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Daily Missions (49)[＋]

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

2HO Graffiti

Deface some more omni landmarks

Spying on an Omni-Med Research Lab

Daily Mission to hack terminals

Deface Clan propaganda to tout Omni supremecy

Give (somebody else's) blood to help make some medkits.

Someone wants a bunch of rocks. People have some really boring hobbies.

Daily Mission to clear a crash site.

A Daily Mission to go to the medusa city and kill five criminals.

Daily mission to infiltrate the cyborg command center

Darkest Sanctum - Defeat the Re-Incarnator

Daily mission to help out a stranded citizen

Investigate and report about a double agent

Also known as Foremans

Elite - Crypt of Home

Daily Mission to the enigmatic Crypt of Home

Elite - Smugglers Den

Breech the breeding caves and exterminate mantis!

Elite - Temple of the Three Winds

Daily Mission to weaken the cultists in the temple

Elite - The Condemned Subway

Daily mission that takes you into the Subway.

Daily Mission to find the loot the packs of shadows gathered.

Daily mission teaching you to train Enigma Dogs.

Experimental Software

Daily Mission to extract and reform.

Find pages of a lost manuscript

Deface some omni propagana

Our client wishes to eradicate some of the Clan Propaganda in Four Holes

Opening crates in Smugglers Den

Eremites have infested Rubi-Ka!

Infiltration Preparation

Get cyborg parts for cyborg costumes

Stop the Omni courier!

Daily mission to collect some jewelry

Killing The Competition

A quick and easy victory point daily mission for those not inclined to PVP.

Mnemonic Courier, Mission Daily, test an environmental software prototype

Daily Mission to protect the Enigma Sprout.

Daily mission to save the Bulky Ottou.

Kill pirates! Arrrrrh

Shady business in the Borealis Antique Shop

A sometimes frustrating daily PVP mission with Victory Points as a reward.

Recover some expensive gadgetry from the cyborgs!

Scavenger: Perpetual Wasteland

Head out to steal some weapon pieces from the cyborgs.

Scientific Breakthrough

Test an experimental virus for a virologist... On yourself.

Daily Mission to control Scooplet numbers.

Sticking it to the Sentinels

Daily Mission to destroy the mainframe.

The Cup - Daily Mission

Daily Mission to deliver Plumbo XXX leaflets.

Complete a routine check of the grid

Take out the boss of a dyna-camp

Daily mission to search for recycling materials.

Encounter Guides (51)[＋]

High Level Encounter

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Abandoned Facilities (Biodomes)

Only the strongest on Rubi-Ka can find out what is inside them.

In this medieval fortress lies Tarasque, a genetically engineered giant dragon.

Clan Modified Battledroids

Two strong droids that need to be taken apart, one located in the Sentinels Base.

Colonel Frank Kaehler

Omni soldier with Clan equipment

Condemned Subway (raid)

These recently re-opened tunnels in the old Subway system are even more dangerous than previous ones.

Level 250 Cyborg Bosses

The borgs are taking control of Rubi-Kas northern zones on a large scale.

Mantis weapon upgrades!

Dust Brigade - Inside the Machine (DB2)

Continue the battle against Dust Brigade

Dust Brigade - Outpost (DB1)

team instance to fight this pest

Dust Brigade - The Facility (DB3)

How do you tackle the infamous DB3? Check here for some answers.

Dust Brigade Generals

Leaders of the terrorist organization

Get your Beeping Backpack here!

Guide Retired As A Stand Alone Guide Administrator Devalos Added To Camelot Guide

Fertilize the sapling to uncover hidden enemies.

Jack Leg-Chopper Menendez

Only trox that begs you to kill him

Mom in the first defense line

Within the walls of Drill Island, a lunatic lurks

Medusa Grandmatriarchs

The most fearsome Medusas on Rubi-Ka

Mick 'Nugget' McMullet

a trox with loot none can spell..

Soldier Equipment Dropping NPC!

Obey or you will be punished!

Head on a Silver platter? You got it!

Omni-Pol Command Juggernauts

Omni-Tek's heavy artillery

Albino rhino season is now open

Hiding out on Enigma Island.

Temple of the Three Winds (raid)

The cult's most sacred, and fortified, place of worship.

The same cult from ToTW has a deeper and more dangerous worship site.

