Shillien Elder and Shillien Saint in Lineage 2 — Class Guide

Shillien Elder at a glance

At level 76 the Shillien Elder becomes the Shillien Saint. Dark Mystic stats: INT 44, MEN 37, WIT 19, CON 24 — plenty of MP, slow casting, little HP. In Interlude only the SE and the Elven Elder have Recharge. For the other chronicle see the Shillien Elder High Five guide.

How to get the classes

Shillien Elder buffs in Interlude — what they give and from which level

Every SE buff lasts 20 minutes on one target, range 400, 4-second cast, 6-second reuse (10 for Holy Resistance). MP is for the top level of the buff, including the initial cost. 📖 — the first level is learned from a spellbook if the server has them enabled; where to buy or farm them is in "Shillien Elder spellbooks".

In Interlude only the Shillien Elder has Greater Empower — M. Atk. another ×1.75. With Wild Magic and Concentration this is the set nukers want an SE for. Vampiric Rage works only with regular melee hits: skills and arrows return no HP.

Each buff is a separate cast on one person. Giving the whole party the full set takes a long time, so the SE gives each member only what their class needs (see "How to play a Shillien Elder").

Recharge and Shillien Elder healing

Recharge does not create MP, it transfers yours: it gives back almost as much as it costs. That is why MEN, Boost Mana, Fast Mana Recovery and Invocation matter — the faster the SE regenerates, the more MP the party gets. One more limit from the server code: Recharge cannot be cast on someone who has Recharge — it will not land on another SE or an Elven Elder.

Greater Heal and Greater Group Heal leave the same type of regen, but Greater Heal has the higher stack order. So the Greater Heal regen pushes out the group one, while the group regen will not land over Greater Heal; two identical heals in a row do not add up — the last one stays.

What does not stack: SE buffs, Warcryer chants and orc buffs

A target keeps only one buff of each type (stackType in the server code). Six SE buffs share a type with Warcryer chants, some also with Overlord and Dominator buffs:

At top level the SE and Warcryer pairs have the same numbers: Might and Chant of Battle are both ×1.15, Focus and Chant of Predator both +30%. With a Warcryer in the party these six SE buffs are not needed: a chant covers the whole party at once. The SE's own job there is Greater Empower, Wild Magic, Concentration, Mental Shield and Recharge.

The Prophet learns the same Might, Shield, Focus, Death Whisper, Guidance, Mental Shield, Concentration, Resist Wind and Holy Resistance, plus Wind Walk and Kiss of Eva. They are the very same skills: from a Prophet and an SE they do not stack, the one cast last stays.

How to play a Shillien Elder

Solo

Up to level 20 the Dark Mystic levels alone with Wind Strike. As a Shillien Oracle your main damage is Disrupt Undead: it hits undead only and gets no new levels on the Shillien Elder. The SE gets no other attack skills that keep growing: Wind Strike, Ice Bolt and Vampiric Touch stay at their Dark Mystic levels, Mana Burn only burns MP, Erase only removes a servitor. So on the 2nd class the SE levels in a party, with a partner or with its own damage dealer in a second window; solo it only has undead as a Shillien Oracle.

In a party

The order is simple: 20-minute buffs before the pull → in the fight Greater Heal on the tank, Greater Group Heal when several people drop → Recharge on mages and the Bishop while your own MP is above half. Keep a reserve for heals: with an empty MP bar Recharge will not save the party. Invocation goes between pulls, when nothing is hitting you.

