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# Equipment
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Equipment are items that grant passive effects to the equipped monster during combat. Each monster can equip only one piece of Equipment at a time. If a monster that has Equipment dies during combat, the Equipment is lost as well. If a monster is rebirthed while the party is full and replaces a monster that has Equipment, that Equipment is automatically scrapped with no option to reassign it to another monster.
Equipment can also appear with Affixes, which are additional Modifiers applied to the Equipment. Affixes provide their own passive effects in addition to the Equipment's base effect.
### Rarity Tier
Each type of Equipment has three rarity tiers, becoming stronger at higher tiers: Common, Rare, and Epic. The rarity of the Equipment also determines the number of Affixes it has, as well as its cost and scrapping value.
## Acquisition
Equipment can be acquired in the following ways:
* From loot drops. Equipment has a 15% chance to have a Rare Affix. If the Equipment Boon from an Riven Spring is active, there is a 35% chance the Equipment is upgraded to the next rarity, if possible.
* 45% chance to obtain a Common Equipment from Common loot drops.
* 45% chance to obtain an Rare Equipment from Rare loot drops.
* 40% chance to obtain an Epic Equipment from Epic loot drops.
* Sir Tiberion's "Extra Equipment" event offers a choice between two random pieces of Equipment. The rarity of each piece is determined by the current Biome tier, and each has a 15% chance to have a Rare Affix.
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