Sorry about the delay on the article, but here it is. Also, I apologize about the long periods of downtime on the site in the past few days; we are ensuring that this will not happen again.

The Awakening of Mistsong Gear will be covered in a future article.

Anyhow, enjoy!

Contents

1 Hiram Equipment
2 Awoken Gear
- 2.1 Hiram Gear

Hiram Equipment

With the new update to Patch 4.5 comes the addition of Hiram equipment, a new line of gear replacing the old and outdated Auroria gear. Dropped from various mobs in Auroria, this new line of gear bears many similarities to that of Erenor gear. Much like that of Erenor gear, Hiram gear is synthesized instead of being regraded, and can be synthesized up to the Celestial grade. Hiram equipment is of the same item level as Delphinad (Meaning the base attack stats and the such are the same, as well as gear score), and can have up to three stats, with one stat being a basic stat (Strength, Agility, etc.), and two stats being auxiliary stats. These stats are shown in the tables in the next section.

As for experience, like Erenor gear, Hiram gear advances to the next grade upon reaching 100% synthesis experience at the current grade. That being said, it can only be synthesized with other Hiram gear or a special drop from the same mobs that drop the equipment, so for those that want to progress their equipment, you’ll have to farm in Auroria quite a bit. Not to worry though, the drop rate for Hiram gear is quite high. Sadly, at this point, the experience values for Hiram gear per grade are unknown.

Hiram gear cannot be broken down via an Evenstone, and the gear Binds on Pickup.

Stats

In the tables below are the stats of the Hiram weapons and armor.

Weapons

Stat Type	Effect	One-Hander		Two-Hander		Bow		Shield		Instrument
		Grand	Celestial	Grand	Celestial	Grand	Celestial	Grand	Celestial	Grand	Celestial
		Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
Default Stat (Choose One)	Strength	24	80	36	120	24	80	24	80	24	80
	Agility	24	80	36	120	24	80	24	80	24	80
	Stamina	24	80	36	120	24	80	24	80	24	80
	Intelligence	24	80	36	120	24	80	24	80	24	80
	Spirit	24	80	36	120	24	80	24	80	24	80
Auxiliary Stats (Choose Two)	Melee Critical Chance	1.3%	4.3%	1.7%	5.5%	1.2%	3.8%
	Ranged Critical Chance	1.3%	4.3%	1.7%	5.5%	1.2%	3.8%
	Magic Critical Chance	1.3%	4.3%	1.7%	5.5%	1.2%	3.8%
	Healing Critical Chance	1.3%	4.3%	1.7%	5.5%	1.2%	3.8%
	Melee Critical Damage	3.6%	12.0%	4.7%	15.5%	3.2%	10.5%
	Ranged Critical Damage	3.6%	12.0%	4.7%	15.5%	3.2%	10.5%
	Magical Critical Damage	3.6%	12.0%	4.7%	15.5%	3.2%	10.5%
	Critical Heal Bonus	3.6%	12.0%	4.7%	15.5%	3.2%	10.5%
	Cast Time	0.8%	2.6%	0.9%	3%	0.7%	2.1%
	Attack Speed	12	40	15	47	10	32
	Physical Defense Penetration	144	480	180	600	123	410
	Magic Defense Penetration	144	480	180	600	123	410
	Melee Attack							4.5	15	4.5	15
	Ranged Attack							4.5	15	4.5	15
	Magic Attack							4.5	15	4.5	15
	Healing Power							4.5	15	4.5	15
	Parry Rate							1.0%	3.2%	1.0%	3.2%
	Shield Block Rate							0.8%	2.4%	0.8%	2.4%
	Evasion							0.4%	1.5%	0.4%	1.5%
	Movement Speed							0.6%	2%	0.6%	2%

Armor

Stat Type	Effect	Helmet		Chest		Legs		Hands		Feet		Wrists		Waist
		Grand	Celestial	Grand	Celestial	Grand	Celestial	Grand	Celestial	Grand	Celestial	Grand	Celestial	Grand	Celestial
		Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum	Minimum	Maximum
Default Stat (Choose One)	Strength	30	97	49	162	39	130	20	65	20	65	10	33	10	33
	Agility	30	97	49	162	39	130	20	65	20	65	10	33	10	33
	Stamina	30	97	49	162	39	130	20	65	20	65	10	33	10	33
	Intellegence	30	97	49	162	39	130	20	65	20	65	10	33	10	33
	Spirit	30	97	49	162	39	130	20	65	20	65	10	33	10	33
Auxiliary Stats (Choose Two)	Movement Speed											0.6%	2%	0.6%	0.2%
	Maximum Health	90	300	150	500	120	400	60	200	60	200
	Resilience	94	312	156	520	125	416	63	208	63	208
	Melee Damage Reduction	0.4%	1.5%	0.8%	2.5%	0.6%	2%	0.3%	1.0%	0.3%	1.0%
	Ranged Damage Reduction	0.4%	1.5%	0.8%	2.5%	0.6%	2%	0.3%	1.0%	0.3%	1.0%
	Magic Damage Reduction	0.4%	1.5%	0.8%	2.5%	0.6%	2%	0.3%	1.0%	0.3%	1.0%
	Shield Defense Penetration	0.9%	3%	1.5%	5.0%	1.2%	4%	0.6%	2%	0.6%	2%
	Shield Defense Penetration Rate	0.9%	3%	1.5%	5.0%	1.2%	4%	0.6%	2%	0.6%	2%
	Toughness											30	100	30	100
	Focus											24	80	24	80
	Backstab Melee Damage											0.8%	2.5%	0.8%	2.5%
	Backstab Ranged Damage											0.8%	2.5%	0.8%	2.5%
	Backstab Magic Damage											0.8%	2.5%	0.8%	2.5%
	Received Healing											1.2%	4.0%	1.2%	4.0%

Drop Locations

In the tabs below, the drop locations of Hiram Equipment are displayed, with the areas being highlighted by the red circles. As mentioned before, these new mobs within the circles drop this new equipment.

