Correctly Upgrading Gear in Lost Ark

[@DonTheCrown]

Sorry for the super scuffed paint graphic just wanted to get this video out there after seeing someone get their Abyss gear and honing it up instead of transfering.

[@meza6958]

i legit ended an abyss dung and i destroyed the gear instead of transfering thanks for the vid ! ill go sleep less of a nooby than today !

[@LastPuppy]

would rather have paint graphics instead of no graphic to follow with

[@Corusame]

@@meza6958 pain

[@KillaTundant]

So you are saying if i craft purple or legendary* weapon when i dismantle it i will get back 100% resources?

[@LastPuppy]

@@KillaTundant yea if you craft a peice of dungeon gear then dismantle it you get the same resources you put in I.E being able to sit there and roll for the perfect one

[@DryDry69]

This "rambling" with the scribbles at the back is clearer then 90% of the useless guides out there. Straight to the point and goes through the nitty gritty details clearly! Thanks!

[@_king_ryanphillips]

Sup Don! Just hit 50 on the Paladin and I'm ready thanks to your video. Appreciated!

[@Blamzite]

Was going to skip this but noticed who made it and thought the info will be good, I was righr

[@bruhmanfromthefifthfloor]

Man looks and sound like mr. clean and dr. phil merged into one and that relaxes me. great video. thanks!

[@noahgon5925]

You're the first youtuber to make me laugh on the first watch! your humour Sir, I like it!

[@DonTheCrown]

Glad to hear it!

[@ryanbentley503]

This game is so massive and there’s so many systems im still so confused. Thank you so much for the clear and concise video. Earned a sub! Excited for more incredibly useful content. Thank you thank you!

[@andrewpaul8732]

Far as MMOs go Lost Ark makes it easy by putting all the things you need to do in one place. Wows systems are all over the world take varias NPCs and currencys. Ff14 from what i under stand is also pretty complex. ESO is easy end game only because there isn't an end game lol. Once you get the rhythm you'll catch on easy :) MMOs can be scary but lucky we have a big community to help people along

[@propersod2390]

I wouldn't call it massive. It is just pointlessly convoluted. 100 different currencies, 100 different systems that all achieve the same thing, and wayyyy too many random things thrown in. I mean why tf are cards a thing? Why couldn't they just build out engraving more? Like bro 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ademord]

Take it slow after two weeks im slowly just understanding it and do the Power pass tutorial dont skip it it helped sooo much

[@justindoucet1257]

Hey man I agree in some aspects of this game, but I come from playing BDO, and trust me this game makes it simple compared. I have 2k+ hours in BDO and still don’t understand some things

[@shaneanigans440]

Your guides have been the most clear and concise that I've come across. Thanks for taking the time to explain this.

[@DonTheCrown]

Glad to help!

[@ragetobe]

I’m a casual player and I would never have known this info if I hadn’t watched this video. Thank you.

[@thePhished]

i had no clue the abyss gear vendor existed, i got the set chestpiece twice from abys so i basically lvl'd from T1 to T2 in my blue chaos dungeon gear. It didnt actually matter but i didnt realize there was a vendor until i started gates of paradise. the T2 paladin abyss set looks awesome.

[@ErinEllaNathan]

I did the exact same thing

[@tekkington]

i didn’t either, so glad i took the time to search youtube to stumble on this. found out about purple/gold gear not long ago and felt like i really screwed up already.

[@hectormarcano7950]

@@tekkington the great thing about this game is it's not really punishing. It's all an experience and a rewarding one at that when you figure it out.

[@MrBrutalMachinee]

@@tekkington Felt same until read about that Korean players had blue gear from the start and it was only option 😅 Thanks to them as we got way more polished and linear progression and experience of playing, yes i'm aware with eu central queue issues and massive amount of players and some random downtimes as i'm playing on eu central and in queue rn 😅 So far liked it and really loved that treasure map questline with it's easter eggs and dev notes and wip things. Made me feel more connected and hooked 😂

[@wowJhil]

@@MrBrutalMachinee Also no Crystal aura for 2 days and counting.

