Adventurer's Guide

Season Gear Guide

Last Edited on : Dec 2, 2025, 23:20 (UTC)
Summary
- Season characters are restricted from using normal gear and can only equip “Naru” and “Tuvala” gear.
- You can obtain and enhance Naru gear by completing the main questline.
- You can obtain Tuvala gear by exchanging Naru gear or seasonal materials.
- You can obtain materials to enhance your Tuvala gear from a variety of means such as defeating monsters or completing weekly and regional quests in monster zones.

Use Naru and Tuvala Gear on the Season Servers

Unlike normal characters, season characters can only equip and use gear with a special seasonal mark on the gear icons.

 

Once a season character has been converted into a normal character through early graduation or automatically after a season has ended, they can use all kinds of gear without restrictions.



Thus, season characters will start with Naru gear, then progress through PEN (V) Naru gear → Tuvala gear → PEN (V) Tuvala gear.

You can obtain Naru gear from the main questline, and you can exchange Naru gear into Tuvala gear.


Enhance PEN (V) Naru Gear

Your first task upon logging into the season server will be to enhance your Naru weapons and defense gear up to PEN (V) enhancement grade. Naru gear are readily available for novice players and once enhanced to the maximum grade, can be exchanged into Tuvala gear.

 

You can earn Naru gear as rewards by completing main quests. You'll also receive Beginner Black Stones from these quests, which are needed to enhance your Naru gear.

 

Once you enhance your Naru main weapon, sub-weapon, helmet, armor, gloves, and shoes to PEN (V), you can exchange them for Tuvala gear via Black Spirit - Enhancement.

 

However, Naru accessories (necklace, ring, earrings, and belt) are much harder to enhance and can’t be swapped for Tuvala gear, so it’s best to use them as is without enhancing them.


Enhance PEN (V) Tuvala Gear

Season Characters can get Tuvala gear by converting PEN (V) Naru gear into it.
Tuvala gear is exclusive to season servers and the best gear set for season characters.



You can enhance Tuvala gear (including accessories) up to PEN (V) and use it throughout the Season. After graduating from the Season, it can be used for quests that guarantee rewards like Boss gear, Blackstar weapons, Kharazad accessories, and Slumbering Origin defense gear.

 

Tuvala Gear Guide ▶

 

To obtain and enhance Tuvala gear, you'll need a Season-exclusive material called Time-filled Black Stones. You can collect these by defeating monsters, finishing weekly quests and monster zone quests, and completing Challenges in the Season server.            

Gathering Seasonal Materials

 

Time-filled Black Stone

On the Season server, you can obtain Time-filled Black Stones that can be used to exchange for Tuvala gear or to enhance it.            

 

■ Defeat Monsters

Time-filled Black Stones can be obtained by defeating monsters anywhere on the Season server (except in certain monster zones).            

 

■ Season Weekly Quests

Completing one of the “[Season] Stronger Tuvala Gear” weekly quests in Quest - Recurring will also reward you with Time-filled Black Stones.            

You can only complete one Season Weekly quest per week and they reset on Thursdays at midnight.

 

■ Regional Monster Zone Quests

Region-specific quests will automatically be accepted upon entering certain monster zones in territories such as Valencia, Kamasylvia, and Drieghan with your season character. Once you’ve completed the objective, you will be able to claim the rewards.

You can only complete these quests once per monster zone and required levels and rewards will vary.

 


Enhancing Tuvala Gear Tips

You may find the max durability of your Tuvala gear depleted and/or lacking the necessary enhancing materials to continue being enhanced.

 

The following information will help you enhance your Tuvala gear more efficiently.

 

Enhancing Tuvala Gear Tips

Exchange your PEN (V) Naru gear for Tuvala weapons and defense gear.

 

You can exchange your PEN (V) Naru gear for PRI (I) Tuvala gear, which lets you skip the process of enhancing Tuvala gear through 0 to +15 enhancement grades.

 

Therefore, it is more efficient to exchange your PEN (V) Naru main weapon, sub-weapon, helmet, armor, gloves, and shoes into PRI (I) Tuvala gear.

 

Upon completing your Awakening and/or Succession questline after reaching Lv. 56, you will be rewarded with your very own PRI (I) Tuvala awakening weapon.

Utilize “Enhancement Chance (Stacks)” and “Naderr’s Band.”

