Equipment

As a Battler you are dependent on equipment in order to kill higher level monsters and thus level faster in the game. There are five different equipment types:
 * Weapons
 * Armors
 * Helms
 * Gloves
 * Boots

And five rarity tiers:
 * Basic
 * Normal
 * Rare
 * Epic
 * Legendary

Basic equipment can only be acquired via the Basic Item Shop found in the Inventory link on the left side of the screen or bought off the Market.

All of the other tiers can only be acquired from random global drops and the Market with different drop rates and base stat bonuses per tier. Basic to Rare-tiered equipment only have 2 battle-related bonuses on it. Epic and Legendary have 3.

In order to upgrade a piece of equipment you need a specific amount of gold and each type of tradeskill resource for each level. It is recommended that you do not upgrade Basic-tier equipment and anything under level 100. Due to the rising costs for each level, it  also is not recommended to upgrade it past +10 or so unless it is an Epic or Legendary-tier item and you can afford to do so.

You have the chance of acquiring the following bonuses:
 * Power (upgradable)
 * Dexterity (upgradable)
 * Agility (upgradable)
 * Constitution (upgradable)
 * Damage Reduction
 * Crit. Chance
 * Bonus Life

Item upgrade costs
Some players choose to scrap their equipment for Spare Parts. Scrapping Basic equipment yields nothing so you're better off trying to sell it if you want to get anything back after purchasing it earlier on.