Lost Ark Rapport: Best NPCs, Gifts & Rewards

Lost Ark includes a lot of unique quests. one such quest called Rapport requires you to interact with NPCs, who will then give you rewards. We have curated a thorough Rapport guide for Lost Ark including the best Rapports you can find in the game.

What is Rapport In Lost Ark?

Rapport by definition means to form close and strong relationships with people around you. In the Rapport quest in Lost Ark, you have to do the same. Only the people concerned here would be certain NPCs. Rapport is important because by only interacting with some of the NPCs, you can complete the main story. It is also important to level up in Lost Ark.

Key Highlights

• Rapport is one of the Quests in Lost Ark where the player is required to build good relations with certain NPCs. The player will get various rewards by interacting with them.
• There are five different stages of any Rapport in Lost Ark. These stages define the closeness or how far have the player progressed in the relation with the NPC. Every stage has different levels and completing the stage unlocks various rewards.
• The different stages are Normal Stage, Amicable Stage, Friendly Stage, Trusted Stage and the last and the higher one is called Affection Stage.
• To build or increase the level of a Rapport, the players need to give Gifts to the NPCs. Also performing Songs and Emotes based on their choice can increase the Rapport much faster.
• Some of the best NPCs in Lost Ark that reward you with Gold are Nia, Sapiano, Hariya, Albion, Berver, and Yom. For the Heart Rewards there is Sasha, Beatrice, Blue-Eyed Calvasus, and Nineveh.

You will have to interact with certain NPCs in Arkesia to complete the Rapport quest in Lost Ark. By forming good relationships with NPCs in the game you will receive a lot of rewards. You can even unlock special greetings and conversations that will help you progress through the main story.

Rapport is very much like the reputation system you might have seen in other RPGs. However, this will cost you money and time. So it is best that you interact with only the best NPCs that would reward you with useful items. These items will help you in your journey and raise your stats. Rapport will help you in mining epic items too.

Rapport Scale

Next in our Rapport guide for Lost Ark is the Rapport Scale. Like most reputation systems, Rapport in the game has a scale, and when you start building Rapport with an NPC, you will see five different stages of Rapport when you interact with the NPCs. These represent how far you’ve come in your relationship with the NPC. The higher the tier, the stronger the Rapport. While you’re at it, consider reading our Lost Ark Deathblade Build. 

Each stage in the Rapport system consists of multiple levels. The Rapport quests are represented by a pink exclamation mark. You will see the mark again as soon as you unlock a new level of Rapport for an NPC. When you see these pink exclamation marks, interact with them to access text options and unlock the character’s backstory.

Once you have completed a stage, you will unlock the rewards for the stage ahead. Following are the five stages of Rapport.

Normal Stage

This stage contains two levels. This is the beginning of the Rapport relationship with the NPC.

Amicable Stage

This stage has 3 levels for you to complete. You will start getting Epic rewards from this stage.

Friendly Stage

This stage consists of 3 levels for you to complete. You will gain epic gold coins and you might unlock the character’s backstory too.

Trusted Stage

This Stage has three levels for you to complete. You will get epic and uncommon items in this stage. Completing this stage will give you gold too.

Affection Stage

This is the highest stage of the Rapport system. This only has one level for you to complete. You will get many Epic items by completing this stage. This is the final stage of the Rapport quest. Currently, the Affection stage is available only for Ealyn and Sasha.

When you reach the higher stages of Rapport in Lost Ark, you will observe that the NPCs have fairly high Virtue stat requirements. So you can not proceed with the NPCs until you have met the stat requirements. While you’re at it, consider reading our Lost Ark Striker Build.

You can check these stats in your character profile under the Skin and Virtues option. Virtue stats can be completed by doing more sidequest, completing Una‘s Task Reputations, getting collectibles, and of course, completing the Rapport stages.

To check your Rapport status, use ALT-N. You can also check the connections with NPCs this way. Completing the stages will give you items like Wisdom, Charisma, Courage, and Kindness Potions.

