Upgrading and Rarity

Upgrading and Rarity Systems

On Souls of Elysium there are multiple ways to improve your equipment with all sorts of new power!

• Item upgrades which can increase rarity and upgrade bonus.

• Gems that can be attached to weapons to increase attack speed, critical hit and life leech.

• Items can also have a variety of stats, from more hp/mp to additional gold gained from loot.

Rarity

• Any “gear” (Helmet, Armor, Rings, Weapons, etc) type item can have four levels of rarity.

• Common, Rare, Epic and Legendary.

• Each rarity increases the attributes of the item, the item level and the number of stats possible.

• Common has one, Rare two, Epic three and legendary has four slots for stats.

Slot specific Secondaries

• Each item slot (not backpack or quiver) has its own set of secondary stats it can have.

• For example, a wand has a rare chance of getting an upgrade for magic level, where melee weapons and distance weapons get their respective damage skills.

Attribute Bonus

• Rarity will give your item increased attack, defense or armor depending on the item type.

Normal Item	With Rarity
Spike Sword (Atk: 24)	A RARE Spike Sword will have (Atk: 25)
Demon Shield (Def: 35)	An EPIC demon shield will have (Def: 37)
Knight Legs (Arm: 8)	A LEGENDARY knight legs will have (Arm: 11)

Rarity	Modifier to Base
Common	0
Rare	+1
Epic	+2
Legendary	+3

Item Level Bonus

• Rarity of the item will also increase the Item Level.

• Every rarity tier up will double the base item level and increase it with 5 for Rare, 10 for Epic and 15 for Legendary.

Rarity	Calculation	Example
Common	The base item level	Item level 30
Rare	Base item level * 2 + 5	30 * 2 + 5 = 65
Epic	Base item level * 3 + 5 + 10	30 * 3 + 15 = 105
Legendary	Base item level * 4 + 5 + 10 + 15	30 * 4 + 30 = 150

Rarity Upgrade

• Upgrading the rarity of an item requires a Rarity Upgrade Crystal. These are primarily crafted but can also be gained from a few quests.
• Upgrading rarity is NOT guaranteed and there is a chance to fail for each attempt.

• Each failed attempt will increase the chance of a successful upgrade slightly, depending on the current rarity.

• The most difficult upgrade is from Epic to Legendary.

Upgrade	Chance
Common → Rare	75%
Rare → Epic	45%
Epic → Legendary	10%

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Unidentified Items

• You can also loot ‘unidentified’ items and they will require a scroll of identification to see its true stats and be able to equip the item.

• Unidentified items can be any rarity and upgrade tier.

• Scrolls of identification can be looted from demonic/diabolic monsters, bought from Eremo or other Players.

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Item Level

• You can gain a bonus to the item for increasing it's Item Level as well.

• Only for the Item Level of a specific item, not total character Item Level.

Attributes	Gains depending on item level
Attack	every 50 item lvl gain +1 attack.
Defense	every 50 item lvl gain +1 defense.
Armor	every 50 item lvl gain +1 armor.
HitChance	every 50 item lvl gain +1 hitchance.(Distance only)

• On a weapon (Ilvl 50 = +1 att / ilvl 350 is +7 att)

• On a Armor piece (Ilvl 50 = +1 def/arm / ilvl 350 is +7 def/arm)

• On a Distance Weapon (Ilvl 50 = +1 Hit chance / ilvl 350 is +7 Hit Chance) ← including Attack.

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Upgrading Items

Group	Types
1	Armors Helmets Melee/Distance Weapons Legs Boots
2	Amulet Rings

Rarity	Group	Maximum Upgrade Level
Common	1	+7
Rare	1	+8
Epic	1	+9
Legendary	1	+10

Rarity	Group	Maximum Upgrade Level
Common	2	+2
Rare	2	+3
Epic	2	+4
Legendary	2	+5

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Upgrading Chance Table

Advancement	Chance Failing
from 0 to 1	10%
from 1 to 2	20%
from 2 to 3	30%
from 3 to 4	40%
from 4 to 5	50%
from 5 to 6	60%
Items can be destroyed while upgrading after this level.	Must contain Upgrade Catalysts in your inventory to protect from item destruction if failed.
from 6 to 7	85%
from 7 to 8	90%
from 8 to 9	95%
from 9 to 10	95%

• Each upgrade level will raise the item's base stats and item level.

• Item level determines the strength of the attributes on the item.

• Higher item level = stronger attributes.

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Upgrade Bonus

• For each level on your gear you will have:

Stats Per Upgrade Level
Item level +10.
Attack +1.
Defense +1.
Extra defemse +1 (only in shield types).
Armor +1 (only if item has armour type.
Hit Chance +1 (only in distance weapons).

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Gems

• There are five different gems that can be applied to weapons.

Gem Name	Effect
Attack Speed	Increases attack speed by 0,06 with a maximum of +0.66s.
Critical Hit Chance	Increases critical hit chance by 3% with a maximum of 30%.
Critical Hit Amount	Increases critical hit amount by 3% with a maximum of 30%
Life Leech Chance	Increases life leech chance by 3% with a maximum of 30%
Life Leech Amount	Increases life leech amount by 3% with a maximum of 30%

• Difficulty to apply a gem increases with each attached gem.

