Editing Loot (section)

== Update History ==
{{Update History|
[[The Changing of the Ways]]
* Metal armors now weigh 1/3rd less, have 1/3rd less value, and have had their elemental protections increased.

[[The Gathering Storm]]
* Dabus, maces, morningstars, and tofuns have had their burden reduced.
* Most thrown weapons have had their burden reduced.

[[Flesh and Blood]]
* Cantrips added for weapons and armor.
* High level jewelry can now generate multiple spells (with increased Arcane Lore).

[[Persuasion]]
* Damage and variance bonuses added to weapons.
* Weapons with these bonuses have a wield requirement of 250.
* Shields no longer generate useless spells (bow, crossbow, magic skills).
* Gauntlets and sollerets can now generate with bow, crossbow, and thrown weapons masteries.
* The chance for various spells and weapon types to generate have been adjusted.

[[Hidden Vein]]
* All players can now appraise items regardless of their skill levels.
* The rate at which dual and treble-spell jewelry drops have been doubled again.
* Dual-spell clothing added.

[[Repercussions]]
* Royal Atlatls added to loot.
* New max damages and variances for melee weapons added.
* Weapons with these new values will have a wield requirement of 325.
* Armor now has the potential to have higher AL for each type of armor.

[[Atonement]]
* Covenant Armor introduced.
* Tassets introduced.
* Intermediate wield tier of 300 added to melee weapons.
* Missile weapon wields of 270 and 290 added for high damage mod weapons.
* Armor and clothing now states exactly what body parts are protected in the ID panel.
* Armor protection caps (can no longer be increased through bane spells) added for the seven protection modifiers added:
** Poor: 0.1 -- 0.4
** Below Average: 0.4 -- 0.8
** Average: 0.8 -- 1.2
** Above Average: 1.2 -- 1.6
** Excellent: 1.6 -- 2.0
** Unparalleled: 2.0

[[Verdict]]
* Certain thrown weapons--such as throwing axes, clubs, daggers, djarids, darts, javelins, and shokens--will no longer appear as treasure (now found at town [[Bowyer]]s).
* SIK chests should now provide slightly better treasure.

[[Festivus]]
* Mana Conversion modifiers introduced for casting devices.

[[The Iron Coast]]
* Loot no longer appears on the floor when a corpse decays. Monster corpses now remain for five minutes--a much longer period than they currently do--but when they decay, any unclaimed loot that remains on the corpse will also decay.

[[The Hall of the Tusker King]]
* Parchment no longer drops as loot.
* Creatures no longer drop their pitiful unmutated weapons.
* Missile weapon ammunition (i.e., arrows, crossbow bolts, and atlatl darts) no longer drops as loot.
* Foods now only drop at low treasure levels. At higher levels, food has been replaced with potions. This does not affect special food drops, like fire auroch meat or spices.
* More types of scarabs (e.g., lead, iron, copper) drop at lower levels of loot. At higher levels of loot, scarabs have been replaced with scarab peas.
* Weapon damage, variance, offense and defense modifiers, and speed now mutate more often. In addition, weapon burden can now mutate as well.
* The armor level and burden on armor mutates more often. In addition, the elemental protection of shields can mutate.
* Jewelry now has a chance to be generated with heritage requirements.

[[Discoveries]]
* The highest profile of loot, such as that found in Singularity Troves, has been upgraded in several small ways.

[[A Swelling Tide]]
* The Golden Chests at the casinos now give better treasure.

[[Reign of Terror]]
* Sturdy Steel Chests should provide slightly more loot.

[[Waking from the Abyss]]
* New types of leather armor can now be found in loot, such as leather long gauntlets and leather pants.

[[The Madness of Men]]
* [[Treasure in Asheron's Call#February|Phase 1]] of the major treasure revisions.

[[Across the Vast Divide]]
* [[Treasure in Asheron's Call#March|Phase 2]] of the major treasure revisions.

[[A New Threat]]
* [[Treasure in Asheron's Call#April|Phase 3]] of the major treasure revisions.

[[Mired Hearts]]
* [[Treasure in Asheron's Call#May|Phase 4]] of the major treasure revisions.

[[Assault]]
* Higher wield-req weapons added (Each additional tier of weapons has an average damage-over-time increase of 5% when compared to the preceding tier.)
** Melee weapons with a 350 wield requirement.
** Missile weapons with a 315 wield requirement.
** Magic casters with 290 and 310 War Magic.
* Elemental damage bonuses introduced for missile and magic weapons with 315+ and 290+ wield requirements.

