Loot

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Loot is any item dropped by a creature, inside a chest or found on the environment. In Asheron's Call, loot can be mutated in various ways before it's finally generated as an item. There are also fixed loot items such as trophies and rares which do not change before appearing as loot.

Overview

Mutated Loot

Before an item is mutated it's selected from the loot tables. There are tables for all the possible items and also tables for all the mutations. The tables are organised into loot tiers with more powerful stats available at the higher tiers. Some types of item are found in all tiers while some do do not appear until the higher levels. For example, chainmail armor is available from tier 1 up to tier 8 but lorica armor does not appear in loot at all until tier 5.

To control the type, number of items and the tier the items are generated from, profiles are used and shared among the creatures and chests in the game.

Profile types:

• Generic Items - Basic consumables and other items that do not mutate at all (similar to trophies).
• Mundane Items - Mutated items that do not have magical spells.
• Magical Items - Mutated items that possess magical spells and mana.

Once an item has been selected, it will be mutated with mundane properties such as material (salvage) type, value, armor level, wield requirement and so on. If the item is magical, it will also be mutated with spells and related magical properties such as spellcraft and mana.

Creatures and Chests

Loot tiers are generally linked with a target creature level range unless they are the highest tier 8 creatures which are found in the highest level areas such as the Rynthid Infested Plains.

Chests that generate loot usually require unlocking with a key before they can be opened. Some chests contain random trophies in addition to mutated loot such as the chests found in the Dens of Iniquity.

In addition to the loot tier, some creatures and chests are also "luckier" and have an increased chance to generate items with better cantrips, ratings and stats..

Many bosses and tougher creatures such as the gold creatures on Vissidal island can also drop larger quantities of loot than normal.

Fixed Loot

Trophies

See also: Creatures, Popular Trophies

Most creatures can drop their own trophies in addition to separate mutated loot from the tiers. For example, a Platinum Golem drops tier 6 loot but it also has four trophy drops which it can drop one or more of.

File:Trophies Live.jpg An Ancient Empyrean Trinket and some mutated loot.

Trophies include items such as quest items, body parts, keys and other useful items. Many trophies can be given to Collectors and Crafters for rewards.

Trophies usually have fixed drop rates for quest items and random drop rates for other items. Trophies can be dropped by both creatures and inside certain chests such as those found in the Dens of Iniquity.

Rares

For a list of available rares by tier, see the Rares page

Introduced in the Throne of Destiny expansion, rares are powerful items that can drop on a defeated creature greater in level than the player character who killed it, or on any creature over level 100.

There are six tiers of rares ranging from the most common tier 1 rares, which consist of volatile skill buff gems, to the least common tier 6 rares consisting of weapons for each class. Rare armor and weapons can also be levelled up to cast more powerful spells on the wielder. Consumable type items in tier 5 are eternal/infinite and have an unlimited number of uses.

File:Rares Live.jpg A Berzerker's Crystal (tier 1 rare) and some mutated loot.

Real Time Rares

There is a real time rare timer for each character, which starts the first time you kill a rare eligible creature. A character such as a mule that has never killed anything will not have an active timer. It works by looking at the real time that has elapsed since the last rare was found, it increases as the time gets closer to two months (real life time) at which point it is a 100% chance. People have found that for characters that don't normally hunt, it's best to take them out at at the 30 day mark and a rare will drop after a few kills (although it sometimes can take longer since it's still a % chance at the 30 day mark).

Drop Rates

For every 1 weapon (Tier 6) that drops the following should drop (in the long run).

Estimated drop rate of a rare item is one in 2,500 rare eligible creature kills.

