The School of Dark Arts is a farm zone in the halls under the school. Both teleports land outside, and the monsters wait below, in two levels: the students and guards of the school in the upper halls, the zombies, beasts and archons in the lower ones. The deeper you go, the stronger they are and the richer the loot. Every monster here is aggressive.
Getting there
Talk to the Global Gatekeeper in any town and press Teleport to Farm Areas. Both spots open in Chronicle 1.
| Teleport | Where it lands | Cost |
|---|---|---|
| School of Dark Arts | South of the school | 292,000 Adena |
| School of Dark Arts [Left] | West of the first spot | 1,400,000 Adena |
Gatekeeper Ziggurat in Giran lists both spots too.
Monsters
| Monster | Level | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Guardian of Dark Arts, Limal of Dark Arts, Humming of Dark Arts | 79 | Upper halls, first rooms |
| Abyss Hunter of Dark Arts, Berserker of Dark Arts, Skeleton of Dark Arts | 80 | Upper halls, further in (Skeletons also below) |
| Spider of Dark Arts | 80 | Lower halls |
| Fang Spider of Dark Arts | 82 | Lower halls |
| Omen Beast, Tainted Zombie, Malodorous Zombie | 82 | Lower halls |
| Nightmare Lord | 82 | Lower halls |
| Horror of Dark Arts, Crypt Archon | 83 | Lower halls, deepest rooms |
| Soulless | 83 | Lower halls, in the hall of the Horrors and Crypt Archons |
| Lilith's Fairy (one, back 1 minute after it dies, passive). Its 7 Assassins of Darkness (level 81) attack on sight. | 80 | Upper halls, among the Abyss Hunters, Berserkers and Skeletons |
Drops
Chances are per kill (drop) or per successful Sweep (spoil).
| Item | Drop | Spoil | From |
|---|---|---|---|
 Adena | 25% | - | Every monster. The deeper, the more Adena. |
 Blue Seal Stone | 12.5% | 100% | Every monster except the fairy. |
 Green Seal Stone | 6.25% | 50% | Every monster except the fairy. |
 Red Seal Stone | 5% | - | Every monster except the fairy. |
 Steel of the Highest Grade | 50% | 100% | Abyss Hunter, Berserker and Skeleton of Dark Arts, Fang Spider of Dark Arts (1 - 3). |
 Magic Powder | 50% | 100% | Omen Beast, Tainted Zombie, Malodorous Zombie, Nightmare Lord, Horror of Dark Arts, Crypt Archon. Most from Crypt Archons (1 - 5). |
 Purple Crystal | 30% | 50 - 100% | The same six, and Soulless. Soulless drops 1 - 7 and spoils at 100%. |
 Tear of Holy Spirit | 50% | 100% | Soulless only (1 - 3). |
 Spider Silk | - | 15% | Spoil only: Fang Spider of Dark Arts. Treasure Chests drop it at 3%. |
| Fairy Essence | - | 15% | Spoil only: Lilith's Fairy. The Treasure Chests of the Abandoned Coal Mines drop it at 3%. |
 Infinity Dust | 0.3% | - | Soulless only. |
The Guardians, Limals, Hummings and Spiders of Dark Arts drop only Adena and Seal Stones.
Seal Stones come in big stacks: one to two thousand Blue Seal Stones in the first rooms, up to 13,600 from a Soulless. A Talisman of Abundance adds to them. The Dusk Priestess (Seal Stones Trader) in the towns turns them into Ancient Adena (I want to contribute the Seal Stones.): 3 per Blue, 5 per Green and 10 per Red Seal Stone.
Treasure Chests
A box and a mimic wait in each chest spot among the monsters and come back 9 minutes after they are gone. Only Unlock (Treasure Hunter, Plains Walker, Abyss Walker and their third classes) opens a box: a failed Unlock or a normal hit makes it explode and vanish. A mimic is a monster, so kill it. Boxes and mimics drop the same loot, and every line is rolled on its own.
| Item | Chance | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Adena | 100% | 490,000 - 980,000 |
| Magic Powder | 100% | 3 - 8 |
| Steel of the Highest Grade | 100% | 2 - 4 |
| Purple Crystal | 100% | 2 - 3 (from Chronicle 5) |
| Tear of Holy Spirit | 60% | 1 - 2 |
| Spider Silk | 3% | 1 |
| Infinity Dust | 1% | 1 (from Chronicle 8) |
What the loot is for
| Material | Used for |
|---|---|
| Steel of the Highest Grade | The Basic, Greater and Royal Demon Tattoos, the Greater and Royal Right Tattoos and Interlude weapons. |
| Magic Powder | The same tattoos, Interlude weapons, the Seal of Aspiration, and 550 per Alliance Manifesto. |
| Purple Crystal | The Royal Right Tattoo, the Greater and Royal Demon Tattoos, and the Infinity weapons (Basic, Greater, Royal). |
| Tear of Holy Spirit | The Royal Demon Tattoo. |
| Spider Silk | 5 per Arcsmith's Anvil, which the town Blacksmiths craft (Make Item). |