Godr-Ayed Weapons (Blackstar Alternative) Guide - BDFoundry (2024)

Introduction

Godr-Ayed Weapons are an alternative version to the Blackstar Weapons but have a different enhancing method. Blackstar Weapons are enhanced straight from TET > PEN. While Godr-Ayed Weapons are divided into 5 smaller stages of enhancement so that players can make progress over time.

A base Godr-Ayed Weapon has exactly the same stats as a TET Blackstar Weapon, and PEN Godr-Ayed Weapon has exactly the same stats as a PEN Blackstar Weapon.

The Godr-Ayed Weapons were simply created to provide a different route for enhancement and require different items that are obtained from Calpheon Eliva grind spots, which have a recommended minimum AP of 270 Kutum and 330 DP.

Godr-Ayed Weapons can be registered and purchased on the Central Market at all enhancement stages.

Should I use Godr-Ayed Weapons?

Godr-Ayed Weapons are a good alternative to the TET Blackstar weapons, since you get additional AP for each enhancement level, putting you into higher AP brackets, and the enhancements are also step by step with progression over time.

However, the Godr-Ayed weapon gets much harder to enhance if you are going past TRI/TET all the way to PEN. In this case, you often use Cron Stones for the attempts and need multiple big failstacks. Therefore, the Godr-Ayed Weapons are often referred to as a “noob trap” since many newer players swap to Godr-Ayed without realizing how difficult they are to enhance.

Most players who go down the Godr-Ayed route, enhance their Godr-Ayed weapons to DUO/TRI and keep them there while they do PEN Blackstar attempts on a seperate TET Blackstar weapon. It is also useful to keep a TET Blackstar for J Hammer attempts.

You can push your Godr-Ayed weapon further if you want to, and even all the way up to PEN, but on average it works out cheaper to enhance on a seperate Blackstar. This is calculated using the total cost of crons, silver value of failstacks used, and average amount of clicks needed. You can sell your Godr-Ayed Weapon on the market afterward to get some silver back.

If you “overstack” and use higher failstacks on TRI > TET, then obviously the chance goes up and may work out cheaper, but there is a fine line of balance, and ultimately it comes down to how lucky you are and whether you prefer having the more secure option with Godr-Ayed.

To obtain the Godr-Ayed Weapon, you must exchange a TET Blackstar Weapon.
You can use the FREE TET Blackstar if you wish.

• Exchanging your TET Blackstar will give you a base Godr-Ayed Weapon for the same class
• The base Godr-Ayed weapon has exactly the same stats as the TET Blackstar.
• You can then enhance the Godr-Ayed Weapon to PEN (+0 → PRI → DUO → TRI → TET → PEN)
  

Once you have both the TET Blackstar and the Scorching Sun Gemstone in your inventory, you can summon your Black Spirit to start a prerequisite questline, starting with the quest “[Godr-Ayed Weapon] Merindora’s Calling”

• The questline can also be found in your Quest Log (O) > Suggested > [Combat] The Tale of the Godr-Ayed Weapon

The questline will lead you to Merindora in Grana. It is easy to complete, just follow the autopath and talk to the NPCs.

After completing this prerequisite questline, you can go back to Merindora to take a repeatable quest that allows you to exchange a TET Blackstar to base Godr-Ayed.

The quest at Merindora will be called “[Godr-Ayed Weapon] In the Fallen God’s Name: [Weapon Name]“

• Make sure the TET Blackstar is in your inventory (not equipped)
• Hand over the “Scorching Sun Gemstone” and the TET Blackstar
• Complete the quest to obtain your Godr-Ayed Weapon

“Scorching Sun Gemstone” is the material used to enhance Godr-Ayed Weapons. It requires the material “Remnants of the Burning Sun”, which is obtained from all Calpheon Elvia Grind spots.

You can also use Black Stone Powder x1 with either recipe to make x10 at once

Godr-Ayed Recommended Failstacks

• Use 100 or more fail stacks to get PRI
• Use 130 or more fail stacks to get DUO
• Use 150 or more fail stacks to get TRI – recommended to use Cron Stones
• Use 170 or more fail stacks to get TET – recommended to use Cron Stones
• Use 200 or more fail stacks to get PEN – recommended to use Cron Stones

Agris Essence Required

Agris Essence is gained every time you fail to enhance a piece of gear. All Godr-Ayed Weapons share Agris Essence, and once you reach a certain amount of Agris Essence you can enhance the gear with 100% success chance. The table below shows the amount of Agris Essence you need for each enhancement level.

