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 D		Grade C
Grade B		Grade A

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) .
• 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.

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.