Valley - Superior Giants, Heartless Iron Flowers, Demonic Confiucianists
Red Pass of Death Valley - Frozen Iron Flowers, Bai Wu Chang
For the Resource Collection, press "L", click on Resource Collection, and then Click on one of those yellow squares with symbols. Those should show you what you need for the passes. The Collection Merchant is right in front of the gate to Choice of Fate.
Requirements for Resource Colletcion:
(Collectible - Mobs that drop them)
Purple Passes
Blue Cotton Cloth x10 - Broken Blind Madmen
Wooden Flute x10 - Twin Brutes
Gunpowder x10 - Poison/Blue Arrow Archers
Green Passes
Gunpowder x10 - Poison/Blue Arrow Archers
Iron Plate x10 - Giants
Strong Venom x10 - Earthworm Demons
Buddhist Beads x10 - Blood Monks
Red Passes
Silver Nugget x20 - Drunken Swordsmen
Leather Sack x20 - Black Confucianist
Golden Cotton Cloth x20 - Iron Flowers
Strange Stone x10 - Bai Wu Chang
White Iron Fragment x10 - Frozen Iron Flowers
III. Entering the Choice of Fate
If you have already acquired the passes, you may now enter the keys into the slots to start Choice of Fate.
If you are the party leader: Right click on the passes to enter them into the slots. Wait until all the party memebers confirmed to enter, and then there will be an option that will appear for you to enter.
If you are a member: There will be a message that will appear on your screen asking if you would like to enter CoF. Click yes, of course
(Thank you to Tabbe for the additional info)
WARNING: Do not attempt to solo CoF until your Golden Blossoms level. Recommended party members are from Five Dragons 6 and up. Always enter with a healer, two healers would be much better. The boss, Double-faced beggar, will be orange at FD6, so be careful at those earlier levels. A combination of Five Dragons 10 to Sun and Moon levels up will have no problem defeating him though.
IV. The Choice of Fate
There are Four Major Parts of the Choice of Fate: 
1) This is where you start. Those little chambers you see are where you have to break four skulls to open the first gate. Be careful, since there is bleeding at this first part, so either stick to your healers or keep an eye on your HP very well. There will be no mobs at this point of the dungeon.
Starting: http://images.mmosite.com/9dragons/2008/09/08/20080908031353870.jpg
The Skulls: http://images.mmosite.com/9dragons/2008/09/08/20080908031357296.jpg
Tip (thank you lentz): Move around in peace mode to save your HP from the bleeding. Unless you have heals, of course.
2) When the gate has opened, you will face the first wave of mobs. They will be relatively easy to defeat. Just hack away at them until you see the message that the second gate has opened.
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3) The mobs here are just a little more fiesty than the first wave of mobs, but still will be no problem (if you are at the recommended levels). Tip: Before finishing off the last mob, get everyone to meditate. Finishing off all the mobs releases the Double-faced beggar, so you want everyone's HP and VE to be full before you face him.
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4) The loot rooms are rooms where chests that may contain goodies for you. You may enter if you a) have the Throne Pass to Death Valley (you loot if from the boss) or b) breaking down the wall. Also located here are the Exits to Shi Zhang Tip: Break down the Exit walls before going through the loot chests! This is to ensure that you safely exit Choice of Fate should you run out of time. Better to leave out the elixirs, rather than the all important epithets!
Tip: Drop the Throne passes you get from the Boss if you are soloing, since the passes are one way and you can only go through one loot room. (Thanks, Seawolf ^^)
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V. The Double-faced Beggar, Master of the Death Valley
The Double-faced Beggar has two forms. The first form is released when you have defeated the second wave of mobs. This form is relatively easy to defeat, just hack away at him, making sure that your healers are safe, and healing the tankers. You get major bleeding, and the confusion debuff (when you think your mouse is going the wrong way), but you can easily kill him. Tip: Before finising him off, get the whole party to meditate. You'll need the full HP and VE for the second boss. Just get one member to tank him while the others meditate.
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His second form is much nastier. You get a pre-defined time in finishing him off depending on your choice of difficulty. (Thanks to lentz for pointing that out, and Seawolf for confirming) Make sure your tankers are ready for a beating, since this guy inflics major bleeding and tangled steps (cannot move, or cast anything). Keep your healers a safe distance away from him, and keep hitting him so he does not target your healers. Use all your debuff skills and hope they stick. I personally couldn't get anything on him until Five Dragons 10, but hey, that's just me
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VI. Rewards
From the Double-faced Beggar:
The Double-faced Beggar drops green clothes (the ones with stats added to them).
Drops:
VE/HP recovery increased by 2 Jacket and Pants set
+100/150 HP; +2%/3% speed Jacket and Pants set
+150/200 HP; +2%/3% speed Jacket and Pants set
+5%/7% speed; +8/10 defense Jacket and Pants set
You also get the throne passes from him, which are used to open the loot rooms. They will disapper after you have finished the Choice of Fate.
From the Loot Rooms:
Level 1 and Level 2 elixirs - tagged with [Dungeon], can not be used for resource collection. Elixir softnears, supplements and neutralizers. Clothes (on red pass this is possible). And gold, of course.
Epithets:
Conqueror of Death Valley (You get this epithet when you finish the Choice of Fate)
+100 Block rate, Damage +3% on Critical, Critical Dodge 100/10000
Killer of Shuan Mian/Meng Mian (You get this epithet if you are the one who has inflicted the most damage on the Double-faced Beggar)
Defense +50, Chi Kung Defense +50, Attack rating +2%, Critical Rate 300/10000
Congratulations! You have succeeded in defeating the Choice of Fate. If you have safely exited the dungeon, you will respawn in Xuanshe (Black Side) / Wuan (White Side) Village.
Another note: The Double-Faced Beggar is the Dream-faced Buddha on white side. I am from the black side so I refer to him as the Double-faced Beggar. I do not wish to confuse you, it's just what I've been used to.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Where do I find Ming, for the Trace the Master Hand quest?
You find him inside the Choice of Fate, at the first part of it. He shoould be lying dead near the gate. Be careful, though, when you enter alone, since the first part of the dungeon has bleeding. Just talk to the corpse and reconnect. You will respawn at Xuanshe Village.
Regarding Difficulty Levels
| Seawolf wrote: |
For example, with "purple," the time will always shift to around high 7 mins (i.e. around 7:45), and for "green," the time will always shift to around high 5s and so forth. This is independent of the first part of the CoF, so really there's no big hurry to finish since most people are going to get to the 2nd form with plenty of time to spare. The reason they're in quotes is that the difficulty you face is random. There is an easy difficulty, medium difficulty, hard difficulty, and really hard difficulty. If you put in purple, you'll get easy most of the time but once in a while, you'll get the medium set. You can kind of tell based on poison damage, number of mobs in the areas and obviously the time shift when you hit the 2nd form. If you put in green, most of the time, you'll get the medium but sometimes you'll get the easy and so on. Same with red. |
What happens when the time runs out?
Well, you die. If you haven't broken down an exit yet...RELOG!
If I relog, will I get the Conqueror epithet?
Nope, you have to break down the doors and exit safely to get the Conqueror epithet. You will get the Killer epithet though, if you got the boss kill and relogged.
I've finished CoF through the gates and/or I've gotten drops from the boss meaning I killed it, but I didn't get the epithet, what happened?
Be sure that you have no pending quests in your quest log when you try for the epithets, or else you will not earn them even if you've done all the necessary things to get them. Either finish your pending quests or give them up.
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