Upgrades
Five ways to make gear stronger, what each costs, and where the materials come from.
Upgrade levels
The +1 to +9 on an item.
- Costs gold and a stat flask per try. A rank inhibitor raises the chance.
- Every try has a 2% chance of jumping two levels.
- Each level adds +1 to all stats and +10 to HP, stamina and mana. Weapons get +3 damage instead.
- On a failure the item keeps its level with a chance equal to its durability. Otherwise it drops to +0.
Chance of success Unverified
| Upgrade to | No inhibitor | With inhibitor |
|---|---|---|
| +1 | ||
| +2 | ||
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| +4 | ||
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| +9 and up |
Values come from the Taern wiki and haven't been checked in Broken Ranks yet. Try them in the upgrade odds calculator.
Reforging
Shares out an item's bonus stats again.
- Costs gold.
- Each bonus stat normally gets 0 to 60% of the total. Add a flask and the stat you pick gets 20 to 100%.
Incrustation
Ornaments set into gear.
- Up to 9 ornaments per item.
- Ornaments are made from shards.
- Shards come from shattering gear with Taralax's Hammer, which costs 20,000 gold.
- Incrustation plannerPlanned
Drifs and orbs
Stones that go in socket slots.
Legend weapons
The top tier, made at the Forge of Fate.
- Built from Slivers that drop from instance bosses.
- Three archdrif slots and +1 attack circle.
- Legend weapon list
Fusion and melting
Turning spare gear into something useful.
- Fuse two synergetics into one. It works 80% of the time.
- Melt rares and sets into essence. A drif melts into 5 essence, or 7 with an inhibitor.
Materials
What each upgrade uses and where it comes from.
| Material | Used for | Where to get it |
|---|---|---|
| Stat flask | Every upgrade attempt | Leila in Trentis Port |
| Rank inhibitor | Raises the upgrade chance | Being researched |
| Essence | +10% upgrade chance | Melting unwanted gear |
| Shards | Incrustation ornaments | Shattering gear with Taralax's Hammer |
| Reol | +20% durability kept on failure | Being researched |
| Dvigg | +2% chance of a mega upgrade | Being researched |
| Daimonites | Levelling orbs | Being researched |
| Slivers | Legend weapons at the Forge of Fate | Instance bosses |
| Aithars | Being researched | Being researched |
| Vorling ducats | Being researched | Being researched |
Blacksmiths
Where to upgrade.
| NPC | Town | Services |
|---|---|---|
| Woberg | Trentis | Upgrades |
| Zohar | Alaril | Upgrades |
| Borghilda | Kholds | Upgrades |
| Verstein | Beirn | Upgrades |
| Leila | Trentis Port | Sells flasks and elixirs |
Quests for materials
Quests that reward inhibitors, flasks, Slivers and more.
- We're collecting these now.
- Upgrade material questsIn progress