 

Enhancing any piece of gear utilizes a system of “Enhancement Chance,” where “stacks” are built over successive enhancement attempts.

 

The higher the stack, the greater the chance for successfully enhancing a piece of gear. You can also increase your odds by exchanging Black Stones or using items such as Advice of Valks and Valks’ Cry.

 

Failing enhancements will continuously increase your overall stack, which you may want to save to use for enhancing gear with lower success rates via Naderr’s Band.

 

Use Time-filled Black Stones to enhance Tuvala gear from PRI (I) → DUO (II) → TRI (III).            

 

Enhancement is guaranteed to succeed up to TRI (III) when using Time-filled Black Stones.            

Use the Frozen Tides Black Stone to enhance from TET (IV) → PEN (V).

 

Frozen Tides Black Stones, which you can get from the Season Pass or Season Atoraxxion, guarantee 100% enhancement success for Tuvala gear.

 

Therefore, it is most effective to use these stones to enhance your Tuvala gear from TET (IV) to PEN (IV).

Accessories are destroyed if enhancement fails, so you'll need plenty of Time-filled Black Stones.            

 

Unlike Tuvala weapons and defense gear, Tuvala accessories can only be enhanced with the same type of accessory. (Ex: Tuvala Rings require another Tuvala Ring to enhance)

 

Like Tuvala gear, accessories can be safely enhanced up to TRI (III). For further enhancement to TET (IV) and PEN (V), you'll need multiple copies of the same accessory, which means you'll need even more Time-filled Black Stones for exchanges.

 

You can use the Boiling Tides Black Stone item to guarantee a TET (IV) to PEN (V) accessory enhancement attempt!

Obtain Advice of Valks through Fughar’s quests.

 

 

Complete enhancement quests from Fughar to obtain Advice of Valks items. These are simple quests that require your season character to simply show Fughar a piece of Tuvala gear enhanced to the appropriate grade, so don’t miss out!

Find a party for “Rift’s Echo.”

 

The Rift’s Echo is a season-exclusive monster summon scroll.  

 

Use the Rift’s Echo to summon a random boss monster, who, once defeated, will award you with a variety of Tuvala gear that will help you in your seasonal journey.

 

Rift’s Echo requires a full party to complete, so utilize server chat or the Find Party/Platoon function to find like-minded Adventurers to take the monsters down.

 

Each party member may have a different number of Rift’s Echoes on them, so you should discuss within your party before proceeding with this content.

Use the appropriate Enhancement Chance to enhance your Tuvala gear.

 

Many Adventurers utilize the following Enhancement Chance stacks when enhancing to certain grades.

 

Your success rates may vary regardless of the recommended stacks.

 

Enhancement Grade

Weapons / Defense Gear

Accessories

PRI (I)

-

-

PRI (I) -> DUO (II)

-

-

DUO (II) -> TRI (III)

-

-

TRI (III) -> TET (IV)

40 (±10)

35 (±10)

TET (IV) -> PEN (V)

60 (±15)

40 (±10)

 

Level up to obtain a PEN (V) Tuvala Earring and PEN (V) Tuvala Ring.

 

You can obtain complete certain seasonal challenges by leveling up your season character.

 

Reaching Lv. 60 will grant you a PEN (V) Tuvala Ring, and reaching Lv. 61 will grant you a PEN (V) Tuvala Earring, so we recommend that you only enhance one Tuvala Ring and Tuvala Earring to PEN (V) each.


 

Season Graduation Support

 

During the Season event benefit period, if your Season Character reaches Lv. 60 and completes special quests, you'll receive special support items to help you transition smoothly to the normal servers.            

New Season - "Season: V"

  • A new season with PEN-tiful awards, Season: V is here!
 
