Loot

File:Loot Exemplar.jpg

Related topics: Game Mechanics

Loot dropped by creatures and found in chests in Asheron's Call is largely random; however, there are seven tiers and other elements to the loot system that work together to generate an item.

The Loot System

Loot Profiles, Tiers and Mutated Items

Items generated by creatures and chests are based on treasure profiles. The profile controls what type of item is generated, how many and also the drop rate. Item types specified are general and include broad categories such as gems, weapons, armor etc

In addition to the profile, there are also 7 loot tiers (also referred to as 'Wealth Ratings'). Although not really seen, there is technically an 8th tier as tier 0 creatures drop no loot, such as the many Elementals and some quest creatures.

The loot tier of a profile is used in two distinct ways during treasure generation. First, it is used in selection to select the exact item that is going to be generated; and secondly it is used in mutation to determine how that item is going to be changed by the treasure system.

Obviously, some items do not mutate as they cannot vary in properties, this includes mundane items such as mana charges and healing kits to name a few. Weapons and armor on the other hand can mutate and be assigned varying properties such as: damage, attack and melee defense modifiers, speed, burden, spells, cantrips, wield requirements and so on.

Game example

Mundane (unmutated) item example.

"The treasure profile used by the Broken Fragment says that when the creature dies, it’s going to create 3 to 5 items. One of those items is going to be either a healing kit (15% chance) or a mana stone (15% chance) or a scarab (70% chance). The profile also says that this is going to be an item with a wealth rating of 1. So when the fragment dies, it rolls a random number – and let’s say that it decides that one item is going to be a healing kit. Then it checks a table for the possible healing kits that can occur in wealth rating 1, and determines that the healing kit can be either a crude kit (75% chance) or a poor kit (25%) chance. It rolls again to decide exactly which kit it will generate."

Additional Properties

There are also special properties that can be applied to a specific creature's treasure profile.

• Quality property - A creature or item that has the quality property is more likely to generate more of the best items in the assigned loot tier. See the Quality Flag page for more details.
• Group property - A creature or item with the group property will always drop a larger quantity of loot than normal. Many boss creatures as well as Gold creatures on Vissidal have this property.

Trophies

Main article: Trophies

Trophies are separate from the loot system which generates largely random items using profiles and loot tiers.

Trophies are determined as soon as a creature spawns, with loot being generated on the creature's death. This is why trophies always appear in the first slots of a creature's corpse.

Random trophies can also appear inside chests in addition to creature corpses. An early example of this is with Steel Chests that spawn wall and ring spells using the trophy system, while the bolts and arc spells are handled by the treasure system. This is because for a scroll to be generated as loot it needs to exist for all spell levels which wall and ring spells do not. A "new trophy drop method" was also tested with the introduction of Black Marrow Reliquaries which can drop a number of different items in addition to tier 6 loot.

Every creature of the same type shares the same treasure profile and trophy drop information. Exceptions to this exist when a creature needs to drop a fixed quest trophy which are dropped by unique creatures or by a common creature in a specific location.

File:Trophies Live.jpg Two trophies, a "mundane" item (healing kit) and some mutated treasure.

Identifying Loot Tiers

"Mundane" Items and Scrolls

Mundane items are generated before other loot and appear in the first slots in a corpse or container just after Trophies. Spell scrolls can appear in any slot.

Tier	Peas	Mana Stones	Potions	Healing Kits	Lockpicks	Spell Scrolls
0	--	--	--	--	--	--
1						1, 2, 3
2						3, 4, 5
3						3, 4, 5
4						5, 6, 7
5						6, 7
6						7
7						7, 8*

* Level 8 Spell Components

Loot Properties

The tier a particular creature or chest belongs to has to be inferred by what it drops. Because of overlap between tiers it can take several pulls/drops to correctly determine the tier. Tiers are generally tied into monster level, for example wealth 6 loot appears on almost all creatures level 135 or higher (Grave Rats and Restless Spirits are example exceptions, being 135 and Tier 5).

