Tonquin
of Lightning Hammer fame!
Hi all! With Update 81 we're going to be upgrading a few parts of the Essence Crafting flow. There are a few big parts to this, and we hope all together it makes Essence Crafting feel better and more interesting and useful going forward. So, let's get into it!
So, that's about it for the basic stuff, let's get into the nitty gritty.
If you don't want to manually add the Junk flag to your random loot, you can also double click items in the list box the same way you can with a Sell window. This Window only lists items that are NOT marked with the Lock/Secure icon - you won't be able to Dissolve those until you unlock them.
We don't want to make a regular "Add All" button because this process is very much one-way. If you accidentally dissolve something you really wanted to keep, it's gone. So we need to make the process just a bit manual to prevent catastrophe.
In practice, this new flow makes Dissolving loot much, much, much faster than it was before. We think it'll go a long way towards helping players participate in this crafting system.
These prefixes have a minimum level of 20! So, starting at level 10, you'll be able to make Essence Crafted items with 3 affixes, and then starting at 20, you'll be able to make items with 4 total affixes.
These charts are going to be massive, so apologies in advance!
The existing split prefix recipes will have their crafting level move to match what is in the chart.
So, that's about it! Please let us know what you think!
Level Parity
With Update 81's level cap increase, Essence Crafting will be updated to support level 35 and 36 loot.Updating Dissolving
We have updated the Dissolve window to be much, much faster! The new flow works much like a Shop window, but with three big buttons at the bottom:Button 1: Add Junk
This button adds all eligible-to-be-dissolved items that have been marked as Junk to the Dissolve window, much like the Add All button works for regular selling. Items are eligible to be Dissolved in this new window if they are not currently Sentient, have no slotted augments, and have no Mythic or Reaper bonuses.Button 2: Clear
Self explanatory - bail out! This clears out your Dissolve shopping cart.Button 3: Dissolve!
This crunches down all items in your Dissolve cart and grants you Essence Crafting XP and Magic Item Essence. The Essence amount gained is unchanged from the rates and ratios found on live. What has changed is the cost - instead of requiring Dissolvers, this will simply charge you platinum based on the minimum level of the item. Yes, that's right, Dissolvers are gone! As they are freely available in-game for platinum and very cheap as-is, we're not able to offer any sort of exchange for them - they'll simply cease to be useful.So, that's about it for the basic stuff, let's get into the nitty gritty.
If you don't want to manually add the Junk flag to your random loot, you can also double click items in the list box the same way you can with a Sell window. This Window only lists items that are NOT marked with the Lock/Secure icon - you won't be able to Dissolve those until you unlock them.
We don't want to make a regular "Add All" button because this process is very much one-way. If you accidentally dissolve something you really wanted to keep, it's gone. So we need to make the process just a bit manual to prevent catastrophe.
In practice, this new flow makes Dissolving loot much, much, much faster than it was before. We think it'll go a long way towards helping players participate in this crafting system.
Essence Crafting Level Cap Increase
With this update, we are raising the maximum Essence Crafting level from 400 to 500.New Essence Crafting Recipes
With this update, we are introducing over 100 new recipes to fill out levels 400 to 500. These recipes are all Split-Prefix recipes - meaning they apply two effects in the Prefix slot.These prefixes have a minimum level of 20! So, starting at level 10, you'll be able to make Essence Crafted items with 3 affixes, and then starting at 20, you'll be able to make items with 4 total affixes.
These charts are going to be massive, so apologies in advance!
