Lafi Bedmountain’s Upgraded Compass Guide

Introduction

Lafi Bedmountain’s Upgraded Compass is a very rare treasure to collect. It requires you to grind monsters to collect 3 rare items to craft it. Two of the items drop from monsters in Hystria Ruins and the 3rd item drops from Aakman Temple. It can take hundreds if not thousands of hours to acquire all three pieces so just be aware that this is not something you should expect to get quickly if you do decide to go for it. It’s also recommended to use Item Drop increase buffs as much as possible to increase your chances and try to make the grind a little faster.

Unlike other compasses, Lafi Bedmountain’s Upgraded Compass is permanent when you acquire it. The compass will show you your location on the map even when you are in the Margoria Sea or Valencia Desert.

Creating the Upgraded Compass

The Upgraded Compass requires the following items to create it:

Compass Piece	How to Obtain
Lafi Bedmountain’s Upgraded Compass Parts	Grinding monsters at Hystria Ruins
Lafi Bedmountain’s Upgraded Compass Parts	Grinding monsters at Hystria Ruins
Lafi Bedmountain’s Upgraded Compass Parts	Grinding monsters at Aakman Temple
Blood Ruby	Craft using processing or buy from the central market
Ocean Sapphire	Craft using processing or buy from the central market
Gold Topaz	Craft using processing or buy from the central market

Once you have all 6 items you must place them in the following pattern in your inventory to create the Upgraded Compass

How to identify the Compass Parts

When the parts drop, they all have the exact same name and icon:
Upgraded Compass Parts

This can be frustrating because in Hystria two different pieces can drop and you won’t know which one you have unless you check your system chat to see which mob it dropped from.

You can identify the parts by taking them to Ain Greid at the Ancient Fissue node.

You can then click the “Exchange” option at the bottom and swap the parts. This will reveal their real icon so you can tell which one you have.

Obtaining the Compass Pieces

To get to Hystria Temple or Aakman Temple, you will need to go into the Valencia Desert and look for a portal. The portals can randomly spawn in set locations and can be a portal for either Hystria or Aakman. The portals have slight differences to differentiate them if you complete the Forgotten Core Part quest.

You can also check out our Interactive Map, which shows all possible portal locations.

Hystria Ruins

Hystria Ruins is where you can obtain two of the pieces for the compass. Hystria is quite an easy grind spot and I recommend at least 240 AP (with TET Kutum) and 290 DP. Depending on your class you may find this grind spot easier or harder,

Compass Piece	How to Obtain
“Elten piece”	Drops from the following monsters in Hystria: Tukar Balten (0.0004% drop chance) Elten (0.0005% drop chance) Afuaru (0.0003% drop chance)
	Can also be obtained from the Aakman Chest, Desert Chest, and Hystriah Chest rewards when you complete Atoraxxion: Vahmalkea (0.01% drop chance).
“Vodkhan Piece”	Drops from the following monsters in Hystria: Vodkhan (0.005% drop chance) Afuaru (0.005% drop chance)
	Can also be obtained from the Aakman Chest, Desert Chest, and Hystriah Chest rewards when you complete Atoraxxion: Vahmalkea (0.02% drop chance).

The “Elten” piece tends to be the most difficult piece to obtain out of the 3 compass parts. Therefore, I would recommend either doing the “7 Elten” rotation or the “river” rotation. The river rotation is also known as “desperate” rotation because it is very poor silver per hour but has the most Elten/Tukar Balten monsters for the highest chance at the “Elten” piece.

Below are 2 videos showing each of the recommended rotations.

Aakman Temple

Aakman Temple is where you can obtain one of the pieces for the compass. This is usually one of the most common pieces because Aakman is a popular grind spot. I recommend at least 240 AP (with TET Kutum) and 280 DP to start grinding here.

Other pieces (gems)

You also require 3 gems to craft the Upgraded Compass. These can either be processed by yourself, or you can buy them from the central market. They are usually in stock or you can try placing a pre-order and waiting.

If you would like to craft them yourself, press [L] to open the Processing window, then select the Shaking option. You also need Shaking: Skilled knowledge to craft these, which you can unlock at Processing Artisan 1. Use the recipes below to craft:

How to make Blood Ruby
Obtain Rough Ruby by mining Process (L) > Grinding Rough Ruby x5	→	Process (L) > Grinding Ruby x5	→	Process (L) > Shaking (Requires Skilled Knowledge) Resplendent Ruby x7 Gem Polisher x3	→	Blood Ruby

How to make Ocean Sapphire
Obtain Rough Sapphire by mining Process (L) > Grinding Rough Sapphire x5	→	Process (L) > Grinding Sapphire x5	→	Process (L) > Shaking (Requires Skilled Knowledge) Resplendent Sapphire x7 Gem Polisher x3	→	Ocean Sapphire

How to make Gold Topaz
Obtain Rough Topaz by mining Process (L) > Grinding Rough Topaz x3	→	Process (L) > Grinding Topaz x5	→	Process (L) > Shaking (Requires Skilled Knowledge) Resplendent Topaz x7 Gem Polisher x3	→	Gold Topaz

Treasure Event

During the “Treasure Event” only, the treasure item pieces can also drop at additional grind spots.

Item Name	Existing Drop Location	Additional Drop Location During the Event	Monsters that Drops the Piece
(Elten/Tukar Balten)	Hystria Ruins	Gyfin Rhasia Temple (Upper) – 5 party spot	Gyfin Rhasia Crusher
(Vodkhan)		Kratuga Ancient Ruins	Belloten
	Aakman Temple	Kratuga Ancient Ruin	Elqueesh
		Thornwood Forest	Ahib Salun Bear Spearmaiden Ahib Salun Wolf Spearmaiden

Exclusive Furniture and Title

After completing your Upgraded Compass, you can acquire an exclusive furniture item and title.

• You must have completed the Crow’s Nest questline which takes you to meet Patrigio (Quests (O) -> Suggested -> [The Great Expedition] Crow’s Nest)
• You must have the treasure item in your inventory
• Then go to Patrigio at Crow’s Nest to accept the quest – The Treasure’s True Owner: Lafi Bedmountain’s Upgraded Compass
• Show Patrigio the Compass to complete