[@danielgreathouse2080]

Good vid. I'm currently stuck at the 580-600 wall. These 40-50% honing chances are rough. All out of mats. Just saving up chaos and guardians. Can't wait for tier 2

[@Despond]

Get's worse for t2, t1 shards are really the only bottleneck. T2 when you're like 1020+ going for 1k, you'll be down on leapstones, armor/weapo stones, shards, everything and on top there's an extra material called fusions. Now you get HEAPS of fusions for free with welcome rewards and one main quest but if you get unlucky you'll have to craft them and spend insane gold.

[@ExacoMvm]

Meanwhile I'm partially stuck at around 490 :D I have like 200+ Leapstones but lack of shards, 1-2 Chaos Dungeons gives me single honing attempt.

[@ArborusVitae]

@@ExacoMvm have you done all of the islands with honing mats rewards? Those alone got me from around 500 to 600.

[@ExacoMvm]

@@ArborusVitae Yep, been doing these for a few days ( most around Vern/Luterra region ), but like 70% I got is for Tier 2, now I've moved to Rohendel so it's pretty much guaranteed to get only T2 ones :D

[@Think4aChange]

New player just about to hit level 50 - thanks for this, very informative!

[@drizzy6302]

After u hit 50 there is lttrly enough quests make u sick and u take a brake i only did chaos dung after 3 days after hit 50

[@Swiggs999]

@@drizzy6302 not really

[@Think4aChange]

@@drizzy6302 indeed, keeping busy

[@MrRyuklen]

I send him(my friends) many dont mistake video, but the only one, on this video are the best anwers that i receive " I allrdy make a mistake, that i play the game and he send me his playtime and it was allrdy over 300h" xD

[@ThyNam3less]

You literally answer all my questions!! Thank you so much!! 😄😄

[@kit_horror]

This video needs to be on the front page of every newbies KZbin feed cuz I've watched tons of gear videos and not one has mentioned most of these details lol

[@jetli3333]

I've been looking for an explanation video on honing transfers all week. Thank you

[@Allky]

I am in the "get your fresh 50 gear from chaos dungeons" so thank you. That's exactly what I was looking for and now I know exactly what to do after! This was a very clear guide for new players. THANK YOU! Edit: I did have a question about the gear sets- if you get it from the dungeon vs the quest line is it the same gear set or is one better than the other? I know gear changes rapidly but it's good knowledge for people planning steps ahead 😁 thanks again!

[@Wegaaa]

Hmm. You only get that ONE chest of gear once you finish the main quest line that leads you to shushire. And then after that once you do all the endgame stuff, you will craft your gear. So it really really doesn't matter, just get the gear from chaos, upgrade it as much as you can then do abyss and all the endgame stuff then craft your gear from the materials you get from endgame stuff. (Sword icon by the npc you hone gear with)

[@Loozyd1123]

Thank you for explaining in more detail why we need to do what we're doing, rather than just telling us TO do it. Helps paint a roadmap better for the progression imo and it's always better to understand, rather than just copy pasting what others do. Great video, man!

[@DeadlyShotGG]

hello Don tysm for the video it was really helpful, i just wonder 1 thing, if i already have 600gs with my purple abyssal and i unlocked yorn story line, do you recommand me to transfer it into legendary rohendel abyssal set before i complete yorn or i can go on with purple one and after transfer it to T2 without going trough the legendary one? tysm

[@dinizgsd]

This was really helpful. I was wondering about the "gap" between the blue to purple and purple to legendary gear. The Gear Transfer and the "road map" tips really gave me a North.

[@kevinvdb6]

Wow i was so confused on how to upgrade my blue gear, thank you very much for this!

[@AndresLionheart]

While you have to be kinda dumb to not realize about the gear progress transfer when the gMe explicitly tells you about it, the forever recrafting until good quality is a great tip. My weapon rolled like 30 quality, so I'm gonna do that whenever I get materials to craft again (since I already transfered my +6 to the bad quality weapon, can't dismantle that one, lol)

[@kallesand6087]

The best description of gear progression I've heard so far! And short too!

[@Lorcrono]

Thanks for this very important information. I would have done all the things you said not to do!

[@DonTheCrown]

Glad it was helpful!