Items

Armor

For armor levels, see #Max Armor Levels

Stats

Wield Requirements

Loot Tier	Melee Weapons - Base Skill	Missile Weapons - Base Skill	Magic Casters - Base Skill	Covenant Armor - Melee Defense	Covenant Armor - Missile Defense	Covenant Armor - Magic Defense	Standard Armor/Clothing/Jewelry - Character Level
1	No Wield	No Wield	No Wield	N/A	N/A	N/A	No Wield
2	No Wield 250	No Wield 250	No Wield	N/A	N/A	N/A	No Wield
3	No Wield 250 300	No Wield 250 270	No Wield	200 250 300	160 205 245	145 185 225	No Wield
4	No Wield 250 300	No Wield 250 270	No Wield	200 250 300	160 205 245	145 185 225	No Wield
5	300 325 350	270 290 315	No Wield 290 310	200 250 300 325 350 370	160 205 245 270 290 305	145 185 225 245 265 280	No Wield
6	350 370 400	315 335 360	No Wield 310 330 355	200 250 300 325 350 370 400	160 205 245 270 290 305 330	145 185 225 245 265 280 300	No Wield
7	370* 400 420	335* 360 375	330* 355 375	200 250 300 325 350 370 400	160 205 245 270 290 305 330	145 185 225 245 270 290 310	150
8	400 420 430	360 375 385	355 375 385	200 250 300 325 350 370 400	160 205 245 270 290 305 330	?? ?? ?? ?? 270 290 310	180

*Not found in Mana Forge Chests

Salvage and Workmanship

Salvage
Salvage Materials	Loot Tier
	1 - 2 ??
	1+
	2+
	3+
	4+
	5+

Workmanship
Workmanship	Loot Tier
1 - 5	1+
2 - 6	2+
3 - 7	3+
3 - 8	4+
3 - 9	5+
4 - 10	6+

Spells and Ratings

See also: Loot/Spell Distribution

Tier	Spell Level and Cantrips	Ratings
1	1, 2, 3 Minor Cantrips	None
2	3, 4, 5 Minor Cantrips Major Cantrips	None
3	4, 5, 6 Minor Cantrips Major Cantrips	None
4	4, 5, 6 Minor Cantrips Major Cantrips	None
5	5, 6, 7 Minor Cantrips Major Cantrips	None
6	6, 7 Minor Cantrips (4 Max.) Major Cantrips (2 Max.)	None
7	6, 7, 8 Minor Cantrips (4 Max.) Major Cantrips (5 Max.) Epic Cantrips (3 Max.) Attribute Sets	None
8	6, 7, 8 Minor Cantrips Major Cantrips Epic Cantrips Legendary Cantrips Attribute Sets	Armor: Critical Damage Rating or Critical Damage Resist Rating up to 2 Clothing/Cloaks: Damage Rating or Damage Resist Rating up to 3 Jewelry/Trinkets: Max Health Boost rating or Healing Rating up to 3 Weapons: None

Max Armor Levels

Standard Armor
Coverage	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5	Tier 6	Tier 7	Tier 8
Upper/Lower Body								303
Head								334
Hands								334
Feet								334
Shield								201

Covenant Armor
Tier/Wields				Max AL
Tier	Melee Req	Missile Req	Magic Req	Upper/Lower Body	Head	Hands	Feet	Shield
3+	200	160	145
3+	250	205	185
3+	300	245	225
4+	325	270	245
4+	350	290	270
5+	370	305	290
6+	400	330	310
7+	410	340	320?	525

Max Weapon Modifiers

Note on variances: Some Two Handed Spears in low loot tiers can spawn with 75% variance, which is wider than in the variance tables. It is unknown at this time if this is a bug or intentional, and if it replaces a value on this chart or extends its size. This chart is valid for two-handed weapons in higher loot tiers.

Every one hand wield*type spawns with one of five possible variances. Two Handed weapons drop with six possible variances apiece. These potential variances hold steady across wields and loot tiers.

Heavy Weapons

Base Damage
Weapon Type	No Wield	250 Wield	300 Wield	325 Wield	350 Wield	370 Wield	400 Wield	420 Wield	430 Wield	Best Variance
Axe	26						68	71	74	90%
Dagger	24						65	68	71	47%
Dagger Multi	13						33	36	38	40%
Mace	22						63	66	69	30%
Spear	25						66	69	72	59%
Sword	24						65	68	71	47%
Sword Multi	12						33		38	40%
Staff	23						63	66	70	38%
UA	20						54	56	59	44%

