Map: Equipment

Gear, cards, refinement, and enchantment systems in RO M.

Equipment slots

• Weapon — class-restricted (sword, dagger, bow, staff, mace, knuckle, instrument, …)
• Shield — off-hand for some classes
• Headgear
  • Top (helm)
  • Mid (mask / glasses)
  • Low (mouth / accessory)
• Armor (body)
• Garment (cape / wing)
• Footgear (boots / shoes)
• Accessory ×2 (rings, earrings)
• Costume overlays for visual + bonus enchants on each slot

Systems

• Refining — +N upgrades, safe levels, breaking, oridecon / elunium
• Enchanting — adding random stat lines via NPC
• Cards — slotting monster cards, card combos
• Runes — system overview filed under topics/
• Headgear blueprints — crafting headwear
• Costumes — cosmetic + costume enchantment
• Pet equipment [VERIFY: still a system?]
• Mount system

Card categories

• Weapon cards — % vs race / element / size, atk%, crit, etc.
• Armor cards — defensive, status resist, HP, MDEF
• Headgear cards — utility, drop rate, stat bonuses
• Garment cards — element resist, walking speed
• Footgear cards — HP/SP regen, movement
• Accessory cards — utility, stat bonuses, niche effects
• Card combos — sets that activate when worn together

Refinement quick reference [VERIFY current safe levels]

• Safe refining typically up to +N without breaking
• Above safe → use protection items or gamble
• Higher refines unlock damage thresholds (e.g. attack %, weapon-based skills scale)

Notes to file (suggested order)

1. Card slotting basics → equipment/cards.md
2. Refinement mechanics → equipment/refining.md
3. Headgear blueprint system → equipment/headgear-blueprints.md
4. Enchanting NPCs and cost → equipment/enchanting.md
5. Specific gear sets per class → link from each class note

Conventions for equipment notes

• File name = lowercase, hyphenated: equipment/sword-mace.md, equipment/orc-hero-card.md
• Use frontmatter tags: to mark by slot (weapon, armor, card-weapon, etc.)
• For specific items, include: drop source, refine path, card slots, suggested classes