Socket System

This article is using information from the official ArdaOnline website.

Sockets are slots that equipable items have to be upgraded by using socket crystals in it. Socket crystals give attributes to items that may be crucial to your character and may be looted from all creatures in Arda, stronger creatures will drop much more rare crystals.

Weaker crystals can also be bough from NPCs for gold and ardan points.
 * Crystals bought with gold are random and the attribute added will only be known after it is used in the desired item.
 * Crystals bought with ardan points have their attributes known before using it in the desired item.

Attributes: health, mana, magic level, speed, melee, axe, sword, club, distance, shielding and fist. Attribute values may be by percentage, fixed or variable.
 * Players with ardan accounts may buy socket wiper crystals in order to remove specific sockets from items.

Examples: Fixed - (melee +1) Variable - (magic +0-2) Percentage - (health +1.4%)

Note that if a socket is applied with the value 0, it will also count as an used socket. An equipment can have a maximum of 2 sockets.