Historical Korean recruitment-score commentary · About these guides
Understanding the Party Finder Hurdle
Meeting an item-level requirement does not guarantee a group invitation. After work, repeated declines can feel particularly frustrating when the time available to play is limited.
Korean players sometimes call recruitment Gate 0: the hurdle before entering a raid. Waiting is a real cost, but the source provides no measured data linking particular scores to a fixed wait time.
Its Combat Power table is historical Korean advice. It is not an official requirement, a current North American survey, or a promise of instant acceptance.
Entry Eligibility and Recruitment Preferences
Combat Power can inform a leader’s inspection, alongside skills, build completeness, experience, and party composition. It is not a currency that guarantees recruitment at a particular threshold.
Ark Grid and Horizon Cathedral provide progression options, but do not automatically give every character access to every dungeon. Item level, quests, unlock conditions, and appropriate preparation still apply.
The source’s claim that the developer will supply levels while players must prove Combat Power is an interpretation. It is not a verified developer quotation or an official statement of personal responsibility.
The Source’s 1700–1750 Examples
These numbers are reproduced as the article’s recommendations. No sampling method or before-and-after recruitment test is supplied, so they should not be imposed as universal cutoffs.
1700–1710: Early Examples
- At item level 1700: source target of Combat Power 1,700–1,900.
- At item level 1710: source target of Combat Power 2,100–2,400.
The source calls 2,000 a psychological threshold at 1710. It does not demonstrate that lower scores cannot find groups or that crossing it reliably shortens the wait. Learning groups and established groups may use different criteria.
- 1720–1730: The Source Raises Its Targets
- At item level 1720: source target of Combat Power 3,300; this is not an official mandatory minimum.
- At item level 1730: source target of Combat Power 3,500–4,000.
The article attributes the increase to gems, accessories, and engravings. A score does not reveal the player’s spending intentions or explain every conditional effect. Inspect the whole setup and match the intended group.
- 1740–1750: Higher-Progression Examples
- At item level 1740, using Serca Nightmare as its example: source target of Combat Power 4,300–4,500.
- At item level 1750, using Horizon Cathedral Stage 3: source target of Combat Power 4,500–5,000 or more.
Those are separate activities with different preparation needs. Even Combat Power 5,000 does not grant a free pass into every party. Support slots, synergy, experience, and the leader’s goal can still determine acceptance.
Comparing Time and Upgrade Costs
Gems, accessories, and Relic engraving progression can affect a build. Ark Grid also requires appropriate effects and active points. None should be reduced to a moral test of whether a player deserves a group.
Players can progress at different spending and playtime levels. Consider the benefit of the next upgrade without assuming that paying is always the most efficient route to enjoyable sessions.
- Faster investment: a targeted upgrade may help a specific build, but spending money cannot guarantee shorter queues, invitations, or clears. Set a budget around your own goals.
- Gradual progression: use earned resources and eligible events, and seek groups that share your experience and expectations. A lower-budget group is not automatically slower or more likely to wipe; execution and coordination matter.
Practical Takeaway
The source itself acknowledges that lower scores can clear content. Its table addresses perceived recruitment preferences, rather than a proven mechanical damage requirement.
A party’s preference and a raid’s official entry rule are different things.
Choose suitable learning or reclear listings, communicate your experience honestly, and improve a specific weakness when useful. Use Combat Power as one piece of information rather than a guarantee of acceptance or a reason to overspend.