Gem Amount	Chance
0 → 1	90%
1 → 2	80%
2 → 3	70%
3 → 4	60%
4 → 5	50%
5 → 6	40%
6 → 7	30%
7 → 8	20%
8 → 9	10%
9 → 10	10%

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Crystals

• Crystals exist to modify your items.

• They can be obtained from monster loot, crafted or bought from vendors.

Name	Description
Crystal Fossil	Can be looted as a rare item from bosses, is obtainable as a reward from quests and you can buy 1 crystal fossil for 5 skull coins in the skull shop in Darashia.
Crystal Extractor	Looted from demonic / diabolic monster and bosses. They are also needed for crafting gems.
Rarity Upgrade Crystal	Increases rarity of items from Common → Rare → Epic → Legendary.
Upgrade Crystal	Used to raise items to +1, +2, +3,…
Enchantment Crystals	Using this crystal on an item with an empty slot, will add a random attribute.
Alteration Crystals	Removes the last attribute on an item.
Cleansing Crystals	Used to remove ALL attributes from an item. (tip) If you are re-rolling the first attribute on an item, it is better to use these crystals because they are far more common than alteration crystals. It may also be beneficial to hold onto some of these crystals while exploring edron.
Fortune Crystals	Used to change the value of the last attribute on an item.
Faith Crystal	Used to change the value of ALL attributes on an item. (tip) Similar to the cleansing crystal, these can be used if you only have one attribute on an item and are running low on fortune crystals.
Exchange Crystal	Rotates all attributes on an item. Attribute one will move down to second, second to third etc and the fourth attribute will become the first.

Gem and Crystal crafting

• Equipment crystals for item modification can be crafted at the anvil in Leo's Enclave -1.

• Every crystal or gem requires 10 crystal fossils along with two certain components, such as different kinds of quartz which can be obtained via the mining skill or ingots crafted from ores, creature products and cost a fee for crafting.

• With these crystal an item's stats and attributes can be enhanced, removed or changed.

Name	Cost
Rarity Upgrade Crystal	1x Crystal Extractor;
–	1x Golden Quartz;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	500,000 Gold Coins.

Name	Cost
Upgrade crystal	1x Crystal Extractor;
–	1x Aventurine Quartz;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	100,000 Gold Coins.

Name	Cost
Enchantment crystal	1x Crystal Extractor;
–	1x Amethyst Quartz;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	100,000 Gold Coins.

Name	Cost
Alternation crystal	1x Crystal Extractor;
–	1x Blood Quartz;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	100,000 Gold Coins.

Name	Cost
Cleansing crystal	1x Crystal Extractor;
–	1x Dumortierite Quartz;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	100,000 Gold Coins.

Name	Cost
Fortune Crystal	1x Crystal Extractor;
–	1x Onyx Quartz;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	100,000 Gold Coins.

Name	Cost
Faith Crystal	1x Crystal Extractor;
–	1x Snow Quartz;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	100,000 Gold Coins.

Name	Cost
Exchange Crystal	1x Crystal Extractor;
–	1x Rainbow Quartz;
–	5x Crystal Fossil;
–	20x Copper bar;
–	10x Iron bar;
–	5x Mithril bar;
–	250,000 Gold Coins.

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Craftable Gems

• Gems can be crafted, or found in Gem boxes.

Name	Cost
Life leech chance gem	2x Demon Dust;
–	1x Magic Bar;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	100,000 Gold Coins,

Name	Cost
Life leech amount gem	2x Demon Dust;
–	1x Magic Bar;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	100,000 Gold Coins,

Name	Cost
Critical hit chance gem	1x Sulphurous Stone;
–	3x Rune Bar;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	100,000 Gold Coins.

Name	Cost
Critical hit amount gem	2x Sulphurous Stone;
–	1x Rune Bar;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	100,000 Gold Coins.

Name	Cost
Attack speed gem	2x Petrified Scream;
–	5x Adamant Bar;
–	10x Crystal Fossil;
–	100,000 Gold Coins.

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Tips

• Only upgrade items you plan to use for a while!

• If you know that a monster drops an item, farming it until you get a Legendary might be a wise move for a more powerful version!

• Gem Boxes can be purchased from the Skull Coin and Hourly Token shops.

Upgrading Guide (Tentative)

1. First thing you do when you have the proper item is to upgrade it with upgrade crystals.

2. The higher the item level, the higher the rolls on the attributes.

3. Once the item is upgraded, you will need enchantment crystals.

4. One at a time, see if it is an attribute you like.

5. If not, cleansing crystal (or alteration, but cleansings are more common) to erase the attribute and try another enchantment crystal.

6. When you get the attribute you desire, you may want to roll for a higher value.

7. Faith or fortune crystals can be used here for the first attribute (only the first attribute, 2nd, 3rd and 4th you need to only use fortune)

8. When you have landed on the value of the first attribute you want to keep, time to add another enchantment crystal.

9. Because you do not want to mess up the previous attributes, do NOT use faith or cleansing crystals anymore.

10. Now you can rinse and repeat until you get the perfect item with the perfect stats.