Engravings are an important tool in Lost Ark that you shouldn't miss. You can find out what engravings are and how to obtain them here.

Lost Ark is like a typical MMO in that it throws one system at a time at you. Some of these might be a bit overwhelming or miss the sea of ​​mechanics altogether. One of these systems could be sculpture. They are difficult to understand at first glance, but sculpting can completely transform your gaming experience in Lost Ark.

To help you get to grips with this system, we're going to show you everything you need to know about the sculptures in Lost Ark: what are they, and how to get them?

What are the engravings in The Lost Ark?
Engravings are achievements and special effects that you can equip to change your character's traits. Lost Ark Engravings fall into two different categories: Combat Engravings and Class Engravings.

Battle engravings
Combat engravings cause general attribute changes, such as B. increased damage or reduced cooldowns. Some are offset by negative side effects like increased damage or reduced speed. So far so known: Combat engraving is very similar to other systems in role-playing games, such as gems or runes in games like Diablo.

There are 43 different battle engravings in the Lost Ark and we'll show you how to get them without spending too much Lost ark gold later in this article.

Class engraves are not as common as combat engraves. There are two for each advanced class, and each changes the way you play that class. For example, Paladins can gain Blessed Aura, which makes them better healers, and Judgment, which makes them better at dealing damage. Did you notice that we said "and" instead of "or"? You don't have to choose one type of engraving or the other, you can even use both and enhance them.

Lost Ark carvings are popular
You can unlock carvings by completing the Silhouette stage in the Lost Ark. Two engraving slots will be available. Press Alt+I to open the engraving menu and see all available engravings.

There are three main ways to get new carvings, which we will now explain to you in more detail.

Carving Recipes
The main way to get new carvings and improve existing ones is by collecting carving recipes. The carving tutorial quests will give you a variety of recipes and you will get many carving recipes as rewards for the side quests in East Lutra, Totoyk, Annika, and Asetin. You get recipes in bags, and since this game isn't complex enough yet, of course there are different types.

The engraved recipe sacks give you random recipes, while the engraved recipe selection sacks are more valuable as they allow you to choose what they contain and are best saved if you decide to build them. There are also separate pockets for the course and battle recipes. Yes, I know: ...... Couldn't that be simpler?

The recipes are divided into different rarities such as B. Items and loot.

Green = Together
Blue = Unusual
Purple = Epic
Orange = Legendary
For each level of rarity, you must activate 20 recipes to get 3 points with which to carve and improve them. You then need to use 20 recipes of the next level of rarity, and so on. It's a lot, but once you get the hang of it, it's a really great and fun system!

Carving Recipes drop as loot or rewards in events such as Chaos Dungeons, Abyssal Dungeons, or Guardian Raids. Unlike other events, at the latter two events, you will find recipes specifically for carving dishes. So keep that in mind!

Accessories engraving
Another way to get engravings is by using accessories. Later in the game, rings, necklaces, and other accessories will drop randomly and have random engravings applied to them. These can be battle engraves or profession engraves, and you can equip two rings and two earrings.

Ability stone carvings
The last way to get Engravings is through Skill Stones. They are obtained through quests and events and can only contain combat inscriptions, not profession-specific ones. Each ability stone gives you two engravings and a negative effect to balance things out.

The tricky part is that you can't just pick up an ability stone and use it right away. You need to find an experienced stone cutter and have the stone faceted. There are stonemasons in every town, for example in Lutra Castle.