Refinement

⚒

⚒ Equipment Refinement

Refinement (also called upgrading) increases the power of weapons and armor by consuming special ores and Zeny. Equipment starts at +0 and can be refined up to +20. Beyond the Safety Level, each failure risks permanently destroying the item along with its cards and enchants. Plan carefully.

🔢

Max Refine

+20

All equipment types

⚠️

Break Risk

Past Safety Level

Cards & enchants lost too

✅

Safe Range

+0 → Safety Lv

100% success rate

🛡

Cannot Refine

Mid / Lower Headgears
Accessories

NPC Locations

🗺 Upgrade NPC Locations

📍 Inside Prontera /navi prt_fild05 145/235 and /navi prt_fild05 145/235

📍 Inside Morroc /navi prt_fild05 145/235

📍 Payon /navi prt_fild05 145/235

📍 Inside Alberta /navi prt_fild05 145/235

⭐ Austry /navi prt_fild05 145/235 (Prontera, north room) — exchanges 3 Elunium → 1 Carnium and 3 Oridecon → 1 Bradium for +10 upgrades (50,000z fee each). Also converts Rough Oridecon/Elunium in bulk via Locas /navi prt_fild05 145/235 in Izlude.

Ore Types

Standard Ores

Oridecon

— Lv 3 & 4 weapons

Elunium

— All armors

Phracon

— Lv 1 weapons (NPC: 200z)

Emveretarcon

— Lv 2 weapons (NPC: 1,000z)

Failure past Safety Level = item destroyed

Enriched Ores

Enriched Oridecon

Enriched Elunium

Higher success rate than standard ores. Failure past Safety Level = item destroyed.

HD Ores

HD Oridecon

HD Elunium

Same rate as Enriched. Failure = degrade by 1 only (no break). Only usable at +7 and above. From Thor's Flame.

Rough Ore Conversion: Collect 5× Rough Oridecon

or 

Rough Elunium

and speak to an NPC at any upgrade shop to convert into 1× 

Oridecon

or 

Elunium

. Free of charge. One conversion per visit. Locas /navi prt_fild05 145/235 in Izlude performs mass-conversion without the one-per-visit limit.

Upgrade Requirements

Reagents & Fees

Equipment	Required Ore	Fee
Weapon Lv. 1	Phracon	50z
Weapon Lv. 2	Emveretarcon	200z
Weapon Lv. 3	Oridecon	5,000z
Weapon Lv. 4	Oridecon	20,000z
Any Armor	Elunium	2,000z

Safety Levels — 100% success up to this level

Equipment	Safe Up To
Weapon Lv. 1	+7
Weapon Lv. 2	+6
Weapon Lv. 3	+5
Weapon Lv. 4	+4
Any Armor	+4

Past the safety level: each failed attempt can permanently destroy the item — including cards and enchants. No Zeny or ores are refunded on failure.

🔨 Blacksmith Blessing (BSB) — Required Counts

BSB preserves refine level on failure (item stays at current level instead of breaking). Usable from +7 up to +12 only.

Attempt	BSB Count
+7 → +8	1
+8 → +9	2
+9 → +10	4
+10 → +11	7
+11 → +12	4

Breaking Protection

🎲 Random Refine Box

File:100266.png Random Refine Boxes

— 3.5M Zeny from Thor's Flame

Outcome	Chance
+10 | style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.04);text-align:right;font-family:'Courier New',monospace;font-size:0.80em;color:#a0f0c0;" | 0.1%
+9 | style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.04);text-align:right;font-family:'Courier New',monospace;font-size:0.80em;color:#90d0b0;" | 1%
+8 | style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.04);text-align:right;font-family:'Courier New',monospace;font-size:0.80em;color:#80c0a0;" | 5%
+7 | style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.04);text-align:right;font-family:'Courier New',monospace;font-size:0.80em;color:#f0e090;" | 15%
+6 | style="padding:6px 10px;border-bottom:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,0.04);text-align:right;font-family:'Courier New',monospace;font-size:0.80em;color:#f0b070;" | 35%
+5 | style="padding:6px 10px;text-align:right;font-family:'Courier New',monospace;font-size:0.80em;color:#f09060;" | 43.9%

• Works on items between +4 and +9 inclusive
• Will NOT break the item — may lower refine
• Only consumed when you confirm the refine
• Works on equipped gear only

💠 HD Oridecon & Elunium

HD Oridecon

HD Elunium

From Thor's Flame. Only usable at +7 and above. On failure: item degrades by 1 level only — does not break.

