Unlike the crafted weapons (Illustrious-Erenor), Obsidian gear still has grade inheritance, so if you decide to use a Divine Obsidian Shortspear to craft an Ominous Obsidian Shortspear, it will still retain the Divine grade (or have an extremely small chance to go up a grade). This could be a possible reason why the regrade rates (as seen in this post) for Obsidian gear are lower than Illustrious-Ayanad and other weapons, because Obsidian gear will inherit the grade the material weapon was, unlike Illustrious-Erenor’s grade requirement for crafting up. (They made it easier to regrade successfully for Illustrious to Ayanad so it’s easier to upgrade.)

Without further ado, let’s look at what crafting recipe changes that have occurred for Obsidian gear in 3.5!

Please note that, even with confirmation in the Korean version in the game, these changes may or may not be reflected in the NA/EU version, and/or be altered to suit our version.

Weapons/Instruments

You need a lot of Archeum.

A lot.

Additionally, you don’t need mana wisps as it simply uses Archeum.

T1 needs 15 Sunlight Archeum Crystals

T2 needs 25 Sunlight Archeum Crystals

T3 needs 9 Sunlight Archeum Essences

T4 needs 18 Sunlight Archeum Essences

T5 needs 38 Sunlight Archeum Essences

T6 needs 112 Sunlight Archeum Essences

T7 needs 235 Sunlight Archeum Essences

Armor

It’s the same deal with the weapons. You will need a lot of Archeum, so start saving.

Even with different armor types, the amount of Archeum needs

Head, Feet and Hand pieces:

T1 needs 8 Moonlight Archeum Crystals

T2 needs 12 Moonlight Archeum Crystals

T3 needs 7 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T4 needs 12 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T5 needs 21 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T6 needs 60 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T7 needs 128 Moonlight Archeum Essences

Chest pieces:

T1 needs 10 Moonlight Archeum Crystals

T2 needs 17 Moonlight Archeum Crystals

T3 needs 9 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T4 needs 16 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T5 needs 30 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T6 needs 89 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T7 needs 181 Moonlight Archeum Essences

Leg Pieces:

T1 needs 10 Moonlight Archeum Crystals

T2 needs 17 Moonlight Archeum Crystals

T3 needs 9 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T4 needs 16 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T5 needs 30 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T6 needs 89 Moonlight Archeum Essences

T7 needs 181 Moonlight Archeum Essences

About Existing wisps + gear lower than illustrious

If you have wisps, they can be converted to Illustrious+ Sealed items by using a workbench in Mirage Isle. I will write more details about this in a later post.

As for gear lower than Illustrious:

Artificer’s gear is now the new tier that can be crafted into Illustrious. It is easy to make, as it only requires the needed weapon/armor from the Weapon/Armor Merchants and crafting materials.

Craftsman’s gear can be exchanged for Artificer’s gear at the Mirage Isle Salvage Forge. Artificer’s gear can be crafted into Illustrious gear.

Artisan’s and Conqueror’s gear can be exchanged for Illustrious gear. Artisan gear takes more labor (uses 150 LP) to convert than Conqueror’s gear (uses 1 LP).