Upgrade Requirements

To upgrade equipment, make sure you have the following:

• Equipment
• Zeny
• Reagent
• Blacksmith Blessing (optional, will preserve upgrade level in case of failure, usable from +7 up to +12)

• To start refining, drag the items to be refined from inventory to the square box in the middle.
• The required ore will appear in the blue hexagon at the top.
• Blacksmith Blessing (when applicable) will appear in the red hexagon next to the ores.
• Select the ore to be used by clicking on the appropriate hexagon.
• You will have the option to use Blacksmith Blessing starting at +7 up to +12.
• The center blue hexagon will display the ore selected. The red hexagon will display Blacksmith Blessing if you chose to use it for this refine.
• Please note success rate for the refine will appear at the top of the display while the Zeny cost will be shown next to the Zeny icon at the Refine button.

Safety Level

The Safety Level is the maximum level of refinement that can be given to equipment with guaranteed success (0% chance of failure). Anything past the safety level has chance to fail, and failure means your equipment will be permanently destroyed, including any cards and other enchantments it may have had. You won't be refunded Zeny and the ore used to upgrade if it fails. Give careful thought before deciding if you want to upgrade a piece of equipment beyond its safety level.

Break Protection

The more you get beyond the safety level, the higher are the chances that your equipment gets permanently destroyed, along with its cards or other enchantments. However, Kafra shop items are available that allow you to upgrade items without risk of permanently losing the item.

HD Oridecon & Elunium

During an upgrade attempt using HD Oridecon or HD Elunium, upgrade failure will only degrade the item by 1 refine level instead of breaking.

Blacksmith Blessing

During an upgrade attempt using Blacksmith Blessing, upgrade failure will preserve upgrade level instead of breaking. Because it can be used with any ores, it is recommended to use with Enriched ores because of its higher success rate.

Safe to 7 and 10 Certificates

Between +4 and +7, you may upgrade without risk of breaking OR degrading, at a cost of 1 Safe to 7 Certificate of the appropriate type, and one Elunium or Oridecon.

• These upgrades can be performed by Mighty Hammer moc_paraup38185.
• On a success, it gains 1 refine level, on a failure, only the certificate and ore is lost.
• The success rate is the same as normal upgrades. However, the item will not degrade on a failed attempt.

There are different types of certificates

• Safe to 5 Weapon Certificate
• Safe to 6 Weapon Certificate
• Safe to 7 Weapon Certificate
• Safe to 8 Weapon Certificate
• Safe to 9 Weapon Certificate
• Safe to 10 Weapon Certificate
• Safe to 5 Armor Certificate
• Safe to 6 Armor Certificate
• Safe to 7 Armor Certificate
• Safe to 8 Armor Certificate
• Safe to 9 Armor Certificate
• Safe to 10 Armor Certificate

Refining Certificate

With a refining certificate, the player can refine an item straight to the upgrade level written on the certificate. To use the certificate, talk to Refine Master prontera182174 in Prontera.

• They can upgrade any armor or weapon up to +13 depending on the certificate.
• Regardless of the current upgrade level, the item will be refined immediately to upgrade levels specified on the certificate.
• Refining certificate have 100% success rate.
• The player needs to equip the item which will be refined.

Upgrades beyond +10

As of the Renewal update, it is possible to upgrade equipment beyond +10, as high as +20. To upgrade beyond +10, the player must start with an item at +10 or higher.

• For armor, the player must have required zeny and 1 Carnium.
• For weapons , the player must have required zeny and 1 Bradium.

In the event of a failed upgrade attempt, the item may break, but more frequently, will lose three upgrade levels. The success rates of upgrading above +10 are very, very low, on the order of 20% for Level 1, 2 and 3 weapons and 10% on Level 4 weapons and armors.

It is possible to trade 3 Elunium or 1 Refined Bradium for 1 Carnium, and 3 Oridecon for 1 Bradium. In all cases, there is a 50,000z fee per exchange. The exchanging can be done by talking to Austry prt_in8571 in the north room of the Prontera upgrade shop.