Spell Research

See TheJackCat's site for information on Historical Spell Research. [1]

The Secret (well not really...) to Getting Components

Components are available in special Tier 8 chests found in Society Strongholds and The Mana Forge bunkers found in the capital cities. Certain chests are rigged so they have an extremely high chance to spawn components instead of armor, weapons, or anything else. This doesn't mean that Tier 8 chests can't spawn items other than components but they do so at a far lower rate than other chests. In fact many times you will find chests that only have components in them. When a chest has only components there is a simple and classic AC trick to determine what you are getting. Just look at the burden of the chest. The base burden is 5000 so everything above 5000 with the contents of the chest. Knowing these numbers can help you maximize your pulls from the chests. To use the BU to assess each chest you must know the BU of the different components:

Quill: 4 BU
Ink: 30 BU
Glyph: 25 BU

So lets say you have a chest with 109 burden. So think about it for a second and you'll find that the chest contains 3 Glyphs (75 BU), 1 Ink (30 BU), and 1 quill (4 BU) = 109 BU. Now you have to ask yourself do you need glyphs or do you need inks and quills? If you need glyphs this chests would be a pretty solid bet but if you need quills then maybe not. There is also the point of maximizing the amount of components you get. Some chests will spawn with only 3 components so you might want to look for a chest with 4 or 5 instead. However, if 4 out of 5 of the items are inks and you need quills that chest really won't help you.

This method only helps you figure out what type of component you will get (quill, ink, or glyph). It will not help you beat the random generator which may give you 3 monster appraisal glyphs. However, if you choose chest pulls with lots of glyphs your odds of getting a good glyph will be drastically increased. This method is also really hard to use on the society chest because there is only one of them as opposed to the nine mana forge chests you can check. The mana forge chests kind of let you shop around for the BU you want. Also this method is useless on a chest that happens to spawn a weapon or armor piece.

Level VIII Scroll Creation

During the Ancient Powers event, a new crafting system for level VIII spell scroll creation was introduced. Some of these spells were previously available on a small number of quest items, however many are brand new. The components (quills, inks, and glyphs) can only be obtained in the new highest tier treasure profiles which currently on appears in special chests and never drops on creatures as loot. Quills may be combined with the Mana Scarabs (which are also the casting scarab for level 8 spells and can be purchased from certain vendors) in order to craft infused quills. Infused quills may be crafted with inks to create a combination of the two. This combination may then be crafted with a glyph to create a level 8 scroll. All components involved in making a scroll (quill, mana scarab, ink, and glyph) are consumed in the process of successfully making a scroll.

All components may also be traded or sold to a vendor, and the scrolls may likewise be traded or sold to a vendor. If crafting something you expected to work fails, very likely the spell simply does not exist for level 8. You will not lose components upon failed crafting, and there is no skill associated with level 8 spell crafting, so feel free to experiment safely with the various components and see what you may accomplish!

Quills
Introspection - Beneficial Self
Benevolence - Beneficial Other
Infliction - Debuff (Other)
Extraction - Drain (Other)

Inks
Formation - Self (can only be used with Introspection Quills)
Conveyance - Other (can only be used Benevolance, Infliction and Extraction Quills)
Nullification - Nullify (can be used with Introspection or Benevolence Quills)
War Spells (Can only be used with Infliction Quills)
Direction - Bolt
Parabolic - Arc
Partition - Blast
Seperation - Folly

Steps in creating a level VIII Scroll:

1. Add the quill to the mana scarab. + =

   The mana scarab infuses the quill with its magical power.

2. Add the infused quill to the ink. + =

   You dip the quill into the magical ink, further empowering it.

3. Add the enchanted quill to the glyph. + =

   You trace the rune with your enchanted quill and the pattern of the spell forms before you as a scroll.

This produces a tradable scroll which you can then learn as normal. Level 8 spells last for 90 minutes, or up to three hours with Augmentations.

