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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!

Steps in creating a level VIII Scroll:

Add the quill to the mana scarab. + =
The mana scarab infuses the quill with its magical power.
Add the infused quill to the ink. + =
You dip the quill into the magical ink, further empowering it.
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 + (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
 Benevolence   + 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

GLYPH FAILURES:

 Infliction + Conveyance [Cannot add] (Element)
 Infliction + Direction [Cannot add] (Attribute)
 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 H/S/M 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 + Objectification [Cannot add] Glyph of Armor
 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		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
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		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