Refine
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Equipment in Ragnarok Online can be 'upgraded' or 'refined' by upgrade NPCs in each major town to make them more powerful. All equipment has a maximum upgrade level of +20, starting from +0. +0 items do not have any prefixes, but once they are upgraded, the number of upgrade levels will be displayed on the equipment e.g. +5 Stunner. Upgrades above +10 use a different system, and it is very unusual to see gear upgraded above +15.
Also, you can turn in Rough Oridecon and Rough Elunium to create single refined Oridecon and Elunium, which are needed for upgrading Lv. 3 / Lv. 4 weapons, items and armors, respectively.
Upgrade NPC Locations
Inside Prontera (prt_in 63, 60) and (prt_in 90, 72)
Inside Morroc (morocc_in 73, 38)
Payon (payon 144, 173)
Inside Alberta (alberta_in 29, 59)
Basement of Juno Armory (juno 119, 137)
2nd floor of Einbroch Blacksmith Guild (einbroch 255, 108)
Basement of Lighthalzen Weapon Shop (lighthalzen 194, 35)
2nd floor of Eden Group, Suhnmi (moc_paraup 26, 185)
Malangdo (malangdo 224, 172)
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.
Upgrade Level | Required Blacksmith Blessings per attempt |
+7 -> +8 | 1 |
+8 -> +9 | 2 |
+9 -> +10 | 4 |
+10 -> +11 | 7 |
+11 -> +12 | 11 |
Not all item types can be upgraded. The following item types cannot be upgraded:
Middle and Lower Headgears.
Accessories.
Any items that are not equipment.
Any equipment that specifically says it cannot be upgraded.
Reagents and Cost
In order to upgrade, you need to provide a reagent in order to upgrade your equipment. Reagent required differs depending on weapon level of the equipment. As for armors, they all take same reagent regardless of type.
Money taken also differs depending on weapon level of the weapons.
Following list shows reagent + money required.
Refining Rough Oridecons and Eluniums
When you collect 5 Rough Oridecons and Rough Eluniums, you can convert them into a single Oridecon or Elunium by talking to an NPC in the upgrade shop.
Note that you can make only one pure Oridecon or Elunium each time you talk to the NPC.
This service does not cost any Zeny.
Locas (izlude 155, 132) in Izlude will mass-convert rough ore into the pure ore.
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.
| Equipment | Safety Level |
|---|---|
Weapon Lv. 1 | +7 |
Weapon Lv. 2 | +6 |
Weapon Lv. 3 | +5 |
Weapon Lv. 4 | +4 |
Any Armor | +4 |
Shadow Gear | +4 |
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, some rare 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.
Enriched Oridecon & Elunium + Enriched Refine Event
Normally, Enriched ores have a chance of breaking the item. But during those events, in the case of upgrade failure the item will only degrade by 1 refine level instead of breaking.
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 Eluniums or Oridecons.
These upgrades can be performed by Mighty Hammer (moc_paraup 38, 185).
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 three types of certs:
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 Refining Researcher (prontera 182, 174) 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.
Protection Items
Blessed Ores (Oridecon and Elunium): Similar effect with Safe to X Certificates with the difference the ores work between +6 and +12.
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 100,000z and 1 Carnium.
For weapons the player must have 100,000z 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 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_in 85, 71) in the north room of the Prontera upgrade shop.
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