Mercenary

We have several types of Mercenary in game, some are quite useful and get used frequently, but some are totally forgotten. This page serves as a single point references for all Mercenaries in game, from Covenant, Trust, Dazzlement, Transcendence.

Updates:

• 02-May-2025 Updated with Episode 41 contents.
• 14-Mar-2026 Updated with Mercenary Bonding stats.

• Mercenary:
  • Can be summoned only in dungeon.
  • An icon of the mercenary will be displayed at the buff area once it’s summoned.
  • A mercenary will take 01 party slot, for example:
    • A party has 05 players and 02 mercenaries, no more players can join the party.
  • Mercenaries can overlap the “Maximum number of participants”, for example: Edge of Phantom accepts up to 02 players, but each of player can summon up to 02 mercenaries; so that the party size will be 06.
  • A mercenary will be canceled:
    • Manually by right clicking on the mercenary icon at the buff area.
    • Automatically:
      • After time limit, or
      • Summoner is dead.
  • Purposes:
    • Dealing damage
    • Providing buff (trigger / active / passive, single / party)
• Limitations:

• Type of Mercenaries: There are 04 types of Mercenaries: Covenant, Trust, Dazzlement and Transcendence.

Mercenary UI (before Episode 41)

• Mercenary UI:
  • Access:
    • Keyboard Shortcut: Y
    • Cabal Menu: System > Mercenary
  • Allow to see the list of available Mercenary, categorised in different tabs.
  • For Transcendence Mercenary, player can click on:
    • “Manage” to get access to sub-UI with 3 tabs:
      • “Upgrade” tab for levelling up of Transcendence Mercenary.
      • “Rank Up” tab for ranking up the Transcendence Mercenary.
      • “Craft” tab for crafting new Transcendence Mercenary.
    • “Cancel” to cancel the registered Transcendence Mercenary, by cancelling, the Transcendence Mercenary will return as Mercenary Card in your inventory (with property of “Account Binding”).

Mercenary UI (after Episode 41)

• Mercenary UI:
  • Access:
    • Keyboard Shortcut: Y
    • Cabal Menu: System > Mercenary
  • Allow to see the list of available Mercenary, categorised in different tabs on the left side.
  • Select a mercenary category on the left side, the available mercenaries will be shown in the middle of the UI.
  • Select a mercenary in the middle part of the UI to show the detailed information of the mercenary on the right side.For Transcendence Mercenary, player can click on:
    • Allow “Level Up” and “Rank Up”.

• Covenant Mercenaries are linked with the Scenario Quest, Mercenary Quests are available at level 160.
• Detailed quests and Covenant Mercenaries are listed below:

Covenant Mercenary Stats before Episode 41

Covenant Mercenary Stats after Episode 41

• Covenant Mercenaries are allowed to Level Up (max Level 10) and Rank Up (max Rank 3)..
• Detailed Stats are below:

• Trust Mercenaries are available either from events or cash shop, Trust Mercenaries can be summoned from Level 100.
• List of Trust Mercenaries are listed below:

Trust Mercenary Stats before Episode 41

Trust Mercenary Stats after Episode 41

• All “Event” Trust Mercenary got new appearance, and new name, now named changed into “Unstable ~” instead of “Event – ~”.
• Trust Mercenaries are allowed to Level Up (max Level 10) and Rank Up (max Rank 4).
• Detailed Stats are below:

• Dazzlement Mercenaries are available as drop from the Legendary Box of related dungeons, Dazzlement Mercenaries can attack and also provide party active and passive buffs.
• List of Dazzlement Mercenaries are listed below:

Dazzlement Mercenary Stats before Episode 41

Dazzlement Mercenary Stats after Episode 41

• Dazzlement Mercenaries are allowed to Level Up (max Level 10) and Rank Up (max Rank 3).
• Detailed Stats are below:

• Transcendence Mercenary is an unique feature from Episode 15 of Cabal Online, Transcendence Mercenary is growth content that allows player to upgrade level and perform ranking up.
• There are 4 Transcendence Mercenaries based on NPC (Elena, Aizhan, Skalid, Leedy), each is linked with either Battle Mode 2 or 3 and provides either Offensive or Defensive stats.
• For obtaining the original Transcendence Mercenary card, player needs to craft it via Mercenary UI. It requires 30 Mercenary Pieces of the same type for crafting a Mercenary Card.
• Transcendence Mercenaries can be ranked up 4 times and each rank player can be levelled up 10 times.
  • For Ranking Up, “Training Stone” is required. “Training Stone” can be found at Grocer NPC.
  • For Levelling Up, the same Mercenary Piece is required. There are 4 types of Mercenary Piece (Elena, Aizhan, Skalid, Leedy). Mercenary Piece is droppable from Legendary Box of various dungeons.
• Transcendence Mercenaries can be sealed for trading.
• List of Transcendence Mercenaries and stats per rank/level are listed below:

Transcendence Mercenary Stats before Episode 41

Transcendence Mercenary Stats after Episode 41

• Transcendence Mercenaries are allowed to Level Up (max Level 10) and Rank Up (max Rank 5).
• Detailed Stats are below:

• Before Episode 41, only Transcendence Mercenary can be upgraded:
  • Transcendence: Max Rank 4, each with 10 Levels

Upgrade of Mercenary before Episode 41

• Upgrading the Transcendence Mercenary can be done in the Mercenary UI. A “Transcendence Mercenary” can be ranked up, if it reaches Level 10. A “Transcendence Mercenary” can be ranked up for 4 times. Maximum limit of a “Transcendence Mercenary” is at Rank 4 Level 10.

• However, from Episode 41 onward, other mercenaries can also be upgraded.
  • Covenant: Max Rank 3, each with 10 Levels
  • Trust: Max Rank 4, each with 10 Levels
  • Dazzlement: Max Rank 3, each with 10 Levels
  • Transcendence: Max Rank 5, each with 10 Levels

Upgrade of Mercenary after Episode 41

• Bonding – or also known as Intimacy / Affinity:
  • A new feature that shows your character bonding level with a group of Mercenaries.
  • When a character summons a Mercenary for 10 seconds, character will gain 01 Bonding EXP with that group.
  • Growing the Bonding EXP will result in growing the Bonding Grade. There are total 05 Bonding Grades.
  • By reaching the Bonding Grade, specific effects will be granted. Those effects are called Mercenary Support Effect, and those will be added into character overall stats even when the mercenaries of that group are not summoned.
• Bonding Grade / EXP

Bonding Grade	1	2	3	4	5
Bonding EXP	3,000	6,000	12,000	24,000	42,000

• Bonding Stats per Grade: