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Adept Reforging is a way to improve the power of ENM material crafted armor sets through a series of trials.

Overview

Adeptus (Rabao J-6, across from the AH) offers the quest Adept Reforging to eligible jobs level 65+ of any account type. To begin the quest, speak to Adeptus as the job whose job-specific-equipment you would like to augment. You do not yet need to have that equipment item in your inventory to begin.

To complete the quest, you must defeat a list of enemies from across Vana'diel, then defeat three notorious monsters. Finally, trade the armor piece along with a specific crafting material to Adeptus to upgrade the armor with a powerful augment.

The quest is repeatable once every JST Midnight. You can upgrade normal-quality armor a maximum of two times, and high-quality armor three times. The sections below include specifics on each tier of augments and the requirements for your chosen armor piece.

Additional Details

You can complete the kill trials in any order, and do not need to return to Adeptus between each one (though he will provide dialogue pertaining to the next objective if you do). But you do have to return to Adeptus before starting the NMs section, and you must fight those NMs in order.
Players must own the armor they wish to augment. There is no armor rewarded to you for doing trials.
Players may cancel their current trial at any time by using the Book of Mastery next to Adeptus.
Upgrading normal quality armor requires trading a specific material which will be consumed in the upgrade. Normal quality armor can be upgraded two times (Max: Tier 2).
Upgrading high quality armor requires a normal quality version and the specific material, which will both be consumed in the upgrade. High quality armor can be upgraded three times (Max: Tier 3).
You can transfer augments from a normal-quality to an unaugmented^{(*see note below)} high-quality version of the armor. To do this, trade both of them to the Book of Mastery next to Adeptus before you start the third trial. The normal-quality item will be consumed.
- Transferring augments from an NQ to an already-augmented HQ is not recommended. Any augments you might already have on your high-quality armor will be erased and replaced with the NQ's.

★ When in doubt, just trade the item you want to upgrade, by itself, to Adeptus. The NPC will tell you exactly what you need to complete the augment. ★

Summary of Augment Process

The Adept trial process can be confusing, so this section will lay out the sequence step-by-step.

Speak with Adeptus as the job you want to augment equipment for.
Complete Stage 1 (kill trials), and Stage 2 (NM trials), as described in the section for your job.
You now have two paths you can take.
- Option 1: Augment an NQ item. To do this, trade to Adeptus the normal-quality piece you want to be augmented, along with the required material(s), which will be sacrificed. You will receive back an NQ piece with the augment (new or upgraded).
- Option 2: Augment an HQ item. To do this, trade to Adeptus the HQ (+1) equipment piece you want to be augmented, an unaugmented normal-quality piece that will be sacrificed, and the required material(s) that will also be sacrificed. You will receive back an HQ piece with the augment (new or upgraded).
Enjoy your Tier 1 augment. After JST midnight, you may repeat the trial to upgrade the augment on your piece to Tier 2.
You can only upgrade an NQ item augment to Tier 2. You can upgrade an HQ item augment to Tier 3.
Many players choose to do the following to get a Tier 3 augment:
- Augment an NQ twice, doing the full trial twice and taking Option 1 as described above both times.
- Trade the twice-augmented NQ and a fresh HQ to the Book to transfer the Tier 2 augment to the HQ.
- Complete a third trial, this time taking Option 2 as described above.
- Altogether, this process requires sacrificing two NQ items.
Alternatively, a player might choose to do the following to get to Tier 3:
- Augment an HQ three times using Option 2 as described above, spending a fresh NQ each time.
- Altogether, this process requires sacrificing three NQ items.

Bard

Armor Sets

Sha'ir Attire
Item	Material	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3 (HQ Only)
Sha'ir Turban Sheikh Turban	Hippogryph Fthr. x12	HP +10 VIT +2 "Cure" Potency +2%	HP +15 VIT +3 Conserve MP +1 "Cure" Potency +3%	HP +20 VIT +5 Conserve MP +2 "Cure" Potency +5%
Sha'ir Manteel Sheikh Manteel	Cashmere Thrd. x1	HP +10 DEX +2 Accuracy +5	HP +15 DEX +3 Accuracy +8	HP +25 DEX +5 Accuracy +10 Regen +1
Sha'ir Gages Sheikh Gages	H.Q. Bugard Skin x12	HP +10 Haste +1% Sword skill +3	HP +15 Haste +2% Sword skill +5	HP +20 Haste +3% Store TP +2 Sword skill +8
Sha'ir Seraweels Sheikh Seraweels	H.Q. Bugard Skin x12	HP +10 Haste +3% Phys. dmg. taken -2%	HP +15 Haste +4% Subtle Blow +3 Phys. dmg. taken -3%	HP +25 Haste +5% Subtle Blow +4 Phys. dmg. taken -4%
Sha'ir Crackows Sheikh Crackows	H.Q. Bugard Skin x12	HP +10 Accuracy +3	HP +15 Accuracy +4	HP +20 Accuracy +5 Spell interruption rate down 10%

Kills

Mob	Zone	Kills
Yagudo Lutenist	Garlaige Citadel (S)	10
Mamool Ja Frogman	Mamook	10
Yagudo Conductor	Castle Oztroja	30
Denn the Orcavoiced	Sea Serpent Grotto	1
Devil Manta	Kuftal Tunnel	1
Walkthrough
Yagudo Lutenist - Map 2 (G-9), Map 3 (J-8) Mamool Ja Frogman - Map 1 (G-7) Yagudo Conductor - Top floor Castle Oztroja Denn the Orcavoiced Devil Manta

Notorious Monsters

Mob	Zone	Spawn	Type	Cap
Songbird	Bibiki Bay	Fallen Feather (H-6)	Solo	30
Cove Sahagin	Yuhtunga Jungle	Slippery Scale (E-12)	Solo	50
Desert Hare	Western Altepa Desert	Shimmering Sand (F-5)	Party	75
Walkthrough
Songbird ??? ???