Item rarity

This article is about items. "White", "blue", and "purple" redirect here. For color dyes, see Dye.

Item rarity is a characteristic of an item that suggests its value, potential power, and drop-rate frequency; the rarer an item is, the more valuable and powerful it is likely to be. Uncommon item rarity borders can be toggled on via an option in the General settings. This will color the item's border to match the rarity of the item. This does not affect white or blue items.

Rarity levels

The four primary levels of rarity are:

• Common: Common items without any upgrades or modifiers.
• Magical: Magical items with low-range modifications.
• Uncommon: Uncommon items with mid-range upgrades.
• Rare: Rare items with maximum or near-max improvements.

Special rewards

There are also two other colors that do not belong on this spectrum:

• Unique: Unique items. With very few exceptions, these have perfect stats and modifiers and they drop from dungeon chests, bosses, or as a special reward.
• PvP: PvP rewards. These are unlocked through PvP gaming. Once crafted, they are automatically customized and their modifications are fixed.

Armor

Common

• Gives no bonuses other than additional Energy.

Magical

• Gives bonuses other than additional Energy, such as additional Energy regeneration.

PvP

• Purchased from Tolkano with Tournament Reward Points or Zaishen Coins.

Miniatures

Common

• Common miniatures are white.

Uncommon

• Uncommon miniatures are purple.
• In some cases, promotional miniatures are also purple.

Rare

• Rare miniatures are gold.
• In some cases, promotional miniatures are also gold.
• In some cases, common miniatures such as the Pig are also gold.

Unique

• Generally, the rarest miniatures in the game are green.

Salvage items

Common

• Only contains crafting materials.
• Salvaging all upgrade components from a blue, purple, or gold salvage item will sometimes turn the salvage item white.

Magical

• Contains a minor Rune and/or an Insignia.

Uncommon

• Contains (or originally contained) a major Rune and/or an Insignia.
• Bloodstained Insignia have only been observed in purple and gold salvage items.

Rare

• Contains (or originally contained) a superior Rune and/or an Insignia.
• Lieutenant's Insignia and Sentinel's Insignia have only been observed in gold salvage items.

Weapons and offhand items

Common

• No bonuses or inscription slots.
• If a white item has an upgrade component applied to it, the item will become blue.
• A blue, purple, or gold item with all bonuses salvaged from it will generally retain its original color instead of becoming white.

Magical

• Initially has at least one bonus.
• On items obtained as loot, all variable bonuses have values within the lower half of the variable's range.
  • If it has no inherent bonus and all upgrades are removed, the item will become white.
• Most crafted weapons and collector's items, as well as all PvP equipment and bonus items, are blue unless they have no bonuses or inscription slots. Unlike blue items obtained as loot, these items can (and often do) have bonuses with the highest possible variable.

Uncommon

• Initially has at least one bonus.
• Values for variable bonuses are within the second-highest quarter of their range, rounded up, which means that bonuses with narrow ranges can be found on purple items.

Rare

• In most cases, initially has at least one bonus.
• Values for variable bonuses are within the top quarter of their range, rounded up, which means that bonuses with narrow ranges can be found on rare items.
• Vampiric and Zealous prefix upgrades and the +5 Energy inherent bonuses are typically only available on gold items.
• Available almost exclusively as loot. Exceptions include:
  • Tormented weapons
  • Oppressor's weapons
  • Destroyer weapons
  • Deldrimor weapons
  • Imperial weapons
  • Wintergreen weapons
  • Envoy weapons
  • Anniversary weapons
  • Balthazar's weapons
  • Bonus Mission Pack reward items
  • Some Eye of the North quest rewards

Unique

• Generally have an attribute requirement of 9 and the maximum number of bonuses, each of which has the maximum value.
  • Exceptions: unique items obtained on Shing Jea Island and Istan, the Ogre-Slaying Knife, Shiro's Sword, and Shiro's Blades.
• Generally obtained as loot from bosses, although some non-boss monsters can drop unique items.
• Can be obtained from collectors:
  • Divine Path (for an Amulet of the Mists)
  • Throne of Secrets (for a Book of Secrets)
  • Droknar's Forge (for a Deldrimor Talisman)
  • Epilogue (for a Droknar's Key)
  • Kaineng Center (for an Imperial Dragon's Tear)
• Cannot be modified or salvaged.
  • Exception: Keiran's Bow (equipped on Keiran Thackeray when unlocked as a hero).
• Cannot be dyed.
  • Exceptions: Straw Effigies and the Traveler's Bo Staff.

PvP

• Purchased from Tolkano with Tournament Reward Points or Zaishen Coins.
• Generally, red items have inscription slots, max stats, and attribute requirements of 9.

Other

Common

• Crafting materials; both rare and common.
• Inscriptions
• Trophies
• Reward trophies (excluding end-game trophies and Zaishen Coins)
• Normal Skill Tomes
• Quest items
• Common Polymock pieces:
  • Fire Imp
  • Gargoyle
  • Ice Imp
  • Mergoyle
  • Skale
• Anything not otherwise listed.

Magical

• Common experience scrolls

Uncommon

• Uncommon Polymock pieces:
  • Aloe Seed
  • Earth Elemental
  • Fire Elemental
  • Ice Elemental
  • Kappa

Rare

• Anguish Gemstones
• Passage Scrolls
• Elite Skill Tomes
• Tournament Tokens
• Monumental Tapestry
• Rare Polymock pieces:
  • Gaki
  • Mantis Dreamweaver
  • Mirage Iboga
  • Mursaat Elementalist
  • Naga Shaman
  • Ruby Djinn
  • Stone Rain
  • Wind Rider
• Rare presents:
  • Coffer of Whispers, Gift of the Huntsman, Gift of the Traveler, Gladiator's Zaishen Strongbox, Paper Wrapped Parcel
• Rare experience scrolls
• Perfect Salvage Kit
• Charr Salvage Kit
• Crafted consumables:
  • Powerstone of Courage, Grail of Might, Essence of Celerity, Armor of Salvation, Scroll of Resurrection, Star of Transference
• Some summoning stones:
  • Automaton, Celestial, Demonic, Frosty, Ghastly, Imperial Guard, Legionnaire, Mercantile, Mischievous, Mysterious, Mystical, Tengu, Zaishen
• Bonus Mission Pack storybook (authorized by Durmand)
• Several items from the Gift of the Traveler:
  • Disco Ball, Keg of Aged Hunter's Ale, Moss Spider Egg

Unique

• Armbrace of Truth
• End-game reward trophies:
  • Amulet of the Mists, Book of Secrets, Deldrimor Talisman, Droknar's Key
• Hero armor upgrades:
  • Ancient Armor Remnants, Cloth of the Brotherhood, Deldrimor Armor Remnant, Mysterious Armor Piece, Primeval Armor Remnants, Stolen Sunspear Armor
• Some everlasting tonics:
  • Cottontail, Frosty, Henchman, Mischievous
• Charr Bag
• Everlasting Crate of Fireworks
• Igneous Summoning Stone

Notes

• Item rarity does not, by itself, determine an item's merchant or trade value. For example, NPCs might pay more for a purple item than a gold one with similar stats. Similarly, a purple item with a rare skin might be worth more in trade than an unpopular gold item.
• Technically, both common and magical items are considered the same rarity "class". The font color will merely change from white to blue if a bonus is active. Conversely, if a magical item has no inherent bonus and all upgrades are salvaged, its font color will turn white.
  • In contrast, uncommon and rare items will retain their font color even if no bonuses are left once all upgrades are removed.