[[Infiltration]]
* Tier 6 wield-req weapons added:
** Melee weapons with wield requirements of 370 and 400.
** Missile weapons with wield requirements of 335 and 360.
** Casters with wield requirements of 330 and 355.

[[Friend and Foe]]
* New loot weapon styles added:
** Baton
** Board with Nail
** Claw
** Compound Bow
** Compound Crossbow
** Dericost Blade
** Glaive
** Lancet
** Lugian Hammer
** Slingshot
** Stick

[[Under Cover of Night]]
* Crowns, Hats, Shoes, and Gloves spawn with much higher Armor Level can now be found.
* Improved elemental protections on Leather, Studded Leather and Scalemail armor and clothing.
* Elemental wands can now be tinkered to increase their elemental damage multiplier.
* Loot can now generate with level 7 spells.
* Cantrip spells can now be found on jewelry and clothing in addition to armor and weapons.

[[Ancient Powers]]
* Loot Tier 7 introduced.

[[Shifting Tactics]]
* Weapons with new tier stats in 420 and 400 wield should be far more common.
* Armor sets now have a higher chance of dropping.
* All armor sets now have an equal chance of dropping instead of favoring some over others.

[[Old Ghosts]]
* Loot in the 7th tier expanded to creatures that also drop [[Pristine Mana Shard]]s.
* Min AL increase on Covenant type (unenchantable) armor.
* Staff damage variance for tier 7 corrected.
* Increased number of items in weapon mana forge chests by 1.
* Significantly reduced chances of pulling bane cantrips in highest loot tiers.
* Hiltable Daggers and Swords now drop from tier 7 creatures.
* Allegiance Rank requirements should no longer show up in Mana Forge Chests or on the Creatures dropping the high tier of loot.

[[Picking up the Pieces]]
* New multi-strike weapons should now be able to be hilted after being tinked and hilting should no longer make the item attuned and bonded.

[[Shedding Skin]]
* Loot should no longer spawn with Racial Requirements. Pieces that would have racial requirements are instead generated as "exceptional" pieces that have lower Arcane Lore requirements. 

[[Celebration]]
* [[Haebrean Armor]] added to tier 6 and up loot.

[[Filling in the Blanks]]
* [[Knorr Academy Armor]] added to tier 6 and up loot.

[[Hidden In Shadows]]
* [[Sedgemail Leather Armor]] added to tier 6 and up loot.

[[Cloak of Darkness]]
* Cloaks added to all tiers of loot.

[[Master of Design]]
* Lightning proof sets will no longer appear more often than other sets from Casino chests.

[[Road to Revenge]]
* Spear two-handed weapons now have the same possible variances as cleaving two-handed weapons.
* Small maximum damage increase for light axes.

[[Balance of Power]]
* Loot Tier 8 introduced.
* Armor/Damage/Elemental Damage/Percent Damage can drop at new higher level in all loot tiers.
* Minors can now drop from the lowest loot tier. Majors can now be found one tier earlier than before.
* The rate of cantrips in tiers 1-6 has been increased.
* Creatures that drop tier 7 loot (mana forge level of loot) have been adjusted to drop better loot more often.
* Mana Forge chests have had luck applied to them.
* All types of non-covenant armor can now drop with the top AL as opposed to only certain types of armor as it has been in the past.
* There is now a max damage(elemental damage/percent damage) difference between the top and second to top wield on all weapon types.
* Epic loot with sets will now drop with a level restriction of 150 instead of 180.
* Broken Mana Forge Keys now have a 24 hr lifespan that is removed upon fixing the key.
* Epic Spirit Drinker is now more effective.
* Epic skills/attributes are now more effective.
* Epic Hermetic Link now exists.
* Summoning skill boost has been added to the Wise set.
* Pristine Mana Shards will no longer drop in loot. Existing shards can still be turned in for keys. All creatures that previously dropped shards now have a chance of dropping a broken key.
* Loot tiers and creature levels standardized (part of an on-going creature rebalance)
** 1-15 - Tier 1
** 20-30 - Tier 2
** 40-50 - Tier 3
** 60-80 - Tier 4
** 100-115 - Tier 5
** 135-160 - Tier 6
** 185+ - Tier 7
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