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Glossary

Attack Power

The attack attribute shown for weapons and other equipment. Main-weapon and Awakening AP are separate values.

Defense Power

The defense attribute displayed on equipment. Compare it alongside the item’s evasion, damage reduction and other effects.

Enhancement

An equipment upgrade level. The available levels, attributes and success chances depend on the item.

Caphras Enhancement

A separate progression for eligible equipment, using Caphras Stones. Each step has a stone requirement and associated attribute gains.

Crystal Preset

A selection of magic crystals and their effects. Crystals are grouped, and a group can limit how many of its crystals may be selected together.

Lightstone

An item infused into an artifact. A matching combination of lightstones can provide an additional combination effect.

Equipment Set

Related equipment with effects tied to the number of matching pieces equipped. Read each piece requirement separately.

Contribution Points

Points used for investments such as nodes. In a route plan, existing investments and new contribution costs are counted separately.

Node

A location in the connected world network. A node may link to other nodes, have a manager, or offer production resources.

Knowledge

Discoveries about the people, creatures, places and objects of the world. Entries are organized into knowledge categories.

Adventure Journal

A bookshelf of objectives arranged into books and chapters. Read the selected chapter’s objective and family reward together.

Life Skill

An activity such as Gathering, Fishing, Cooking or Alchemy with its own progression. Grade names and the level within each grade describe that progression.

Recipe

The ingredients and quantities used to make an item. Batch planning multiplies those input quantities; it does not assume extra random output.

Barter

An exchange of one good for another. In a cargo plan, the order of exchanges determines which goods must be brought at the start.

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