Upgrading Equipment

Equipment can be upgraded in two different aspects: by increasing potency or by increasing the number of sockets. This guide will go over both.

Potency is a multiplier to all of the stats visible when hovering over an item. It appears as a percentage after all equipment items. For example, a 130% Thatcher's Amulet will have 200*1.3 = 260 mitigation but still only do 600 physical damage. These stats will appear to be rounded to the nearest integer, but are actually decimal values.


Unskilled blacksmiths can craft equipment with a minimum of 50% potency. A skilled blacksmith can craft equipment with a maximum of 150% potency. Equipment spawned by the site (for example, from after winning a battle) has a minimum of 100% potency and a maximum of 150% potency.

Sockets indicate how many crystals can be added to an item. They appear as a number in brackets [ ] on equipment that has at least one. Sockets, on their own, don't improve the stats on a piece of equipment. Rather, they allow users to add crystals, which then can either alter the stats on an item or add a passive status effect to either the user or opponent. Crystals are meant to be single use but can be recovered using a Crystal Remover which costs 150,000 FC in The Fair Exchange (can be haggled down to 142,500 FC) or 150 FD in the FurDollar Emporium.

Certain equips can be created or spawned with sockets. This information is visible in the item museum if applicable. Each additional socket has a 10% chance of spawning.


Upgrading Potency
Potency can only be increased. The process is fairly straightforward, and you can do it using any of the following items. From your inventory, select "Use" after clicking on the upgrader you wish to use, and pick the equipment whose potency you want to increase.

Hammer	Schema	Dependencies	Description
Steel Smithing Hammer	Steel Smithing Hammer Schema	Refined Steel Schema	Improves an equipment item's potency by 2-8% (randomly), provided it has less than 100% potency.
Infused Smithing Hammer	Infused Smithing Hammer Schema	Infused Steel Schema Steel Smithing Hammer Schema Plus all of above (note that Fiery Cores normally drop from __ Monsters battlegrounds and The Abyss)	Improves an equipment item's potency by 2-4% (randomly), provided it has less than 120% potency.
Purified Smithing Hammer	Purified Smithing Hammer Schema	Purified Steel Schema Infused Smithing Hammer Schema Plus all of above (note that Orbs of Purification normally  drop from Wandering Monsters, Deadly/ier Monsters and The Abyss)	Improves an equipment item's potency by 2-4% (randomly), provided it has less than 140% potency.
Mythical Smithing Hammer	Mythical Smithing Hammer Schema	Purified Smithing Hammer Schema Plus all of above (note that Mythic Orbs drop from Deadly/ier Monsters, The Abyss, The Harbinger, and village 20+ battlegrounds)	Improves an equipment item's potency by 3-6% (randomly), provided it has less than 150% potency.
Legendary Smithing Hammer	Legendary Smithing Hammer Schema	Mythical Smithing Hammer Schema Plus all of above (note that Legendary Orbs are found in the Tourney Shop but also drop rarely from Deadly/ier Monsters and the Abyss)	Improves an equipment item's potency by 2%, provided it has less than 175% potency.

Item	Source	Description
Spookleberry Gummi Wickerbeast	From the annual Harvest Carnival (Dragonsmaw Event, normally held in October).	This item improves potency of an item by 1%, to a maximum of 120%.
Snow Festival Hot Cocoa Fairy	From the annual Snow Festival (Tigereye Peak Event, normally held in December).	This item improves potency of an item by 1%, to a maximum of 130%.
Snow Festival Bell Fairy	From the annual Snow Festival (Tigereye Peak Event, normally held in December).	Not a true upgrader and cannot be used on equipment with potency. Please see Durability for more information.

Adding Sockets
The process of adding sockets to an item is similar. Click on the Socket-O-Matic from your inventory and hit "Use". However, please note after June 2020, certain items will not be able to receive additional sockets:

There are 5 different Socket-O-Matics. Each of them will only add one socket. To minimize costs, the number at the end of the Socket-O-Matic should be one more than the number of sockets you have.

Item	Order Form	Dependencies	Description
Socket-O-Matic	Socket-O-Matic Order Form	Vial of Obsidian Dye Recipe The Fair Exchange Mail-Order Form Blueprint	This curious little tool will add one socket to a socketable equipment, up to a maximum of 1 socket for the selected equipment. After use, this item disappears.
Socket-O-Matic 2	Socket-O-Matic 2 Order Form	Vial of Obsidian Dye Recipe The Fair Exchange Mail-Order Form Blueprint Refined Steel Schema	This curious little tool will add one socket to a socketable equipment, up to a maximum of 2 sockets for the selected equipment. After use, this item disappears.
Socket-O-Matic 3	Socket-O-Matic 3 Order Form	Vial of Obsidian Dye Recipe The Fair Exchange Mail-Order Form Blueprint Infused Steel Schema	This curious little tool will add one socket to a socketable equipment, up to a maximum of 3 sockets for the selected equipment. After use, this item disappears.
Socket-O-Matic 4	Socket-O-Matic 4 Order Form	Vial of Obsidian Dye Recipe The Fair Exchange Mail-Order Form Blueprint Purified Steel Schema	This curious little tool will add one socket to a socketable equipment, up to a maximum of 4 sockets for the selected equipment. After use, this item disappears.
Socket-O-Matic 5	Random 5% bonus craft from Socket-O-Matic 4 Order Form. Was also available during OFB Fest 2020 in the shop for 1777 royal coins		This curious little tool will add one socket to a socketable equipment, up to a maximum of 5 sockets for the selected equipment. After use, this item disappears.

A note about crystals:
The stats altered by crystals are not affected by potency. For example, a Ring Crystal: Capacity adds the same 1 intelligence to a 100% Opal Ring as it does to a 150% Opal Ring.

Weapon Crystal damage will not necessarily show up when hovering over the item unless that damage type was already present.

For example, an Icy Sword (100%) [1] equipped with a Weapon Crystal: Fire and Frost will do 190 - 240 Frost Damage and 110 - 130 Fire Damage, but when hovering over it, you'll only see 190-240 Frost Damage.