Sharpening and improving equipment in Black Desert. Improving the equipment of the character and the ship Grandmaster armor of the Griffin School

To "drag" in the game just to craft a "item" is not enough, it is still necessary to carry out some manipulations with its characteristics and squeeze out additional bonuses, in other words - to make an upgrade. How to do this will be described in this guide.
You can put 12 things on the character: main and secondary weapons, helmet, bib, pants, gloves, boots, necklace, two rings and earrings, and all this needs to be improved and pumped.

Some types of equipment are available only for a certain class. For example, the mage and druid wear only cloth armor (clothing), while the Shooter and Reaper prefer leather armor, and the Guardian and Knight wear metal.

Quality levels

All items of equipment have several quality levels: name color, rating and rank. In order to display a more detailed description of an item, you need to move the cursor over its icon and press the "Shift" key.

Equipment color allows you to quickly and relatively accurately determine the quality of the item. From lowest to highest: gray (or white), green, blue, purple, and gold. In addition, in the near future there will be another color - orange.

• White equipment is rubbish that should not be emphasized.
• Green things can be obtained for killing monsters in the open world, as well as by completing dungeons.
• Blue items can be obtained as a reward for completing some quests.
• Things purple colors, like blue, are obtained by killing monsters in the open world or dungeons, but for this you need to destroy bosses. Also, these items can be bought for city reputation, honor points, as well as for reputation points in the Order of the Guardians.
• The most valuable (at the moment) is gold equipment. And it is on it that you should spend most of your money, improving it in every possible way. Gold-colored items can be purchased for honor points if your character has reached the desired PvP rank, or for reputation points in the Order of the Guardians.
• Equipment orange level cannot be bought, you can only craft it yourself.

Rank- a fixed value that affects the level of maximum pumping (the higher the rank, the higher the possible level of sharpening), and also limits the use of inlay stones.

Equipment rating- dynamically changeable, from the level of sharpening, inserted stones of inlay and awakenings, characteristic. Therefore, it is incorrect to compare two pieces of equipment based on the equipment rating alone.

Equipment parameters

In order to assess the quality of a particular part or a game, it is necessary to carefully study the parameters of the equipment. They, like objects, are color coded:

• White options- these are basic, such as weapon damage or armor protection.
• Green options can be very different and not always necessary, but they can be changed.
• Blue options like white ones, they cannot be changed and, to some extent, they can also be called basic and defining things.
• Purple parameter, is initially unavailable and will be grayed out. This parameter is activated when accumulating equipment experience and awakening... It is worth noting that instead of such a parameter, there may be some kind of effect on the equipment. For example, when dealing damage, there is a 10% chance to get a buff to increase attack power and the like.

The outfit has nests for stones inlay they are both open and closed. The latter can be unlocked.

At the top right is displayed sharpening level, and under the quality of improvement - additional reinforcement obtained at certain levels of sharpening. Also, things can be set, i.e. give additional bonuses if you equip items from the same set.

After equipping, the equipment becomes personal, as a result of which you cannot sell or exchange an item. To return the possibility of exchange, you can use the "Release Amulet", which can be bought from merchants for 20 thousand coins.

Items of equipment, as well as wings, tend to lose their strength and break. It can be repaired by any ordinary merchant.

Sharpening (Strengthening) equipment

All items, except for amulets and bracteate, can be enhanced with whetstones. They can be obtained, for example, from chests as a reward for PVP activity, knocked out during a hunt for monsters, exchanged for phantom pearls, or bought for a reputation as mentorship or bronze feathers.

In addition to the stones, you will also need the help of the NPC "Improve equipment" (blacksmith), above whose head there is a special icon in the form of a hammer and an anvil.

There are 16 levels of sharpening in total - the higher the level of the item being improved, the more of these levels are available for it. At each level, the characteristics of items increase by several percent (3-5%). Each level of sharpening has its own chance of success, which depends on the amount of money invested. By adding sharpening stones, it can be brought to 100%.

Regardless of the amount of resources spent, the sharpening result will still be random. By improving a thing by +1, the increase in characteristics can be different. In this case, the sharpening levels are painted in different colors (green - the maximum increase, yellow - medium, red - small). In order to be guaranteed to get the maximum increase, it is necessary to sharpen equipment with a 300 +% probability.

At certain levels of enchantment (for the first time at +5, then at +9 and +12), in addition to an increase to the basic parameter of a thing, an additional strengthening of a random parameter will appear. Amplification can be of different quality, from the poorest (green) to the best (gold). The additional gain can also be changed until the player needs a good quality parameter.

Sharpening transfer

If you want to change the equipment of your character, but you are sorry to lose the level of improvement received for the old equipment, then you can transfer the sharpening to a new set of equipment. To complete this task, you will need to find an NPC gunsmith, and also have some money in your wallet. The process of transferring improvements can be done for free, but in this case one level of improvements will be lost.

Equipment experience and awakening

Under the name of a thing, you can find a strip of experience and 4 levels of awakening. Experience is pumped along with the character and, when the scale is filled, the purple parameter is activated. At the same time, it becomes possible to awaken this thing, which increases absolutely all parameters of equipment.

You can call the wake up window in the action menu (by default, the "N" key).

