Inscription

An inscription is a salvageable upgrade component that can be applied to equippable primary or off-hand weapons with an inscription slot.

Acquisition
Inscriptions can be salvaged from any weapons that carry them by using a Perfect, expert, or superior salvage kit. (Expert and Superior kits have a chance of breaking the weapon when salvaging; see Salvage for details.) Weapons carrying inscription slots can be obtained in the following ways:


 * Nightfall and Eye of the North
 * Any drop of item rarity blue, purple or gold has a chance of carrying an inscription slot and inscription.


 * Factions
 * Any equippable non-unique item that drops from the Urgoz's elite chest or Kanaxai's elite chest is guaranteed to carry an inscription slot and inscription.


 * Core
 * Any weapon that drops from the Chest of Woe or Underworld Chest is guaranteed to carry an inscription slot and inscription.


 * PvP
 * Any equippable non-unique item that drops from the Hall of Heroes elite chest has a chance of carrying an inscription slot and inscription.
 * Some inscriptions cannot be unlocked at Priests of Balthazar unless your account includes Nightfall. (See specific notes in the tables below.)

Inscription types
The following is a list of inscription types, detailing the icons and which equippable item they can be applied to:

Weapon inscriptions
The following is a list of inscriptions that can be applied to weapons, sorted by their effects.

Combat enhancing

 * 1 This inscription cannot be unlocked at Priests of Balthazar unless your account includes Nightfall.
 * 2 This inscription increases base damage from attacks made with the weapon; it does not increase damage from other sources.

Spell enhancing

 * 1 This inscription cannot be unlocked at Priests of Balthazar unless your account includes Nightfall.

Off-hand inscriptions
The following is a list of inscriptions that can be applied to off-hands, sorted by their effects.

Combat enhancing

 * 1 This inscription cannot be unlocked at Priests of Balthazar unless your account includes Nightfall.

Skill/spell enhancing

 * 1 The benefit is only applied to the skill being used; see also: Of Attribute, Of Mastery.

General inscriptions
The following is a list of inscriptions that can be applied to any equippable item.


 * 1 This inscription only affects dropped weapons, i.e. it will not allow you to salvage an otherwise unsalvageable item (e.g. from a weaponsmith, collector, or as a reward).
 * 2 This inscription only affects the items which have a merchant value. Like other inscriptions it has a set value (that is not displayed on the inscription):
 * Blue items can have Show me inscriptions that add up to 62 of extra value; purples up to 70; and golds up to the max of 75.

Trivia

 * The inscription trivia article lists community identified trivia for the above inscriptions.
 * Inscriptions were introduced with the Nightfall campaign in October 2006.