3rd Chronicle

3rd Chronicle gear is a step up from the 2nd Chronicle gear. However for Set equipment, it does not imply that 3rd Chronicle is superior than 2nd Chronicle because of a higher number; some 2nd Chronicle Set equipment may be better or more desirable than 3rd Chronicle for some classes.

Pieces

Example of Tainted Chronicle 3 Gear with Dimensional Aura applied.

3rd Chronicle gear comes in two distinct forms unlike 2nd Chronicle gear.

• Tainted/Cracked: This is "normal" 3rd Chronicle equipment. Tainted/Cracked items are sorted by subclass. A Tainted item can be imbued with Dimensional Auras(Red Dimensional Aura, Blue Dimensional Aura, Green Dimensional Aura), altering a Skill. Your class (Awakening) must match the item's type to be able to receive its energy. Equipment can only be imbued twice, and the a skill cannot be imbued twice with the same aura. If adding a new skill fails, the item is destroyed. When an item is destroyed: Clear Cube Fragments, Chaos Stone Debris and Interdimensional Fragments can be salvaged.

• Set: This type of 3rd Chronicle gear has Set effects on it. Sorted by subclass (more information on set effects are shown below the article, divided into subclasses). Collect Set gear to reap powerful bonuses and Set Effects. The actual equipment has slightly better stats than Tainted gear. However, unlike Tainted gear, it cannot be imbued with Dimensional Auras.

3rd Chronicle Set Notes:

• Equip level restricted to 70+.
• There are bonuses obtained when wearing 3, 6 or 9 pieces of an individual set.
• You can mix and match sets (i.e: 3 pieces of one set and 6 of another)

How to Get

You can get 3rd Chronicle gear in one of three ways:

• The 3rd Chronicle items will drop in Otherverse dungeons: Void Rift, Dark Side, Castle of Bakal.
• The Tainted items can drop from every difficulty.
• The set items will only drop on Hard and Ultimate Difficulties.
• Recipes for some 3rd Chronicle Equipment Set items can also be dropped.
• Necklace can be obtained from special Quests: Powers of the Otherverse 3[1]
• Buy from Ludmilla using Interdimensional Fragments.
  • Interdimensional Fragments can be obtained from mini-bosses and bosses of Otherverse Dungeons or they can be obtained from breaking reinforced tainted chronicle gears using Dimensional Auras, which have a chance at breaking the item on the 2nd try.

Reinforcement Level	Interdimensional Fragments Salvaged
+0	1 Interdimensional Fragment
+4	4 Interdimensional Fragments
+5	6 Interdimensional Fragments
+7	10 Interdimensional Fragments
+9	13 Interdimensional Fragments
+10	17 Interdimensional Fragments

Gear Drops

For 3rd Chronicle gear, certain pieces will only drop on a certain road. For specific monsters to hunt, especially for Set equipments, it's best to check DFOpedia in-game to see exactly where they drop.

• Easy: Pants, Shoes, Necklace, Ring
• Medium: Weapons, Top, Belt, Head/Shoulder, Bracelet
• Hard & Ultimate: Everything in lower difficulties as well as 3nd Chronicle Set gear.

Dimensional Auras

You can imbue Tainted equipment with a Dimensional Aura, altering a Skill of your choice. Depending on you the Aura you use, a different aspect of the Skill will be altered. Dimensional Auras can be found in the 3rd Chronicle Otherverse dungeons, or by collecting "Interdimensional Fragments" and trading them with Ludmilla in Saint Horn.

• The first Dimensional Aura is guaranteed to succeed whereas the second may fail and destroy your equipment.

Energy Type	Effects
Red Dimensional Aura	Increases Damage dealt by a Skill.
Blue Dimensional Aura	Decreases Cooldown for a Skill.
Green Dimensional Aura	Can add special effect options to a Skill. (Effects vary from skill to skill)

Chronicle Sets

Set-specific gear can only be obtained on Hard/Ultimate difficulties. These sets are geared towards each individual subclass. However, each subclass has about 3~4 different sets generally set up for different skill builds, thus completing a set will require lots of time and effort spending grinding these dungeons. However, the pay-off is usually worth it, as the Set bonuses for the these sets offer very powerful bonuses and options not seen elsewhere in the game.