To awaken, you will need True Copper, which can be found during the Monster Hunt PvE event or when completing dungeons, and can also be purchased with a mentoring reputation, bronze guardians, or bronze feathers.

During the awakening process, you may notice that the fourth level of awakening is blocked (displayed as a lock). To open it, you need an item "Kai Ling Zhu" and an NPC, to which the auto-path will lead us if we right-click on the item. After unlocking, we repeat the same operations as for the first three.

Changing equipment parameters (reforging)

Reforging will require the materials that were required to synthesize this equipment, as well as the Reforging NPC. Some of the materials can be replaced with the "Reforging Basics" scrolls, which can be obtained by converting gold equipment. You can break not only gold equipment, but also the rest. The result can be small amounts of taels and True Copper. However, remember that after the transformation, the item is destroyed.

You can change the additional gain at the same NPC whose equipment is being sharpened.

For this we need quartz sharpening stones and luck, because, as already mentioned in the chapter "Equipment sharpening", additional reinforcement can be of different quality, from the worst (green) to the best (gold).

Synthesis of weapons, armor and decorations

Synthesis creates one of the best equipment at the current level.
You can try synthesis for the first time during the orange quest in the Lake Village. For this, the player will have all the necessary resources, and the result will be a golden weapon.

In the future, synthesis will have to be dealt with independently. It will be possible to create primary and secondary weapons from the same NPC from whom you learned synthesis. Armor and jewelry are synthesized by the NPC that is nearby.

The resources for synthesis are very diverse. For example, to synthesize gold equipment of level 46-49 in large quantities, you will need true copper and resources, which can be bought for bronze guardians and Dawn Powder.

Dawn Powder is exchanged for Dawn Scroll, which is located in Dawn Shard, which in turn can be obtained in dungeons.

Resources can be saved by using lower level gear previously obtained by synthesis as an ingredient. To do this, select the desired option to the right of the synthesis window.

At the same time, already existing enhancements can be transferred to a new thing, such as the level of sharpening, unlocked nests for stones, awakenings, but this will require additional items ("Bonehorn Horns", "Kai Ling Zhu").

Inlay

The inlay menu can be called up only through the action menu. For convenience, drag the icon to the Quick Access Toolbar.
In the first contribution, stones are inserted, in the second tab they can be removed from equipment. In the right field there are sockets for PVE stones, in the left field there are sockets for PVP stones.

You can insert and remove stones at any time without any additional items, the stones will not break. The higher the level of the stone, the higher the minimum rank of the equipment into which they are inserted.

Drilling sockets

For some equipment, some of the sockets will be covered for inlay. Bonehorn Horns, which can be bought for a reputation as mentorship or for bronze feathers, or exchanged for a phantom pearl, will help correct the situation. The player will not be able to unlock the nest on his own, for this he will need the help of an NPC.

The higher the rank of the item, the more horns will be used to drill one socket.

- another opportunity to strengthen your character, starting from the 39th level, when, according to the orange quest, the player will receive his first disc with four runes. For the most impatient (well, or in case of loss), the same bracteate can be bought in Sulan from a grocer.

The bracteate has an outer ring for round runes (circle of heaven), an inner ring for hexagonal runes (circle of earth), and a center slot for a class rune. The better the bracteate, the more rune slots it has.

Runes give an increase to various parameters, but in addition to this, they add element points (both to one of eight, and to several at the same time).

In the right field from the bruteate, the bonuses received from the combination of elements are listed (there are no bonuses in the screenshot) and by clicking the "Details" button you can see all possible combinations of elements and characteristics that can be enhanced.

The topmost row contains the elemental points received from all the runes inserted into the bracteate. The following are the enhancements that are required for the combination of elemental points to activate them and increase the characteristics after activation.

Each buff has two levels. On the example, the enhancement "Hurricane" shows that its second level is two and a half times more powerful than the first and requires almost twice as many elemental points.

Insert runes wisely, using direct effects from the runes themselves, and activating additional bonuses from a combination of elements.
You can insert and remove runes from the bracteate for free and at any time.

Synthesis of inlay stones and bracteate runes

Better stones and runes can be made from inlay stones and runes of a lower order, for which synthesis is used. You can open the synthesis menu through the inventory.

In the first tab, the runes of the bracteate are synthesized, in the second - inlay stones.

To synthesize runes, you need to put 3 rune stones of the same level and flame on the board. Different types of runes will require different flames.
If you use different runes for synthesis, then the output will be a random rune of a higher level. If you use the same runes, then as a result of the synthesis, the player will receive the same higher level.

To synthesize inlay stones, you need to put 4 identical stones on the board.

Drawings are collected during the passage of the quest "Witcher Antiquities: Grandmaster's Armor of the Cat School". Bonuses for the set: 3 parts - powerful attack increases the damage of fast attacks for 5 seconds. by 10% for each item of the set; 6 parts - attacks in the back do 50% more damage, stun the enemy and consume 1 adrenaline point.

