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# Refining Guide

Everything you need to push your gear's refine level, from safe guaranteed refines to raw ore shopping.

## Refine Master

The Refine Master will refine one equipped item for you using a **Refine Ticket** — with **zero chance of breaking or failing**. He can raise the item up to the ticket's guaranteed level, but only if it's currently refined *below* that level (he won't touch an item that's already caught up).

| NPC           | Location         | What it needs            |
| ------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------ |
| Refine Master | prontera 165,162 | A matching Refine Ticket |

* **Weapon Tickets** only work on weapons.
* **Armor Tickets** work on everything else — armor, shield, garment, footgear, accessories, and headgear.
* Ticket tiers exist from +5 up to +19 (there's no +10 tier). The ticket is consumed the moment it's used, so bring the item you actually want refined.

## Ore Merchant

For classic risk-based refining (via the client's Refine window), you'll need Oridecon or Elunium. Buy both straight from the Ore Merchant:

| Item     | Price       |
| -------- | ----------- |
| Oridecon | 30,000 Zeny |
| Elunium  | 30,000 Zeny |

**Location:** prt\_in 55,61

## Ore Alchemist

Once you've stocked up on plain ore, the Ore Alchemist can compress it into stronger versions via a barter counter — no zeny needed, just ore for ore.

| Give                 | Get                  |
| -------------------- | -------------------- |
| 5x Oridecon          | 1x Enriched Oridecon |
| 5x Elunium           | 1x Enriched Elunium  |
| 10x Oridecon         | 1x HD Oridecon       |
| 10x Elunium          | 1x HD Elunium        |
| 2x Enriched Oridecon | 1x HD Oridecon       |
| 2x Enriched Elunium  | 1x HD Elunium        |

**Enriched** ore boosts your refine success chance. **HD** ore guarantees your item won't break on a failed refine at +7 and above.

**Location:** prt\_in 55,58

## Where to Get Refine Tickets

Refine Tickets don't drop or sell for Zeny — the only in-server source right now is the **Dewata Vending** machine at prontera 142,177, which stocks:

| Item                       | Cost           |
| -------------------------- | -------------- |
| Weapon Refine Ticket (+11) | 50 Dewata Coin |
| Armor Refine Ticket (+11)  | 50 Dewata Coin |

See [Dewata Coin](/wiki/economy-and-currencies/dewata-coin.md) for how to earn Dewata Coin, and [Coin Vending Machines](/wiki/economy-and-currencies/coin-vending-machines.md) for the machine's full catalog.