[@deviantdiva702]

How r there so many comments already! U literally just posted it on Discord! 🤬 Yes, 14 comments is "so many" 😠

[@Jacob-cm3io]

The sword tip is great. Thank you sir

[@FG-tr6ts]

I did not know that buying the abyssal end bonus loot gave you more honing mats, I never saw it when I looked through the loot I would get from the purchase

[@Twisterstone]

when you xfering your 600 gear into 802 blue gear from Yorn Chaos dungeon ( not 302),than you get +1. I think you mistypo in 6:25 here PS: great guides,love it,keep it up ! ;)

[@nilthenoble7452]

Very easy to understand but some of us are new in this game so Please provide pictures next time. Thanks.

[@davidbjorgaard4856]

Damn Don this one doing numbers

[@TopCat10k]

Useless tips. Better tip: Tier 1+2 use Preemptive Strike rank 2 or higher and everything becomes easy mode (chaos +questing;except boss encounters). Enjoy

[@xanikarasl2rc]

Can someone tell me whether I should choose engravings over my two main stats (crit and swiftness) on earrings and rings and necklaces and does quality even matter on those. For example is a ring that buffs my main engravings better than a ring that gives me critical or swiftness

[@bunchups413]

Excellent explanation. please explain other things. Many channels have guides for new LA players but I often don't understand them. I'll see if you have other vids and TY

[@milesg7877]

Great explainer! Nice tide bit about the extra loot on the table, I accidentally dismantled my 302 gloves so to have a olace to check if i actually got them to rebuy is nice. Thanks!

[@floppish3530]

How does one deal with being stuck at 580+? I have done all content which provides honing materials but have been very unlucky with my upgrades. All my friends were fairly lucky with theirs and hit 600(803) three of four days ago by mostly just doing their islands and daily chaos dungeons. They have progressed really far into their tier 2 gear while I am stuck in tier 1 with about 1-2 upgrade chances daily. So far I have failed 14 upgrades from 14-15 and succeeded with 3 which has gotten me to 590. Just feels really unfair and it sucks that I can't play with my friends even though I have put in quite a few more hours than...

[@Edwiz]

Wow yeah that really sucks, does the chance to succeed go up at all when you fail a honing ?

[@Edwiz]

Also probably more alts is the answer but yeah that's tough, also just farming weeklies + dailies for the item that increases honing chance and mats

[@floppish3530]

@@Edwiz It does go up but only by 4%. I did find out the hard way though that after failing 5 attempts you have a 100% chance of upgrading

[@Edwiz]

@@floppish3530 ah i see, well atleast there's that

[@owfwedo1494]

try upgrading your honing chance in the stronghold!

[@abbe6100]

Haha damn, my first weapon I crafted was literally quality 0 (zero!) and I didn’t know I could dismantle and reroll so I just transferred to it haha 😂

[@VDViktor]

"And eventually abyss will give you materials to craft purple set" . Awesome. Craft where? How?

[@brice9013]

This helped alot, i didnt know about crafting from abyssal , and transferring . Maybe have the game up on your screen so you can show us locations and stuff. Thanks though

[@adaptive7465]

Go west, young man. Go west! I use this reference when remembering directions all the time 😂 Anyway thanks for the info!

[@NBGTFO]

Making it easy for people to screw up is terrible game design. I've seen way too many videos like these warning people not to do certain things or to do them in certain way. Is it clickbait or is the game really that badly designed? A bit of both I suspect.

[@len122987]

Question, I didn't know about the abyssal dungeon's and have already made it to Rohendel, should I bother doing the vern abyssal's at this point or just do Rohendel?

[@weissshizuru3687]

When you say crafting, do you mean actually crafting ? Like from our stronghold ? Or buying or something else ?

[@ericduval3157]

thank you a lot for the work you put into these videos. took advantage of a maintenance period to watch them all and I feel much more knowledgeable. let's hone! thanks again :)

[@dillonahola8794]

Can i go from the T1 epic to T2 Rare or does switching to T1 legendary help with honing past 600?

[@jimjimq9636]

Literally from this 1 simple infographic, I now know what to do. Thank you so much!