Needs revisions:

Tier	Enchanted Spells	Caster Base Reqs	Weapon Base Reqs	Missile Base Reqs	Covenant Magic Reqs	Covenant Melee Reqs	Covenant Missile Reqs	Work- manship	Monster Level Found On*
1	1, 2, 3	None	None	None	None	None	None	1 - 5	1-34
2	3, 4, 5	None	None, 250	None, 250	None	250	250	2 - 6	35-74
3	3, 4, 5	None	None, 250	None, 250	None	250, 300	250, 270	2 - 7	75-94
4	4, 5, 6, Minor	None, 290	250, 300	250, 270	145, 160, 185, 205, 225, 245	225, 300, 325	160, 270, 290	3 - 8	95-114
5	5, 6, 7, Minor, Major (extremely rare)	None, 290, 310	300, 325, 350	270, 290, 315	185, 205, 225, 245, 265, 280	250, 325, 350, 370	160, 290, 315	3 - 9	115-134
6	6, 7, Minor (4), Major (2)	None, 310, 330, 355	350, 370, 400	315, 335, 360	185, 225, 245, 265, 280, 300	200, 250, 300, 325, 350, 370, 400	205, 290, 305, 315, 335	4 - 10	135+
7	6, 7, 8, Minor (4), Major (5), Epic (3)	None, 330, 355, 375	370, 400, 420	335, 360, 375	225, 280, 300	400, 420	360, 375	4 - 10	Chests and Shard Dropping Creatures**

* Exceptions exist but are rare. A notable exception is the wisps at Crystalline Crag, which are tier 6 despite being levels 110-130.

** Mana Forge and Faction Stronghold chests, creatures that drop Pristine Mana Shards in Graveyard, Freebooter Isle, Moarsman City, Dark Isle, the City of Neftet, the Frozen Valley, and the Direlands Gear Knight Resistance Camp.

Armor

Upper and Lower Body Armor

For screenshots of maximum stats, click on the profile of the armor type then view its talk page.

Note: In the 101st patch, Risks and Rewards, the maximum armor levels of many (if not all) armor types were increased. As a result this table may be out of date. If you see an error, please edit it!

Type	Heritage	Base AL	Max AL	Coverage	Loot Tier
File:Alduressa Body Armor Icon.png Alduressa Body Armor	Viamontian	90	274	Full	--
File:Amuli Body Armor Icon.png Amuli Body Armor	Gharu'ndim	90	260	No Head, Hands, Feet	4+
File:Celdon Body Armor Icon.png Celdon Body Armor	Aluvian	110	274	No Head, Hands, Feet	4+
File:Chainmail Body Armor Icon.png Chainmail Body Armor	None	50	264	No Feet	1+
File:Chiran Body Armor Icon.png Chiran Body Armor	Sho	--	263	Full	--
File:Covenant Body Armor Icon.png Covenant Body Armor	Lugian	100	509	Full	--
File:Diforsa Body Armor Icon.png Diforsa Body Armor	Viamontian	100	269	Full	3+
File:Haebrean Body Armor Icon.png Haebrean Body Armor	Empyrean	--	273	Full	6+
File:Knorr Academy Body Armor Icon.png Knorr Academy Body Armor	Empyrean	--	--	Full	6+
File:Koujia Body Armor Icon.png Koujia Body Armor	Sho	--	265	No Head, Hands, Feet	--
File:Leather Body Armor Icon.png Leather Body Armor	None	20	253	Full	1+
File:Lorica Body Armor Icon.png Lorica Body Armor	Aluvian	--	264	Full	--
File:Nariyid Body Armor Icon.png Nariyid Body Armor	Gharu'ndim	--	273	Full	--
File:Olthoi (Loot) Body Armor Icon.png Olthoi (Loot) Body Armor	None	100?	508	Full	7
File:Olthoi Alduressa Body Armor Icon.png Olthoi Alduressa Body Armor	Viamontian	--	265	Full	7
File:Olthoi Amuli Body Armor Icon.png Olthoi Amuli Body Armor	Gharu'ndim	--	245	Full	7
File:Olthoi Celdon Body Armor Icon.png Olthoi Celdon Body Armor	Aluvian	--	265	Full	7
File:Olthoi Koujia Body Armor Icon.png Olthoi Koujia Body Armor	Sho	150	275	Full	7
File:Over-robe Icon.png Over-robes	None			Chest
File:Platemail Body Armor Icon.png Platemail Body Armor	Aluvian	100	274	Full	3+
File:Scalemail Body Armor Icon.png Scalemail Body Armor	Gharu'ndim	75	272	No Feet	--
File:Sedgemail Leather Body Armor Icon.png Sedgemail Leather Body Armor	Unknown	--	--	Full	6+
File:Society Body Armor Icon.png Society Body Armor	None	150	274	Full	--
File:Studded Leather Body Armor Icon.png Studded Leather Body Armor	None	30	269	Full	1+
File:Tenassa Body Armor Icon.png Tenassa Body Armor	Viamontian	95	264	No Head, Hands, Feet	4+
File:Yoroi Body Armor Icon.png Yoroi Body Armor	Sho	80	264	No Hands, Feet	3+

Foot Armor

For screenshots of maximum stats, see Talk:Foot Armor.

