BDO Enhancement Guide (Black Desert Online 2019)

BDO Enhancement is the process of upgrading gear to increase its power. The levels of Enhancement go from +1 to +20. Most gear and accessories in Black Desert Online can be enhanced, as long as you have Enhancement materials on hand and a handful of luck.

Enhancement Levels:

1. PEN (V) +20
2. TET (IV) +19
3. TRI (III) +18
4. DUO (II) +17
5. PRI (I) +16
6. +15 to +1

Enhancing is sometimes called by the traditional name of “Enchanting”.

RNG Me Away!
Enhancement is very RNG heavy. Players frequently flood chat and video channels with how unfair the Enhancement system has been to them. Unsafe Enhancement is a gamble, especially when you approach +13 and above. TET and +15 begin with a mere 2% chance at succeeding. PEN? Forget about it! I won’t depress you with the numbers. 🙂

It makes me wonder how many players have quit BDO over this sometimes infuriating mechanic.

There are a few oddballs who actually enjoy Enhancement… but never mind the craziest. It’s safest to avoid them, and any mention of them actually. They might be reading this right now *gulp*.

What about Safe Enhancement?
Black Desert has implemented some safe ways to to achieve Enhancement like Force-Enhance, Caphras Stones, and Magical Black Stones, but these options seem overly time consuming and expensive when one thinks about a “lucky” one touch TET, etc. Many people forgo the “Safe Enhancement” options. To complicate matters, there is no safe enhancement for boss gear at certain levels. Of course, this leads to frustration upon frustration for the unlucky and the heights of joy for the lucky few…

Which path will be yours?

Enhancement Basics

Enhancement Requirements

You must have completed the quest called [Awakening] Traces of Edana. This quest is not very far into the first Main quest chain given by the Black Spirit. Some Enhancing items also have a level 30 requirement in order to use.

You will also need plenty of Enhancement items. A typical TET enhancement session can run 1000+ Black Stones. 300+ Memory Fragments and much more. I will detail all the enhancement gear below.

Enhancement Window

To view the Enhancement interface, talk to the Black Spirit by pressing (,) key. Click the “Enhancement” button.

An easier way is to just right click the Enhancement item consumable, such as a Black Stone.

Failstack & Enhancement Chance

Enhancement is centered around the idea of “Failstacks”. A Failstack is a count of the times you have failed to enhance. The more times you fail an Enhancement, the more Failstacks you obtain. The more Failstacks you have, the greater your chances to succeed.

   Enhancement Chance +
   Valk’s Enhancement Chance +
   Permanent Enhancement Chance
   = TOTAL FAILSTACK

The total Failstack number is the large yellow number on the top right.

Enhancement Terms:

• Enhancement Chance #: This character’s Failstack. The times this character has failed at enhancement.

• Valk’s Enhancement Chance #: up to 10 from Valk’s Cry and Fairy’s Blessing

• Enhancement Chance %: the chance the current Enhancement will succeed.

• Permanent Enhancement Chance: up to +4 family-wide Failstack from completing Rulupee Adventure Log.

How Many Failstacks Should I Use?
Failstacks have an optimal range. For many Enhancement levels, there are “Softcaps”, in which you get significantly less Enhancement Chance from increasing to the next Failstack.

For example, 70% Enhancement Chance is the Softcap for both armor and weapons. Going over this, will make enhancing that item extremely more expensive.

Keeping Softcaps in mind, there is an optimal range that most players use for certain levels of Enhancement. For this reason, players say to stop Failstacking or to save that Failstack, after you have gained a certain number. This is in order to use that too high Failstack on a different item with a more suitable Enhancement grade for your Failstack.

Some levels of Enhancement, like TET and +15 have no soft cap and these are just a pain to get no matter what for most players.

Saving a Failstack
Each character has a separate Failstack, which is helpful if your Failstack gets too high and you want to start over on an alternate character. This will save your Failstack for a higher level Enhancement later. You can also save Failstacks by purchasing a book from the Blacksmith.

One problem I encounter using Alts for saving Failstacks is the 3 minute wait before you can switch between characters. Also lag and just waiting for complete loading inside Velia can become an issue.

Failstack Charts show Enhancement success chances for each Failstack.

• 90% Hardcaps Revealed: No matter how many Failstacks you have, all unsafe gear enhancement has at least a 10% chance of failure. (You can’t exceed a 90% Enhancement success chance, unless you use a safe method like “Force-enhance.”)
• Softcaps Revealed: Softcaps are Failstacks that you should avoid going over. (You get diminishing returns.)
  • Armor/Weapon Softcaps: 70% Enhancement Chance is the Softcap for both armor and weapons.
  • Accessory Softcaps:
    • PRI: 70% Enhancement Chance (18 Failstack)
    • DUO: 50% Enhancement Chance (40 Failstack)
    • TRI: 40% Enhancement Chance (44 Failstack)
    • TET: 30% Enhancement Chance (110 Failstack)
• “Durability” option usually cuts Enhancement Chance in half, but increases chance of acquiring a Failstack.
• +15 and TET armor and weapons have the same starting Enhancement Chance of 2%.
• Green accessories have a higher chance of success with PRI than yellow or blue grade, but then after that, the rates are the same.
• Blue bound accessories are easier to enhance than Green accessories.
• White grade armor like Reblath has the same difficulty as Gold and Blue grade armor, which is slightly more difficult than Green grade armor.

