Inscription/Research

"Show me the money!"

How does this inscription exactly change the weapons' value? Is there a fixed enhancement, a specfic formula?

You may add your data in this table. What you need is a "Show me the money!" inscription, a inscribable weapon and either a Expert Salvage Kit, or for a saver performance if it is done repeatedly, a Perfect Salvage Kit.

Item	Rarity	req	Value in	Value in with Smtm	Diff	%*	Signature
Spiked Axe	purple	9?	208 (104*2)	271	63	30,29	—ZerphaThe Improver 20:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Golden Machete	gold	10	316 (79*4)	379	63	19,94	—ZerphaThe Improver 20:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Split Chakrams	gold	13	232	295	63	27,16	—ZerphaThe Improver 20:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Wintergreen Shield2	0	(gold)	0	63	63	?	—ZerphaThe Improver 20:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Wintergreen Shield2 (second try)	0	(gold)	0	63	63	? (here)	—ZerphaThe Improver 20:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Asuran (Restoration) Scepter	9	(blue)	110	173	63	57,27	—ZerphaThe Improver 20:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Barbed Axe	gold	9	188	262	74	39,36	—ZerphaThe Improver 20:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Heraldic Shield	blue (collector)	9	100	174	74	74	—ZerphaThe Improver 20:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Goldleaf Defender	blue	5 (AL 13 only)	51	106	55	107,84	—ZerphaThe Improver 20:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Cleaver	gold	9	400	455	55	13,75	—ZerphaThe Improver 20:18, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
Bronze Scythe	gold	9	388	462	74	19,07	—ZerphaThe Improver 10:12, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Vabbian Tower Shield (Found with iscription already)	gold	9	284	359	75	26,41	—ZerphaThe Improver 14:37, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Clouded Spear (Found with iscription already)	gold	9	300	374	74	24,67	—ZerphaThe Improver 14:37, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Dragon Spire Staff	gold	9	400	474	74	18,5	—ZerphaThe Improver 14:37, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
PvP Longbow2,3	blue	9	0	75	75	?	—ZerphaThe Improver 15:25, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Thunderfist's Brass Knuckles2	gold	9	0	55	55	?	—ZerphaThe Improver 16:41, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Crude Axe	gold	9 (5-24dmg)	140	195	55	39,29	—ZerphaThe Improver 16:41, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Thunderfist's Brass Knuckles2,3 (diffrent item)	gold	9	0	55	55	?	—ZerphaThe Improver 16:41, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
Thunderfist's Brass Knuckles2,3 (diffrent item)	gold	9	0	55	55	?	—ZerphaThe Improver 21:04, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
Duskblade Scythe dropped with smtm	purple	12	156	223	67	42,95	—ZerphaThe Improver 11:20, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
Fire Staff	purple	9	184	258	74	?	--Fighterdoken 01:51, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Fire Staff (same)	purple	9	184	258	74	?	--Fighterdoken 01:51, 31 July 2008 (UTC)
Highlander Blade	purple	9	144	208	64		--Fighterdoken 07:04, 7 August 2008 (UTC)
Earth Wand	blue	10	69	122	53		--Fighterdoken 07:10, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Copper Crusher	gold	13	232	304	72		--Fighterdoken 07:10, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
Water Staff	purple	12	166	235	69		--Fighterdoken 06:25, 14 August 2008 (UTC)
Shortbow	purple	9	136	203	67		--Fighterdoken 05:23, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
Eternal Flame Wand	blue	9	59	120	61		--Fighterdoken 00:47, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Piercing Axe	blue	9	59	119	60		--Fighterdoken 00:47, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Runic Hammer	blue	11	70	129	59		--Fighterdoken 00:47, 16 August 2008 (UTC)
Ram's Hammer	blue	11	54	105	51		--Fighterdoken 00:47, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

*%: Diffrence shown in percent. ( Stating how much the value percentually increased with mfm compared to the regular one [Formula: value with smtm/(value without/100)-100. Formula for percentual part of regular value compared to that with smtm (currently not used): value without/(value with smtm/100)]

²: Items without value can be identified once, though this won't be visible unless they become upgraded with Smtm.

³: Item couldn't be sold to merchant despite blue "Sell"-Botton and warning message for being equipped. (The Wintergreen Shield likely can't be sold as well.

Observations

• And identified weapon will always have the same increased value with Smtm, even if it gets removed and reapplied.

→ Value is not applied at random.

• By contrast, the same inscription used to repeatedly upgrade the according item gets a different value when identified.

→ If an identified upgrade becomes applied to the according item and becomes salvaged from this item afterwards, it will "forget" that i was once identified and may be identified again. The item can get another value than it had before. (Note: This has also been observed for Runes)

• With increasing basic value, the enhancement with smtm decreases.

→ Formular has included the item's value.

• Gold diffrence in amount has had four constant numbers so far: 55 , 63 and 74 and 75 .
• Despite having the same value, some weapons get a higher one with smtm than others. (example: there were two items with an value of 400 . one of them increased with inscription by 55 , the other by 74 )
  • • Thunderfist's Brass Knuckles have been tested three times and had a smtm value of 55 every time

→ value is likely not defined at random and dependant from item. This could possibly only be viable for weapons that are not found from mosters, e.g. for quest rewards.

• Weapon rarity and attribute requirement is seemingly independant from the enhancement.

*Observations written in purple font aren't actually related to the value research of the Smtm inscription, as it states behavior of upgrade components in general.

Independant Research Results - This is how it really works:

• "Show me the money!" inscription works almost exactly like every other upgrade part with a variable modifier, it just has an invisible property line which says "Value +XX gold", and all it does is increasing the gold value of any item it's on or value of itself by that fixed amount.
• For example a "Value +68 gold" one will increase the value of any item it's put on by 68.
• The value increase property ranges from +50 to +75
• The value increase depends on rarity of the item it was originally found on:

Blue - +50..62

Purple - +62..70

Gold - +71..75

There might be a +70 from gold item or +71 from purple possible, although not observed.

+75 ones are exceptionally rare compared to +74 or +73 which are of equal rarity.

• The gold value of the inscription itself after salvaging and identifying is the base variable 26..50 increased by it's own fixed "Value +XX gold" mod, so for example a "Value +71" one can have it's gold value ranging from 97 to 121
• Putting it on a weapon and salvaging again resets only the variable 26..50 value just like it does on every other inscription or mod. Salvaging doesn't change the "Value +XX gold" modifier, just like it doesn't change for example "Armor +9 (vs. Cold)" inscription.