GUARDIAN SYSTEM

Patterns

Patterns are one of the most important permanent progression systems in Guardian. They provide long-term stat bonuses and can significantly increase farming efficiency, PvE damage and overall character performance.

System Type

Permanent

Best For

PvE / Farm

Difficulty

Medium

Priority

High

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Quick Start

Best priorities for the first days of Guardian progression.

Mage

WIT → INT

High Priority

Dagger / Archer

DEX → STR

High Priority

Warrior

STR → DEX

Medium Priority

Tank

CON → DEX

Medium Priority

Overview

Every Pattern focuses on a specific attribute such as STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIT or MEN. Upgrading a Pattern grants increasing bonuses, but the cost grows at higher levels.

Recommendation: Check the break points of your stats on the Chracter information window on "T" and then clicking on Stat Bonus

Obtaining Paterns

Patterns can be obtained through Dye Boosters.
You can obtain a maximum of 3 Dye Boosters daily by hunting mobs
In order to obtain a Dye Coupon you will need 5 Dye Boosters and 5 million adena and can be obtained in the special craft window. Writting the Dye itself costs 1.3 million adena.

Dye Coupon crafting in Lineage 2 Guardian

Recommendation: Focus on 1-2 core Patterns first instead of spreading resources across many low-level upgrades.

Stat Priority by Class

Class Type	Primary	Secondary	Avoid Early
Mage	WIT	INT	CON
Dagger	DEX	STR	MEN
Archer	DEX	STR	MEN
Warrior	STR	DEX	MEN
Tank	CON	DEX	INT

Do not blindly follow retail priorities.Guardian is rebalanced and some classes gain more value from DEX or WIT than on official Essence.

Required Materials

Material	Used For
Dye Booster	Basic upgrade
Adena	Upgrade fee
Lucky Catalyst	Bonus chance

Recommended Upgrade Path

Level 1-3

Upgrade your main Pattern immediately. The cost is low and the power gain is excellent.

Level 4-11

Continue only if this Pattern is part of your long-term build.

Recommendation: At level 3 your Pattern will give you +4 on the Stat of the Pattern itself, it won't go up to +5 until level 11.

Multi Dye System

You can have 2 different Patterns on each slot and you can freely swap between them while being out of combat which allows you to have different patterns sets based on the content you are completing.

Recommendation: A common usage of the multi dye system would be to have one set for pure PVE and another one for Olympiads or PvP events.

Common Mistakes

Mistake	Impact
Upgrading all Patterns equally	Very High
Ignoring WIT on mages	High
Spending all adena on Patterns	High
Upgrading without a final build	Medium

Best practice: Decide your final class role (farm, PvP, bossing) before investing heavily into high-level Patterns.