Shillien Elder skills by level

1–20 · Dark Mystic

20–40 · Shillien Oracle

40–76 · Shillien Elder

The whole 2nd class tree costs 84,649,000 SP. Its buffs are about 7 million, Recharge 6.2 million, the two big heals 12.2 million. Order:

1. Recharge, Greater Heal and Greater Group Heal — the day they open: this is the SE's party job.
2. Buffs — about 7 million SP all together: a little more than one Greater Heal (6.1 million), but less than both heals combined. Greater Empower and Concentration go first if you level with mages; Holy Resistance (2.3 million) and Vampiric Rage (1.3 million) are the expensive ones and can wait.
3. MP passives — Boost Mana, Fast Mana Recovery, Fast Spell Casting and Quick Recovery, plus Invocation from 56.
4. Armor mastery — only for what you wear: Robe Mastery and Light Armor Mastery cost 6.2 million SP each.
5. Anti Magic and Weapon Mastery — 6.2 million SP each as well, after the MP passives. Raise Anti Magic earlier if the SE often takes magic damage: in PvP and on raids with casters.
6. Dryad Root, Wind Shackle, Mana Burn and Erase — 5.9–6.2 million SP each, for PvP and sieges; an SE that only heals and buffs can leave them for later.

Shillien Saint — 3rd class skills

The whole 3rd class costs 283,020,000 SP, more than half of it Mass Recharge. At 76 Divine Inspiration gets levels 3 and 4 — books only as well.

The SE cannot put its own Spell Force on itself, so Mass Recharge needs a level 3 Spell Force put on the SE by other 3rd-class mystics and healers. Spell Force itself has one level while its effect has three: players say the effect level grows when several people channel Spell Force on the SE at once. All of those classes have Spell Force, from the Archmage and Soultaker to the Cardinal, Eva's Saint, Hierophant, Dominator and Doomcryer.

Arcane Protection is the same buff type as the Doomcryer's Chant of Spirit and the Dominator's Pa'agrio's Emblem: with Chant of Spirit the stack order is equal, so the one cast last stays, while Pa'agrio's Emblem has a lower order and will not remove Arcane Protection. Prophecy of Wind shares a type with Chant of Victory, Magnus' Chant and the other classes' prophecies (Prophecy of Fire, Prophecy of Water). Chant of Victory and Victories of Pa'agrio have a higher stack order, so Prophecy of Wind will not land over them; with Magnus' Chant and the other prophecies the order is equal — the one cast last stays. Prophecy of Wind gives the same Atk. Spd. bonus as Victory but does not slow your run. Arcane Wisdom is for long raids, when MP matters more than cast speed.

Shillien Elder skill enchanting

An SE enchants Recharge first: the power route raises Recharge power to 156 (136 without enchanting), and every step is party MP without extra casts. Enchanting opens at 76, along one of two routes up to +30; a step takes SP and XP, the first one also a Secret Book of Giants. Enchanting to +4 succeeds 40% of the time at level 76 and 96% at level 80, and a failure usually drops the skill back to its normal level.

The other 2nd-class buffs enchant the same way as Greater Empower, Wild Magic and Concentration: the first route extends the duration — fewer rebuffs on raids — the second makes the cast cheaper. The exceptions: Holy Resistance, Purify, Cure Poison, Resurrection, Invocation and the 3rd-class Arcane Protection, Prophecy of Wind, Block Shield and Mass Recharge cannot be enchanted at all, and Erase has a single route, for MP cost.

Shillien Elder spellbooks — where they drop

A book is needed only for the first level of a skill and only if the server has spellbooks enabled; many servers let you learn everything for SP. Books for skills before the 2nd class — Recharge (1,933–2,340 adena), Resurrection, Disrupt Undead, buffs and heals — are sold in magic shops. Of the 2nd and 3rd class books only Invocation is sold (7,500–8,125 adena); the rest drop from mobs:

On the 2nd class the best place is Enchanted Valley: books for Guidance, Death Whisper, Purify and Invocation drop there. The books for both big heals are farmed in the Ivory Tower crater between levels 40 and 48 — Greater Heal and Greater Group Heal are learned from 48. The chance is multiplied by the server drop rate.

