I've finally decided to have a go reading the Solo Leveling light novel, and the amount of worldbuilding both the anime and the webcomic miss out on saddens me deeply. Therefore, in this essay I shall...show you what I've found in the first 100 chapters!! (Ŏ艸Ŏ)
Prices of Rune stones can start from lowest of several hundred thousand won (W100k = 70$) to dozens of billion wons (W1B = $700k).
Most expensive rune stone in one singular auction was W70 billion (over $62 million). A foreign rank S Healer apparently 'emptied out his entire life savings' for it.
There are certain Hunter-only websites and online internet forums exclusive to licensed Hunters. These include bulletin boards for job postings and the KHA has a special access page that notifies Hunters of reported Gate locations and the ability to purchase a permit for them.
Hunters under the KHA are given smartphones with special components. That's how the KHA usually gets a hold of someone. Lots of non-awakeneds have been trying to get their hands on one.
Hunters generally cannot regenerate or heal their own wounds really quickly. It's a unique trait only the 'rarest of top-tier monsters exceeding A-rank' possess.
You can't even meet with an S-rank even if you shell out all the money you've got.
S-rank Hunters enjoy special privileges, like the government paying for all of their health-related expenses.
C-rank Gates generally don't have any mana stones inside of them, so when Jin-woo and Yoo Jin-ho found them, it was a rare opportunity.
Permits by the KHA for Gates last for five days. Unlike Jin-woo's speed record for conquering dungeons, raid teams don't necessarily barge in and get it all done in a few minutes.
The essence crystal for the C-rank boss spider Jin-woo killed in the early chapters would go for W10 million (roughly $7000). That just goes to show how much Hunters can make.
The Light Novel actually talks about craftsmanship and artifacts. Jin-ho's initial legendary armour was: a longsword Kalion by the Maya Company ($500,000) , and one of the Royal Series shields crafted by a master craftsman, Gredos ($400,000).
Only Mage-type Hunters can craft artifacts.
Artifacts are the only things that allow a Hunter's abilities to surpass their initial rank. Jin-ho's equipment was said to be capable of boosting a rank D Hunter's abilities past that of a rank C.
Trying to sell mana crystals at an exchange? Prepare to be shut down with a 40% tax. However, as a Guild, they only get charged 10%.
Guilds receive special treatment by the Government and Association, but in return, when asked for assistance, they supply it.
Buffs aren't a common skill. Hunters possessing specialized skills all work for large Guilds.
The contract fee for S-rank Hunters to sign up to a Guild can go for several dozen billions of Won. No celebrity's or sports star's wealth can be compared to an S-rank's.
Only a few handful of assassin-type Hunters around the entire world possess the 'stealth' skill. The same goes for the Necromancer class.
An A-rank Hunter would need at least two hours to solo a C-rank dungeon. Baek Yoon-ho can just about barely solo a rank B Red Gate.
Most Hunters with rare sills often belong to support classes.
Dungeons are always underground caverns, unless they are a Red Gate. In that case, the dungeon connects to a whole new world.
Magical Energy Compass: a compass that always points towards the source of a powerful magic energy emission. Used to locate bosses.
The total value of all the artifacts possessed by Thomas Andres' Guild could be estimated to be equal to the sum of a small nation's annual budget.
Jin-Ho's dad's Guild would have been South Korea's strongest and biggest Guild if he hadn't stopped its completion. They were already negotiating with overseas S-ranks and had the Guild been set up, Hunters would have lost their position as no.1.
In just their first year of trading, the White Tiger Guild made roughly W45 billion ($32 million).
Hunters, even S-ranks, aren't so perceptive, unless you're like a National Calamity or a straight-up monster. Jin-woo being able to perceive that S-rank mana was clashing in the KHA gym is an anomaly. Even Go Gun-Hee couldn't.
I absolutely despise Goto Ryuji's characterization in the light novel. They made him such a suck up in the beginning.