Level 400 Bound / Level 450 Unbound Recipes
| Prefix Name | Prefix 1 | Prefix 2 | Available Slots |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airwarded | Electric Resistance | Electric Absorption | Bracers Trinket |
| Anchored | Constitution | Conjuration Focus | Necklace Trinket Orb |
| Annihilating | Slay Living | Entropic | Weapon |
| Arcanist's | Charisma | Use Magic Device | Goggles Ring Orb |
| Armor Destroying | Armor Piercing | Destruction | Weapon |
| Blasphemous | Unholy Burst | Anarchic Burst | Weapon |
| Bullying | Strength | Incite | Bracers Ring |
| Celebrated | Charisma | Command | Belt Cloak Headgear Ring |
| Champion's | Speed | Combat Mastery | Boots Orb |
| Crusading | Holy | Axiomatic Burst | Weapon |
| Destroying | Unholy | Anarchic Blast | Weapon |
| Earthwarded | Acid Resistance | Acid Absorption | Bracers Trinket |
| Earth Attuned | Earthgrab Guard | Acid Absorption | Armor Ring Shield |
| Electrifying | Lightning Strike | Electrifying | Weapon |
| Enchanting | Enchantment Focus | Enchantment Resistance | Goggles Necklace Ring |
| Evasive | Dodge | Reflex Save | Belt Ring |
| Firewarded | Fire Resistance | Fire Absorption | Bracers Trinket |
| Fortifying | Constitution | Fortification | Belt Necklace Ring |
| Frost Attuned | Freezing Ice Guard | Cold Absorption | Armor Ring Shield |
| Frozen | Freezing Ice | Chilling | Weapon Shield |
| Healthy | Constitution | Vitality | Armor Shield |
| Honed | Vorpal | Speed | Weapon |
| Icewarded | Cold Resistance | Cold Absorption | Bracers Trinket |
| Illusory | Illusion Focus | Illusion Resistance | Goggles Necklace Ring |
| Initiate's | Wizardry | Spell Penetration | Gloves Ring |
| Intimidating | Incite | Intimidate | Headgear Ring Trinket |
| Flame Attuned | Magma Surge Guard | Fire Absorption | Armor Ring Shield |
| Meditative | Constitution | Concentration | Boots Ring Trinket |
| Necromantic | Necromancy Focus | Deathblock | Goggles Necklace Ring |
| Nightmarish | Nightmares | Impactful | Weapon |
| Plagued | Proof Against Disease | Disease Guard | Cloak Necklace |
| Poison-Proof | Proof Against Poison | Poison Absorption | Armor Shield |
| Poisonwarded | Proof Against Poison | Poison Resistance | Cloak Necklace |
| Protected | Protection | Resistance | Bracers Ring Trinket |
| Rebellious | Anarchic | Holy Blast | Weapon |
| Reinforced | Protection | Physical Sheltering | Headgear Ring |
| Riveted | Protection | Fortification | Armor Shield |
| Riptide | Tidal | Chilling | Shield Weapon |
| Sabotaging | Seeker | Deception | Gloves Goggles Ring |
| Silver Flame | Hallowed | Sacred | Armor Boots Ring |
| Slaying | Slay Living Guard | Physical Sheltering | Armor Ring Shield |
| Soul Capturing | Trap the Soul Guard | Magical Sheltering | Armor Ring Shield |
| Soul Stealing | Trap the Soul | Entropic | Weapon |
| Spellmaster's | Spell Focus Mastery | Spell Saves | Necklace Ring |
| Spellwarded | Spell Resistance | Spell Saves | Belt Bracers Cloak |
| Stabilized | Constitution | Lifesealed | Belt Ring |
| Stealthy | Hide | Move Silently | Boots |
| Swift | Speed | Reflex Save | Cloak Ring |
| Tinkering | Disable Device | Open Lock | Gloves Ring |
| Tyrannical | Axiomatic | Unholy Blast | Weapon |
| Warded | Protection from Evil | Curse Resistance | Headgear Necklace Ring |
| Watchful | Heightened Awareness | Dodge | Armor Headgear Ring Shield |
| Willful | Wisdom | Will Save | Cloak Orb |
| Windswept | Air Guard | Electric Absorption | Armor Ring Shield |
Level 425 Bound / Level 475 Unbound Recipes
| Prefix Name | Prefix 1 | Prefix 2 | Available Slots |
|---|---|---|---|
| Attuned Banishing | Banishing | Axiomatic Blast | Weapon |