Variances
Weapon Type	1	2	3	4	5
Axe	90%	93%	95%	97%	99%
Spear	59%	63%	68%	72%	75%
UA	44%	48%	53%	58%	60%
Sword	47%	50%	53%	57%	62%
Sword Multi	40%	43%	48%	53%	58%
Dagger	47%	50%	53%	57%	62%
Dagger Multi	40%	43%	48%	53%	58%
Staff	38%	42%	45%	50%	52%
Mace	30%	33%	37%	42%	46%

Other Modifiers (Tiers 7 - 8)
Weapon Type	Name	Speed	Attack	Defense	Magic	Missile
Axe	Battle Axe	46	22	18	4.0	4.0
	Lugian Hammer	39
	Silifi
	War Axe	48
Dagger	Dirk	29	20	20	4.0	4.0
	Stiletto	32
	Jambiya	11
Mace	Flanged Mace		18	22	4.0	4.0
	Mace (Weapon)	30
	Mazule	30
	Morning Star	54
Spear	Spine Glaive	29	25	15	4.0	4.0
	Partizan
	Trident	42
Staff	Nabut	36	15	25	4.0	4.0
	Stick	23
Sword	Flamberge		20	20	4.0	4.0
	Ken
	Long Sword
	Tachi	29
	Takuba
	Schlager
UA	Cestus	16	20	20	4.0	4.0
	Nekode	16

Light / Finesse Weapons

Base Damage
Weapon Type	No Wield	250 Wield	300 Wield	325 Wield	350 Wield	370 Wield	400 Wield	420 Wield	430 Wield	Best Variance
Axe	22						55	57	61	80%
Dagger	18						51	54	58	42%
Dagger Multi	7						24	27	28	24%
Mace	19						50	52	57	23%
-Jitte (Mace)	19						48		57	32.5%
Spear	21						53	56	60	65%
Sword	20						52	55	58	42%
Sword Multi	7						24	25	28	24%
Staff	19						51	54	57	32.5%
UA	17						44	46	48	43%

Variances
Weapon Type	1	2	3	4	5
Axe	80%	83%	85%	90%	95%
Spear	65%	68%	71%	75%	80%
UA	43%	48%	53%	58%	60%
Sword	42%	47%	52%	56%	60%
Sword Multi	24%	28%	35%	40%	45%
Dagger	42%	47%	52%	56%	60%
Dagger Multi	24%	28%	35%	40%	45%
Staff	32.5%	35%	40%	45%	50%
Mace	23%	28%	32%	37%	43%
-Jitte	32.5%	35%	40%	45%	50%
Frequency of variance categories dropped in loot
	1	2	3	4	5
Frequency	10%	20%	40%	20%	10%

Other Modifiers (Light Weapons, Tiers 7 - 8)
Weapon Type	Name	Speed	Attack	Defense	Magic	Missile
Axe	Dolabra	47	22	18	4.0	4.0
	Hand Axe	47
	Ono
	War Hammer	39
Dagger	Dagger (Weapon)	16	20	20	4.0	4.0
	Khanjar	15
Mace	Club	31	18	22	4.0	4.0
	Kasrullah
	Spiked Club	31
Spear	Spear (Weapon)	25	25	15	4.0	4.0
	Yari	27
Staff	Quarter Staff	22	15	25	4.0	4.0
Sword	Broad Sword		20	20	4.0	4.0
	Dericost Blade	28
	Epee	24
	Kaskara	30
	Spada
	Shamshir
UA	Knuckles	15	20	20	4.0	4.0
	Katar

Other Modifiers (Finesse Weapons, Tiers 7 - 8)
Weapon Type	Name	Speed	Attack	Defense	Magic	Missile
Axe	Hammer (Weapon)	40	22	18	4.0	4.0
	Hatchet
	Shou-ono	22
	Tungi	39
Dagger	Knife	7	20	20	4.0	4.0
	Lancet
	Poniard
Mace	Board with Nail	30	18	22	4.0	4.0
	Dabus
	Tofun	15
	Jitte	27	15	25	4.0	4.0
Spear	Budiaq	27	25	15	4.0	4.0
	Naginata	25
Staff	Bastone	22	15	25	4.0	4.0
	Jo	22
Sword	Rapier	24	20	20	4.0	4.0
	Sabra
	Scimitar	27
	Short Sword
	Simi
	Yaoji	25
UA	Claw	16	20	20	4.0	4.0
	Hand Wraps	17

