Godr-Ayed Weapons (Blackstar Alternative) Guide

Introduction

Godr-Ayed Weapons are an alternative version to the Blackstar Weapons. They have exactly the same stats at TET and PEN. The Godr-Ayed Weapons were created to provide a different route for enhancement.

Although the general difficulty is around the same as enhancing Blackstar Weapons, the Godr-Ayed Weapons are divided into 5 stages of enhancement so that players can make progress over time. However, Godr-Ayed Weapons require items from Calpheon Eliva grind spots to exchange and enhance, 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.

How to Obtain

To obtain the Godr-Ayed Weapon, you must exchange a TET Blackstar Weapon.

You will also need a “Scorching Sun Crystal”, which can be obtained by Processing (L) > Heating the following materials:

• Scorching Sun Shards x10 – drops from all Calpheon Eliva Spots
• Magical Shard x30
• Black Stone (Weapon) x100

Once you have both of the materials you can complete the exchange:

• Make sure the TET Blackstar is in your inventory (not equipped)
• Summon your Black Spirit and take the relevant quest – “[Godr-Ayed Weapon] Merindora’s Calling”
• Proceed with the quest at NPC Merindora in Grana
• Hand over the “Scorching Sun Gemstone” and the TET Blackstar

How to Enhance

“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

Unlike Blackstar weapons, Godr-Ayed Weapons only lose 10 maximum durability if the enhancement fails and do not decrease in enhancement level between +0 to DUO.

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

Weapon Appearance

Godr-Ayed Weapons have a purple glow. You are be able to consume a small amount of materials to swap a PEN Blackstar and PEN Godr-Ayed Weapon freely, depending on which appearance you prefer.

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

To get started, you will need a  “Scorching Sun Crystal”, which can be obtained by Processing (L) > Heating the following materials:

• Scorching Sun Shards x10 – drops from all Calpheon Eliva Spots
• Magical Shard x30
• Black Stone (Weapon) x100

Take your PEN Blackstar/Godr-Ayed weapon to Merindora in Grana. Hand over the weapon and the Scorching Sun Crystal, then collect your new weapon from her.