The mercenaries in the Primus Camp

A mutant and his clone minions you may want to take out.

Hold your noses!! Stinkblobs incoming!

A dangerous camp in Eastern Fouls Plains

Low Level Encounter

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Biological Materials Reseach Center / Foremans

This is a seedy and abandoned place filled with criminals and a great place to start.

Go after one of the largest threats against Rubi-Ka, for level 50-70 players.

They're tiny, hard to find, and really really angry

A dark place where sanity could easily be lost, for level 30-50 players.

Temple of the Three Winds

A cult worships demonic creatures, it's up to you to stop them, for level 25-60 players.

Mid Level Encounter

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Cyborg Domain

The cyborgs have an outpost in Avalon, its up to you to put an end to it, for level 75-100 players.

sweet pink girl who packs a punch

Meta-Physicists and Nanomage will seek to terminate him, for levels 110-150 players.

If you are an Agent, you may want to kill this mob, for levels 110-150 players.

Reet by name, Juggernaut by nature

a Poet Laureate, soldier with too long name

R-2000 Vermin Disposal Unit

Waste disposer with a shady connection

An abandoned and dark temple in Broken Shores with fearsome monsters, for levels 75-110 players.

The Mantis and Smugglers Den

A maze of caves with danger and adventure waitng in Southern Foul Hills.

Melee users may want to exterminate this giant scorpiod.

The lifecycle of the organic is at an end.

Gameplay Guides (67)[＋]

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

AO Dictionary

A list of abbreviations & phrases used in AO

Attack Rating, Weapon Damage and Special Attacks

Ever wondered how the numbers are generated?

Old starting areas for new characters on Rubi Ka

Learn how to set your windows up

Graphical User Interface

Basic Pet Commands Guide

Commands every pet owner needs to know.

Learn the basics of raiding in Anarchy Online.

Statistical overview and comparision of the breeds

Complete list of nano skill buffs

An overview of character creation

How to stop seeing certain chat messages

A guide about NCU belts and memory.

A guide on how to get Clicksaver up and running.

Learn about the mechanics of fighting in AO.

The how, where, what and why!

Date and time on Rubi-Ka

Date and time explained

Deflect Skill explained

Dyna Camps - Weapons - Nanos

A list of RK Dyna loot Weapons - Nanos

Camps with special bosses scattered around Rubi-Ka

The definitive attack and defense rating guide

This Fixer armor makes you almost untouchable!

Guide Retired Gui Skinning Reference Part 1 Saved For Internal Reference

Guide Retired Gui Skinning Reference Part 2 Saved For Internal Reference

Guide Retired Maps And Their Upgrades Saved For Internal Reference

Guide Retired Renaming Backpacks

Learn about this very helpful in-game bot

How to play AO on Linux or Mac

Installing and running AO in Wine

How to play AO on the Steam Deck

Installing and running AO on the Steamdeck

How to play soundeffects

How to play soundeffects and music with the /voice command for those around you.

How to pull a mission

How to get started with missioning on Rubi Ka

An overview of IP and distribution

Player vs. Player in AO

Introduction to Scripting

Introduction to Tradeskilling

Inventory Bank Backpacks And Overflow

Inventory, Bank, Backpacks and Overflow

Inventory, Overflow, Banks, Backpacks

Looking For Team Interface

For those times when you are lonely

Send items and credits via the mail system

Martial Art Skill Explained

Martial Arts Skill Explained

Martial Arts Special Attacks

They're not just for Martial Artists

Master Blitz List v2.0

A HUGE list of what you may plan to Blitz for.

Mission Token - Title Ratio

Learn how many tokens you get at your level.

Commands to create and run your own organization.

What is "being OE" and why it's not so bad

Color the names of your pets

All pre-built implants at Basic Shops compiled

Profession Ranks and Title Levels

What Title Level Are You?

An overview of the PvP titles

Quick overview on how to use the interface

An ingame tradeskill and quest guides bot

Your own place to relax!

Get a temporary buff to your abilities.

Shadowfade Armor Guide

Learn where this agent armor can be acquired.

How and where to shop

The new loyalty rewards system.

The longer you are together, the better

Token Boards Explained

Overview of available token boards for all players

Tradeskill Departments

Need some parts? This might be the right place!

