Where excellent and ancient items come from
Excellent items drop from monsters with a 0.15% chance from a shared pool of random excellent items. They're rare, so it's best to combine farming with leveling or quests.
Ancient items, just like in original Season 6, are rare drops. You can buy ready-made excellent and ancient items from other players on the Market.
How excellent and ancient change item requirements
Excellent and ancient items don't just give bonuses, they also increase the requirements for your character. The internal drop_level parameter is 25 higher for excellent, 30 higher for ancient, and each upgrade level adds +3. That means such an item is harder to equip than a normal one.
Before using an upgrade jewel, check if your hero has enough level and stats. Otherwise the item might be useless until you level up.
Ancient sets: 36 sets and their bonuses
There are 36 ancient sets on the server. Each set consists of several items: armor, weapon, rings, or pendants. The full bonus activates when you have the required pieces equipped.
For example, the Agnis set gives Critical Damage Bonus +20 and Excellent Damage Bonus +20. The Berserker set adds Skill Damage Bonus +50 and Total Strength +40.
Check class restrictions on the specific set page: not all sets suit every class.
Examples of ancient sets
| Set | Composition | Full Set Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Agnis | Adamantine Mask, Adamantine Armor, Adamantine Pants, Ring of Poison | Critical Damage Bonus +20, Excellent Damage Bonus +20 |
| Berserker | Scale Helm, Scale Armor, Scale Pants, Scale Gloves, Scale Boots | Skill Damage Bonus +50, Total Strength +40 |
| Aruan | Guardian Helm, Guardian Armor, Guardian Pants, Guardian Boots | Excellent Damage Chance +15%, Defense Ignore Chance +5% |
| Semeden | Red Wing Helm, Red Wing Armor, Red Wing Gloves, Red Wing Boots | Excellent Damage Chance +15%, Defense Ignore Chance +5% |
| Kantata | Plate Armor, Plate Gloves, Plate Boots, Ring of Poison, Ring of Wind | Excellent Damage Chance +10, Excellent Damage Bonus +20 |
| Apollo | Skull Staff, Pad Helm, Pad Armor, Pad Pants, Pad Gloves, Ring of Magic, Pendant of Ice | Excellent Damage Chance +10%, Total Energy +30 |
| Cloud | Brass Helm, Brass Pants | Critical Damage Chance +20%, Critical Damage Bonus +50 |
| Eplete | Plate Shield, Scale Helm, Scale Armor, Scale Pants, Pendant of Lighting | Critical Damage Chance +10%, Excellent Damage Chance +10% |
| Gywen | Silver Bow, Guardian Armor, Guardian Gloves, Guardian Boots, Pendant of Ability | Critical Damage Bonus +20, Excellent Damage Bonus +20 |
| Hyon | Lighting Sword, Dragon Helm, Dragon Gloves, Dragon Boots | Critical Damage Bonus +20, Excellent Damage Bonus +20 |
Recycling excellent items and crafting wings
Excellent items can be recycled at Osbourne into Higher Refining Stone. Normal items give Lower Refining Stone. These stones are needed for crafting in the Chaos Machine.
When creating 2nd level wings, you can add excellent items +4 or higher to increase the success chance up to 90%. The base crafting cost is 5,000,000 Zen.
So even unwanted excellent drops are useful: don't rush to throw them away.
Practical tips
Level in places with dense mobs to see more monsters and get a chance at that 0.15% excellent drop.
Check the Market: players sell ready-made excellent and ancient items for Goblin Points. This may be faster than collecting everything yourself.
One item can't be both excellent and ancient at the same time.
If you're unsure about requirements, check the item or set page in the wiki. Classes and composition are listed there.