Refinement

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⚒ Equipment Refinement

Refinement increases the power of weapons and armor by consuming ores, catalysts, and Zeny. Equipment starts at +0 and the main progression path reaches +10. The old idea of a completely safe early refine range no longer applies: even low refines carry destruction risk.

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No True Safe Range

Early refine can still destroy the item.

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Armor Early Risk

1% / 2% / 3% / 5%

+0→+4 progression

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Weapon Floor Risk

2%

All weapon attempts can break

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+9 → +10 Gate

Carnium for armor
Bradium for weapons

Refinement Reality

When an item breaks, the equipment is permanently destroyed. Cards, enchants, refine level, and invested materials are lost. The percentage tables below are the main decision point of this system and should be checked before refining valuable gear.

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) handles high-grade +10 catalyst exchange and advanced refine services.

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+9 → +10 Catalyst Requirement

The final step to +10 requires an additional catalyst. This is intentional: +10 is no longer just another ore click — it is the final commitment point of the refinement path.

Armor +9 → +10

Elunium

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Carnium

Carnium is consumed as the additional high-grade catalyst for armor refinement.

Weapon +9 → +10

Oridecon

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Bradium

Bradium is consumed as the additional high-grade catalyst for weapon refinement.

Upgrade Requirements

Reagents & Fees

Equipment	Required Ore	+9 → +10 Catalyst	Fee
Weapon Lv. 1	Phracon	—	50z
Weapon Lv. 2	Emveretarcon	—	200z
Weapon Lv. 3	Oridecon	Bradium	5,000z
Weapon Lv. 4	Oridecon	Bradium	20,000z
Any Armor	Elunium	Carnium	2,000z

Armor Tables

Armor Refine Table — Standard Elunium

Armor no longer has a true +0 → +4 safe range. Even early attempts can destroy the armor, including cards and enchants.

Attempt	Success	Break	Reality
+0 → +1	99%	1%	Early armor refining is no longer perfectly safe.
+1 → +2	98%	2%	Small but real destruction risk.
+2 → +3	97%	3%	Risk starts to matter on valuable gear.
+3 → +4	95%	5%	Old safe range is gone; cards and enchants are at risk.
+4 → +5	60%	40%	Standard Elunium refine risk.
+5 → +6	40%	60%	High destruction pressure.
+6 → +7	40%	60%	Commit only on replaceable or prepared gear.
+7 → +8	20%	80%	High-risk upgrade tier.
+8 → +9	20%	80%	Very high-risk upgrade tier.
+9 → +10	9%	91%	Requires Carnium as additional material.

Weapon Tables

Level 1 Weapons

Attempt	Success	Break	Note
+0 → +7	98%	2%	Every weapon attempt has at least a 2% break risk.
+7 → +8	60%	40%	Failure destroys the weapon.
+8 → +9	40%	60%	Failure destroys the weapon.
+9 → +10	19%	81%	}

Level 2 Weapons

Attempt	Success	Break	Note
+0 → +6	98%	2%	Every weapon attempt has at least a 2% break risk.
+6 → +7	60%	40%	Failure destroys the weapon.
+7 → +8	40%	60%	Failure destroys the weapon.
+8 → +9	20%	80%	Failure destroys the weapon.
+9 → +10	19%	81%	}

Level 3 Weapons

Attempt	Success	Break	Note
+0 → +5	98%	2%	Every weapon attempt has at least a 2% break risk.
+5 → +6	60%	40%	Failure destroys the weapon.
+6 → +7	50%	50%	Failure destroys the weapon.
+7 → +9	20%	80%	Failure destroys the weapon.
+9 → +10	19%	81%	}

Level 4 Weapons

Attempt	Success	Break	Note
+0 → +4	98%	2%	Every weapon attempt has at least a 2% break risk.
+4 → +5	60%	40%	Failure destroys the weapon.
+5 → +7	40%	60%	Failure destroys the weapon.
+7 → +9	20%	80%	Failure destroys the weapon.
+9 → +10	9%	91%	}

Ore Types

Standard Ores

Oridecon

— Lv 3 & 4 weapons

Elunium

— All armors

Phracon

— Lv 1 weapons

Emveretarcon

— Lv 2 weapons

Failure can destroy the item, including cards and enchants.

Enriched Ores

Enriched Oridecon

Enriched Elunium

Increases success rate by 20%. Failure can still destroy the item.

HD Ores

HD Oridecon

HD Elunium

Used by special systems where failure degrades instead of breaking. Follow the specific NPC rules before using them.