Max Durability & Enhancement Failure

Failstacks are a good thing, but they do cost you! Every time you fail Enhancement, you lose at least 5 Max Durability on the item you are trying to upgrade.

For higher level gear enhancement of DUO+, you can actually downgrade the item. So a DUO could become a PRI on failure. (Unless you use Cron Stones.)

Accessories have different failure costs. Both accessories are destroyed upon failure. (Cron Stones will allow the item to be downgraded instead of destroyed.)

Max Durability is repaired by visiting the Blacksmith and clicking Repair > Recover Max Dur.

Max Durability can be repaired by destroying another of the same kind.

For expensive repairs, like boss gear, you can use Memory Fragments (and optionally a Pearl item called Artisan’s Memory with it).

In unsafe Enhancement, the Max Durability lost depends upon the Enhancement consumable used.

Black Stones: -5 Max Durability.
Concentrated Black Stones: -10 Max Durability

Total Cost of Failstack = Black Stones + identical gear for repair.

Safe Enhancement methods have set Max Durability costs that are higher.

Force-Enhance

“Force-Enhance” gives a 100% Enhancement Chance for gear that has or had a base green grade. It costs a set amount of Max Durability and Black Stones. You can only Force-Enhance up to TRI. For this reason, there are some players who disagree with using it because they say you need Failstacks anyway for TET and PEN. But, for other players, who don’t like the gambling aspect of Enhancement, it’s an option.

You probably don’t want to enhance green grade gear to TET level, anyway. Wait until you have that boss item to blow up your expensive Enhancing mats. 🙂

After gear reaches TRI, you can gain 100% Enhancement Chance by using Caphras Stones, which are a rare drop from higher level mobs and given via daily quests. Caphras quantities required for this Safe Enhancement option are extremely high…. around 1,800 for TRI to TET. Read more about Caphras Stones below.

Force-Enhance Cost for Armor

Note: Force-Enhancement for PRI or greater uses Concentrated Black Stones (Heated Shard + Black Stone)

Enhancement	Base Chance	% per FS	Force-Enhance Black Stones	Force-Enhance Max Durability	Max Durability Fail Cost
1-5	100%
6	70%	1.4%	2	-10	-5
7	25.64%	2.56%	3	-10	-5
8	17.24%	1.72%	4	-10	-5
9	11.76%	1.18%	5	-20	-5
10	7.69%	.77%	7	-30	-5
11	6.25%	.63%	9	-40	-5
12	5.00%	0.5%	11	-50	-5
13	4.00%	0.4%	17	-60	-5
14	2.86%	0.29%	23	-70	-5
15	2.00%	0.2%	29	-100	-5
16 (PRI)	11.76	1.18%	7	-100	-10
17 (DUO)	7.69	0.77%	12	-100	-10
18 (TRI)	6.25%	0.63%	30	-100	-10
19 (TET)	2.00%	0.2%	can’t	can’t	-10
20 (PEN)	0.30%	0.03%	can’t	can’t	-10

Force-Enhance Cost for Weapons

Note: Force-Enhancement for PRI or greater uses Concentrated Black Stones (Heated Shard + Black Stone)

Enhancement	Base Chance	% per FS	Force-Enhance Black Stones	Force-Enhance Max Durability	Max Durability Fail Cost
1-7	100%
8	70%	1.4%	2	-10	-5
9	20.41%	2.04%	3	-20	-5
10	14.29%	1.43%	5	-30	-5
11	10%	1%	7	-40	-5
12	6.67%	0.67%	11	-50	-5
13	4%	0.4%	17	-60	-5
14	2.50%	0.25%	23	-70	-5
15	2%	0.2%	29	-100	-5
16 (PRI)	11.76	1.18%	7	-100	-10
17 (DUO)	7.69	0.77%	12	-100	-10
18 (TRI)	6.25%	0.63%	30	-100	-10
19 (TET)	2.00%	0.2%	can’t	can’t	-10
20 (PEN)	0.30%	0.03%	can’t	can’t	-10

Enhancement Options: Durability vs Enhance

Enhancement Option – Durability: Selecting this option before Enhancement decreases the Max Durability lost on failures. It also increases the difficulty of enhancing. This can be used for an easier time building Failstacks. However, if you are a new player and don’t need Failstacks, select the “Enhance” option instead.

