Socket System

A socket item is a piece of equipment with empty slots in it. On its own it is no better than a normal item — the power comes from what you put into those slots. You fill them with Seed Spheres, and each sphere adds an option to the item.

The appeal is that you choose the direction. An excellent item gives you whatever options it dropped with; a socket item lets you build attack, defence, survivability or critical damage on purpose — and because you get your spheres back when you take them out, you can keep changing your mind.

Where it all happens: the Seed Master

Every part of the socket system runs through one NPC, the Seed Master — not the Chaos Goblin Machine. Talk to him and you get the Socket System Combination window.

His window has seven tabs, one per operation. Everything below is one of these:

The three things you need

Three different items are involved, and they are easy to confuse because they sound alike:

• A Seed carries the element — Fire, Water, Ice, Wind, Lightning or Earth. The element decides which options you can get.
• A Sphere carries the level. The higher the level, the stronger the option.
• Combine the two and you get a Seed Sphere — the finished item you actually mount into a socket.

Making a Seed

Under Seed Extraction you turn gear you no longer need into a Seed: register two Set or Excellent items, add three jewels, and pay the fee.

Making a Seed Sphere

Combine Seed Sphere merges a Seed and a Sphere into the finished article, with two jewels as the binding material.

Where Seeds and Spheres come from

You do not have to craft everything — Seeds, Spheres and even finished Seed Spheres drop in the world. This shows you exactly which monsters and boxes give them on our server:

Find where Seeds & Spheres drop

How to build a socket item

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Mount them

Use Seed sphere application: register the socket item and the sphere, add two jewels, and the sphere goes into an empty socket.

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Change your mind freely

Unsocket Seed Sphere takes a sphere back out. You keep the sphere, it keeps its level, and the item is left with an empty socket ready for something else.

Adding a socket to an item

An item does not have to stay with the sockets it was born with. The Jewel of Wisdom opens one extra slot:

Jewel of Wisdom

Success: 100% Adds: 1 empty socket Ceiling: up to 5 sockets

Use it on an item that already has sockets and it opens one more empty slot. This is the only way to add a socket after the item was created, and it stops at 5.

Socket Item Upgrade: 380 → 400

Once you outgrow your level-380 gear you do not have to throw it away. The Socket Item Upgrade tab converts a 380 socket item into its level-400 Mastery counterpart — a Hades Armor becomes a Dark Devil Armor, an Inberial Staff becomes a Miracle Staff, and so on.

What the item you put in must be

Item level: +11 to +15 Sockets needed: at least 2 Sockets must be: completely empty Cost: 10,000,000 Zen Success: 80%

Materials

1× Socket Upgrade Note Ruud Shop: 5,0005× Jewel of Bless5× Jewel of Soul1× Jewel of Chaos

What you get back

• It keeps the same number of sockets as the item you put in.
• The Seed Spheres are not carried over — that is why the sockets have to be empty before you start.
• The new item comes out at +0, so the +11–+15 you put in is gone. Enchant it again afterwards.
• It comes without Skill and without Luck.

There is a 20% chance it fails. When it does, the item is destroyed — along with the materials. Never put in something you cannot afford to lose.

Every upgrade path (118)

