How to Upgrade Base Gear Stats Safely and Efficiently

Applying Standard Upgrades

Upgrading your weapons, tools, and armor boosts their base attack and defense values beyond normal vanilla limits. You do not need a special crafting station to apply these upgrades; everything is done directly from your inventory.

1. Open your inventory and move the weapon, tool, or armor piece you want to upgrade into your off-hand slot.

2. Place an Enhancement Stone into your main hand.

3. Close your inventory and right-click to apply the stone's effect directly to your off-hand item.

If you want to level up your equipment directly without relying purely on mob drops, you can also craft or use an Experience Tome, which uses paper and experience bottles to grant gear levels.

Managing Upgrade Risks and Speed

As your equipment reaches higher levels, you can use specialized stones in your main hand to change how upgrades behave:

• Doubling Success Chance: Apply a Luck Stone to double your success rate during gear upgrades, saving you from wasting materials on failed attempts.
• Skipping Levels: Hold a Breakthrough Stone in your main hand and right-click to attempt two upgrade levels at once. Be careful with this method, as using a Breakthrough Stone carries a risk of breaking the item in your off-hand completely.