Time-filled Black Stones for Tuvala Enhancement (2024)

Time-filled Black Stones are used to improve Tuvala Gear by increasing its enhancement level. You can also exchange them to help upgrade normal gear.

Time-filled Black Stone Highlights:

• Shows a higher Enhancement Chance than normal Black Stones.
• Easily obtainable via quests, grinding, and gathering.
• Exclusive Black Stones to improve a Season Character’s Tuvala Gear.
• Can be obtained, stored, and transferred while a Season Ticket is active.
• At Season Graduation, all Time-filled Black Stones are deleted.

Base Enhancement Chances:

• +14 to +15: 8%
• +15 to PRI: 100%
• PRI to DUO: 100%
• DUO to TRI: 100%
• TRI to TET: 7%
• TET to PEN: 5%

Please see this guide for more information on Season Tuvala gear acquistion.

• Rift’s Echo
• Season Quests
• Season Pass

Tuvala Enhancement

Time-filled Black Stones are the base enhancement material for Tuvala gear. Each enhancement level requires a certain number of stones to attempt an enhancement. A PEN Tuvala Armor enhancement costs 15 Time-Filled Black Stones per attempt.

Use Advice of Valks or a saved enhancement chance to increase the enhancement chance for enhancements that are not guaranteed. Valks’ Cry can also be added to the enhancement chance.

Cron Stones can be used to protect a piece of gear or an accessory from downgrading on a failed enhancement. A PEN (V) Tuvala Armor enhancement attempt costs 165 Cron Stones to protect it from downgrading to a TRI (III) on a failed enhancement.

Agris Essence

Whenever an enhancement fails, Agris Essence builds up. After the Agris Essence meter is filled, your next enhancement is guaranteed.

A TET (IV) Tuvala gear takes 8 failed enhancements to fill up the Agris meter for a guaranteed PEN (V) enhancement.

Guaranteed Enhancement

PRI (I), DUO (II), TRI (III) Tuvala gear has a 100% success rate, regardless of the enhancement chance you have (and will not consume that stack.)

Frozen & Boiling Tides Black Stones

You will receive a Frozen Tides Black Stone and a Boiling Tides Black Stone as Season Pass rewards. The Frozen Tides Stone guarantees PEN (V) enhancement for a TET (IV) Tuvala armor or weapon. The Boiling Tides Stone guarantees PEN (V) enhancement for a TET (IV) Tuvala accessory.

You must equip the Tides Stone from your inventory into the enhancement window yourself. It won’t automatically show up in the enhancement window like Time-filled Black Stones. Unfortunately, this often results in forgetting about the Tides Stones and a waste of enhancement materials.

Repairing Tuvala Max Durability

Tuvala armor and weapons suffer a -5 Max Durability loss every time an enhancement fails. Guaranteed Enhancement suffers -20 Max Durability loss.

Max Durability on Tuvala gear can be repaired using Time-filled Black Stones. Each stone repairs +5 Max Durability. Try not to use Memory Fragments or Artisan’s Memory to repair Tuvala gear (ouch!).

Head to the nearest Blacksmith or Armor Vendor to repair Max Durability.

REMEMBER: Time-filled Black Stones disappear after graduation, so repair Max Durability before you graduate.

If you forgot to repair Max Durability before graduating, you can use Memory Fragments or wait and use the next season’s Time-filled Black Stones.

Time-filled Black Stone Exchange

Time-filled Black Stone can also be exchanged to Fughar for items that upgrade both Tuvala and normal gear.

Exchange Time-filled Black Stones for Fail Stacks and Valks’ Cry:

• 20 = Advice of Valks (+10)
• 40 = Valks’ Cry x1
• 50 = Advice of Valks (+20)
• 150 = Advice of Valks (+30)
• 500 = Advice of Valks (+40)

Exchange Time-filled Black Stones for Tuvala Gear:

• 2 = Tuvala Weapon or Armor x1
• 10 = Tuvala Accessory x1

Exchange Time-filled Black Stones for Item Collection Scrolls:

• 300 = Item Collection Increase Scroll x1

Building Extra Failstacks

Time-Filled Black Stones are an inexpensive way to build extra failstacks for later use. Whenever you fail at enhancement, it increases your Enhancement Chance (Failstack).

Use the Exchange Chance button to save a Failstack to Naderr’s Band for later use. Learn about Failstacks.

Or, purchase a Blacksmith’s Secret Book from any blacksmith to save the base failstack chance to a scroll.

To save a failstack with a Blacksmith’s Secret Book, select the Extract button in the enhancement window, then select Blacksmith’s Secret Book.

Notice that only the base enhancement chance is saved with the secret book. The new Advice of Valks will not include Valks’ Cry or any permanent enhancement chance gained through Adventure Logs.

Time-filled Black Stone via Quest

600 Time-filled Black Stones can be obtained every week via kill quests from Node Managers.

Rewards:

• x600 Time-filled Black Stone
• – Rift’s Echo (boss event for Time-filled Black Stones)
• – Contribution EXP (300)

For more details about available quests, please view our Season Quest Guide.

