Quote Originally Posted by Amzz View Post
Hey guys. So im clearing Potd and stuff. And people are talking about aether weps padjali weps and kinna weps. Plus different aether levels and stuff. Can someone explain how these weps work or the gear progression system works. Thanks.
As you clear Palace of the Dead, you open blue chests that increase your aetherpool weapon and armor strength. The chance of the blue chest working is related to how strong your stuff is already and how deep your are. Generally, if blue chests on certain levels stop working reliably, it means you need to go deeper! Aetherpool strength can go up to +99/+99 (weapon/armor).

After you've cleared lv 50, you have the option of sacrificing 30/30 of your aetherpool strength to pull out a Padjali (ilvl 235) weapon. After you've cleared lv 100, you have the option of sacrificing 60/60 of your aetherpool strength to upgrade a Padjali weapon to Kinna (ilvl 255). In total, you'd need 90/90, but you can go up to 30/30, get Padjali dropping to 0/0... then work up to 60/60 and upgrade, dropping back to 0/0. There is no need to get to 90/90, so you can ignore that number. Just aim for 30/30... get your Padjali. Then aim for 60/60 for the upgrade. Remember though that you'll need to clear floor 50 to unlock Padjali and 100 to unlock Kinna. Those floors act as unlocks while the atherpool is your currency. You never have to go back to floor 100 after clearing it if you don't want to.

The Kinna weapon is one of the best weapons in the game and is relatively easy to get... also profitable, since Palace of the Dead gives you easy XP, gil, and horde rewards!