# Equipment & Upgrading ### **Equipment** Mastering the right equipment is essential to building a strong hero and overcoming the game’s toughest challenges. With eight equipment types—Weapons, Boots, Necklaces, Armor, Hats, Gloves, Backpacks, and Pets—you can customize your strategy and dominate the battlefield. ### **Weapons** Weapons are divided into two main categories: * **Ranged Weapons:** Pistols, assault rifles, and shotguns for long-range precision. * **Close Combat Weapons:** Daggers, batons, and needles for powerful melee strikes. Weapons not only boost damage but also serve as the foundation for upgrades and enhancements. Upgrading improves weapon stats, while combining similar items increases rarity and enhances their potential. ### **Rarity and Tiers** Equipment comes in six tiers, with higher tiers offering better stats and effects: * **Common:** Max Level 20 * **Rare:** Max Level 30 * **Epic:** Max Level 40 * **Legend:** Max Level 50 * **Ancient:** Max Level 60 * **Infinity:** Max Level 90 (requires special resources to upgrade). Each tier adds depth and progression, encouraging strategic use of resources as upgrades become increasingly valuable. ### **Upgrades and Fusion** * **Upgrades:** Improve equipment stats to maximize combat effectiveness, with costs scaling at higher levels. * **Fusion:** Combine similar items to increase rarity, unlocking better stats and a higher upgrade cap. ### **Equipment Sets and Bonuses** Certain items belong to unique sets such as Adventure, Police, Dancer, Assassin, and Robot. Equipping two or more items from the same set grants set-specific bonuses, enhancing your hero’s stats and providing additional strategic options. Equip, upgrade, and fuse your way to victory. The stronger your gear, the more unstoppable your hero becomes! --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://about.petopiagame.io/the-game/equipment-and-upgrading.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.