Enchantments
A few different professions participate in the creation of enchantment scrolls. Those enchantment scrolls are primarily going to be interfaced on the profession side with scribe, but once that scroll is created then it's in the hands of the open economy and players may utilize them to enchant weapons and stuff.[1] – Steven Sharif
Mechanisms for achieving the safer enchantment routes would mainly be through very rare material acquisition and boss kills.[2] – Steven Sharif
There are two types of enchantments for items: Vertical and horizontal.[3]
- Vertical enchantments are a power progression for a crafted item. More damage or mitigations, added effects or bonuses.[4] Vertical enchantments include risks.[3]
- Over-enchanting items comes with a potential risk that the item decays or is destroyed if a safety margin is exceeded. This system is subject to testing.[5][6][7][8]
- It's a progressive tier of risk. At lower levels you have opportunities to potentially lose out on the pluses instead of breaking the equipment. But when you reach a certain threshold, there is an opportunity to essentially destroy the equipment, where you get resources back. But that's a risk that the player takes.[5] – Steven Sharif
- Lower levels of over-enchanting carries the risk of losing bonuses on the item. Over-enchanting beyond a certain threshold carries the risk of destroying the item and gaining resources back.[5][6][8]
- There may be mechanisms for achieving safer over-enchantments, such as difficult to obtain enchantment scrolls, or very rare material acquisitions.[9][2][6]
- Personally, I am fine with RNG in enchantment, so long as there are special ways to mitigate the RNG with investment, to a degree. For example, difficult to obtain enchantment scrolls that insure enchantment efforts, and including a buffer of safe enchantment in earlier pluses.[9] – Steven Sharif
- Horizontal enchantments are more situational. This doesn't make the item more powerful, but instead more applicable to different situations, and less so to others.[3]
List of Enchantment scrolls
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Enchanting
Enchanting is not an artisan profession in its own right. Scribes create scrolls that can be utilized by different professions to create enchantments relating to that profession.[1][10]
- Enchantment scrolls can be sold on the open market.[4][1][11]
- Enchanting does not increase an item's level requirement.[12]
- You don't really push a particular item's level requirement or the identity of that item. You can enhance it, you can add enchantments to it, but it's still the item it is.[12] – Steven Sharif
Enchantment appearance
Enchantments have visual effects associated with them, such as glows and colors on weapons.[13][14][15]
- Indicates threat to other players.[15]
- Gives recognition for difficult achievements.[15]
Tempering
Tempering allows gear to be enhanced post-crafting.[16][4][3]
- Tempering, this is how you improve the item stats.[16] – Steven Sharif
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Livestream, May 27, 2022 (1:20:00).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Livestream, November 30, 2023 (1:38:47).
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Interview, July 9, 2023 (1:50:10).
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Interview, July 29, 2020 (15:04).
- ↑
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Livestream, May 5, 2017 (20:41).
- ↑ 9.0 9.1
- ↑ Livestream, May 26, 2017 (51:37).
- ↑ Livestream, May 17, 2017 (58:55).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Livestream, March 26, 2021 (1:15:57).
- ↑ Livestream, January 28, 2022 (56:12).
- ↑ Livestream, July 25, 2020 (53:08).
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 Official Livestream - May 4th @ 3 PM PST - Q&A
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Livestream, August 16, 2024 (1:04:13).