Enchanting skill

Enchanting is the crafting skill related to the creation of magical devices and adding enchantments to other items. This differs from Arcana as that skill deals with the use of magical items only.

Disciplines

Enchanting will be separated into three disciplines:

• Artificing: the creation of runestones, cambrinth, or other magical devices that require active participation and control.
• Binding: the binding of magical enchantments to existing items that will require the Arcana skill to invoke/use.
• Invoking: the creation of magical enchantments that are passively active with no Arcana skill requirement.

Training

There are currently Enchanting Society halls in Crossing, Riverhaven, Shard, Hibarnhvidar, Fang Cove, Muspar'i and Ratha. Additionally, braziers can be crafted within the Artificing discipline and used to do enchanting outside the society halls. Work orders within the released disciplines can be obtained from a Trainer within each Enchanting Society, giving players the option of being compensated for their work in this skill.

The Enchanting Guide introduces and describes processes related to Enchanting.

Materials

The basis of enchantments will be sigils, primarily gathered using PERCEIVE SIGIL.

See the crafting materials page for further information about sigils.

Tools

• augmenting loop
• blank scroll
• brazier
• burin
• mana fount
• sigil book

See the Category:Crafting tools page for further information about tools.

Enchantment Qualities

Note: This information is still in flux and may change, or be better explained/defined. Along with this, not every enchantment will have all of these stats.

Potency

The quality of the enchantment made. Determines magnitude of effect. More verbs, higher proc chance, etc. Similar to "masterfully-crafted" for other crafted goods.

Potency level, low to high
Name	Tier
almost no potency	1
terrible potency	2
dismal potency	3
poor potency	4
low potency	5
decent potency	6
moderate potency	7
good potency	8
great potency	9
excellent potency	10

Complexity

Indicates how hard something was to make.

Complexity level, low to high
Name	Tier
very simple	1
simple	2
not very complex	3
somewhat complex	4
rather complex	5
quite complex	6
very complex	7
exceptionally complex	8
incredibly complex	9

Note: There's also a (GM-exclusive?) central complexity value.

Precision

Determines the enchantment's "tier". Based on the sigils used to create the enchantment. For sigil precision, think of it as the hardness or physical material stats for enchanting.

Precision level, low to high
Name	Tier
completely abstract	1
abstract	2
slightly abstract	3
somewhat precise	4
rather precise	5
quite precise	6
very precise	7
exceptionally precise	8
incredibly precise	9
amazingly precise	10
fantastically precise	11

Grade

Determines how difficult it is to activate with Arcana, and influences how effective the enchantment functions. For flares, each grade adds a small increase to the % chance to proc and the magnitude of the effect (if you can pass the skill contest), and for some glamours additional visual effects are unlocked.

Grade quality, low to high
Name	Tier	Arcana Required to Reliably Activate
Minor	1	200
Lesser	2	500
Greater	3	1,000
Major	4	1,500

Other

Fount: Enchantment's battery/engine.

Color: Influences an enchantment's effect. Different colors provide different effects.

Red = Magnitude (bonus effect)

Yellow = Reduced activation time

Grey = durability (bonus charges)

Size/Type: Has a connection to the materials used on the item.

Surface: Modifies difficulty and magnitude of the enchantment.

Lines: Enchantment durability. Thickness determines damage resistance, and clarity determines current condition.

Flares and Glamours

Flare Effects

Weapons and armor can have flare enchantments upon them. When the flare procs, it will either apply an effect or deal damage, where the damage type the attack produces is dependent on the kind of flare it is. Armor Flares do not cause Empathic Shock.

Damaging Weapon Flares Type Damage Types Electric Weapon flare electrical Fire Weapon flare fire Frost Weapon flare cold Glitter Weapon flare impact Nature Weapon flare puncture Radiant Weapon flare impact/fire Razor Weapon flare slice Water Weapon flare puncture/fire

Effect Weapon Flares Type Effect Interference Weapon flare Temporarily reduces potency of target's spellcasting.

Armor Flares Type Damage Types Electric Armor flare electrical Fire Armor flare fire Frost Armor flare cold Glitter Armor flare impact Living Armor flare varies by item

Flare and Glamour Colors

While new colors may have been added, flare and glamour colors were initially based on dye colors.

