LI base guide
Last updated: U43
Overview
Currency & Terms
LI in detail
Getting an LI
Miscellaneous
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Overview
The base guide is an evergreen reference guide for all things legendary weapons. What’s the lingo, parts in detail, how to aquire a new LI.
Afterwards a few related system that will help you with all the leveling and grinding for your eternal weapons.
Currency and terms
Nearly all legendary items have longwinded names that get shortened. While leveling you won’t need them as much, but for clarity we’lll discuss them first.
Ancient script is the main barter currency for all things LI. This works the same as marks, ember, motes, quest tokens.
You can get them mostly from disenchanting older items, reward track (see later) or boxes. Beware of the 10.000 cap
Tracery tokens are an expansion specific barter token to get a specific tracery of your choice of the quality teal or gold (with an extra ancient script cost
Usually these are given in long or Epic quest chains. These also comes as rewards for harder festival quests.
Traceries are the gems you socket into each slot of your LI. These come in a large variety. They consist of 2 parts. A stat part and a skill part.
- Stat part can be upgraded by increasing the level of the slot itself with runes (see below)
- Skill part can be upgrade by slotting a higher quality version in the same slot (yellow, purple, teal, gold)
The tracery works in a specific level range. After that is gets disabled. Overwrite it with a new one.
Runes of enchantment are little items that are used to upgrade the stat part of a tracery. They come in +1 (yellow), +2 (purple), +3 (teal) and +4 (gold) level upgrade per use. More levels = more stats.
One thing to note is they upgrade the slot. Not the specific tracery. If you replace the tracery it get the upgraded amount of stats
A few other terms you’ll come across in short are
- Tracery room (barter room in rivendell for all LI things (see Tracery room directions)
- Appraisal – a way to get a large quantity of new LI currencies from your old LI (see Appraisal)
- Word of power, Word of craft, Heraldic tracery – different type of traceries (see LI in detail)
- Legendary reward track, reward track or LI track – a seasonal LI, cosmetic or other item “battle pass”.
- LI runes – The old legendary xp runes that can now be used for the LI track. Not to be confused with runes of enchantment
- 101 box – a specific box from the reward track you can repeatably get. Only unlimited source of ancient script.
Legendary weapon and class item in detail
Your blank sheet of your LI. This can be bartered fresh in the tracery room or with the Moria epic quest in Eregion Echad Dunnan epic quest
Item name – Can only be renamed while Reforging
DPS – How much damage the weapon does (fixed by item level)
Item level – The current item level (determined by your level and maximum set on the server)
On max player level they will up the possible level over time.
Also determines the maxium level of the tracery slots
Tactical damage or healing rating – DPS, but for healers and casters
Tracery slots (see below)
Traceries and runes come in different qualities. Each tier up gives a higher % bonus to a skill or type of skill (single target, bleed).
- Yellow/uncommon – landscape and cheap barter
- Purple/rare – Quest, instance or barter
- Teal/incomparable – Last boss, regional quest + token barter
- Gold/legendary – Rare, T4+ 6-man or T3+ raids or special quest
Role or traitline tracery. These come in 4 groups as indicated by the 4 colors
- Red for offensive
- Green for healing
- blue for defence
- yellow for support
Variations of them boost single target, aoe or bleeds. Or protect against melee, range or tactical. Upgrades work the same as word of mastery.
You will eventually unlock a total of 5 or 6 slots. You can only slot 1 of every specific Word of power.
Heraldic tracery only provide stats, but in a larger quantity then the other traceries. They come in an offensive variant and a defensive variant.
Later in an expansion (so far 1 time) there will be special version of the classic ones that can work together with words of craft to provide 2 extra set bonus ones.
The same as heraldic traceries, but less stats. However some of these have the option for a set bonus.
While the 4-set bonus is a rating. The 2-set bonus can a % crit chance, damage type. Especially later in an expansion the % bonusses are preferred.
In contrary to the name, the normal version can’t be crafted.
