Strider

Strider
When a hatchling attains level 55, the hatchling can evolve into a strider through fulfilling a quest. A strider uses the same name as the hatchling from which it has been evolved. During the change, however, experience and other abnormal states, hunger gauge, level, etc. will all be cancelled and re-initialized. Once a hatchling gets evolved into a strider it cannot be changed back into a hatchling. A strider can be summoned at any time and from anywhere by using the appropriate item to summon it.

Strider As A Pet
During hunting, a strider will engage in hunting activities alongside its PC. The method to handle a strider during hunting is the same as the method used to handle other pets such as hatchlings, wolves etc.

A Strider As A Means of Transportation

• The player who has summoned a strider can use the mount/dismount actions to ride a strider. While a PC is riding on a strider, various status and interfaces will change.
• When one is riding a strider, P. Atk. and Speed will reflect the status of the strider and other abilities will reflect those of the PC who is riding the strider. However, if the level of the PC is considerably lower than that of the strider, the strider’s P. Atk. and Speed will receive a penalty. For example, if the level of a player is lower than the level of the strider the player is riding by 5 levels or more, P. Atk. will decrease by 50% or more and for each additional gap of 1 level, an additional 5% reduction in P. Atk. will be applied. If the level difference between a PC and a strider is 10 levels or more, the strider’s Speed will be reduced by half. After mounting a strider, if the hunger gauge goes drops to 50% or below, 50% reduction penalty will be applied to Speed and mounting and dismounting will also be restricted. As a strider's level goes up, its Speed will also increase and likewise, if a strider's level goes down, its Speed will decrease as well.

Limitations Applied While Riding A Strider

• While riding a strider, a PC can still engage in basic combat. However, the PC cannot use one’s physical skills and if the PC is wearing any equipment, it cannot have any effect on the strider. However, a player's passive skills are still effective while the player is riding a strider and the player can also use magic skills. If a PC is under the influence of Heal, Buff, or De-Buff magic, it will only affect the PC and not the strider.
• If a player opens an inventory while riding a strider, since this action will open the PC's inventory, the strider's inventory will no longer be visible. When an item is used, like in the case of using potion, the effect of the item is applied to the PC. When escaping or teleporting, one can move to another location while riding on a strider. However, a PC cannot engage in social actions, buy or sell in a private store, enchant an item or use a dwarven workshop.
• If a PC goes into water while riding on a strider, the PC's gauge will be applied as the gauge of physical strength under water and when this under water physical strength gauge disappears, the rider's HP will decrease.
• If a PC dismounts from a strider after riding on it, the strider will automatically be converted and returned to the inventory. This automatic conversion of a strider will also occur when a PC logs out or gets disconnected while riding a strider.
• All the experience obtained while a PC is riding a strider will be added to the PC's Exp. A strider consumes a lesser amount of food while a PC rides it.

Death and Disappearance of a Strider
When a strider dies, what happens after that is different depending on whether a PC was riding on it before its death or whether it was in a pet state. If it was a pet before dying, like other pets, it will stay for a certain time period as a corpse. Like other pets in general, if a pet does not get resurrected, it will ultimately disappear. If a strider dies while a PC is riding on it, the PC will die as well. If the hunger gauge of a strider remains below a certain level for some time, the strider will disappear and if a PC is riding on it when it happens, the strider will turn into a collar state. In the latter case, when it is summoned, its hunger gauge will show 0%.