a) What are Gem Sockets?
There are 5 unique types of gem sockets attributes, they are the number of spots on an item which a socket template can be affixed, Gem socket, Rune socket, Crystal Shards socket, and Relics socket. A variety of items may drop with any of these as a status bonus or a mix of them. If an item does not have a socket type already assign, it may still have Socket Spots built in which allows a player can fuse the socket template of the socket type they want from a selection of a gem, rune, crystal shard or a relic
b) What other details are associated with sockets types?
Here is a list of the socket types available to an item when they drop.
- Spots (provide an empty space on an item where a socket template maybe added. Items can have from 0 spots to a max of 5 spots. Socket spots are a valuable stat since each spot can hold its own unique type of socket.
- Gems (provide a Primary stat bonus, Gems are Unbounded and can be easily interchanged) are of green quality value, are commonly available, can be made by jeweler from precious stones, or can drop of monsters, found in treasures. Gemstones are cut from various precious stones found or mined. Each precious stone size determines the available gem cut. Any 2 equal sized gems can be merged to make the next gem cut type. Each precious stone color offers its own unique stat bonus. Higher cuts offer higher stat values. Gems can also be polished for further enhance their offered stat value.
- Runes (provide Secondary stat bonus, Runes are Bounded to a character, when equipped.) Runes are a blue quality item, they are dropped from monsters of rare, elite, mini bosses, bosses. Runes when equipped gain xp and level up and increase their bonus stat. Runes can be made.
- Crystal shards (provide added Effect to item equipped, and alignment resistance) are of purple quality, drops off only bosses or attained through quests. Crystals when equipped provided a % of magic resistance based on the crystals alignment type. Certain crystals provided certain weapon or defense effects. Crystals are Bound on Pickup.
- Relic (provide added bonus to spells and ability) are of Legendary quality, and are dropped or found. Relics build up a charge during battle when equipped, at each charge they can be used. They charge from 1 charge power to the max of 9. There can be defensive relics, offensive relics, or support relics. Relics are Account Bond when equipped.
C) Can a player changes gems, runes, crystals, relics at any time?
Simply put yes, for a character to be able to interchange between gems, runes, crystal and relics at any time, they need to get a one time special training from the Jeweler Trainer for each type of socket type. The Jeweler Trainer will require you to bring a “GEM Fuse Kit” for gems skill talent, a “RUNE fuse kit” for runes, a “Crystal Fuse kit” for crystals and a ”RELIC fuse kit" each are made and sold by a Jeweler. Once learned an icon will appear in the inherited talents of that character, and they can switch gems, runes, crystal shard, and relics at any time.
D) Can Sockets Spot be added to an item?
If an item does not have any Socket Spot, than none can be added and there is no Template to add a socket Spot to an item. The only method to add a socket spot to an item is through the Weapon Mastery TAB. Here If a player is mastering a weapon, spell or ability book, than as these items gain XP, the option to add a Socket Spot becomes available. These items are still limited to a max of 5 spots.
E) What Gem Sockets Templates can be added to an item?
There are 6 types of gem sockets, green sockets can hold Gems only. Blue socket can hold rune and gems. Purple sockets can hold Crystal, Runes, and Gems. Violet sockets can hold Relics, Crystals, Runes and gems. Players can upgrade from one socket type to the next higher quality type. Orange Sockets are not made, at attained through Weapon Mastery, and can hold any type of gem, rune, crystal, or relic. Yellow Sockets can not be made, and are an available only on items of Legendary or Godly quality and these sockets can hold relics, crystals, runes, and gems. Item that have Socket Spots Have a gray socket icon and players can infused any of the 4 types of Sockets Template types.
f) What Equipment can have Sockets?
A wide variety of items can drop with Sockets, here is a list of all the items that can have sockets and the max number of sockets Spots an item can Roll. It’s important to note that all items of any quality may drop with an assigned Socket Types plus additional Socket Spots. Items of
Armor Types |
Number of Sockets Spots |
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Green |
Blue |
Purple |
Violet |
Orange |
Yellow |
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Helmet |
0-2 |
1-3 |
1-4 |
2-4 |
3-4 |
4-5 |
Necklace |
1 |
1 |
1-2 |
2 |
2-3 |
3 |
Belt |
0-2 |
1-2 |
1-3 |
2-4 |
4 |
4-5 |
Shoulders |
0-2 |
1-2 |
1-4 |
2-4 |
4 |
4 |
Bracers |
0-1 |
1-2 |
1-2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Gloves |
0-1 |
1-2 |
2 |
2-3 |
2-4 |
4 |
Pants |
0-2 |
1-3 |
1-4 |
2-4 |
4-5 |
5 |
Boots |
0-1 |
1-2 |
1-2 |
1-2 |
2-4 |
3-5 |
Chest |
1-2 |
1-3 |
2-4 |
3-5 |
3-4 |
3-5 |
Rings |
1 |
1 |
1-2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1H Weapons |
0-2 |
1-2 |
1-3 |
2-3 |
3-4 |
4 |
Shields |
0-2 |
1-3 |
1-4 |
2-5 |
3-5 |
4-5 |
2H Weapons |
0-3 |
1-3 |
2-4 |
3-5 |
4-5 |
5 |
g) How are gems made?