Two-Handed Weapons

Base Damage
Weapon Type	No Wield	250 Wield	300 Wield	325 Wield	350 Wield	370 Wield	400 Wield	420 Wield	430 Wield	Best Variance
Cleavers	13				31	33	39	42	45	30%
Spears	14				34	38	42	45	48	35%

Variances
Variance	Approximate Frequency in Loot
30%	4.0%
35%	14.6%
40%	33.3%
45%	29.1%
50%	14.3%
55%	4.6%

Other Modifiers (Tiers 7 - 8)
Weapon Type	Name	Speed	Attack	Defense	Magic	Missile
Sword	Nodachi	42	22	18	4.0	4.0
Sword	Shashqa		22	18	4.0	4.0
Sword	Spadone	41	22	18	4.0	4.0
Axe	Greataxe	39	22	18
Mace	Great Star Mace		22	18
Mace	Quadrelle	32	22	18
Mace	Khanda-handled Mace	35	22	18	3.5
Mace	Tetsubo	32	22	18
Spear	Assagai	40	20	20	4	4
Spear	Pike	40	20	20	4	4
Spear	Corsesca	40	20	20	4	4
Spear	Magari Yari	40	20	20	4	4

Missile Weapons

Base Damage
Wield Req	Weapon Type	Damage Modifier	Elemental Damage Bonus
No Wield	Bow Crossbow Thrown	+110% +140% +130%	None
250	Bow Crossbow Thrown	+?? +?? +??	None
270	Bow Crossbow Thrown	+?? +?? +??	None
290	Bow Crossbow Thrown	+140% +165% +160%	None
315	Bow Crossbow Thrown	+140% +165% +160%	+5 +5 +4
335	Bow Crossbow Thrown	+140% +165% +160%	+9 +9 +7
360	Bow Crossbow Thrown	+140% +165% +160%	+16 +16 +16
375	Bow Crossbow Thrown	+140% +165% +160%	+18 +18 +18
385	Bow Crossbow Thrown	+140% +165% +160%	+22 +22 +22

Other Modifiers (Tiers 7 - 8)
Weapon Type	Name	Speed	Defense	Magic	Missile
Bows	Longbow	Average (36)	20%	4.0%	4.0%
	Compound Bow
	Nayin
	Shortbow
	Shouyumi
	War Bow
	Yag
	Yumi
Crossbows	Arbalest
	Compound Crossbow
	Heavy Crossbow
	Light Crossbow
Atlatl	Dart Flinger
	Royal Atlatl
	Slingshot

Magic Casters

Base Damage
Wield Req	vs Monsters	vs Players
No Wield	None	None
290
310
330
355
375	16%	8%
385	18%	9%

Other Modifiers (Tiers 7 - 8)
Weapon Type	Name	Mana Conversion	Melee Defense	Missile Defense	Magic Defense
Magic Casters	Baton	10%	20%	4.0%	4.0%
	Orb
	Sceptre
	Sceptre (War Magic)
	Staff
	Staff (War Magic)
	Wand

Archives

• Loot/Weapons Pre2012
• Loot/Tier 7 Pre2013

Trivia

• Prior to the Ancient Powers event, Asheron’s Call had only six loot tiers. When the game first shipped, only the first five were commonly available to players. The lowest tiers were assigned to the low level creatures; tier 4 was assigned to the high level creatures; and tier 5 was assigned only to very special creatures like Olthoi Nobles.
• There are currently 8 loot tiers and although not really seen, there is technically an 9th tier as many creatues do not generate any loot at all. They may, however, still drop trophies.
• In the first 3 years of AC, when a creature was killed and loot was left inside the corpse, the body decayed immediately leaving the leftover loot on the floor. This feature was removed in The Iron Coast event to increase server performance. See Item Decay for a list of other similar changes made.
• Creature trophies are generated as the creature spawns, with tier loot being generated on its death.

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 Bowyers). 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 Phase 1 of the major treasure revisions. Across the Vast Divide Phase 2 of the major treasure revisions. A New Threat Phase 3 of the major treasure revisions. Mired Hearts 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 Shards. 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

External Links

• Trophy Hunter Online