Rank 9 (Third Cast)

Rank 9 Third Cast gear (R999, R9R3) is the second upgrade of Rank 9 gear. It was released on May 23rd, 2012 in the Imperial Fury content update. It did not come with a ring, though an upgraded version of the Ring of Trauma was released on November 14th, 2012 in patch 676 for the Sirens of War expansion. The ring can be considered "third cast" despite it not having a second cast version, due to the naming conventions of each ring compared to the rank 9 third cast gear.

When upgrading to rank 9 third cast, your refines and sockets will not transfer for free. Instead, you will need to use Chienkun Stones in order to retain them. This also applies when rerolling the gear for better stats. For more information, see Chienkun Transfer Charts for rank 9 third cast.

Requirements
Rank 9 third cast does not cost any gold however does require the player to farm materials from Nation Wars for the ring, and Warsong City or the Lunar Glade for the armor, weapon, and belt. There is also a silver coin fee for manufacturing the gear.

Rank 9 third cast armor and weapons can be rerolled for higher stats. The belt and ring cannot be rerolled. The recipe for rerolling each is as follows:

Supply Tokens are a prize from participating in Nation Wars. Seal of War is a material that can be crafted with 50 Supply Tokens and 1,312,500 silver coins. Essence of Defense is an item dropped from the final Vile boss (Vile: Drake Fling, Vile: Primal Fear, or Vile: Relic of Wind) in the Lunar Glade. Essence of Offense is an item dropped from the final Vile boss, Vile: The Incacerate, in Warsong City.

Cost
Below is the cost for each component needed to manufacture rank 9 third cast gear. Note that weapon, armor, and belt pieces must be manufactured with their respective mold, dropped from Vile bosses in Warsong City or the Lunar Glade.

Ring:


 * 1,080 Supply Tokens
 * 87 Seal of War (4,350 Supply Tokens plus 114,187,500 silver coin fee)
 * 99,999,999 silver coin fee
 * = 5,430 Supply Tokens and 214,187,499 silver coins

Weapon, Armor, and Belt Coin fees:


 * Weapon coin fee: 8,000,000 silver coins
 * Armor coin fee (individual): 3,000,000 silver coins
 * Armor coin fee (all 4 pieces): 12,000,000 silver coins
 * Belt coin fee: 3,000,000 silver coins
 * = 23,000,000 silver coins

Total:


 * 5,430 Supply Tokens and 214,187,499 silver coins (Ring)
 * 23,000,000 silver coins (Weapon, Armor, Belt)
 * 4 Essence of Offense
 * 20 Essence of Defense
 * = 5,430 Supply Tokens, 4 Essence of Offense, 20 Essence of Defense, and 237,187,499 silver coins

Set Bonus
Unlike previous rank 9 upgrades, this set bonus does not include the weapon, and instead only includes the belt, chest, gloves, pants, and boots. In addition, the set bonus for rank 9 third cast depends on the armor type (arcane, light, heavy). For reference:


 * Arcane Armor = Cleric, Mystic, Psychic, Stormbringer, Venomancer, Wizard
 * Light Armor = Archer, Assassin, Duskblade, Technician
 * Heavy Armor = Barbarian, Blademaster, Seeker, Edgerunner

Equipment
All rank 9 third cast armor comes with a guaranteed 4 sockets, while weapons come with a guaranteed 2 sockets. You can only obtain this gear once, however it can be rerolled for better stats. Everything can be refined except for the belt.

All of the rings for each class are identical, save for their name. All of the rings can be refined. Although the rings are identical, if you make the ring for the wrong class you will not be able to equip it, so double check to ensure you are manufacturing the correct ring. Archer=

Archer
Assassin=

Assassin
Barbarian=

Barbarian
Blademaster=

Blademaster
Cleric=

Cleric
Duskblade=

Duskblade
Edgerunner=

Edgerunner
Mystic=

Mystic
Psychic=

Psychic
Seeker=

Seeker
Stormbringer=

Stormbringer
Technician=

Technician
Venomancer=

Venomancer
Wizard=