Augmenting was a system to temporarily increase attributes of Abyss (generally PvP) armor and weapons. The duration of this increase depended on the usage of the said gear; using skills, equipping the gear, attacking and receiving damage were all actions that slowly depleted the Augment gauge.
Items that were eligible for augmentation had an augmentation bar at the bottom of the tooltip, indicating the max. augmentation level and the affected stats. The current augment level of gear could be viewed on the item's description as a blue bar. Grey meant the item is not augmented, light blue indicated level 1 augment, and dark blue indicated level 2 augment.
The augment level could be recharged by visiting Augmenting Officers or by applying Augmenting stones, such as File:Major Blessed Augment: Level 2.gif Major Blessed Augment: Level 2 (from events) and File:(Stamp) Major Blessed Augment: Level 2.gif (Stamp) Major Blessed Augment: Level 2 (from Atreian Passport). Unlike Conditioning, which cost kinah, Augmenting could only be recharged with Abyss Points.
Augmenting was discontinued with the 6.0 update.