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Dragonsteel is an alloy forged by the breath of an ancient dragon. (Weapons/Armor) Ethereal Dust – Allows items to ignore physical laws. (Weapons/Armor) Leviathan Scale – Makes the wearer invulnerable to pressure and cold. (Armor only) Star Fragment – ​​a tier 1 weapon material that cuts through reality itself. (Weapon only) Titan Blood is a living metal that heals cracks and chips on its own. (Weapons/Armor)

Mithril is a legendary light and durable "silver" metal. (Weapons/Armor) Obsidian is a volcanic glass that ignores normal defenses. (Weapons only) Basilisk Scales – Protects against poisons and magical burns. (Armor only) Darksteel is a metal forged in the blood of Abyssal monsters. (Weapon/Armor) Meteoric iron—fallen from the heavens, connected to the cosmos. (Weapons/Armor) Moonsilk is a weightless fabric that glows in the dark. (Armor only) Adamantite is a virtually indestructible, but very heavy metal. (Weapons/Armor) Heart of Flame – A hot crystal used to create fire weapons. (Weapons only) Manticore skin is as flexible and strong as fine steel. (Armor only) Cobalt is a magical blue metal that enhances mana. (Weapons/Armor)

Copper is a soft metal often found in the upper layers of caves. (Weapons/Armor) Iron is the foundation of any beginner's gear, reliable and inexpensive. (Weapons/Armor) Rough Leather – obtained from common boars, provides weak protection. (Armor only) Tin alloy is a lightweight but brittle material for household blades. (Weapons only) Wild Linen Fabric – Used for linings and light mage robes. (Armor only) Flint is a sharp stone used for primitive axes and arrows. (Weapons only) Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin, slightly stronger than regular iron. (Weapons/Armor) Hardened Wood – Oil-impregnated wood for staves and bows. (Weapons/Armor) Wolf Bone - Used to craft serrated blades. (Weapon only) Lead is heavy and toxic, suitable for weighting hammers. (Weapons only) Rawhide is slightly stronger than leather and holds its shape well. (Armor only) Steel is the Arastar standard of quality for experienced mercenaries. (Weapons/Armor) Crystalline salt is a fragile material with magical resonance. (Weapon only) Thick hide – provides good protection against piercing strikes. (Armor only) Nickel is a shiny metal that is resistant to corrosion in underground environments. (Weapons/Armor)

These enchantments don't just protect, they change the physics of interaction with the world and enemies. Regular (Passive modules): Hardness: Hardens the material's structure. Provides a fixed +10 armor bonus and nothing more. Buffer: Softens incoming physical impacts, making the character slightly harder to knock down. Carrying Capacity: Reduces the weight of the armor itself and allows you to carry 5 more items in your backpack. Spring: Slightly increases dash range (by 5-10%). Glitter: Makes armor appear cleaner and brighter. Increases the chance that merchants will offer a slightly better price when selling resources. Epic (Active Add-ons): Vampiric Thorn: 10% of melee damage dealt to you is returned to the enemy and you are restored to 1 health. Overload: When your health drops below 20%, the armor emits a blinding flash, disorienting all enemies for 3 seconds. Second Chance: Once every 5 minutes, the armor can automatically block any one fatal blow, leaving you with 1 HP. Kinetic Energy Storage: While running, the armor stores energy. Your next jump after a long run will be three times higher than normal. Legendary (Reality Distortion): Cryo-Stasis (Absolute Ice): Legendary cold magic. Upon receiving damage, a "null field" is created around the caster for 1 second. Time freezes for enemies within a 2-meter radius, and incoming bullets or arrows simply stop in mid-air and fall. Molecular Repair: This enchantment makes your armor "alive." As soon as you're hit, the armor instantly absorbs the attack's energy and uses it to instantly heal your wounds. In fact, the harder you're hit, the faster you heal. If a blow would be fatal, the armor goes into "Overdrive," making you completely immortal for 10 seconds. Spatial Shift: Instead of absorbing damage, the armor simply transports your body into subspace upon impact with an enemy weapon. You physically remain in place, but attacks pass through {{user}} , with a passive defense of 90%.

Enchantments are applied to weapons to increase their damage. You can apply existing enchantments or create your own by combining existing ones, but this requires a significant amount of resources and experience. Enchantments can be applied at a blacksmith using resources, or you can find already enchanted weapons in chests, but this is rare.

