S-Grade Augments

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S-Grade Augments (Also known as Super Special Ability (SSA) in EN-JP fan translations or Special Option (SOP) in JP) are a type of Augment that can be affixed to certain equipment provided that it supports the feature. By affixing S-Grade Augments, one can customize their equipment with powerful Potential-like attributes and bonuses.

Overview

S-Grade Augments are Augments with effects similar to that of Potentials. You can affix S-Grade Augments to equipment that support S-Grade Augments, denoted by a purple border surrounding the equipment's icon.

S-Grade Augments are divided into multiple slots: for weapons, and for Units. A weapon/unit can only hold one of each slot of S-Grade Augment at a time; for example, you may not affix two Augments with the same designation of on the same Weapon. In addition, you can only affix S-Grade Augments to equipment that can accommodate the S-Class tier you are affixing; for example, weapons that do not display the icon for in their status menu cannot have abilities affixed to them.

S-Grade Augment Transfer

To transfer S-Grade Augments, you must be using a base weapon/unit compatible with intended S-Grade Augment.

S-Grade Augments can be transferred without the use of additional components or Augments; in addition, S-Grade Augments have a 100% rate of transfer and are unaffected by the Extra Slot penalty.

S-Grade Augments can then be transferred to the target item in the following ways:

• By utilizing a weapon fodder that has the SGA attached to it that you wish to transfer over to the target item. The weapon fodder is not destroyed and will only lose its SGA once it is transferred over to the target item. If the target item already has an SGA, it will be overwritten by the fodder's SGA. All other properties of the fodder weapon remain the same (Enhancement Level, Affixes).
• By utilizing a weapon that has an Augment Factor that provides the SGA to the target item.
  • By utilizing a fodder weapon that has an SGA as it's Special Augment Factor (SAF), it is possible to affix the SGA to the fodder weapon and then transfer it over to the target item. You can then re-affix the SGA back to the fodder weapon via its SAF and repeat the process, thereby creating an infinite source of an SGA.
• By utilizing an affix capsule, a one time consumable that is used similarly to the affix augment items that will provide the SGA contained inside to the target item.

S-Grade Augment Affix Capsule

To add an S-Grade Augment, you must be using a base weapon/unit compatible with the S-Grade Augment you are attempting to add. If you are in possession of an item that allows you to add an S-Grade Augment, you will be prompted to use the item at the start of the affixing process. Upon affixing the base weapon, the item will be consumed and the S-Grade Augment designated on the item will be added to the base weapon.

S-Grade Augment Swap

Swapping is a special feature available exclusively to equipment that supports the S-Grade Augment function and can be found as a separate option from normal Affixing in the Item Lab's menu. Swapping allows you to exchange S-Grade Augments (SGAs) between two different weapons/units without going through the normal Affix Augment process, thereby avoiding having to redo affixing on equipment, provided that both items have the same S-Grade slot. The items that are used for the swap do not need to have the same number of slots unlike regular Affix Augmenting.

When using the swapping feature, you will select the target item first, and then the eligible fodder item on the 2nd page. You will then select the augments and SGAs for the target item and then the fodder item. Afterwards you will pay a fee based on the number of SGAs and slots are being transferred.

There are specific rules that come with swapping SGAs as follows:

1. If the target item receiving the SGA already has an existing SGA, the SGAs will be swapped, with the target item receiving the SGA of the fodder and the fodder receiving the SGA of the target. No items are destroyed in the process unlike Affix Augmenting. You may swap as many SGAs as eligible during this process.
   
   
2. When choosing to swap a SGA from a fodder item to a target item that does not have a SGA installed, the following will happen:

• • You will be required to overwrite one of the target item's regular augments to make room for the SGA. The total slot count will remain the same. This means the target item must be at minimum 1 slot with 1 regular augment attached to it.
  • The fodder item will lose 1 slot for every SGA transferred while keeping all regular augments. If the item is a 1 slot with only the SGA installed, it will become 0 slot.

Using the 2nd method of swapping, it is possible to create an infinite source of specific SGAs that are Special Augment Factors (SAFs) of items by affixing them back into the item with the SAF (as the chance of affix will be 100% always) and then swapping them onto target items as many times as you need.

