Newbie Guide:
As soon as you save enough money, you should buy an Apprentice's Spellbook. Check the Chat and Trade windows regularly ... the best way to find quality items at a reasonble price is to buy them from other adventurers.
If you complete the "Skirmish with the Orcs" quest at level 10, or the "Sea of Spores Fever" quest at level 12, you will be rewarded with a quality sword or staff which you can make good use of.
When you reach level 13 or 14 try to purchase a Cedar Staff. If you haven't saved enough Adena, you may have some decent weapons to sell that you've obtained from monsters.
Too often, Mystics become careless about their defense, since their combat strategy is based on not getting hit by enemies at all. Still, it is prudent to have at least stockings and tunic at level 8, and Feriotic Stockings and tunic by level 13 or 14. They can save you from the unexpected.
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