Season Quests to Kill Mobs

There are two types of quests to kill mobs for enhancement materials.

• Weekly Season Grind: Obtain 600 black stones for Tuvala enhancement.
• Region Monster Zone: Obtain enhancement materials you will use after graduation.

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Season Weekly Quests

A Season Weekly quest is given by Node Managers in certain regions who require you to kill 150 to 500 monsters in the area.

View these quests under “[Season Weekly] Stronger Tuvala Gear” inside the Quest (O) window → Recurring tab.

Rewards:

• x600 Time-filled Black Stone
• – Rift’s Echo (boss summon for Time-filled Black Stones)
• – Contribution EXP (300)

In the Season quest list below, level is a recommendation only. The weekly Season grind quests have a level 20 requirement.

Regional Quests

As you are happily defeating baddies, you may stumble upon Regional Monster Zone Quests that will automatically be given to you if you are the correct level. The UI will appear next to your mini-map.

• These quests are sometimes called instant quests because you instantly obtain them and don’t have to get them from an NPC.
• To obtain regional quests, just enter the grinding spot on your Season Character and an alert window will show next to the mini map.
• Please note that normal regional Subjugation quests may take precedence. When you finish these, you will then see the Season regional quests.

Season Regional Quests

Below is a list of just the Season Regional Quests. (Some do not have a corresponding Weekly.)

Monster Zone	Min Level	Season Rewards
Bashim Base	56	250x →20 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →40 Time-filled Black Stones
Desert Naga Temple	56	250x →20 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →100 Time-filled Black Stones
Titium Valley	56	250x →100 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →DUO Tuvala Earring
Cadry Ruins	57	250x →20 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →DUO Tuvala Belt
Gahaz Bandit’s Lair	57	250x →20 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →40 Time-filled Black Stones
Crescent Shrine	57	250x →20 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →DUO Tuvala Ring
Fadus Habitat	57	250x →120 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →60 Time-filled Black Stones
Polly’s Forest	58	250x →120 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →60 Time-filled Black Stones
Sherekhan Necropolis	60	250x →150 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →80 Time-filled Black Stones
Blood Wolf Settlement	60	250x →150 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →80 Time-filled Black Stones
Tshira Ruins	57	250x →120 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →60 Time-filled Black Stones
Protty Cave	57	250x →120 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →60 Time-filled Black Stones
Waragon Nest	58	250x →120 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →60 Time-filled Black Stones
Centaurus Herd	60	250x →80 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →100 Time-filled Black Stones
Basilisk Den	60	250x →80 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →100 Time-filled Black Stones
Roud Sulfur Mine	60	250x →80 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →100 Time-filled Black Stones
Pila Ku Jail	60	250x →80 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →100 Time-filled Black Stones
Navarn Steppe	60	250x →80 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →100 Time-filled Black Stones
Manshaum Forest	60	250x →80 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →100 Time-filled Black Stones
Forest Ronaros	60	250x →80 Time-filled Black Stones 500x →100 Time-filled Black Stones

Time-filled Black Stones via Grinding

Time-filled Black Stones are obtained via drops from many grinding spots.

Time-filled Black Stone drop rates have been increase by 60% in a recent patch. Previously, the average drop rate was about 200 per hour with the correct kill speed. The objective is to be able to kill with one shot and quickly move from pack to pack in high mob density hunting zones.

Last Season’s Top Grinding Spots for Time-filled Black Stones:

1. Polly’s Forest – Infinite HP/MP Pot. Combat/Skill EXP boosted. Good silver. Great mob density. What’s not to love about Mushrooms? Except it’s popular and sometimes crowded.
2. Desert Naga Temple – very good mob density and close to town.
3. Titium Valley Desert Fogans – good mob density, but difficult desert location.
4. Roud Sulfur Works – good mob density and treasure rare drop.
5. Taphtar Plain Centaurs – also an excellent grinding spot for Magical Shards and silver.

Time-Filled Black Stone Grinding Spots

Mobs	Time-filled	Region	Node
Fogans	★★★★★	Mediah	Titium Valley
Pirates	★★★★★	Islands	Kuit Island
Bandits	★★★★★	Mediah	Gahaz Bandit’s Lair
Nagas	★★★★★	Valencia	Desert Naga Temple
Crescents	★★★★★	Valencia	Crescent Shrine
Mushrooms	★★★★★	Kamasylvia	Polly’s Forest
Fadus	★★★★★	Kamasylvia	Loopy Tree Forest
Bashims	★★★★★	Valencia	Bashim Base
Lavas	★★★★★	Valencia	Roud Sulfur Works
Prisoners	★★★★	Valencia	Pila Ku Jail
Basilisks	★★★★	Valencia	Basilisk Den
Centaurs	★★★★★	Valencia	Taphtar Plain
Cadries	★★★★	Valencia	Cadry Ruins
Kagtums	★★★★	Dreighan	Blood Wolf Settlement
Protties	★★★	Sea Island	Weita Island Protty Cave
Warriors	★★	Drieghan	Sherekhan Necropolis
Shultz Guard	★★★	Mediah	Sausan Garrison
Ancient Weapons	★★★★	Underwater Zone	Weita Island Sycraia Underwater Ruins
Gravestones	★★★★	Mediah	Marie Cave
Griffons, Wolves, etc	★★★	Kamasylvia	Navarn Steppe
Ronaros	★★★	Kamasylvia	Tooth Fairy Forest
Manshaums	★★★	Kamasylvia	Manshaum Forest
Spiders, Keepers, etc	★★★	Dreighan	Tshira Ruins

