MU Guide: Socketing and Seeds

There are several steps involved in upgrading an item using Seeds and sockets.

First, you need to go through Extraction to obtain a Seed. Then comes the process of Assembly, which is combining the Seed with a Sphere to create a Seed Sphere. You then finish with Seeding—inserting the Seed Sphere into a Socketed Item.

You can optionally perform Destruction on an item you have already seeded with a Seed Sphere, in order to remove the Seed Sphere from the socket.

Socketed Items

Socketed items drop from monsters like normal items. Only the 380 items that came out in Season 4 can have sockets. Note, however, that Summoner 380 items currently cannot have any sockets.

Each item can have 1 – 3 sockets. It is not possible to change the number of sockets in an item.

I. Extraction

Extraction is the process of creating a Seed.

Seeds are created using excellent items, set items, and some jewels.

Success rate is not 100%. The probability of success depends on the grade and level of the ingredients.


Steps:

1. NPC Used

Extraction can be done at the Seed Master in Elbeland (46, 242).


2. Extraction Ingredients:


3. Extraction Results
* Success: All items are consumed, and a Seed is produced
* Failure
o Excellent/Set items randomly lose 0 – 2 item levels.
o All jewels disappear.

Seed List


II. Assembly

Assembly means creating a Seed Sphere by combining a Seed and a Sphere.

As discussed above, a Seed is created through Extraction. Spheres can be obtained from monsters.

Steps

1. NPC Used

Assembly is done at the Seed Master, like Extraction.

Success rate is not 100%.

2. Assembly Ingredients:


3. Assembly Results
* Success: All items are consumed and become Seed Sphere
* Failure: All items are consumed

III. Seeding

Seeding an item means to insert a Seed Sphere into a Socketed Item.
You can only insert fire, ice, and lightning Seed Spheres into weapons.
You can only insert water, wind, and earth Seed Sphere into armor.




You cannot insert Seed Spheres with identical options into the same item.

For example, let’s say you have an item with 2 sockets. In the first socket, you put an Ice Seed Sphere + skill damage increase. That means that in the second socket, you can put any Fire, Lightning, or Ice Seed Sphere except for Ice Seed Sphere + Skill Damage Increase.

Seeding success rate is 100%.

Steps:

1. NPC Used

Seeding can be done through Seed Researcher in Elbeland (50, 242)




2. Seeding Ingredients



IV. Socket Option Destruction/Removal

This process opens up a socket for use by destroying the Seed Sphere already in it. The option from the Seed Sphere will vanish from the item when the Seed Sphere is destroyed.

You can choose which Seed Sphere to destroy.

Destruction success rate is 100%.

1. NPC Used

Destruction can be done through Seed Researcher (Elbeland 50,242), like Seeding.

2. Destruction Ingredients

No ingredients required. The only item you need to bring is the socketed item with the Seed Sphere that you want to destroy.

Hot Tip!

There is a chance to obtain powerful bonus options (in addition to existing Seed Sphere options), by having certain combinations of Seed Spheres in an item.

The combinations of these Seed Spheres and the bonus options each combo unlocks is a mystery for you to unravel!