Note: This list has iterations of colors that are not part of the flare system. It is due for a cleanup. Please use this list as a guide and be comfortable asking for a different color if one of the colors listed is incorrectly flagged as a flare/glamour color.

• alabaster
• amaranth
• amber
• amethyst
• amethystine
• apple
• apricot
• aqua
• aquamarine
• auburn
• azure
• beige
• bisque
• bistre
• black
• blood-red
• blue
• blue-green
• blue-violet
• brass-colored
• brick-red
• bronze
• brown
• burgundy
• carmine
• cerise
• cerulean
• charcoal-grey
• chartreuse
• cherry
• chestnut
• chocolate
• cinnamon
• cobalt
• copper
• coral
• cornflower-blue
• cream
• crimson
• cyan
• daffodil-yellow
• ebon
• ecru
• eggshell-white
• Elothean-red
• emerald
• flax
• forest-green
• fuchsia
• ghost-white
• gold-colored
• goldenrod
• green
• grey
• heliotrope
• hunter-green
• ichor-green
• icy-blue
• indigo
• jade-green
• jaundice-yellow
• lavender
• lilac
• lime-green
• magenta
• maroon
• mauve
• midnight-blue
• molten-red
• nomlas
• off-white
• olive
• olive-green
• onyx
• orange
• orchid
• peach
• pearl
• periwinkle
• pink
• plum
• puce
• pumpkin
• purple
• red
• Rissan-orange
• rose
• rot-brown
• russet
• rust
• sable
• saffron
• salmon
• sapphire
• scarlet
• sea-green
• sepia
• silver-colored
• steel-blue
• sunny-yellow
• sunset-orange
• swamp-green
• taffelberry-black
• tan
• tangerine
• taupe
• teal
• turquoise
• twilight-purple
• umber
• violet
• violet-red
• viridian
• white
• wine
• wisteria
• yellow

Flared Weapons

	Type	Flare	Properties	Cost	Sources
Agonite halberd with a pronounced spike and a flamethorn haft	Polearms	Fire		20,254,525 Kronars16,203,620 Lirums <br />14,615,665.24 Dokoras <br />20,254.525 LTBpoints <br />20,254.525 Tickets <br />20,254.525 Scrips <br />	Drathrok's Duskruin 448/End Loot Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Drathrok's Assemblage
Asharsh'dai wildland machete with an elaborately sculpted Imperial coral handle	Twohanded Edged	Frost			Item:Canvas bag pinned with a silversteel warrior
Balanced tyrium nodachi inlaid with verdant moonsilver	Twohanded Edged	Frost	magic		House of the Revenant Fang 433/Incidental loot
Bifurcated greatsword of dawnfire steel inlaid with truegold	Twohanded Edged	Fire			Item:Homespun carryall pinned with a truegold sun Drathrok's Duskruin 442/Raffle
Black glaes rapier with an intricate swept hilt	Medium Edged	Nature		5,187,500 Kronars4,150,000 Lirums <br />3,743,300 Dokoras <br />5,187.5 LTBpoints <br />5,187.5 Tickets <br />5,187.5 Scrips <br />	Su Helmas 444: Make Haste!/Incidental loot
Black tursa sacrificial dagger with a twisting flame blade	Light Edged	Radiant		375,007 Kronars300,005.6 Lirums <br />270,605.051 Dokoras <br />375.007 LTBpoints <br />375.007 Tickets <br />375.007 Scrips <br />	Droughtman's Challenge 441/Incidental loot
Blackened steel war club topped with a stylized centaur's head	Light Blunt	Fire	magic	247,500 Kronars198,000 Lirums <br />178,596 Dokoras <br />247.5 LTBpoints <br />247.5 Tickets <br />247.5 Scrips <br />	Drathrok's Duskruin 448/Incidental loot Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Incidental loot
Blackthorn shillelagh inlaid with green gold knotwork	Short Staff	Nature		1,250,000 Kronars1,000,000 Lirums <br />902,000 Dokoras <br />1,250 LTBpoints <br />1,250 Tickets <br />1,250 Scrips <br />	Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 428/End loot
Blade-bone claws fastened with korograth-hide leather straps	Hands	Nature			Guildfest 445/Auction
Blade-bone throwing club with a sandskin-wrapped grip	Light Blunt Light Thrown	Interference			Drathrok's Duskruin 448/Incidental loot Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Incidental loot
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Flared Armor

