With the forthcoming version update, players will be able to upgrade equipment to level 99 in two stages:

Stage 1

Possible upgrades will include damage, delay, and weapon skill damage along with other attributes.

The planned difficulty level for the corresponding Magian upgrade trials will be such that a majority of players with the appropriate level 95 equipment will likely be able to complete them.

*This content is not yet available on the test server.

Step 2

Possible upgrades will include special animations along with "Afterglow" effects that grant status benefits to party members.

The corresponding Magian trials will be exceedingly difficult to complete, such that only a select number of PCs will be able to upgrade weapons to this stage.

*Gjallarhorn and Daurdabla may not be imbued with Afterglow effects.

Upgraded Attributes

Please refer to the following charts for descriptions of upgraded weapon attributes:

Relic Weapons

Mythic Weapons

Empyrean Weapons

To test this content, please talk to the Magian Moogle and input the corresponding trial number, as listed in the charts above.

Afterglow

Upgrading a weapon to stage two will result in the addition of an Afterglow effect.

Afterglow bestows beneficial status effects upon party members in an area surrounding (but excluding) the wielder.

*Party members must be inside the specified area when Afterglow is activated to receive status effects.

The duration for each Afterglow is thirty seconds.

*The effect of a certain Afterglow will be overwritten if an identical one is activated within that thirty-second timeframe.

Separate Afterglow effects will stack if they are cast within the same effect duration.

There are five categories of Afterglow effects:

Relic Weapons: Increased accuracy and ranged accuracy

Mythic weapons: Increased attack and ranged attack

Empyrean weapons: Increased critical hit rate

Aegis: Reduced magic damage taken

Ochain: Reduced physical damage taken

Afterglow effects activate when the weapon skill corresponding to the equipped weapon

For Aegis and Ochain, the effects activate when Shield Bash is used.

The hierarchy for overwriting Aftermath and Afterglow effects is as follows:

One's Own Aftermath: Lv3>Lv2>Lv1>Party Member's Afterglow