A list of a typical buff routine before attempting content:
Master Craftsman (with the low-level item trick), Refreshment Tables, and Pardoner buffs are cheap and should be used at all times. You can obtain timed Goddess Sculptures & Miracle Seeds for free every Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the Weekend Burner NPC.
Refreshment Table
Hour-long buffs to increase SP, HP and other important stats - you can remove them with right-click to take them again. These are not lost upon death.
Squire Shops
- Maintenance Shop
An hour-long increase in attack or defense based on equipment and are really strong on weapons. These are mandatory for all content. These are lost upon zero durability but not lost upon death.
- Repair Shop Leather/Cloth/Plate Mastery: Master Craftsman
Using any squire shop that has the corresponding Art will give you an extra "mastery" buff added to what you already have. Lost on death or after 60 minutes. You can repair one single low-level item at a Squire to get it and keep one level 1-20 item locked in your inventory.
Pardoner Buffs
Four buffs are available and are applied for an hour. Increase Physical Defense and Increase Magic Defense are mandatory, the rest are nice to have.
Goddess Sculpture & Miracle Seeds
- Goddess' Blessing
30 minutes-long, +10% HP, +10% HPReco, +10% SPReco, +1 movement speed (tier 0).
- Blessed Sprout Stage 5
30 minutes-long, +2000 HP, +3 movement speed (tier 0 means only highest applies).