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Aion 2 Gear Transfer vs Transfer Crafting: which one to use
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TL;DR
- Gear Transfer, in the Enhancement menu, moves the enhancement level and Soul Binding lines from an old item onto a new one you already have. The old item is consumed.
- Transfer Crafting, at the crafting table, crafts the next item in a crafted gear line and carries over the old item's enhancement, Amplify and Soul Binding levels.
- They are separate operations with separate rules. Use Gear Transfer when a better drop replaces your gear. Use Transfer Crafting when you climb a crafted line, such as Dark Dragon Lord to Ebony Dragon Lord.
- Neither one keeps Manastones, Theostones or Potential. Soul Fuse lines cannot be transferred.
Two operations, not one
Creators often say "transfer" for both, but the game keeps them apart. Gear Transfer is a tab in the Enhancement menu. Transfer Crafting is a tab at the crafting table. Each has its own costs and its own list of what carries over.
| Detail | Gear Transfer | Transfer Crafting |
|---|---|---|
| Where | Enhancement menu, Transfer tab | Crafting, Transfer Crafting tab |
| Result | Your existing target item gets the old item's progress | A newly crafted item gets the old item's progress |
| Carries over | Enhancement level, Soul Binding lines | Enhancement, Amplify and Soul Binding levels |
| Costs | Transfer Stone (Unique) (Bound) | The recipe's materials and the old item |
| On failure | The game shows a success chance before you confirm | Materials are lost, the old item is kept |
Gear Transfer
Put the item you want to keep in the target slot and the old item in the source slot. If the transfer succeeds, the source item is consumed and the target takes its enhancement level and Soul Binding lines. The game describes it as transferring the Enhance Level and Soul Binding effects.
Creator tip
Also, when you get an upgrade, do not dissolve your previous unique. You can transfer it to the upgrade.
What it keeps and loses
Grobs lists what does not survive: Potential, Manastones and Theostones are destroyed with the source item. The game adds more exceptions:
| Situation | What happens |
|---|---|
| Source has a Soul Fuse effect | It cannot be transferred |
| Source has fixed Soul Binding effects | Only the enhancement level moves |
| Target has fewer Soul Binding slots than the source | The game picks which lines move at random |
| Target is already enhanced | Its enhancement level is replaced, so check the numbers before you confirm |
The Transfer text does not mention Amplify levels. Kanon's Handbook has his notes on how Amplify converts when you move to a higher grade.
Creator tip
This includes the potential that we put on it, and the mana stones, the theo stones. Only the enhancement level and the soul bindings will be transferred, which is still very, very good.
Rules and costs
The source item must be Soul Bound to you, and it cannot be equipped, saved in a preset or locked. For the Unique gear we checked, such as the Nuakum Helm and Wise Dragon Lord Bow, each transfer costs:
Gear Transfer cost
You make Transfer Stones through Substance Morph by giving up Unique gear. TheWhelps expected one Unique item per stone on global. The data does not confirm how many items the morph takes.
The Transfer screen also counts your transfers per season and stops you at a limit. The data does not give the limit.
When to use it
This is the everyday upgrade path for dungeon gear: a Vakron Sky Island piece becomes a Nuakum piece, and the new piece starts at your old enhancement level with your old lines. That is why TheWhelps and Grobs are relaxed about enhancing to +10 early, and why they hold back Superior Manastones until final gear.
Transfer Crafting
Crafted gear comes in lines where each recipe takes the previous piece as its transfer material. For the Dark faction bow, the line runs:
The Dark faction crafted bow line
Star Dragon Lord BowItem level 62Item level 62- Splendent Star Dragon Lord BowItem level 70Item level 70
Dark Dragon Lord BowItem level 78. Recipe takes a Splendent Star Dragon Lord BowItem level 78- Splendent Dark Dragon Lord BowItem level 86Item level 86
Ebony Dragon Lord BowItem level 94. Recipe takes a Splendent Dark Dragon Lord BowItem level 94- Splendent Ebony Dragon Lord BowItem level 102. Recipe takes an Ebony Dragon Lord BowItem level 102
The Light faction line runs the same way, from True Dragon Lord through White to Wise Dragon Lord. Every slot has a line like this.
The game's tooltip says the enhancement, amplification and Soul Binding levels of the transfer material carry over to the crafted item, and that the crafted item is Soul Bound to the character who crafts it. If the craft fails, you lose the materials but keep the transfer material. Each item can only be used for Transfer Crafting once.
Use Transfer Crafting when your next upgrade is the next crafted piece. It keeps the Amplify levels that Gear Transfer does not mention, and a failed craft does not cost you the old item.
Which one to use
| Your situation | Use |
|---|---|
| A better dungeon or Abyss drop replaces your piece | Gear Transfer |
| You are crafting the next step of a Dragon Lord line | Transfer Crafting, with your current crafted piece as the transfer material |
Either way, remove Manastones and Theostones from your plans for the old piece, and do not Soul Fuse gear you will move on from.
Kanon's Handbook covers the separate step from Unique to Heroic gear and its Heroic Transfer Stones.
Next steps
- Enhancement guide: how far to enhance gear you will transfer.
- Soul Binding guide: the lines that carry over.
- Crafting guide: getting into the crafted gear lines.
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