Enhancement Option – Enhance: Selecting this option before Enhancement doubles the Enhancement Chance, so that gear is easier to Enhance. Use this option if you are not interested in building Failstacks for higher level Enhancements.

Devour

Devour will destroy one of your Enhanced weapons or armor and give you Enhancement Chance in exchange.

• Access Devour from the Enhancement window by talking to Black Spirit.

• Weapons must be Enhancement level +8 or greater, and defense gear must be +6 or more.

• Your Enhancement Chance (excluding Valks’ Enhancement Chance) must be zero when using Devour.

Weapon Enhancement Level	Enhancement Chance Gain
+8	+4
+9	+5
+10	+6
+11	+8
+12	+10
+13	+12
+14	+14
+15	+16
PRI	+20
DUO	+26
TRI	+33
TET	+45
PEN	+75

Armor Enhancement Level	Enhancement Chance Gain
+6	+3
+7	+4
+8	+5
+9	+6
+10	+7
+11	+8
+12	+10
+13	+12
+14	+14
+15	+16
PRI	+20
DUO	+25
TRI	+30
TET	+40
PEN	+70

Building a Failstack & Cleanse Gear

Building Failstacks:
To purposefully build a Failstack, many players use the very cheap Reblath armor and Militia weapons available from NPCs. They continually upgrade +14 to +15 with this cheap gear. There is only a 2% chance that the armor/weapon will Enhance, making it ideal for cheaper Failstack building.

Losing Your Failstack
If your item happens to gain a level to +15, then you go to a priest to have it de-leveled “Cleansed” for 100k Silver. That will put your gear back to +14 level. Then, unfortunately, you have to start all over with a Failstack of 0. For this reason, some players refuse to use gear that is not already useful and demanded on the Marketplace. If it does happen to level up, then at least they have something they can sell. (Example: popular gear like Grunil and Heve armor.)

Enhancement Items

Black Stone (Armor)

Black Stone (Armor) is used to enhance defense gear. (Chest, shoes, feet, hands) You can upgrade armor up to +5 without failure. After this, there is a chance of failing enhancement, unless “Force-Enhance” is selected.

Black Stone (Armor) is used in all levels of armor Enhancement.

• used to Enhance up to +15
• used in a recipe for enhancing PRI to PEN armor. 2 are Heated with 1 Hard Black Crystal Shard to create a Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor)

Frequently drops from <Violent> star type mobs. There are an abundance of these at Abandoned Iron Mine, Manes, Rogues, and Helms. View Black Stone (Armor) page and drop rates on bddatabase.net

Black Stone (Weapon)

Black Stone (Weapon) is used to enhance AP gear. (main, awakening, and sub-weapons) You can upgrade weapons up to +7 without failure. After this, there is a chance of failing enhancement, unless “Force-Enhance” is selected.

Black Stone (Weapon) is used in all levels of weapon Enhancement.

• used to Enhance up to +15
• used in a recipe for enhancing PRI to PEN weapons. 2 are Heated with 1 Sharp Black Crystal Shard to create a Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon)

Frequently drops from <Violent> star type mobs. There are an abundance of these at Abandoned Iron Mine, Manes, Rogues, and Helms. View Black Stone (Weapon) page and drop rates on bddatabase.net

Hard Black Crystal Shard

Hard Black Crystal Shard is used to enhance Black Star Weapons and defense gear. (Chest, shoes, feet, hands) It’s required in the recipe to create Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor).

• for PRI to PEN armor Enhancement
• Heat: 1 Hard Black Crystal Shard + 2 Black Stone (Armor) to create a Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor)
• used to craft an item for PRI to PEN Black Star Weapon Enhancement

Obtained By:

• Processing > Heating certain accessories (See detailed table below.)
  • Bensho’s Necklace has a 0.1% drop rate from Wilderness Golem, Gravestone Golem, and Stone Golem
  • Scarla Necklas has a 2% drop rate from Helm Golem. (0.0375% from Helm Hunter and 0.075% from Helm Iron Shield)
  • Necklace of Good Deeds received from events and Gift of Repayment
• All gathering types: mining, butchering, herbs, etc
  • 0.243% drop rate from Ore, Timber, and Underwater gathering
  • 0.0608% drop rate from Flowers, Herbs, Fruits, Mushrooms, and other food Gathering
• Loot from Grinding: 0.243% drop rate from Trolls and beasts like Bison, Sheep, Elk, Bear, Waragon, Salamander, Lizard, etc
• Certain Non-repeatable quests and events/rewards

