If youre having trouble parsing Engravings and getting your build set up, this guide is here to help.

Each Engraving has three levels, which require 5, 10, and 15 nodes to activate.

An Engraving is not active unless it isat leastlevel 1.

An early boss battle in Lost Ark’s main story

So, you need at least 5 nodes of an Engraving to activate it.

So, Mayhem and Adrenaline are both active at Engraving level 1, while Grudge is inactive.

Where do those nodes come from though, and how do you get enough to activate an Engraving?

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Well walk through this next.

When you consume an Engraving book, youll earn a point towards learning that Engraving for your whole roster.

you’re able to view these under the Learned Engravings tab of the Roster menu.

The Engraving tab in Lost Ark

It takes 20 books of a tier to learn the Engraving at that rarity, starting with Uncommon.

Finding and using Engraving gear

Each rarity tier learned only grants three nodes towards an Engraving.

After level 50, youll start finding jewelry with Engraving nodes on it.

The Faceting UI in Lost Ark

Gather enough of one Engraving, and it will activate when you equip the gear with those nodes.

you’ve got the option to also buy jewelry with the desired Engravings on the Auction House.

Ability stones and faceting explained

The third way to acquire Engraving nodes is Ability Stones.

These are also introduced in Luterra Castle, alongside a brief tutorial quest.

In case you missed it or are unclear on how they function though, well break things down.

Ability stones drop with two random Engraving effects plus a third, strictly negative effect.

Before you might equip an Ability Stone though, you must facet it.

Insert a stone, and click facet on each Engraving until all three effects are fully faceted.

That’s everything you’re gonna wanna start using Engravings on your Lost Ark charcter!

Speaking of characters, visit ourtier listfor some inspiration.