Equipment
"Look after your equipment, and your equipment will look after you."
― Sir Drakeson
Equipment describes all of the various items the player can equip on their Knight to improve their stats and change the flow of combat. Equipment can be acquired in many ways, including Bounties, Chests, and doing Stories and Side Stories.
Equipment includes:
- Weapons
- Armor
- Battle Boosts (potions/elixirs)
- Gauntlets
Upgrading
- Main article: Equipment/Upgrading
Equipment can be upgraded with materials to make them stronger.
Forging
Weapons and armor with a rarity of rare or higher can undergo forging to increase their Rank, as well as damage or protection. Forging involves taking a maxed-level weapon and fusing it with forge runes and ores (Malachite, Cobalt, Manganese, Orpiment).
Rarity
Equipment is sorted into are 6 different types of rarities. Higher-rarity items have higher base stats and increase these stats much faster when Leveling Up or
Common
As the lowest rarity, many items acquired in the beginning of the game are common.
- Weapons and Armor do not have charm slots
- Cannot be Ranked up or Transmuted
Rare
- Weapons and Armor hold one random Charm slot
- Malachite (along with forge runes) is required to forge from rank 2 onwards
- May be transmuted from Common Equipment
- Potions are labeled with a "lesser" prefix
Epic
- Weapons and Armor hold two random Charm slots
- Cobalt (along with forge runes) is required to forge from Rank 2 onwards
- May be transmuted from Rare Equipment
- Potions are labeled with an "Improved" prefix
Legendary
- Weapons and Armor hold three random charm slots
- Manganese (along with forge runes) is required to forge from Rank 2 onwards
- May be transmuted from Epic Equipment
- Potions are labeled with a "Greater" prefix
Unique
- Weapons and Armor hold four random charm slots
- Orpiment (along with forge runes) is required to forge from Rank 2 onwards
- May be transmuted from Legendary Equipment
Mythic
- Only attainable after level 40, and after clearing the Greywater hunt in White Peak
- Weapons/armor hold five fixed charm slots
- Can only be obtained by sacrificing gear to the Lady of the Lake in the Mythic Rift
- Only one of each type of Mythic Equipment can be obtained, and they cannot be Dismantled
Ranks
Currently there are 5 ranks, ranging from 1 to 5. Each weapon and armor piece is assigned a rank.
Rank | Weapons | Armor | Ores
(for next rank) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Upgrading | Forging | Upgrading | Forging | ||
1 | Volcanite Bits | x1 Mannaz | Tellurian Bits | x1 Thurisaz | n/a |
2 | Volcanite Bars | x2 Uruz | Tellurian Bars | x2 Fehu | 4 |
3 | Volcanite Ingots | x3 Dagaz | Tellurian Ingots | x3 Laguz | 8 |
4 | Fine Volcanite | x4 Naudiz | Fine Tellurian | x4 Berkana | 12 |
5 | Pure Volcanite | n/a | Pure Tellurian | n/a |