Item Levels

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• Item Levels
  Item levels will now display for equipment introduced on and after the March 27, 2013 version update.
  
  
  
  
  Item levels are displayed for the following equipment.
  • Weapons
    Main, sub, and ranged weapons
  • Armor
    Head, chest, hands, legs, and feet armor
  • Other
    Ammunition, grips
  * Item levels will not be displayed for accessories (earrings, necklaces, rings, or waist and back items) nor for ammo slot items that count as accessories.
  　
  　
• Equipment with Item Levels Displayed
  
  • Addition of pet attribute-boosting statistics
    • Beastmater (Pet)
      Pet attributes will increase based on the item level of the main weapon. Additionally, the following changes will occur.
      * This functionality is not listed in the item help text.
      
      • Reference attributes when calling pets over level 99* have been changed.

        If at or below level 99: PC’s level + the pet’s maximum level.
        If over level 99: Main weapon item level + the pet’s maximum level.
        
        * The internal level will still be level 99, but the pet's stats will be raised.
        * If the main weapon is switched out when a pet is active, the increased stats will change based on the new main weapon.

      • The effects of the “Beast Affinity” job trait earned through merit points will now apply even above level 99. The following pets have the possibility of being greater than level 99.

        Slippery Silas / Turbid Toloi / Crafty Clyvonne / Dipper Yuly /
        Flowerpot Merle / Luckly Lulush / Nursery Nazuna / Dapper Mac /
        Discreet Louise / Fatso Fargann / Presto Julio / Malibuster Cetas /
        Audacious Anna / Swift Sieghard / Faithful Falcorr / Bloodclaw Shasra /
        Bugeyed Broncha / Gorefang Hobs / Gooey Gerard / Crude Raphie /
        Droopy Dortwin / Sunburst Malfik / Scissorleg Xera / Herald Henry (Added on July 19th, 2013)

      　
      
    • Dragoon (Wyvern)
      Wyvern attributes will increase based on the item level of the main weapon.
      * If the main weapon is switched out when the wyvern is active, the increased stats will change based on the new main weapon. (Added on July 19th, 2013)
      　
    • Summoner (Avatar)
      Avatar attributes will increase based on the level of the accessory equipped in the ammo slot.
      * If the item equipped in the ammo slot is switched out when the avatar is active, the increased stats will change based on the new ammo. (Added on July 19th, 2013)
      
    • Blue Mage
      The damage of physical blue magic spells will now increase depending on the item equipped in the main weapon slot.
      * This change applies to weapons equipped in the main weapon slot for which their item levels are displayed and have an attribute modified by a weapon skill. (Added on July 19th, 2013)
      
    • Puppetmaster (Automaton)
      Automaton attributed will increased based on the level of the animator equipped.
      * This functionality is not listed in the item help text.
  • Addition of items increasing combat skill strength
    Some weapons that have displayed item levels have the effect of increasing combat skill strength.
    
    This increase in combat skill strength differs from the effects of attributes such as "Sword skill +X," and are calculated independently for main and sub weapons.
    * At present, this increase is added only for a specific subset of equipment. Other equipment will be made compatible with this functionality once the August version update is implemented. (Added on July 19th, 2013)
    * This functionality will not be reflected in the combat skill section of the status screen.
    * For the hand-to-hand skill, values have been set with consideration given the fact that damage values increase as the skill increases.

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Plans going forward
In the August version update, the attributes of equipment added after the Seekers of Adoulin release for which its item level is displayed are scheduled to be adjusted.
* These adjustments are not planned to change the intended use of the equipment in question.
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