Level 380 socket item		Level 400 socket item
Inberial Staff		Miracle Staff
Guardian Shield		Dark Devil Shield
Hades Helm		Dark Devil Helm
Hades Armor		Dark Devil Armor
Hades Pants		Dark Devil Pants
Hades Gloves		Dark Devil Gloves
Hades Boots		Dark Devil Boots
Flameberge		Cyclone Sword
Titan Helm		Stormwing Helm
Titan Armor		Stormwing Armor
Titan Pants		Stormwing Pants
Titan Gloves		Stormwing Gloves
Titan Boots		Stormwing Boots
Sword Breaker		Sonic Blade
Brave Helm		Lazy Wind Helm
Brave Armor		Lazy Wind Armor
Brave Pants		Lazy Wind Pants
Brave Gloves		Lazy Wind Gloves
Brave Boots		Lazy Wind Boots
Dark Stinger		Angelic Bow
Frost Barrier		Light Lord Shield
Seraphim Helm		Sticky Helm
Seraphim Armor		Sticky Armor
Seraphim Pants		Sticky Pants
Seraphim Gloves		Sticky Gloves
Seraphim Boots		Sticky Boots
Divine Helm		Light Lord Helmet
Divine Armor		Light Lord Armor
Divine Pants		Light Lord Pants
Divine Gloves		Light Lord Gloves
Divine Boots		Light Lord Boots
Rune Bastard Sword		Asura
Deadly Staff		Miracle Staff
Salamander Shield		Magic Knight Shield
Phantom Armor		Hell Night Armor
Phantom Pants		Hell Night Pants
Phantom Gloves		Hell Night Gloves
Phantom Boots		Hell Night Boots
Deadly Staff		Miracle Staff
Destroy Armor		Magic Knight Armor
Destroy Pants		Magic Knight Pants
Destroy Gloves		Magic Knight Gloves
Destroy Boots		Magic Knight Boots
Absolute Scepter		Thunderbolt
Royal Mask		Ambition Mask
Royal Armor		Ambition Armor
Royal Pants		Ambition Pants
Royal Gloves		Ambition Gloves
Royal Boots		Ambition Boots
Eternal Wing Stick		Summon Spirit Stick
Eternal Wing Helm		Succubus Helm
Eternal Wing Armor		Succubus Armor
Eternal Wing Pants		Succubus Pants
Eternal Wing Gloves		Succubus Gloves
Eternal Wing Boots		Succubus Boots
Pantera Claws		Devast Claws
Tigris Helm		Crimson Skull Helm
Tigris Armor		Crimson Skull Armor
Tigris Pants		Crimson Skull Pants
Tigris Boots		Crimson Skull Boots
Rectuus Lance		Russell Light Lance
Grace Shield		Constant Shield
Grace Helm		Constant Helm
Grace Armor		Constant Armor
Grace Pants		Constant Pants
Grace Gloves		Constant Gloves
Grace Boots		Constant Boots
Crimson Glory		Lazy Wind Shield
Frost Rune Mace		Light Road Runic Mace
Rune Divine Helmet		Rune Light Helmet
Rune Devine Armor		Rune Light Armor
Rune Divine Pants		Rune Light Pants
Rune Divine Gloves		Rune Light Gloves
Rune Divine Boots		Rune Light Boots
Paring Short Sword		Novakura Short Sword
Fidelity Helm		Trace Helm
Fidelity Armor		Trace Armor
Fidelity Pants		Trace Pants
Fidelity Gloves		Trace Gloves
Fidelity Boots		Trace Boots
Weiwen Magic Gun		Cannon Magic Gun
Titan Gunner Helmet		Stormwinger Helmet
Titan Gunner Armor		Stormwinger Armor
Titan Gunner Pants		Stormwinger Pants
Titan Gunner Gloves		Stormwinger Gloves
Titan Gunner Boots		Stormwinger Boots
Wise Magic Book		Legendary Magic Book
Bright Helmet		Darjeeling Helmet
Bright Armor		Darjeeling Armor
Bright Pants		Darjeeling Pants
Bright Gloves		Darjeeling Gloves
Bright Boots		Darjeeling Boots
Spinel Orb		Almandin Orb
Finesse Helmet		Geist Helmet
Finesse Armor		Geist Armor
Finesse Pants		Geist Pants
Finesse Gloves		Geist Gloves
Finesse Boots		Geist Boots
Dragon Blade		Blood Blade
Primal Helmet		Apex Helmet
Primal Armor		Apex Armor
Primal Pants		Apex Pants
Primal Gloves		Apex Gloves
Primal Boots		Apex Boots
Amber Wand		Morganite Wand
Amber Elixir		Morganite Elixir
Integrity Helmet		Justice Helmet
Integrity Armor		Justice Armor
Integrity Pants		Justice Pants
Integrity Gloves		Justice Gloves
Integrity Boots		Justice Boots
Blast Hammer		Belief Hammer
Blast Shield		Belief Shield
Trust Helm		Saint Helm
Trust Armor		Saint Armor
Trust Pants		Saint Pants
Trust Gloves		Saint Gloves
Trust Boots		Saint Boots

How many sockets you can get

Socket items that drop in the world roll their slot count by item type. These are the chances:

The six elements and what they give

This is the heart of the system. Each element has its own pool of options; when you mount a sphere you get one option from that pool at random. The chance column tells you how likely each one is, and the numbers show what you get at each sphere level.