View Hard Black Crystal Shard page and drop rates on bddatabase.net

Heating Accessories for Black Crystal Shards

Icon	Black Crystal Shard	Heated Item	Heating Produces
	Hard Black Crystal Shard	Scarla Necklace	7x Melted Platinum Shard 1x Pure Platinum Crystal 1x Resplendent Sapphire 1x Hard Black Crystal Shard
	Hard Black Crystal Shard	Bensho’s Necklace	2x Hard Black Crystal Shard 7x Melted Platinum Shard 1x Resplendent Sapphire
	Hard Black Crystal Shard Sharp Black Crystal Shard	Necklace of Good Deeds	7x Melted Platinum Shard 1x Polished Opal 2x Hard Black Crystal Shard 1x Sharp Black Crystal Shard
	Sharp Black Crystal Shard	Ogre Ring	2x Sharp Black Crystal Shard 7x Melted Gold Shard 1x Blood Ruby
	Sharp Black Crystal Shard	Ancient Guardian’s Seal	1x Sharp Black Crystal Shard 7x Melted Gold Shard 1x Pure Gold Crystal
	Sharp Black Crystal Shard	Witch’s Earring	1x Sharp Black Crystal Shard 2x Melted Gold Shard 1x Resplendent Ruby
	Sharp Black Crystal Shard	Ancient Weapon Core	1x Sharp Black Crystal Shard 5x Melted Gold Shard 1x Pure Gold Crystal 1x Silver Crystal 7x Melted Silver Shard

Sharp Black Crystal Shard

Sharp Black Crystal Shard is used to enhance AP gear. (main, awakening, and sub-weapons) It’s required in the recipe to create Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon).

• for PRI to PEN weapon Enhancement
• Heat: 1 Sharp Black Crystal Shard + 2 Black Stone (Weapon) to create a Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon)
• used in +1 to PEN for Black Star Weapon Enhancement

Obtained By:

• Processing > Heating certain accessories (See detailed table above.)
  • Ogre Ring has a 0.05% drop rate from Ogres
  • Ancient Guardian’s Seal has a 0.03% drop rate from Helms mobs. (0.07% from Helm Devourer)
  • Witch’s Earring has a 0.02% to 0.2% drop rate from Hexe mobs (3% from Hexe Marie)
  • Ancient Weapon Core has a 0.0065% to 0.05% drop rate from Ancient Weapon mobs
  • Necklace of Good Deeds received from events and Gift of Repayment
• All gathering types: mining, butchering, herbs, etc
  • 0.108% drop rate from Ore, Timber, and Underwater gathering
  • 0.0387% drop rate from Flowers, Herbs, Fruits, Mushrooms, and other food Gathering
• Loot from Grinding: 0.108% drop rate from Trolls and beasts like Bison, Sheep, Elk, Bear, Waragon, Salamander, Lizard, etc
• Certain Non-repeatable quests and events/rewards

View Sharp Black Crystal Shard page and drop rates on bddatabase.net

Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor)

Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor) is used to enhance defense gear past +15. (Chest, shoes, feet, hands)

Craft by Processing > Heating Hard Black Crystal Shard x1 and Black Stones (Armor) x2. This recipe creates 1, and there is no chance for an extra proc.

View Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Armor) page and drop rates on bddatabase.net

Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon)

Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon) is used to enhance AP gear past +15. (main, awakening, and sub-weapons)

Craft by Processing > Heating Sharp Black Crystal Shard x1 and Black Stones (Weapon) x2. This recipe creates 1, and there is no chance for an extra proc.

used in +1 to +15 for Black Star Weapon Enhancement

View Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon) page and drop rates on bddatabase.net

Cron Stone

When you attempt to enhance a DUO or greater level item, there is a chance that it will downgrade its level instead of gaining a level. So your DUO could drop to a PRI. Cron Stones are used to protect an item from downgrading a level after a failed Enhancement attempt.

Accessories are treated differently. Cron Stones protect them from being destroyed, but accessories can still lose a level.

Obtaining Cron Stones:

• Attendance Rewards and Events
• Exchanging Pearl Costumes to Blacksmith (See exchange rates below.)
• 2 million silver each at the Blacksmith

The quantity required to protect Enhancement is about half the item’s cost in Cron Stones. For example, enhancement on a 500 million weapon would be: 500,000,000 / 2 = 250,000,000 then take 250,000,000 / 2,000,000 = 125 Cron Stones.

With a high cost of 2 million each, Cron Stones are expensive. As of this writing, it’s cheaper to let a DUO item downgrade to PRI and then sell the PRI and purchase another DUO off the Marketplace to continue attempting a TRI. (Prices and availability change all the time. Be sure to check the quantity and price of enhanced gear on Central Market.)

Valk’s Cry

Pearl Costume	Valks’ Cry Extracted	Cron Stone Extracted
Helmet	8	24
Armor	18	54
Gloves	7	21
Shoes	7	21
Main Weapon	12	36
Sub-weapon	7	21
Awakening Weapon	14	42
Total	73	219

Valk’s Cry adds +1 to the Failstack, increasing the Enhancement Chance.

Valk’s Cry can only increase the Failstack by a maximum of 10.

Valk’s Cry from Loyalties:
Purchase Valks’ Cry with 100 Loyalties. It’s limited to 5 per Family per week.

Valk’s Cry from Pearl Costumes:
Pearl costumes can be turned into Cron Stones or Valk’s Cry at a Blacksmith.

