Editing Refinement System (section)

==Costs and Failure Risks==

Refinement consumes both materials and [[Gold]], with requirements increasing at higher levels. Each refinement attempt after the first also carries a risk of failure, which may downgrade the item's refinement level by one. 

* Material costs vary depending on item type and refinement rank. Higher-quality materials remove the risk of downgrade but do not affect success rates.  
* Gold costs increase progressively with each refinement level.  
* All items start at +0. Except at +0, refinement attempts can fail, lowering the refinement level by one if unsuccessful.  

Safe upgrades consume higher-quality materials to prevent downgrades:  
* <b>Weapons</b> → [[Item|Vulkanite Chunk]] or [[Item|Vulkanite Crystal]]  
* <b>Armor</b> → [[Item|Gravion Chunk]] or [[Item|Gravion Crystal]]  
* <b>Artifacts</b> → [[Item|Lunaris Chunk]] or [[Item|Lunaris Crystal]]

However, the upgrade to +10 requires a Crystal as the base material, and with no safety material to protect the upgrade.