Shillien Elder gear

A healer barely needs M. Atk., so on every grade the SE picks gear by MP, cast speed and the weapon SA: Acumen speeds up casting, Mana Up raises max MP, Conversion gives MP at the cost of HP. D grade goes on at level 20, C at 40, B at 52, A at 61, S at 76; weapon and set numbers in the tables are taken from the aCis server.

1–20 · no grade

20–40 · D grade

40–52 · C grade

SA: Ecliptic Axe — Conversion, Magic Power, Magic Hold; Homunkulus's Sword — Acumen, Conversion, Magic Paralyze. Divine is the healer set: MP and WIT; Karmian if casting speed matters more.

52–61 · B grade

SA: Kaim Vanul's Bones — Mana Up, Magic Silence, Conversion; Wizard's Tear — Acumen, Magic Power, Conversion; Spell Breaker — Acumen, Magic Mental Shield, Magic Hold.

61–76 · A grade

SA: Cabrio's Hand — Conversion, Mana Up, Magic Silence; Themis' Tongue — Mana Up, Magic Mental Shield, Magic Focus; Daimon Crystal — Mana Up, Acumen, Magic Mental Shield.

Majestic or Dark Crystal: Majestic gives MP and MP regen — that is for Recharge; Dark Crystal gives WIT and makes casting harder to interrupt, better for PvP. Cheaper than the top — Sword of Miracles with M. Atk. 152.

76–80 · S grade

SA: Arcana Mace — Acumen, MP Regeneration, Mana Up; Imperial Staff — Empower, MP Regeneration, Magic Hold. On S grade an SE often stays in the Majestic Robe: Major Arcana has no MP bonus. Jewelry — a full set of your grade: Majestic Necklace on A, Tateossian Necklace on S.

Where to level a Shillien Elder

The zones come from player guides and the server data. Each shows the mobs with the most XP per HP and two items from their drop; the chance is at x1 rate — higher on a server with boosted drop. The zone name is the client hunting zone closest to the mob's spawn. On the 2nd class the SE levels in a party, so the list is catacombs and places where a group holds a pack of mobs. On most servers you need a Seven Signs registration to enter catacombs and necropolises.

Level 20–40

Best for the SE: Necropolis of Sacrifice — the first catacomb, with some undead; Catacomb of the Heretic and The Pilgrim's Necropolis — the most XP per HP. Execution Grounds gives far less XP per HP than the catacombs.

4 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
The Ant Nest	Ant Warrior Captain lv. 36	Stone of Purity 0.77%, Coarse Bone Powder 1.55%
	Ant Soldier lv. 35	Recipe: Brigandine Helmet 1.02%, Mithril Banded Mail Material 0.7%
	Noble Ant Leader lv. 38	Recipe: Metallic Thread(100%) 0.89%, Adamantite Nugget 0.48%
Fortress of Resistance	Ol Mahum Lord lv. 34	Charcoal 14.29%, Suede 9.09%
	Ol Mahum Marksman lv. 28	Recipe: Dark Stockings 1.39%, Healing Potion 5.27%
	Ol Mahum Captain lv. 30	Steel 0.93%, Iron Ore 9.09%
Plains of the Lizardmen	Leto Lizardman Warrior lv. 38	Manticore Skin Gaiters Pattern 1.31%, Manticore Skin Shirt Texture 0.84%
	Leto Lizardman Archer lv. 36	Gastraphetes Shaft 0.2%, Silver Nugget 3.12%
	Leto Lizardman Soldier lv. 37	Recipe: Artisan's frame 0.72%, Silver Nugget 2.63%
Cruma Marshlands	Horror Mist Ripper lv. 27	Magic Haste Potion 0.36%, Recipe: White Tunic 0.44%
	Gray Ant lv. 26	Recipe: Dark Stockings 1.2%, Suede 4.17%
	Giant Mist Leech lv. 25	Leather Boot Lining 0.64%, Crafted Leather Gloves Lining 0.64%

Level 40–52

Best for the SE: The Enchanted Valley — books for SE buffs; Catacomb of the Branded and Necropolis of Worship — catacombs with more XP per HP than The Enchanted Valley; the Greater Heal and Greater Group Heal books are in the Ivory Tower crater (below, in the folded list).

