Epic Crafting Options

[SimVerg]

Going to start a list. Thankfully, they tell you what the things do before you add them.

Colorless
(20 Quest)
+6 stat

(25 Quest + 5 Raid)
+1 Exceptional Stat

Yellow(30 Quest)

Spell Focus:School
Proof Against Poison
Blindness Immunity
Disease Immunity
Fear Immunity
Underwater Action
Featherfall
Resist 4
Protect 4
GFL
Wizardry 6

Red

(20 quest)
(adds this property to your weapon)
Adamantine
Silver
Cold Iron
Byeshk
Crystal(new type)

(30 Quest)
(adds this property to your weapon)
Good
Evil
Lawful
Chaotic

(15 Raid)
+7 enhancement

Blue

(30 Quest)
15% ASF
Toughness(20 hp, doesn't open enhancements, doesn't stack with Minos)
+2 luck(skill and save)
+2 max dex bonus
Heavy Fort
+4 Natural Armor

(15 Raid)
+7 Enhancement

edit: Oh wow, someone screwed up the Catalyst menus quite badly.

[MDS_Geist]

Thanks for doing this!

So what are these added to, the epic raid loot?

The crystal weapons are probably Riedran Crystal, weapons that will be useful against psionic types like the Quori.

[Junts]

a chaosblade with good/silver on it...

[SimVerg]

Thanks for doing this!

So what are these added to, the epic raid loot?

The crystal weapons are probably Riedran Crystal, weapons that will be useful against psionic types like the Quori.

Based on the vendor text, Epic Items have a slot color and you combine a Catalyst of that color with a Crystal of any color to add a power to the item.

[Junts]

Based on the vendor text, Epic Items have a slot color and you combine a Catalyst of that color with a Crystal of any color to add a power to the item.

So I'm confused, do you hae to re-pull the raid loot in the epic versions of the raid? The announcement suggests you do not, but your implication is that you do.

[SimVerg]

So I'm confused, do you hae to re-pull the raid loot in the epic versions of the raid? The announcement suggests you do not, but your implication is that you do.

Unless they updated the items to have Augment Slots, yes. It's possible they updated the items that drop from sub-Epic difficulties today but my Greenblade from a while back makes no mention of an Augment slot.

[Junts]

Unless they updated the items to have Augment Slots, yes. It's possible they updated the items that drop from sub-Epic difficulties today but my Greenblade from a while back makes no mention of an Augment slot.

Wow, more farming dq on a melee, I want to cry inside.

[Jonny_D]

just for clarity because Im a little dense what can you apply these bonuses to ? as in what goes on weapons and what goes on armor and what goes on items? I am drooling over some of these.

[SimVerg]

just for clarity because Im a little dense what can you apply these bonuses to ? as in what goes on weapons and what goes on armor and what goes on items? I am drooling over some of these.

Based on the text(I obviously lack the resources to test this), you can add anything to any item. Some combinations(good or adamantine on a non-weapon) obviously make no sense, so it is possible they will restrict it.

[Dylos_Moon]

Unless they updated the items to have Augment Slots, yes. It's possible they updated the items that drop from sub-Epic difficulties today but my Greenblade from a while back makes no mention of an Augment slot.

from tolero's post concerning epic difficulty, i think otherwise.

[*]Old favorite items that originated in these dungeons can be upgraded into powerful Epic versions by collecting rare scrolls, seals, and shards.

[SimVerg]

from tolero's post concerning epic difficulty, i think otherwise.

Unless the Greenblade is excluded or the items/weapons simply do not mention what color their slot is, Tolero is incorrect.

[Eladrin]

So I'm confused, do you hae to re-pull the raid loot in the epic versions of the raid? The announcement suggests you do not, but your implication is that you do.

First you find a normal version of the item, then you collect three objects in epic dungeons to upgrade the item.

If, say, you want an epic Bloodstone, you'll need to get a Bloodstone, kill epic monsters to get a Scroll of the Bloodstone (or buy one on the auction house), and loot chests for a Seal of the Bloodstone and a Shard of the Bloodstone. Once you have all of those, you can upgrade your Bloodstone to the epic version of the item.

Scrolls drop similar to collectable bags and can be freely traded. Seals and Shards are bound to account (though can be traded normally in the chest). All of them stack and count as "Ingredients".

Based on the text(I obviously lack the resources to test this), you can add anything to any item. Some combinations(good or adamantine on a non-weapon) obviously make no sense, so it is possible they will restrict it.

