Talk:Merging/@comment-69.151.249.66-20140507055412/@comment-24751566-20140507144349

1. Trades resets the level and the stats of the spirit. Refused trades, however does not.

This page is quite outdated in terms of data. Merging Experience contains the XP requirement that you noted. Bonus stats are calculated on the current stats and the rarity of the spirit, and having a very low stat for an attribute will receive low bonus stats per merge.