Runes And Magic FAQ

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Derubael
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Runes And Magic FAQ

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Welcome to the runes and magics Frequently Asked Questions guide for Runes and Magic items!

Q:What is a Magic Item? What is an Epic?
A:A "magic item" is one of a number of special items dropped by boss mobs in Thalesia. There are several different kinds - magical weapon, magical crown, magical surcoat, magical anklet and magical purse. When you pick up one of these items, you cannot use it, it wont even tell you exactly what it is! You need to c loc portal to find The Wizards Portal, enter it and type reveal itemname to have Krynne identify the item for 5000 gold.

These items can be really really good, or really really bad. One item in particular ADDS ac and subtracts around 30 hit and dam, so dont expect to get a good item every time!

Most of these items are on timers, meaning they dissapear after a certain amount of time after you use them. This can be as many as 5000 game hours. These items can be very, very powerful. Also, they cannot be quested, but the weapons can be enchanted with parchments.

****Epics****

Some of these are not on timers, and are questable. These permanent items are also known as Epics. These items are especially rare and powerful, having a 5% or less drop rate (roughly).

Q:Ok, so what kind of items can i get?
A:Thats quite the question, and will take a list to answer. Keep in mind that there are more items out there, this is just what ive come across so far (The list for crowns is COMPLETED)

Magic Weapons:
Dark blade - 11/9 questable permanent curser (best curser in the game. currently only one set in the hands of players)
Vampire kiss - 12/12 -5 svs questable permanent. Basically a talon without the strength, or the hefty 12k+champ req. currently only two have dropped so far, so very very rare.
Black adder - 22/10 non-questable curser (best non questable curser in the game)
Blade of Pain - Extremely high dam(50ish) but subtracts hit

There are other semi-decent magical weapons out there, but these have been the best so far. Darkblade and vampire's kiss are especially valuable, and rare.

Magical Crowns:
Only one worth mentioning here is a 25 hit crown, ebony crown of tears. It is NOT questable and has no damroll, but still better than circlet or wreath. Not too rare, the drop rate seems to be about 20%.

Magical Surcoats:
Needs more research, very few have been found.

Magical Anklets:
There are LOTS of anklets, but only two worth mentioning - Chain of Emerald and Chain of Twiz. Both of these are blank, permanent, questable anklets. Chain of Emerald is in fact giftable.

Magical Purse: Just a purse with random amounts of gold. Lots of it.

Q:Ok, so what the hell is a rune?
A:There are three types of runes, listed below.
Armor Runes (polished stone of the wyrmberg + 24ct gold coin + a magical octarine leaf, type combine stone coin leaf to make a magical octarine rune): Dropped off of Llasor in wyrmberg, Armor runes can be infused by Krynne the Wizard with one of six spells - Bless, Darkbless, Stone, armor, shield, and giant strength (do them in that order, btw). In order to infuse the rune you must first type imbue rune to see what six flowers you have to collect. Get each flower and imbue rune flowername. This costs 25 primal per flower (train your primal just 25 at a time so it will cost less). After the rune has been imbued, go to Krynne and infuse rune spellname, he will ask you to get an item for him. This can be ANY NON AUTOCLAIM ITEM IN THE GAME, so you need to cross your fingers its a good one. Once you have the item, give it to Krynne, and then type infuse rune spellname once more time. He will infuse your rune, and its now ready to be socketed (see below for info on socketing)

Weapon Runes (Blood letter):Dropped off of Prince Peter in the city of Delain, weapon runes can be infused with either two(2) hitroll or damroll. Once you have the rune, type imbue letter to see what six Dragonstones you need. Collect the stones and imbue letter stonename for 25 primal a piece (train only 25 primal at a time, it will cost less). Once this rune is fully imbued you can go to Krynne, infuse rune hitroll or damroll, and he will ask for an item, it can be any non autoclaim item in the game. Get the item and give it to Krynne. Then once again type infuse rune hitroll or damroll, and you have a rune ready to socket!

Shield Runes (A Piece of Defiler Hide): Dropped off of the Defiler on Defiler run, this rune can be infused with Blood (Warrior), Dark (Slayer) and Holy (Destroyer). Imbue hide to see what six Jewels you need, and follow the steps above until you reach krynne, and type infuse rune shieldname.

Q:Socket? How the hell do I do that?!
A:Find Jax. Look for "You hear the sound of a hammer hitting an anvil". That means he's in the area - now you just need to find an up exit that isnt normally there. This will bring you into a tunnel, just keep going up and you will find Jax. It costs a million gold per socket (more on making gold below). There are certain locations you want to socket for certain runes:
Armor runes should ONLY be socketed on pieces of armor/jewelry that are NOT GUARDING BREAKABLE/CUTTABLE BODY PART LOCATIONS!!! Anything that you had to quest indest on is guarding a cuttable or breakable bodypart, so do not put armor runes on Head, mask, feet, arms, hands, legs, and chest! This is so that when you remove and wear these items to rebuff yourself, you dont get a limb cut off or broken.
So that means socket rings, necklaces, cloaks, belts, and anklets for armor runes.

Shield runes can be put anywhere.

******Some tips on getting gold******
Kill lamias once a day
Go back and forth between redferne and qguardian downing them and selling all their eq to a vendor

Q:So what exactly do these new shields DO anyway?
A:First off, none of these shields hit mobs, only players. Blood shield steals blood, Dark shield blinds your opponent with a -5 hitroll blind (normal blind is -4) and Holy shield engulfs your opponent in blazing flames, and does a fair amount of damage. To my knowledge, Blood and Dark shields do NOT do damage.


Q:So where can i find dragonstone/jewel/flower x?
A:A list of locations for all dragonstones/jewels/flowers to follow soon. Or you can check with me in game. I know where they all are.
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Re: Runes And Magic FAQ

Post by franky »

thanks for the guide deru!

are there any status/size requirement for runes and magical items?

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Derubael
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Re: Runes And Magic FAQ

Post by Derubael »

Oops. its 10k for rune runs, 10k to enter jax.

No reqs for magical gear
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Re: Runes And Magic FAQ

Post by Damerion »

Deru forgot to add that the new shields only hit people warrior+ so champ and below don't get hit with the full force of a warrior+ full damage capabilities.
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