Why is Rapport Important?

Rapport is very important for your in-game progression. The items you will receive by completing Rapport Quest can prove to be very useful in the later stages of Lost Ark. These items will also help you in other quests you and challenges you will take on in the game.

If we talk about the collectibles that come from completing Rapport, you can gain several elusive cards set by getting on higher levels of Rapport with the NPCs.

These cards would be added to your Card Catalogue and will provide you with amazing roster-wide bonuses for your journey. With Rapport, you can gain currency, cosmetics for your characters, unique skill and attribute points, and even powerful titles.

How to Build Rapport 

Building Rapport with NPCs requires a lot of effort and will consume time and money. You will have to give them gifts frequently to increase their Rapport. The higher the Rapport level is, the higher is the number of awards you will get. Our Rapport guide for Lost Ark dives into detail to help you build Rapport with NPCs.

Performing songs and emotes will significantly increase Rapport. You will need high virtue points too. If you have a Crystalline Aura active, then you will be able to see the kind 0f gifts, songs, or emotes a certain NPC likes. So you won’t have to rely on guesswork to be able to increase their Rapport.

Gifts to Build Rapport

In a traditional place like Arkesia, chivalry is not dead. So you must build positive Rapport with NPCs by using gifts. These gifts can be obtained through various means and they will give you an extra boost in Rapport points for your NPC. You can obtain the Rapport gifts from the sources mentioned in our Rapport guide for Lost Ark.

• Purchase the Rapport gifts from Rapport gift vendors located in all the major cities. You can get the gifts by trading Providence stones.
• The Rapport gifts can be bought from the wandering merchants as well.
• Mari’s Secret Shop has some Rapport gifts too.
• You can get them as a reward for logging in to Lost Ark.
• They will also come as a reward when you complete the Island Quests.
• Sometimes you will find them as drops in the Adventurer’s Tome quest. These gifts belong to the Legendary and Artifact rarity.

Rapport Gift Points

The rapport gifts have different types depending upon the XP they come with. Following are the Rapport gift tiers. While you’re at it, consider reading our  Lost Ark Tier Classes list.

• Epic tier, which can give you 300 to 450 XP points. This depends on the type of NPC you’re using.
• For the Legendary type Rapport gifts, you will get around 2000 XP points.
• In the artifact tier, the rapport gifts will give you the most XP. The XP earned from artifacts is around 10,000.

The only two exceptions to this are the XP earned from Encavian Crown and the Crystal Necklace. The Encavian Crown will give 5000 XP to the Female NPCs and the Crystal Necklace will give 5000 XP to male NPCs.

With the Crystalline Aura active, interacting with the NPCs will show you what songs they would like to listen to. They will also tell you the emotes they like and the gifts they prefer.
You will have to use rare Rapport gifts or emotes for some of the NPCs. Keep in mind that you can only increase your Rapport with NPCs by a few hundred each day. To get the Rapport rewards, you will need a lot of points.

Best NPCs For Rapport In Lost Ark

You can find many Rapport NPCs in Lost Ark. To select the NPC you want to give gifts to and build your Rapport with, go to the Rapport menu in Lost Ark. While choosing Rapports, you should consider the gifts they come along with. This will help you focus on the NPCs with items you prefer.

Like Nia is a good NPC that you can get early on. She will give you an Omnium Star as a reward. Some NPCs like Hariya will offer you a lot of gold as a reward.

Below we have compiled a list of the best NPCs in our Rapport guide according to the rewards they offer.

Gold Rewards

If you’re looking to farm some gold in an easy way, then these NPCs will help you a lot. The initial reward stages of Rapport with these NPCs will give you a lot of gold. The best thing about farming gold through Rapport is that you won’t have to invest a lot of time.

However, if you want to get more gold by getting to the late stages of Rapport, then you will have to invest a lot of time and resources. Below are some of the NPCs from tier 3 that offer a lot of Gold as a reward.