In general, red is for weapons, blue is for armors, and yellow is for accessories. There are also green, purple, and orange augment slots - these allow your choice of the two colors that make up that color. (A green augment slots would permit either a blue or yellow augment crystal.)

Colorless crystals can go into any color slot.

[SimVerg]

In general, red is for weapons, blue is for armors, and yellow is for accessories. There are also green, purple, and orange augment slots - these allow your choice of the two colors that make up that color. (A green augment slots would permit either a blue or yellow augment crystal.)

Colorless crystals can go into any color slot.

The text is...deceptive then.

"These are catalysts that are necessary to apply an Augment Crystal. You need one catalyst of a color that matches the Augment Slot on your item, not the color of the Crystal."

[Jonny_D]

hello seal of earth with +2 max dex bonus, goodbye daggertooths belt

[SimVerg]

hello seal of earth with +2 max dex bonus, goodbye daggertooths belt

That enhancement applies specifically to the object("increasing the maximum dexterity bonus of the object by 2"), not the player.

[Jonny_D]

First you find a normal version of the item, then you collect three objects in epic dungeons to upgrade the item.

If, say, you want an epic Bloodstone, you'll need to get a Bloodstone, kill epic monsters to get a Scroll of the Bloodstone (or buy one on the auction house), and loot chests for a Seal of the Bloodstone and a Shard of the Bloodstone. Once you have all of those, you can upgrade your Bloodstone to the epic version of the item.

Scrolls drop similar to collectable bags and can be freely traded. Seals and Shards are bound to account (though can be traded normally in the chest). All of them stack and count as "Ingredients".


In general, red is for weapons, blue is for armors, and yellow is for accessories. There are also green, purple, and orange augment slots - these allow your choice of the two colors that make up that color. (A green augment slots would permit either a blue or yellow augment crystal.)

Colorless crystals can go into any color slot.

This is crafting to me thank you Please do this to VoN... My Kundarak Delving Suit has a date with +4 armor bonus.

One more question Eladrin... how many (if more than 1) augment slots can a piece of gear have?

[Barumar]

First you find a normal version of the item, then you collect three objects in epic dungeons to upgrade the item.

If, say, you want an epic Bloodstone, you'll need to get a Bloodstone, kill epic monsters to get a Scroll of the Bloodstone (or buy one on the auction house), and loot chests for a Seal of the Bloodstone and a Shard of the Bloodstone. Once you have all of those, you can upgrade your Bloodstone to the epic version of the item.

Scrolls drop similar to collectable bags and can be freely traded. Seals and Shards are bound to account (though can be traded normally in the chest). All of them stack and count as "Ingredients".


In general, red is for weapons, blue is for armors, and yellow is for accessories. There are also green, purple, and orange augment slots - these allow your choice of the two colors that make up that color. (A green augment slots would permit either a blue or yellow augment crystal.)

Colorless crystals can go into any color slot.

Eladrin,

First thanks very much for the reply!

However, please clarify this line:

First you find a normal version of the item

I have two Bloodstones - and have no desire to farm new ones for my Paladin or Bard.

As this sentence is vague, please clarify if my existing Bloodstones can be upgrade to Epic, or if for some unknown reason we all need to farm new items post Mod 1...

Thanks,

Barumar

[Shandi]

kill monsters for the scrolls... so they drop as if they were dropping a collectible?

[Jonny_D]

That enhancement applies specifically to the object("increasing the maximum dexterity bonus of the object by 2"), not the player.

Sad panda of course though, since the daggertooth belt grants enhancements, I got ahead of myself. still the Demonscale armor becomes viable to wear for evasion paladin's with a +2 max dex bonus

[Eladrin]

The text is...deceptive then.

"These are catalysts that are necessary to apply an Augment Crystal. You need one catalyst of a color that matches the Augment Slot on your item, not the color of the Crystal."

If you have a purple augment slot, and want to put a blue augment crystal into it, you need a purple catalyst.

Some items have multiple slots, and the catalysts let us know which slot you want to put the crystal in. The Wolf Whistle, for instance, has a Yellow and a Colorless slot. If you're putting a +1 Exceptional Dexterity crystal into it, it could go into either one.

Crystals are permanent modifications to the item, so choose what to add very carefully.

First you find a normal version of the item

I have two Bloodstones

If you already have one, you're set. Collect the three upgrade items and hit "blend" in the Epic Eldritch Device.

Upgrading an item does increase its minimum level to 20; that might matter for people planning on undergoing True Reincarnation.