4 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Ivory Tower Crater	Enchanted Iron Golem lv. 43	Spellbook: Curse Discord 2.32%, Spellbook: Curse Fear 2.32%
	Enchanted Gargoyle lv. 44	Spellbook: Vampiric Claw 2.42%, Spellbook: Requiem 2.42%
	Shackle lv. 45	Spellbook: Blazing Circle 2.15%, Spellbook: Prominence 2.15%
Dragon Valley	Cave Servant Archer lv. 47	Durable Metal Plate 0.3%, Life Stone: level 49 0.6%
	Royal Cave Servant lv. 51	Fisted Blade Piece 0.17%, Recipe: Full Plate Shield 0.22%
	Cave Servant Captain lv. 49	Mid-Grade Life Stone: level 49 0.15%, Recipe: Theca Leather Boots 0.27%
Cruma Tower	Death Knight lv. 50	Iron Ore 20%, Recipe: Necklace of Binding 0.28%
	Dark Lord lv. 50	Greater Dye of MEN (Men+3 Int-3) 0.13%, Thons 0.5%
	Snipe lv. 44	Recipe: Demon's Stockings 0.57%, Recipe: Great Helmet 1.06%
The Forest of Mirrors	Mirror lv. 49	Stiletto Edge 0.18%, Soulfire Dirk Blade 0.18%
	Taik Orc Captain lv. 44	High-Grade Life Stone: level 46 0.11%, Chain Mail Shirt Material 0.61%
	Taik Orc Archer lv. 41	Compound Braid 0.81%, Metallic Thread 1.08%

Level 52–61

Best for the SE: Catacomb of the Apostate and The Patriot's Necropolis — catacombs, a lot of XP per HP; The Giant's Cave — Beast Lord gives almost catacomb-level XP per HP (in the collapsed list).

3 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Silent Valley	Kranrot lv. 59	Adamantite Ring Wire 0.89%, Adamantite Earring Gemstone 0.76%
	Hamrut lv. 58	Compound Braid 0.66%, Greater Antidote 8.33%
	Gamlin lv. 60	Spellbook: Elemental Assault 2.24%, Spellbook: Elemental Symphony 2.24%
The Giant's Cave	Beast Lord lv. 60	Mold Lubricant 0.56%, Great Sword Blade 0.14%
	Paliote lv. 57	Life Stone: level 58 0.34%, Enria 0.19%
	Halingka lv. 55	Mold Glue 0.46%, Life Stone: level 55 0.28%
Antharas' Lair	Bloody Lady lv. 60	Great Sword Blade 0.12%, Keshanberk Blade 0.11%
	Cave Keeper lv. 58	Durable Metal Plate 0.14%, Adamantite Necklace Chain 0.37%
	Cave Maiden lv. 59	Metal Hardener 0.3%, Zubei's Breastplate Part 0.11%

Level 61–76

Best for the SE: Tower of Insolence — the most XP per HP; Swamp of Screams — Stakatos, a little less XP; Catacomb of the Witch — a catacomb that also drops the Wild Magic book.