Getting a new LI
This can be bartered fresh in the tracery room or with the Moria epic quest in Eregion Echad Dunnan epic quest
Epic quest
The Moria epic quest in Eregion Echad Dunnan epic quest will introduce you to several aspects and slowly give you each item you’ll need for your first LI. Follow the Prologue in Rivendell or talk to Rathwald south of Rivendell in Eregion (bottom right) in Echad dunnan. The dwarf in front of the portal. Complete all or the main quests inside there and complete the Watcher story instance. You’ll finish with both LI for your class and several traceries.
Replacing your current old LI or making a new one
Step 1 – Visit the Tracery room (see below) in Rivendell to barter 2 LI’s for 200 Ancient script each.
Step 2 – Reforge your LI to match your current level
If you have leveled past 45 or grabbed a new base LI you will need to reforge your LI’s. This will take it to your current level’s power. This can be done every 5 levels (50/55/60 etc). This will open more sockets for traceries and higher dps/healing.
Step 3 – Getting traceries for your LI
You will need traceries to fill out your LI’s sockets. The way you get these is dependent on the quality of the tracery you’re looking for. In general yellow or purple traceries are more than enough as you’re leveling.
If you’re getting them after Appraisal and got all the barter currency already. You can visit the tracery room in Rivendell. One very important part of getting these traceries is to not blow the full appraisal budget by getting everything Teal. You won’t have enough ancient script for that.
Grab a mix of rare and a few teal traceries that closely resembles your current legacies. Any legacy that could be considered a boost to all skills is replaced by a Word of Mastery.
If you’re a dps class or healing focus on getting teal Word of mastery and purple Word of power.. For tanking or other non-dps/healing legacies such as – cooldown on a vital skill focus on teal version of those and get rare Word of Mastery.
Words of crafting can be done later or grab any cheap ones for now.
Step 4 – Slotting your new traceries
You will need to work in the “essence socket panel”. This is opened by dragging the LI over on the flame icon or Shift-double left click on the LI . You can then drag the tracery over to one the twinkling sockets. Repeat this till all slots or traceries you have are filled.
Miscellaneous
Tracery room directions
To get to the tracery room head to Rivendell-East for Elrond’s library. From the front door take the left stairs to level 1 and make a 180 to find the door there.
The first room will have the Legendary item barterer on the left and the class traceries on the walls of the first room
In the back room all the other Words of power can be gotten by clicking on the bookcases.
You can barter Maps to the room for Ancient script or use the Last homely house stablemaster from Rivendell stables for future visits.
Legendary item reward track
By pressing Shift-I you will open the Legendary item reward track. Any item experience from quests, mobs or xp runes will advance this. Once you have filled up a level you can claim the reward. These start off small with boxes of ancient script and runes. But will get more interesting with traceries, embers and even fragmented teal or gold barter tokens.
Once you’ve reached level 100 (very easily with normal playtime in season 1). You can keep repeating level 101 which in season 1 awards 50 ancient scripts.
Appraisal of old LI’s
The old LI panel can be reached by going through your left ^ and clicking Legendary items (see right side). This will open up the Appraise item (below).
Once you click this item you’ll get (max level 130) traceries, runes and barter tokens. Not that usefull anymore, but you’ll also receive 600-3600 ancient script you can use to barter new traceries etc.
Where to find more
You’re all out of script, tokens and other LI materials? For the best current/max level places see the Appendix page.
- Traceries – Pretty much all ingame activities. Quest rewards, instance loot, barter or even pvmp. Usually the higher a tier or difficulty the better the quality of the tracery.
- Ancient script – Disenchanting traceries will rewards 20, 40 or 60 script. But the most script you’ll receive from the LI reward track.
- Runes of enchantment – Same as traceries, but most areas will have a set of repeatables that award 1-5 yellow runes and a purple.
- Teal and gold Tokens – Very limited epic quests, pvmp weekly, reward track and raid bosses.
- Tracery removal scroll – To unslot all traceries to save them for a new LI. You can choose them from 15 and 45 weekly mission quests boxes or barter them in the tracery room
Repeatable LI reward (level 101 boxes)
Of special note is the repeatable portion of the LI reward track. After the first 100 levels, the xp will continue to go here. But you’ll have the option to Claim the 101 box. These are unlimited stackable and usually provide 50 script and small chance for other rewards.
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