1. Plans: Grandmaster Cat School Armor(required level - 40): in a portrait on the wall in a house on the territory of the estate of the gunsmith Bartolomeo de Lone, north of the Merchant Trading Post, in the northern part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Cat School Master Armor - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 2, Enriched Dimerite Plate - 2, Monster Liver - 2, Monster Heart - 2.
   • Characteristics: armor - 240, + 22% attack power, + 12% resistance to piercing blows, + 17% resistance to slashing blows and damage from monsters, + 46% resistance to elements.
2. Plans: Cat School Grandmaster Pants
   • Required Ingredients: Cat School Master Pants - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Enriched Dimerite Plate - 1, Monster Tongue - 2, Monster Blood - 2.
   • Characteristics: armor - 91, + 11% attack power, + 5% resistance to piercing blows, + 7% resistance to slashing blows and damage from monsters, + 16% resistance to elements.
3. Plans: Grandmaster Cat School Boots(Required level - 40): In the chest in front of the signal fire in the ruins of the Palace of Gallion, under the protection of Hansa Antoine "Starling" Straggen, northwest of the Merchant Trading Post in the northern part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Cat School Master Boots - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Enriched Dimerite Plate - 1, Monster Bone - 2, Monster Claw - 4.
   • Characteristics: armor - 91, + 11% attack power, + 6% resistance to piercing blows, + 6% resistance to slashing blows, damage from monsters and elements.
4. Plans: Steel Sword of the Cat School Grandmaster
   • Required Ingredients: Cat School Master Steel Sword - 1, Leather Scraps - 2, Enriched Dimerite Ingot - 2, Sapphire - 1, Monster Blood - 1.
   • Characteristics: damage - 335-409, + 15% Aard's power and the chance to cause bleeding, + 10% chance of a critical strike and a modifier of the chance to chop off a limb, + 5% extra. experience for a fatal blow to a person.
5. Plans: Cat School Grandmaster's Silver Sword(required level - 40): in a box by the fire at the end of the Stuffy Pits cave, northwest of the Merchant Trading Post, in the northern part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Cat School Silver Sword - 1, Leather Scraps - 2, Enriched Dimerite Ingot - 2, Sapphire - 1, Monster Tooth - 1.
   • Characteristics: damage - 472-576, + 15% Aard's power and the chance to cause bleeding, + 10% chance of a critical strike and a modifier of the chance to chop off a limb, + 20% extra. experience for the fatal blow to the monster.
6. Plans: Cat School Grandmaster Gloves(required level - 40): in a box by the fire at the end of the Stuffy Pits cave, northwest of the Merchant Trading Post, in the northern part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Cat School Master Gloves - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Enriched Dimerite Ingot - 1, Monster Bone - 2, Crushed Monster Flesh - 1.
   • Characteristics: armor - 87, + 11% attack power, + 5% resistance to damage from monsters, piercing and slashing blows, + 6% resistance to elements.

The location of the blueprints for the manufacture of grandmaster weapons and armor of the Griffin School in The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine:

Drawings are collected during the passage of the quest "Witcher Antiquities: Grandmaster Armor of the Griffin School". Bonuses for the set: 3 parts - all subsequent Signs created in standard mode within 3 seconds after the first Sign do not consume energy; 6 parts - the size of Yrden's traps increases by 40%, while Geralt remains inside the circle, energy is restored 5 seconds faster, the power of the Signs is increased by 100%, and the damage received is reduced by 20%.

1. Plans: Steel Sword of the Griffin School Grandmaster
   • Required Ingredients: Master Steel Sword of the Griffin School - 1, Leather Scraps - 2, Enriched Dimerite Ingot - 2, Monster Heart - 1, Monster Essence - 1.
   • Stats: damage 335-409, + 21% power of Signs, + 25% extra. damage on a critical strike, + 10% modifier of the chance to chop off a limb, + 5% chance of a critical strike and additional. experience for a fatal blow to a person.
2. Plans: Griffin School Grandmaster Gloves(required level - 40): in a chest under the stairs to the second floor in the ruins of the Ussar fort in the eastern part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Master Griffin Gloves - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Enriched Dimerite Ingot - 1, Monster Heart - 1, Monster Blood - 2.
3. Plans: Grandmaster Griffin School Boots(required level - 40): in a chest under the stairs to the second floor in the ruins of the Ussar fort in the eastern part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Master Boots of the Griffin School - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Plate of Enriched Dimerite - 1, Crushed Monster Flesh - 2, Monster Claw - 4.
   • Characteristics: armor - 91, + 11% power of Signs, + 5% resistance to piercing and impact damage, + 6% resistance to slashing and damage from monsters.
4. Plans: Armor of the Grandmaster of the Griffin School(required level - 40): in a box on a shelf opposite the portal to Jerome's dungeon at Moreau's hideout in Montcran Castle, northeast of the ruins of Fort Ussar, in the northeastern part of Toussaint. The entrance to the dungeon is located in the castle courtyard, to the right of the catapult, behind an illusionary wall that is removed by the Eye of Nehalena. The Amplifying Crystal is on the table near the portal. After activating the portal with the Sign of Aard, the witcher will be in Jerome's dungeon.
   • Required Ingredients: Griffin School Master Armor - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 2, Enriched Dimerite Plate - 2, Monster Heart - 2, Monster Essence - 1.
   • Characteristics: armor - 240, + 22% power of Signs, + 19% resistance to piercing blows, + 17% resistance to impact damage, + 24% resistance to slashing blows, + 31% resistance to damage from monsters.
5. Plans: Griffin School Grandmaster Pants(required level - 40): in a sack on a chair in Jerome's dungeon at Moro's hideout in Castle Moncran, northeast of the ruins of Fort Ussar, in the northeastern part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Griffin School Master Pants - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Enriched Dimerite Plate - 1, Monster Blood - 2, Monster Brain - 2.
   • Characteristics: armor - 91, + 11% power of Signs, + 6% resistance to piercing blows, + 9% resistance to slashing blows, + 11% resistance to damage from monsters, + 33% resistance to elements.
6. Plans: Griffin School Grandmaster's Silver Sword(Required level - 40): On the table by the moonshine still in Jerome's dungeon at Moro's hideout in Montcran Castle, northeast of the ruins of Fort Ussar, in the northeastern part of Toussaint.
   • Required ingredients: Master Griffin School Silver Sword - 1, Leather Scraps - 2, Enriched Dimerite Ingot - 2, Monster Heart - 1, Monster Essence - 1.
   • Stats: damage 472-576, + 21% power of Signs, + 25% extra. damage on a critical strike, + 5% chance of a critical strike, + 10% modifier of the chance to chop off a limb, + 20% extra. experience for the fatal blow to the monster.

