Equipment Refinement

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⚒ 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

+10

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

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