Bandit

Last Updated: October 22, 2026

This guide is actively being worked on! Builds shown have been updated and reviewed.

Stat Distribution

Bandit's main stat is LUK and secondary is DEX.

Armor requires 10 less DEX than the armor level.
A Dagger's secondary stat requirement can be either STR or DEX, and is 5 less than the dagger level.
Put just enough points into DEX to equip your gear. Everything else into LUK.
For bandits, plan out which daggers you'll use while leveling. Adjust STR / DEX accordingly.

Bandit Skills

Dagger Mastery

Passive

Passive that increases weapon mastery, critical rate, and grants a chance to ignore knockbacks.

Like all other weapon mastery skills, you want to max this out first. When maxed, it brings your mastery from 7% to 77%, which contributes directly to your average damage.

Weapon Mastery

Mastery = (0.1 + Dagger Mastery Level10) × 0.7

Recommended Lv: MAX

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	Dagger Mastery level 1, Critical Rate +1%, 1% chance to ignore knockbacks
2	Dagger Mastery level 1, Critical Rate +2%, 2% chance to ignore knockbacks
3	Dagger Mastery level 1, Critical Rate +3%, 3% chance to ignore knockbacks
4	Dagger Mastery level 2, Critical Rate +4%, 4% chance to ignore knockbacks
5	Dagger Mastery level 2, Critical Rate +5%, 5% chance to ignore knockbacks
6	Dagger Mastery level 3, Critical Rate +6%, 6% chance to ignore knockbacks
7	Dagger Mastery level 3, Critical Rate +7%, 7% chance to ignore knockbacks
8	Dagger Mastery level 4, Critical Rate +8%, 8% chance to ignore knockbacks
9	Dagger Mastery level 4, Critical Rate +9%, 9% chance to ignore knockbacks
10	Dagger Mastery level 5, Critical Rate +10%, 10% chance to ignore knockbacks
11	Dagger Mastery level 5, Critical Rate +11%, 11% chance to ignore knockbacks
12	Dagger Mastery level 6, Critical Rate +12%, 12% chance to ignore knockbacks
13	Dagger Mastery level 6, Critical Rate +13%, 13% chance to ignore knockbacks
14	Dagger Mastery level 7, Critical Rate +14%, 14% chance to ignore knockbacks
15	Dagger Mastery level 7, Critical Rate +15%, 15% chance to ignore knockbacks
16	Dagger Mastery level 8, Critical Rate +16%, 16% chance to ignore knockbacks
17	Dagger Mastery level 8, Critical Rate +17%, 17% chance to ignore knockbacks
18	Dagger Mastery level 9, Critical Rate +18%, 18% chance to ignore knockbacks
19	Dagger Mastery level 9, Critical Rate +19%, 19% chance to ignore knockbacks
20	Dagger Mastery level 10, Critical Rate +20%, 20% chance to ignore knockbacks

Nimble Recovery

Passive

Recovers HP% and MP% after evading. 30 sec cooldown.

Filler skill to dump points into at the end of 2nd job. The 30 second cooldown really limits the value this skill provides. You can put 1 point into it early to unlock the regen, but the value you get is so small that it doesn’t really matter. Distribute the final 20 skill points between this skill and Dagger Booster depending on personal preference.

Recommended Lv: 18

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	Recover 1% HP and 1% MP with a 20% chance when evading
2	Recover 1% HP and 1% MP with a 24% chance when evading
3	Recover 1% HP and 1% MP with a 28% chance when evading
4	Recover 2% HP and 2% MP with a 32% chance when evading
5	Recover 2% HP and 2% MP with a 36% chance when evading
6	Recover 3% HP and 3% MP with a 40% chance when evading
7	Recover 3% HP and 3% MP with a 44% chance when evading
8	Recover 4% HP and 4% MP with a 48% chance when evading
9	Recover 4% HP and 4% MP with a 52% chance when evading
10	Recover 5% HP and 5% MP with a 56% chance when evading
11	Recover 5% HP and 5% MP with a 60% chance when evading
12	Recover 6% HP and 6% MP with a 64% chance when evading
13	Recover 6% HP and 6% MP with a 68% chance when evading
14	Recover 7% HP and 7% MP with a 72% chance when evading
15	Recover 7% HP and 7% MP with a 76% chance when evading
16	Recover 8% HP and 8% MP with a 80% chance when evading
17	Recover 8% HP and 8% MP with a 84% chance when evading
18	Recover 9% HP and 9% MP with a 88% chance when evading
19	Recover 9% HP and 9% MP with a 92% chance when evading
20	Recover 10% HP and 10% MP with a 100% chance when evading

Dagger Booster

Buff

Buff that increases weapon attack speed by 2.

