Skills are one of the most important sources of combat power in RF Online Next. This guide explains every method to acquire new skills, plus how to customize them once you have them — including slot registration, add-ons, and usage timing.
How to Obtain Skills
Skills are mainly obtained by defeating monsters or trading with merchants. Registering new skills will significantly increase your combat power. Trading with merchants guarantees acquisition without being affected by drop luck, so actively trading is one of the fastest ways to boost your strength.
1. Trade with Merchants
You can acquire skills by exchanging various specified items with merchants across each faction. These exchanges typically require Credit, N-Tokens, or Adventure Coins. Since acquiring skills strengthens your combat power significantly, prioritize these exchanges over other items.
Exchange at the Contribution Shop
You can acquire skills by exchanging N-Tokens at each faction's contribution shop. N-Tokens can be efficiently obtained from daily missions and value packs. Since purchasing multiple value packs grants a large amount of N-Tokens, this is recommended for players looking to grow stronger quickly.
Exchange with the Skill Merchant for Credit
You can also acquire skills by spending Credit at skill merchants located in major cities. While the required Credit amount is high, it can be obtained gradually through quests, missions, and in-app purchases. If you want to collect Credit quickly, consider purchasing a Value Pack.
Exchange for Adventure Coins
Skills can also be acquired by exchanging Adventure Coins, which are earned from missions, quests, and content such as Mining Wars. Since Adventure Coins, Credit, and N-Tokens can often be collected at the same time during missions, it's recommended to purchase Arca's Privilege to increase your daily mission capacity.
Exchange for Guild Coins
Skills can be obtained by exchanging Guild Coins, which are mainly earned through guild activities such as members logging in, defeating monsters as a guild, and donating to the guild.
Exchange for War Game Coins (Elysium Scramble)
Skills can be exchanged for using War Game Coins, which are earned by participating in the Elysium Scramble. Since joining a guild is required to take part in the Elysium Scramble, make sure you're in a guild before the event begins.
2. Defeat Monsters and Bosses
Skills can be obtained by defeating regular monsters in the field, as well as boss monsters. Since the drop rate from regular monsters is relatively low, it's best to treat skill drops as a bonus while you're completing missions and quests rather than farming for them directly.
Some skills can also be obtained through crafting or from skill boxes. Crafting requires collecting a certain number of materials dropped by defeated monsters, which can then be combined into skill acquisition items.
How to Customize Skills
1. Register Skills to Quick Slots
Once acquired, skills can be used by registering them to your quick slots. Follow these steps to set up automatic skill usage:
- 1 Open your skill inventory and locate the skill you want to use.
- 2 Drag the skill icon into an open quick slot on your action bar.
- 3 To enable automatic casting, drag the registered skill icon upward within its slot.
- 4 Repeat for each skill you want included in your auto-battle rotation.
2. Unlock and Swap Add-ons
Skills can be strengthened to increase their power and other attributes. Once a skill's enhancement level reaches a certain threshold, an "Add-on" is unlocked, granting the skill additional abilities. Add-ons can be freely swapped after they've been unlocked, so feel free to experiment with different combinations to suit your playstyle.
3. Set Skill Usage Intervals
You can set the usage interval for each skill by pressing the stopwatch icon in the lower-right corner of the skill's slot. If you want a custom interval, select "Use Custom Timing" and enter your desired cooldown value.
- Default Timing (recommended): Uses the skill's natural cooldown, allowing the skill to fire the moment it's ready during auto-battle. This is the most efficient setting for most skills.
- Custom Timing (for FP-heavy skills): Set a longer interval for skills that consume a lot of FP. Using high-FP skills purely on cooldown can drain your FP pool quickly, leaving you unable to use skills when you need them most — which can actually reduce overall damage efficiency.
Final Tips
Prioritize acquiring skills through merchant exchanges whenever possible, since these are guaranteed and not subject to drop luck. Once you have a strong skill set, use Default Timing for most abilities and reserve Custom Timing for high-FP skills to keep your auto-battle rotation sustainable.