To make a gem a jeweler requires pieces of precious stone which are mined. When an Ore deposit is mined by a high skilled miner. Higher Quality precious stone pieces are require to make higher lvl gems.
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Colours |
Status |
Names |
Sizes |
Cuts |
Values |
Shined |
Picture |
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RED |
Strength |
Ruby |
Mini |
Triangle |
1 |
3 |
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BLUE |
Intelligence |
Sapphire |
Tiny |
Square |
2 |
4 |
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GREEN |
Agility |
Emerald |
Little |
House |
3 |
5 |
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PURPLE |
Skill |
Amethyst |
Small |
Hex |
4 |
6 |
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ORANGE |
Stamina |
Amber |
Medium |
Boat |
5 |
7 |
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WHITE |
Spirit |
Diamond |
Tall |
Star |
6 |
8 |
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BLACK |
Fame |
Onyx |
Big |
Cross |
7 |
9 |
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Large |
Bird |
8 |
10 |
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Huge |
Oct |
9 |
11 |
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Enormous |
Sun |
10 |
12 |
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Giant |
Star |
11 |
13 |
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Colossus |
Diamond |
12 |
14 |
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| Mint Diamond | 13 |
16 |
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Perfect Star | 14 |
18 |
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Galactic Orb |
15 |
20 |
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H) What kinds of Gems colours will be available?
Below is a list that provides and outline the types of gems that a jeweler can make or that could drop as loot. Gems have a minimal lvl requirement, and can be taken out at any time and switched for another gem. Gems can also be polished to increase their bonus effect, the polish is permanent. Gems are unbounded and can be traded at any time. Each gem cut as a minimal Lvl required to equipped. There are 7 types of Gems, they are:
- Strength Gems (red in color) provides Str. stat bonus
- Intelligence Gems (blue in color) provides Int. stat bonus
- Agility Gems (green in color) provides Agi. Stat bonus
- Spirit Gems (white in color) provides Spi. Stat bonus
- Stamina Gems (orange in color) provides Sta. stat bonus
- Skill Gems (purple in color) provides Ski, stat bonus
- Fame Gems (black in color) provides Fam. stat bonus
I) What are Runes?
Runes are powerful specializing items, they hold unique powers that enhances or add a particular stat when attached to an item. Runes Fit onto Gem Sockets are soul bound once Equipped. They Gain XP, and Level up in their power, Runes can only be equipped on items of equal level or greater. Therefore, a level 9 item cannot hold a level 10 rune. In contrast, a level 12 item can hold a level 1to 12 rune.
J) How are Runes made?
Runes have 3 steps to making them:
- Miner needs to mine the "Rune stones" from a stone deposit.
- An Inkgrapher need to chip the Rune Stone into a “Rune Tablet”
- An Inkgrapher inscribes on the ""Rune Tablet" the desired stat effect. This step makes the Rune stone ready for use.
K) How can a player get a rune socket on an item?
There are 2 ways to add a Runes socket to an item, a) An item can rolled a Rune Socket stat, in which case a player can place a rune on that item. The second way is if an item as a Socket Spot, if that’s the cause all a player needs to do is add a Rune Template to the item.
L) What kind of inscriptions can be add a "Enchanted Rune" ie Runes ?
There are many types of Rune Enchantments, each one provides distinctive attributes to the items they are attached to. Further since Runes Level Up, these Attributes not only increase but can be easy passed on to another item.