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Time-Filled Black Stones via Gathering

On season servers, you can obtain Time-Filled Black Stones via the Gathering Life Skill. (Excludes barehanded gathering, digging, milking, and scooping water.)

Gathering Tools
	Lumbering Axe	Trees for logs and timber
	Hoe	Herbs, fruits, weeds, seeds, and flowers
	Tanning Knife	Animal corpses for hides and feathers
	Butcher Knife	Animal corpses for meat
	Fluid Collector	Animal corpses for blood. Trees for sap.
	Pickaxe	Rocks, ores, Gems, crystals

All of the following can be obtained via gathering. They fit in the rare resources category and are NOT affected by the pet Hedgehog’s Talent effect.

Time-filled Black Stone	◆ Enhance Tuvala gear via the Black Spirit, including Guaranteed Enhancement. ◆ Exchange for other useful items via the NPC Fughar in any major city. ◆ Recover max durability of Tuvala gear lost from enhancement failure. ◆ Exchange for Tuvala gear and accessories via blacksmiths in any major city.
Rift’s Fragment	◆ Rift’s Echo can be crafted with Rift’s Fragment x5 by Simple Alchemy (L). ◆ Defeat the bosses summoned from a Rift’s Echo to obtain Tuvala Accessories and enhancement materials. ◆ A party is recommended to take on these mighty foes.

Time-Filled Black Stones via Rift’s Echo

About 16 Time-Filled Black Stones drop for each boss from a Rift’s Echo.

Rift’s Echo is a rare item that spawns a boss event, in which 3 or more different bosses spawn in consecutive order on Season Server.

Lucky players may get a rare boss spawn.

Each boss defeated rewards enhancement items for Tuvala Gear.

• Average Loot per Common Boss:

16– Time-filled Black Stone

Time-filled Black Stones via Processing → Heating

Tuvala gear and accessories can be heated in Processing (L) to craft Time-filled Black Stones.

Time-filled Blackstones via PVP

The Season quest for Red Battlefield can be completed once a day.

Quest Objective: Obtain 1x Battlefield Token from completing a Red Battlefield.

• Gives 1 Rift’s Fragment, allowing you to obtain about 1 Rift’s Echo every week.
• To join Red Battlefield press Esc > War (F7) > Red Battlefield (1)
• You can join in the first 10 minutes of Red Battlefield.

Season Quest: [Season Daily] Battle It Out at the Red Battlefield!

Quest Rewards:

• 1x Rift’s Fragment
• 55x Time-filled Black Stone
• 100 Contribution Experience

Daz <Red Battlefield Quartermaster>

Note: You cannot accept both the season quest and “Victory at Red Battlefield!” at the same time. You must complete one before accepting the other.

Season Quests for Atoraxxion

Atoraxxion: Vahmalkea, Sycrakea, and Yolunakea provide an extra chest for Season Characters. This unique chest has many enhancement items for Tuvala Gear.

Quest NPC: Fughar

Season Atoraxxion Quests:

• [Co-op][Weekly] Vestige of the Rift Bestowed by Vaha
• [Co-op] [Weekly] Vestige of the Rift Bestowed by Syca
• [Co-op] [Weekly] Vestige of the Rift Bestowed by Yolu

Chest Reward: Atoraxxion: Rift Chest

Also obtain Atoraxxion: Rift Chest x1 for each Challenge (Y):

Season Atoraxxion Requirements:

• Level 60+
• “Invitation from I” Black Spirit main questline
• Completed Succession or Awakening questline
• Completed the quest “[Atoraxxion] Talibre’s Tear” in the quest line “[5-person Co-op] The Last Stronghold, Atoraxxion” which allows you to interact with the Sol Magia in the Ancient Stone Chamber.
• Afterwards, you can defeat the final boss in Atoraxxion: Vahmalkea/Sycrakea/Yolunakea and get the weekly rewards without doing the main questline.

Sources & Additional Info

• bdolytics.com Time-filled Blackstone
• GrumpyG’s Season Server Guide
• GrumpyG’s Tuvala Gear Exchange for Boss Gear
• GrumpyG’s Exchange Naru
• GrumpyG’s Time-Filled Black Stones and Rifts Echo for Tuvala Enhancement
  

In Patch December 20, 2023 all Season enhancment materials (Refined Magical Black Stone and Tuvala Ore) were consolidated into 1 type of Time-filled Black Stone.