Type	Base AL	Max AL	Base Burden	Min Burden	Loot Tier
File:Alduressa Foot Armor Icon.png Alduressa Foot Armor	--	311	--	317	--
File:Chiran Foot Armor Icon.png Chiran Foot Armor	--	289	--	394	--
File:Covenant Foot Armor Icon.png Covenant Foot Armor	--	499	--	217	--
File:Diforsa Foot Armor Icon.png Diforsa Foot Armor	100	306	--	425	--
File:Haebrean Foot Armor Icon.png Haebrean Foot Armor	--	--	--	--	6+
File:Knorr Academy Foot Armor Icon.png Knorr Academy Foot Armor	--	--	--	--	--
File:Leather Foot Armor Icon.png Leather Foot Armor	20	305	--	--	1+
File:Loafers 2 Icon.png Loafers 2	20	186	--	53	1+
File:Lorica Foot Armor Icon.png Lorica Foot Armor	--	297	--	309	--
File:Nariyid Foot Armor Icon.png Nariyid Foot Armor	--	312	--	251	--
File:Olthoi Alduressa Foot Armor Icon.png Olthoi Alduressa Foot Armor	--	255	--	--	7
File:Olthoi Amuli Foot Armor Icon.png Olthoi Amuli Foot Armor	--	263	--	--	7
File:Olthoi Celdon Foot Armor Icon.png Olthoi Celdon Foot Armor	--	290	--	--	7
File:Olthoi Koujia Foot Armor Icon.png Olthoi Koujia Foot Armor	--	293	--	--	7
File:Olthoi (Loot) Foot Armor Icon.png Olthoi (Loot) Foot Armor	100	500	--	260	7
File:Sandals 2 Icon.png Sandals 2	20	211	--	47	1+
File:Shoes 2 Icon.png Shoes 2	20	241	--	44	1+
File:Slippers 2 Icon.png Slippers 2	20	220	--	41	1+
File:Society Sollerets Icon.png Society Sollerets	??	??	--	??	--
File:Sollerets 2 Icon.png Sollerets 2	100	314	--	257	--
File:Steel Toed Boots 2 Icon.png Steel Toed Boots 2	60	304	--	451	1+
File:Studded Leather Boots 2 Icon.png Studded Leather Boots 2	30	286	--	479	1+
File:Viamontian Laced Boots 2 Icon.png Viamontian Laced Boots 2	20	--	--	--	1+

Hand Armor

For screenshots of maximum stats, see Talk:Hand Armor.

Type	Base AL	Max AL	Base Burden	Min Burden	Loot Tier
File:Alduressa Hand Armor Icon.png Alduressa Hand Armor	--	314	--	661	--
File:Chainmail Hand Armor Icon.png Chainmail Hand Armor	140	304	460	222	1+
File:Chiran Hand Armor Icon.png Chiran Hand Armor	--	278	--	472	--
File:Diforsa Hand Armor Icon.png Diforsa Hand Armor	--	311	--	452	--
File:Cloth Gloves 2 Icon.png Cloth Gloves 2	--	221	--	20	1+
File:Haebrean Hand Armor Icon.png Haebrean Hand Armor	--	--	--	--	6+
File:Knorr Academy Hand Armor Icon.png Knorr Academy Hand Armor	--	--	--	--	--
File:Leather Hand Armor Icon.png Leather Hand Armor	20	281	--	173	1+
File:Long Leather Gauntlets 2 Icon.png Long Leather Gauntlets 2	--	281	--	197	1+
File:Lorica Hand Armor Icon.png Lorica Hand Armor	--	292	--	446	--
File:Nariyid Hand Armor Icon.png Nariyid Hand Armor	--	313	--	433	--
File:Olthoi Alduressa Hand Armor Icon.png Olthoi Alduressa Hand Armor	--	--	--	--	7
File:Olthoi Amuli Hand Armor Icon.png Olthoi Amuli Hand Armor	--	246	--	--	7
File:Olthoi Celdon Hand Armor Icon.png Olthoi Celdon Hand Armor	--	307	--	--	7
File:Olthoi (Loot) Hand Armor Icon.png Olthoi (Loot) Hand Armor	--	480	--	--	7
File:Olthoi Koujia Hand Armor Icon.png Olthoi Koujia Hand Armor	--	258	--	--	7
File:Platemail Hand Armor Icon.png Platemail Hand Armor	100	310	--	480	2+
File:Scalemail Hand Armor Icon.png Scalemail Hand Armor	--	303	--	147	2+
File:Society Gauntlets Icon.png Society Gauntlets	??	??	--	??	--
File:Studded Leather Hand Armor Icon.png Studded Leather Hand Armor	--	286	--	256	--

Head Armor

For screenshots of maximum stats, see Talk:Head Armor.

