Related topics: Item Enchantment (Skill), Creature Enchantment Alternatives, Life Magic Alternatives, Character Templates
The Item Enchantment skill has two abilities: First, the ability to buff and debuff weapons, armor, and other objects, and second, the ability to use Planar Magic, a subset of of item enchantment dealing with portal spells.
Buffing
Armor
Item Enchantment can improve clothing, a shield, or a piece of armor with the following spells: Impenetrability, Blade Bane, Bludgeon Bane, Piercing Bane, Acid Bane, Flame Bane, Frost Bane, and Lightning Bane.
Alternatives:
- Use Covenant Armor/Olthoi Armor. These types of loot generated armor cannot be enchanted or tinkered with Steel, and instead have a higher base a base armor level and may be tinkered with the salvaged materials which increase protections to the 7 types of damage: Alabaster, Bronze, Marble, Armoredillo Hide, Ceramic, Wool, and Reedshark Hide. Note that built-in enchantments on these two types of armor still enchant the piece, so pieces with built in Impenetrability and banes are the highly recommended.
- Use certain quest sets and armor which fully buff themselves. Armor that self-buffs includes:
- Have a friend, Alternative Character, or Buff Bot buff your armor.
No Alternatives:
- Without item enchantment, there is no way to self-buff your clothing.
- Without item enchantment, there is no way to buff other players' clothing, shields, or armor.
Weapons
Item Enchantment can improve Weapons with the following spells: Blood Drinker, Heart Seeker, Defender, Swift Killer, Hermetic Link, and Spirit Drinker.
Alternatives:
- Use Loot generated weapons that have built-in enchantments. Note that for melee and missile weapons, a swift killer enchantment is not always necessary as a tinker with Oak will improve the speed of a weapon by 50 points.
- Use quest weapons that have built-in enchantments. This is a common feature on quest weapons. For a complete listing of available quest weapons, see Weapons.
- Have a friend, Alternative Character, or Buff Bot buff your weapons.
No Alternatives:
- Without item enchantment, there is no way to buff other players' weapons.
Locks
While seldom used, Item Enchantment has the ability to increase the resistance of a lock with the Strengthen Lock spell, making it harder to pick. There is no way to do this without Item Enchantment.
Debuffing
Armor
Item Enchantment can worsen clothing, a shield, or a piece of armor with the following spells: Brittlemail, Blade Lure, Bludgeon Lure, Piercing Lure, Acid Lure, Flame Lure, Frost Lure, and Lightning Lure. In actual combat however, players only have the ability to worsen a sheild being wielded by a creature or player.
Alternatives:
- The Composite Bow, Crossbow, and Atlatl have the varying levels of Brittlemail as a Cast on Strike spell. This allows players with missile skills to target a creature wielding a shield and worsen its shield level. To do so however, the player must first land a hit, the cast on strike ability must activate, and the creature must not resist the spell.
- Note that, while the Rift Orb (Umbral Rift) has a built-in, castable Brittlemail spell, the orb itself requires Item Enchantment to activate, making this not an alternative.
No Alternatives:
- Without item enchantment, there is no way to cast lure spells on a target's shield.
Weapons
Item Enchantment can worsen Weapons with the following spells: Blood Loather, Turn Blade, Lure Blade, Leaden Weapon, Hermetic Void, and Spirit Loather. There are no alternative methods to worsen weapons.
Locks
Item Enchantment has the ability to decrease the resistance of a lock with the Weaken Lock spell, making it easier to pick. There is no way to do this without Item Enchantment. However, you will find it easier to pick a lock by using a higher quality Lockpick, or by buffing your Lockpick, Coordination, and Focus.