Character.dat

Per-class damage, defense, recovery, skill formula constants, and PvP multipliers

Per-class combat tuning. Damage rates against contexts (duel, events, PvP, PvM), class-vs-class damage modifiers, skill-specific damage formulas, HP/MP/BP/SD recovery rates, and the constants that feed every hit/defense calculation.

File Location

GameServer/Data/GameServerInfo - Character.dat

All keys live under [GameServerInfo]. Changes require a GameServer restart.

Default in the tables below = the value in the shipped file. If you delete a line, the server uses its own built-in value instead, which can differ (often 0). Change values; do not delete lines.

Class Codes

Every per-class key uses one of these two-letter prefixes.

Code	Class
DW	Dark Wizard
DK	Dark Knight
FE	Fairy Elf
MG	Magic Gladiator
DL	Dark Lord
SU	Summoner
RF	Rage Fighter

Damage Rates by Context

Percent of base damage applied in each game mode. 100 = no change, 50 = half damage, 0 = zero damage dealt.

Key	Default	Effect
DuelDamageRate	60	Damage scaling inside the duel arena
GensDamageRate	60	Damage scaling between Gens factions in PvP
CustomArenaDamageRate	50	Damage scaling in the Custom Arena plugin map
ChaosCastleDamageRate	50	Damage scaling in Chaos Castle
IllusionTempleDamageRate	50	Damage scaling in Illusion Temple
CastleSiegeDamageRate1	40	Damage on defenders during CS
CastleSiegeDamageRate2	0	Damage on attackers during CS
CastleSiegeDamageRate3	5	Damage on castle-neutral targets
GeneralDamageRatePvP	100	Baseline PvP damage anywhere without a special rate
GeneralDamageRatePvM	100	Baseline PvM damage
ReflectDamageRatePvP	100	Reflect damage in PvP
ReflectDamageRatePvM	1000	Reflect damage in PvM (%). PvM reflect uses the monster's full hit (before your defense/absorb), takes your reflect % of it, then applies this rate. 1000 = x10. Regular (percent) reflect only. Missing line = 0 = reflect does no damage to monsters
FullReflectDamageRatePvM	100	Full damage reflect proc in PvM (%). Separate from ReflectDamageRatePvM. Also uses the monster's full hit before your defense. 100 = monster takes its own raw hit back

Context rates stack multiplicatively with class rates and class-vs-class rates. If Duel is 60, PvP General is 100, and DW-to-DK is 100, a DW hitting a DK in the arena lands 0.6 * 1.0 * 1.0 = 60% of the raw damage.

Character Max Rates

Hard caps on a player's total rate from all sources (items, options, buffs, master tree, sets). Players only, monsters are not capped. 0 or missing line = no cap.

Key	Default	Effect
MaxReflectRate	65	Max total damage reflect %. Full damage reflect proc is not capped
MaxDamageReductionRate	70	Max total damage cut % from all damage reduction sources (item/option reduction, buff reduction, shield Defense skill). Wing and pet absorb apply after and are not counted
MaxCriticalDamageRate	90	Max critical damage chance % (before target's resist)
MaxExcellentDamageRate	90	Max excellent damage chance % (before target's resist)
MaxDoubleDamageRate	20	Max double damage chance % (before target's resist)
MaxTripleDamageRate	15	Max triple damage chance %

The C panel shows the capped value.

Class Damage Rates

Per-class multipliers for PvP and PvM. All default to 100.

Pattern	Meaning
<CLASS>DamageRatePvP	This class's damage output in any PvP context
<CLASS>DamageRatePvM	This class's damage output against monsters

Seven classes × two contexts = 14 keys, all default 100.

Elemental damage rates (inert in this build)

A parallel family of roughly 130 keys mirrors the damage-rate matrix above for the elemental (pentagram) damage path: GeneralElementalDamageRatePvM / PvP, <CLASS>ElementalDamageRatePvM / PvP, <CLASS>ElementalDamageRateTo<CLASS>, <CLASS>ElementalAttackSuccessRateConstA-D, <CLASS>ElementalDefenseConstA, and the per-context rates DuelElementalDamageRate, GensElementalDamageRate, CustomArenaElementalDamageRate, ChaosCastleElementalDamageRate, IllusionTempleElementalDamageRate and CastleSiegeElementalDamageRate1 / 2.