Example of swapping SGAs between two items

Target item: Atlas weapon has the following SGA slots: . It is a 6 slot with the SGAs Property S1: Revenant's Resolve isn't defined. Add it here: [[1]],
Property S2: Partbreaker's Resolve isn't defined. Add it here: [[2]], Property S3: Revenant's Descent isn't defined. Add it here: [[3]], and 3 regular augments.
Fodder item: Random 4 slot weapon with the SGA Property S2: Superior Prowess isn't defined. Add it here: [[4]] and 3 regular augments.

Swapping will cause the following to occur:

• The S2 slot of the Atlas weapon will be replaced with Property S2: Superior Prowess isn't defined. Add it here: [[5]]. All other SGAs and augments stay the same.
• The Fodder weapon will gain Property S2: Partbreaker's Resolve isn't defined. Add it here: [[6]]. All remaining augments stay the same.

Atlas Weapon Result
Before: 6 slots, 3 SGAs, 3 augments. The S2 slot was Property S2: Partbreaker's Resolve isn't defined. Add it here: [[7]].
After: 6 slots, 3 SGAs, 3 augments. The S2 slot is now Property S2: Superior Prowess isn't defined. Add it here: [[8]].

Fodder Weapon Result
Before: 4 slots, 1 SGA, 3 augments. The S2 slot was Property S2: Superior Prowess isn't defined. Add it here: [[9]].
After: 4 slots, 1 SGA, 3 augments. The S2 slot is now Property S2: Partbreaker's Resolve isn't defined. Add it here: [[10]].

Example of moving a SGA to an item with no SGA installed

Target item: Atlas weapon has the following SGA slots: . It is a 4 slot with no SGAs installed and 4 regular augments.
Fodder item: Random 3 slot weapon with the SGA Property S1: Revenant's Resolve isn't defined. Add it here: [[11]] and 2 regular augments.

Swapping will cause the following to occur:

• 1 of the 4 regular augments on the Atlas weapon must be overwritten to fit Property S1: Revenant's Resolve isn't defined. Add it here: [[12]] onto it.
  It will stay a 4 slot weapon but will contain the SGA Property S1: Revenant's Resolve isn't defined. Add it here: [[13]] and the 3 remaining augments.
• The Fodder weapon will lose 1 slot, therefore becoming a 2 slot weapon with no SGA installed in the S1 slot.
  

Atlas Weapon Result
Before: 4 slots, 0 SGAs, 4 augments.
After: 4 slots, 1 SGA, 3 augments. The S1 slot is now Property S1: Revenant's Resolve isn't defined. Add it here: [[14]].

Fodder Weapon Result
Before: 3 slots, 1 SGA, 2 augments.
After: 2 slots, 0 SGA, 2 augments.

Example of moving multiple SGAs to an item with both empty and installed SGAs

Target item: Atlas weapon has the following SGA slots: . It is a 6 slot with the SGAs Property S1: Revenant's Resolve isn't defined. Add it here: [[15]],
Property S3: Revenant's Descent isn't defined. Add it here: [[16]], and 4 regular augments.
Fodder item: Random 5 slot weapon with the SGA Property S2: Superior Prowess isn't defined. Add it here: [[17]], S3: Dynamo Dance and 3 regular augments.

Swapping will cause the following to occur:

• Installing Property S2: Superior Prowess isn't defined. Add it here: [[18]] to the target Atlas will require one of the augments on the weapon to be replaced.
• The Property S3: Revenant's Descent isn't defined. Add it here: [[19]] on target Atlas will be swapped to S3: Dynamo Dance.
• The Fodder weapon will lose one slot due to the loss of Property S2: Superior Prowess isn't defined. Add it here: [[20]]. All remaining augments stay the same. The fodder weapon's new S3 will become Property S3: Revenant's Descent isn't defined. Add it here: [[21]].

Atlas Weapon Result
Before: 6 slots, 2 SGAs, 4 augments. The S2 slot was empty and the S3 slot was Property S3: Revenant's Descent isn't defined. Add it here: [[22]].
After: 6 slots, 3 SGAs, 3 augments. The S2 slot is now Property S2: Superior Prowess isn't defined. Add it here: [[23]]. The S3 slot is now S3: Dynamo Dance.

