Equipment enhancement is a process that increases the combat stats and gear score of your equipment. Keep an eye out for an Enhancement Artisan NPC, as they provide you the means to enhance your gear.

The enhancing process starts by ‘Fortifying’ equipment up to level 5. After that, the equipment can be ‘Upgraded’ into the next rarity tier, resetting its fortification level to 0. As you enhance your equipment, be wary of failed upgrades, as they can damage your precious gear!

 

Figure 1: Enhancement Artisan’s Icon

 

There are three types of equipment enhancement: Common, Master, and Unlicensed. To gain a better understanding of Equipment Enhancement, you can visit the Master Equipment Specialist NPC for detailed information regarding enhancements.

**Screenshots were taken using Control Layout 2!**

 

Figure 2: Master Equipment Specialist NPC

 

 

Figure 3: Master Equipment Specialist NPC Dialogue

 

 How do I enhance an equipment piece?

1. Interact with an Equipment Specialist.

2. Highlight the equipment that you want to upgrade. A label: ‘Fortification Available’ will be visible if the Player has the required materials.

3. Hold the interact button to ‘Fortify’ the item.

4. A result prompt will inform the player if the fortification was successful or not.

 

What are the different kinds of Equipment Enhancements?

 

Common Enhancement is, as the name implies, the most common type of enhancement. Common enhancement costs gold, artifact shards, and artifact cores, depending on item grade and fortification level. If your equipment fails to be upgraded, it can break! Broken equipment can be downgraded by one fortification level, is weakened, and must be repaired.

 

Figure 4: Common Enhancement Equipment Specialist NPC

 

 

Figure 5: Common Enhancement Equipment Specialist (Common Item Enhancement option)

 

 

Figure 6: Common Enhancement Equipment Specialist UI

 

 

Figure 7: Common Enhancement Equipment Specialist (Equipment Fortification Successful)

 

Figure 8: Common Enhancement Equipment Specialist (Equipment Fortification Failed [Damaged])

 

Master Enhancement is a more scarce type of enhancement. You must use star seeds at these NPCs and the chance of the upgrade succeeding is lower, but there is no penalty if the fortification fails.

 

Figure 9: Master Enhancement Equipment Specialist

 

 

Figure 10: Master Enhancement Equipment Specialist (Master Item Enhancement Option)

 

Figure 11: Master Enhancement Equipment Specialist UI

 

 

Figure 12: Master Enhancement Equipment Specialist (Equipment Fortification Successful)

 

 

Figure 13: Master Enhancement Equipment Specialist (Equipment Fortification Failed)

 

 

Unlicensed Enhancement is only available at the Outlaw Village. Upgrading through Unlicensed Enhancement is very cheap, however, there's a catch:

If your equipment fails to upgrade through Unlicensed Enhancement, there is a chance you will lose that piece of equipment PERMANENTLY!

 

Figure 14: Unlicensed Enhancement Equipment Specialist

 

 

Figure 15: Unlicensed Enhancement Equipment Specialist (Unlicensed Enhancement and Upgrade option)

 

Figure 16: Unlicensed Enhancement Equipment Specialist UI

 

Figure 17: Unlicensed Enhancement Equipment Specialist (Equipment Enhancement Successful)

 

Figure 18: Unlicensed Enhancement Equipment Specialist (Equipment Enhancement Failed)

 

Figure 19: Unlicensed Enhancement Equipment Specialist (Equipment Enhancement Failed [Destroyed])

 

What is unbinding and how do I unbind an equipment piece?

Unbinding a piece of equipment allows it to be sold on the marketplace. In order to unbind a piece of equipment, you'll need to acquire an Unbinding Scroll from the Limited Time Merchants found in every major city. Once you have an Unbinding Scroll, visit any Enhancement Equipment Specialist & follow these steps:

1. Interact with the Equipment Specialist.

2. Highlight the equipment that you want to unbind. A label: ‘Unbind Item’ will be visible if the Player has the required materials.

3. Hold the interact button to ‘Unbind’ the item.

4. A result prompt will inform the player if the unbinding was successful.

 

Figure 20: Common Enhancement Equipment Specialist (Unbind Item option)

 

 

Figure 21: Unbinding Item UI

 

 

Figure 22: Unbinding Item Success

 

How do I repair a damaged piece of equipment?

To repair an item that is damaged, players can use a repair tool of the appropriate grade, or another item of the same name (regardless of grade). Repair tools can be acquired from any Limited time Merchant using Star Seeds or Artifact Cores.

 

Figure 23: Repairing Equipment Tooltip

 

Figure 24: Limited Time Merchant