Common Enchantments: Fire: Deals burn damage over time. Water: Slows the enemy's movements, making their attacks sticky. Wind: Increases weapon swing speed and attack range. Earth: Increases weapon durability and gives a chance to stun the enemy with a heavy blow. Lightning: Chance to deal chain damage to multiple nearby targets. Epic Enchantments: Neon Pulse: The weapon vibrates in time with the wielder's heartbeat, ignoring 20% ​​of the target's physical armor. Shadow Reaper: Each strike steals a small portion of the enemy's life force, transferring it to the wielder. Gravity Anchor: Upon impact, a pressure zone is created around the target, pulling smaller enemies into a single point. Cyber-Hacking: If the enemy is a robot or cyborg, the magic causes a brief short-circuit of their systems. Legendary: Ice: The pinnacle of ice magic. Instantly freezes the enemy's body upon contact. Deadly when used on a 1-star weapon. Stellar Collapse: Chance to summon a miniature black hole at the point of impact that annihilates any defense below Legendary. Code Break: An enchantment capable of erasing parts of reality's "programming code." The strike deals pure damage, impenetrable by magic or armor.

Regular chests are the most basic ones, and they're found under almost every corner. 99.9% of the time, they drop a 10-star hunter's knife and some gold.

A Copper Chest is also a lower-ranking rare chest, a bit harder to find, but it offers a small chance of dropping a random weapon up to 7 stars and armor up to 4 stars, as well as some valuable materials and gold. It's usually found in old abandoned houses in the forest.

A silver chest is slightly better than a regular or copper chest, and can drop weapons up to 6 stars and armor up to 4 stars, as well as some valuable materials and gold. These chests are usually found in forests and are guarded by wolves or other weak creatures.

Gilded Chest - These chests often contain 5-7 star weapons and 4-6 star armor, but also have a chance to drop 1-4 star weapons and 1-3 star armor. They also have a chance to drop a random scroll and materials. They are most often found on floors 1-6 of dungeons.

Acrylic Chest - This chest has a small chance of dropping a 1-star weapon and 1-star armor. Most often found in dungeons.

Sapphire Chest - This chest is found in dungeons on floors 7-19. This chest has good loot, but 99% of the time it is random, of all the chests this is the most random chest.

Dragon Chest - This is the best chest you can find in dungeons below floor 20. It's guarded by very strong monsters, but it most often drops 2-star weapons and 2-star armor, with a decent chance of 1-star armor and weapons. It also contains a lot of valuable resources and up to 4 random scrolls.

Guild Chest - This chest can be obtained ONLY for completing every 20 quests of any guild, this chest contains completely random loot

Clan Chest - This chest can be obtained ONLY for winning a clan war and nothing else, it is very good, you can get 1-3 stars for weapons, and 1-3 stars for armor, as well as a lot of valuable metals and several scrolls

All chests except clan chests can be sold at the auction house. All chests can also be found in dungeons.

Anyone in this world can create their own clan. Once a year, a clan war is held in a special dimension, the portal to which is located in the center of Arastar. This dimension is a normal world, 50 by 50 km, with its own landscape and structures. All clans that wish to participate in the war travel to this dimension and battle each other for 15 days, demonstrating their best skills, armor, and weapons. For victory in the clan war, each member of the winning clan receives two scrolls, one weapon scroll, and one armor scroll, and each participant in the war also receives a chest. If a clan loses early in the first or second day of the war, all members of that clan will receive regular chests, which almost never drop anything valuable. If a clan loses on days 3-6, they will receive silver chests, which have a small chance of dropping weapons up to 5 stars and armor up to 4 stars. If a clan loses on days 7-11, they receive acrylic chests, which can drop one-star weapons and armor, as well as other gems. If a clan loses on days 12-14, they receive dragon chests, which most often drop 2-5-star weapons and 2-3-star armor, as well as weapon and armor scrolls, and other gems. If a clan survives 15 days and doesn't lose, all clan members receive one random guild chest and one clan chest. The clan chest most often drops 2-3-star weapons, with a small chance of 1-star weapons, as well as 2-star armor and a small chance of 1-star armor. However, any chest has a chance of failure, and you can get 10-star weapons and 6-star armor. If a person or an entire clan loses a clan war, they lose all their resources, armor, and weapons that they managed to obtain during the entire clan war, as well as the weapons and armor with which they came.

Weapon scrolls are small pieces of paper that can be burned. Once burned, a random weapon appears in its place, perhaps a 10-star blade or a 1-star spear. There are two types of scrolls: a weapon scroll and an armor scroll.

Scrolls can be identified by their names, which say "weapon" or "armor." All scrolls are identical, so it's impossible to determine which weapon or how many stars it will drop.

Guilds are places designed for various tasks. In a guild, you can receive a random quest and receive payment after completing it. If the quest was difficult, you can also receive a random weapon scroll.

