Complete basic enhancing guide

First off, i would like to apologize to all you players, moderator and everyone it concerns for writing a topic that has all ready been covered. The fact of the matter is i am asked several times daily about "how to make 1k damage weapon" or similar questions. so i figured that I might take a shot at explaining how to enhance. Again, forgive me i am stating the obvious


Pre-enhancing

So many of you have been asking questions about the difference between the ores and i will attempt to explain.

Silvins-Silvins are the lowest-quality ore in the game. they have the lowest success rate for enhancing
Mithril-Mithrils are the mid-quality ore which offer higher success rate then Silvins
Iternium-Iterniums are the high-quality ore which offer higher success rate then Mithril
TOB (tears of blacksmith)- TOB's are the highest-quality ores and have 100% success rate

Other then success rate, all ores are the same and effect the stats in the same manner.

Secondly, as you are leveling your character, be sure to save all small gems as they will come in use for your fusers. You will also need a decent amount of ores and regular sized gems to get started.

Enhancing

After you have reached level 40, you may begin enhancing provided you have Ores, TOB's and full gems (not giant). Aqid wrote a nice guide about making a starter piece, however, in Tartarus server it is not necessary due to several factors. Some people like to make minimum damage the same as maximum damage, and you can do so if you like. I will not attempt to explain how to make minimum and maximum damage the same as it is complicated to explain and is not beneficial. Furthermore, you may want to downgrade *maximum damage* and only *maximum damage* at a later time if you want to hit the same damage every time.

Before we get started there is one thing you need to know. A 20 str sword that is 1k damage will do the same damage as a 300 str sword with 1k damage. With that said, it is best to make equipment that is between 20-60 str, con or dex. Without going into a complicated explanation, you will save a lot of ores, gems, TOB's and most importantly, time if you stick with low level gear *PLEASE NOTE* This only applies to Tartarus only and not official server!!!

So, lets get started

1:) Go to weapon merchant or black market and find a weapon or armor that has high endurance. for this tutorial, i picked a 40 str sword. This will be your base sword (also called main sword)
2:) Go to Blacksmith and start enhancing your base sword. down on the bottom of the weapon it will say how many times it has been upgraded. On the first upgrade, damage increases. On the second upgrade, attack bonus increases. on the third upgrade, Max MP increases and so on down the stat list (hope this makes sense) . After the sixth upgrade, you can add one gem, on the seventh upgrade, you can add two gems. each upgrade past six, you can add one gem. Once you get to ten you cant go any further. This part may be a little confusing at first but after you do it you will understand. Please do not add any gems until upgrade level is at 10!


*NOTE* at this point you will probably understand the purpose of silvins, mithril, and iternium and TOB's. I usually use silvins from 0-3 upgrade level, mithrils from 3-5 upgrade level, iternium from 5-7, and TOB's from 7-10!!
*NOTE* At some point you will hit what is called a soft cap. You will know when this happens. Your AAA stats will turn a lighter color yellow and enhance rate will be super low. You will have to use TOB's on your main from this point on!!


3:) Now you are ready to socket gems into your base equipment. For your base equipment, you will want to use large gems (full gems) only. Furthermore, at this point you will want to use rubies or diamonds only, all other gems for a weapon are useless at this point. I would suggest getting your damage up to 1k-2k before uping critical. Why not up critical now you may ask? For the answer to this question you need to understand how critical rate works. High Critical rate does not make much difference when your damage is low. Reason being, critical rate multiplies your damage, so if your damage is low the critical multiplier wont have much to multiply. I hope this makes sense and many may argue with me on this one.
*NOTE* I used diamonds only because i didn't have many rubies!!
*NOTE* DO NOT up damage past 2k without upping critical first or you may not be able to max critical and hitting rating to 4k!! Remember, your ultimate goal is to get 4k damage 4k critical

4:) Go back to weapon merchant or black market and find another 40 str sword. This time, any endurance will work. try to find a sword with the highest min damage ( you may be better off going to black market and finding a 40 str sword with B minimum damage because you will use less gems getting it to AAA). This sword is what is called a fuser or sacrificial piece.



5:) Go back to Blacksmith and upgrade the fuser to ten (also referred to as +10) (refer to step 2 if further help is needed).


6:) For this step, you must understand how the stat transfer works. This concept is quite easy to explain. The sacrificial item MUST be the same grade or higher as your base equipment. For example, if your base sword is AA, the sacrificial item must be AA or AAA. So, this is where the small gems come in handy. Minimum damage is the easiest stat to get up so socket just enough small rubies to change the grade to the same as your main. For my case, my base is AAA so i need to add just enough to get sacrificial item to AAA.

*NOTE* you might wonder "why do i need to enhance my sacrificial item to ten" here is the answer, you can only do a stat transfer on items that have been upgraded +0 or +10. anything in between will not work!!


7:) Now you are ready to do a stat transfer, so click on blacksmith and click stat transfer. Put your base equipment in first and click next.


8:) Now, place your sacrificial item in sacrificial slot and left click the stat you want to transfer and click transfer button.




*NOTE* at some point you will need to downgrade. Please refer to Downgrading guide

9:) Now, you have finished one full round of enhancing. Repeat steps 2-9 until you reach your desired stats

*NOTE* 4095 damage, 4095 hitting rate and 4095 critical is the hard-cap!! do not exceed or you will risk resetting stats to F grade!!!! Please read "Hardcap / Rollover; The theory" by Aqid, located in the guides section.
*NOTE* It will take about 350 fusers (sacrificial items) to make maxed out sword.