Archeage Items Guide – How To Regrade Gear

in the archeage, in addition to the interesting and challenge trade runs we still need to pay more attention on regarding archeage items. recently, we noticed there are lots of players have no idea about archeage items regrading. now, we are glad to share the expert experience with regarding.

regrading is the process of increasing the grade of items. increasing the grade grants a further bonus of all properties. weapons, armor and accessories that can be regraded will show "regrade available" in orange text at the top of the item information. let's begin with an example:
 

as you can see from this picture, the item in archeage has standard color quality system. and the regrading system aim to allow you to have a chance to upgrade items’ current rarity to higher tier of rarity.
 

while, the regrading wouldn’t guarantee succeed. the possible outcomes of archeage regrading as follow:

success – item’s grade increased by 1.
great success – item’s grade increased by 2.
degrade – item’s grade reduced by 1.
failure – item’s grade have not changed.
destruction – the item got destroyed during the process.

according to my personal subjective experience, there is a list below of what can occur at what rarities, and my perceived percentage.

grand > rare - success 30%, failure 70%
rare > arcane - success 30%, failure 70%
arcane > heroic - success 25%, failure 75%
heroic > unique - success 20%, failure 30%, major failure 50%
unique > celestial - success 10%, failure 10%, major failure (1 grade) 20%, major failure (2 grades) 60%
celestial > divine - success 5%, failure 5%, major failure 5%, catastrophic failure 85%

once you have the piece of gear, regrade scroll and a regrade charm if you choose, you can regrade your gear.

green regrade charm - increases chance by 75% - only for arcane gear
blue regrade charm - increases chance by 75% - only for heroic gear
red regrade charm - increases chance by 75% - only for gear graded unique or below
superior red regrade charm - increases chance by 100 % - for all grade of gear

the circle icon means there is a possibility of that chance occurring. if there is an x, then there is no possibility of that occurring. if you see arrows, then there is an increased chance of this occurring. up until a certain rarity, there is no chance of degrading or destruction; however, if attempting to regrade a higher rarity item, there is a chance of your item to lower in rarity or be completely destroyed.