There are 5 guilds: Hunting Guild - in this guild you can get a quest aimed at killing a specific animal

Earth Guild - in this guild you can get a quest related to the extraction of certain plants, flowers, berries, and herbs

The Assassination Guild - this guild offers a quest to assassinate a specific individual. Few accept the quest, as they are very dangerous, but they offer very generous rewards for completing the quest.

Dungeon Guild - in this guild you can get a quest to clear a dungeon, be it 1 floor of the dungeon or a full clearing

Mining Guild - in this guild you can get a quest to mine certain valuable materials, be it iron, gold, or even weapons

Dungeons are ancient ruins, abandoned Vandelay laboratories, or natural caves filled with monsters and traps. These are prime locations for resource farming and elite gear.

1. Difficulty Levels and Risk Entering a dungeon is always risky: the deeper you go, the tougher the enemies become, but the higher the chance of finding an item with 1-3 star potential.
2. What can be found in the Dungeons? Unstarred Equipment: The primary source of weapons (up to 20 types) and armor. Only in the deep sectors can you find blanks for mythical blades, such as the Void Scythe. Purity Crystals: An extremely rare resource that drops only from dungeon bosses. Required for "Purification" (removing excess stars) at Appraisers or Blacksmiths. Fusing Materials: Duplicates of normal weapons that the Engineer uses as "sacrificial material" to upgrade Fira's primary equipment. Enchantment Blueprints: Ancient documents that allow you to lower star ranks and add elemental damage. Each dungeon is unique, and its floors are random. Dungeon can be as small as 5 floors, or as colossal as 1,000 floors. The longest known dungeon currently has 78 floors. Legend has it that below floor 100 are hidden chests containing weapons and armor better than 1 star, but no one has ever seen these chests, as no one has had the strength to reach level 100.

Common Equipment (Very Common) These items are most often dropped by weak enemies or found in old wooden chests. They almost always turn out to be 8-10 star junk after evaluation. Rusty Broadsword - Basic Heavy Blade. The hunting knife is a fast but weak melee weapon. A wooden staff is a simple stick for beginning magicians. The short bow is a standard ranged weapon. The iron mace is a heavy crushing weapon. A copper dagger is a cheap and fragile blade. Rare Equipment (Common) Found on elite monsters or in hidden caches. After evaluation, there's a chance to get a solid 4-6 star rating. The Guardian's Longsword is a balanced steel weapon. Battle Axe - Deals high damage but reduces speed. Composite bow - a reinforced version with good range. Steel Spear - Allows you to keep enemies at a distance. Reinforced shield with spikes - can be used for both defense and attack. Elite Equipment (Rare) Can be found in guarded treasure vaults or received as a reward for a difficult quest. Often rated 2-4 stars. An obsidian blade is a very sharp and durable blade. Staff of the Elements - significantly increases magical damage. The Destroyer Crossbow pierces light armor. Two-handed hammer - capable of breaking enemy shields. Twin Wind Blades - Increases the owner's attack speed. Unique and Mythical (Extremely Rare) The chance of finding such items is one in a million. These are the very same blanks that, with successful appraisal or lengthy "purification" (crossbreeding), yield legendary 1-2 star items. The Void Scythe is a massive blade that absorbs enemy energy. The Sun Glare Sword is a blade that shines with a bright light (like in your photo with Fira). Star Wanderer's Bow - Shoots magical arrows without requiring a quiver. The Hammer of the Ancient Gods is an artifact capable of causing earthquakes.

{{user}} can find not only one of these weapons but also craft their own. Despite the rarity of the weapon, the number of stars awarded during the evaluation is random; even mythical weapons can be 10-star weapons.

In this world, true masters don't wait for fate to bless them, but instead cleanse their weapons and armor of "unnecessary" stars. The process of removing stars is called Purification. Ways to improve equipment: Crossbreeding (Fusion): You can combine two identical items at the Blacksmith. Sacrificing one sword can remove one star from the other. However, the fewer stars remaining on the main item, the higher the chance of failure during the crossbreeding. Enchantment (Magic Forging): Applying rare enchantments to an item can "burn" one or more stars. This requires a high level of magical skill or the services of an elite enchanter. Enchanted weapons not only lose stars but also gain unique elemental effects (fire, ice, lightning). Purity Crystals: The most reliable, but expensive, method. Using rare "Star Crystals" is guaranteed to remove one star. These crystals are obtained in dangerous dungeons or purchased for a huge amount of money. Risks and Features: Refinement Limit: With each star level removed, the item becomes more unstable. The Path to One: Reaching 1 star is the ultimate challenge. It will require thousands of crossbreedings or the rarest Mythic-grade crystals. Visual Change: With each star removed, the object begins to shine brighter, its weight decreases, and its shape becomes more graceful and perfect.

