Blade & Soul - Dragonforge (Jin Outfit) Mod

After two weeks of requested duo mods, I can finally work on an outfit which I have been eyeing for a long time. Every time I browse though a list of outfits to see which one I want to work on next, I will come across the Dragonforge outfit and think to myself 'I should do this next'. But somehow another outfits down the list or requests always catch my attention and I ended up working on those. 😅

And finally after all this time, I can stay focus and work on this outfit without drifting off to somewhere else. 😆

Since this outfit has existed in the game for some time now, with the Khanda Vihar patch, most players would know the where and how to get this outfit. But for the sake of new players, I will put it down here.

The Dragonforge was originally introduced as a drop in the Naryu Foundary dungeon, located in the Khanda Vihar map. In the early release , it is not easily obtainable because the bosses posed a challenge at that time. For old payers, you will probably remember the fun of sending the second boss flying over the wall of flame at the exact time or risk a wipe out. And how party members died because they failed to jump over the flame wall twice, without a party protect. Last but not least, not forgetting the fun being a driver, 'driving' hemisphere into a furnace to avoid a wipe. Those are the days. 😆

Nowadays, with the game progress and dungeon nerf, a moderate party can easily blow through the bosses, like erasing pencil trace. Since the game story also does not take players into this dungeon and players do not really need anything specific from the dungeon, it is loosing attraction. Thus, the Dragonforge has been removed from the dungeon boss' loot list and placed with the Zaiwei achievement vendor. However, players still need to obtain the "Naryu Foundary Fast Track" achievement (defeat the final boss - Acrimor under five minutes) in order to purchase it from the vendor. As mentioned earlier, with the game progress and dungeon nerf, this is easily achievable. 

The Naryu Foundary is located in Khanda Vihar, a floating island in the sky. The island was sealed away a long time ago by the Naryu to contain a corrupted Sacred dragon - Meganura, which was once a protector of the Naryu. The island was kept secret and protected by the Shadowless Defense Council until Lusung was corrupted and offered to the Raven King by Jinsoyun. Lusung led the Ebondrake Cultists and demons to attack the island in order to enter the Skybeak Spire, where the Raven King was sealed. The Ebondrake Cultist also attacked and took over the Naryu Foundary, which was originally a factory for Naryu automatons. The Cultists converted the factory to produce the Black Pillars which are then launched into the continents to spread corruption.   

With those information out of the way, let us check out the original outfit below.

Front View - Original Outfit

Since the Naryu Foundary has been taken over by the Ebondrake Cultist, this outfit that drops off the final boss - Acrimor in this dungeon also bears the obvious gold-black color tone, just like other Ebondrake outfits.

Front Close-up View - Original Outfit

The unique features of this outfit is the golden half cloak that covers only the right side of the body and the golden shorts that is worn over a full black tights.

Rear View - Original Outfit

Two pieces of similar shroud drape over the front and back of the torso. The front shroud is also the only cloth that is covering the chest area.

Rear Close-up View - Original Outfit

Another interesting feature is that the black collar, that wraps around the neck, looks like our beloved 'U' shape neck support pillow. 😅

Side View - Original Outfit

The right side looks the same as the left side other than the gold cloak and black badge on the top right of the shoulder.

Side Close-up View - Original Outfit

From the mesh structure, it can be seen that the entire torso exist, except for the arms. As such, it is possible for this Jin outfit to be mod into a nude mod. 😆 However, I will not be doing that.

What I will do is to simplify the outfit by removing the half cloak, trimming the shroud and shorts. For the love of leggy legs, I will also recolor the black tights into skin color. 😆

Let us compare to the modified outfit below.

Front View - Modified Outfit

The modified outfit looks much cleaner overall. And the leggy legs. 😍

The half cloak has been totally removed and the legs have been recolored to skin.

Front Close-up View - Modified Outfit

The front shroud has been trimmed down to become bra caps and shorts become shorter.

Rear View - Modified Outfit

I only trimmed the gold cape instead of total removal because the front and back shrouds actually share the same texture. Since I trimmed the front down to two caps, the back will be the same. However, the gold cape will hide them nicely. 😆

Rear Close-up View - Modified Outfit

However, keeping the gold cape cause a top-heavy-bottom-light feel. 😓

Side View - Modified Outfit

The black badge on the right side of the chest has also been removed.

Side Close-up View - Modified Outfit

With the shorts trimmed, it is possible to peek inside from certain angles, but you will not find anything interesting beneath. 😅 

After the mod and in mid of video creation, I though about changing the shorter shorts into skirt. So, I tried it out and took a screen shot of it as shown below.

Front and Rear View - Skirt Version (Raw)

By removing the part of the shorts, where the crotch bridges the butt area, it can be turned into a skirt. But to totally remove the curve part that connects the front and back, the skirt needs to be very short as shown above. 😓

We have reach the end of this post. You can check out the video to take a better look at the mod. I know I said I will simplify the video to just sufficiently show the mod, but I can't resist the urge to make the video more lively. 😅

Download Link (Skirt Version)