Editing Refining (section)

== Rumors ==
Duke Blacke sometimes gives players advice on refining. For example, one of his rumors states that refining when nobody else is around improves refining rates, while another suggests that logging out and restarting your computer also improves the refining rate.

Many of his rumors give advice on specific NPCs to use when attempting to refine to a particular level.  Note, however, that the Officer NPCs that Duke Blacke refers to can only be used by players who belong to the faction that controls the territory.

While many players claim that Duke Blacke's rumors are true, initial testing suggests that they are simply rumors. For example, tests using large quantities of Mirage Celestones that compared refining in Archosaur versus refining in abandoned towns found no significant difference in the refining rates. Similarly, another test of The Harshlands Officer NPC involving 250 Mirage Celestones found no improvement on +1 refining rates.

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! Refine
! Rumored Officer NPC
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| +1
| The Harshlands
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| +2
| The Frozen Path
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| +3
| Avalanche Canyon, Thousand Wood Ridge, Windswept Grasslands, Courage Path, Land of Buried Bones
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| +4
| Haunted Path, Tradewind Village, The Great Lake, South Barrier Mountains
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| +5
| City of Misfortune, Shining Tide Woods, Stairway to Heaven, The White Ridge
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| +6
| Ancient Wall, Dragon Wilderness, Valley of the Hidden Orchid, Black Mountain
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| +7
| Broken Plain, Silk Ridge, Peach Blossom Grove, Ridge of the Dreaming Cloud
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| +8
| Ancient Peak, Wellspring Village, Deserted Sea
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| +9
| Vibrant Cliffs, Fragrant Hills, Walled Stronghold
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| +10
| Mount Lantern, Sundown Town, King's Feast
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| +11
| Immolation Camp, Dribbling Spring, Swamp of the Wraiths
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| +12
| Forest of Haze, Dragon's End, Plain of Farewells
|}
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