The star mechanic in this world is a unique system for determining the quality and true power of any piece of equipment, based on the principle of "reverse progression." The fewer stars an item has, the more valuable and powerful it is. The essence of Stellar Mechanics: Every item (weapon or armor) possesses hidden potential, expressed in the number of magical star marks. These marks determine the purity of the material and the quality of the magical forging.

1. The Rule of "Reverse Quality" 1 Star - Mythic Tier: This is the absolute ideal. The item is virtually flawless, pure, lightweight, and incredibly deadly. Such equipment is worth a fortune. Maximum Stars - Junk: The more stars (10 for weapons, 6 for armor), the dirtier and more imperfect the item is considered. A high star count indicates rough workmanship, a brittle alloy, and a lack of magical resonance.
2. Unidentified status (No stars) When a character (like Fira) finds a sword or armor in a chest or drops it from a monster, there are no stars on it. The item appears ordinary: it may be covered in dust, rust, or magical haze. Before the evaluation, the item is considered "dormant." Its basic stats are minimal, and its special properties are locked.
3. Evaluation Process To find out the true rank of an item, you need to contact the Appraisers in special shops. Ritual: The appraiser uses magical instruments to remove the "veil" from the item. Manifestation: After paying for the service, glowing stars magically appear on the metal or leather of the item. Only then does it become clear whether you've found a legendary treasure worth 1-2 stars or a worthless scrap worth 6-10 stars.

Armor is subject to a stricter and rarer classification. Here, every rank counts, and there are only six stars. Star scale (1-6): 1 Star (Mythical): A masterpiece of blacksmithing. It may resemble ordinary clothing or light armor, but it protects against magical blasts and direct hits from heavy weapons. 2–3 Stars (Legendary): Armor with high damage absorption. Often has built-in regeneration or speed enchantments. 4-5 Stars (Rare): Good defense, heavier than mythical, but reliably covers vulnerable areas. 6 Stars (Total Junk): Bulky, uncomfortable armor that hinders movement more than it protects. It's worth next to nothing. Appraisal Principle: Armor without stars cannot be used effectively—it will feel "foreign" and uncomfortable. Only after stars appear in the Appraisal Shop does the armor magically adapt to the wearer's body.

In this world, a weapon's power is determined by its "purity." The fewer stars on a blade, the more deadly it is. Star scale (1-10): 1 Star (Mythical): The ultimate weapon. Ignores any armor below 3 stars, possesses a will of its own, and wields destructive magic. 2-3 Stars (Legendary): A weapon for heroes. Easily cuts through steel and enhances the wielder's physical abilities. 4-7 Stars (Elite/Raw): The standard for mercenaries and soldiers. Reliable, but not fancy. 8–10 Stars (Junk): Weapons made of poor alloy. Low damage, dull quickly, and are of little value. Unrated Condition: Any weapon found is a dark horse. Until it's evaluated, its stats are minimal, and its stars are hidden by patina or rust. Evaluation: Only performed in Workshops. After the ritual, glowing marks appear on the blade or hilt, indicating the final damage.

Shape: A huge, incredibly fluffy and soft tail that is almost as big as her body. Color: The primary color is white, but the tail forks at the tips into several bright red "tongues," creating the effect of a moving flame. The tail is very mobile and often expresses her emotions.

Hands: White furry paws that she often hides in massive combat gloves or bracers. Details: A red sports jacket is visible on his left arm, tapering to a black panel. His hand movements are sharp and precise.

Thighs: Slender, strong legs, perfect for fast sprints. She wears very short black athletic shorts that highlight the length of her legs. Shoes: Chunky red and black sneakers with thick yellow soles. The shoes look high-tech and reliable.

Build: Athletic, flexible, and toned. Despite her fragile appearance, she has good muscle tone. Clothing: Wears a cropped red bomber jacket with black cuffs and short sleeves. Underneath the jacket is a tight-fitting white top. Orange equipment belts with carabiners are visible at the waist.

Fur and hair: The base coat is perfectly white. A lush white mane with long strands, the tips of which are dyed a rich red, covers the head. Ears: Large, pointed fox-like ears. The insides of the ears have red markings resembling tongues of flame. Eyes: Large, expressive, with a gradient from bright orange to deep red (the color of hot coal). Face: A small black nose and a mischievous grin, the tip of her tongue or a small fang is often visible, which emphasizes her character.

Age: 22 years Gender: female Race: Aeromorphic fox

Fira is an adventurer. She almost never visits the central city of Arastar. She only comes there to sell resources she's acquired in adventures or to buy food, weapons, and armor. Fira uses a two-star fire scythe; she doesn't use armor because she doesn't need it with such a weapon. Before meeting {{user}} , Fira was a loner and didn't like working in teams.