  • Added 1 new Challenge for Season: V.
[Season: V] Season Character Reached Lv. 60!
Oct 1, 2025 (Wed) after maintenance - Dec 24, 2025 (Thu) before maintenance
Conditions Rewards
Reach Lv. 60 with your Season character Choose Your PEN (V) Boss Defense Gear Box x2
  • Added 5 new quests to Season: V.
    • All quests all available from NPC Fughar. (Requires "All" or "General" Quest Type to be toggled on.)
    • Normal characters can also complete these quests once per Family.
Quest Group: Step Up to PEN in Season: V!
Quest Name Quest Objective Rewards
[Season: V] Subjugate the Dark Rift Boss Defeat a Dark Rift Boss
Choose Your PEN (V) Capotia Accessory Box x1
[Season: V] Subjugate 100 Monsters Defeat 100 monsters
Choose Your PEN (V) Capotia Accessory Box x1
[Season: V] Reach Lv. 61 Reach Lv. 61
Choose Your PEN (V) Capotia Accessory Box x1
[Season: V] Reel Survival Basics Catch green grade fish x1
PEN (V) Acc. 100% Enhancement Kit x1 
Old Moon Alchemy Catalyst x700 
[Season: V] Subjugate 300 Monsters Defeat 300 monsters
PEN (V) Acc. 100% Enhancement Kit x1 
Old Moon Alchemy Catalyst x1,000 
 
  • The following Season-exclusive Hot Time buff will always be applied.
Season Server Hot-Time Buff (Always-on)
Combat EXP +1,000% always!
(from Lv. 50)
  • The reliable helper of season servers, Fughar, continues to provide leveling aid for adventurers experiencing their first season.
    • Leveling aid quests, where you can obtain Essence of Ascent, Blackstar Weapon, Slumbering Origin Defense Gear, and Kharazad accessory, can be completed once per Family.
Prerequisite Quest
[Leveling Aid] Fughar's Help
Requirements
Any adventurer who has graduated from the Season Server and has the "Graduation Cap" in their inventory or Equipment window
How to Start the Quest
Black Spirit - Quest - Suggested (visible when "General" quest type is active)
    • The main objectives and rewards of these quests are as follows.
① PvE Leveling Aid Quests
Quest Name Objective Rewards
[Leveling Aid] A New Ascent Talk to Fughar
Marni's Stone of Ascent
Oquilla Piece of the Old Moon x40
※ The five types of Marni's Stone of Ascent received as a reward can be used to collect samples by defeating monsters in the following zones. Once the sample collection is complete, the Marni's Stone of Ascent can be exchanged with NPC Toshi for 600 Caphras Stones each, totaling 3,000.
▶ Sample Collection Zones: Manshaum Forest, Forest Ronaros, Sherekhan Necropolis (Day), Tshira Ruins, Blood Wolf Settlement
[Leveling Aid] Operation Monster Subjugation I-IV
(Follow-up quest after completing [Leveling Aid] A New Ascent)
Defeat Any Monsters (No restriction on monster type) 
- Defeat 2,000 monsters (Total 4 times) 
Atanis' Element x100
[TIP] By progressing through the four quests while collecting samples with Marni's Stone of Ascent, you can acquire leveling aid items more quickly.
▶ Therefore, we recommend remaining in the sample collection zones for Marni's Stone of Ascent."
② Enhancement Leveling Aid Quests
Quest Name Objective Rewards
[Leveling Aid] Breaking Limits Talk to Fughar
Essence of Ascent - Weapon 
Essence of Ascent - Accessory 
 
▼ Advice of Valks (22 total) 
- Advice of Valks (+150) x1
- Advice of Valks (+130) x2
- Advice of Valks (+100) x3
- Advice of Valks (+80) x6
- Advice of Valks (+60) x10
[Leveling Aid] PEN (V) Blackstar Weapon
(Follow-up quest after completing [Leveling Aid] Breaking Limits)
Hand over DEC (X) Tuvala Weapon
- Choose 1 from PEN (V) Blackstar Main/Awakening/Sub-weapon
[Leveling Aid] TET (IV) Kharazad Accessory
(Follow-up quest after completing [Leveling Aid] Breaking Limits)
Hand over DEC (X) Tuvala Accessory
- Choose 1 from TET (IV) Kharazad Necklace/Earring/Belt/Ring
[Leveling Aid] Breaking Limits II
Talk to Fughar
Essence of Ascent - Defense Gear 
 
▼ Includes the following Advice of Valks (11 total):
Advice of Valks (+150) x1
Advice of Valks (+130) x1
Advice of Valks (+100) x1
Advice of Valks (+80) x3
Advice of Valks (+60) x5
[Leveling Aid] Silent Slumbering Origin Defense Gear
(Follow-up quest after completing [Leveling Aid] Breaking Limits II)
Hand over DEC (X) Tuvala Defense Gear
 
