Socket gear is where the real power lives on FanaticMU. Higher gear tiers carry more sockets (1 at T2 up to 5 at T6 - see Gear Progression), and filled sockets are what separates two players in the same set.
A socket is filled by mounting a seed sphere: a seed (the option) combined with a sphere (the strength). Seeds are crafted, never dropped - the Seed Master and Seed Researcher in Elbeland handle creation and mounting, the classic way.
Spheres are the progression:
| Sphere | Where it comes from |
|---|---|
| Sphere (Mono)- Tier 1 | Sold by town merchants - for a price that will make you respect it. Also a rare Blood Castle prize |
| Sphere (Di)- Tier 2 | Chaos Castle and Illusion Temple reward pools, the highest Boxes of Kundun - and one of the new golden monsters in the Golden Invasion carries them |
| Sphere (Tri)- Tier 3 | Uber Kundun only |
Tetra and Penta spheres are not currently obtainable. Tri is the ceiling, and the raid is the only place it exists.
Fill your sockets with whatever you can mount early - an occupied socket always beats an empty one. Chase Di through events, then run Uber Kundun for Tri. The endgame loadout is T6 with five Tri-tier sockets - and the raid itself is tuned assuming you will get there.