Insane value at level 1 because you get the full attack speed and its duration is 100 sec. Increasing the skill level only increases the duration of the buff. Use the final 20 skill points between this and Nimble Recovery depending on personal preference.

Recommended Lv: 3

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	HP -30, MP -30; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 100 sec
2	HP -29, MP -29; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 110 sec
3	HP -28, MP -28; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 120 sec
4	HP -27, MP -27; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 130 sec
5	HP -26, MP -26; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 140 sec
6	HP -25, MP -25; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 150 sec
7	HP -24, MP -24; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 160 sec
8	HP -23, MP -23; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 170 sec
9	HP -22, MP -22; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 180 sec
10	HP -21, MP -21; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 190 sec
11	HP -20, MP -20; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 200 sec
12	HP -19, MP -19; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 210 sec
13	HP -18, MP -18; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 220 sec
14	HP -17, MP -17; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 230 sec
15	HP -16, MP -16; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 240 sec
16	HP -15, MP -15; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 250 sec
17	HP -14, MP -14; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 260 sec
18	HP -13, MP -13; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 270 sec
19	HP -12, MP -12; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 280 sec
20	HP -10, MP -10; Increases Dagger Attack Speed by 2 stages for 300 sec

Haste

Buff

Buff that increases movement speed and jump.

Incredibly important party buff that allows your party members to be more consistent when clearing larger areas in a map. Because of this, it directly impacts your party’s exp rate. Max this after Dagger Booster and Savage Blow.

SinDit: all Haste until you leave Stirges, then SP reset down to 1.

Recommended Lv: MAX

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	MP -15; Speed +10, Jump +1 for 100 sec
2	MP -16; Speed +11, Jump +1 for 110 sec
3	MP -17; Speed +12, Jump +1 for 120 sec
4	MP -18; Speed +13, Jump +2 for 130 sec
5	MP -19; Speed +14, Jump +2 for 140 sec
6	MP -20; Speed +15, Jump +3 for 150 sec
7	MP -21; Speed +16, Jump +3 for 160 sec
8	MP -22; Speed +17, Jump +4 for 170 sec
9	MP -23; Speed +18, Jump +4 for 180 sec
10	MP -24; Speed +19, Jump +5 for 190 sec
11	MP -25; Speed +20, Jump +5 for 200 sec
12	MP -26; Speed +21, Jump +6 for 210 sec
13	MP -27; Speed +22, Jump +6 for 220 sec
14	MP -28; Speed +23, Jump +7 for 230 sec
15	MP -29; Speed +24, Jump +7 for 240 sec
16	MP -30; Speed +25, Jump +8 for 250 sec
17	MP -31; Speed +26, Jump +8 for 260 sec
18	MP -32; Speed +27, Jump +9 for 270 sec
19	MP -33; Speed +28, Jump +9 for 280 sec
20	MP -35; Speed +30, Jump +10 for 300 sec

Steal

Active

Ranged AoE that hits 2 targets and grants an Attack Power buff for 60 sec. It can steal items that were “supposed” to drop on death, but it can’t generate extra loot.

The main purpose of this skill is the 35 Attack Power buff. Because you’re training on mobs that you barely 2 shot with Savage Blow at lv40+, you don’t really use it to deal damage. Otherwise, you’d have to cast it at least 3x to match 1 Savage Blow on a single target. There might be slight utility in using it to pull mobs due to the range.

Attack Power

Max Steal gives 35 Atk Power on success, which adds this much damage to every hit (before monster defense) for 30 sec:

