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# Refinement

*Every strike strengthens the relic. No level is left to chance.*

**Refinement** permanently increases the refine level of compatible equipment.

EldenRO's ordinary forge uses guaranteed progression: when the required **Forge Runes** and Zeny are available, the selected refine step succeeds.

{% hint style="success" %}
Ordinary Refinement does not fail, break the item or reduce its refine level.
{% endhint %}

***

## Refinement at a Glance

| Rule                    | Current Value                 |
| ----------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| Maximum ordinary refine | **+25**                       |
| Success chance          | **100%**                      |
| Main materials          | Forge Rune \[1]–\[8]          |
| Final material          | Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone |
| Zeny per step           | Destination level × 10,000    |
| Special relic path      | Somber progression up to +10  |

***

## Where to Refine

The ordinary service is available from:

| Blacksmith        | City        |
| ----------------- | ----------- |
| Hollgrehenn       | Prontera    |
| Aragham           | Morocc      |
| Antonio           | Payon       |
| Fredrik           | Alberta     |
| Lambert           | Juno        |
| Manthasman Pruhag | Einbroch    |
| Fulerr            | Lighthalzen |

All of these blacksmiths use the same ordinary rules.

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## Equipment Requirements

The item must be equipped before speaking with the blacksmith.

The service can select occupied equipment slots such as:

* Head.
* Body.
* Left Hand.
* Right Hand.
* Cloak.
* Boots.
* Accessory 1.
* Accessory 2.

The ordinary forge rejects:

* Empty equipment slots.
* Items already at +25.
* Targets lower than or equal to the current refine.
* Targets above +25.
* Weapon Level 4 relics.
* Equipment that does not support ordinary Refinement.

Weapon Level 4 relics belong to the separate Somber path.

***

## How Refinement Works

1. Equip the item.
2. Speak with an ordinary blacksmith.
3. Select the equipment slot.
4. Enter a target refine level.
5. Review every missing step and its cost.
6. Confirm the process.
7. The smith performs each refine step in order.

The smith can refine several levels during one interaction.

For example, an item at +6 may target +10. The service calculates +7, +8, +9 and +10 separately.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Prepare the full cumulative amount of Runes and Zeny before confirming a multi-level target.

The service processes the sequence one step at a time.
{% endhint %}

***

## Forge Rune Progression

| Destination Levels | Required Material             | Quantity Pattern |
| ------------------ | ----------------------------- | ---------------- |
| +1 to +3           | Forge Rune \[1]               | 2, 4, 6          |
| +4 to +6           | Forge Rune \[2]               | 2, 4, 6          |
| +7 to +9           | Forge Rune \[3]               | 2, 4, 6          |
| +10 to +12         | Forge Rune \[4]               | 2, 4, 6          |
| +13 to +15         | Forge Rune \[5]               | 2, 4, 6          |
| +16 to +18         | Forge Rune \[6]               | 2, 4, 6          |
| +19 to +21         | Forge Rune \[7]               | 2, 4, 6          |
| +22 to +24         | Forge Rune \[8]               | 2, 4, 6          |
| +25                | Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone | 1                |

Within each Forge Rune tier:

* First level requires 2 Runes.
* Second level requires 4 Runes.
* Third level requires 6 Runes.

Each complete tier therefore requires **12 Runes**.

***

## Zeny Cost

Each refine step costs:

> **Destination Refine Level × 10,000 Zeny**

| Destination | Zeny Cost |
| ----------: | --------: |
|          +1 |    10,000 |
|          +5 |    50,000 |
|         +10 |   100,000 |
|         +15 |   150,000 |
|         +20 |   200,000 |
|         +25 |   250,000 |

A complete journey from +0 to +25 costs:

> **3,250,000 Zeny**

***

## Complete +25 Requirement

Starting from +0, reaching +25 requires:

| Material                      |     Total |
| ----------------------------- | --------: |
| Forge Rune \[1]               |        12 |
| Forge Rune \[2]               |        12 |
| Forge Rune \[3]               |        12 |
| Forge Rune \[4]               |        12 |
| Forge Rune \[5]               |        12 |
| Forge Rune \[6]               |        12 |
| Forge Rune \[7]               |        12 |
| Forge Rune \[8]               |        12 |
| Ancient Dragon Smithing Stone |         1 |
| Zeny                          | 3,250,000 |

Total ordinary Forge Runes:

> **96 Forge Runes**

***

## Example: +6 to +10

| Step | Material        | Quantity |    Zeny |
| ---- | --------------- | -------: | ------: |
| +7   | Forge Rune \[3] |        2 |  70,000 |
| +8   | Forge Rune \[3] |        4 |  80,000 |
| +9   | Forge Rune \[3] |        6 |  90,000 |
| +10  | Forge Rune \[4] |        2 | 100,000 |

Total required:

* 12 Forge Rune \[3].
* 2 Forge Rune \[4].
* 340,000 Zeny.

***

## Somber Relics

Special relics use a separate path intended to reach **+10**.

Their material family contains:

* Somber Smithing Stone \[1]–\[9].
* Somber Ancient Dragon for +10.

The ordinary +25 blacksmith does not process this path.

***

## Quick Guide

1. Equip the intended item.
2. Confirm that it belongs to ordinary Refinement.
3. Choose a target above the current refine.
4. Prepare the cumulative Forge Runes.
5. Prepare the cumulative Zeny.
6. Review the selected slot and target.
7. Confirm the process.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Guaranteed success still consumes every required Rune and Zeny permanently.
{% endhint %}

***

## Related Guides

<table data-view="cards"><thead><tr><th></th><th></th><th data-hidden data-card-target data-type="content-ref"></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Forge Runes</strong></td><td>Review the ordinary +25 material progression.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Somber Runes</strong></td><td>Understand the separate +10 path for special relics.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td><strong>Enchantments</strong></td><td>Learn how Inscriptions differ from refine levels.</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>


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