Inscription
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| Inscription | |
|---|---|
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| Rarity | Common |
| Type | Upgrade component (for weapons, focus items, and shields) |
| Stackable | No |
| Campaign | Core |
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An inscription is a salvageable upgrade component that can be applied to equippable primary or off-hand weapons with an inscription slot.
Acquisition[edit]
Inscriptions can be salvaged from any weapons that carry them by using a Perfect, expert, or superior salvage kit. (Expert and Superior kits have a chance of breaking the weapon when salvaging; see Salvage for details.) Weapons carrying inscription slots can be obtained in the following ways:
- Any drop of item rarity blue, purple or gold has a chance of carrying an inscription slot and inscription.
- Any equippable non-unique item that drops from the Urgoz's elite chest or Kanaxai's elite chest is guaranteed to carry an inscription slot and inscription.
- Any weapon that drops from the Chest of Woe or Underworld Chest is guaranteed to carry an inscription slot and inscription.
- Any equippable non-unique item that drops from the Hall of Heroes elite chest has a chance of carrying an inscription slot and inscription.
- Some inscriptions cannot be unlocked at Priests of Balthazar unless your account includes Nightfall. (See specific notes in the tables below.)
Inscription types[edit]
The following is a list of inscription types, detailing the icons and which equippable item they can be applied to:
| Icon | Color | Equippable item |
|---|---|---|
| Weapon inscriptions | ||
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Teal | All weapons |
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Blue | Martial weapons |
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Green/Yellow | Spellcasting weapons |
| Off-hand inscriptions | ||
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Bronze | Focus items or shields |
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Lilac/Yellow | Focus items |
| General inscriptions | ||
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Gold | All equippable items |
Weapon inscriptions[edit]
The following is a list of inscriptions that can be applied to weapons, sorted by their effects.
Combat enhancing[edit]
| Icon | Name | Enhancement | Condition / Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
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"Strength and Honor" 2 | Damage +10...15% | (while Health is above 50%) |
| "Guided by Fate" 2 | (while Enchanted) | ||
| "Dance with Death" 2 | (while in a Stance) | ||
| "Too Much Information" 2 | (vs. Hexed foes) | ||
| "To the Pain!" 2 | Damage +14...15% | Armor -10 (while attacking) | |
| "Brawn over Brains" 2 | Energy -5 | ||
| "Vengeance is Mine" 2 | Damage +10...20% | (while Health is below 50%) | |
| "Don't Fear the Reaper" 2 | (while Hexed) | ||
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"I have the power!" | Energy +5 | |
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"Hale and Hearty" | Energy +1...5 | (while Health is above 50%) |
| "Have Faith" 1 | (while Enchanted) | ||
| "Don't call it a comeback!" 1 | Energy +2...7 | (while Health is below 50%) | |
| "I am Sorrow." 1 | (while Hexed) | ||
| "Seize the Day" | Energy +10...15 | Energy regeneration -1 |
- 1 This inscription cannot be unlocked at Priests of Balthazar unless your account includes Nightfall.
- 2 This inscription increases base damage from attacks made with the weapon; it does not increase damage from other sources.
Spell enhancing[edit]
| Icon | Name | Enhancement | Condition / Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
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"Don't Think Twice" 1 | Halves casting time of spells | (Chance: 5...10%) |
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"Let the Memory Live Again" 1 | Halves skill recharge of spells | (Chance: 5...10%) |
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"Aptitude not Attitude" | Halves casting time of spells of item's attribute | (Chance: 10...20%) |
- 1 This inscription cannot be unlocked at Priests of Balthazar unless your account includes Nightfall.
Off-hand inscriptions[edit]
The following is a list of inscriptions that can be applied to off-hands, sorted by their effects.