Added Dmg = Skill Mult × Weapon Atk × 3550

Steal (180%) = 1.8 × 0.7 = 1.26 × Weapon Atk

Savage Blow (75%) = 0.75 × 0.7 = 0.525 × Weapon Atk per hit

= 3.15 × Weapon Atk for all 6 hits

Recommended Lv: MAX

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	MP -10, 30% chance to steal, apply 120% in damage, on success +5 Attack Power for 60 sec
2	MP -10, 32% chance to steal, apply 122% in damage, on success +6 Attack Power for 60 sec
3	MP -11, 34% chance to steal, apply 124% in damage, on success +7 Attack Power for 60 sec
4	MP -11, 36% chance to steal, apply 126% in damage, on success +8 Attack Power for 60 sec
5	MP -11, 38% chance to steal, apply 128% in damage, on success +9 Attack Power for 60 sec
6	MP -12, 40% chance to steal, apply 130% in damage, on success +10 Attack Power for 60 sec
7	MP -12, 42% chance to steal, apply 132% in damage, on success +11 Attack Power for 60 sec
8	MP -13, 44% chance to steal, apply 134% in damage, on success +12 Attack Power for 60 sec
9	MP -13, 46% chance to steal, apply 136% in damage, on success +13 Attack Power for 60 sec
10	MP -14, 48% chance to steal, apply 138% in damage, on success +14 Attack Power for 60 sec
11	MP -14, 50% chance to steal, apply 140% in damage, on success +15 Attack Power for 60 sec
12	MP -15, 52% chance to steal, apply 142% in damage, on success +16 Attack Power for 60 sec
13	MP -15, 54% chance to steal, apply 144% in damage, on success +17 Attack Power for 60 sec
14	MP -16, 56% chance to steal, apply 146% in damage, on success +18 Attack Power for 60 sec
15	MP -16, 58% chance to steal, apply 148% in damage, on success +19 Attack Power for 60 sec
16	MP -17, 60% chance to steal, apply 150% in damage, on success +20 Attack Power for 60 sec
17	MP -17, 62% chance to steal, apply 152% in damage, on success +21 Attack Power for 60 sec
18	MP -18, 64% chance to steal, apply 154% in damage, on success +22 Attack Power for 60 sec
19	MP -18, 66% chance to steal, apply 156% in damage, on success +23 Attack Power for 60 sec
20	MP -19, 68% chance to steal, apply 158% in damage, on success +24 Attack Power for 60 sec
21	MP -19, 70% chance to steal, apply 160% in damage, on success +25 Attack Power for 60 sec
22	MP -20, 72% chance to steal, apply 162% in damage, on success +26 Attack Power for 60 sec
23	MP -20, 74% chance to steal, apply 164% in damage, on success +27 Attack Power for 60 sec
24	MP -21, 76% chance to steal, apply 166% in damage, on success +28 Attack Power for 60 sec
25	MP -21, 78% chance to steal, apply 168% in damage, on success +29 Attack Power for 60 sec
26	MP -22, 80% chance to steal, apply 170% in damage, on success +30 Attack Power for 60 sec
27	MP -22, 82% chance to steal, apply 172% in damage, on success +31 Attack Power for 60 sec
28	MP -23, 84% chance to steal, apply 174% in damage, on success +32 Attack Power for 60 sec
29	MP -23, 86% chance to steal, apply 176% in damage, on success +33 Attack Power for 60 sec
30	MP -24, 90% chance to steal, apply 180% in damage, on success +35 Attack Power for 60 sec

Savage Blow

Active

Single target ability that hits up to 6 times.

One of the strongest single target abilities, which allows Bandits to train in maps earlier than anyone else. The only downside to this ability is that it takes a decent amount of SP before it’s even usable. Maxing this before Dagger Mastery is not viable due to Dagger Mastery having better scaling per point.

Recommended Lv: MAX

Skill levels

Lv	Effect
1	MP -14; Attack 4x with 65% damage
2	MP -14; Attack 4x with 66% damage
3	MP -14; Attack 4x with 67% damage
4	MP -14; Attack 4x with 68% damage
5	MP -15; Attack 4x with 69% damage
6	MP -15; Attack 4x with 70% damage
7	MP -15; Attack 4x with 71% damage
8	MP -16; Attack 4x with 72% damage
9	MP -16; Attack 4x with 73% damage
10	MP -16; Attack 4x with 75% damage
11	MP -19; Attack 5x with 65% damage
12	MP -19; Attack 5x with 66% damage
13	MP -19; Attack 5x with 67% damage
14	MP -19; Attack 5x with 68% damage
15	MP -20; Attack 5x with 69% damage
16	MP -20; Attack 5x with 70% damage
17	MP -20; Attack 5x with 71% damage
18	MP -21; Attack 5x with 72% damage
19	MP -21; Attack 5x with 73% damage
20	MP -21; Attack 5x with 75% damage
21	MP -24; Attack 6x with 65% damage
22	MP -24; Attack 6x with 66% damage
23	MP -24; Attack 6x with 67% damage
24	MP -25; Attack 6x with 68% damage
25	MP -25; Attack 6x with 69% damage
26	MP -25; Attack 6x with 70% damage
27	MP -26; Attack 6x with 71% damage
28	MP -26; Attack 6x with 72% damage
29	MP -26; Attack 6x with 73% damage
30	MP -28; Attack 6x with 75% damage

