Item quality and level

Every weapon and piece of armour has a quality. Each step up gives better attributes. The order is always the same:

Quality is separate from the plus level (+1, +2…) and from sockets. A good item can have all three.

Open the Forging icon, choose the item from your inventory, then add Meteors or Dragon Balls. The more you put in, the better your chance of success.

Picture	Item	Raises	Example
	Meteor	Level (quality stays)	Level 60 Super → level 70 Super
	Dragon Ball	Quality (level stays)	Level 70 Elite → level 70 Super

At high levels, Meteors are no longer enough and the level can only be raised with Dragon Balls:

• Meteors drop from monsters, and you can also buy them from NPCs or other players or earn them in quests. Besides levelling gear, they change an item's colour, are used to divorce a spouse and appear in some quests.
• Dragon Balls come from the Shopping Mall (one costs 215 CPs there), monsters, quests and other players.
• Dragon Balls also open sockets in weapons, take weapons from level 120 to 130, reset attribute points and are used in the quest One Good Turn Deserves Another.

Gear wears down as you use it. Before it breaks, ask the Pharmacist, Storekeeper, Armorer or Blacksmith to repair it for some silver: click Repair, then click the item. The Equipment Blacksmith can do a better repair of worn-out items in exchange for Meteors. Some quest items, such as the Christmas Cap, cannot be repaired.