[@adrikhankant6170]

it´s really weird to go from purple armor to blue one, I had the sensationof doing somethiung wrong, thx for the vid

[@huskyteer157]

Hi sorry if this sounds dumb, but my friend who just reached 1000 ilvl said I should buy the tier 2 gears from the market and transfer my tier 1 gear (+15) to them. Do I really need to buy tier 2 from the market, or can I enter the tier 2 chaos dungeon with my 600 ilvl tier 1 gears, and get the tier 2’s that way?

[@tyler4882]

You receive 802 gear from a t2 chaos dungeon much the same way you received 302 gear in the t1 dungeon

[@susguy3791]

if you’re not already tier 2 you can’t even buy tier 2 gear from the market so idk what he’s talking about

[@puberty7548]

now that i'm transitioning from tier 1 to tier 2 am i supposed to recollect my neck, earrings.,rings for engraving ? or is there a way to transfer your engraving on gear?

[@ThePokeu]

i seriously thought it was my background sound of lostark music playing XD

[@forevertaken8955]

I didn’t even know I could make sets

[@ridleyroid9060]

Am I the only one here assuming Ive already fucked up massively and am here to see how bad?

[@KevinColt]

Man you make a video about upgrading gear with a static picture in the background instead of doing it and show us wtf

[@Deliverant]

Damn i didnt knew about the double loot thing you explained at the end of abyssal dungeon that you can spend gold to get more stuff

[@Yue2000thegamer]

Yeah no one explained in game about the équipement transfer, even in chat they all play for their ass

[@dejakhalz]

wish i could transfer the looks of a weapon. The crossing paths sword of berzerker is one of his lamest.

[@teewill1833]

I think at 5:06 you forgot to put in the visual!! Couldnt really tell what you were taking about :p

[@kaizenfps_]

how sad, I did not transfer my tier1 into tier 2 and just upgraded it :(

[@superd3675]

can you please remove the background music we can't hear what you are saying

[@FabioMocci]

How do you craft the weapons? I didn't understand who is the guy you mention in the video

[@wisniamw]

nice video, thanks for the info The mechanic for honing not work is bullshit thought

[@gsegarra21]

Does anyone know what he’s talking abt in the abyssal dungeon part I looked at it but I don’t see the area that he’s talking about

[@zatharous3815]

I mildly hate myself for not finding this guide sooner. I just started the process of gear upgrading today and I didnt know about transferring honing levels to new gear so once I got my purple chaos dungeon set i just upgraded it separately and trashed the old blue gear i got from Shushire that i had at +5

[@DonTheCrown]

well at least now you know

[@123runforlife]

wow bro. you just made this game that much fun for me. holy shit you a legend

[@rekkagaming4086]

Rich Campbell is that you with a voice changer?

[@brandonbarker6009]

Thank you for this engravings and node's have been very confusing for me

[@ruellerz]

gah i just made my first abyssal chest armor for my sorc. still looks like gd rags.

[@abel1955]

Do you have to do the storyline of all continents? Or can you skip some

[@liqueidonliqui7664]

Acting like it’s such a lost or missplay while it’s actually not is cringe

[@mauriwegenderseife4290]

Thank you so much, I wish I came across this earlier so I wouldn't have made the mistake of completely honing the vern abyssal gear and do nothing with my old chaos gear, this was really helpful tho and I will definitely make use of this while getting through tier 2

[@JsnVrhs46]

From the thumbnail I thought the mistake was playing the game.

[@vampirreee]

DUDE this is the best guide ever holy

[@yzfr1q2w]

avoid this LOST ARK mistake. uninstall

[@RobH73]

Good video just wanna point out that yorn gear is not ilvl 302

[@MrLonwolfmq]

Awesome and informative video on progression of gear. You made a loaded and somewhat complex system easier to understand and helpful. I had to subscribe and look forward to more videos!

[@playerone3690]

OMG. MY MAN!!! i completely screwed up. I got tier 1 set, lvl'd it up to +15 and then when i got tier 2 did the same thing and now lvl'd up my tier 3 to 1345 atm. i removed the previous set(s) and started over. hot damn did i screw up bad and wasted a lot of mats. Much appreciate the clarafication tho. LESSON LEARNED!