Location of blueprints for making Grandmaster weapons and armor of the Bear School in The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine:

Drawings are collected during the passage of the quest "Witcher Antiquities: Grandmaster Armor of the Bear School". Bonuses for the set: 3 parts - increased chance to impose a new Quen shield without wasting energy; 6 parts - damage from abilities associated with the Sign of Quen is increased by 200%.

1. Plans: Bear School Grandmaster's Silver Sword
   • Required Ingredients: Master School of the Bear Silver Sword - 1, Leather Scraps - 2, Enriched Dimerite Ingot - 2, Monster Saliva - 1, Monster Tongue - 1.
   • Stats: damage 472-576, + 21% adrenaline gain, + 75% extra. damage on a critical strike, + 5% chance of a critical strike, + 14% modifier of the chance to chop off a limb, + 20% extra. experience for the fatal blow to the monster.
2. Plans: Bear School Grandmaster Armor(required level - 40): in a chest under the rubble of a house on the territory of the Tufo winery in the village of Floviv in the central part of Toussaint. The rubble is cleared by Aard.
   • Required Ingredients: Master School of the Bear Armor - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 2, Plate of Enriched Dimerite - 2, Essence of the Monster - 1, Heart of the Monster - 1.
   • Stats: armor - 240, + 22% adrenaline gain, + 26% resistance to piercing blows, + 25% resistance to impact damage, + 32% resistance to slashing blows, + 46% resistance to damage from monsters.
3. Plans: Bear School Grandmaster Gloves(required level - 40): in a chest under the rubble of a house on the territory of the Tufo winery in the village of Floviv in the central part of Toussaint. The rubble is cleared by Aard.
   • Required Ingredients: Masterful Gloves of the Bear School - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Enriched Dimerite Ingot - 1, Monster Claw - 2, Crushed Monster Flesh - 1.
   • Characteristics: armor - 87, + 11% adrenaline gain, + 6% resistance to piercing and slashing blows, damage from monsters and elements.
4. Plans: Bear School Grandmaster Pants
   • Required Ingredients: Bear School Master Pants - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Enriched Dimerite Plate - 1, Monster Hair - 2, Monster Essence - 2.
   • Stats: armor - 91, + 11% adrenaline gain, + 6% resistance to piercing blows, + 11% resistance to slashing blows, + 16% resistance to damage from monsters, + 25% resistance to elements.
5. Plans: Steel Sword of the Bear School Grandmaster(required level - 40): on the remains of the witcher on the lower level of the Owl grottoes, northwest of the village of Floviv, in the central part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Bear School Master Steel Sword - 1, Leather Scraps - 2, Enriched Dimerite Ingot - 2, Monster Blood - 1, Monster Brain - 1.
   • Stats: damage 335-409, + 21% adrenaline gain, + 75% extra. damage on a critical strike, + 5% chance of a critical strike, + 14% modifier of the chance to chop off a limb, + 5% extra. experience for a fatal blow to a person.
6. Plans: Grandmaster Bear School Boots(required level - 40): on the remains of the witcher on the lower level of the Owl grottoes, northwest of the village of Floviv, in the central part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Workshop Boots of the Bear School - 1, Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Plate of Enriched Dimerite - 1, Monster Saliva - 3, Monster Tooth - 3.
   • Characteristics: armor - 91, + 11% adrenaline gain, + 5% resistance to impact damage, + 6% resistance to damage from monsters, piercing and slashing blows.

The location of the blueprints for the manufacture of Grandmaster weapons and armor of the Wolf School in The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine:

Drawings are collected during the passage of the quest "Witcher Antiquities: Grandmaster Armor of the Wolf School". Bonuses for the set: 3 parts - up to three different oils can be applied to the sword at a time; 6 parts - bombs can be thrown without delay.

