Thief Path

At a glance

First job	Level 10 from Dark Lord in Thieves' Hideout
Main stat	DEX (25 at the first job), then LUK
Branches	Assassin, Bandit (and the Dual Blade from level 20)
Later	Hermit, Chief Bandit; Night Lord, Shadower
HP and MP per level	22 and 15

Thiefs follow the route below. This page lists each tier and the skill books of the line.

Route

Tier	Level	Guide
First job	10	Talk to Dark Lord (Kerning City). You receive 500 A Beginner Thief's Throwing Stars, Beginner Thief Wrist Guard and Beginner Thief's short sword.
Second job	30	Second Job Advancement
Third job	70	Third Job Advancement; chief Arec
Fourth job	120	Fourth Job Advancement; instructor Hellin

See Stat Builds for the AUTO targets of this line.

Skill	Max level	Needs	What it does
Nimble Body	20	—	Increases accuracy and avoidability.
Keen Eyes	8	Nimble Body Lv 3	Increases the range of attack using throwing weapons such as throwing stars & knives.
Disorder	20	—	Temporarily decreases the weapon def.
Dark Sight	20	Disorder Lv 3	Use MP to hide behind the shadows.
Double Stab	20	—	Use MP to quickly stab a monster twice in one turn using a dagger.
Lucky Seven	20	—	Use MP to throw 2 throwing stars and apply damage based on LUK, regardless of the rate of Claw Mastery.

Skill	Max level	Needs	What it does
Claw Mastery	20	—	Increases the mastery of throwing stars and accuracy, along with the maximum number of throwing stars to recharge.
Critical Throw	30	Claw Mastery Lv 3	Enables the character to make a critical attack with throwing stars on a certain success rate.
Endure	20	—	Recovers additional amount of HP and MP.
Claw Booster	20	Claw Mastery Lv 5	Use HP and MP to temporarily boost up the attacking speed of the claw.
Haste	20	—	Temporarily improves the speed and jumping ability of every member of the party.
Drain	30	Endure Lv 3	Absorb some of the damage dished out to the enemy as HP.
Flash Jump	1	—	Through mastery perfection is achieved.

Skill	Max level	Needs	What it does
Dagger Mastery	20	—	Increases the dagger mastery and accuracy.
Endure	20	—	Recovers additional amount of HP and MP.
Dagger Booster	20	Dagger Mastery Lv 5	Use HP and MP to temporarily boost up the attacking speed of the dagger.
Haste	20	—	Temporarily boosts the speed and jumping ability of everyone in the party.
Steal	30	Haste Lv 5	Steals one of the monster's items with a given success rate.
Savage Blow	30	—	Use MP to attack an enemy up to 6 times in a row with a dagger.
Flash Jump	1	—	Through mastery perfection is achieved.

Skill	Max level	Needs	What it does
Alchemist	20	—	Increases the effect of the recovery-based items like potions and others, and lengthen time for the effect, if the item is based on such.
Veso Up	20	—	For a certain amount of time, everyone in the party can make the enemies drop more vesos than usual with this skill.
Shadow Partner	30	—	Temporarily summons a shadow of oneself, repeating every move.
Shadow Web	20	—	[Spider Web : 20] Creates a web of shadow of oneself to hold up to 6 monsters.
Shadow Veso	30	Veso Up Lv 5	Attacks enemies with vesos and the damage is based on the amount of vesos thrown.
Avenger	30	—	Uses MP to make an enormous throwing star for attack.
Flash Jump	20	Avenger Lv 5	While in the air after a jump, use this skill + the arrow for a second jump.

Skill	Max level	Needs	What it does
Shield Mastery	20	—	Increases the def.
Chakra	30	—	Uses MP to recover HP.
Assaulter	30	—	Attacks a single monster with incredible power and speed.
Pickpocket	20	Veso Explosion Lv 3	Temporarily increases the amount of vesos dropped off from the attacked monsters.
Band of Thieves	30	—	Summons fellow bandits to attack up to 6 monsters around the area.
Veso Guard	20	Chakra Lv 3	Uses vesos to guard 50% of the damage received.
Veso Explosion	30	—	Explodes the vesos dropped on the ground around you to attack monsters.

Skill	Max level	Needs	What it does
Shadow Shifter	30	—	With great reflexes, enables one to avoid the monster's attack.
Venomous Star	30	—	Throws a star that's been smeared with poison; the monster struck has a chance of being poisoned.
Maple Warrior	30	—	Increase all players' stats within a party by certain percentage
Taunt	30	Shadow Shifter Lv 10	Provokes a monster, causing its general defense to increase.
Ninja Ambush	30	Shadow Shifter Lv 5	For a set period of time, a group of ninjas hiding around the bushes will periodically ambush up to 6 monsters at once.
Shadow Stars	30	—	Attacks a monster using 200 stars out of the currently equipped star.
Triple Throw	30	—	Attacks one monster by simultaneously throwing 3 stars.
Ninja Storm	30	Taught by the quest Three winds	Summons ninjas to push back surrounding monsters.
Hero's Will	5	—	Enables one to shrug off abnormal conditions.

Skill	Max level	Needs	What it does
Shadow Shifter	30	—	With great reflexes, enables one to avoid the monster's attack.
Venomous Stab	30	—	Stab a monster with a dagger that's been smeared with poison; the monster struck has a chance of being poisoned.
Maple Warrior	30	—	Increase all players' stats within a party by certain percentage
Assassinate	30	Taught by the quest Arec and Shadower	Strikes an unsuspecting monster at its vital spots 4 times.
Taunt	30	Shadow Shifter Lv 10	Provokes a monster, causing its general defense to increase.
Ninja Ambush	30	Shadow Shifter Lv 5	For a set period of time, a group of ninjas hiding around the bushes will periodically ambush up to 6 monsters at once.
Smokescreen	30	—	Sets off a smoke grenade to escape from a tight situation.
Boomerang Step	30	—	With great quickness, stabs multiple monsters TWICE.
Hero's Will	5	—	Enables one to shrug off abnormal conditions.

The master only talks about advancement. The advancement is the row Talk about my training; quests come first in the menu.
The Training Center for Beginner Thieves quest shows done too early. Talk to the instructor inside the training center, not the warper at the entrance.