Evony Equipment Enhancement Guide: How to Star Up Gear

To star up equipment efficiently in Evony, save your Refining Stones and Gold for permanent endgame sets instead of upgrading temporary gear. Pushing items to five stars at the Forge provides percentage multipliers to base attributes, but success rates drop steeply after three stars. Limiting lower-tier pieces to low star ranks and executing expensive high-tier upgrades during consuming return events prevents wasted materials.

Gear Tiers and Recommended Star Caps

Refining materials invested into lower-tier equipment cannot be fully recovered because dismantling gear returns only a portion of the spent resources. Set strict enhancement stopping points based on equipment tier:

• King and Fearless Sets: Stop at one or two stars. Base stats are too low to justify the failure risks of higher tiers.
• Dragon Equipment: Cap at three stars unless you plan to retain the set indefinitely for monster hunting.
• Ares and Achaemenidae Sets: Upgrade core combat pieces to five stars once unlocked at Forge levels 30 and 33.
• Civilization Equipment: Take to five stars on your main wall general or primary rally leader.
• Subordinate City Mayor Gear: Leave Achaemenidae equipment at base or low star levels initially. Achaemenidae debuffs apply to enemy troops regardless of gear star rank, making mayor upgrades a secondary priority.

Enhancement Costs and Success Rates

Enhancement requires both Refining Stones and Gold. Success rates scale downward as star levels rise, meaning failed attempts consume resources without upgrading the item.

Slot Priority: Weapons and Rings First

Upgrading equipment slots uniformly dilutes combat effectiveness. Offensive stats drive performance in PvP rallies and high-level monster hunting, making attack-oriented slots the primary focus:

1. Weapon: Provides direct percentage multipliers to troop attack.
2. Ring: Grants attack buffs and expands march size capacity.
3. Defensive Armor (Helmet, Boots, Leg Armor, Chest): Focus on defense and HP after offensive slots reach five stars. Fortifying survivability offers diminishing returns if your march lacks the attack power to defeat enemy front lines quickly.

Stockpiling Resources and Timing Consuming Events

Avoid upgrading equipment in small daily attempts. High failure rates at four and five stars can exhaust small reserves without yielding an upgrade. Instead, stockpile a baseline reserve—ideally around 100,000 Refining Stones and 300 million Gold—before attempting five-star enhancements.

Collect Refining Stones and Gold through consistent activities:

• Rally event bosses such as Ymir and Cerberus for stone chests.
• Compete in weekly Battle of Constantinople (BOC) and Battle of Gaugamela (BOG) to redeem shop points and Battlefield Badges for stone packs.
• Buy discounted stones from the Black Market using Gold or Gems.
• Earn Gold from Viking trials, world map Gold Goblins, and subordinate city production.

Once your stockpile is ready, wait for Refining Stone Consuming Return and Gold Consuming events. Check the event milestone tiers (such as 10,000, 30,000, or 50,000 stones) and spend only enough materials to reach your target milestone. Open the reward crates immediately to recycle returned Refining Stones directly into your remaining high-tier upgrades.