1. Plans: Steel Sword of the Wolf School Grandmaster Isabelle Duchamp's diary is in a box under a bench in the archaeological camp. The barrier is removed with a purple ruby ​​on the body of the archaeologist at the entrance to the ruins.
   • Required Ingredients: Leather Scraps - 2, Enriched Dimerite Bar - 2, Ruby - 1, Monster Essence - 1.
   • Characteristics: damage 335-409, + 11% power of Signs, adrenaline gain, chance of critical hit and bleeding, + 5% extra. experience for a fatal blow to a person.
2. Plans: Wolf School Grandmaster's Silver Sword(required level - 40): on the remains of the witcher, crushed by a stone slab, on the lower level of the Ruins of the Termes Palace in the eastern part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Leather Scraps - 2, Enriched Dimerite Bar - 2, Ruby - 1, Crushed Monster Flesh - 1.
   • Characteristics: damage 472-576, + 11% power of Signs, adrenaline gain, chance of critical hit and bleeding, + 20% extra. experience for the fatal blow to the monster.
3. Plans: Grandmaster Gloves of the Wolf School(required level - 40): on the remains of the witcher, crushed by a stone slab, on the lower level of the Ruins of the Termes Palace in the eastern part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Enriched Dimerite Ingot - 1, Crushed Monster Flesh - 2, Monster Heart - 1.
   • Characteristics: armor - 87, + 11% power of Signs, + 5% resistance to piercing blows, + 6% resistance to slashing blows and damage from monsters, + 12% resistance to elements.
4. Plans: Wolf School Grandmaster Armor
   • Required Ingredients: Fortified Draconid Hide - 2, Enriched Dimerite Plate - 2, Monster Heart - 1, Monster Belly - 1.
   • Stats: armor - 240, + 22% adrenaline gain, + 17% resistance to impact damage, + 19% resistance to piercing, + 24% resistance to slashing, + 31% resistance to damage from monsters.
5. Plans: Wolf School Grandmaster Pants(required level - 40): in the bag of the witcher in the next room from his remains on the lower level of the Ruins of the Termes Palace in the eastern part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Enriched Dimerite Plate - 1, Monster Blood - 2, Monster Heart - 2.
   • Characteristics: armor - 91, + 11% attack power, the power of Signs and resistance to damage from monsters, + 9% resistance to slashing blows, + 33% resistance to elements.
6. Plans: Grandmaster Wolf School Boots(required level - 40): in the bag of the witcher in the next room from his remains on the lower level of the Ruins of the Termes Palace in the eastern part of Toussaint.
   • Required Ingredients: Fortified Draconid Hide - 1, Enriched Dimerite Plate - 1, Monster Blood - 4, Monster Heart - 2.
   • Stats: armor - 91, + 11% attack power, + 5% resistance to piercing and impact damage, + 6% resistance to slashing and damage from monsters.

The legendary series of books by A. Sapkovsky "The Witcher" about the adventures of a monster hunter has long found an equally legendary line of games. In 2015, the last part of the series was released - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. She not only finished the story of the adventures of the White Wolf, but also became one of the most iconic games of recent years.

Even today, it is actively played due to the huge amount of content, non-linearity and fascinating storyline. If you have not yet touched this masterpiece, then it's time to buy. If you have been playing for some time, then you are probably asking the most interesting question: how to improve the equipment? Let's figure it out.

What equipment can be upgraded in The Witcher 3?

The art of hunting ghouls, vampires, werewolves and other monsters requires you to constantly improve your equipment. In the game, in addition to the usual knightly armor and various things, there is witchcraft equipment - unique armor and weapons designed specifically for hunters. There are 6 schools of equipment in total:

• Snake;
• Griffin;
• Manticore;
• Bear;
• Wolf.

They differ in appearance, characteristics, bonuses, and so on. But the process itself, how to improve equipment in The Witcher 3, is identical for everyone: searching for a recipe, collecting ingredients, contacting a blacksmith (swordsman or armorer). Almost all types of equipment have several levels, the maximum of which is grandmaster.

Improving equipment in the Witcher 3

We sorted it out in schools. You know that there are the following types of equipment: boots, armor, gloves, pants, two swords. Now you need to figure out how to improve the witcher's equipment in The Witcher 3. The procedure is always the same:

• find a recipe (most often located in some abandoned castles or other places that you can learn about from merchants);
• collect ingredients;
• make an order with a blacksmith.

At the same time, remember that in order to pump a weapon or armor to the next level, you must have a copy of the equipment of the previous level. In addition, do not forget about Geralt himself. Having made new equipment, you can only wear it if you match its level. And if not enough, how to raise the level? Complete side quests.

And to effectively counter the enemy force. Let's see how exactly a character can provide himself with the most powerful equipment.

Improving character equipment

There are several ways to enhance weapons and armor that can be applied simultaneously:

• scrolls of improvement;
• Ephenic cube;
• engraving;
• moon charms.

The window for improving equipment opens either by right-clicking on the scroll, or by clicking the "Improve equipment" button in the inventory. The first tab will improve the quality of the item, the second - to insert the engraving, the third - to impose a lunar enchantment.

12 types of item quality

• useless item
• common item
• unusual item
• rare item
• unique item
• epic item
• legendary item
• relic
• wonderwork item
• subject of the age of legends
• Legendary item
• mythical subject

By using scrolls any player can improve the quality of his equipment, including jewelry. You can get them only by play - using the profession "Printing". Crafting requires a shard of a certain type of true akhium and some parchment.

The improvement window shows the chances of a possible outcome after the operation. Depending on the type of item and scroll, you can increase the quality by 1 or 2 points, break the item (rank "Relic" and higher), lower its quality, or leave everything unchanged. A catalyst may contribute a little to a successful completion.

