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# Blacksmith

## Features of the Blacksmith

* **Upgrade Gear**
* **Upgrade Stars**
* **Fusing Gear**
* **Fragment**

### Upgrade Gear

<figure><img src="/files/07gbIXFIyJG7y8N6BcZC" alt="" width="513"><figcaption><p>Required materials to upgrade each gear slot</p></figcaption></figure>

<figure><img src="/files/ITMx1JdKpL1S3CofN6v9" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Clicking the "upgrade stone" box will increase success rate for the cost of gin</p></figcaption></figure>

* To upgrade gear, the player requires two types of materials.
  * **Material 1**: Abyssal Metal Chunk.
  * **Material 2**: \[Specific to the piece of equipment, see *Black Smith Upgrade Levels* above image]
* Each piece of equipment will need a different second material.
* **Tip**: Players can use GIN to increase the success rate of upgrades.

### Upgrade Gear Stars

<figure><img src="/files/i6doibYUxBkoZgTn2TCB" alt="" width="375"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

* Players can upgrade gear until +6, +12, and +16 levels. Beyond that, players cannot upgrade further without upgrading stars.
* To continue upgrading gear levels, players need to upgrade Gear Stars.
* Gear corresponding to any Class will use the gems specific to that Class.
* The success rate of upgrading Gear Stars is 100%.

### Fusing Gear

<figure><img src="/files/HIIJDfbE2PY2MNs05Vvo" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p><mark style="color:red;"><strong>The gear you are wanting to upgrade</strong></mark> should be in left slot</p></figcaption></figure>

* Players must have at least 3 items with the same Rarity to perform fusion.

* Any 3 types of items can be entered for fusion, as long as they share the same Rarity.&#x20;

* Level of item or stats have no effect on outcome of gear being fused. You can use two level 1 gears to upgrade a level 50 rarity for same results.

* Fusion outcomes:
  * **Success**: Players receive gear in left slot with higher Rarity and will have the stat value of the higher rarity.
  * &#x20;**Failure:** Chance to lose one or both pieces of gear being fused into the left slot.
  * Success and failure cost the same amount of gold and gin

#### Fusion Percent of Success

* **White - Green        80%     (without upgrade stone)      100%    (with upgrade stone)**
* **Green - Blue           10%      (without upgrade stone)      15%       (with upgrade stone)**
* **Blue - Purple          5%        (without upgrade stone)       8%        (with upgrade stone)**
* **Purple to Orange  1%        (without upgrade stone)       2%        (with upgrade stone)**

## Fragment

<figure><img src="/files/o0BECIYYIWn3mZgPRtiV" alt="" width="375"><figcaption><p>Use fragment on gear you do not think you will need</p></figcaption></figure>

Players can utilize the Fragment Function to obtain:

* Materials.
* Orbs.
* Abyssal Metal Chunk.