Fodder Weapon Result
Before: 5 slots, 2 SGA, 3 augments. The S2 slot was Property S2: Superior Prowess isn't defined. Add it here: [[24]].
After: 4 slots, 1 SGA, 3 augments. The S2 slot is removed and the S3 is now Property S3: Revenant's Descent isn't defined. Add it here: [[25]].

List of S-Grade Augments

S1

S-Grade Augment	Effects	Weapon Drops	Special Augment Factor	Capsule Drop Location
S1: Aggressive Will	Increases attack power by 2%.		Val Alz
S1: Guardian Gear	Reduces damage taken by 7%.	Bewitched Woods Exploration
S1: Lucent Grace	Increases natural PP recovery by 20%.	Crimson Fellwyrm Over the Castle Black Fellwyrm Rises From Ruin
S1: Lucent Strike	Increases active PP recovery by 20%.	Bewitched Woods Exploration Castrum Demonica: Madness
S1: Photon Reduction	Reduces PP consumption by 7%.		Val Drache Val Volare Val Radda
S1: Precision Will	Increases critical hit damage by 3%.	Bewitched Woods Exploration Castrum Demonica: Madness
S1: Revenant's Resolve	Increases attack power based on the Photon Gauge. Maxes out at 3%.		Ares Sword Ares Lance Ares Partisan Ares Buster Ares Boots
S1: Superior Prowess	Increases critical hit rate by 15%.	Crimson Fellwyrm Over the Castle Black Fellwyrm Rises From Ruin
S1: Timeflow Vitality	Restores 40% of your maximum HP every 40 seconds.	Bewitched Woods Exploration Castrum Demonica: Madness

S2

S-Grade Augment	Effects	Weapon Drops	Special Augment Factor	Capsule Drop Location
S2: Aggressive Will	Increases attack power by 2%.	Bewitched Woods Exploration
S2: Goliathslayer's Resolve	Increases damage dealt to bosses by 3%.		Mars Series
S2: Lucent Grace	Increases natural PP recovery by 17%.	Bewitched Woods Exploration
S2: Lucent Strike	Increases active PP recovery by 17%.		Val Valua Val Slecht Val Agria Val Exocet
S2: Medical Grace	Restores varying amounts of PP upon consuming a -mate item as follows: Monomate: 20 PP Dimate: 40 PP Trimate: 60 PP Works with Automate.		Chocolate Du Kitchen Glorious Parfait Azucar Drops Mufi Sucre
S2: Partbreaker's Resolve	Increase damage against breakable parts by 3%.		Jutus Series Lumiere Series
S2: Photon Reduction	Reduces PP consumption by 10%.	Crimson Fellwyrm Over the Castle Black Fellwyrm Rises From Ruin Castrum Demonica: Madness
S2: Precision Will	Increases critical hit damage by 3%.		Vadis Series
S2: Revenant's Lucentboon	Increases active PP recovery based on the Photon Blast Gauge. Maxes at 25%.		Ares Rifle Ares Launcher Ares Machine Gun
S2: Revenant's Lucentrush	Increases natural PP recovery based on the Photon Blast Gauge. Maxes at 23%.		Ares Rod Ares Talis Ares Wand
S2: Skillful Adept	Increases critical hit rate by 12%.		Val Loque Val Vire Val Vadi
S2: Shield of the Revenant	Reduces damage taken based on the Photon Blast Gauge. Maxes at 9%.		Ares Kaiser Ares Edge Ares Nest
S2: Timeflow Vitality	Restores 60% of your maximum HP every 40 seconds.	Crimson Fellwyrm Over the Castle Black Fellwyrm Rises From Ruin
S2: Wake of Destruction Photon	Recovers 4 PP when a nearby enemy is defeated.	Bewitched Woods Exploration

