Beginner's Engraving Guide - Lost Ark

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What Are Engravings, And How Do You Use Them?

How Your Engravings Look During Your First Steps Into Endgame

Most Popular Engravings In Lost Ark

Engravings are a fundamental part of refining your character's build in Lost Ark. Not only does every class come with two Class Engravings that drastically alter the playstyle of the class, but there are also a variety of Engravings that provide various buffs and changes to your kit.

This guide proves an in-depth look at the most popular Engravings in the game as well as how you use them. They're only available post level 50, so strictly for endgame content, like Chaos Dungeons and raids.

What Are Engravings, And How Do You Use Them?

Engravings are additional buffs and tweaks that you can make to your character when you first start completing T1 content – that's the content at the end of the main storyline, past level 50.

Engravings can be divided, basically into three separate categories: damage boosts, utility buffs, and specific Class Engravings that change the playstyle completely. Regular Engravings can be used by any class in the game, whereas class-specific Engravings are tied to one class.

Leveling Up Your Engravings

Engravings have three available levels, determined by how many points you've unlocked. There are 15 points in total for a sum of three separate levels.

There are multiple ways to unlock points for your Engravings – such as through your accessories (earrings, necklace, rings) and through ability stones. Accessories and stones can be collected, looted, and bought in Lost Ark.

Lastly, you can also unlock character-specific Learned Engravings which are called a variety of different things depending on where you play, but these "Learned Engravings" or "Imprints" are unlocked via books. These can be found in the world of Arkesia pretty much everywhere, from Dungeons, Raids, and Islands. You need multiple books to unlock the Learned Engraving slots, so it's not just a matter of finding one or two.

How Your Engravings Look During Your First Steps Into Endgame

This is where things get pretty interesting. Setting up your Engravings at the start of endgame content is a bit daunting. You won't have accessories with loads of Engraving points, and you might not have the Learned Engraving slots ready to go, or even an ability stone to give you any Engraving points.

Let's look at a sample set of accessories, stones, and Learned Engravings you might have available to you. The maths works out like this:

One necklace with 3 points, an earring with 3 points, one Learned Engraving for 6 points, and an average Ability stone with 10 points. This gives you 22 points to work with, enough for one maxed Engraving to level 3, and two lower Engravings. You might want to focus on maxing out your Engraving points before moving on with more content.

If you max out your Engraving points you should have enough to create an Engraving build that looks like this:

Grudge	Level 3 – Damage increased by 20% to monsters of Boss and above level, 20% increase to incoming damage 15 Points Required
Cursed Doll	Level 3 – Attack Power increased by 16%, healing reduced by -25% 15 Points Required
Keen Blunt Weapon	Level 1 – Increases Critical Damage by 10% but increases chance of your regular attacks dealing 20% less damage 5 Points Required

Total points: 35.

This is a sample Engraving build for a Sharpshooter, a class that really relies on Critical Damage, hence the Keen Blunt weapon Engraving. Both Grudge and Cursed Doll are meta picks for early Endgame Engravings because of their huge damage boosts.

This sample is interchangeable with any two Level 3 Engravings and any Level 1 Engraving for any class. Different classes require different Engravings. You can find out more in our class build guides.

Most Popular Engravings In Lost Ark

Here is a complete rundown of every popular Engraving in Lost Ark at the time of writing. We will update this for any sudden patches with the NA/EU launch or further changes down the line. This is determined by user data from KR and RU as well as our own experience with the late-game content in Lost Ark.

Engraving	Level Summary
Grudge	Level 1 – Damage increased by 4% to Boss or above monsters. Incoming damage increased by 20% from Boss or above monsters. Level 2 – Damage increased by 10% to Boss or above monsters. Incoming damage increased by 20% from Boss or above monsters. Level 3 – Damage increased by 20% to Boss or above monsters. Incoming damage increased by 20% from Boss or above monsters.
Cursed Doll	Level 1 – Attack Power increased by 3%, all incoming healing reduced by -25% Level 2 – Attack Power increased by 8%, all incoming healing reduced by -25% Level 3 – Attack Power increased by 16%, all incoming healing reduced by -25%
Keen Blunt Weapon	Level 1 – 10% extra Crit Damage, but regular attacks have a chance to deal 20% less damage Level 2 – 25% extra Crit Damage, but regular attacks have a chance to deal 20% less damage Level 3 – 50% extra Crit Damage, but regular attacks have a chance to deal 20% less damage
Raid Captain	Level 1 – Outgoing damage increased by 10% of basic Move Speed bonus percentage Level 2 – Outgoing damage increased by 22% of basic Move Speed bonus percentage Level 3 – Outgoing damage increased by 45% of basic Move Speed bonus percentage
Awakening	Level 1 – Reduces Awakening skill cooldown by -10%, +1 Maximum Use Level 2 – Reduces Awakening skill cooldown by -25%, +2 Maximum Use Level 3 – Reduces Awakening skill cooldown by -50%, +3 Maximum Use
Barricade	Level 1 – Damage to foes while you have a shield active is increased by 3% Level 2 – Damage to foes while you have a shield active is increased by 8% Level 3 – Damage to foes while you have a shield active is increased by 16%
Master Of Ambush	Level 1 – Damage increased by 5% for successful back attacks Level 2 – Damage increased by 12% for successful back attacks Level 3 – Damage increased by 25% for successful back attacks
Spirit Absorption	Level 1 – Attack and movement speed increased by 3% Level 2 – Attack and movement speed increased by 8% Level 3 – Attack and movement speed increased by 15%

Lost Ark is a pretty balanced game when it comes to its classes, abilities, and playstyles, but to say that the Engravings need a bit of balance work is an understatement. Outside these mentioned Engravings there are only a few that work in specific circumstances. Most T1 content is completed with Grudge and Cursed Doll. Please refer to our note below, though.

Some Engravings are missing from this list, specifically things like Midsection Attack & Adrenaline. This because Lost Ark is currently split across three separate versions of the game: Korean, Russian, and NA/EU patches. The available content is different on all three of these builds, which does make it hard to a keep track of what's what. The Engravings above are the ones available at launch in NA/EU. More might be added, or they might not.

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