	Type	Areas Covered	Flare	Properties	Cost	Sources
Abyssal black Imperial weave battle gown with blackened moonsilver epaulets	Light Armor	chest back abdomen legs	Fire		64,687,500 Kronars51,750,000 Lirums <br />46,678,500 Dokoras <br />64,687.5 LTBpoints <br />64,687.5 Tickets <br />64,687.5 Scrips <br />	Hollow Eve Festival 436/Auction
Agonite aventail etched in rolling sand dunes outlined with glowing truegold	Brigandine	neck	Living		8,437,500 Kronars6,750,000 Lirums <br />6,088,500 Dokoras <br />8,437.5 LTBpoints <br />8,437.5 Tickets <br />8,437.5 Scrips <br />	Drathrok's Duskruin 448/End Loot Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Drathrok's Assemblage
Agonite cap etched in rolling sand dunes outlined with glowing truegold	Brigandine	head	Living		10,937,500 Kronars8,750,000 Lirums <br />7,892,500 Dokoras <br />10,937.5 LTBpoints <br />10,937.5 Tickets <br />10,937.5 Scrips <br />	Drathrok's Duskruin 448/End Loot Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Drathrok's Assemblage
Agonite gloves etched in rolling sand dunes outlined with glowing truegold	Brigandine	hands	Living		8,125,000 Kronars6,500,000 Lirums <br />5,863,000 Dokoras <br />8,125 LTBpoints <br />8,125 Tickets <br />8,125 Scrips <br />	Drathrok's Duskruin 448/End Loot Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Drathrok's Assemblage
Agonite greaves etched in rolling sand dunes outlined with glowing truegold	Brigandine	legs	Living		13,125,000 Kronars10,500,000 Lirums <br />9,471,000 Dokoras <br />13,125 LTBpoints <br />13,125 Tickets <br />13,125 Scrips <br />	Drathrok's Duskruin 448/End Loot Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Drathrok's Assemblage
Agonite hauberk etched in rolling sand dunes outlined with glowing truegold	Brigandine	chest back abdomen arms legs	Living			Drathrok's Duskruin 448/End Loot
Agonite lamellar helm sculpted with the visage of a blazing phoenix	Brigandine	head neck	Fire		625,000 Kronars500,000 Lirums <br />451,000 Dokoras <br />625 LTBpoints <br />625 Tickets <br />625 Scrips <br />	Taisidon Mystery 446/A'baya Esplanade Taisidon Mystery 443/A'baya Esplanade Taisidon Mystery 439/A'baya Esplanade Taisidon Mystery 435/A'baya Esplanade
Agonite mail balaclava set with dragon fire opal eyes	Chain Armor	eyes head neck	Fire		1,250,000 Kronars1,000,000 Lirums <br />902,000 Dokoras <br />1,250 LTBpoints <br />1,250 Tickets <br />1,250 Scrips <br />	Item:Dusky dreamweave backpack clasped with a shimmering dragon fire opal
Agonite mail gloves firestained with gold and vermilion hues	Chain Armor	hands	Fire		625,000 Kronars500,000 Lirums <br />451,000 Dokoras <br />625 LTBpoints <br />625 Tickets <br />625 Scrips <br />	Taisidon Mystery 446/A'baya Esplanade Taisidon Mystery 443/A'baya Esplanade Taisidon Mystery 439/A'baya Esplanade Taisidon Mystery 435/A'baya Esplanade
Agonite mail gloves tipped with dragon fire opal talons	Chain Armor	hands	Fire			Item:Dusky dreamweave backpack clasped with a shimmering dragon fire opal
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Flared Shields

