Items & Equipment

• Every item has a primary stat (weapons always roll damage, shields always roll defense, other armor rolls defense or Max HP) guaranteed on every copy regardless of rarity.
• Higher rarity rolls more affix slots (see the rarity table on the Regions & Loot page) from that item's own possible-affix pool.
• A rare Legendary+ affix, offline production bonus, doesn't come from any item's own pool: it's bolted on independently. Your best roll per equipment slot works from anywhere in your inventory, no need to wear it, and spare duplicates are safe to salvage.
• Trade-off gear rolls a guaranteed downside alongside its normal upside affixes: a real risk/reward pick, not a strictly-better item.
• The Collection Log (Skills tab) permanently remembers every rare possession you have ever found: boss uniques, relics, trophies, companions, Gilded finds. Sell freely; the record stays.
• Gear can be equipped by either route: reach the item's character level requirement, or reach its combat mastery requirement (80% of the level number). Weapons demand the skill they actually level in a fight: COMBAT for melee classes, SPELLCRAFT for MAGE/NECROMANCER staves, HUNTING for ARCHER bows. Armor and accessories accept your best weapon mastery of the three. Gathering and crafting skills never qualify: fight your way into the gear, or level broadly. The item card always shows both numbers.

Every owned copy of an item can be upgraded independently up to level 10, each level adding +8% to all of that copy's own rolled stats. Cost scales steeply in both gold and materials (Planks, Stone, Iron Bar). Planks are carved from Wood by Carpentry at the Carpenter's Bench, so upgrading gear now runs through that refining step. The gold half also scales with the item's own material tier (about +30% per tier), so investing in top-tier gear costs top-tier coin: the table below shows tier-1 (Copper) prices:

Spend gold plus one Alchemy-brewed Essence to bind a bonus affix onto an owned item, on top of its normal rolled stats and upgrade scaling. The essence you spend decides the stat, and re-enchanting replaces the current bonus rather than stacking. Base gold cost is 1,000g for tier-1 gear (scaling about +30% per item tier), discounted by your Enchanting milestone bonus, and higher Enchanting levels roll stronger values (up to +50%). Essences are brewed by Alchemy, so the two skills climb together through the gear chase.