Travelling on Rubi-Ka

How to get from A to B on Rubi-Ka

Twinking Computer Literacy

For getting on those pesky NCUs

For getting on those pesky implants and symbiants.

How to drive around Rubi-Ka.

Using coordinates on your mini map or via a text command

Weapon Initiatives and the AggDef Slider

Maximizing your attack speed

The experience and shadowknowledge you need for reaching enlightment

Holiday Encounters (13)[＋]

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Adrienne Lefebvre and Qi Qiao Jie

Valentine's Day - Love is in the air, everywhere I look around

Birthday Event World Bosses

Celebrate Anarchy Online's anniversary with new bosses and loot

Desert Nomads and the Desert Rider

Anniversary - Celebrating the Desert Rider's June birthday - with a boom!

Enigma Grove - Locate and Defend

Halloween - Locate and Defend Enigma Grove from Entvines

New Year's - Father Time is searching for something... but what?

Halloween - Leets: Mebbe u liek burried lewt!?

Birthday - Boss - Loren Warr returns for a severance pay

Return the Stolen Gifts - Holiday

Christmas - Help Gift-Wrapped Leet find the gifts he stole

Santa Leet's Workshop

Christmas - Investigate Santa Leet's Gift Factory

Christmas - Bad kidz! Big drill! Open secret box b4 ready!

Halloween - A dark creature rises from its slumber in Deep Artery Valley

Uncle Pumpkin-Head hunting guide

Halloween - Where to find them and what they drop

Location Guides (35)[＋]

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Anarchic Hill

The AO Logo in the Landscape

Get your basic weapon upgrades here

Fight to claim the Battle Stations!

A sleazy bar located in Hope.

Find these tradeskill items in several locations around Rubi-Ka.

Clondyke Pipeline Trailer

Part of one hundred thousand miles of pipes

Get some sweet stuff for a girl, or a personal item to store things from this Stret West Bank vendor.

Enjoy it While is Lasts

Chick Fight - Bar in Tir

A secret hidden shop for fixers. It no longer exists.

Galway Castle Miniature Model

A model version of Galway Castle

Galway Nature Reserve

A nature reserve in Galway County.

An omni resort deep inside Omni-Tek territory.

Bar located in Newland City.

A popular hangout in The Last Ditch

Located in Newland Desert

A bar in Omni-1 Entertainment

Soul Fragment Monument

Located in Southern Artery Valley

Stolt's Trading Outpost

Located in Newland Desert

Get your hands on a tattoo of your faction or buy others!

Temple of Three Winds Loot Table

Full list of items that drop in the temple

Restaurant in 4 Holes

A coffee hangout in West Athen

A clan hangout in Tir, Capital of the Clans

A face in the landscape

Overview of the new zone

A tank armor specialist.

The ruins of Simon Silverstone's house

A unique shop terminal for Traders only

Tsunayoshi Smith Vendor

Master and seller of melee weapons.

Stay loyal to Anarchy Online and you will be rewarded for your play time as a paying customer.

Get some useful items to wear from this Mort vendor.

Profession Guides (14)[＋]

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Adventurer Guide o Doom (1/4)

Introduction, Breed, and IP

Adventurer Guide o Doom (2/4)

Adventurer Guide o Doom (3/4)

Implants and Symbiants

Adventurer Guide o Doom (4/4)

Nanos, Perks, Research, and More

Alezander's Soldier Guide

Everything about Soldiers

Bureaucrat Guide - Version 1.2

Learn about IP, equipment, Perks and Nanos

Engineer Guide MKIII (1/3)

Breed, Pets, and Skills

Engineer Guide MKIII (2/3)

Armor, Weapons, Trimmers, and Implants

Engineer Guide MKIII (3/3)

Strategy and Tradeskills

Tepamina's Soldier Guide (1/3)

General, Weapons and Armor

Tepamina's Soldier Guide (2/3)

Nanos, Implants, Symbiants, and Perks

Tepamina's Soldier Guide (3/3)

Research, Strategy, and More

The All-Encompassing Adventurer Guide

Written by Nicholas Sehres

Quests Guides (34)[＋]

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Biomare Quests (Foremans)

This base is experimenting on innocents!

Drop by BB in Holes in the wall for a bite and employment

A series of low level quests for clan players level 5+.