• Nia on the Amicable stage will offer you 1400 gold as a reward.
• Hariya on the friendly stage will offer you 1100 Gold as a reward.
• Sapiano the Fox on the friendly stage will offer 1000 gold in the Rapport Quest.
• Albion will reward you with 800 gold a reward if you reach the friendly stage with him.
• Berver will also give you 800 gold as a reward for reaching the friendly stage with him.
• Yom the squirrel on the friendly stage will give you 800 gold as a reward.

Giant’s Heart Rewards

Next in our Rapport guide for Lost Ark is the Giant’s Hearts Rewards. The Skill Points Potions play a huge role in Lost Ark. If you manage to collect the Giant’s Hearts and exchange them on Wisdom Isle, you will get a total of four Skill Potions as a reward. The Giant’s Hearts can be farmed on different stages of Rapport if certain NPCs. They usually require a lot of time investment and a high number of virtue stats.

Beatrice

Beatrice will give you the 2nd Giant’s Heart on a friendly stage. To complete this level you will need 140 Wisdom, 140 Charisma,140 Courage, and 140 Kindness.

Sasha

Sasha is one of the best NPCs to pursue Rapport and she will give you the 3rd Giant’s Heart on reaching the trusted stage with her. To complete this stage you will require 310 Wisdom, 310 Charisma,310 Courage, and 310 Kindness. While the virtue stats for Sasha are high, investing in her is definitely worth it to get artifact rewards.

Blue-Eyed Calvasus

Upon reaching the trusted stage with Blue Eyed Calvasus, you will get the 9th Giant’s Heart as a reward. The virtue stats needed to unlock this level are 180 Charisma and 210 Courage.

Nineveh

You will get the 14th Giant’s Heart as a reward upon reaching the trusted stage of Rapport with Nineveh. The virtue stats requirements for this are 310 Wisdom, 310 Charisma, 310 Kindness, and 310 Courage.
Since you will need to invest a lot of time to level up with these NPCs, you can use the songs and emotes mentioned below to level up faster.

Songs

The Song of Temptation will help speed up the Rapport process and you can get it easily by completing half of the Adventurer’s Tome in Yudia.

The Heavenly Harmony song can be obtained by attending the Harmony Island event. This event will show up on your Procyon’s Compass. The song has a high chance to drop from Clear, Aromatic, or Sparkling Sound Chests.
The Song of Starlight can be purchased on the Starlight Isle for 3300 Gienah’s coins.

Emotes

You can use some emotes to help you level up faster with NPCs.

• The Stretch emote can be obtained in the West Luterra. This emote will be unlocked on the 70% completion of Adventurer’s Tome.
• Cute emote can be obtained on Cradle of the Sea Fermata. You can purchase this Emote from Yuri for 1000 Silver.
• Affection emote can be obtained when you complete the quest on Totopia Island.
• A taunt emote can be obtained on the Freedom Isle. You can purchase it from Blackfang for 3360 Gienah’s Coins.
• The Shy emote can be obtained when you complete the Adventure Quest on Liebeheim Island.
• Laugh emote can be obtained in the northwest of the Flowering Orchard in the East Luterra. It can be purchased from the Demon Merchant Naphta for 6000 Silver Coins.

Virtue Stats Potions

Virtue Stat Potions are the next important Lost Ark Rapport Guide feature players should master in the game. In order to proceed with the main characters in the Lost Ark, you will need virtue stats. These virtue stats can be obtained easily from the stat potions. You can get these stat Potions as a reward from the Rapport NPCs. Following NPCs will give you stat Potions upon completing certain Rapport levels.

Charisma Potion

Following NPCs will give you the Charisma Potion by completing certain levels of Rapport with them.

Beatrice

On reaching the trusted level with Beatrice, you will get the Charisma Potion. The Virtue Stas needed for this are 180 Wisdom, 180 Charisma, 180 Courage, and 180 Kindness.