You can also improve your equipment with Ephenic cube... You can buy it from a merchant of useful trifles for 1 gold coin or in the Union store for a gift.

Using this item, you can improve the main characteristics of the equipment (for weapons, this is the power of attack, spells or healing efficiency, for armor - resistance and protection) up to 9%... The value is chosen at random. When upgraded with scrolls, the effect remains, it can be canceled with the Efen prism, which is sold in the in-game store, and then try your luck with the cube again.

No less interesting and engraving that give a bonus to certain characteristics of the character, for example, to tactical training, blocking, attack power and many others. The higher the quality of the equipment, the more slots for engraving are available. For example, a weapon of an unusual rank has 1 slot, a relic has 6. Note that insertion may fail.

Moon charm, in turn, are subdivided into two types. The first allows you to increase the main characteristics: strength, agility, endurance, fortitude, intelligence.

With the help of the second type of runes, you can add a special property to equipment, for example, increase the chance of a critical hit or increase the character's movement speed. Different runes of this type are suitable only for a certain type of armor, so you will have to choose the right one very carefully. In addition, it is impossible to insert both types of stones at the same time into one thing.

A skilled decorator can create engravings, and an experienced alchemist can create moonstones. The second option for obtaining such items is to purchase them for honor points from the quartermaster.

Improving ship consumables

Re-equipment of ships is one of the most important elements of the game for those who love sea battles. The installed elements affect not only the appearance of the vessel, but also its parameters: health, stability, weight, ramming ability, side protection, movement speed, turn rate and buoyancy.

Equipment can either improve or degrade certain characteristics: for example, when using a sail that allows you to move faster, you will have to sacrifice maneuverability, and stronger masts will weigh more. All equipment varies in quality, from ordinary to the era of myths. To improve you will need Shipwright scrolls, obtained by destroying enemy ships, monsters in the "Thunderstorm over the Sea" event, and some bosses.

In order to endow any item with new unique properties, Minecraft players use enchantment. This is a very important and interesting addition added by the developers to the main game. The enchantment mod in Minecraft allows you to cast spells on such useful things as weapons, armor or tools, increasing their strength and durability. We will tell you about how to master the skills of magic in today's article.

Enchanting in Minecraft

This process can seem complicated, especially if the player encounters it for the first time and tries to figure it out on their own. Therefore, we suggest that you familiarize yourself with our tips in order to spend a minimum amount of time and effort on learning the art of enchantment.

Spells are cast in a completely random way, however, after gaining a little experience and pumping the skill, you can easily open several powerful methods. The enchanting table is the main item with which you can create magic. You can learn how to build it in the next chapter.

Preparation for enchantment: building a table

To build this important item, you need to acquire one book, two diamonds and four obsidian ingots.

• The book is made from one piece of leather and three sheets of paper. Another way is to destroy the bookshelves in the NPC libraries.
• For diamonds, it is best to go to the diamond ore deposits, armed with an iron pickaxe (preferably two). It is worth remembering that this is one of the rarest ores in Minecraft, so you can find it only deep underground. Sometimes diamonds can fall from random chests, so you need to look both ways.
• To extract obsidian, you will have to craft a diamond pickaxe. To find ore, you do not have to go to the lower levels, it is enough to dig up to the lava and fill it with water.

Having received all the necessary items, you can craft an enchantment table. In order to get the best effect from future witchcraft, it is recommended to furnish the table with bookshelves. This is done in order to increase the level of items that will be enchanted. The process of casting spells is accompanied by beautiful animation: nearby bookshelves release magical runes that carry a special energy. It is noteworthy that the enchantment book (in Minecraft this is the name of the book that is placed on the magic table) always turns towards the player.

A little tip: to access absolutely any spells, we recommend building three tables at once and arranging them in a certain order - one should be placed between the bookshelves, the second should be placed next to them, and the last one should be placed somewhere to the side.

Secrets of bookshelves

We have already mentioned that in order to obtain the most powerful spells, it is necessary to furnish the table with books. A total of fifteen shelves are required. They should be located two blocks from the table, the level can be the same or slightly above the base. Only the correct placement will activate the runic animation, which we talked about above.

Details to look out for:

• Bookshelf action can be blocked by snow or torches. It is worth considering this feature when it comes to low level.
• To create a shelf, you will need three books and six blocks of wood. All material is placed in the workbench slots.

Thirty level

The strongest enchantment in Minecraft only works at level thirty. You can gain experience by killing hostile mobs, mining ore, smelting metal and cooking food. If you don't have time to wait until another monster attacks you, and you really want to pump, then you should try the following:

• You can summon a hostile mod yourself - a spawner is used for this.
• You can gain points for pumping by breeding and killing pets. Chickens are the best option - they eat simple seeds and don't have a lot of health.
• Having received a special potion that gives the character fire resistance, you can go to the Lower World. This location also provides a lot of room for fast leveling.

An interesting detail of enchantment in Minecraft: a powerful spell takes three levels away from the character. The easiest way is to jump straight to level thirty, then spend only 168 experience points. If you cast at the thirty-third level, then the number of lost points will increase to 216, which is not very profitable.