Rune Types |
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Speed Rune |
Increases a characters Attack Speed |
Block Rune |
Increases a characters Block chance |
Parry Rune |
Increases a characters Parry chance |
Armor Rune |
Increases a characters armor amount |
Barrier Shield Rune |
Increases a characters Barrier Shield amount |
Dodge Rune |
Increases a characters Dodge chance |
Deflect Rune |
Increases a characters Deflect ability |
Reflect Rune |
Increases a characters Reflect ability |
Protect Rune |
Increases a characters Protect ability |
Disarm Rune |
Increases a characters Disarm chances |
Interrupt Rune |
Increases a characters interrupt chances |
Thorns Rune |
Increases a characters Thorns Dmg amount |
Cooldown Rune |
Reduces a characters Cooldown of Spells or Abilities |
Range Rune |
Increases a characters Range weapon distance |
Focus Rune |
Increases a characters Magic or Ability Power |
Splash Rune |
Increases a characters Weapon Splash area |
Critical Chance Rune |
Increases a characters Critical chances |
Critical Power |
Increases a characters Critical Power dmg |
Chance on Hit Rune |
Increases a characters Chance on Hit percent |
Accuracy |
Increases a characters Accuracy with a weapon or spell |
Counter Rune |
Increases a characters Ability to counter an attack |
Physical Rune |
Increases a characters physical penetration |
Elemental Rune |
Increases a characters Elemental penetration |
Spirit Rune |
Increases a characters Spirit penetration |
Fatal Rune |
Increases a characters Chance to Fatal Hit |
Luck Rune |
Increases a characters Luck |
Morale Rune |
Increases a characters Morale |
M) What are Crystal shards?
Crystal Shards are the remaining of the Guardians powers. Crystal Shards can only be infuse onto Shard Sockets or Relic Sockets. Crystal Shards are desired over gems or runes because they offer their powers directly to the any weapon or armor item they are attached to by enhancing that weapons dmg multiplied by the number of shards, and by providing an added effect to both a weapon, or a defensive effect to an armor piece. Crystal Shards cannot be made.
N) What Types of Crystal shards available?
There are eight Crystal powers, each crystal shard has unique characteristics. Crystal shard hold effects that can compliment armor items or weapons items. Same alignment type of shards do stack in effect bonus when infuse onto the same item.
Crystal Shards |
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Types |
On Armor adds |
On Weapon adds |
Shard Types |
Light |
+% Spirit resistance |
+% Light Dmg |
Radiant: |
Dark |
+%Physical resistance |
+% Dark Dmg |
Solid: |
Fire |
+% Fire resistance |
+% Fire Dmg |
Split: |
Water |
+% Frost resistance |
+% Frost Dmg |
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Air |
+% Arcane resistance |
+% Arcane Dmg |
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Earth |
+% Nature resistance |
+% Nature Dmg |
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Temporal |
+% Physical resistance |
+% Chance on Hit |
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Summoning |
+% Spiritual resistance |
+% Melee Dmg |
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O) What are Relics?
Relics are powerful pieces of ancient items that hold powerful effects. Relics can only be infuse onto items that have a Relic Slots, Relics items are considered of Violet Quality. Relics play an important role in diversifying tactics and making weapon extremely powerful. Relics do not level up or add any particular status bonus, instead Relics while equipped on a weapon or armor charge up in power during battle. Upon reaching each charge they offer their power effect spell/ability to the character. Relics can charge up power 9. Relics cannot be made.
P) How many Relics can I Equip?
Relics are Account Bound once equipped, so any of you characters can use them. Relics do have minimal Level requirements. Characters can only have a max of 3 relics equipped at any given time. Once a Relic is equipped it will fill up the icons slots On the UI.
Q) How do Relic charges work?
A Relic charges build up during battles, and deplete when a battle is over. If a character is equipped with a Relic, they will see in the UI screen above their spells and abilities a Relic Casting Icon. This Icon shows the Current Charge Reached and the power level collected to reach the next charge. Clicking this ICON, use the Relic to cast its effect at the current charge. Higher Charges take longer to buildup, but also multiplies the effect. Depending on characters your level and the level of the foes you are combating, the relics charge buildup in power faster or slower. Weaker and lower level monster provide less charge power, where stronger higher-level monsters provide more charge power. In general the first Relic charge is easy to reach in 60-120 seconds. All other charges take much more time. See chart:
Relic Charges |
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Charge Power |
Avg. |
Effect Multiplier |
1 |
1min. |
X1 |
2 |
2min. |
X3 |
3 |
3min. |
X5 |
4 |
4min. |
X8 |
5 |
5min. |
X12 |
6 |
6min. |
X15 |
7 |
7min. |
X20 |
8 |
8min. |
X25 |
9 |
10min. |
X30 |