Things to keep in mind:
- Upgrading a piece of equipment to a bonus of +1 is automatic success.
- Upgrading equipment to +2 or higher can cause a reset of the item (whereupon you lose all previous bonuses, and the item becomes a regular "+0" item).
- Upgrading to +3 or higher has a chance of the item "breaking", where you not only lose your bonuses, but your item will be destroyed and rendered useless, and you will have to buy a new one.
- At a bonus of +4, weapons have a special effect applied to them, where they begin to glow and sparkle.
- Using a higher rank of upgrade stone will not increase the chances of success, only Mithril Powder (available from either the Cash Shop or the Personal Shop) will increase the chance of success.
- Using an Ancient Piece of Slate (again, available in the Cash Shop or from the Personal Shop) will prevent breaking, and will take the Slate Piece instead of the item (unknown if this will prevent a reset also).
- Using a crystal for a higher-level weapon will not work AT ALL. You must use a crystal for level 11-20 to upgrade a piece of equipment between levels 11 and 20.
- Highest possible bonus is +10. However, from what I have heard, it is not possible to use Slate Pieces during the upgrade proccess from +9 to +10.
- The number of crystals needed to upgrade equipment depends on the bonus it will be.
Edit on Oct. 02, 2008 - I think the "official" numbers for crystals needed on the main page is incorrect, since you only use 1 crystal to go to +2. I could be wrong though, but I swear it's only taking 1 from me...
-1 crystal for +1 and +2
-2 crystals for +3 and +4
-3 crystals for +5 and +6
-4 crystals for +7 and +8
-5 crystals for +9 and +10
Equipment Bonuses:
The bonus you get depends on the equipment you are upgrading.
- 1-handed swords, 2-handed swords, dual guns, and rifles will increase in physical damage.
- Cariads will increase in spell damage.
- Rapiers will increase in both physical and spell damage. I'm not sure if daggers will also or not, some confirmation would help.
- Chest armor will increase in physical defence.
- Leg armor will increase in magical defence.
- Gloves will increase in hit rate.
- Shoes will increase in evasion rate.
- Accessories, such as rings, amulets, and earrings CAN NOT be upgraded.
Лень было переводить, но и так умаю интуитивно понятно, что к чему)