None of them ship in Character.dat and all default to 0, so the elemental damage branch multiplies out to zero and the pentagram damage system is inactive in this build.

Do not add individual keys from this family. The rates multiply in sequence, so supplying one while the rest stay at 0 still produces zero damage.

Elemental resistances on rings and pendants are a separate, working system - see JewelryLevelEnable in Common.dat.

Class-vs-Class Damage Rates

Square matrix of multipliers. <A>DamageRateTo<B> = damage from class A when hitting class B. All default to 100 (no change).

Full 7x7 matrix

Every pair uses the same pattern: <ATTACKER>DamageRateTo<DEFENDER> = 100. 49 keys total.

• DWDamageRateToDW ... DWDamageRateToRF

• DKDamageRateToDW ... DKDamageRateToRF

• FEDamageRateToDW ... FEDamageRateToRF

• MGDamageRateToDW ... MGDamageRateToRF

• DLDamageRateToDW ... DLDamageRateToRF

• SUDamageRateToDW ... SUDamageRateToRF

• RFDamageRateToDW ... RFDamageRateToRF

Raise a row to buff one class's damage against another; lower it to nerf. Typical server balance tweaks live here, not in the context or class rates above.

Monster Damage to Players

How hard monsters hit players. The PvM keys above only scale damage players deal to monsters; these scale the other direction. Player summons are not affected.

Key	Default	Effect
MonsterDamageRateToDW ... MonsterDamageRateToRF	100	% of monster damage taken by that class. 80 = that class takes 20% less from monsters
PlayerDefenseRateVsMonster	50	% of a player's defense used when a monster hits them. Vanilla hardcoded 50
PlayerDefenseRateVsPlayer	50	% of a player's defense used when another player hits them. Vanilla hardcoded 50

A per-map rate stacks on top: MonsterDamageRate in MapManager.xml. Monster affix blasts and other preset monster hits are scaled too.

Raising PlayerDefenseRateVsMonster makes defense stronger against every monster at once; the per-class rates are better for balancing one class.

Element Weakness and Strength

Monsters can be weak or strong against one element. A player skill whose element (the Type column in Skill.txt) matches deals more or less damage to that monster. Normal attacks have no element.

Key	Default	Effect
ElementWeakBonus	20	+% damage when the skill's element is the monster's weakness
ElementStrongPenalty	20	-% damage when the skill's element is the monster's strength

Set the elements per monster with Weak / Strong in Monster.xml (Weak="Fire"), or per map with ElementWeak / ElementStrong in MapManager.xml for monsters that have none of their own. Players see them as badges beside the monster's HP bar: weakness on the left (green rim, up arrow), strength on the right (red rim, down arrow), with a hover tooltip.

Damage Stuck Rate

Chance of a "stuck" animation triggering on hit for each class. 0 disables. Value is a percentage.

Key	Default
DWDamageStuckRate	0
DKDamageStuckRate	0
FEDamageStuckRate	0
MGDamageStuckRate	0
DLDamageStuckRate	0
SUDamageStuckRate	0
RFDamageStuckRate	0

Mount Stuck Rate

Flinch chance while riding a mount. Historically mounted characters never flinched; these keys make it configurable per mount. 0 keeps the classic no-flinch behavior.

Key	Default
UniriaDamageStuckRate	0
DinorantDamageStuckRate	0
DarkHorseDamageStuckRate	0
FenrirDamageStuckRate	0

Custom plugin mounts are configured separately: set StuckRate="N" on the <Mount> entry in Data\Plugins\Items\CustomPets.xml (default 0).

Damage Multiplier Constants

Per-class passive damage boost formula constants. Not commonly edited.

Key	Default	Applies to
DKDamageMultiplierConstA	10	Dark Knight Energy divisor (rate = 200 + Energy/A)
DLDamageMultiplierConstA	20	Dark Lord Energy divisor (rate = 200 + Energy/A)
RFDamageMultiplierConstA	8	Rage Fighter Dexterity divisor used in attack-stance rate
RFDamageMultiplierConstB	10	Rage Fighter Vitality divisor used in defense-stance rate
RFDamageMultiplierConstC	10	Rage Fighter Energy divisor used in both attack and defense rates
DKDamageMultiplierMaxRate	500	DK multiplier cap
DLDamageMultiplierMaxRate	500	DL multiplier cap
RFDamageMultiplierMaxRate	500	RF multiplier cap (applied to each of the three RF stances)

Dark Spirit Settings

Tunes the Dark Lord's Dark Spirit pet.