// Example

+7 → +8
40% chance

or

+7 → +6
on fail

HD Carnium & HD Bradium from Thor's Flame work the same but for +10 and above (fail = −1 level instead of −3 or break).

🔨 Blacksmith's Blessing

1 Blacksmith's Blessing

Only usable at +7 up to +12. On failure: item stays at same refine level (no degrade, no break).

Craft Options:

File:1000226.png 2 Blacksmith's Blessing Shard

(drops: Fever / Champion Monsters)

File:100267.png 1 Blacksmith's Blessing Recipe

(5M Zeny from Thor's Flame) + 

20 Oridecon

+ 

20 Elunium

+ 

File:25429.png 1 Mythril Ore

// Example with Enriched Elunium + BSB

+7 → +8
40% chance

or

+7 → +7
preserved

Upgrades Beyond +10

⚠ Extreme Risk Zone — +11 to +20

Upgrading past +10 requires a different ore type and has very low success rates. On failure, the item typically loses 3 refine levels — but can also break entirely. Use HD variants to prevent the 3-level drop (fail = −1 only).

Ores for +10 and Above

Armor

Carnium Item #6223 Carnium} 100,000z per attempt

Exchange: 3× Elunium → 1× Carnium (50,000z, talk to Austry /navi prt_fild05 145/235)

Weapons

Bradium Item #6224 Bradium} 100,000z per attempt

Exchange: 3× Oridecon → 1× Bradium (50,000z, talk to Austry)

HD Variants (break protection)

HD Carnium Item #6225 HD Carnium} · HD Bradium Item #6226 HD Bradium} from Thor's Flame. Fail = −1 level only.

Success Rates Beyond +10

Attempt	Lv1/2/3 Wpn	Lv4 Wpn / Armor
+11 ~ +14	18%	8%
+15 ~ +18	17%	7%
+19 ~ +20	15%	5%

On failure: item typically loses 3 refine levels. May also break entirely. A +20 Level 4 weapon gains a total ATK & MATK bonus of +200~424.

Weapon ATK Bonuses

Every refine level adds Base ATK. Past the safety level, Over Upgrade bonus adds random bonus ATK per hit (minimum 0, not shown in Status Window). At +16 and above, High Upgrade ATK is added. All bonuses are cumulative.

Level 1 Weapons — ATK & MATK Bonuses
Refine	ATK & MATK
	Base	Over Upgrade	High Upgrade	Total
+1	2	—	—	2~2
+2	4	—	—	4~4
+3	6	—	—	6~6
+4	8	—	—	8~8
+5	10	—	—	10~10
+6	12	—	—	12~12
+7	14	—	—	14~14
+8	16	0~2	—	16~18
+9	18	0~4	—	18~22
+10	20	0~6	—	20~26
+11	22	0~8	—	22~30
+12	24	0~10	—	24~34
+13	26	0~12	—	26~38
+14	28	0~14	—	28~42
+15	30	0~16	—	30~46
+16	32	0~18	16	48~66
+17	34	0~20	17	51~71
+18	36	0~22	18	54~76
+19	38	0~24	19	57~81
+20	40	0~26	20	60~86

Level 2 Weapons — ATK & MATK Bonuses
Refine	ATK & MATK
	Base	Over Upgrade	High Upgrade	Total
+1	3	—	—	3~3
+2	6	—	—	6~6
+3	9	—	—	9~9
+4	12	—	—	12~12
+5	15	—	—	15~15
+6	18	—	—	18~18
+7	21	0~5	—	21~26
+8	24	0~10	—	24~34
+9	27	0~15	—	27~42
+10	30	0~20	—	30~50
+11	33	0~25	—	33~58
+12	36	0~30	—	36~66
+13	39	0~35	—	39~74
+14	42	0~40	—	42~82
+15	45	0~45	—	45~90
+16	48	0~50	32	80~130
+17	51	0~55	34	85~140
+18	54	0~60	36	90~150
+19	57	0~65	38	95~160
+20	60	0~70	40	100~170