Type	Base AL	Max AL	Base Burden	Min Burden	Loot Tier
File:Alduressa Head Armor Icon.png Alduressa Head Armor	--	314	--	349	--
File:Armet 2 Icon.png Armet 2	--	314	--	472	+
File:Baigha 2 Icon.png Baigha 2	--	--	--	--	1+
File:Bandana 2 Icon.png Bandana 2	--	260	--	19	1+
File:Beret 2 Icon.png Beret 2	--	274	--	15	1+
File:Cloth Cap 2 Icon.png Cloth Cap 2	--	291	--	12	1+
File:Chainmail Head Armor 2 Icon.png Chainmail Head Armor 2	--	279	--	194	1+
File:Chainmail Head Armor Icon.png Chainmail Head Armor	--	--	--	--	1+
File:Chiran Head Armor Icon.png Chiran Head Armor	--	291	--	261	--
File:Circlet 2 Icon.png Circlet 2		265	--	47	1+
File:Coronet 2 Icon.png Coronet 2	--	247	--	59	--
File:Cowl 2 Icon.png Cowl 2	--	302	--	16	2+
File:Crown 2 Icon.png Crown 2	--	296	--	61	1+
File:Diadem 2 Icon.png Diadem 2	--	278	--	76	1+
File:Diforsa Head Armor Icon.png Diforsa Head Armor	--	278	--	--	--
File:Fez 2 Icon.png Fez 2	--	288	--	10	4+
File:Haebrean Head Armor Icon.png Haebrean Head Armor	--	--	--	--	6+
File:Knorr Academy Head Armor Icon.png Knorr Academy Head Armor	--	--	--	--	--
File:Helmet 2 Icon.png Helmet 2	--	310	--	356	--
File:Heaume 2 Icon.png Heaume 2	--	315	--	296	--
File:Hood 2 Icon.png Hood 2	--	?	--	--	--
File:Horned Helm 2 Icon.png Horned Helm 2	--	314	--	--	--
File:Kabuton 2 Icon.png Kabuton 2	--	280	--	394	--
File:Kasa 2 Icon.png Kasa 2	--	289	--	16	1+
File:Leather Head Armor Icon.png Leather Head Armor	--	290	--	105	--
File:Leather Head Armor 2 Icon.png Leather Head Armor 2	--	205	--	295	1+
File:Lorica Head Armor Icon.png Lorica Head Armor	--	284	--	340	--
File:Metal Cap 2 Icon.png Metal Cap 2	--	--	--	--	1+
File:Nariyid Head Armor Icon.png Nariyid Head Armor	--	314	--	339	--
File:Olthoi Amuli Head Armor Icon.png Olthoi Amuli Head Armor	--	273	--	354	7
File:Olthoi Celdon Head Armor Icon.png Olthoi Celdon Head Armor	--	255	--	339	7
File:Olthoi Koujia Head Armor Icon.png Olthoi Koujia Head Armor	--	???	--	???	7
File:Olthoi (Loot) Head Armor Icon.png Olthoi (Loot) Head Armor	--	427	--	351	7
File:Qafiya 2 Icon.png Qafiya 2	--	292	--	12	2+
File:Signet Crown 2 Icon.png Signet Crown 2	--	198	--	93	3+
File:Society Helm Icon.png Society Helm	??	??	--	??	--
File:Studded Leather Head Armor Icon.png Studded Leather Head Armor	--	290	--	199	--
File:Studded Leather Head Armor 2 Icon.png Studded Leather Head Armor 2	--	284	--	167	--
File:Teardrop Crown 2 Icon.png Teardrop Crown 2	--	304	--	73	--
File:Turban 2 Icon.png Turban 2	--	304	--	10	4+

Shields

For screenshots of maximum stats, see Talk:Shields.

