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Imbuing:
Tools: To imbue properties into an item, requires a soul forge, anvil and an imbuing tool called a soul hammer or imbuing hammer. There are currently two types of soul forge; the elven forge and the smaller gargoyle soul forge.There is also a portable version of the smaller one.
Soul Forge:
All three drop from Osiredon the Scalis Enforcer who pops from an Ancient (blue) fishing net or for the moment at a quest/event at Dock Town which is South of Moonglow. You can get to Dock Town by boat or by ferry from Moonglow or Vesper dock by saying "dock town" to the ferryman. There are also one or two public soul forges about - the main one is in Royal City on the Ter-Mur facet. Recently I have added three house addon soul forges similar to the large public ones. These can be bought with Easter event tokens.
Soul Hammer:
To acquire an imbuing hammer, sometiumes called a "soul hammer" you will need to speak to Ortlem, the legendary artificer, by the public soul forge in Royal City, Ter-Mur facet. He will give you a soul hammer in return for two blue Tactical Hammers, two red Elemental Hammers, two purple Duranium Hammers, two Silver Hammers and 2 x Captured Essence. Those hammers drop from mini-bosses like The Beak, The Blacksmith etc. in Ilshenar dungeons, Peerless bosses like Chief Paroxysmus and Melisande as well as some other creatures. The Silver Hammer and Captured Essence drop only from superbosses such as Melisande, Chief Paroxysmus and Shimmering Effusion. The blue hammers can also drop from balrons, the red from elementals like blood, poison and acid, and purple hammers drop from things like ogre lords or arctic ogre lords.
Method: The operation is simple. You hold the imbuing tool and double click it to use it. You must be within 2 tiles of a soul forge and anvil and you must have the required ingredients in your inventory.
Ingredients: Each ingredient produces a single effect. Each effect uses one charge on the tool. You may add effects one at a time or all at once.
These effects may be + to stats in absolute numbers, Percentage increases or percentage chance of something happening (eg procs)
Enhancement Gem: Allows you to re-forge an item making it exceptional. (from elven steed)
Pile of Inspected Valorite Ingots: Transmute the item's metal to Valorite (from The Blacksmith) note that hue is not normally changed
similarly inspected ingots of other metals such as Verite will transmute the item to Verite with all of its attributes. Generally these are found during events.
Monsterous Interred Grizzle Maggots: Transmute leather of all types to Barbed Leather with all of its attributes. Hue is not normally changed.
Usable on Weapons only:-
Lich Dust: Leech Mana (50%) (from senior liches - 4 drop the the Primeval Lich superboss)
Medusa Blood: Leech Life (50%) ( 2 drop from Medusa or her sisters and 2 more if you carve their corpse)
Raw Rotworm Meat: Leech Stamina (50%) (looks like a fish steak when it drops)
Blue Diamond: Lightning proc. (20%) (various bosses or level 6 dungeon chests)
Fire Ruby: Fireball proc. (20) (various bosses or level 6 dungeon chests)
50 Diamond: Harm proc. (20)
Bark Fragment: Magic Arrow proc. (20) (lumberjacking rare)
Relic Fragment: AoE energy proc. (20) (level 6 dungeon chests)
Seared Fire Ant Goo: AoE fire proc (20) (fire ants believe it or not)
Acid Sac: AoE poison proc (20) (acid slug)
White Pearl: AoE cold proc (20%) (acid slug)
Acid Sac: AoE poison proc (20) (acid slug)
Hydra Scale: Use best melee skill or magery if this is a mage weapon
Boura Pelt: Physical Resist (15)
Congealed Slug Acid: Resist poison (15) (Blood Worm, Acid slug, Toxic slith )
String of parts of paroxysmus victims: 20% chance hit lower attack proc
Paroxysmus dinner: 20% chance of lower defense proc
Usable on Weapons or Armor:-
Magical Residue: Attack chance (30%) (various bosses and spawns in Abyss) (cap is 70% ? plus a little extra from Luck/300)
Enchanted Essence: Defend Chance (30%) (various bosses and spawns in Abyss) (cap is 70% ? plus a little extra from Luck/300)
Perfect Emerald: Luck (300) (level 6 dungeon chests and peerless bosses)
Four Leaf Clover: Luck (800) (St Patrick's day quest)
Undamaged Iron Beetle Scale: Reflect Physical (30%)
Stygian Dragon Head: Bonus Strength, Dex and Int (+5 to all)
Ancient Pottery Fragments: Bonus to STR (+5) (various Abyss bosses and iron beetle)
Tattered Ancient Scroll: Bonus to DEX (+5) (level 6 dungeon chest, Neira, Primeval Lich)
Untranslated Ancient Tome: Bonus to INT (+5) (Primeval Lich, Stygian dragon, level 6 dungeon chest)
Dreadhorn Tainted Mushroom: Bonus to Hits (+5) (various peerless bosses especially dread horn)
Luminescent fungi: Bonus to Stamina (+5) (Lumberjack rare)
Miniature Mushroom: Bonus to Mana (+5) (drops from most peerless bosses especially dreadhorn, parox and melisande)
Seed of Renewal: Hit points regen (2) (various abyss bosses and spawns)
Turquoise: Stamina regen (2) (various bosses, abyss spawns or level 6 dungeon chests)
Dark Sapphire: Mana regen (2) (various bosses or level 6 dungeon chests)
Silver Snake Skin: Spell channeling (1) ( Silver Serpents )
Ecru Citrine: Enhance Potions. (25%) (all superbosses and mining rare) (cap 75 or80% ?)
Fairy Dragon Wing: Weapon Speed (30) (cap 60%)
100 Dragon Blood: Weapon Speed (60) (only from Stygian dragons, 48 from boss or a few from a tamable ) (cap is 60%)
Abyssal Horn: Bonus to weapon damage (30%) (green enslaved goblin alchemist and Navrey) (CAP IS 100% ?)
Claw of Slasher of Veils: Bonus to weapon damage (50%) (CAP IS 100% ?)
ArcanicRuneStone: Mage Armor/Weapon (+1) (level 6 dungeon chests, Lich lords )
Fey Wings: Self Repair (+2) (Abyss pixies )
Usable on Weapons, Armor or Spellbooks:-
Void Orb: +2 Cast Recovery (Korpre Queen)
Draconic Orb: +1 Cast speed ( fairy dragons and drakes)
Pristine Dread Horn: +30% spell damage (No cap in PvM 15% cap ? in PvP )
Skull of Pain: +60% spell damage (No cap in PvM 15% cap ? in PvP )
Faery Dust: Lower Reagent Cost. (20) (pixies in abyss, level 6 dungeon chests)
Brilliant Amber: Lower Mana Cost. (10) (lumberjack rare ) (cap 40?)
Talismans can also now be imbued with most properties
last updated: 2019/08/22