Fire6 options

Seed Sphere (Fire) [Step: 1]

Option	Chance	Value by level
		1	2	3	4	5
Increases DMG and Wizardry DMG for every 20 levels.	17.6%	+11	+12	+13	+14	+15
Attack speed increase	11.8%	+7	+8	+9	+10	+11
Maximum attack/Wizardry increase	17.6%	+30	+32	+35	+40	+45
Minimum attack/Wizardry increase	23.5%	+20	+22	+25	+30	+35
Attack/Wizardry increase	11.8%	+20	+22	+25	+30	+35
AG cost decrease	17.6%	+40%	+41%	+42%	+43%	+44%

Water5 options

Seed Sphere (Water) [Step: 1]

Option	Chance	Value by level
		1	2	3	4	5
Block rating increase	6.7%	+10%	+11%	+12%	+13%	+14%
Defense increase	20%	+30	+33	+36	+39	+41
Shield protection increase	33.3%	+100%	+150%	+250%	+300%	+350%
Damage reduction	13.3%	+4%	+5%	+6%	+7%	+8%
Damage reflection	26.7%	+5%	+6%	+7%	+8%	+9%

Ice5 options

Seed Sphere (Ice) [Step: 1]

Option	Chance	Value by level
		1	2	3	4	5
Monster destruction for the Life increase	21.4%	+250	+280	+310	+340	+372
Monster destruction for the Mana increase	14.3%	+400	+450	+500	+550	+601
Skill attack increase	7.1%	+37	+40	+45	+50	+57
Attack rating increase	35.7%	+25	+27	+30	+35	+42
Item durability increase	21.4%	+30%	+32%	+34%	+36%	+40%

Wind6 options

Seed Sphere (Wind) [Step: 1]

Option	Chance	Value by level
		1	2	3	4	5
Automatic Life recovery increase	16%	+8	+10	+13	+16	+21
Maximum Life increase	12%	+100	+115	+130	+145	+165
Maximum Mana increase	16%	+150	+165	+180	+195	+215
Automatic Mana recovery increase	20%	+7	+14	+21	+28	+37
Maximum AG increase	16%	+70	+82	+95	+110	+126
AG value increase	20%	+5	+7	+9	+11	+13

Lightning4 options

Seed Sphere (Lightning) [Step: 1]

Option	Chance	Value by level
		1	2	3	4	5
Excellent damage increase	28.6%	+15	+20	+25	+30	+36
Excellent damage rate increase	14.3%	+10%	+11%	+12%	+13%	+14%
Critical damage increase	42.9%	+30	+32	+35	+40	+47
Critical damage rate increase	14.3%	+8%	+9%	+10%	+11%	+12%

Earth4 options

Seed Sphere (Earth) [Step: 1]

Option	Chance	Value by level
		1	2	3	4	5
Strength increase	25%	+6	+8	+9	+10	+11
Agility increase	25%	+1	+2	+3	+4	+5
Health increase	25%	+30	+32	+34	+36	+38
Energy increase	25%	+10	+12	+13	+15	+17

Upgrading your Seed Spheres

A higher-level sphere gives a stronger version of the same option. Under Seed Sphere Enhance you feed in two spheres of the same level and get one of the next level back:

You put in	Plus	You get	Success	Cost
2× Seed Sphere Level 1	4× Sphere Upgrade Rune	1× Level 2	90%	10,000,000 Zen
2× Seed Sphere Level 2	5× Sphere Upgrade Rune	1× Level 3	89%	13,000,000 Zen
2× Seed Sphere Level 3	5× Sphere Upgrade Rune	1× Level 4	89%	16,000,000 Zen
2× Seed Sphere Level 4	5× Sphere Upgrade Rune	1× Level 5	89%	19,000,000 Zen

Element combinations — the extra bonus

Here is the part most players miss. If the spheres on a single item form the right combination of elements, the item gains an extra bonus on top of the individual options:

Special options

The rarest rewards in the system. They need a specific spread of elements mounted at once, which in practice means a five-socket item and a lot of preparation:

Worth knowing

• Nothing is permanent. Spheres come back out with their level intact, so you can rebuild an item for a new build whenever you like.
• Empty slots are free. There is no penalty for carrying an unfilled socket item — fill the slots as you can afford them.
• The option is random within the element. You choose the element, not the exact option, so expect to re-roll a few times for the one you want.
• Plan the combination first. Decide which bonus you are aiming for, then buy spheres to match — it is far cheaper than fixing it afterwards.