Fairy’s Blessing

Fairy’s Blessing is just like using Valk’s Cry. It will add +1 to Valks Enhancement Chance. Any combination of Valk’s Cry and Fairy’s Blessing cannot exceed +10.

• Ceilyn is located to the right of Herawen in Kamasylve Temple. However, this exchange will not be activated when the quests ‘Laila’s Scattered Petals’ and ‘Mysterious Companion’ are under progress.

• Laila’s Petal can be exchanged for Fairy’s Blessing from Fairy Queen Theiah or Ceilyn. (Laila’s Petal can be obtained by defeating monsters, Gathering, and Fishing.)

  • Laila’s Petal x10 → Fairy’s Blessing x1

• You have to complete the quest “[Awakening] Traces of Edana” or reach Lv. 30 to use this item.

Blacksmith’s Secret Book

Blacksmith’s Secret Book is used to store your current Enhancement Chance. This will make your current Failstack fall to 0, but enables you to start again and use your stored Failstack for a more suitable item.

Blacksmith’s Secret Book is available at any <Blacksmith> in town.

• Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 20: 1 million Silver
• Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 30: 1.5 million Silver
• Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 40: 2 million Silver
• Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 50: 3 million Silver (also available in Pearl Shop)
• Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 100: Pearl Shop only: 200 Pearls for 1, 1500 Pearls for 10

Blacksmith’s Secret Book converts your Enhancement Chance amount into an Advice of Valk’s with equal Valk’s Enhancement Chance.

The number shows the maximum amount of Enhancement Chance that you can store. For example, if you currently have an Enhancement Chance of +41, you cannot use Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 40. You must buy Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 50.

Reform Stones

Ultimate Weapon/Armor Reform Stone

100% enhancement chance: “Ultimate”

Ultimate Reform Stone will upgrade green or blue grade armor to yellow grade 100% of the time.

Processing Recipe:
Heating: x10 Grade 3 Reform Stone + x1 Black Crystal Shard

Other lower grade Reform Stones have an RNG chance to upgrade your armor or weapon’s grade.

The following Reform Stones are created at a housing type called “Refinery”.

Grade 1 Weapon/Armor Reform Stone
0% enhancement chance: “Ultimate”
20% enhancement chance: “of Temptation”
30% enhancement chance: “of Destruction”
30% enhancement chance: “of Crimson Flame”
20% enhancement chance: green grade

Grade 2 Weapon/Armor Reform Stone
1% enhancement chance: “Ultimate”
20% enhancement chance: “of Temptation”
20% enhancement chance: “of Destruction”
20% enhancement chance: “of Crimson Flame”
10% enhancement chance: green grade

Grade 3 Weapon/Armor Reform Stone
5% enhancement chance: “Ultimate”
30% enhancement chance: “of Temptation”
30% enhancement chance: “of Destruction”
20% enhancement chance: “of Crimson Flame”
10% enhancement chance: green grade

Magic Black Stones

Magic Black Stones give a guaranteed Enhancement Chance to get +13, +14, or +15.

Magic Black Stone Grade Requirements:

• Green Grade Gear: Stabilized Magic Black Stone
• Blue Grade Gear: Cleansed Magic Black Stone
• Yellow Grade Gear: Flawless Magical Black Stone

Magic Black Stone Quantity Requirements:

+13: Magic Black Stone x5
+14: Magic Black Stone x8
+15: Magic Black Stone x13

Magic Black Stones are rarely obtained via defeating bosses and events.

Max Durability Cost: 30

Caphras Stone

Weapons and Gear that are TRI to PEN have up to 20 Caphras levels. They start at 0 level and gain experience towards the next level by feeding them Caphras Stones. Every level adds attack or defense stats to your character’s sheet stats, when equipped.

To start Enhancement with Caphras, visit Black Spirit > Enhancement > “Caphras Enhancement”.

100% Enhancement Chance via Caphras Stones:
When your gear reaches level 20, you can increase its Enhancement level by 1. Make sure your item is at 100% Max Durability and click the ‘Upgrade Enhancement’ button.

NOTE: 100% ‘Upgrade Enhancement’ will reduce Max Durability to 0 and reset the Caphras Level

What happens if I want to stop early?
If you get tired of waiting on your gear’s Caphras level to improve, you can still attempt to Enhance the traditional way via Concentrated Magic Stones and luck.

• Enhancement Failure with Caphras EXP: if your enhancement level drops, only 50% of the item’s EXP will be kept.
• Enhancement Success with Caphras EXP: only 10% of the item’s EXP will be carried forward to the next level

Caphras Stone Recipe

Simple Alchemy:

5x Ancient Spirit Dust + 1x Black Stone (Weapon/Armor) = 1x Caphras Stone

50x Ancient Spirit Dust + 10x Black Stone (Weapon/Armor) = 10x Caphras Stone

Caphras Stone Grinding Locations

Caphras Stones are dropped by many monsters. Kamasylvia mobs have the highest drop chance.

