Socket
An item with slots where you mount elemental spheres. It only drops in Raklion 1 and 2, and comes with the slots empty.
50 item types take sockets on this server. Almost all stop at three slots; the only five-slot piece is the Dark Stinger.
| Where | Items |
|---|---|
| Swords | Flameberge, Rune Bastard Sword, Sword Breaker |
| Maces and scepters | Absolute Scepter, Frost Mace |
| Staffs | Deadly Staff, Inberial Staff |
| Crossbows | Dark Stinger — 5 slots |
| Shields | Crimson Glory, Frost Barrier, Guardian Shield, Salamander Shield |
| Sets | Brave, Destroy, Divine, Hades, Phantom, Royal, Seraphim, Titan |
In the sets, armor, pants, gloves and boots take sockets; the helm does in all of them except Destroy and Phantom.
Who does what — and it is not the Chaos Goblin
Sockets have their own NPCs, in Elbeland, side by side.
| NPC | Where | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Seed Master | Elbeland 46, 243 | creates the Seed and joins Seed + Sphere |
| Seed Researcher | Elbeland 50, 243 | mounts into the item and removes it |
| Chaos Goblin | Noria 180, 103 | everything else — no sockets |
The chain, in four steps
1 · The Seed. Does not drop. It comes out of the machine:
1 Jewel of Chaos + 1 Jewel of Creation + 1 Jewel of Harmony
- 1 excellent item +4 or higher + 1 ancient item +4 or higher — cost 1,000 zen, 100%
You get a seed of a random element and option. Both pieces of gear are consumed.
2 · The Sphere. Two routes: buy from Sivia, or hunt.
| Sphere | Sivia's price | Drops from | Becomes Seed Sphere |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sphere | 300,000 | monster level 58 – 76 | Lvl. 1 |
| Sphere [Di] | 700,000 | 77 – 101 | Lvl. 2 |
| Sphere [Tri] | 1,200,000 | 102 – 150 | Lvl. 3 |
| Sphere [Tetra] | 2,000,000 | 130 – 175 | Lvl. 4 |
Medusa and Selupan also give Di and Tri in their reward bag.
3 · The Seed Sphere. Join the two, still at the Seed Master:
1 Jewel of Chaos + 1 Jewel of Creation + 1 Seed + 1 Sphere — cost 1,000 zen, 100%
The sphere sets the level, the seed sets the element and the option. Save your Tri and Tetra for seeds worth using.
4 · Mount. At the Seed Researcher. Mounting and removing never fail — but removing gives nothing back: the slot goes empty and the Seed Sphere is gone.
The six elements
The numbers are what you gain at each sphere level.
| Element | Good for | Lvl 1 → Lvl 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Fire | raw attack | max damage 30 → 40 · min 20 → 30 · speed 7 → 10 |
| Lightning | crit and excellent | crit damage 30 → 40 · excellent damage 15 → 30 |
| Ice | skill and accuracy | skill attack 37 → 50 · attack rating 25 → 35 |
| Water | defence | defence 30 → 39 · damage reduction 4 → 7 · reflect 5 → 8 |
| Wind | life, mana and AG | max AG 25 → 40 · max life 4 → 7 |
| Earth | stats | strength, agility, vitality or energy 30 → 36 |
The position combos
Putting the right elements in the right slots gives a bonus on top of what each socket already does. Order changes the result: the same three elements, swapped around, give a different bonus.
| Item | Slot 1 | Slot 2 | Slot 3 | Gains |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weapon | Fire | Lightning | Ice | +11 attack power |
| Weapon | Lightning | Ice | Fire | +11 skill attack |
| Staff | Lightning | Ice | Fire | +11 skill attack |
| Staff | Fire | Lightning | Ice | +5 attack / wizardry |
| Defence | Water | Earth | Wind | +24 defence |
It fits on a three-slot piece — you do not need the Dark Stinger.
Jewel of Harmony
Gives the item a special option that exists on no other path. The jewel does not drop from monsters anywhere — it only comes from event bags. It is one of the most expensive things in the game, and a Seed eats a whole one.
| Recipe | Rate |
|---|---|
| Forge the option | 50% |
| Purify (remove the option) | 100% |
| Restore | 100% |