Equipment Refinement
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Accessories
NPC Locations
⭐ Austry /navi prt_fild05 145/235 (Prontera, north room) — exchanges 3 Elunium → 1 Carnium and 3 Oridecon → 1 Bradium for +10 upgrade ores (50,000z fee each). · Locas /navi prt_fild05 145/235 in Izlude performs bulk Rough Ore conversion without the one-per-visit limit.
Ore Types
Rough Ore Conversion: Collect 5×
Rough Oridecon
or
and speak to any upgrade NPC to convert into 1× refined ore — free of charge, one conversion per visit. Locas /navi prt_fild05 145/235 performs unlimited bulk conversion.
Upgrade Requirements
Success Rates
Standard Ores
🎯 Reading the table: All rows up to the Safety Level show 100%. Below that, the first risky row differs per weapon tier. Past safety = item can break on failure. Orange/red values = use HD Ores or Enriched Ores here.
Enriched & HD Ores
Breaking Protection
1 
Weapon ATK Bonuses
Each refine level adds Base ATK. Past the safety level, Over Upgrade ATK adds random bonus ATK per hit (minimum 0, not shown in Status Window). All bonuses stack cumulatively.
| ⚔ Level 1 Weapons — ATK Bonuses per Refine (+0 to +10) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refine | ATK | |||
| Base ATK | Over Upgrade | Total Min | Total Max | |
| +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 |
| ⚔ Level 2 Weapons — ATK Bonuses per Refine (+0 to +10) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refine | ATK | |||
| Base ATK | Over Upgrade | Total Min | Total Max | |
| +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 |
| ⚔ Level 3 Weapons — ATK Bonuses per Refine (+0 to +10) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refine | ATK | |||
| Base ATK | Over Upgrade | Total Min | Total Max | |
| +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 |
| ⚔ Level 4 Weapons — ATK Bonuses per Refine (+0 to +10) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refine | ATK | |||
| Base ATK | Over Upgrade | Total Min | Total Max | |
| +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 |
Armor DEF Bonuses
| 🛡 Armor — Hard DEF Bonus per Refine Level (+0 to +10) | |
|---|---|
| Refine | DEF Bonus |
| +1 | +10 |
| +2 | +20 |
| +3 | +30 |
| +4 | +40 |
| +5 | +60 |
| +6 | +80 |
| +7 | +100 |
| +8 | +120 |
| +9 | +150 |
| +10 ★ | +180 |
Refinement Strategy
- Use standard ores up to safety level — zero risk, free success.
- Priority target: reach +7 / +6 / +5 / +4 safely based on your weapon type.
- This is your risk-free baseline. The set bonuses and combos are fully active here.
- If you only have budget for standard ores, stop at your safety level and invest remaining Zeny elsewhere.
- Switch to Enriched Ores for meaningfully higher success rates at +5/+6/+7.
- Use HD Ores from +7 onward to eliminate break risk — degrade only.
- Stack Blacksmith's Blessings before attempting +7→+8, +8→+9, +9→+10 on high-value items.
- Do not attempt risky refines on items with multiple MVP-tier cards.
- +10 is extremely rare with standard ores (4% ~ 20% per attempt). Expect dozens of attempts.
- Best path: HD Ore + BSB at every step from +7 onward — no breaks, no degrades past +9.
- At +9→+10: even Enriched Ores give only 10~40%. Use BSB (4 count) and accept it may take many tries.
- A +10 item is prestige-tier. Every +10 is a significant achievement.
- The entire item is destroyed — base item, refine level, all upgrades.
- All cards slotted into the item are destroyed alongside it.
- All enchants on the item are lost permanently.
- Zeny spent and ores consumed are not refunded on failure.
- HD Ores and BSB are the only ways to prevent total loss.
See Also
| Crafting Articles | |
|---|---|
| NPC Refinement and Socketing | Refinement System • Socket Enchant • Card Desocketing |
| Blacksmith-related | Forging (Smith Axe • Smith Dagger • Smith Knucklebrace • Smith Mace • Smith Spear • Smith Sword • Smith Two-handed Sword • Weaponry Research) • Refining (Enchantedstone Craft • Iron Tempering • Steel Tempering) • Weapon Materials • Upgrade Weapon |
| Alchemist-related | Cooking • Potion Creation (Learning Potion • Pharmacy) |