Dark Spirit constants (15 keys)

Key	Default	Effect
DarkSpiritRangeAttackRate	30	Chance % the spirit performs a ranged attack
DarkSpiritCriticalDamageRate	30	Crit rate %
DarkSpiritExcellentDamageRate	0	Excellent rate %
DarkSpiritAttackDamageMinConstA/B/C	180 / 15 / 8	Min damage formula
DarkSpiritAttackDamageMaxConstA/B/C	200 / 15 / 4	Max damage formula
DarkSpiritAttackSpeedConstA/B/C/D	20 / 4 / 5 / 50	Attack speed formula
DarkSpiritAttackSuccessRateConstA/B/C	1000 / 16 / 1	Hit rate formula

Guardian Items (Dec Damage)

Constants for items that reduce incoming damage while equipped.

Key	Default	Effect
DinorantDecDamageConstB	5	Dinorant damage-reduction constant
DarkHorseDecDamageConstA	30	Dark Horse damage-reduction linear term
DarkHorseDecDamageConstB	2	Dark Horse damage-reduction scaling term

Skill Damage Formulas

Constants feeding specific-skill damage calculations. Leave at defaults unless rebalancing a skill specifically.

Combo / Earthquake / Electric Spark / DL Skill / Nova

Key	Default
ComboDamageConstA	2
ComboDamageConstB	1

ComboDamageConstA/B only apply to classes without a <ClassScaling> row in CustomCombo.xml. | EarthquakeDamageConstA/B/C | 10 / 5 / 10 | | ElectricSparkDamageConstA/B | 10 / 250 | | DLSkillDamageConstA/B | 25 / 50 | | NovaDamageConstA/B/C | 20 / 5 / 2 |

Plasma Storm per-class constants (28 keys)

Four constants per class (A/B/C/D, plus E for Dark Lord):

Class	A	B	C	D	E
DW	5	5	7	3	-
DK	3	5	5	7	-
FE	5	3	7	5	-
MG	3	5	5	7	-
DL	5	5	7	3	3
SU	5	5	7	3	-
RF	5	5	3	7	-

Pool Recovery Rates

Percent of max pool recovered per recovery tick.

Pool	Default per class	Notes
HP (<CLASS>HPRecoveryRate)	0 for every class	Disabled by default; raise to grant passive HP regen
MP (<CLASS>MPRecoveryRate)	4 for every class
BP (<CLASS>BPRecoveryRate)	3 for every class except DK (5)	BP = stamina for combos and Rage Fighter
SD (<CLASS>SDRecoveryRate)	4 for every class	SD = Shield Defense

Seven classes × four pools = 28 keys, all following the same <CLASS><POOL>RecoveryRate pattern. Four further keys, below, layer on top of them.

No-damage recuperation bonus

Added in v1.0.7. A flat extra percentage applied on top of the recovery rate above, granted only when the pool has not been spent or hit for more than 5 seconds - the classic "regenerate while standing still" behaviour.

Key	Default	Pool
HPNoDamageRecoveryBonus	5	Life
SDNoDamageRecoveryBonus	5	Shield Defense
MPNoDamageRecoveryBonus	3	Mana
BPNoDamageRecoveryBonus	3	Stamina

Set a key to 0 to remove the idle bonus for that pool entirely. These are server-wide, not per-class. The defaults match the vanilla WebZen values.

Base Damage Constants

Min/max physical and magic damage formula constants. Drive the baseline hit range before items and skills.

Per-class damage formula constants

Pattern: <CLASS>PhysiDamageMin/MaxConstA/B, <CLASS>MagicDamageMin/MaxConstA. Fairy Elf has extra Bow variants for ranged weapons.

Class	Physi Min A	Physi Min B	Physi Max A	Physi Max B	Magic Min A	Magic Max A
DW	6	-	4	-	9	4
DK	8	-	4	-	9	4
FE	7	-	4	-	9	4
MG	6	12	4	8	9	4
DL	7	14	5	10	9	4
SU	8	-	4	-	9	4
RF	7	15	5	12	9	4

FE bow-specific: FEPhysiDamageMinBowConstA/B = 14/7, FEPhysiDamageMaxBowConstA/B = 8/4.

