Imperial Knights equipment and forging

Imperial Knights uses a standard RPG equipment system with four main slots: weapon, arm, head, body, and accessory. Equipment can be strengthened through forging at the blacksmith. This page covers the mechanics, material costs, and strategy for equipping your party optimally.

Equipment slots

Each character has five equipment slots:

Slot	Description	Notes
Weapon	Primary damage source	Restrictions apply (see below)
Arm	Off-hand / shield	Varies by character
Head	Helmet / hair accessory	Some characters cannot equip head gear
Body	Armor / clothing	Main defensive layer
Accessory	Ring / badge	Generally unrestricted

Weapon restrictions

Some weapons have character-specific restrictions:

• Tear’s Durandal — Tear Lamley can only equip the Durandal sword. This is a story-locked weapon; do not waste upgrade materials on it until you confirm it is her final weapon.
• Diana’s class changes — When Diana becomes an Ether Knight, her equippable items change. All equipment is unequipped automatically upon class change. Re-equip after the ceremony.

Equipment by character

Diana Ashley

• Weapon: Thrust swords, later Ether Knight lightning weapons
• Arm: Standard shields and off-hand items
• Head: Light helmets
• Body: Leather armor, chain mail at higher ranks
• Accessory: Rings, stat-boost accessories

Diana is the primary physical attacker. Prioritize weapon damage and critical accessories.

Lysithea

• Weapon: Staves
• Arm: Books or tome off-hands
• Head: Hats and circlets
• Body: Robes
• Accessory: MP-boost or status-resist accessories

Lysithea is the healer. Prioritize MP regeneration and status null accessories.

Tear Lamley

• Weapon: The Durandal (unique restriction)
• Arm: Varies
• Head: Varies
• Body: Knight armor
• Accessory: Attack or speed accessories

Tear is a physical attacker who leaves after Mud Poison. Do not invest rare materials in her final weapon.

Lea

• Weapon: Daggers or staffs
• Arm: Varies
• Head: Varies
• Body: Light armor
• Accessory: Poison-boost or alchemy accessories

Lea is a flex attacker. Magic attack accessories work well.

Forging

Forging allows you to strengthen existing equipment at the blacksmith by spending gold and materials.

Rules

1. Currently equipped items cannot be forged. Unequip the item first.
2. Forging increases the weapon’s base stats.
3. Higher-tier equipment requires rarer materials.
4. The cost scales with the current强化 level of the item.

What to forge

Priority for forging:

1. Main attacker’s weapon — The largest damage multiplier.
2. Healer’s accessory — MP boost or status null.
3. Tank’s armor — If you are using a mercenary tank.

Forging every piece of equipment is not necessary. A fully-forged main weapon provides more benefit than several spread upgrades.

Material sources

Materials are obtained from:

• Enemy drops
• Town shops (rare materials)
• Dungeon treasure chests
• Quest rewards

Equipment acquisition timeline

Early game (Maldonia North Road)

• Basic leather armor
• Defense Ring (accessory)
• Thrust sword

Mid game (Protea, Catacombs)

• Mithril weapons from dungeon chests
• Holy-resistant armor for the cathedral basement
• Silver-tier equipment becomes available

Late game (Spirit Cave, Svalt)

• Puremite ore equipment
• Boss-specific drops
• Fully forged equipment from mid-game pieces

Equipment for boss fights

Alraune (plant colony boss)

• Fire-element weapons (weakness)
• Poison protection accessories
• Do not rely on earth-element attacks

Cardinal (cathedral basement)

• Dark-element weapons
• Magic defense accessories
• The herbal medicine item significantly reduces difficulty

Mud Poison (Spirit Cave)

• Earth/wind element weapons
• Poison Rings (mandatory)
• MP regeneration accessories for sustained healing

Demon King Svalt

• Holy-element weapons (weakness)
• Blind protection accessories
• Party-wide healing capacity

Quick reference

Priority	Item type	Reason
1st	Main weapon (Diana)	Highest damage multiplier
2nd	Status-null accessories	Prevents boss wipe combos
3rd	Lysithea’s staff	Sustained healing capacity
4th	Armor upgrades	Defense for survivability

Related pages

• Combat guide — element weaknesses and boss patterns
• Walkthrough — specific equipment locations
• Card tier list — accessory alternatives
• Checklist — equipment tracking for departing members