All level 8 spells currently have a difficulty of 400 to cast, meaning that 400 buffed magic skill will cast successfully 50% of the time.

Here are some examples of casting success for some buffed values:

Spell cast chance of success
400 - 50% 405 - 54% 410 - 57% 415 - 61% 420 - 65% 425 - 68% 430 - 71% 435 - 74% 440 - 77%		445 - 79% 450 - 82% 455 - 84% 460 - 86% 465 - 88% 470 - 89% 475 - 90% 480 - 92% 485 - 93%

Known Formulas

Currently it is impossible to craft Creature Other Buffs, Life Other Buffs, Imperil, Life Vulns, Self Debuffs, Defender, and Blood Drinker. Link

INFUSED QUILL + INK + GLYPH = SCROLL

 Introspection + Formation  + (Skill) = Creature Skill Buff
 Infliction    + Conveyance + (Skill) = Creature Skill Debuff
 
 Introspection + Formation  + (Attribute) = Creature Attribute Buff
 Infliction    + Conveyance + (Attribute) = Creature Attribute Debuff
 
 Introspection + Formation + (Element) = Life Protection
 
 Introspection + Formation  + (Health)  = Life Heal Self
 Benevolence   + Conveyance + (Health)  = Life Heal Other
 Benevolence   + Conveyance + (Stamina) = Revitalize Other
 Infliction    + Conveyance + (Health)  = Life Harm Other
 Extraction    + Conveyance + (Health)  = Life Drain Health Other  
 
 Introspection + Formation  + (Stamina) = Life Revitalize Self
 
 Benevolence + Objectification + (Armor)   = Impenetrability 
 Benevolence + Objectification + (Element) = Item Bane
 Infliction  + Objectification + (Element) = Item Lure (Opposite of Bane)
 
 Infliction + Alacritous + (Element) = War Streak
 Infliction + Direction  + (Element) = War Bolt
 Infliction + Parabolic  + (Element) = War Arc
 Infliction + Partition  + (Element) = War Blast
 Infliction + Separation + (Element) = War Volley
 
 Introspection + Nullification + Life Enchantment Glyph = Nullify Life Magic Self
 Benevolence   + Nullification + Life Enchantment Glyph = Nullify Life Magic Other

 Assuming based on successful nullify life scrolls creation:
 
 Introspection  + Nullification + Creature Enchantment Glyph = Nullify Creature Magic Self
 Benevolence    + Nullification + Creature Enchantment Glyph = Nullify Creature Magic Other
 Introspection? + Nullification + Item Enchantment Glyph     = Nullify Item Magic

Known Failures

INK FAILURES:

 Infliction [Cannot add] Formation
 
 Introspection [Cannot add] Alacratous
 Introspection [Cannot add] Conveyance
 Introspection [Cannot add] Objectification
 Introspection [Cannot add] Partition
 Introspection [Cannot add] Separation
 
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Alacratous
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Formation
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Partition
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Separation

 Extraction [Cannot add] Direction

GLYPH FAILURES:

 Infliction + Conveyance [Cannot add] (Element)
 Infliction + Direction [Cannot add] (Attribute) or (Health/Stam/Mana)
 Infliction + Separation [Cannot add] Glyph of Armor
 Infliction + Separation [Cannot add] (Skill)
 
 Introspection + Formation [Cannot add] Glyph of Armor
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] (Non-magic school skill)
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] (Mana)
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] (Element)
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] Glyph of Armor
 
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] (skill)
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] (Element)
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] Glyph of Armor
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] Glyph of Mana
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] Glyph of Health/Stam/Mana Regeneration
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] (Non-magic school skill)
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] (Health)
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] (Element)
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] Glyph of Armor
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] Glyph of Item Enchantment
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] (Skill)

