Item Enchantment Alternatives

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:
  • Armor of Darkness
  • Empowered Armor of the Perfect Light
  • Hieromancer's Armor and the upgrades: Luminescent Thaumaturgic Armor and Auroric Exarch Armor
  • Nanjou Shou-jen Armor
  • Helm of the Abyssal Totem, Helm of the Black Totem, and the Helm of the White Totem
  • Harbinger Arm Guard
  • Empowered Empyrean Robe

• 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.