[@DonTheCrown]

well luckily thats not that big of a loss, however at 1370 youll be able to make your '1340' legendary gear, make sure you transfer the +15 1370 piece onto this legendary to get you a +6 legendary 1370 I have another video about this =)

[@HandgripsRaise]

Finally someone who explains this clearly, thanks!

[@sebastianmartin8665]

I had no idea about gear quality, i thought it was meaningless

[@duskshadow25]

I remember reading a guide somewhere that it talked about prioritizing upgrading which piece of your gear first for maximum DPS, such as in this order: weapon, gloves, etc. I only remember armor should be the last to be upgraded in term of maximizing your DPS output, but I don't remember everything after gloves. Does anyone know the priority of upgrading your gear?

[@DonTheCrown]

weapon>gloves>shoulders>hat>legs>body you can check which pieces give the most main stat for next upgrade as a rubric, go the opposite way for most defense

[@ElSabio159]

Would have been so much clearer with ingame fotage

[@dolphin5912]

These bloody charts makes the video so bloody complicated mate

[@satan_son1149]

Perfect video, exactly what I needed ty♥️

[@drLazyEvil]

Finally someone explained the gear for me. Thank you very much.

[@alainwarrington1887]

The diagram alone is so helpful. Thanks for this

[@flash007111]

Learned so much! super clear man, thank you!

[@m.z.2956]

There is a lot of controversy about what's the best gearing process. This is one is really common but i also heard a lot of KR players saying just to upgrade chaos dungeon gear to +15 and then transfer. That is repeated until T3

[@DonTheCrown]

yes you 100% take it to +15 then transfer to tier 2 gear, this is talking about transfering your blue to epic to legendary within the tier

[@bunkbunk7799]

i was told in order to get 302 armor i have to do shushire. Can i get 302 set with just chaos dungeons?

[@DonTheCrown]

yeah shushire or chaos dungeons, same stuff

[@Collins311]

This game is confusing as fuck....but I like it.

[@SheenWarlock]

I lost 5 knight's oath orbs when dismantling a purple weapon, could only dismantle one time. This video fooled me and cost me mats I didn't have.

[@DonTheCrown]

theres a bug where sometimes the mats vanish, you get them back by relogging

[@Flashbangs_]

I dont get it. Leapstones are just hard to come by

[@Drgn1993]

All i can do is say thank you,like the video and sub

[@seattlesiege8688]

Is it possible to used honed gear from a bard for example to then transfer that honing to a gear set for any class besides bard?

[@DonTheCrown]

you cannot trade honed gear to any other character

[@Tjimpz]

I of course dismantled my first abyssal gear as it was a lower ilvl than my honed blue 302 gear...

[@DonTheCrown]

then you likely have the materials in your bag to remake it

[@TheYeti12]

I only got 1 set piece of equipment from my abyssal dg run. Does it actually take 5 weeks to finish a set?

[@DonTheCrown]

you got a lot of materials to also craft at the abyssal crafter

[@sinongungaleonline]

me wen i have my blue gear 500 i had no clue XD

[@KeineAlias]

Hey Great Video! I have one question: What are the advanteges of taking the new 302lvl blue set from the yorn dungeon? Cant i progress my 600 legendary from rohendel? What i really want to know: Is the epic or legendary from tier1 better than tier2?

[@alxiong]

I was not transferring my gear and I was upgrading gear in my inventory that was not equipped. Make sure you click the tab to EQUIPPED GEAR instead of ALL GEAR….. All my resources wasted…….

[@dslims1]

Once you hit 600 you can just jump right to 802 from buying a whole set of gear off the Auction House for hardly any gold, then if you had been doing islands and have T2 mats youll be 1k gearscore in like 5 mins.

[@roryrubymace3749]

I thought Abyssals were only once a week? You can do the different abbysals in a single day?

[@ExacoMvm]

2 Different Abyssals per week per Character.

[@michaeldahmm2238]

Thank you! I just opened honing last night and had no idea what I was doing. You made this super simple to understand.

[@DonTheCrown]

Great to hear!

[@danielshir5909]

Should I wait transfering gear lvl onto purple until my blue is +15?

[@DonTheCrown]

no transfer blue onto purple/orange when you get the mats to make the purple/orange