Ancient Spirit Dust and Caphras Stone Locations:

• Balenos, Valencia, Kamasylvia, Drieghan

• Bashim Base

• Desert Naga Temple

• Titium Valley

• Gahaz Bandit’s Lair

• Cadry Ruins

• Taphtar Plain (Centaurus Herd)

• Basilisk Den

• Crescent Shrine

• Pila Ku Jail

• Roud Sulfur Mine

• Polly’s Forest

• Fadus Habitat

• Navarn Steppe

• Tooth Fairy Forest (Forest Ronaros)

• Manshaum Forest

• Mirumok Ruins

• Gyfin Rhasia Temple

Caphras Stones via Dark Rifts

Solo bosses, called Dark Rifts, do reward Ancient Spirit Dust in small amounts. Most of the time, I get 3 Ancient Spirit Dust for each Dark Rift boss looted. Although the Ancient Spirit Dust amount is small, they are still worthwhile to do because of the other loot you obtain from doing them. Read more about Dark Rifts in our Dark Rift Guide.

Caphras Stones via Questing

Many grind spots in Valencia including Aakman & Hystria have Daily Caphras Stone quests. Ronaros, Manshaum, Fadus, and Navarn Steppe also have one Daily Caphras quest each.

Anticipate completing a quest line from each quest giver, before these Dailies open up.

Caphras Daily Quests by Grind Spot:

Caphras Quests with NPC and Quest Links:

	Quest	Kills	Zone	Start NPC	Contribution
	[Daily] Code of the Mine	1000 Lavas	Valencia	Ustouvan	500
	[Daily] Deep Grudge	650 Fogans	Valencia	Desert Naga Search Captain	500
	[Daily] Disruption	650 Nagas	Valencia	Saira	500
	[Daily] Endless Threats	500 Hystria Ancient Weapons	Valencia	Atui Balacs	500
	[Daily] For Bolero	500 Aakman Followers	Valencia	Bolero	500
	[Daily] Fuming Frenzy	700 frenzied Argos	Valencia	Haulan	500
	[Daily] Hostile Tribe	600 Bashims	Valencia	Litsche	500
	[Daily] Monstrous Force	1000 Pila Ku mobs	Valencia	Botadin	500
	[Daily] Redeeming Our Land	300 Centaurs	Valencia	Zaniya	600
	[Daily] Subduing the Force	700 Bandits	Valencia	Rafa	500
	[Daily] Unsubdued Grudge	250 Basilisks	Valencia	Rahim	300
	[Daily] You Wanna Tango?	600 Cadrys	Valencia	Anne Laker	500
	[Repeat] Full-Scale War	600 Fadus	Kamasylvia	Khalid	300
	[Repeat] Raging Guardian of the Forest	600 Forest Ronaros Herd	Kamasylvia	Navir	300
	[Repeat] Struggle for the Forest	170 Manshaum	Kamasylvia	Viverza	200
	[Repeat] Symbol of Valor	Collect 10 Griffon Feathers	Kamasylvia	Milden	300
	Caphras Stone		Balenos	Eileen	150
	New Material		Balenos	Eileen	150

Caphras from Solo Boss Narc Brishka

Narc Magic Sealing Stone Reward Bundle has a chance of obtaining Caphras Stone. You get this Reward Bundle by completing the level 56+ quest [Solo] Narc Magic Sealing Stone. This will summon a solo boss Narc Brishka.

Caphras Stones via Gathering

Gathering has a small chance of giving a Caphras Stone or Ancient Spirit Dust. Gathering includes Skinning, Mining, Butchering, Lumbering, Fluid Collection, and Underwater gathering.

Caphras Enhancement Levels for Main & Awakening Weapon

Enhancement Level	Caphras Enhancement Level	AP	Accuracy
TRI + TET	1	1	0
TRI + TET	2	2	0
TRI + TET	3	3	0
TRI + TET	4	4	0
TRI + TET	5	4	1
TRI + TET	6	4	2
TRI + TET	7	4	3
TRI + TET	8	5	3
TRI + TET	9	5	4
TRI + TET	10	5	5
TRI + TET	11	5	6
TRI + TET	12	6	6
TRI + TET	13	6	7
TRI + TET	14	6	8
TRI + TET	15	6	9
TRI + TET	16	7	9
TRI + TET	17	7	10
TRI + TET	18	7	11
TRI + TET	19	7	12
TRI + TET	20	8	12
PEN(V)	1	1	0
PEN	2	1	3
PEN	3	2	3
PEN	4	2	4
PEN	5	3	4
PEN	6	3	5
PEN	7	4	5
PEN	8	4	6
PEN	9	5	6
PEN	10	5	7
PEN	11	6	7
PEN	12	6	8
PEN	13	7	8
PEN	14	7	9
PEN	15	8	9
PEN	16	8	10
PEN	17	9	10
PEN	18	9	11
PEN	19	10	11
PEN	20	10	12