Bandit Skill Build

WIP

Doesn’t require SP reset

Level	Skill	Notes
30	Haste +1 (1)
31	Dagger Mastery +3 (3)
32	Dagger Mastery +2 (5) Dagger Booster +1 (1)
33-37	Dagger Mastery +15 (MAX)
38-47	Savage Blow +30 (MAX)
48	Haste +3 (4)
49	Haste +1 (5) Steal +2 (2)
50-58	Steal +27 (29)
59	Steal +1 (MAX) Haste +2 (7)
60-63	Haste +12 (19)
64	Haste +1 (MAX) Nimble Recovery +2 (2)
65-70	Nimble Recovery +18 (MAX)

SP reset at 45

Level	Skill	Notes
30-36	Haste +19 (19)	Haste is the only skill that’ll benefit rates for Lucky Seven. Max first.
37	Haste +1 (MAX) Nimble Recovery +2 (2)
38-43	Nimble Recovery +18 (MAX)	Nimble Recovery maxed because there’s nothing better to put points into at this stage. Can slightly help with potion cost.
44	Steal +3 (3)	Throwaway points.
45	SP reset into Dagger Mastery +20 (MAX) Dagger Booster +1 (1) Haste +1 (1) Savage Blow +24 (24)	Hard swap to bandit at lv45 for the Bazlud. The high level bandits I’ve talked to all recommend going STR dit due to the faster attack speed on STR daggers. Check Stat Distribution for details.
46-47	Savage Blow +6 (MAX)
48	Haste +3 (4)
49	Haste +1 (5) Steal +2 (2)
50-58	Steal +27 (29)	Steal is maxed next because of the extra mesos this skill provides and the attack power buff. Can be critical to training meso positively in high level maps.
59	Steal +1 (MAX) Haste +2 (7)
60-63	Haste +12 (19)
64	Haste +1 (MAX) Nimble Recovery +2 (2)
65-70	Nimble Recovery +18 (MAX)	Can move points out of Nimble Recovery into Dagger Booster if you prefer.

Stats Indepth

LUK Scaling

LUK’s impact to damage can be calculated as

MIN = Skill Mult × Weapon Atk × 80 + LUK × Weapon Mult × Mastery + DEX + STR100

MAX = Skill Mult × Weapon Atk × 100 + LUK × Weapon Mult + DEX + STR100

Mastery comes from Dagger Mastery (see the Weapon Mastery formula in the skills above). It’s 0.07 with no points in it.

LUK is affected by Weapon Multiplier and Weapon Mastery, so every point of mastery raises your damage floor and tightens your damage range. DEX and STR aren’t, and add the same to both ends of the range.

Weapon Multiplier

Weapon	Swing	Stab	Avg
Dagger	x1.0 (60%)	x2.0 (40%)	x1.4

Accuracy

Accuracy decides whether your attacks hit. It's one stat used for both physical and magic attacks.

Accuracy from your stats can be calculated as

Common = DEX × 1.2 + Level × 2 + LUK × 0.6

Acc = Common4 + 15

Every stat here is your total, including equipment and buffs

Each attack compares your Accuracy against the monster's Avoid. Monsters that are a higher level than you need a lot more Accuracy to hit reliably, while being a higher level than the monster gives no extra bonus. Level is part of the formula too, so your Accuracy goes up a little every level even without adding stats.

Avoid

Avoid decides how often monster attacks miss you.

Avoid from your stats can be calculated as

Avoid = trunc(LUK3) + trunc(DEX6) + 5

Every stat here is your total, including equipment and buffs

LUK gives twice as much Avoid as DEX. Avoid doesn't help at all until it reaches a baseline for the monster attacking you. For example, Zombie Mushrooms require 52 Avoid before you have any chance of dodging them.

FAQ

Do male thieves have overalls?

Only Sauna Robe. Female thieves have access to level 35 overalls.

Where are the level 45+ dexterity daggers?

There is currently no confirmed drop or crafting route for dexterity daggers past level 40. STR bandit will be the go-to at launch for players over level 45.

When should I switch to Savage Blow?

Level 41 at the earliest.

If I go sindit, when does dagger become better?

At level 41 if you aren’t SP resetting. You can swap at 35 if you SP reset and go into Double Stab and Dagger Mastery.