Core Gearing Methods

The Fire Temple Meta

The As Fire Temple (Expedition) is currently the fastest way to get gold-tier gear. Each run costs only 30 Oda Energy, and side bosses drop gold items about 40% of the time. Prioritize clearing all side bosses to maximize your returns.

Alt Characters Are Essential

Late-game progression almost demands using alts. Here’s why:

Fire Temple Farming: Use alts to collect extra gold-tier items. These can serve as “trash” for Soulbinding, rerolling stats on your main character’s gear.

Abyss Points Funnel: Let your alts farm AP to buy Mana Stones or Stigma Shards, which directly improve your main’s stats.

Horizontal Progression

Don’t just chase weapons and armor. Other resources provide big CP boosts:

Monolith Feathers: Collect and use to upgrade your Amulet. Extra feathers can convert into thousands of enchantment stones.

Noble Belt: Upgrade your starting +10 Noble Belt through rarities until it hits Gold.

Pet Genus: Max out one trait at a time to gain permanent stat boosts.

Efficient Gear Enhancement

Weapon First

Always prioritize your weapon when applying enchantment stones. Higher weapon damage increases your kill speed, which means more loot per hour.

The +10 Extract Trick

Enhance lower-tier gear (blue or green) to +10 to meet Gear Score (GS) requirements. Then extract the stones when upgrading to better equipment. This gives a full refund and maximizes stone efficiency.

Even Upgrades

For the most cost-effective CP gain, upgrade all gear pieces incrementally. Example: get everything to +5 before pushing a single item to +10. This approach gives better overall performance for raids and dungeons.

Daily & Weekly Checklist

Activity Primary Reward Priority

Duty Quests (Hotkey J) Abyss Points (AP) High

Strongholds Noble Belt Enchantment Scrolls High

Expedition Conquest Raw Kinah (~1M/hour) High

Ascension Trial Manastones & Super Chests Medium

Transcendence Arcana Cards & Kinah Medium

Gear Score (GS) Thresholds

1,000 GS: Minimum to enter mid-game zones.

1,600 GS: Unlocks Vakron Sky Island, which drops higher-tier gold gear.

2,400+ GS: Typical goal for endgame raids and Sanctuary content.

By combining Fire Temple farming, strategic alt use, and smart upgrades, you can efficiently push your CP to endgame levels without wasting time or resources. Focus on incremental gains, prioritize high-impact gear, and use all available tools to max out your setup.