A simple guide for gear enhancement options.
Introduction
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Overview of Enhancement Items
The Swordsmen X: Survival has several options for improving gear and weapon stats:
| Item | Gear |
| Armour Plates | Used for armour: Head, clothes, trousers, and shoes. |
| Sharpening Stones | Used for melee weapons. |
| Spirit Stones and Gems | Armour and melee weapons |
NB: Accessories, masks, bows, and arrows cannot be enhanced.
The enhancement effects of Armour Plates and Sharpening Stones depend on their level: From 1 (the lowest) to 9 (the highest). These two types of enhancement items are very common and can be found in chests and boxes or looted from monsters. The higher the level of the zone, the higher level of the patches and sharpening stones.
Zone level can be determined from the levels of monsters enhabiting it: The HP gauge of every monster has a circle with a Chinese numeral indicating its level (bosses are the only exception):
- 一 1
- 二 2
- 三 3
- 四 4
- 五 5
- 六 6
- 七 7
NB: There are no level 7 and 8 Armour Plates and Sharpening Stones. Level 9 follows level 6.
The enhancement effects of the Spirit Stones depend on their colour (see below). Blue Spirit Stones are the easiest to obtain: They are a relatively common drop when mining high-level ores. Red, Green, and Yellow Spirit Stones are uncommon drops from monsters (including bosses) and chests/boxes in high-level zones.
Gems are lesser versions of Spirit Stones. Small Saphire is a common drop when mining Iron ore with mid or higher-tier tools. Red and Yellow Lingshi Fragments and Little Emerald are drops from low and mid-tier boxes/chests and monsters (including mini-bosses).
Gear Enhancement Steps
The enhancement process is very easy and does not require any special preparations, tools, or skills. Enhanced gear can be re-enhanced by applying a new enhancement item. The old enhancement will be permanently replaced by a new one.
Follow these steps to enhance gear:
- Move enhancement items and gear to the inventory. Equipped gear can be enhanced without unequipping.
- Right click on an enhancement item (Armour Plate, Sharpening Stone, Spirit Stone, or Gem): The inventory view will automatically switch to the gear tab (marked with the sword icon).
- Left click on the item you wish to enhance
- Follow the prompts and choose ‘Confirm’
If you made a mistake and chose the wrong item or changed your mind, close inventory or press ESC to abort the enhancement process.
Armour Plates
Armour Plates are enhancement options for armour: Head, clothes, trousers, and shoes. The effects are the same for all armour pieces.
There are three types of plates in the game:
- increase HP by [modifier up to 110] (look for this hanzi in the description of the effects 血 *)
- increase internal injury defence (Qi defence) by [modifier from 1 to 6] (look for this hanzi in the description of the effects 內)
- increase trauma defence (Physical defence) by [modifier from 1 to 6] (look for this hanzi in the description of the effects 外)
* 血 means ‘blood’ or ‘health’ in Chinese, if you see it in a game term it is likely that it is somehow related to HP
Sharpening Stones
Sharpening stones are enhancement options for melee weapons. Bows and arrows cannot be enhanced.
There are 2 types of sharpening stones:
- increase internal injury (Qi) damage by [modifier from 1 to 9] (look for this hanzi in the description of the effects 內)
- increase trauma (Physical) damage by [modifier from 1 to 9] (look for this hanzi in the description of the effects 外)
Spirit Stones
Spirit Stones can be used to enhance both armour and weapons. Effects depend on the stone’s colour and specific gear items.
Blue
| Gear | Effect |
| Melee weapon | Attack reduces the target’s trauma defence (Physical defence) |
| Head | +10% damage to spear/lance and long sabre/long, heavy blade |
| Clothes | +30% to internal injury defence (Qi defence) |
| Trousers | +30% to stacking effect (increased damage to stunned or knocked down targets) |
| Shoes | -15% to Stamina consumption |
Yellow
| Gear | Effect |
| Melee weapon | Attack reduces the target’s internal damage defence (Qi defence) |
| Head | +10% damage for unarmed, double swords, and daggers |
| Clothes | +30% to trauma defence (Physical defence) |
| Trousers | +15% to Back Kick effect (the lower HP the higher damage) |
| Shoes | -2s dodge cooldown |
Green
| Gear | Effect |
| Melee weapon | +15% chance to add poison to attack |
| Head | +10% damage for single sword and sabre |
| Clothes | +15% to inner strength (Qi/SP) |
| Trousers | +10% to group fight effects (DMG increase depending on the number of enemies) |
| Shoes | -10% to the block cost (block stamina drain) |
Red
| Gear | Effect |
| Melee weapon | +15% chance to add bleeding to attack |
| Head | +10% damage for greatsword (heavy two-handed sword) and double hammer |
| Clothes | +15% HP |
| Trousers | +15% to Strong Cut effect (increased damage to targets with low HP) |
| Shoes | -10% to energy consumption (SP?) |
Gems
Gems are the lesser versions of the Spirit Stones. They provide weaker enhancements and are available at earlier stages of the game.
Red Lingshi Fragments
| Gear | Effect |
| Melee weapon | +10% chance to add bleeding to attack |
| Head | +5% damage for greatsword (heavy two-handed sword) and double hammer |
| Clothes | +10% HP |
| Trousers | +10% to Strong Cut effect (increased damage to targets with low HP) |
| Shoes | -5% to to energy consumption (SP?) |
Yellow Lingshi Fragments
| Gear | Effect |
| Melee weapon | Attack reduces the target’s internal damage defence (Qi defence) by a small amount |
| Head | +5% damage for unarmed, double swords, and daggers |
| Clothes | +10% to trauma defence (Physical defence) |
| Trousers | +10% to Back Kick effect (the lower HP the higher damage) |
| Shoes | -1s dodge cooldown |
Small Sapphire
| Gear | Effect |
| Melee weapon | Attack reduces the target’s trauma defence (Physical defence) by a small amount |
| Head | +5% damage to spear/lance and long sabre/long, heavy blade |
| Clothes | +20% to internal injury defence (Qi defence) |
| Trousers | +20% to stacking effect (increased damage to stunned or knocked down targets) |
| Shoes | -10% to Stamina consumption |
Little Emerald
| Gear | Effect |
| Melee weapon | +5% chance to add poison to attack |
| Head | +5% damage for single sword and sabre |
| Clothes | +10% to inner strength (Qi/SP) |
| Trousers | +5% to group fight effects (DMG increase depending on the number of enemies) |
| Shoes | -5% to the block cost (block stamina drain) |
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