Socketing Equipment

Socketing Equipment

In Elsword, many equipment (Avatar, Weapons and Armors) contain sockets, which can be socketed with certain gems to add special effects to the equipment. These can range from increase in Critical Hit Rate to an increase in Element Resistance.

Guide

1) Open your inventory menu (i) and click on the 2nd button to the left (It has a gem icon).

2) Click on an equipment you wish to socket.

3) A new window opens. The gray box shows how many sockets your equipment has. The maximum any equipment can have is 3 sockets.

4) To use a socket, drag the gem you wish to use onto the gray box and click on the button on the bottom right of the window.

5) You have now socketed your equipment. Repeat if you wish to retry the socket.

Gems to socket equipment

In order to socket equipment, you must have certain gems. They range from basic ones to stat specific gems. Basic gems give a random effect to an equipment, whereas stat specific gems give a certain effect depending on the gem used.

Basic Gems

Description	Image
Gives an equipment a random effect, with usually low stats.
Gives an equipment a random effect, with a chance of getting higher stats.

Stat Specific Gems

Description	Image
Sockets your equipment with Physical Attack
Sockets your equipment with Magical Attack
Sockets your equipment with Physical Defense
Sockets your equipment with Magical Defense (?)
Sockets your equipment with Awaken Charge Speed Rate (?)
Sockets your equipment with Maximum HP.
Sockets your equipment with Element Resistance (?)
Sockets your equipment with Movement Speed
Sockets your equipment with Critical Hit Rate.
Sockets your equipment with Attack Speed.
Sockets your equipment with Accuracy
Sockets your equipment with Dodge Rate
Sockets your equipment with Jump Speed

Dual Stat Gems

These are special gems that give TWO effects on ONE socket. They can be made via the Alchemist

Description	Image
Sockets your equipment with Physical Attack and Magical Defense.
Sockets your equipment with Magical Attack and Physical Defense.
Sockets your equipment with Attack Speed and Awakening Duration Increase
Sockets your equipment with Accuracy and Maximum HP.
Sockets your equipment with Movement Speed, Jumping Speed and Awakening Charge Speed.
Sockets your equipment with Critical Hit Rate and Dodge Rate.

Acquirable stats

These are the stats you may get from socketing equipment.

Stat	Korean Text	Description	Minimum	Maximum
Physical Attack		Increases your Physical Attack +x amount.	On Weapon: 35 On Armor: 5	On Weapon: 225 On Armor: 50
Magical Attack		Increases your Magical Attack +x amount.	On Weapon: 35 On Armor: 5	On Weapon: 225 On Armor: 50
Physical Defense		Increases your Physical Defense +x amount.	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: 30 On Armor: 20
Magical Defense		Increases your Magical Defense +x amount.	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: 30 On Armor: 20
Maximum HP		Increases your Max HP +x% amount.	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?
Dodge Rate		Increases your Dodge Rate +x% amount.	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: 6% On Armor: 3%
Critical Hit Rate		Increases your Critcal Hit Rate +x% amount.	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: 6% On Armor: 3%
Attack Speed		Increases your Attack Speed +x% amount.	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?
Accuracy		Increases your Accuracy +x% amount.	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?
Movement Speed		Increases your Movement Speed +x% amount.	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: 18% On Armor: 9%
Jump Speed		Increases your Jump Seed +x% amount.	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: 18% On Armor: 9%
Elemental Resistance	Not obtainable from gem	Increases your Elemental Resistance +x amount. (Each socket will only give Resistance for 1 type of Element).	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?
Awaken Charge Speed	[[Image:]]	Increases your Awaken Charge Speed +x% amount.	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?
Awaken Duration Increase	[[Image:]]	Increases your Awaken Duration +x seconds.	On Weapon: ? On Armor: ?	On Weapon: 6s On Armor: 3s