Enchanting instructions

First you need to put this or that item on the center of the table. Due to the element of randomness, some items have a much better chance of gaining a high level of enchantment. This includes gold, leather armor, and wooden tools.

The next step is to add lapis lazuli. After the release of Minecraft version 1.8, the use of this mineral became necessary for each spell. Lapis can be found underground and is more common than diamonds.

Hover your mouse over the item.

Complete the enchanting by choosing one of the options offered on the screen. Each item has three different upgrades.

To improve the received enchanted item, you can use the anvil. In order to build it, you need iron in the form of three blocks and four ingots. With the help of an anvil, you can not only improve items, but also combine them with each other. Before that, you should make sure that their charms are compatible.

Enchanted items will be very useful when exploring the Nether.

If you do not want to lose experience points with each spell, you should contact the village priest. For enchanted items you will have to pay with emeralds.

Enchanting commands in Minecraft cannot be the same. If you combine "Defense 1" with "Defense 2", then the result is only "Defense 2", since its level is much higher. When you combine "Defense 2" and "Defense 3" you get "Defense 3", and so on.

Only one damage spell can be cast on a sword. Armor cannot have several enchantments at the same time as "Protection". There is also a restriction for tools: it is forbidden to use "Silk Touch" and "Luck" at the same time.

If you've already gotten to crafting a diamond sword, you should know that this is not the final unit in the lineup of melee weapons. By building an enchanting table, you can improve the characteristics of almost any sword. The only exception can be swords that are dropped from zombie pigmen - they can be enchanted with a 20% chance. Enchanting a weapon allows you to increase its power and add various positive effects. And the enchanted sword glitters and shimmers beautifully.

The enchanting table is crafted at the workbench. To create it, you need 4 obsidian blocks, 2 diamonds and a book. Three obsidian blocks are located in the bottom row of the crafting grid, the fourth is in the middle of the second row. Two diamonds are set on the sides of the fourth block. A book is placed above the fourth block of obsidian.
The enchanting table is best placed near a bookcase - this will allow you to enchant armor and tools more strongly.

For,to enchant a sword in Minecraft, it is necessary to place it in the cell of the enchanting table. After that, to the right of the sword, three different enchantment options will appear, randomly generated. Next to each enchantment option, the cost of the action in experience levels will be indicated. When enchanting, experience is not obtained, but is spent, used in the form of in-game currency - the higher your experience level, the cooler you can !!! enchant a sword in Minecraft. You can choose any suitable enchantment option, if you have enough experience for it, and thereby give the sword a given set of properties. The level affects which enchantments can be obtained. Enchantments are multilevel, and as the cost of the enchantment increases, the likelihood of obtaining a more valuable sword increases. Generally, the most expensive item of enchant options will give the sword the best enchantment combo.

The maximum experience level that a sword can be enchanted in Minecraft is increased by placing the enchant table one block away from the bookcase... There is a formula that the level of enchantment increases with the increase in bookcases around the table, but this only works up to the 15th cabinet... There should be no blocks or objects between the table and the cabinet - not even snow or torches, otherwise the corresponding block will not give a bonus to the enchantment.

Enchantment bonuses and effects

How to enchant a sword in Minecraft for the desired effect? Unfortunately, this can only be achieved by repeatedly placing the sword in the enchanting table slot, since the enchantments are generated randomly.

There are six types of enchantment for the sword.- three combat and three special. Combat enchantments increase damage to mobs - the "sharpness" enchantment extends its effect to all monsters, "heavenly punishment" falls on all varieties of zombies and skeletons, and the "arthropod scourge" inflicts additional damage on spiders, cave spiders and silverfish. The bonus damage is determined randomly for each hit you deal. These three enchantments are mutually incompatible. All three types of combat enchantments swing up to level 5. The "sharpness" enchantment of the fifth level can be applied with the help of a table only on a golden sword, however, you can forge the same two swords of any material with "sharpness" of the 4th level, thus obtaining a sword with "sharpness" of the 5th level.

Special enchantments give additional effects when using an enchanted sword in battle. Knockback, of course, knocks back mobs when you hit them. Aspect of Fire sets the victim on fire. This, by the way, is very convenient for the mass slaughter of animals on the farm - instead of raw meat, fried meat is immediately dropped, there is no need to spend resources on cooking. Thanks to the “looting” enchantment, you can significantly increase the drop from mobs, as well as a high probability of a rare drop. "Aspect of fire" and "knockback" swing to the second level, "looting" has three levels of pumping.

Difficulties of enchanting

How to enchant a sword in Minecraft correctly? The game has a certain algorithm for working with the enchanting table. Without going into technical details, it is worth noting that the base enchantment points are equal to the amount of experience points spent on the process. Bonuses from bookcases are added to this.

The imposition of certain enchantments depends on the availability of the required number of enchantment points. If you have a certain number of them, sufficient to apply two or more types of enchantments, then the probability of enchanting will be higher for the enchantment that has the so-called "weight" more. The most "heavy", and accordingly the most probable when trying to enchant a sword in Minecraft is "sharpness", which has "weight" 10. "Heavenly punishment", "scourge of arthropods" and "knockback" weigh 5 units, and the "aspect of fire" and "Looting" - 2 units.

