Pankration Guide by Daveie

Guide Introduction
This guide aims to help players make the most out of Pankration, most of this data is un-confirmed and is based on personal experience, and I hope that this guide helps people make the most out of Pankration.

How to Start
In order to begin Pankration you need to get a soultrapper and some Soul Plates these cost 2 jettons each, which can be obtained by trading Imperial Currency to Zandjarl however once you have your picture it also cost another Jetton to turn your Plate (or Picture) into a Soul Reflector which then requires an extra Jetton each time you add some Feral Skills to it, and another Jetton to make it an Official Soul Reflector which is used in battles, then another Jetton to enter Combat, which when you win you earn plently more Jettons so I suggest about 10 Jettons should be enough. Once you have your jettons talk to Zandjarl again and view his wares to get you trapper and plates

Conversion Rates
The conversion rates on Lakshmi on 11th September are as follows

1 Imperial Bronze Piece = 1 Jetton 1 Imperial Silver Piece = 10 Jettons 1 Imperial Mythril Piece = 30 Jettons 1 Imperial Gold Piece = 200 Jettons

However I have reason to suspect these may change as Zandjarl says "Current Exchange Rate"

Pictures
Ok now you have your trapper and plates you can take the picture of the monster you want, like in real photography its a good idea to be able to have a clear picture of your chosen monster, so a good close picture and less blocked picture the higher your chance of a Sucessful Feral drain. Also keep in mind the area you are taking the picture in if you take a picture of a Crawler in East Sabutura it wont be a strong as one taken in Crawlers Nest for example due to the level difference of the monsters, I also believe feral drain can only be done to a monster once, after someone drains that monsters feral it can't be drained again (due to the fact I had a clear shot of a colobri and took 6 pictures of it but only got 1 plate off it[Dis-proved me and party member got picture of same monster on same battle]). I recommened taking several Pictures so you have some Feral Skills you can give to your monster

Reflectors
You should now have a plate with your chosen monster on it you then take it to the pit relfector official along with an Ice crystal to get your very own reflector, you can then trade the reflector with another plate to get that ability as long as your monster has the feral points for it, you can also rename it by trading just the reflector this will give you a list of important data as well. Once you are done with that you can trade your Reflector to the Person to the right of the NPC (when facing them) to turn it official which then means you can fight with it in the pit.

Things to Do
-Get Relfectors NPC names -Register to fight section -EXP tables -Average Level per area -Prizes