Materials

Materials are used for crafting equipment which can then be equipped to your hero to receive boosts. Materials are categorized into three categories: Beginner, Normal, and Monster.

Obtaining Materials
Materials can be obtained in several ways. They include completing quests, gathering at sites, attacking/defeating monsters, and opening chests from the gold shop or chests obtained as prizes from participating in events int the events hub.

Beginner Materials
Beginner materials are the easiest to obtain as they can even be obtained from basic gathering sites. Beginner materials include:

Normal Materials
Normal materials CANNOT be obtained from standard/monster gathering sites. They CAN be obtained from the other ways. Normal materials include:

Monster Materials
Monster materials in less, more specific ways. The only ways to obtain monster materials are:
 * Opening Alliance Gifts when your alliance defeats monsters
 * Attacking specific monsters which correlates to the monster
 * Completing Daily/Alliance/VIP quests that offer said materials
 * Buying/Opening Monster Material Chests
 * Gathering at defeated monster sites for specific materials

Monster materials are harder to obtain, especially if you are looking for specific material. Each monster has a specific set of materials predominantly used in their armor sets. The best way to hunt specific materials: For lists of specific materials from each monster, check their monster pages
 * Hunting/attacking specific monsters : More damage done offer a better chance at material drops
 * Be sure to open Alliance gifts, especially when your monster is in season/present on the overworld
 * Keep an eye on quests. Some quests offer Monster materials as rewards. This is a good opportunity to obtain higher level materials that match the quest level, even if you are not looking for it.
 * Defeating special event monsters; their alliance gifts often give optional monster material chests