Lost Ark: How To Increase Your Item Level

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Once you've reached level 50 in Lost Ark, a vast endgame experience will open up for you. Chaos Dungeons, Guardian Raids, island quests, and much more await. But before you can delve into any of these activities, you'll need to ensure that your item level is up to par with the content you're facing.

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Just like your character, the items you find in Lost Ark also have a level tied to them, referred to as "item level" or "ilvl." Increasing your item level is a simple yet important aspect of the endgame grind. Let's delve into what item level is, how to increase it, and give some tips for increasing your item level quickly.

In Lost Ark, all weapons and armor you obtain come with an item level. This number is used to determine how powerful your character is and what sorts of endgame content they can partake in. The higher your character's overall item level is, the more activities they can do and the higher content tiers you can clear. It's paramount that you increase this number once you reach level 50 to unlock most of Lost Ark's endgame content.

Starting out, items have an incredibly low item level. As you level your character in Lost Ark, you'll receive items with higher item levels, granting your character more potent stats and even ability-centric upgrades when you reach the endgame. You'll start the endgame at around 250 item level—the first breakpoint for clearing Chaos Dungeons and Guardian Raids. Through the honing system and endgame rewards, you'll be able to raise your item level over 1,000 and access T3 content, Lost Ark's most challenging offerings currently available.

If you reach level 50 and don't have ilvl 250 gear, complete the Shushire questline at the north end of