| Attuned Disruption | Disruption | Holy Blast | Weapon |
| Attuned Smiting | Smiting | Anarchic Blast | Weapon |
| Bulwark | Protection | Sheltering | Headgear Ring |
| Equilibrium | Healing Amplification | Negative Healing Amplification | Armor Boots Ring Shield |
| Convalescent | Healing Amplification | Repair Amplification | Armor Boots Ring Shield |
| Cursed | Cursespewing | Unholy Burst | Weapon |
| Defensive | Fortification | Protection | Armor Shield Trinket |
| Vital | Constitution | Vitality | Armor Shield |
| Desert Sand | Flaming Blast | Speed | Weapon |
| Desert Eclipse | Flaming Blast | Sirocco | Weapon |
| Divine Light | Holy | Coruscating | Weapon |
| Dynamic | Lightning Strike | Electric Blast | Shield |
| Flame Resistant | Fire Resistance | Resistance | Bracers Cloak |
| Frost Resistant | Cold Resistance | Resistance | Bracers Cloak |
| Acid Resistant | Acid Resistance | Resistance | Bracers Cloak |
| Electric Resistant | Electric Resistance | Resistance | Bracers Cloak |
| Flame Absorbing | Fire Absorption | Light Absorption | Armor Ring Shield Orb |
| Frost Absorbing | Cold Absorption | Force Absorption | Armor Ring Shield Orb |
| Earth Absorbing | Acid Absorption | Poison Absorption | Armor Ring Shield Orb |
| Electric Absorbing | Electric Absorption | Negative Absorption | Armor Ring Shield Orb |
| Explosive | Evocation Focus | Spellcraft | Goggles Ring |
| Flowing | Speed | Dodge | Boots Orb |
| Limber | Dexterity | Tumble | Boots Trinket |
| Keen-Eyed | Heightened Awareness | Dodge | Gloves Ring |
| Fletching | Doubleshot | Ranged Alacrity | Gloves Ring |
| Lucky | Good Luck | Dodge | Belt Boots Gloves Headgear Ring |
| Magmatic | Magma Surge | Flaming Blast | Weapon |
| Mauling | Maiming | Bleeding | Weapon |
| Mind's Eye | Intelligence | Concentration | Goggles Headgear Ring |
| Heart's Desire | Charisma | Spellcraft | Goggles Headgear Ring |
| Soul's Focus | Wisdom | Wizardry | Goggles Headgear Ring |
| Night's Grasp | Negative Blast | Maladroit | Weapon |
| Pandemonium | Sonic Blast | Weakening | Weapon |
| Relentless | Deadly | Deception | Belt Boots Ring |
| Aiming | Accuracy | Doubleshot | Belt Boots Ring |
| Assassin's | Doublestrike | Deception | Belt Boots Ring |
| Sensory | Concentration | Spot | Ring Orb |
| Shadowy | Hide | Move Silently | Armor Belt Cloak Ring |
| Smoke Aligned | Smoke Screen | Flaming | Shield Weapon |
| Resonant | Sonic Blast | Sonic Lore | Weapon |
| Sun's Fury | Coruscating | Fiery | Weapon |
| Aware | Concentration | Spot | Gloves Ring |
| Technical | Search | Disable Device | Goggles Ring |
| Artificing | Intelligence | Use Magic Device | Goggles Ring |
| Thieving | Accuracy | Deception | Gloves Necklace Ring |
| Brigand's | Deadly | Doublestrike | Gloves Necklace Ring |
| Outlander's | Deception | Doubleshot | Gloves Necklace Ring |
| Virulently Poisoned | Poison Blast | Wounding | Weapon |
| Wintry | Freezing Ice | Cold Blast | Shield Weapon |
| Killer's | Assassinate | Dexterity | Gloves Trinket |
| Captain's | Combat Mastery | Dodge | Boots Trinket |
| Commander's | Combat Mastery | Spell Resistance | Armor Trinket |
| Sapper's | Shatter | Melee Alacrity | Gloves Trinket |
The existing split prefix recipes will have their crafting level move to match what is in the chart.
New Collectibles
To facilitate these new recipes, we'll be adding in a new Tier of Collectables, found in content levels 31+.Adjusting Existing Recipes
We'll be adjusting Insightful Spell Power shard to be able to be used as an Extra slot affix for Rings. We'll also be debuting the Insightful Spell Focus Mastery shard, which is an Extra slot on Headgear and Trinkets.So, that's about it! Please let us know what you think!