	Type	Flare	Properties	Cost	Sources
Abyssium shield forming a dark heart with shifting whorls of raging flames	Small Shield	Living			Item:Shadowy satchel pinned with a midnight diamond heart Drathrok's Duskruin 448/Raffle
Black diamond-studded ceremonial shield emblazoned with a burgundy raven	Small Shield	Fire		2,500,000 Kronars2,000,000 Lirums <br />1,804,000 Dokoras <br />2,500 LTBpoints <br />2,500 Tickets <br />2,500 Scrips <br />	Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 447/Incidental loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 443/Incidental loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 439/Incidental loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 436/Incidental loot
Blackened heater shield bearing a widespread maroon yavasite inferno inlay	Large Shield	Fire			Hollow Eve Festival 447/Auction
Blackened steel shield embossed with a stylized centaur's head	Small Shield	Fire		247,500 Kronars198,000 Lirums <br />178,596 Dokoras <br />247.5 LTBpoints <br />247.5 Tickets <br />247.5 Scrips <br />	Drathrok's Duskruin 448/Incidental loot Drathrok's Duskruin 442/Incidental loot
Bogbirch war shield plated in ka'hurst	Large Shield	Electric			House of the Revenant Fang 437/Incidental loot
Dark steel sipar forged to resemble a stylized rat's head	Small Shield	Frost		2,187,500 Kronars1,750,000 Lirums <br />1,578,500 Dokoras <br />2,187.5 LTBpoints <br />2,187.5 Tickets <br />2,187.5 Scrips <br />	Drathrok's Duskruin 448/Incidental loot Drathrok's Duskruin 446/Incidental loot
Dented pot lid dappled with scorch marks	Small Shield	Fire		500 Kronars400 Lirums <br />360.8 Dokoras <br />0.5 LTBpoints <br />0.5 Tickets <br />0.5 Scrips <br />	Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 447/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 443/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 439/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 436/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 432/End loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 428/End loot
Dwarven iron skirmisher's shield caked with mountainous layers of volcanic rock	Medium Shield	Fire			Item:Cloudlake leather rucksack with an Imperial ruby set in Maiden's marble Aesthene's Close 445/Raffle
Dwarven iron skirmisher's shield embellished with asini crows	Medium Shield	Fire		2,187,500 Kronars1,750,000 Lirums <br />1,578,500 Dokoras <br />2,187.5 LTBpoints <br />2,187.5 Tickets <br />2,187.5 Scrips <br />	Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 447/Incidental loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 443/Incidental loot Sleeping Dragon Corn Maze 439/Incidental loot
Engraved kiralan curved shield with a luminescent starshine overlay	Medium Shield	Fire			Taisidon Mystery 443/Raffle Item:Moleskin sack pinned with a luminescent starshine sentinel
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Enchantment Examples

Weapon Flares

Corn Maze (450 kernel weapons): The enchantment appears masterfully-crafted, has poor potency, is very simple, and is somewhat precise. The matrix appears to be somewhat thick and the lines are perfectly clear.

Corn Maze (5,000 kernel weapons): The enchantment appears masterfully-crafted, has terrible potency, is very simple, and is abstract. The matrix appears to be nominally thick and the lines are perfectly clear.

Targeted Magic Foci

Drathrok's Assemblage: The enchantment is exceptionally precise. You sense it was enchanted using a yellow heavy fount with a rough surface making it minor grade with enhanced activation. You perceive nominally thick and perfectly clear lines empowering the enchantment. This enchantment was tuned to provide a reduced activation time and a large damage increase to targeted spells.

Keishalae Alteration: The enchantment is exceptionally precise. You sense it was enchanted using a red heavy fount with a rough surface making it minor grade with enhanced magnitude. You perceive somewhat thick and perfectly clear lines empowering the enchantment. This enchantment was tuned to provide additional magnitude and a moderate damage and accuracy increase to targeted spells.

Vurvitar Alteration: The enchantment is incredibly precise. You sense it was enchanted using a yellow heavy fount with a rough surface making it minor grade with enhanced activation. You perceive rather thick and perfectly clear lines empowering the enchantment. This enchantment was tuned to provide a reduced activation time and a large bonus to accuracy with targeted spells.

Mana Glamours

The enchantment appears masterfully-crafted, has good potency, is very simple, and is abstract.

Spells and abilities that boost Enchanting

• Artificer's Eye (Moon Mage)
• Whispers of the Muse (Bard)

Enchanting Formulas

>>Is the formula as straightforward as this makes it sound? (Final precision) = min[ (material capacity), (sigil1 precision) + (sigil2 percision) + ... ]

• STEP 1: Look at base material enchantment capacity. Let's say it is 60.
• STEP 2: Look at Fount. If Fount Cap < Material Cap, possible explosion/bad things.
• STEP 3: Average all Sigil Precision. Let's say you had 40, 50, 80 = 170 / 3 = 56 precision total.
• STEP 4: If Sigil Precision > Cap, reduce to Cap. 56 < 60, so we keep all 56 precision.

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