Perfect world upgrading (Equipment Refining)

Equipments base stats and abilities aren't the be all and end all to it. Equipment in Perfect World can be upgraded to improve their base benefits and stats, or make them more versatile.

Players can upgrade their equipment via 2 ways in the Perfect World. Those are thru Equipment Refining or Soul Stone Fusion .

I. Equipment Refining
Infusing equipment with the power of Immortal Stones Increases an equipments base stats.
The stat improved depends on the type of equipment refined, while the amount of bonus depends on the level of refinement.




The table below shows how much refine bonus you get for each successful refine level:



1. Refining Process
Obtain Immortal Stones. If you want to know all the different sources of Immortal Stones please check the Immortal Stone Source Section.
Go to any Castellan or Elder of any City to have your item refined, you can read more about this at the Refining Locations section.
Wait for Results, you can read about the different results at the Possible Refining Results Section.
If you want better chances at refining, you can read about it at the Refining Aids .

2. Immortal Stone Source:

Monster Drops
On very rare occasions monsters have been known to drop complete immortal stones.
Break down 3-star equipment
This is one of the most common ways to acquire Immortal Stones. Breaking down 3-star equipment produces Immortal Stones. The amount of Immortal Stones acquired is dependant on the remaining durability and level of the equipment to be broken down.

Quest Reward
Certain quests have Immortal Stones as it's quest rewards. Although it is much more common for them to give Immortal Stone Fragments or 1 of the 3 Celestial Stones.

Jeweler NPC
Jeweler NPC's allow you to combine Immortal Stone Fragments, Heaven Celestial Stones, Common Celestial Stones, and Earth Celestial Stones into Immortal Stones. Simply select the quest option and choose the desired combination you want to produce Immortal Stones. The two combinations are listed below:

25 Immortal Stone Fragments = Immortal Stone
3 Heaven Celestial Stone, 3 Common Celestial Stone, & 3 Earth Celestial = 1 Immortal Stone

3. Refining Locations
Refining can be done thru different NPC's, the most common being the Castellan's and Elders of each town, territory, and city. Simply talk to any of these NPC's, and select the refine option, and the window shown below should pop up:


The Immortal Stones must be in your inventory for you to begin refining equipment. It takes 2 Immortal Stones to refine weapons, while it takes 1 Immortal Stone to refine other pieces of equipment. Drag the desired equipment to be refined unto the window and click on refine.

4. Possible Refining Results:
*Which can be seen in the history portion of the window
Refine Successful.
Refine Failed. Refine level unchanged.
Refine Failed. Refine level decreased by 1.
Refine Failed. Refine level reduced to 0.

It becomes more difficult to get successful refinements as the equipments level, quality, and refine level increase. There are however items that can improve your chances for successful equipment refining.

5. Refining Aids:
These can be acquired through the Item Mall. These items are:

Heaven Stone
This item greatly increases the chance for success.

Underworld Stone
This item slightly improves the chance for success, and prevents refine failures which reduce the refine level by more than 1.