Epic jewelry is the foundation of any top-tier build in High Five. Every jewelry family comes in three tiers tied to three levels of an internal skill. The starting Cursed tier is a custom server development: personal jewelry available to absolutely every player via the Forge Cursed service in Community Board → Services → Boss Jewelry (exchange services). It's the entry point to top jewelry — you can gradually upgrade it to Original and then to Improved.
Cursed (lvl 1) — custom personal tier
Available to absolutely every player via the Forge Cursed service. Bound to the character: cannot be transferred or listed on the market. Can be upgraded to Original.
Original (lvl 2) — retail tier
Standard loot from grand bosses (schedule) and instance bosses (instances). The drop chance is fixed and does not depend on server rates.
Improved (lvl 3) — top tier
Stats noticeably stronger than Original. Built via the Upgrade Jewelry service.
Epic Jewelry Powder () is the main currency of the epic jewelry system. All three services run on it: Forge Cursed creates the starter Cursed tier, Upgrade Jewelry gradually moves you from Cursed to Improved, and Shatter to Powder converts jewelry you no longer need back into powder so you can put that resource toward a new set. Powder accumulates from five independent sources — taking part in epic raids, a bonus for two daily quests in Dragon Valley, a full set of Olympiad certificates in the Olympiad Starter quest, drops from the Lost Captain in Kamaloka, and exchanging Essence of Kamaloka at the Pathfinder Worker.
For epic raids, every player who landed at least one hit on the boss and was within 3000 units of it at the moment of death receives powder. Last hit and top damage don't matter — the reward is for taking part in the fight. If you died during the fight but were within the reward radius at the moment of the final blow, you still get the powder — it goes straight into your inventory, nothing falls on the ground and there's nothing to pick up after resurrection. Pets and servitors count their damage toward the owner, no duplicates. Outsiders don't get in on the payout: for instanced bosses (all three Zakens, Last Imperial Tomb, Freya's Castle) the payout only happens inside your own copy of the zone, and for the grand epics (Antharas, Valakas, Baium) the lair seals shut as soon as the fight starts — whoever didn't make it in isn't on the list. The chance depends on the specific boss: Queen Ant, Core, Orfen, Sailren, Beleth and Freya Extreme guarantee powder; Zakens, Frintezza's final phase and Freya Easy give it half the time; the main grand epics Baium, Valakas and Antharas give it 30% of the time. See the full list in the table below.
The daily quests in Dragon Valley are the most predictable powder channel: Wings of Sand and Don't Know, Don't Care are available from level 80 and can be turned in every day. Wings of Sand gives Vesper and Sealed Vesper pieces, Vesper recipes and Blessed Enchant Scrolls; Don't Know, Don't Care gives Sealed Vorpal pieces and jewelry, enchant scrolls, Element Crystals and guaranteed Gemstone S. On top of that reward, turning the quest in independently rolls a 30% chance for Epic Jewelry Powder — two quests a day give two chances, every single day.
All the sources stack and don't interfere with each other: go to the epics — collect powder for every participation; turn in both dailies in Dragon Valley — get more on top; close out the day's series of Olympiad fights — get another guaranteed one; run the Labyrinth of the Abyss (83) — a 20% chance from every Lost Captain, while the essences pile up for exchange. The tighter your schedule, the faster you'll put together a full set of Improved-tier epic jewelry.
Epic Jewelry Powder drop chances from epic bosses
Icon
Boss
Powder chance
Queen Ant
100%
Antharas, Earth Dragon
30%
Orfen
100%
Baium
30%
Valakas, Fire Dragon
30%
Core
100%
Beleth
100%
Sailren
100%
Frintezza — final phase (Scarlet van Halisha)
50%
Zaken — Night
50%
Zaken — Day, Lvl 60
50%
Zaken — Day, Lvl 83
50%
Freya — Easy final
50%
Freya — Extreme (Hard) final
100%
Epic Jewelry Powder from daily quests
Quest
Where and for whom
Powder chance on turn-in
Wings of Sand
Dragon Valley, 80–85 lvl
30%
Don't Know, Don't Care
Dragon Valley, 80–85 lvl
30%
Olympiad Starter, full set 3 + 5 + 10
Olympiad Manager , 75+ lvl and Noblesse
100% — 1 pc. guaranteed
Epic Jewelry Powder in Kamaloka
Source
Where and for whom
Chance or price
Lost Captain
Labyrinth of the Abyss (83), lvl 78–85, party of 2–9 players
All operations with epic jewelry are done via Community Board → Services → Boss Jewelry. From the Cursed tier you can gradually progress all the way to Improved without losing progress.
Forge Cursed
Crafting the Cursed tier for Epic Powder. Available to absolutely every player — this is the entry point into epic jewelry for everyone.
Upgrade Jewelry
Gradual upgrade: Cursed → Original → Improved. Progress is preserved at every step.
Shatter to Powder
Don't need old or extra jewelry — grind it into Epic Powder and craft new pieces from it. Nothing goes to waste: every Cursed/Original/Improved can be converted into a resource and put to use.
) is the main currency of the epic jewelry system. All three services run on it: Forge Cursed creates the starter Cursed tier, Upgrade Jewelry gradually moves you from Cursed to Improved, and Shatter to Powder converts jewelry you no longer need back into powder so you can put that resource toward a new set. Powder accumulates from five independent sources — taking part in epic raids, a bonus for two daily quests in Dragon Valley, a full set of Olympiad certificates in the Olympiad Starter quest, drops from the Lost Captain in Kamaloka, and exchanging Essence of Kamaloka at the Pathfinder Worker.
For epic raids, every player who landed at least one hit on the boss and was within 3000 units of it at the moment of death receives powder. Last hit and top damage don't matter — the reward is for taking part in the fight. If you died during the fight but were within the reward radius at the moment of the final blow, you still get the powder — it goes straight into your inventory, nothing falls on the ground and there's nothing to pick up after resurrection. Pets and servitors count their damage toward the owner, no duplicates. Outsiders don't get in on the payout: for instanced bosses (all three Zakens, Last Imperial Tomb, Freya's Castle) the payout only happens inside your own copy of the zone, and for the grand epics (Antharas, Valakas, Baium) the lair seals shut as soon as the fight starts — whoever didn't make it in isn't on the list. The chance depends on the specific boss: Queen Ant, Core, Orfen, Sailren, Beleth and Freya Extreme guarantee powder; Zakens, Frintezza's final phase and Freya Easy give it half the time; the main grand epics Baium, Valakas and Antharas give it 30% of the time. See the full list in the table below.
The daily quests in Dragon Valley are the most predictable powder channel: Wings of Sand and Don't Know, Don't Care are available from level 80 and can be turned in every day. Wings of Sand gives Vesper and Sealed Vesper pieces, Vesper recipes and Blessed Enchant Scrolls; Don't Know, Don't Care gives Sealed Vorpal pieces and jewelry, enchant scrolls, Element Crystals and guaranteed Gemstone S. On top of that reward, turning the quest in independently rolls a 30% chance for Epic Jewelry Powder — two quests a day give two chances, every single day.
All the sources stack and don't interfere with each other: go to the epics — collect powder for every participation; turn in both dailies in Dragon Valley — get more on top; close out the day's series of Olympiad fights — get another guaranteed one; run the Labyrinth of the Abyss (83) — a 20% chance from every Lost Captain, while the essences pile up for exchange. The tighter your schedule, the faster you'll put together a full set of Improved-tier epic jewelry.
, 75+ lvl and Noblesse
for 1 powder