Spell Components

	Mana Scarab		Quill of Benevolence		Quill of Extraction		Quill of Infliction		Quill of Introspection
	Alacritous Ink		Ink of Conveyance		Ink of Direction		Ink of Formation		Ink of Nullification
	Ink of Objectification		Ink of Partition		Ink of Separation		Parabolic Ink
	Glyph of Alchemy		Glyph of Arcane Lore		Glyph of Armor		Glyph of Bludgeoning		Glyph of Bow
	Glyph of Coordination		Glyph of Corrosion		Glyph of Creature Enchantment		Glyph of Crossbow		Glyph of Dagger
	Glyph of Deception		Glyph of Endurance		Glyph of Flame		Glyph of Focus		Glyph of Frost
	Glyph of Health		Glyph of Health Regeneration		Glyph of Item Enchantment		Glyph of Item Tinkering		Glyph of Jump
	Glyph of Leadership		Glyph of Life Magic		Glyph of Lightning		Glyph of Loyalty		Glyph of Mana
	Glyph of Monster Appraisal		Glyph of Piercing		Glyph of Quickness		Glyph of Self		Glyph of Slashing
	Glyph of Staff		Glyph of Stamina		Glyph of Stamina Regeneration		Glyph of Strength		Glyph of Sword
	Glyph of Unarmed Combat		Glyph of War Magic

Scroll List

Creature

Scroll		Quill	Scarab	Ink	Glyph	Effect
	Inscription of Alchemy Ineptitude Other					-45 Alchemy
	Inscription of Bow Ineptitude Other					-45 Bow
	Inscription of Creature Enchantment Mastery Self					+45 Creature Magic
	Inscription of Faithlessness Other					-45 Loyalty
	Incantation of Endurance Self					+45 Endurance
	Incantation of Frailty Other					-45 Endurance
	Inscription of Item Enchantment Mastery Self					+45 Item Magic
	Inscription of Life Magic Mastery Self					+45 Life Magic
	Inscription of War Magic Mastery Self					+45 War Magic
File:Inscription of Willpower Self icon.PNG	Inscription of Willpower Self					+45 Willpower

Item

Scroll		Quill	Scarab	Ink	Glyph	Effect
	Inscription of Acid Bane					Armor/Shield +200% Acid Resistance
	Inscription of Blade Bane					Armor/Shield +200% Slashing Resistance
	Inscription of Bludgeon Bane					Armor/Shield +200% Bludgeoning Resistance
	Inscription of Flame Bane					Armor/Shield +200% Flame Resistance
	Inscription of Frost Bane					Armor/Shield +200% Cold Resistance
	Inscription of Lightning Bane					Armor/Shield +200% Electrical Resistance
	Inscription of Piercing Bane					Armor/Shield +200% Piercing Resistance

Life

Scroll		Quill	Scarab	Ink	Glyph	Effect
	Inscription of Heal Self					Restores 90-180 points of the caster's health.
	Inscription of Heal Other					Restores 90-180 points of the target's health.
	Inscription of Fester Other					Decrease target's natural healing rate by 75%.
	Inscription of Revitalize Other					Restores 100-200 points of the target's stamina.
	Inscription of Acid Protection Self					Reduces Acid damage 70%.
	Inscription of Blade Protection Self					Reduces Slashing damage 70%.
	Inscription of Bludgeoning Protection Self					Reduces Bludgeoning damage 70%.
	Inscription of Cold Protection Self					Reduces Cold damage 70%.
	Inscription of Fire Protection Self					Reduces Fire damage 70%.
	Inscription of Lightning Protection Self					Reduces Electrical damage 70%.
	Inscription of Piercing Protection Self					Reduces Piercing damage 70%.

Note: The Glyph of Health Regeneration is misnamed Glyph of Corrosion, but is a red heart similar to Glyph of Stamina Regeneration.

War

Scroll		Quill	Scarab	Ink	Glyph	Effect
	Inscription of Flame Streak					Bolt 45-90 Fire
	Inscription of Lightning Volley					Shoots five 45-90 bolts Electric
	Inscription of Shock Blast					??
File:Inscription of Shock Wave icon.PNG	Inscription of Shock Wave					Bolt 135-190 Bludgeoning