Upgrading Equipment

While armors color can be changed, there is normally only one type of armor that can be worn for each class and level. After first or second rebirth, level 70 characters can also use any equipment that is level 70 or below, regardless of character-class requirements.
Equipment has a range of quality levels - from lowest to highest, they are Normal, Refined, Unique, Elite, and Super. Equipment may be upgraded using either DragonBalls to increase the item's quality, or Meteors to increase the item's required level [which also makes the item stronger]. When upgrading an item via the DragonBall method, it becomes harder to accomplish the further up in the scale the item is.
'Fixed' items have the most powerful properties of any type of item[16] but are limited to level 50 or lower, and cannot be upgraded in any way. These items cannot be created; they are only found when dropped by aide or messenger type monsters.
An item may also be composed, adding "+#" to the item's name, where # is a number between 1 and 9. Weapons, however, can be upgraded to +12. [17] This number, similar to the quality levels, gives the item extra stats, making it more powerful.[18]
Gems can be mined or dropped by slain monsters, and are used to add an effect to an item such as increased damage, weapon proficiency, or overall experience gain[19]. Gems are also needed for players to be reborn. To insert a gem into an item, it must have a socket; there are a maximum of two sockets per piece of equipment. Additionally, items can be blessed or enchanted, which decreases damage or increases a player's health. There are 8 gems: Dragon, Moon, Violet, Kylin, Fury, Tortoise, Phoenix, and Rainbow.[19]
An item my also be blessed with the help of Super Tortoise Gems, in order to award the character by subtracting battle damage when in combat. A blessed item may relieve up to 7 percent of damage taken.
Gems are required for enchantment.[20] The amount of health is randomly selected - the higher quality gem, the high chance of getting a high enchant. A player may obtain up to 255 additional health per item. Gems come in three qualities: normal, refined, and super. The effect of the gem depends on the quality, with normal being the lowest and super the highest. Usually, the higher the gem's quality, the more expensive it is.

Weapons

There are two categories of weapons: one-handed and two-handed[15]. One-handed weapons include clubs, daggers, axes, swords, hammers hooks, whips, back swords, scepters, and blades; two-handed weapons include pole axes, spears, wands, glaives, bows, and long hammers. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. Selection of weaponry is limited for taoists and archers, Taoists can only use backswords and low level normal weapons [the exception is when they are 'reborn', they may then use any except bows]. Archers may only use Bows and low level normal weapons, while Warriors and Trojans can only use one and two-handed weapons that aren't backswords or bows. After one has achieved level 120, the requirement to upgrade weapons is one dragonball. An example of this being a level 120 sword would need one dragonball to become level 121.

Appearance

Akin to many MMORPGs, players can customize the appearance of their character[14]. A player may choose the characters gender, name, hair style/colour and body size [a 'small' size resembling a child form, and a 'large' size resembling an adult]. Also, depending on the characters chosen class, their body armour and equippable items are distinct from the other classes[15]. The above image demonstrates the appearance of the taoist character with customization.
Some items, however, are wearable by all classes and allow further customization of the character such as earrings which allow visibility of the avatars hair [as opposed to a hat or cap which does not]

Battle Skills

Only certain classes have access to certain skills.
Combat skills - these inflict direct damage to an enemy or to support friendly targets.
Attribute skills - these change a characters attributes in some way, such as increasing attack or defense. Skills are powered through mana, stamina, or XP points [which are not analogous to experience points].
A new System has been released called potency which will help the character battle better
Combat skills are different for each class. The taoist has access to magical spells[12], for example, whereas the melee classes will have other direct damage attacks[13].

Characters

Characters in Conquer Online serve as the human players avatar in the online world of Conquer. The game allows one character per server per user account, and the player may choose between four distinct classes: the archer, the trojan [a melee fighter], the taoist [a magic wielding class] and a warrior [a high defense, melee class]. Furthermore, the taoist class is split into two paths with the 'water taoist' focused on being a support class while the 'fire taoist' is a magic based damage class.[11]
Each of these classes have their own unique advantages and disadvantages.

Potency

A recent addition to the Conquer Online gameplay is the system of "Potency". This system assigns each player a number which is calculated from various factors. The level of the character, how many times they have done the "rebirth" process and the general overall quality of their equipment all relate to this score. [10]
Potency gives many advantages to the player holding it. One advantage is that the damage received from attacking players is reduced and capped and attacks against players with lower potency will cause more damage. Another advantage is an increased gain in experience points from mobs that provide it.

Quests

Quests are a part of the Conquer Online game but they do not feature as prominently as other MMORPGs such as World of Warcraft.
Quests are divided into categories based on a character's level and may help a player earn rare items, such as gems and weapons.
Some quests a character is rewarded a prize, and some quests a character is rewarded with glory.