A sword in Minecraft can be enchanted multiple times using re-enchanting... If you have enough experience, the sword is enchanted, following the above algorithm, to the maximum possible level. This does not mean that the sword will immediately be enchanted, for example, on the "sharpness" of level 5 - there is a possibility of this, but most likely, two or more different enchantments will be applied to the sword.

In the English-speaking segment of the Internet, there are a large number of detailed enchantment tables, a calculator for the probability of enchanting and other useful things.

After the implementation of the trading mechanism in the game, it became possible to enchant a sword in Minecraft for a certain price from the villagers.

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The ability to enchant in Minecraft gives you many benefits. You can make your weapons stronger, your armor stronger, and your tools more efficient. How to enchant things in Minecraft, and what is needed for this? Now we will figure it out.

What is needed to enchant a thing in Minecraft

• Enchanting table;
• The thing you want to enchant (weapons, armor, tools, book);
• Experience levels.

First you need to make an enchanting table. The scheme for its creation looks like this:

Where K is a book, A is a diamond, O is an obsidian.

• a sword of any material;
• tools from any material (ax, pickaxe, shovel);
• armor made of any material (boots, pants, breastplate, helmet);
• books.

The price of enchanting things in Minecraft is experience. It can be obtained by killing monsters, mining and smelting ore. Also, experience is given for cooking, catching fish and breeding animals, or directly from cans with experience that can be bargained with the villagers. To enchant one item, you may need level 1 to 30.

Enchanting process

Set up the table and right-click on it. The enchant screen will appear. Place the item in the special slot under the book image. Three possible options for enchanting will appear on the right, where the green number is the price for this enchant in levels. If you are not satisfied with the set of options offered, you can remove the item and reinstall it in the slot. Then the offered enchantments will accidentally be replaced by others. The enchant names are encrypted, so the result is random.

Enchant Power Increase

On the table, you can enchant with the price from the first to the eighth level, this is not the most powerful enchantment. The table can be enhanced with bookshelves. For maximum efficiency, you will need fifteen blocks of bookshelves. Place them around the table through one empty block so that letters begin to fly from the bookshelves to the table. If you want to decrease the level of the offered enchantments, it is enough to place a torch or any other block between the table and the bookshelf.

Enchanted books

On the enchanting table, in addition to equipment, you can enchant a book. Books are used to transfer and store charms. For example, if right now you do not have the required sword and you are afraid of losing levels, you can enchant the book and put it in the chest. Also, the book can be useful if you need to impose specific, and not random, enchantments on an item.

The transfer of enchantments from a book to an object is carried out on an anvil. Place the item on the left slot and the book on the right. Carrying over will cost several additional tiers. With the help of books, you can enchant things that are not available on the table, or apply enchantments that are not available for this type of thing. For example, you can overlay the indestructible property on a bow, sword, armor, fishing rod, lighter, scissors, and hoe.

Now you know how to enchant in Minecraft and use enchanted books.

Every day gamers discover something new and interesting for themselves in Minecraft. For example, an enchantment that does more than just enhance any of your equipment and give it unique qualities. It will also help in the battle with the Enders or in the last battle with the dragon. Why not speed up the learning process with our article?

Enchanting an item will require a lot of experience, which you can "fill" by digging ore, killing monsters or farming. The second thing that is required is ultramarine, it is a product of the extraction of lapis lazuli ore and is not a big shortage. And the third is an enchanting table, which is crafted from two diamonds, one book and four obsidian blocks. To do it, first open the workbench table, then put obsidian blocks in all three lower, as well as the central cells. On two sides you need to place one diamond, and put a book exactly on top of the center. Helpful hint: if you want the enchantment to be stronger, place bookshelves next to the table. They are crafted from six blocks of any wood and three books. To simplify perception, the picture below shows the schemes for creating objects. After you have crafted everything you need and gained experience, go to the enchanting table and right-click on it - a new menu will open. On the left you will see a cell where you should place armor, swords and bows, picks, shovels and axes made of any material, as well as a fishing rod, below you will see your inventory window. On the right, three different enchantment options will appear with the cost of each in experience levels. After choosing the one you need, click on it. The item that comes out will flicker magenta.

Now let's talk about how to improve the quality of enchantments. First, it is worth placing the bookshelves correctly. They need to be placed one block from the table itself in a circle. If their number is more than fifteen, the maximum enchantment level - thirty will become available to you. Second, remove the snow cover or torches between the bookshelves and the table, extra blocks can turn off the cabinets and lower the enchantment level. Thirdly, if the imposed enchantment did not suit you, you can conjure the item at the villager for emeralds.

There are other ways of enchanting, but this requires an enchanted book. It can be found in various treasuries, fortresses, abandoned mines, or a temple in the desert. Also, it will turn out to be crafted, like any item in the second paragraph. In addition, you will need an anvil. So, go to it and press the right mouse button to open a window with two empty cells. Place an item of equipment in the left one, and the book itself in the right one, while the latter will be destroyed. Anvil is quite expensive to craft. To make it, you need four iron ingots and three blocks of iron, in other words, you have to wave a pickaxe. Now open the crafting menu of the workbench and place an iron block on the upper cells, do the same with the lower row and one central slot.

We hope that you will not have problems with the ability to enchant items, as this is one of the main opportunities for improving armor and weapons in Minecraft.