S3

S-Grade Augment	Effects	Weapon Drops	Special Augment Factor	Capsule Drop Location
S3: Dynamo Dance	Increases damage by 3% when linking together PAs or Techniques with Perfect Attacks.		Apprentice's Grudge Omega
S3: Guardian Gear	Reduces damage taken by 7%.		Calamity Series Tridia Series
S3: Lucent Grace	Increases natural PP recovery by 17%.		Val Zems Val Letra Val Eyth
S3: Lucent Strike	Increases active PP recovery by 20%.	Crimson Fellwyrm Over the Castle Black Fellwyrm Rises From Ruin
S3: Persistent Fury	Increases attack power by 4% and critical hit rate by 5%. Enhances PP efficiency as follows: PP recovery +10% Active PP recovery +15% PP consumption -5%. Effects will be lost when damage is taken (180s cooldown).		Dia Series Geometry Series
S3: Photon Reduction	Reduces PP consumption by 7%.	Bewitched Woods Exploration
S3: Precision Will	Increases critical hit damage by 4%.	Crimson Fellwyrm Over the Castle Black Fellwyrm Rises From Ruin
S3: Revenant's Descent	Reduce PP consumption based on the Photon Blast Gauge. Maxes at 12%.		Ares Ryuuga Ares Blade Ares Bow
S3: Superior Prowess	Increases critical hit rate by 12%.	Bewitched Woods Exploration
S3: Timeflow Vitality	Restores 40% of your maximum HP every 40 seconds.		Val Farder Val Weisz Val Victo

S4

S-Grade Augment	Effects	Weapon Drops	Special Augment Factor	Capsule Drop Location
S4: Frontal Adept	Critical hit rate of frontal attacks is increased by 30% while Valiant Stance is active.		Atlas Loque Atlas Loque EX
S4: Hammer of the Wise	Critical hit rate of frontal attacks is increased by 15% while Wise Stance is active.		Atlas Vadi Atlas Vadi EX
S4: Impregnable Chain	Gain invincibility for 5 seconds when Chain Trigger is activated.		Atlas Radda Atlas Radda EX
S4: Instant Guard Photons	Recover 10 PP when performing a Perfect Guard.		Atlas Farder Atlas Farder EX
S4: Lifesteal	Restores HP equal to 1% of damage dealt (30 HP Max).		Atlas Alz Atlas Alz EX
S4: Mettle of the Rested	Gain knockback immunity after standing still for 1 second.		Atlas Drache Atlas Drache EX
S4: Photon Adaptation	Improves natural and active PP recovery and reduces PP consumption based on your maximum PP. The formula for this benefit is (Player's Max PP - 120) x 0.1 The maximum benefit of 30% requires 420 Max PP.		Atlas Victo Atlas Victo EX
S4: Photonic Trap	Inreases PP restored by Tactical Trap by 20%.		Atlas Volare Atlas Volare EX
S4: Prolonged Katana Release	Reduces the depletion of the Focus Gauge while Katana Focus is active. (Roughly 20% slower gauge loss)		Atlas Valua Atlas Valua EX
S4: Providential Refinement	Increases the potency of Element Conversion by 5% for non-matching weapon elements.		Atlas Zems Atlas Zems EX
S4: Second Whirlwind	Increases the duration of Double Saber's wind flourish by 4 seconds.		Atlas Vire Atlas Vire EX
S4: Steely Determination	Survives one fatal hit with 1 HP. Does not work if HP is already at 1. Activates once per quest.		Atlas Weisz Atlas Weisz EX
S4: Support Amplification	Shifta and Deband's maximum duration becomes 120 seconds.		Atlas Exocet Atlas Exocet EX
S4: Sustained Cycle	Reduces the cooldown of Photon Flare by 20%.		Atlas Letra Atlas Letra EX
S4: Swift Arrows	Increases the damage of all attacks done with a Bow by 3% when Rapid Fire is active.		Atlas Agria Atlas Agria EX
S4: Transmutation Circle	Changes the weapon element to match the currently equipped elemental defense ring. Has no effect if an elemental ring is not equipped.		Atlas Slecht Atlas Slecht EX
S4: Wand Impact	Increases Wand normal attack speed by 1.1x and negates hitstop.		Atlas Eyth Atlas Eyth EX

S5

S-Grade Augment	Effects	Weapon Drops	Special Augment Factor	Capsule Drop Location