Corporal Ashley Winstead

Quest for new shiny mid level nano

Dust Brigade / Peacekeeper Constad

Help ICC flush out those Dusties

Engineer Heath Bridges

Help (mad) scientist and get weapon upgrade kits

Fixer Grid Quest Part 1

Succeed as a Fixer and you will get access to your own grid travel system.

Fixer Grid Quest Part 2

Get through this, and you can transport friends and team mates into the grid.

General Freewheeler's Quest

AKA 'Token Gun Quest'

This quest gets you a hot piece of furniture.

High Commander Brock Quest

Tir Ring, 5-part quest Tir Ring

High Commander Fielding Quest

AKA 'Token Gun Quest'

High Commander Fredrickson Quest

A high level clan quest.

High Commander Hoover Quest

A quest for clan players 130+, also known as 'Token Quest'.

Arbiter Vincenzo Palmiero and Arbitration Drone

Insipid Ring Quest from Ergo on Rubi-Ka

The Guardian of the shadows will give you a ring to give you access to Elysium if you retrieve a few items for him.

Profession specific quests

Nice lanterns - not store buyable!

The Good Time Party Mixer has a few things for you to do, in exchange for some nice beginning armor

Neutral Start-Up Quest

A low level quest for neutral players level 5+.

A series of low level quests for omni players level 5+.

Omni-Med Battle Armor

An alternative to Omni-Armed Forces armor for Doctors

Rewards from the Omni-Tek Tailors Association

Get an interesting piece of furniture

PvP Quest Guide - Clan

Security Advisor Eleanor needs some help to dispatch a few Omni Personel.

PvP Quest Guide - Omni

Lieutenant Antonio Neal has an assignment for you

Serpentine Sneaking Armor RK2019

Serpentine Sneaking Armor Quests

A series of sided quests, levels vary for each one.

Follow on to Dust Brigade / Warden Ystanes

Supply Master Smug Quests

A high level clan quest

The Reck Daily Quests Guide

Guide for The Reck Daily Quests

Get your very own GridStream Productions t-shirt

Clan Start Up Quests

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Tradeskill Guides (97)[＋]

Armor

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Advanced Salesman Hat

Good headgear exclusive for Traders.

Nice pair of gloves for Bureaucrats and Traders.

Apocalypse Leather Armor

Hacked leather armour with evade bonuses.

Learn to convert Nano Armor into this nice trader-only armor.

Brontos aren't just good for making burgers, you can make armor from their hides

Look sharp and professional, provides protection as well.

This wicked armor is one of the most popular armors among Rubikans.

Learn to make 2 pieces of headgear from items acquired at the Inner Sanctum dungeon.

Cloak of the Reanimated

Modify the original Red Cranium Nano Cloak so it can be used by any facton or profession.

A good set of QL 75 Armor that increases your attack initiative.

De-Hacked Frederickson Micro-kinetic Sleeves

Eyemutant Sinew Armor

Make this Enforcer only armor from parts which Eye Mutants have in their possesion.

Hacked Light Omni-Tek Artillery Tank Armor

off with that nasty OT only flag

Living Dragon Flesh Armor

Learn how to get the parts from a large dragon and the creation process.

Massive Steel Body Armor

You can make this armor from a part which Eye Mutants have in their possesion.

Meister's Reinforced Suit

A very professional suit for Bureaucrats.

Metallic Mantis Armor

Mantis' hard shell can come in handy to make armor.

Modernized ICC Cloaks

Upgrade your Worn ICC Cloak to a better version.

Molybdenum Plate Armor Upgrades

Xan technology meets Urqhart the Absorber

Nano Breed Service Suit Armor

Limited use, mostly novelty stuff

NotuComm Mesh Trenchcoat

A smokescreen or start of PvP wet dream?

Notum Saturated Metaplast Armor

a pinkish armor for all the manic blasters out there

Notum Threaded Backpack

Learn how to make a stylish backpack which provides protection.

Omni-Tek Steel-Ribbed Armor

Hacked Steel-Ribbed armour with evade bonuses.

Overtuning Tank Armors

Modify and enhance certain tank armors for a limited time.

Photon Embedded Cloak

A nice leveling cap with bonuses to Treatment and First Aid

Upgrade to your Crawler Armor.