Level 3 Weapons — ATK & MATK Bonuses
Refine	ATK & MATK
	Base	Over Upgrade	High Upgrade	Total
+1	5	—	—	5~5
+2	10	—	—	10~10
+3	15	—	—	15~15
+4	20	—	—	20~20
+5	25	—	—	25~25
+6	30	0~8	—	30~38
+7	35	0~16	—	35~51
+8	40	0~24	—	40~64
+9	45	0~32	—	45~77
+10	50	0~40	—	50~90
+11	55	0~48	—	55~103
+12	60	0~56	—	60~116
+13	65	0~64	—	65~129
+14	70	0~72	—	70~142
+15	75	0~80	—	75~155
+16	80	0~88	32	112~200
+17	85	0~96	34	119~215
+18	90	0~104	36	126~230
+19	95	0~112	38	133~245
+20	100	0~120	40	140~260

Level 4 Weapons — ATK & MATK Bonuses
Refine	ATK & MATK
	Base	Over Upgrade	High Upgrade	Total
+1	7	—	—	7~7
+2	14	—	—	14~14
+3	21	—	—	21~21
+4	28	—	—	28~28
+5	35	0~14	—	35~49
+6	42	0~28	—	42~70
+7	49	0~42	—	49~91
+8	56	0~56	—	56~112
+9	63	0~70	—	63~133
+10	70	0~84	—	70~154
+11	77	0~98	—	77~175
+12	84	0~112	—	84~196
+13	91	0~126	—	91~217
+14	98	0~140	—	98~238
+15	105	0~154	—	105~259
+16	112	0~168	48	160~328
+17	119	0~182	51	170~352
+18	126	0~196	54	180~376
+19	133	0~210	57	190~400
+20	140	0~224	60	200~424

Armor DEF Bonuses

Armor Hard DEF Bonus per Refine Level
Refine	Equip DEF Bonus
+1	10
+2	20
+3	30
+4	40
+5	60
+6	80
+7	100
+8	120
+9	150
+10	180
+11	210
+12	240
+13	280
+14	320
+15	360
+16	400
+17	450
+18	500
+19	550
+20	600

Success Chances

Standard Ores

Per-Attempt Success Rate

Attempt	Lv.1	Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Armor
+4 → +5	100%	100%	100%	60%	60%
+5 → +6	100%	100%	60%	40%	40%
+6 → +7	100%	60%	50%	40%	40%
+7 → +8	60%	40%	20%	20%	20%
+8 → +9	40%	20%	20%	20%	20%
+9 → +10	19%	19%	19%	9%	9%

Cumulative — Standard Ores (+0 → X)

To Reach	Lv.1	Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4
+5	100%	100%	100%	60%
+6	100%	100%	60%	24%
+7	100%	60%	30%	9.6%
+8	60%	24%	6%	1.92%
+9	24%	4.8%	1.2%	0.384%
+10	4.56%	0.912%	0.228%	0.03456%

Enriched & HD Ores

Red values below = no improvement over normal ores at those levels. HD ores only usable at +7 and above (lower entries apply to Enriched only).

Per-Attempt — Enriched & HD Ores

Attempt	Lv.1	Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Armor
+4 → +5	100%*	100%*	100%*	90%	90%
+5 → +6	100%*	100%*	90%	70%	70%
+6 → +7	100%*	90%	80%	70%	70%
+7 → +8	90%	70%	40%	40%	40%
+8 → +9	70%	40%	40%	40%	40%
+9 → +10	30%	30%	30%	20%	20%

* Red = no improvement over standard ore at this level.

Cumulative — Enriched & HD Ores (+0 → X)

To Reach	Lv.1	Lv.2	Lv.3	Lv.4	Armor
+5	100%	100%	100%	90%	90%
+6	100%	100%	90%	63%	63%
+7	100%	90%	72%	44.1%	44.1%
+8	90%	63%	28.8%	17.64%	17.64%
+9	63%	25.2%	11.52%	7.056%	7.056%
+10	18.9%	7.56%	3.456%	1.4112%	1.4112%

See Also

• Upgrade Weapon (Mastersmith Skill) · Enchantment · Memorial Dungeon Equipment
• Thor's Flame · Blacksmith's Blessing