4 more zones

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Antharas' Lair	Plando lv. 64	Blue Wolf Helmet Design 1.24%, Doom Helmet Pattern 1.24%
	Cave Howler lv. 65	Sword of Damascus Blade 0.44%, Blade of the Wizard's Tear 0.15%
	Malruk Soldier lv. 63	Earring of Black Ore Piece 0.87%, Necklace of Black Ore Beads 0.48%
Valley of Saints	Judge of Splendor lv. 67	Stone of Purity 1.35%, Necklace of Black Ore Beads 0.36%
	Page of Pilgrim lv. 62	Adamantite Nugget 0.66%, Mold Hardener 0.13%
Fields of Massacre	Spiteful Soul Leader lv. 65	Bellion Cestus Edge 0.24%, Recipe: Stockings of Doom 0.27%
	Doom Knight lv. 65	Blue Wolf Boots Design 0.48%, Doom Gloves Part 0.48%
	Doom Trooper lv. 63	Blue Wolf Breastplate Part 0.19%, Blue Wolf Gaiters Material 0.27%
The Saint's Necropolis	Sepulcher Guard lv. 75	Sealed Dark Crystal Helmet Design 0.68%, Sealed Tallum Helm Design 0.68%
	Lesser Ancient Soldier lv. 73	Sealed Phoenix Necklace Beads 0.86%, Sealed Phoenix Earring Gemstone 1.12%
	Lesser Ancient Scout lv. 74	Sealed Dark Crystal Leather Armor Pattern 0.34%, Sealed Tallum Leather Armor Pattern 0.24%

Level 76–80

Best for the SE: Imperial Tomb — the most XP per HP; Forge of the Gods — second in XP per HP; Varka Silenos Barracks — dense spawn, packs for a party.

1 more zone

Zone	Monster	Drop (chance at x1 rate)
Monastery of Silence	Beholder of Light lv. 80	Metallic Fiber 33.33%, Blessing of Sanctity 4.55%
	Warrior Monk lv. 80	Sealed Leather Armor of Nightmare Fabric 0.43%, Sealed Majestic Leather Armor Fabric 0.37%
	Guardian of the Holy Land lv. 80	Dark Legion's Edge Blade 0.36%, Sword of Miracles Edge 0.36%

Shillien Elder dyes

The SE has three dye slots, and one stat can go up by +5 at most. There are no INT dyes for it — only STR, CON, DEX, WIT and MEN. CON goes up at the cost of STR or DEX: a healer needs neither, and a Dark Elf mystic has little HP. WIT and MEN trade off against each other, so the choice is one: more MP for Recharge and heals (MEN) or faster casting (WIT) — with WIT 19 at the start the SE casts slowly as it is.

Subclasses for a Shillien Elder

• First subclass — at level 75 on the SE, after Mimir's Elixir and Fate's Whisper unless the server has turned those quests off. Each next one opens only once the previous subclass has also reached 75; three is the cap.
• SE as the main class. You can take any 2nd class except your own, Overlord, Warsmith and the Elven classes: a Dark Elf cannot take Temple Knight, Sword Singer, Plains Walker, Silver Ranger, Spellsinger, Elemental Summoner or Elven Elder.
• SE as a subclass. Elves cannot take an SE, every other class can.
• What a subclass gives. In Interlude subclass skills work only while it is active, and XP goes only to the active class.
• Which one to take. The SE has no damage that keeps growing, so the usual subclass is something that kills mobs on its own — a nuker or a fighter. You level solo and farm adena on the subclass and switch back to the SE for parties, raids and sieges.

Shillien Elder in the Olympiad

In the Olympiad a noble SE fights one on one on its main class: there is nobody to pour MP into, and Mass Recharge does not work in the Olympiad. Invocation with its 15-minute reuse is pressed once per match. The SE has no HP damage that keeps growing, so it plays on control and the opponent's MP: Mana Burn with 900 range and an 8-second reuse burns a mage's MP, Dryad Root holds for 30 seconds, Wind Shackle cuts a fighter's attack speed. Purify cures paralysis and poison, Greater Heal heals yourself. At the 3rd class Block Shield strips a fighter's Shield and other buffs of that type, and Arcane Protection guards your own buffs against cancel.

All Shillien Elder skills

The full Shillien Elder and Shillien Saint tree — skill levels, SP and MP:

Guides for the other classes are in the Lineage 2 classes section. To try an SE in practice, pick a project in the L2 Interlude servers or Lineage 2 Interlude+ servers lists: each shows its rates and launch day. The complete list — Lineage 2 servers on the main page.