Grade Enhancing

The grading system is the latest method to further strengthen your gears. When an equipment is graded, it will have distinctive features for the level of grade.

Grade	Item Icon	Item Background
Grade D	center|frameless|842x842px	center|frameless|842x842px
Grade C	center|frameless|842x842px	center|frameless|842x842px
Grade B	center|frameless|842x842px	center|frameless|842x842px
Grade A	center|frameless|842x842px	center|frameless|842x842px

Grading serves 4 main purposes:

1. As Acquire grade-specific bonuses from an equipment. These bonuses are cumulative.
   • Example: Grade B Thanatos Bow-AD will provide all bonuses described under [Bonus by Grade] for Grades D, C, and B.
2. As Acquire grade-specific bonuses from a card. (Future Implementation)
3. As Alters enchant tables of Enchantment System. (Future Implementation)
4. As Increase stats gained from refine.

Each grade has a certain percentage bonus compared to an ungraded item. Refer to the Refine page for exact values.

Additional Refine Bonus Grade	Weapons	Armors
Grade D	10% Increase in ATK & MATK per Refine	?
Grade C	30% Increase in ATK & MATK per Refine	?
Grade B	50% Increase in ATK & MATK per Refine	?
Grade A	100% Increase in ATK & MATK per Refine	?

Procedure

NPC: /navi grademk 34/184

Talk to the NPC (Option 1) which opens the Grading UI.

During Refine Event, all grading procedure's base success chance is increased by 10.00%.

Process	Required Materials	Base Success Chance	Bonus +1.00% Success Chance	Failure Penalty
No Grade → Grade D	+11 No Grade Equipment Etel Aquamarine 1 Zeny	70%	1 Blessed Etel Dust	Equipment Destroyed
No Grade → Grade D	+11 No Grade Equipment Etel Aquamarine 5 Zeny	70%	1 Blessed Etel Dust	-
Grade D → Grade C	+11 Grade D Equipment Etel Topaz 1 Zeny	60%	3 Blessed Etel Dust	Equipment Destroyed
Grade D → Grade C	+11 Grade D Equipment Etel Topaz 5 Zeny	60%	3 Blessed Etel Dust	-
Grade C → Grade B	+11 Grade C Equipment Etel Amethyst 1 Zeny	50%	5 Blessed Etel Dust	Equipment Destroyed
Grade C → Grade B	+11 Grade C Equipment Etel Amethyst 5 Zeny	50%	5 Blessed Etel Dust	-
Grade B → Grade A	+11 Grade B Equipment Etel Amber 2 Zeny	40%	7 Blessed Etel Dust	Equipment Destroyed
Grade B → Grade A	+11 Grade B Equipment Etel Amber 10 Zeny	40%	7 Blessed Etel Dust	-

Note:

• Only Lv 5 Weapons and Lv 2 Armors can be graded.
• When a Grade is successful, refine resets to +0.
• Grading preserves enchants, cards and line options.
• Maximum of +10.00% bonus success chance can be acquired from Blessed Etel Dust.
• The system is designed where base and bonus success chances can be modified server side.
• Future implementations can have upto 3 possible methods of grade procedure. Currently, there are only 2 methods per each grade.
• Zeny tax is variable depending on the equipment and grade.

Grading Materials

NPC: /navi grademk 34/184

Talk to the NPC (Option 2) to craft grading materials.

IMG	Item	Currency Amount
Datei:1000323.png	Etel Stone	100,000z; Etel Dust 5
Datei:1000337.png	Blessed Etel Dust	100,000z; Etel Dust 5; Blacksmith Blessing 1
Datei:1000325.png	Etel Aquamarine	100,000z; Etel Stone 3; Aquamarine 1
Datei:1000326.png	Etel Topaz	200,000z; Etel Stone 6; Topaz 1
Datei:1000327.png	Etel Amethyst	300,000z; Etel Stone 10; Amethyst 1
Datei:1000328.png	Etel Amber	500,000z; Etel Stone 15; Amber 1

Note:

• Etel Dust are common drops from Lv 200+ dungeons such as Nifflheim Dungeon and Amicitia. (approximately 3% drop rate)
• Topaz and Amber can be purchased from Morroc Jeweler /navi morroc 166/54.
• Aquamarine and Amethyst must be hunted or purchased from other players.