| Icon | Color | Equippable item |
|---|---|---|
| Off-hand inscriptions | ||
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Bronze | Focus items or shields |
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Lilac/Yellow | Focus items |
Combat enhancing[edit]
| Icon | Name | Enhancement | Condition / Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
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"Not the face!" 1 | Armor +5...10 | (vs. Blunt damage) |
| "Leaf on the Wind" 1 | (vs. Cold damage) | ||
| "Like a Rolling Stone" 1 | (vs. Earth damage) | ||
| "Sleep Now in the Fire" 1 | (vs. Fire damage) | ||
| "Riders on the Storm" 1 | (vs. Lightning damage) | ||
| "Through Thick and Thin" 1 | (vs. Piercing damage) | ||
| "The Riddle of Steel" 1 | (vs. Slashing damage) | ||
| "Sheltered by Faith" | Received physical damage -1...2 | (while Enchanted) | |
| "Run For Your Life!" | (while in a Stance) | ||
| "Nothing to Fear" | Received physical damage -1...3 | (while Hexed) | |
| "Luck of the Draw" | Received physical damage -4...5 | (Chance: 10...20%) | |
| "Fear Cuts Deeper" 1 | Reduces Bleeding duration on you by 20% | (Stacking) | |
| "I Can See Clearly Now" 1 | Reduces Blind duration on you by 20% | ||
| "Swift as the Wind" 1 | Reduces Crippled duration on you by 20% | ||
| "Soundness of Mind" 1 | Reduces Dazed duration on you by 20% | ||
| "Strength of Body" 1 | Reduces Deep Wound duration on you by 20% | ||
| "Cast Out the Unclean" 1 | Reduces Disease duration on you by 20% | ||
| "Pure of Heart" 1 | Reduces Poison duration on you by 20% | ||
| "Only the Strong Survive" 1 | Reduces Weakness duration on you by 20% | ||
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"Hail to the King" 1 | Armor +4...5 | (while Health is above 50%) |
| "Faith is My Shield" | (while Enchanted) | ||
| "Might Makes Right" 1 | (while attacking) | ||
| "Knowing is Half the Battle." 1 | (while casting) | ||
| "Man for All Seasons" 1 | (vs. Elemental damage) | ||
| "Survival of the Fittest" 1 | (vs. Physical damage) | ||
| "Ignorance is Bliss" 1 | Energy -5 | ||
| "Life is Pain" 1 | Health -20 | ||
| "Down But Not Out" 1 | Armor +5...10 | (while Health is below 50%) | |
| "Be Just and Fear Not" 1 | (while hexed) | ||
| "Live for Today" | Energy +10...15 | Energy regeneration -1 |
- 1 This inscription cannot be unlocked at Priests of Balthazar unless your account includes Nightfall.
Skill/spell enhancing[edit]
| Icon | Name | Enhancement | Condition / Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
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"Master of My Domain" 1 | Item's attribute +1 | (Chance: 10...20%) |
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"Serenity Now" | Halves skill recharge of spells | (Chance: 5...10%) |
| "Forget Me Not" | Halves skill recharge of spells of item's attribute | (Chance: 10...20%) |
- 1 The benefit is only applied to the skill being used; see also: Of Attribute, Of Mastery.
General inscriptions[edit]
The following is a list of inscriptions that can be applied to any equippable item.
| Icon | Name | Enhancement |
|---|---|---|
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"Measure for Measure" 1 | Highly salvageable |
| "Show me the money!" 2 | Improved sale value (+50..75 )
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- 1 This inscription only affects dropped weapons, i.e. it will not allow you to salvage an otherwise unsalvageable item (e.g. from a weaponsmith, collector, or as a reward).
- 2 This inscription only affects the items which have a merchant value. Like other inscriptions it has a set value (that is not displayed on the inscription):
- "Show me the money!" inscriptions add up to 62 of extra value to "blue" items; up to 70 to "purple" items; and up to 75 for "gold" items.
- "Show me the money!" inscriptions add up to 62
Notes[edit]
- You cannot purchase inscriptions from NPCs.
- In inscribable items, the inscription takes the place of the inherent mod on martial weapons and staves and one of the two inherent mods on wands, shields, and focus items.
- An inscription can be identified to improve its base merchant value of 25.
- There are no traders for inscriptions.
- Regarding "Show Me the Money!" inscriptions:
- Each of these inscriptions provides the same increase in value to any item to which it is applied.
- If identified, the salvaged inscription's merchant value increases, scaling upwards from 76, making it more profitable to salvage the inscription from any item which has an identified merchant value of less than 76.
- You can replace the inscriptions on Destroyer and Tormented martial weapons and staves.
- You can upgrade the empty inscription slot of the unique Keiran's Bow.
- You cannot replace the "embedded" inscriptions in The Bison Cup and Sharptooth's Shield.
- You can obtain specific weapons with empty inscription slots from these sources:
- By crafting at certain weaponsmiths in Nightfall and Eye of the North.
- From some common weapons collectors in Nightfall and Eye of the North.
- From exclusive weapons collectors: Lionguards in Prophecies (War in Kryta), Iza Yoi and Shen Xi in Factions (Winds of Change), Deacon of Whispers in Nightfall, and the Zaishen Weapon Masters in The Battle Isles.
- From Scribes, who offer reward weapons after completing Bonus Missions.
Anomaly.An extremely small number of weapons in circulation carry an inherent inscription and an inscription slot. Currently, all known exploits or game errors that produced them have been resolved. Anomaly.Identifying the inscribable item with no merchant value which has been upgraded with the Show me the money! inscription may reveal the non-zero value; however, such item cannot be sold to a merchant.Trivia[edit]
- The inscription trivia article lists community identified trivia for the above inscriptions.
- Inscriptions were introduced with Nightfall in October 2006.
| Weapons (edit) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Requirement • Swapping • Sets • Bonus | ||
| One-handed | Melee: Ranged: |
Axe • Sword Spear • Wand |
| Two-handed | Melee: Ranged: |
Daggers • Hammer • Scythe Bow • Staff |
| Off-hand only | Focus • Shield | |
| Types | Caster • Martial | |
| Upgrades | Bundles • Components • Inscriptions Rewards • Inherent modifiers • Perfect 20/20 • 40/20/20 • 40/40 | |
