Lost Ark: Faceting Guide

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Faceting at the Ability Stone Cutter is something players will need to become intimately familiar with once they reach level 50 in Lost Ark and receive their Tier 1 Set. The act of «Faceting» a gem is a real world practice in which the gem is cut and/or polished to remove impurities or to make it more aesthetically pleasing. Diamonds, for example, are Faceted before they're embedded in jewelry.

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InLost Ark, the act of «Faceting» these lore-canon Ability Stones is cutting away at the unneeded parts of them to enhance the effects of the stone. But, with every Facet, comes the chance for the stone to become worse or even crack, which is where the Reduced Ability Score comes in as well. So that people don't misunderstand or under utilize this system, let's go over Faceting a bit more in-depth.

Ability Stones are introduced alongside Tier 1 Armor at level 50, and they're essentially the way that players exert more control over what exact Engravings they want to max out and when. Not only that, but each jump to the next Item Level Ability Stone usually also has a large stat increase in overall Vitality.

There are Rare, Epic, Legendary, and even Relic-grade Ability Stones at a bunch of different level markers across all three tiers, and the main difference between the rarities is how many nodes they have for each of the three lines. Like the two slots everyone gets for their Engravings, think of the Ability Stone as the largest single way to increase a specific Engraving or even two.

To put it simply, players attempt to facet each of the nodes in all three lines of the Faceting menu and they either succeed or fail. If they succeed, that node is filled in and will then apply that node toward