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.

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 1x Etel Aquamarine (1000325) 175.000 Zeny	70%	1 Blessed Etel Dust (1000337)	Equipment Destroyed
No Grade → Grade D	+11 No Grade Equipment 5x Etel Aquamarine (1000325) 875.000 Zeny	70%	1 Blessed Etel Dust (1000337)	-
Grade D → Grade C	+11 Grade D Equipment 1x Etel Topaz (1000326) 175.000 Zeny	60%	3 Blessed Etel Dust (1000337)	Equipment Destroyed
Grade D → Grade C	+11 Grade D Equipment 5x Etel Topaz (1000326) 875.000 Zeny	60%	3 Blessed Etel Dust (1000337)	-
Grade C → Grade B	+11 Grade C Equipment 1x Etel Amethyst (1000327) 175.000 Zeny	50%	5 Blessed Etel Dust (1000337)	Equipment Destroyed
Grade C → Grade B	+11 Grade C Equipment 5x Etel Amethyst (1000327) 875.000 Zeny	50%	5 Blessed Etel Dust (1000337)	-
Grade B → Grade A	+11 Grade B Equipment 2x Etel Amber (1000328) 175.000 Zeny	40%	7 Blessed Etel Dust (1000337)	Equipment Destroyed
Grade B → Grade A	+11 Grade B Equipment 10x Etel Amber (1000328) 875.000 Zeny	40%	7 Blessed Etel Dust (1000337)	-

Which Weapons and Armors can be graded?

• Only Lv 5 Weapons and Lv 2 Armors!

Do I lose my refine?

• Yes, when a Grade is successful, refine resets to +0.

Do I lose my cards or enchants?

• No, grading preserves enchants, cards and line options.

What is the maximum bonus I can reach and how?

• Maximum of +10.00% bonus success chance can be acquired from Blessed Etel Dust (1000337) .

Grading Materials

NPC: /navi grademk 34/184

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

Item	Currency Amount
Etel Stone (1000323)	100.000z 5x Etel Dust (1000322)
Blessed Etel Dust (1000337)	100.000z 5x Etel Dust (1000322) 1x Blacksmith's Blessing (6635)
Etel Aquamarine (1000325)	100.000z 3x Etel Stone (1000323) 1x Aquamarine (720)
Etel Topaz (1000326)	200,000z 6x Etel Stone (1000323) 1x Topaz (728)
Etel Amethyst (1000327)	300.000z 10x Etel Stone (1000323) 1x Amethyst (719)
Etel Amber (1000328)	500.000z 15x Etel Stone (1000323) 1x Amber (1000321)

Where to get the necessery items?

• Etel Dust (1000322) are common drops from Lv 200+ dungeons such as Nifflheim Dungeon and Amicitia. (approximately 2,2 ~ 7,7% drop rate)
• Topaz (728) and Amber (1000321) can be purchased from Morroc Jeweler (morroc 166, 54).
• Aquamarine (720) and Amethyst (719) must be hunted or purchased from other players on our market @go market.