Sanction

Overview

Sanction is a beneficial Status Effect that allows the acquisition of Imperial Standing credits and Crystals from defeated enemies that grant Experience Points while in the Aht Urhgan zones. It can be received by the Imperial Gate Guards after you complete Aht Urhgan Mission 2: Immortal Sentries .

Name	Location
Asrahd	Aht Urhgan Whitegate (I-8)
Famatar	Al Zahbi (F-7)
Falzuuk	Al Zahbi (G-6)
Nabihwah	Nashmau (H-6)

Sanction Effects

While in a Sanction region with the Sanction effect active, the following will occur:

• Defeating an enemy that grants Experience Points (i.e. Easy Prey or higher) will earn the player Imperial Standing Points amounting to 10% of the base Experience Points, if battling in a region possessing the Astral Candescence.
• When defeating an enemy that grants a player Experience Points, there is a chance that an elemental Crystal will drop from that enemy. (When in a party with other members who also have Sanction active, there is a chance that additional Crystals can drop.)
• Players will receive a bonus of 5-15% addtional Experience Points for each enemy defeated, if Al Zahbi has the possession of Astral Candescence. The amount of bonus experience points granted is based on the Imperial Defense Rating.

Note that Sanction is one of the few beneficial Status Effects that cannot be directly removed via its icon; once applied, you must wait until the Sanction effect expires on its own, or override it with another effect.

• Signet and Sigil will overwrite Sanction and vice versa, including the use of a Signet Staff.
• As with Signet, Sanction is able to be overwritten by itself, restarting the duration which it lasts.
• Sanction grants no effect and no Imperial Standing Points in area not subject to Sanction; the excluded area includes all regions subject to either Signet or Sigil.

Sanction Effect Duration

• At Private Second Class, Sanction lasts 3 hours.
• At Private First Class, Sanction lasts 3 hours and 20 minutes.
• At Superior Private, Sanction lasts 3 hours and 40 minutes.
• At Lance Corporal, Sanction lasts 4 hours. Verified
• At Corporal, Sanction lasts 4 hours and 20 minutes.
• At Sergeant, Sanction lasts 4 hours and 40 minutes.
• At Sergeant Major, Sanction lasts 5 hours.
• At Chief Sergeant, Sanction lasts 5 hours 20 minutes.
• At Second Lieutenant, Sanction lasts 6 hours.
• At First Lieutenant, Sanction lasts 6 hours.

Note: When the Astral Candescence is not under imperial control, the Sanction effect duration is halved. Note: These figures were not accurate in any sense of the word. A First Lieutenant sanction only lasts six hours when the Astral Candescence is in Al Zahbi. Assuming that Sanction works anything like Sigil, there will be equal increments of time added in between rank ups. In this case, 20 minutes. I've already made the changes but verification is obviously needed.

This is not exactly true, as I can verify that as a Second Lieutenant my sanction lasts exactly 6 hours. Can't comment on other ranks, however. Edit:Sergeant is indeed longer then 4h 40m, somewhere past 5h 20m.

Sanction Enhancements

These enhancements only work when Sanction is active and the Astral Candescence is under imperial control.

• The Astral Candescence is now in Al Zahbi, so you will receive an experience bonus from battles. You can also select one of the following bonuses in exchange for a slight decrease in your Imperial standing.
  • Choose a bonus for 100 credits:
    • Not now
    • Regen
    • Refresh
    • Increased Meal Duration

Notes

Sanction strength enhances by successfully defending the Astral Candescence through consecutive Besieged attacks. As the server's winning streak continues, the bonuses conferred by the Candescence increase:

• The experience bonus rises from 5% to 15% base on the defense of Aht Urhgan.
  • To find Imperial defense rating of Aht Urhgan talk to any guard that gives sanction and ask question besiege and nation defense.( Defensive * .075 = exp bonus.)
• The meal duration enhancement doubles the normal length of food eaten.
• The Regen enhancement is active at a progressively higher percentage of HP, active from 1 HP to an HP cap of up to 95% of the player's maximum HP. Regen is 1 HP/tick.
• The Refresh enhancement is active from 0 MP to an MP cap of up to 85% of the player's maximum MP. Refresh is 1 MP/tick.
  • For this purpose, "maximum MP" does not include percentage MP increases from items such as Vermillion Cloak or foods such as Marron Glace, or increases to MP from Convert HP to MP gear such as Ether Ring, but does include all flat MP increases.
• Glory Crown gives a +1 to the Imperial Defense Bonus.
  • The Imperial Defense Rating caps at 8 points.