Equipment

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**Equipment** refers to any item that can be equipped in an equipment slot, as distinguished from items that can only be carried in inventory.

There are 7 **Equipment** Slots on a character, and two quick slots. There are an additional 7 **Equipment** Slots reserved exclusively for Cosmetic items, which have no stats of their own but instead simply replace the appearance of any item (or lack of item) in the underlying slot.

## Armor

The five armor slots are to the right of the Player character doll.

### Head

Head items category
Equipment names
helm, helmet, mask, cap, headpiece, crown, cowl, hood, goggles, coif
Upgrades
Enhancement Dust
### Chest

Chest items category

Equipment names
robes, vest, tunic, armor, harness, hauberk, jerkin, chain, breastplate, chestpiece
Upgrades
Enhancement Dust
### Hands

Hands items category

Equipment names
gloves, gauntlets
Upgrades
Enhancement Dust
### Legs

Legs items category

Equipment names
trousers, breeches, leggings, pants
Upgrades
Enhancement Dust
### Feet

Feet items category

Equipment names
boots, greaves, footwraps, sabatons, shoes
Upgrades
Enhancement Dust
## Weapons

Weapons

Weapon types
Sword, Essence Blaster
Upgrades
Enhancement Dust

## Available Equipment Slots

The following slots are available on the Player character's paper doll:

* Head
* Chest
* Hands
* Legs
* Feet
* Right Hand
* Left Hand
* 2 Quick Slots

## Equipment Slot Limitations

The equipment slots have various limitations:

### Armor Limitations

Items intended for the Head, Shoulder, Chest, Hands, Wrists, Legs, Waist and Feet slots are considered Armor. You can equip items from your inventory in these slots if your class is allowed to wear that kind of armor.

See the Armor entry for more information.

### Weapon Limitations

The Left and Right Hand are considered the weapon slots.

There are several types of weapons in Zenith, and each one has a Class associated with it. You can only equip a weapon if you are the right class for its weapon type. For example, Essence Mages cannot equip swords.

## Types of Equipment

There are 2 types of **Equipment**: Weapons, and Armor. See their respective pages for more information.

## Item Level

In order to equip an item, characters have to be of appropriate level. You can equip Equipment that is up to 2 Levels higher than your current character level.

## Rarity

Equipment can have varying levels of Rarity (**Common**, **Uncommon**, **Rare**, **Epic**, and **Legendary**), identifiable by the color of the item's name. Higher Rarity Equipment has better stats and more perks on it.

The table below is summary information about equipment rarity. For more detailed information see Rarity.

 **Uncommon** | 1
 **Rare** | 2
 **Epic** | 3
 **Legendary** | ?

## Quality

Weapons and Armor generate with a quality tag associated with them which can be Regular, Superior, or Flawless. The quality of an item does not affect the base stats, but it does determine the Tier of effect the item will generate with; perks added later by enhancement will be tier 1 regardless of quality.

Quality and Tiers
* synthesizing equipment does not currently generate superior or flawless qualities based on 151 items crafted.
 Regular
 Superior
 Flawless

## Perks

Perks on Equipment boost various stats

Equipment with higher Rarity will have more Perks, and equipment with higher quality will have those perks at a higher tier of effectiveness.

## Obtaining

Equipment is gained by defeating enemies, opening chests, or creating them via Synthesis

## Enhancement

Equipment can be improved at enhancement stations, with the use of Zen and Enhancement Dust

## Tips

As of January 2023, the best equipment is obtained via Synthesis. A current equipment strategy for many players is, as they level-up, to equip their character primarily with equipment gathered via combat. While they might every so often Enhance or Synthesize gear (usually weapons, not armor), they mostly wait until they are at end-game level and can Synthesize end-game equipment, before spending time and effort on the steps and resources needed for Synthesis and Enhancement. Though since Basic Enhancment Dust is so plentiful, using-up some before end-game can be helpful, especially on the level 20's gear you'll get from dungeons, that you'll probably keep using until you can Synthesize end-game gear.

## See also

* Equipment Perks
* Enhancement