The mobs are pictured below.

Heedmar
Marcala
Nuimari
Calmlands

In addition to dropping Hiram gear, these mobs also drop Hiram Awakening Scrolls and Hiram Fortifier, the latter of which can be synthesized into Hiram gear for experience. Hiram Fortifiers give from 200 to 400 experience, with the amount depending on the grade. Grand gives 200 experience, Rare gives 250 experience, and Arcane gives 400 experience.
The mobs are also located all over Golden Ruins and Diamond Shores, but no map to their locations is provided.

Gear List

Unidentified Item	Type	Icon
Unidentified Hiram One-Handed Weapon	Dagger
	Sword
	Katana
	Axe
	Club
	Shortspear
	Scepter
	Bow
	Shield (Physical Defense)
	Shield (Magic Defense)
Unidentified Hiram Instrument	Lute
Unidentified Hiram Instrument	Flute
Unidentified Hiram Two-Handed Weapon	Greatsword
	Nodachi
	Greataxe
	Greatclub
	Longspear
	Staff
Unidentified Hiram Cloth Armor	Head
	Chest
	Legs
	Hands
	Feet
	Wrist
	Waist
Unidentified Hiram Leather Armor	Head
	Chest
	Legs
	Hands
	Feet
	Wrists
	Waist
Unidentified Hiram Plate Armor	Head
	Chest
	Legs
	Hands
	Feet
	Wrists
	Waist

Awoken Gear

Along with the May update came a new system for bettering Hiram and Mistsong gear: Awakening. Awakening is a system in which certain items can be brought to an Awoken state, thus making the items better in terms of stats. For example, in the case of Hiram gear, Awoken Hiram gear becomes ever so slightly better than Ayanad gear but still worse than Tier 7 Obsidian, which when compared to regular Hiram gear, which has item levels equivalent to that of Delphinad gear, is strictly better.

The new interface for Awakening gear is explained in the image below.

Number	Explanation
1	Item Awakening tab added.
2	Slot for item to be Awoken. Right-click on an item in your inventory in order to have it go into the slot. Crystallized equipment cannot be Awoken.
3	Slot for Awakening scroll.
4	The equipment that one will receive if the Awakening is successful.
5	The probability for Awakening. Chance of Success: Additional Success Chance: The additional success chance accumulated from previous failures. Potential Crystallization: The chance of Crystallization occurring upon attempted Awakening.

Hiram Gear

Introduced in the May update, Awoken Hiram Armor is the next tier in Hiram Armor. In order to Awaken your Hiram gear, you must first obtain one of the following items: Hiram Awakening Scroll or Lucky Hiram Awakening Scroll. While the Hiram Awakening Scroll is obtained from mob drops in Auroria and dailies, the Lucky Hiram Awakening Scroll is obtained from the following recipe:

50 Hiram Awakening Scroll
1 Feather of Knowledge (New tradeable item obtained exclusively via the Cash Shop)

The catch in all this is that while the Hiram Awakening Scroll has a 10% to Awaken Hiram gear, and a chance for the item to be Crystallized upon failure, meaning that the item if the item does indeed become Crystallized, the owner of the item cannot attempt to Awaken it anymore, thus having it stuck permanently at its default stage. Meanwhile, the Lucky Hiram Awakening Scroll has a 50% chance to Awaken Hiram gear, and protects the item from being Crystallized upon failure.

Moreover, XL has decided to introduce failstacks to the game with this update. Upon each failure while using the regular Hiram Awakening Scroll, players will receive a stack that will increase the success probability of their next attempt at Awakening a piece of gear by +5%. Like in Black Desert Online, these seem to stack. Meanwhile, while using the Lucky Hiram Awakening Scroll, players will receive a failstack that will increase the success probability of their next attempt at Awakening a piece of gear by +10%.

In addition to Awakening requiring one of the scrolls, in order to Awaken an Hiram item, it must first be at the Celestial grade. So for those thinking of playing the failstack system by using a low-grade piece of Hiram gear, XL thought you might do that, and made it so you can’t.

One important thing to note though is that there exists an item that will reverse a Crystallized Hiram or Mistsong piece of gear to its normal state, thus letting its owner try their luck again at Awakening that piece of gear. The item is called Damage Recovery Scroll, and is purchasable from the Honor Store for 10,000 Honor. The process of un-Crystallizing a piece of gear is shown in the image below. It can be used exclusively on Hiram or Mistsong gear, and thus cannot be used to reverse the effects of a Crystallized piece of crafted gear.

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