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# Weapon Tiers and Tier Smith

Weapons dropped by monsters come with a tier: **Tier I, II, III, IV or SSS**. The best-tier weapon you wear adds ATK and MATK, and the **Tier Smith** on Elf Island raises a weapon's tier by fusing it with two copies of itself.

[▶ Watch: a Claymore from no tier to Tier IV at the Tier Smith (35 s, with sound)](https://download.darkelf.online/media/darkelf_reel_tier_smith.mp4)

## Quick Guide

* Hunt. Every weapon a monster drops rolls a tier. The tier shows at the end of the item name, in colour (for example `+7 Claymore [2] [Tier II]`), and as a coloured pillar when the weapon drops. Weapons from shops and quests have no tier.
* Wear it. Your best worn tier gives the bonus below, on top of everything the weapon already does.
* Want a higher tier? Collect **2 more copies of the same weapon at the same tier**, bring zeny, and talk to the **Tier Smith** at `mainprt 262 199`, next to the Refiner.
* Put your weapon in the window, click **Start**, confirm. The copies and the zeny are used up on every try, win or lose. Your weapon is never destroyed.
* Let the launcher update: the tier names and colours come with the client update.

## Tier Bonus

The bonus is a percentage on top of what the weapon already gives (a staff's own MATK % included). Only your best worn tier counts; two Tier II weapons do not stack.

| Tier     | ATK and MATK |
| -------- | ------------ |
| Tier I   | +3%          |
| Tier II  | +6%          |
| Tier III | +10%         |
| Tier IV  | +15%         |
| SSS      | +20%         |

## Tier Smith

| Upgrade             | Chance | Cost            | If it fails        |
| ------------------- | ------ | --------------- | ------------------ |
| No tier to Tier I   | 100%   | 100,000 zeny    | -                  |
| Tier I to Tier II   | 80%    | 300,000 zeny    | nothing changes    |
| Tier II to Tier III | 60%    | 1,000,000 zeny  | nothing changes    |
| Tier III to Tier IV | 40%    | 5,000,000 zeny  | **drops one tier** |
| Tier IV to SSS      | 1%     | 20,000,000 zeny | **drops one tier** |

* **Material: 2 copies of the same weapon at the same tier as the weapon you upgrade.** A Tier II Claymore needs two more Tier II Claymores.
* The copies must not be worn, carded, bound (unless bound the same way as your weapon), rented or marked favourite. The weapon you upgrade must not be worn.
* The weapon keeps its refine level and its cards. Only the tier changes.
* Copies and zeny are spent on every try, including a failed one. A failed Tier IV or SSS try also lowers the weapon by one tier.
* No upgrade while you are in a trade.

## Where To Find It

| NPC        | Location                                            |
| ---------- | --------------------------------------------------- |
| Tier Smith | `mainprt 262 199` (Elf Island, next to the Refiner) |


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