Nia

Charisma potion can be obtained by reaching a trusted level with Nia. The virtue stats needed are 330 Wisdom and 330 Kindness.

Yuul

By reaching the trusted stage with Yuul, you will get the Charisma Potion. The virtue stats needed are 10 Wisdom and 10 Kindness.

Neria(Rhethramis)

Charisma potion can be obtained as a reward upon reaching the trusted stage with Neria.

Ella Nahun

You won’t need any virtue stats to get the Charisma Potion from Ella.

Wisdom Potion

Following NPCs will reward you with Wisdom Potion.

Cals

On reaching the trusted stage with Cals, you will get the Wisdom Potion. The virtue stats required are 180 Charisma and 180 Kindness.

Kaysarr

The Wisdom Potion can be obtained from Kaysarr by reaching the friendly stage. The virtue stats for unlocking this level are 100 Wisdom and 100 Charisma.

Gideon

By reaching the trusted stage with Gideon, you will get Wisdom Potion as a reward. The stats needed are 30 Courage only.

Toto Elder

Toto Elder can be found on Toto Silver Island. By reaching the trusted stage with them, you will get the Wisdom Potion. The virtue stats required are 20 Wisdom and 30 Kindness.

Jahara and Orelda

Both of these NPCs will give you a wisdom potion as a reward for reaching a trusted stage with them. There are no virtue stats required to unlock the Rapport Levels.

Courage Potion

Following NPCs are a good option to get the Courage Potion.

Ealyn

Courage potion will be obtained on the trusted stage with Ealyn. The virtue stats needed are 300 Wisdom and 300 Kindness.

Jederico

On reaching the friendly stage, you will get the Wisdom Potion as a reward. The stats required are 150 Wisdom and 150 Charisma.

Liru

You can get the Wisdom Potion by completing a trusted stage with Liru. To unlock this stage you need 260 Courage.

Neria(Yorn)

On reaching the friendly stage with Neria, you can get the Wisdom Potion. The virtue stats needed are 20 Wisdom and 20 Courage.

Daybreaker Javern

Wisdom potion can be obtained by reaching the Trusted stage with Javern. The virtue stats required are 20 Wisdom and 20 Courage.

Ryeon’s Ghost

Wisdom Potion is obtained at the trusted stage and you will need no virtue stats to unlock it. So this NPC is a good choice if you’re just starting out in Lost Ark.

Kindness Potion

You can get the Kindness Potion from the following NPCs.

Thirain

Kindness potion can be obtained on the trusted stage with Thirain. The virtue stats needed are 180 Wisdom, 180 Charisma, 180 Courage, and 180 Kindness.

Nagi

By reaching the trusted stage with Nagi, you will get Kindness Potion as a reward. To unlock the Rapport level you will need 260 Wisdom.

Nabi

There are no virtue stats required to unlock the trusted stage with Nabi to get the Kindness Potion.

Adventurer’s Tome Quest

This quest holds extreme importance in the main campaign of Lost Ark. To complete it, you require certain items from NPCs. You can get these items by completing Rapport levels with them. Below are the important NPCs you should focus on if you’re looking to complete Adventurer’s Tome mission. 

Siera

Found in Rethramis, on completing the trusted stage of Rapport with Siera you will get the Special Potato.

Thunder

You can find Thunder in Yudia. They will give you the Ritual Food Ingredient on completing the trusted stage of Rapport with them.

Orelda

Orelda is found in Rohendel. She will give you the Secret Cake Recipe on completing the trusted stage with them.

Neria

Nigeria from Yorn will give the Full Mine Car Ham Set on completing the trusted stage with her. You will also need 220 Charisma and 220 Kindness to unlock the Rapport stage with Neria.

This concludes our detailed Rapport guide and best NPCs for Rapport in Lost Ark. Hopefully this will give you some idea of what NPC you might want to invest your time and resources on based on the rewards they will give.