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 |
|---|---|
| Grade D | 
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| Grade C | 
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| Grade B | 
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| Grade A | 
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Grading serves 4 main purposes:
- 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.
- As Acquire grade-specific bonuses from a card. (Future Implementation)
- As Alters enchant tables of Enchantment System. (Future Implementation)
- 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; |
| Datei:1000337.png | Blessed Etel Dust | 100,000z;
Etel Dust 5; |
| Datei:1000325.png | Etel Aquamarine | 100,000z;
Etel Stone 3; |
| 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.