Gear

There are 4 main types of gear in Tower of Fantasy: Weapons, Matrices, Armor, and Relics.

Weapons

Obtained through spending nuclei on the various gacha banners in the game and world bosses.

They can be upgraded through levels and advancements.

Every weapon has a Type (resonance) and an Element.

Leveling Weapons

To level up a weapon, you will need Weapon EXP batteries which are obtained through various means including gacha, shops, password boxes, and more. Each level boosts the base stats of that weapon.

Every 10 levels, you will need Weapon Upgrade Materials to raise the level cap another 10 levels. They are obtained through dungeons, shops, battle pass, events, and more.

The maximum weapon level is 2x your character level (raises every 5 character levels).

Advancements

SR and SSR weapons can also be advanced. To advance a weapon, you will need to acquire a duplicate copy of that weapon. This will add a star to the weapon, boosting its base stats and unlocking a powerful effect.

The maximum stars for all weapons is 6, so including the base copy you will need to obtain a weapon 7 times to max it out. Subsequent copies will be converted into Black Market Coins.

Matrices

Matrices act as attachments to your weapons. You can equip one matrix on each of the 4 slots per weapon. Matrices have a slot they belong to and they can't be placed in any spot outside of that

Each set of Matrices has a unique 3-piece set effect, or in the case of SSR matrices, 2-piece and 4-piece set effects.

Obtained through gacha banners, Joint Operation, world bosses, housing, and Void Rifts.

Like weapons, they can be upgraded through levels and advancements.

Leveling Matrices

To level up a matrix, you will need Matrix EXP chips, obtained through shops, password boxes, events, and more. Each level boosts the base stats of that matrix.

The maximum level for a matrix is 1:1 to your character level (raises every 5 character levels).

Advancements

Like weapons, SR and SSR matrices can be advanced. To advance a matrix, you will need a duplicate copy of that matrix, in the correct slot. This will add a star to the matrix, boosting its base stats.

Matrix set effects can be upgraded by advancing every piece in the set to a higher star. For example, if you have a 2-piece set of Shiro Matrices and advance both pieces to 1★, the damage bonus will be increased from 15% to 19%. Basically, the next value will be used. If even one matrix of the set is not on par with the others, the set effect will be determined by the weakest one.

The maximum stars for an SR Matrix is 2 stars and for an SSR Matrix the limit is 3 stars.

Armor

Falcon combat suit in the game

Armor (sometimes also called equipment or gear) provides passive stat increases, and can be obtained through shops, dungeons.

Each piece of armor has a set of fixed stats, and a section for random bonus stats. They can be upgraded through fusion and enhancement.

Fusion

Fusion is similar to leveling up your armor. You feed an EXP crystal or an armor piece of the same type into another armor piece. When the EXP meter is filled, that piece will receive one star, randomly boosting one of the bonus stats by a random amount (within a range).

The maximum number of stars depends on the tier of the armor: blue can have 3 stars; purple can have 4; gold can have 5.

Feeding a starred piece of armor into a new one will result in reduced EXP. You can also dismantle a piece into crystals, which is useful if you have spare helmets but need to level up your shoulder piece.

Enhancement

Enhancing armor requires gold and Booster Modules, which are obtained through shops and Bygone Phantasm. It will add a +1 to your armor, boosting the fixed stats of that piece.

Every 5th level you will need an increased amount of gold, and Advancement Modules as well. When all of your armor pieces reach an increment of 5 (+5, +10, +15..) then you will receive an additional stat boost.

Enhancement level will carry over when replacing armor. If you have +10 on your current gloves, you can equip new gloves and they will be +10. Think of it as enhancing the armor slot rather than the piece.

Relics

Relics are active tools that you can use in combat or for exploration. They can be upgraded through advancements, similar to weapons.

Advancements

Advancements improve the effects of Relics such as increasing their damage, lowering their cooldown, or even adding new abilities.

Each relic can be advanced up to 5 times by using Relic Fragments. Fragments can be obtained through various shops, events, battle pass, ruins and more. At 4★ they will provide a passive stat such as elemental attack or reduced elemental damage taken.