Make your own nano skills enhancing cloak which will also provide decent AC to protect you.

A hat for Engineers which will boost tradeskills and also provide some protection.

Ring of Power- Ultimate Force

Combine 'em damagetypes!

Make 2 versions of this helmet made out of rollerat meat.

Sabotaging Surgeons Cloak

A quick way to save lifes of all sides

Good headgear exclusive for agents.

A helmet with low requirements which buffs 3 important skills.

A hood made out of monster parts.

Create a very nice Enforcer or Trader back slot item which even Agents can wear.

Gadgets

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Accelerated NCU Memory

Upgrade your normal NCU to enhance your Nano Init Skill.

Upgraded deflection shields for adventurers

Aggression Multiplier

Learn to make one of the best aggro tools around.

A very useful item for any Engineer to make a bot more aggressive.

All-Match Augmented Bow Tie

You dont have to be bureaucrat to make it, or to wear it.

Back armor with VA buff

One of the most important items a Bureaucrat must have.

A bureaucrat's specialty, make a cup of coffee for anyone to drink that enhances skills.

DB Notum Infuser upgrades

Upgrade your new bracer as well as couple of Albtraum items.

Full Data Receptacle Container

Limited F-Grid Access to Non-Fixers

Hacked Omni-Tek Gunship

Change grafts so any profession can use them.

These holograms allows an Agent to not be targeted directly.

Combine all your Information Tools into one

A very useful Fixer item that gives you extra NCU, and raises 4 of your skills.

Mass Relocating Robots

These tradeskill items are needed to create dozens of items.

This item is only for Engineers who want to boots their tradeskills a bit.

Fixer-only item to boost your nanoskills

A lock pick for life!

Personalized Basic Robot Brain

A great item to enhance your Sense ability.

Rebuilt NCU Wrist Implant

A nice little item to raise your NCU and Nano.

Steps of Madness upgrades

Ether stuff from Steps of Madness

The Dantian Belt of Life

Make a nice NCU belt that boosts your basic abilities.

Virral Triumvirate Egg

Shoulder item that increases Intelligence and Psychic.

General Crafting

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Funeral Urn Pets

Your very own legionnaire to control

Everything you need to know about implants and then some

Increase the value of gems by over 10 times their worth by turning them into jewelry.

Make your own nanos from instruction discs.

Learn how to turn Enriched Notum Nugget into Notum Nuggets.

Small Ingot Processing

Learn how to make small ingots which are used in lots of tradeskills.

Pharmacy

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

AC Enhancing Stims

Learn to create stims to enhance your Armor Class.

Bacchante's Anun Wings

Creation of nano stims

Running low on nano kits and rechargers?

Emergency Treatment Laboratory

lifesaver in times of need

Health and Nano Rechargers and Stims

Save yourself a fortune and build them yourself.

Implant Disassembly Clinic

An essential tool for a tradeskiller who works with implants.

Special Emergency Treatment Laboratory

A heart of eyemutant meets clinical research

Special Stims and Kits

Get the most out of you

Treatment Laboratories and First-Aid Kits

As good as mom used to make

If you need a bit more Treatment to install implants or symbiants these are a must have.

Weapon

Name

Description

Patch

Level

Class

Faction

Antonio Stacklund's Upgrades

Upgrade your Arete starter weapons or build useful gadgets.

Why buy ammo when you can make it yourself!

What else to expect from prisoners?

You can make this weapon from a part which Eye Mutants have in their possesion.

Improved Solar-Powered Pistol

How to tinker the pistol commonly known as Engi Pistol

Improving Faded Immortal Katana

Upgrade this japanese-inspired weapon to add special attacks.

Improving Melee Weapons

Learn how to improve melee weapons using Mass Relocating Robots.

How to make a Jobe-Made Bladestaff

Mausser Chemical Streamer

Learn how to make this great MG/SMG gun.

May Fly Throwing Grenade

Learn how to make this unique grenade.

Sealed Weapon Receptacles

Unlock these weapons and repair them to use them.

Tinkering this pistol

additional damage/effects for bow users

The -000 weapon upgrades

A new use for some older weapons.

Upgrading Cyborg Barracks weapons

Upgrade those soldier weapons to serve you longer

Upgrading Mantis Weapons

They are slow but they pack a punch!

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