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.

• 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• For each level on your gear you will have:

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

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

• Several Crystals existed than can be crafted, found or traded for to modify your items.

Name	Description
Crystal Fossil	Can be looted as a rare item from bosses, is obtainable as a reward from quests and you can trade 1 for 5 skull coins in 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.

• 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.

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

• 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 shop.

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.