# Lost Ark Guides > Guides to Lost Ark builds, equipment, progression and collections. Canonical: https://lostark.wiki/guides - 2026-10-22: [Astrogem processing: process, view other items or reset](https://lostark.wiki/guides/astrogem-processing-process-reroll-or-reset) - How to compare each choice in the Lost Ark Astrogem Processing window by its chance of reaching the Willpower Efficiency and Core Points your core needs, shown on an Order Astrogem: Stability with two attempts left. - 2026-10-22: [Awaken your cards for a Book threshold](https://lostark.wiki/guides/awaken-cards-for-book-thresholds) - Which duplicates, selection packs and Card XP reach a Lost Ark Book stage with the fewest packs spent, shown on the Light of Salvation Book. - 2026-10-22: [Faceting an Ability Stone: which line to facet next](https://lostark.wiki/guides/facet-an-ability-stone-line-by-line) - How to pick the next Lost Ark Ability Stone line to facet from the results so far, worked on an Elegant Stone of Birth that needs 7 and 7 successes with at most 2 on the penalty line. - 2026-10-22: [How to look up a Lost Ark character by region and name](https://lostark.wiki/guides/look-up-a-lost-ark-character) - Find a character's class, level, item level and server by region and name, and compare its item level with yours. - 2026-10-22: [How much raid gold your Lost Ark roster earns per reset](https://lostark.wiki/guides/lost-ark-raid-gold-per-reset) - Which Legion Raid gates pay gold for each character under the three-raid limit and the six-character cap, and what the chests cost against it. - 2026-10-22: [How to read the Lost Ark ranking boards by region](https://lostark.wiki/guides/lost-ark-ranking-boards) - The Reverse Ruin, Catastrophe and Paradise ranking boards, one page of ten characters at a time, per region. - 2026-10-22: [How to place Astrogems to reach Ark Grid core thresholds](https://lostark.wiki/guides/place-astrogems-to-reach-core-thresholds) - How to place Lost Ark Astrogems in the Ark Grid cores so the Core Points thresholds you care about are reached first, then the most levels of one effect, shown on a Berserker's Order Sun and Order Moon cores with eight Astrogem items. - 2026-10-22: [Which Lost Ark Legion Raids your roster can still earn gold from](https://lostark.wiki/guides/which-lost-ark-raids-are-left-this-reset) - Read which raids each character has already earned gold from this reset and which remaining raids reach a gold goal first. - 2026-10-21: [How to compare Lost Ark shop bundles with the market](https://lostark.wiki/guides/compare-shop-bundles-with-the-market) - Compare every shop offer for a Lost Ark item with the market at the same quantity, with whole purchases, leftover units and purchase limits, worked on 120 Destruction Stone Fragments. - 2026-10-21: [Ebony Cube tickets: run them or exchange them for keys](https://lostark.wiki/guides/ebony-cube-tickets-run-or-exchange) - Every exchange the Lost Ark Ebony Cube tickets you own allow, shown for five 1st Unlock tickets and the Hell Key of Destiny II. - 2026-10-21: [Netherworld: descend again or quit and claim](https://lostark.wiki/guides/netherworld-jump-or-stop) - How to compare quitting with one more descent in the Lost Ark Netherworld, shown on a Flame Key run at floor 96 aiming for 5,000,000 Silver Safes. - 2026-10-21: [How to place Kakul-Saydon Bingo bombs safely](https://lostark.wiki/guides/place-kakul-saydon-bingo-bombs) - Which cells complete a line for the third Bingo bomb in Kakul-Saydon Gate 3, shown on a worked board with two skull tiles. - 2026-10-21: [How to plan Lost Ark crafting batches, Gold and Action Energy](https://lostark.wiki/guides/plan-crafting-batches-gold-and-action-energy) - How many crafting batches, how much Gold, time and Action Energy a Lost Ark recipe needs, and which materials to craft or buy, worked on 81 Trade Skill Tool Restoration Kits. - 2026-10-21: [How to plan Lost Ark rapport rewards across NPCs](https://lostark.wiki/guides/plan-rapport-rewards-across-npcs) - Which Lost Ark NPCs give a rapport reward, how much rapport each rank needs, what must be unlocked first and which gifts and actions earn it, worked on Siera and Yuul. - 2026-10-21: [How to practice a Lost Ark Clash sequence](https://lostark.wiki/guides/practice-a-lost-ark-clash-sequence) - Rehearse the prompt keys and the Perfect and Good windows of a Thaemine Clash action, and read which window an input missed. - 2026-09-24: [Lost Ark Chaos Gate, field boss and wandering merchant times](https://lostark.wiki/guides/chaos-gate-field-boss-and-merchant-times) - When Chaos Gates, field bosses, wandering merchants and co-op sailing start in Lost Ark, in server time for East North America and Central Europe and in your own time. - 2026-09-24: [Lost Ark honing success rate and cost per level](https://lostark.wiki/guides/honing-success-rate-and-cost-per-level) - Base success rate, failure bonus and cost per attempt for every honing level of a Lost Ark gear piece, shown for the Destined Tremor Greatsword from level 1 to 25. - 2026-09-24: [How to plan Lost Ark skills, tripods and engravings](https://lostark.wiki/guides/plan-skills-tripods-and-engravings) - Plan a skill build with tripods and engravings for any advanced class in the Lost Ark character builder without spending skill points, then share it as a link. ## Related - [Home](https://lostark.wiki/)