Power Level is a combination of every statistic into one. (STR + AGI + VIT + WIS + INT + LUCK) and although you can never get a sure idea of how powerful someone is, whether they're OP as hell or dumped every point into one stat, you can still get a rough guess. Levels and Power Level are two different things. If you have a level of 19 but a Power Level of 500,000, you have to start with a bunch of statistics.

Power Level is only relevant in a Power Stone; a stone that can tell only your Power Level and get a rough guess of your abilities. Use of such a stone is normally limited to the Guild to determine if you're worthy to go on a certain quest. Another stone called the Inspection Stone exists.

Said stone can see every statistic, but they are a Mythic item, whereas a Power Stone is a Rare. You can create both of these, however no one but a Wanderer, someone like Robert, can make an Inspection Stone.

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That being the case, Mythic dungeons, ones that can only be successfully raided by a rank S raid party, can drop these but the chances are lower than you getting hit by a train from sitting on a bench waiting for the train.

This is the reason most people only use a Power Stone to identify status and power.

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