Attack Success Rate

Hit chance formula constants (separate for PvE and PvP).

Attack success rate constants per class

PvE pattern: <CLASS>AttackSuccessRateConstA/B/C/D. Dark Lord has an additional E. Rage Fighter has higher defaults to compensate for higher base damage.

Class	A	B	C	D	E
DW	5	3	2	4	-
DK	5	3	2	4	-
FE	5	3	2	4	-
MG	5	3	2	4	-
DL	5	6	2	4	10
SU	5	3	2	4	-
RF	3	5	4	6	-

PvP pattern: <CLASS>AttackSuccessRatePvPConstA/B/C/D.

Class	A	B	C	D
DW	3	1	4	1
DK	3	1	45	10
FE	3	1	6	10
MG	3	1	35	10
DL	3	1	4	1
SU	3	1	35	10
RF	26	10	36	10

Attack Speed Constants

Physical and magic attack speed formula constants.

Key	Default	Effect
DWPhysiSpeedConstA	20	DW physical attack speed
DWMagicSpeedConstA	10	DW magic attack speed
DKPhysiSpeedConstA	15
DKMagicSpeedConstA	20
FEPhysiSpeedConstA	50
FEMagicSpeedConstA	50
MGPhysiSpeedConstA	15
MGMagicSpeedConstA	20
DLPhysiSpeedConstA	10
DLMagicSpeedConstA	10
SUPhysiSpeedConstA	20
SUMagicSpeedConstA	20
RFPhysiSpeedConstA	10
RFMagicSpeedConstA	10

Defense Success Rate

Dodge/block chance formula constants.

PvE defense success rate constants

Pattern: <CLASS>DefenseSuccessRateConstA.

Class	A
DW	3
DK	3
FE	4
MG	3
DL	7
SU	4
RF	10

PvP defense success rate constants

Pattern: <CLASS>DefenseSuccessRatePvPConstA/B/C. Rage Fighter has higher defaults.

Class	A	B	C
DW	2	1	4
DK	2	1	2
FE	2	1	10
MG	2	1	4
DL	2	1	2
SU	2	1	2
RF	15	10	5

Defense Constants

Per-class defense formula constants. Raises the baseline defense scaling for that class.

Key	Default
DWDefenseConstA	4
DKDefenseConstA	3
FEDefenseConstA	10
MGDefenseConstA	4
DLDefenseConstA	7
SUDefenseConstA	3
RFDefenseConstA	8

Reflect Settings

ReflectDamageCheckOwnerLive moved to Data/Plugins/World/Downgrade.xml, as <Combat ReflectDamageCheckOwnerLive="..." /> - see Downgrade. The leftover key in the shipped Character.dat template is ignored.

Cross-File Dependencies

Setting here	Related in
All class-code prefixes (DW/DK/FE/MG/DL/SU/RF)	Common.dat Create Character Settings and per-class LevelUpPoint, and DefaultClassInfo.txt base stats and per-level curves
ReflectDamageRatePvP / ReflectDamageRatePvM	Reflect Damage skill constants in Skill.dat
CastleSiegeDamageRate1/2/3	Castle Siege section in Event.dat; inert unless Common.dat EnableCastleSiege = 1
CustomArenaDamageRate	Custom Arena plugin
ChaosCastleDamageRate, IllusionTempleDamageRate	Matching event sections in Event.dat
Per-class damage and recovery rates	Skill.txt and SkillDamage.txt feed per-skill damage formulas

Common Issues

• Every player hits for zero in the arena - DuelDamageRate = 0 by accident

• One class feels overpowered in PvP - check the <CLASS>DamageRatePvP and <CLASS>DamageRateTo<OTHER> rows, not the formula constants

• HP never regenerates for any class - <CLASS>HPRecoveryRate defaults to 0 on purpose. Raise per class to enable passive regen

• Castle Siege damage feels wrong only during CS - CastleSiegeDamageRate1/2/3 interact with the role you occupy (defender, attacker, neutral)

• Reflect never fires after the owner dies - ReflectDamageCheckOwnerLive defaults to 1; set it to 0 in Downgrade.xml, not in this file, to let reflect still apply when the owner dies in the same tick