Wisdom of Ceres

For other uses of Ceres see Ceres:Disambiguation

Overview

Wisdom of Ceres provides extra skill progression over the cap as your runner acquires knowledge from Ceres Disks, unlocking the best equipment in the game, but requires a commitment to a skill as you cannot change it afterward. Weapons that require WoC levels usually have also high character requirements but can deal a lot of damage despite their old-school look. WoC Power Armor offers very high resistances and impressive offensive bonuses to specific weapon categories.

Available WoC Skills

The WoC skills available to a character depending on what sort of class your character is.

The table below shows what WoC skills are available.

	Intelligence	Strength	Constitution	Dexterity	Psychic power
Tank	No	Yes	No	No	No
Spy	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Private Eye	No	Yes	No	Yes	No
Monk	Yes	No	No	No	Yes

As you can see from the table, no class can obtain the Constitution WoC skill.

How to get WoC

Getting WoC takes a lot of time and effort. These are the steps needed to get WoC. It's possible to have completed a few steps before getting WoC.

Deciding which skill you want WoC in

You can only choose 1 skill to get WoC in. Once you have got the WoC skill, you cannot change from say DEX to INT. In the case of Tanks, there is only 1 skill you can get WoC in. The above table shows what WoC skills you can obtain for each class.

Here is a list of the most commonly chosen main skill that runners choose to get WoC in.

• Tanks - Strength
• Spies - Dexterity
• Monks - PSI
• PE's - Dexterity

Getting the XP

This is the part that takes the longest. You will need to level the stat you want XP in to the required number of XP points. For the 1st WoC level you will need 100 million extra XP. So if you have decided to go for WoC1 in DEX, you will need a total 258 million XP before you can visit the WoC savants in the Ceres Temple

For Private Eye's this step takes a lot longer, as you have to get equivalent of 100 DEX or 100 STR xp and then the extra XP on top of that. In other words you still need 258 million XP in the stat you want WoC on

There is no need to visit the WoC Savants to remove the XP cap.

• For WoC level 1 you need 160 Million Exp (Cap) + 100 Million Exp (Overcap) = 260 Million Total Exp
• For WoC level 2 you need 160 Million Exp (Cap) + 250 Million Exp (Overcap) = 410 Million Total Exp
• For WoC level 3 you need 160 Million Exp (Cap) + 450 Million Exp (Overcap) = 610 Million Total Exp
• For WoC level 4 you need 160 Million Exp (Cap) + 700 Million Exp (Overcap) = 860 Million Total Exp
• For WoC level 5 you need 160 Million Exp (Cap) + 1000 Million Exp (Overcap) = 1160 Million Total Exp

So if you plan to level to WoC 5, you will need a total of 15 WoC disks.

Getting the money

The WoC savants charge for each WoC level, and it's not cheap either. It costs 2 million nc's per WoC level. Most runners obtain the required cash while levelling to the XP needed for the WoC level, and other runners trade to get the money needed.

Getting the WoC disks

Each WoC level needs the same number of WoC disks as the WoC level.

• For WoC level 1 you need 1 x Wisdom of Ceres Disc
• For WoC level 2 you need 2 x Wisdom of Ceres Disc
• For WoC level 3 you need 3 x Wisdom of Ceres Disc
• For WoC level 4 you need 4 x Wisdom of Ceres Disc
• For WoC level 5 you need 5 x Wisdom of Ceres Disc

For all 5 WoC levels, 15 WoC disks are required in total.

You can obtain WoC disks from the Prototype Ceres Infantry Troopers which can be found in the Ceres Labs or by trading for WoC disks with other runners. The asking price of the WoC disk varies on the current supply and demand. Runners may ask for as little as 3 million nc's, but it has been known for players to charge 20 million nc's or ask for rare high slotted weapons.

Doing the epic for your faction

The WoC savants will not award WoC to you if you have not completed the epic for the faction you are in. If you have not done the epic, you have 2 choices.

• Do the faction epic for the faction you are in
• Change to the faction you have already completed the faction epic for

Getting WoC

Once you completed the above steps it's time to visit the Ceres Temple in F 02. Before setting off, make sure you have.

• Completed the epic in your current faction
• Have 2 million NC
• Have the correct number WoC disks needed for the WoC level.

Once you are ready head for the Ceres Temple in F 02. Once inside the temple, you need to find the savant for the skill you want WoC in, Once you found the correct savant:

• Talk to the Savant
• The savant will check you qualify for the WoC level and will check you have everything on you that is required.
• Once you have decided to accept the WoC level the savant will take the 2 million NC off you and the required number WoC disks
• Log out of the game
• Log back in, and open your skills window. (F5) You will see a new area with the current WoC skill awarded.