Refining

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Refining an item will increase its base stats. This contrasts with imbuing which adds a specific extra stat. Refined weapons deal more damage, while refined armor has higher defense, refined boots have more health, and refined helms have extra spirit. Refined items tend to glow with different glows resulting from different refinement levels.

Be warned however, that an item has a chance to be destroyed on each refinery attempt. The chance to break depends on many factors, most importantly the current refinery level. It is wise to craft a few extra items of what you are trying to refine, in case one is destroyed in the process.

Common and basic gear is refined with refinery talismans which can be purchased from players or picked up from monster drops. Celestial gear must be refined with Talismans of Craft, which are far less common, but can still be acquired from both monsters and quests.

Luckily, there are auxiliary items that can be found in the game world to assist in the refining process. These include Sigils, which will guarantee the success of certain refining attempts. On the Refinery Menu, in the Aux Slot is where you would place items like Sigils.

How to Refine

To Refine a piece of gear all you need to do is bring it and a Refinery Talisman to any Enchanter. Speak to the Enchanter and select "Refine/Imbue". Right click on the item in your inventory and a Refinery Talisman, if you intend to use an auxiliary material you should Right click on it as well. Note: You cannot refine a piece of gear while you are wearing it. Finally, select the "start" button and wait for the results.

Tips

The Refine and Imbue Menu: Place one of your talismans in the Talisman slot, the armor or weapon you want to upgrade into the Gear slot and in the Aux. slot you can put items that wil guarantee or boost your success rate

Tip: Already at +5 and want to guarantee success to +6? Trade in +5 Bronze Sigils at the Enchanter in Sunstream City for a +6 Sigil!

And another helpful tip! It is recommended to refine your gear first, and then add imbues.

To avoid risking losing everything when refining a highly refined item to a higher level it is strongly recommend that you get two or more items to that level. While this may be more expensive in the short run, in the long run it will be very beneficial to not lose any progress when you break one item because you can easily switch to another of the same quality.

Glows

Refined items all glow, but the glows are different and hard to predict. The following table documents all the common item glows.

Benefits of refining

Refined items have significantly better stats than unrefined items. Many players consider well-refined gear necessary to tackle higher level content.

Levels 1-15 Weapons

Levels 15-30 Tier 1 Weapons

Levels 30-45 Tier 1 Weapons

Levels 45-60 Tier 2 Weapons

Levels 60-75 Tier 2 Weapons