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Well you better save up your vis because it's gong to cost you an arm, leg, foot and then some.

Here is the mathematical equation notes:

• Item Cost = IC
• Reinforcement Cost(per +1) = RC (this is 1/2 of Item Cost)
• Each time you do a reinforcement past +4 your chance of success is 1/2 less than previously.
• Here are the numbers without any success enhancers...
• +4 to +5 has a 50% chance of success
• +5 to +6 has a 25% chance of success
• You'll need about 4 +5's to make a single +6
• +6 to +7 has a 12.5% chance of success
• You'll need about 8 +6's to make a single +7
• thats 32 +5's for one +7
• +7 on any decent weapon will cost you quite a few vis
• +7 to +8 has a 6.25% chance of success
•  You'll need about 16 +7's to make a single +8
• thats about 128 +6's for one +8
• or 512 +5's for that one +8
• here is where it gets really expensive
• +8 to +9 has a 3.125% chance of success
•  You'll need about 32 +8's to make a single +9
• thats about 512 +7's for one +9
• or 4096 +6's for that one +9
• and that equates to 16384 +5's to make just a single +9 item!
• +9 items are ultra rare and usually low level because of how much it costs to make them at any level
• +9 to +10 has a 1.5625% chance of success or 98.4375% chance of fail!
• You'll need about 64 +9's to make a single +10
• thats about 2048 +8's to make a single +10
• or 32768 +7's for that one +10
• and that equates to 262144 +6's to make just a single +10 item!
• quite frankly who would want to make 1,048,576 +5's to get just 1 +10 ultra glowie item?

See +5 through +9 weapon effects: http://doratomo.jp/~sannpomiti/info/218.html

A simple way to figure the cost of a +10 is to do:

 (IC * 6) * 1,048,576 = cost of your next +10 item give or take 10%

Enjoy!

After looking at the prices, some of you might want to settle for a plus 9, plus 8, plus 7 or even a plus 6 Weapon in SNW...

So what are the reasons to Strengthen your Items in Sword of the New World Granado Espada?

Weapons have an Increase in Attack Power (AP) per +1

• 1H Sword +3
• Epee +3
• Sabre +4
• Great Sword +5
• Halberd +5
• Dagger +2
• Maingauche +2
• Rifle +5
• Handgun +4
• Shotgun +4
• Canon +6
• Staff +3
• Rod +3
• Bracelet +4
• Knuckle +2
• Leg Guard +2

Armor has an Increase in Defense Power (DP) per +1

• All Armor is increased by 1 per +1

Armor and Weapons also have Attack Rating (AR)/Defense Rating (DR) Grade Increased at +5 and above

• +1 Gear ∙ +0 AR/DR
• +2 Gear ∙ +0 AR/DR
• +3 Gear ∙ +0 AR/DR
• +4 Gear ∙ +0 AR/DR
• +5 Gear ∙ +1 AR/DR
• +6 Gear ∙ +2 AR/DR
• +7 Gear ∙ +3 AR/DR
• +8 Gear ∙ +4 AR/DR
• +9 Gear ∙ +6 AR/DR
• +10 Gear ∙ +9 AR/DR

 It is the general consensus that +10 is the most you can Strengthen an Item

Increasing Success Rate when strengthening items in Granado Espada

Buy Strengthening Accelerators for 120 Gold Each

Number of Strengthening Accelerators you'll need in order to Double your chance of success -1% based on Attack Rating (AR) or Defense Rating (DR)

• 1-8 Requires 1
• 9-13 Requires 2
• 14-17 Requires 3
• 18-20 Requires 4
• 21 Requires 9
• 22 Requires 11
• 23 Requires 13
• 24 requires 15
• 25 Requires 17
• 26 requires 20

Other things that most likely are just Myth but here they are collected from all over the web

• Quickly click until +4. Then leave it in there for a very long time, then click to +5.
• Use someone that has High Charm
• Use someone that has High Intelligence
• Use someone that has High Dexterity
• If it seems like it's lagging from +3 to +4 don't +5 it, it almost always breaks then.