Type	Base SL	Max SL	Base Burden	Min Burden	Loot Tier
File:Buckler (Loot) Icon.png Buckler (Loot)	20	144	420	200	1+
File:Covenant Shield (Loot) Icon.png Covenant Shield (Loot)	100	420	--	--	4-6
File:Kite Shield (Loot) Icon.png Kite Shield (Loot)	20	163	690	--	--
File:Large Kite Shield (Loot) Icon.png Large Kite Shield (Loot)	40	166	1380	970	--
File:Large Round Shield (Loot) Icon.png Large Round Shield (Loot)	40	172	1380	823	--
File:Olthoi Shield (Loot) 2 Icon.png Olthoi Shield (Loot) 2	100?	399	--	--	7
File:Round Shield (Loot) Icon.png Round Shield (Loot)	20	142	690	--	--
File:Tower Shield (Loot) Icon.png Tower Shield (Loot)	60	194	2040	--	--

Buckler	Covenant	Kite	Olthoi
Large Kite	Large Round	Round	Tower

Covenant Armor

For screenshots of maximum stats, see Talk:Covenant Armor and Talk:Olthoi Armor (Loot).
Includes Olthoi Loot Armor for tier 7+.

Tiers 4-6 Loot

Armor Level	Shield Level	Melee Req	Missile Req	Magic Req	Armor Tier	Shield Tier
100-199	100-199	200	160	145	--	4+
200-299	200-299	250	205	185	--	4+
300-349	300-349	300	245	225	--	--
350-399	350-399	325	270	245	--	5+
400-439	--	350	290	265	5+	--
440-469	--	370	305	280	5+	--
470-499	--	400	330	300	6+	--

Tier 7 Loot

Note: During the Old Ghosts event the ranges were increased and now overlap. All tier 7 loot armor now has a 150 level requirement also.

Armor Level	Olthoi	Shield Level	Melee Req	Missile Req	Magic Req	Tier
129 - 229	?? - 225	??	200	160	145	7
?? - 291	?? - ??	276	250	205	185	7
?? - 331	?? - ??	301 - 347	300	245	225	7
384 - 429	381 - 428	?? - ??	325	270	245	7
406 - 459	425 - 449	--	350	290	265	7
449 - 476	459 - 479	--	370	305	280	7
481 - 509	?? - 508	--	400	330	300	7

Weapons

In Master of Arms in Feb 2012 the entire Weapon system in Asheron's Call was revamped. Max weapon stats previous to this update are preserved for historical purposes and can be viewed here.

Due to the high number of edits required to complete this information for current weapons, weapon stat information can be viewed/entered here. Please make all updates to that page, once it is reasonably complete it will be moved to this location on the main Loot page again. The reason for this has to do with this page's size and how that interacts with database size with each additional edit.

Coalesced Mana and Aetheria

Coalesced Mana

Type	Loot Tier	XP Reward
	1-4	5,000
	3-4	15,000
	4	45,000

Coalesced Aetheria

Type	Loot Tier	Level Req.
	4-7	75+
	6-7	150+
File:Coalesced Aetheria (Red 1) Icon.png	7	225+
File:Coalesced Aetheria (Red 2) Icon.png
File:Coalesced Aetheria (Red 3) Icon.png
File:Coalesced Aetheria (Red 4) Icon.png

Cloaks

Level	Icon	Wield Req	Loot Tier
1		Level 30	3+ ?
2		Level 60	3+ ?
3		Level 90	3+ ?
4		Level 120	??
5		Level 150	??

Enchantments

For screenshots of maximum stats, see Talk:Built in Enchantments.

Tier	Max Arcane Req	Max Number Spells	Max Minors	Max Majors	Max Epics
1	??	??	??	??	0
2	??	??	??	??	0
3	??	??	??	??	0
4	??	??	??	??	0
5	??	??	??	??	0
6	??	??	??	3	0
7	500	??	??	5	3

See also

• Creatures
  • Tier levels are shown in the creature stats tables.
• Item Decay
• Updates to the Loot System
• Loot/Spell Distribution
• Quality Flag
• Mana Forges
• Rares

Update history

See Updates to the Loot System for a complete list of all updates made.

• Between February and May 2004, a multi-month project was made to "reinvigorate the treasure system".
• In the 100th event, Ancient Powers, a 7th loot tier was introduced.
• In the Old Ghosts event, loot in the 7th tier was expanded to creatures that also drop Pristine Mana Shards. The stat ranges were also adjusted for some items including weapons and covenant armor that drop in the Mana Forge chests.