• For example, to enhance a TET Godr-Ayed Weapon to PEN, you would need 50 Agris Essence, which means you would need to fail to enhance TET > PEN 50 times.

How to obtain Scorching Sun Shards

Scorching Sun Shards are required to create the “Scorching Sun Gemstone”, which is needed to obtain and enhance a Godr-Ayed Weapon.

There are 4 different ways to obtain a Scorching Sun Shard:

• Rare drop from all Calpheon Elvia grind spots
• Daily and weekly quests that require you to kill Calpheon Elvia monsters
• Once-per-family Calpheon Elvia quest
• Calpheon Elvia Story questline

Daily and Weekly Quests

All daily/weekly quests reward a certain amount of Powder of Nightmare which can be exchanged at ‘Nucamir’ in Keplan.

Powder of Nightmare Required	Exchanges for
Powder of Nightmare x5	Scorching Sun Shard x1

Area + Quest NPC	Quest Name	Objective	Reward
Saunil Camp Trina Knights Scout Henley	[Elvia Daily] Anomalies at Saunil Camp	Defeat Saunil x1350	x5
	[Elvia Daily] Preemptive Strike	Defeat Saunil Fighter x150	x1
	[Elvia Daily] Saunils Armed to the Teeth	Defeat Saunil Armored Warrior x100	x1
Rhutum Sentry Post Elinke Visami	[Elvia Daily] Magic-wielding Rhutum?	Defeat Rhutum x1650	x5
	[Elvia Daily] Raving Rhutums	Defeat Rhutum Soldier x500	x1
	[Elvia Daily] Shining Rhutum Flag	Defeat Rhutum Fighter x300	x1
Gehaku Plain Naku Davi	[Elvia Daily] Giant Brutality	Defeat Giant x1600	x5
	[Elvia Daily] Flickering Flame	Defeat Giant Brawler x150	x1
	[Elvia Daily] Stranger Noises	Defeat Giant Combatant x400	x1
Hexe Sanctuary Becker	[Elvia Daily] Darkened Sanctuary	Defeat Skeleton x1600	x5
	[Elvia Daily] Trail Gone Deathly Cold	Defeat Skeleton x150	x1
	[Elvia Daily] Nightly Howls	Defeat Skeleton Wolf x200	x1
Anti-Troll Fortification Andre Vidal	[Elvia Daily] Darkened Sanctuary	Defeat Troll x200	x5
	[Elvia Daily] Stoned Trolls	“Tainted by the Ancient Seal” Defeat Ancient Troll Warrior x5	x1
	[Elvia Daily] Hideous Odor	Defeat the Risen Troll Warrior x40	x1
Keplan Brolina’s Guard	[Elvia Weekly] Gigagord	Defeat Shadow of Nightmares Gigagord x1	x10
	[Elvia Weekly] Minions of Nightmares	Defeat Shadow of Nightmares monsters x20	x10

Once-per-Family Calpheon Elvia Quest

You can obtain a once-per-family quest at the Saunil Camp Node Manager (Trina Knights Scout Henly). Make sure you are on an Elvia channel and complete the quest “[Elvia] Darkness Upon the Saunil Battlefield” for the following rewards:

• Scorching Sun Shard x20
• Contribution EXP 300

Calpheon Elvia Story Questline

There is a story questline for Calpheon Elvia which is a total of 10 quests. The first quest in the Calpheon Elvia Story questline is obtained from the Black Spirit after completing the Serendia Elvia questline and requires level 61+. It is called “[Elvia] What’s A-happening with the Ahib?”

The questline can be completed once per character for the following rewards:

• Contribution EXP 3,100
• Knowledge Entries
• Scorching Sun Shard x1
• Corrupted Breath x5

Converting PEN Godr-Ayed/Blackstar

You can convert PEN Blackstar weapons into PEN Godr-Ayed weapons and vise versa. This is so that you can change their appearance depending on which you prefer.

• Weapons can be converted as many times as you like
• Weapons that are branded with a Family Name will keep the branded name when they are converted
• Weapons that have been reformed using Garmoth’s Heart, Karanda’s Heart, or Kutum’s Heart will keep their reformed status when they are converted

Once you have the Scorching Sun Crystal, take your PEN Blackstar/Godr-Ayed weapon to Merindora in Grana and accept the relevant quest.

Hand over the weapon and the Scorching Sun Crystal, then collect your new weapon from her.