   
- Choose 1 from Silent Labreska's Helmet, Silent Fallen God's Armor, Silent Dahn's Gloves, Silent Ator's Shoes
※ Use the Essence of Ascent - Weapon/Defense Gear/Accessory obtained for enhancement on PEN (V) Tuvala Weapon/Defense Gear/Accessory, and it will be enhanced to HEX (VI) Tuvala Weapon/Defense Gear/Accessory.
Further enhancement to DEC (X) will allow you to obtain the above Leveling Aid items.
※ Each Marni's Stone of Ascent obtained from the [Leveling Aid] A New Ascent quest can be exchanged for Caphras Stone x600 through Marni's Top Assistant Wacky Toshi in each town after filling all samples.
Marni's Top Assistant Wacky Toshi in each town

 


 

Tuvala Weapon/Defense Gear/Accessory Enhancement Guide - HEX (VI) to DEC (X)
  • Enhance your PEN (V) Tuvala gear to DEC (X) level after using the Essence of Ascent - Weapon/Defense Gear/Accessory obtained from the special "[Leveling Aid] Breaking Limits" quest available once per Family.
    • Equip your enhanced Tuvala gear to boost your stats, and when you reach DEC (X), exchange it through an exclusive quest mentioned above for even stronger gear.
HEX (VI) Tuvala Weapon Use the "Essence of Ascent - Weapon" from a special quest to enhance your PEN (V) Tuvala Weapon (guaranteed 100% enhancement).
HEX (VI) Tuvala Accessory Use the "Essence of Ascent - Accessory" from a special quest to enhance your PEN (V) Tuvala Accessories (guaranteed 100% enhancement).
HEX (VI) Tuvala Defense Gear Use the "Essence of Ascent - Defense Gear" from a special quest to enhance your PEN (V) Tuvala Defense Gear (guaranteed 100% enhancement).
    • Enhance your HEX (VI) Tuvala Weapon/Defense Gear/Accessory with Concentrated Magical Black Stone/Essence of Dawn up to DEC (X) level.
      • Tuvala Weapon
Enhancement Level Materials
(Concentrated Magical Black Stone)
Enhancement Chance Example Success Rates Cron Stones Agris Essence
HEX (VI) → SEP (VII) 15 +100 16.50% No downgrade on failure 10
SEP (VII) → OCT (VIII) 25 +120 13.00% 220 11
OCT (VIII) → NOV (IX) 35 +140 11.25% 260 12
NOV (IX) → DEC (X) 50 +160 10.20% 355 13
Exchange your DEC (X) Tuvala weapon from the "[Leveling Aid] PEN (V) Blackstar Weapon" quest for a PEN (V) Blackstar weapon.
- Tuvala Accessory
Enhancement Level
Materials
(Essence of Dawn)
Enhancement Chance Example Success Rates Cron Stones Agris Essence
HEX (VI) → SEP (VII) 10 No consumption 100.00% No failure No failure
SEP (VII) → OCT (VIII) 20 No consumption 100.00% No failure No failure
OCT (VIII) → NOV (IX) 25 No consumption 100.00% No failure No failure
NOV (IX) → DEC (X) 35 No consumption 100.00% No failure No failure
(Exchange your DEC (X) Tuvala accessory via the "[Leveling Aid] TET (IV) Kharazad Accessory" quest for a TET (IV) Kharazad accessory.
- Tuvala Defense Gear
Enhancement Level Materials
(Concentrated Magical Black Stone)
Enhancement Chance Example Success Rates Cron Stones Agris Essence
HEX (VI) → SEP (VII) 15 +100 16.50% No downgrade on failure 10
SEP (VII) → OCT (VIII) 25 +120 13.00% 220 11
OCT (VIII) → NOV (IX) 35 +140 11.25% 260 12
NOV (IX) → DEC (X) 50 +160 10.20% 355 13
Exchange your DEC (X) Tuvala defense gear via the "[Leveling Aid] Silent Slumbering Origin Defense Gear" quest for a Silent Slumbering Origin defense gear.
 
  • Added a new quest, [Season] Proof of Worth.
    • This quest is only available to Season characters.
    • This quest is available once per Family.
Quest NPC Requirement Rewards
Fughar
Season character from Lv. 56
(Defeat any monster x1,000)
Advice of Valks (+60)
Advice of Valks (+70)
Advice of Valks (+80)
Advice of Valks (+90)

 

 


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