Caphras Enhancement Levels for Sub-Weapon

Enhancement Level	Caphras Enhancement Level	AP	Accuracy	Evasion	Bonus Evasion	Damage Reduction	Bonus Damage Reduction	Max HP	Max MP/WP/SP
TRI + TET	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
TRI + TET	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	10	0
TRI + TET	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	10	10
TRI + TET	4	0	4	1	2	0	0	10	10
TRI + TET	5	0	4	1	2	0	1	10	10
TRI + TET	6	0	4	1	2	0	1	20	10
TRI + TET	7	0	5	1	2	0	1	20	10
TRI + TET	8	0	5	1	3	0	1	20	10
TRI + TET	9	0	5	1	3	0	1	20	15
TRI + TET	10	1	5	1	3	0	1	20	15
TRI + TET	11	1	6	1	3	0	1	20	15
TRI + TET	12	1	6	1	3	0	1	30	15
TRI + TET	13	1	6	1	3	0	1	30	20
TRI + TET	14	1	6	1	4	0	1	30	20
TRI + TET	15	1	7	1	4	0	1	30	20
TRI + TET	16	1	7	1	4	0	2	30	20
TRI + TET	17	1	7	1	4	0	2	30	25
TRI + TET	18	1	7	1	5	0	2	30	25
TRI + TET	19	1	8	1	5	0	2	30	25
TRI + TET	20	2	8	1	5	0	2	30	25
PEN	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
PEN	2	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0
PEN	3	0	4	0	0	1	1	0	0
PEN	4	0	4	0	3	1	1	0	0
PEN	5	0	4	1	3	1	1	0	0
PEN	6	0	4	1	3	1	1	20	0
PEN	7	1	4	1	3	1	1	20	0
PEN	8	1	8	1	3	1	1	20	0
PEN	9	1	8	1	3	1	2	20	0
PEN	10	1	8	1	3	2	2	20	0
PEN	11	1	8	1	6	2	2	20	0
PEN	12	1	8	2	6	2	2	20	0
PEN	13	1	8	2	6	2	2	40	0
PEN	14	2	8	2	6	2	2	40	0
PEN	15	2	12	2	6	2	2	40	0
PEN	16	2	12	2	6	2	3	40	0
PEN	17	2	12	2	6	3	3	40	0
PEN	18	2	12	2	9	3	3	40	0
PEN	19	2	12	3	9	3	3	40	0
PEN	20	2	12	3	9	3	3	60	0

Caphras Enhancement Levels for Armor

Enhancement Level	Caphras Enhancement Level	Evasion	Bonus Evasion	Damage Reduction	Bonus Damage Reduction	Max HP	Max MP/WP/SP
TRI + TET	1	0	0	0	0	10	0
TRI + TET	2	1	2	0	0	20	0
TRI + TET	3	2	3	1	0	30	0
TRI + TET	4	3	4	1	0	50	0
TRI + TET	5	3	4	1	0	50	5
TRI + TET	6	3	4	1	0	50	10
TRI + TET	7	3	5	1	0	50	10
TRI + TET	8	3	5	1	1	50	10
TRI + TET	9	3	5	1	1	60	10
TRI + TET	10	3	5	1	1	60	15
TRI + TET	11	3	5	1	1	60	20
TRI + TET	12	3	6	1	1	60	20
TRI + TET	13	3	6	1	1	70	20
TRI + TET	14	3	6	1	1	70	25
TRI + TET	15	3	6	1	1	70	30
TRI + TET	16	3	6	1	2	70	30
TRI + TET	17	3	7	1	2	70	30
TRI + TET	18	3	7	1	2	80	30
TRI + TET	19	3	8	1	2	80	30
TRI + TET	20	3	8	1	3	80	30
PEN (V)	1	1	1	0	0	20	0
PEN	2	1	1	1	1	30	0
PEN	3	2	2	1	1	40	0
PEN	4	2	2	2	2	50	0
PEN	5	3	3	2	2	60	0
PEN	6	3	3	3	3	70	0
PEN	7	4	4	3	3	80	0
PEN	8	4	4	4	4	90	0
PEN	9	5	5	5	5	100	0
PEN	10	5	6	5	5	110	0
PEN	11	5	6	5	6	120	0
PEN	12	6	6	5	6	120	0
PEN	13	6	6	6	6	120	0
PEN	14	6	7	6	6	130	0
PEN	15	6	7	6	7	140	0
PEN	16	7	7	6	7	140	0
PEN	17	7	7	7	7	140	0
PEN	18	7	8	7	7	150	0
PEN	19	7	8	7	8	160	0
PEN	20	8	8	8	8	160	0

Caphras Quantity Required Per Level

Boss Armor:

• Dim Tree
  • TRI: 1,706
  • TET: 11,189
  • PEN: 24,450
• Others
  • TRI: 1,483
  • TET: 9,729
  • PEN: 21,744

Boss Weapon:

• Dandelion
  • TRI: 1,823
  • TET: 17,689
  • PEN: 45,024
• Others
  • TRI: 1,590
  • TET: 15,378
  • PEN: 39,204

Lemoria Armor:

• TRI: 580
• TET: 3,630
• PEN: 10,104

Liverto Weapon:

• TRI: 1,123
• TET: 10,763
• PEN: 27,952

Green Armor:

• TRI: 360
• TET: 1,950
• PEN: 6,612

Green Weapon:

• TRI: 494
• TET: 3,990
• PEN: 12,820

Thank you to Chumpz and Bloo for the data showing the Caphras quanty required for each Caphras level. View the source on Google Docs.

Caphras Extraction

Want a refund of your Caphras Stones? You can extract Caphras Stones from your equipment, but you will loose 15%. Helpful if you upgrade your weapon/armor and want to start over on the better one.

• Visit the Blacksmith to remove the Caphras from your gear.

• 85% of the Caphras Stone used to enhance the equipment can be returned.

• Enhancement level of the equipment will remain the same even if you extract Caphras Stone from it.

• Costs 1,000 Silver per Caphras Stone extraction.

Memory Fragments

Every player will eventually require hundreds of Memory Fragments, which repair the Max durability of expensive boss gear. Max durability is lost as gear is enhanced into greater power. Cheap gear can be repaired using identical cheap gear. But, using boss gear to repair boss gear would get extremely expensive. Memory Fragments can be used instead and are far cheaper.

Memory Fragment Durability Recovery Rates:

• White Grade: Recovers 10 Max Durability
• Green Grade: Recovers 5 Max Durability
• Blue Grade: Recovers 2 Max Durability
• Yellow Grade: Recovers 1 Max Durability

NOTE: Amount of Durability increases fourfold if used with Artisan’s Memory, purchased from the Pearl Shop.

Memory Fragments are obtained by collecting 5 boss scroll pieces and putting them together in a pattern. This creates a 7 day scroll that summons 2 to 3 bosses, depending upon which scroll you use. Using the scroll will automatically give you a [Coop] quest, which rewards the most Memory Fragments. However, you can also loot Memory Fragments from your party member’s boss corpses. Most scroll parties require 5x or 10x scrolls. So make sure you have enough scroll pieces to create 5 scrolls before looking for a party, or you may be cursed as a dreaded and awful Leecher! 🙁 Then, prepare to die…

Boss scroll pieces can be consistently and actively obtained via grinding mobs. Mobs in Southern Calpheon, Mediah, and Valencia level 42+ drop them. Arrange 5 in a + pattern. However, the drop rates can be dismal, depending upon what you hunt. Most mobs have less than .28% drop rate. Players report anywhere from 2 to 9 Memory scroll pieces after grinding for one hour.

3 Different Memory Scroll Pieces:

• Ancient Relic Crystal Shards: grinding in Southern Calpheon
• Forbidden Books: grinding in Mediah
• Scrolls Written in an Ancient Language: grinding in Valencia

You can also obtain Memory Fragments through solo Dark Rift bosses and Shadow Arena. To learn more about obtaining Memory Fragments, please visit our Memory Fragment Guide.

Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 100 (P2W Reward)

Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 100 is only available via the Pearl Shop. This allows you to store a 100 Failstack. You can also buy the Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 50 on the Pearl Shop, but these are easily available at the Blacksmith.

Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 100 Full Price:

• Quantity 1: 200 Pearls
• Quantity 10: 1500 Pearls
• Quantity 10 of the Blacksmith’s Secret Book – 50: 1000 Pearls (you can buy these at the Blacksmith for 3 million silver each.)

These do go on sale periodically and there are sometimes coupons available.

These are not available via the Loyalty shop.

Artisan’s Memory (P2W & Loyalty Reward)

Artisan’s Memory turns 1 Memory Fragment into 4. So it will repair 4 Max Durability of your boss gear instead of just one, if it is yellow grade.

Artisan’s Memory Full Price:

• Quantity 1: 50 Pearls
• Quantity 10: 450 Pearls
• Quantity 100: 4000 Pearls

These do go on sale periodically and there are sometimes coupons available.

Players also have the option of logging in every day for one hour for 4 days. This will give you 400 Loyalties, which is enough to purchase 1 Artisan’s Memory from the Loyalty shop.

Blessing of Kamasylve for Added Enhancement Drops

Blessing of Kamasylve gives you a nice buff to rare drops chances. This will help in obtaining all those rare Enhancement consumables like Black Stones and Caphras.

Blessing of Kamasylve costs 1000 Loyalties (10 days of logging in for one hour) or 1,250 Pearls. ($12.50).

Buffs from Blessing of Kamasylve:
Energy Recovery +2
Item Drop Rate +20%