Spell Research

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Spell Research

VIII Creature Scrolls

VIII Item Scrolls

VIII Life Scrolls

VIII Void Scrolls

VIII War Scrolls

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Getting Components

Components are available in special Tier 8 chests found in Society Strongholds and the Mana Forge bunkers found in the capital cities. Components also drop on creatures that also drop Pristine Mana Shards on Dark Isle, Freebooter Isle, Moarsman City, and in Graveyard.

For a period of time it was possible to guess the contents of a chest given the chest's burden (e.g., 3 quills 2 inks). In the Celebration event the loot profiles were changed and this is no longer possible because the magic component chests always spawn 2 items that are not components and which have random burdens.

Component Exchanger

During the Secrets of the Apostates event a Component Exchanger was added to each Mana Forge. Similar in operation to the Rare Exchanger, the Component Exchanger will give a random spell component when given 1 MMD and any VIII spell component. The odds are the same for all components which causes glyphs to be the most common, inks less common, and quills quite rare.

Level VIII Scroll Creation

During the Ancient Powers event, a new crafting system for level VIII spell scroll creation was introduced. Some of these spells were previously available on a small number of quest items, however many are brand new. The components (quills, inks, and glyphs) can be obtained in the highest tier treasure profiles which appears in special chests and on creatures that also drop Pristine Mana Shards on Dark Isle, Freebooter Isle, Moarsman City, and in Graveyard.. Quills may be combined with the Mana Scarabs (which are also the casting scarab for level 8 spells and can be purchased from certain vendors) in order to craft infused quills. Infused quills may be crafted with inks to create a combination of the two. This combination may then be crafted with a glyph to create a level 8 scroll. All components involved in making a scroll (quill, mana scarab, ink, and glyph) are consumed in the process of successfully making a scroll.

All components may also be traded or sold to a vendor, and the scrolls may likewise be traded or sold to a vendor. If crafting something you expected to work fails, very likely the spell simply does not exist for level 8. You will not lose components upon failed crafting, and there is no skill associated with level 8 spell crafting, so feel free to experiment safely with the various components and see what you may accomplish!

Steps in creating a level VIII Scroll:

1. Add the quill to the mana scarab.

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   The mana scarab infuses the quill with its magical power.

2. Add the infused quill to the ink.

   + =

   You dip the quill into the magical ink, further empowering it.

3. Add the enchanted quill to the glyph.

   + =

   You trace the rune with your enchanted quill and the pattern of the spell forms before you as a scroll.

This produces a tradable scroll which you can then learn as normal. Level 8 spells last for 90 minutes, or up to three hours with Augmentations.

Scroll Components

In the Secrets of the Apostates event a new NPC was added to each Mana Forge, the Component Exchanger. The exchanger will take 1 MMD and any spell component and give a random one in return. There is an equal chance for all components which makes glyphs the most common, inks less common, and quills (at 4) very rare. In contrast the chests appear to factor in the number of scrolls the item is used by, so infliction quills are very common.

Quills

• Introspection - Beneficial Self
• Benevolence - Beneficial Other
• Infliction - War/Debuff (Other)
• Extraction - Drain (Other)

Inks

• Formation - Self (can only be used with Introspection Quills)
• Conveyance - Other (can only be used with Benevolence, Infliction and Extraction Quills)
• Objectification - Item Spells
• Nullification - Nullify (can be used with Introspection or Benevolence Quills)

War Spells (Can only be used with Infliction Quills):

• Direction - Bolt
• Parabolic - Arc
• Partition - Blast
• Separation - Volly
• Alacritous - Streak

Casting Difficulty

When first introduced level VIII spells had a difficulty to cast of 455. In Risks and Rewards the difficulty was lowered to 400, meaning that 400 buffed magic skill will cast successfully 50% of the time. Here are some examples of casting success for a range of buffed values:

Spell cast chance of success
400 - 50% 405 - 57% 410 - 67% 415 - 74% 420 - 80% 425 - 85%		430 - 89% 435 - 92% 440 - 94% 445 - 96% 450 - 97% 455 - 98%		460 - 99% 476 - 100%

Known Formulas

Currently it is impossible to craft Creature Other Buffs, Life Other Buffs, Imperil, Self Debuffs (Link). Life vulns were added during Seeds of Corruption. Defender and Blood Drinker Incantations have the same effect as the level 7 versions, but have 30 minute longer durations.

INFUSED QUILL + INK + GLYPH = SCROLL

 Introspection + Formation  + (Skill)     = Creature Skill Buff
 Infliction    + Conveyance + (Skill)     = Creature Skill Debuff
 
 Introspection + Formation  + (Element)   = Life Protection
 Infliction    + Conveyance + (Element)   = Life Vuln
 Introspection + Formation  + Armor glyph = Armor
 
 Benevolence + Objectification + (Armor)   = Impenetrability (+240 AL)
 Infliction  + Objectification + (Armor)   = Brittlemail (-300 AL)
 Benevolence + Objectification + (Element) = Item Bane
 Infliction  + Objectification + (Element) = Item Lure (Opposite of Bane)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Mana Conv = Hermetic Link (80% bonus)
 Infliction  + Objectification + Mana Conv = Hermetic Void (80% penalty)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Focus     = Spirit Drinker (7% bonus)
 Infliction  + Objectification + Focus     = Spirit Loather (7% penalty)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Quickness = Swift Killer
 Infliction  + Objectification + Quickness = Leaden Weapon
 Benevolence + Objectification + Coord     = Heartseeker (+20% Attack)
 Infliction  + Objectification + Coord     = Turn Blade (-20% Attack)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Melee Def = Defender (+17% Defense)
 Infliction  + Objectification + Melee Def = Lure Blade (-20% Defense)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Strength  = Blood Drinker (+22 Damage)
 Infliction  + Objectification + Strength  = Blood Loather (-24 Damage)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Lockpick  = Strength Lock
 Infliction  + Objectification + Lockpick  = Weaken Lock
 
 Infliction + Alacritous + (Element) = War Streak
 Infliction + Direction  + (Element) = War Bolt
 Infliction + Parabolic  + (Element) = War Arc
 Infliction + Partition  + (Element) = War Blast
 Infliction + Separation + (Element) = War Volley
 
 Introspection + Nullification + Life Enchantment Glyph     = Nullify Life Magic Self
 Benevolence   + Nullification + Life Enchantment Glyph     = Nullify Life Magic Other
 Introspection + Nullification + Creature Enchantment Glyph = Nullify Creature Magic Self
 Benevolence   + Nullification + Creature Enchantment Glyph = Nullify Creature Magic Other
 Introspection + Nullification + Item Enchantment Glyph     = Nullify Item Magic
 
 Plain "Health / Stamina / Mana" Glyphs

 Introspection + Formation  + (Health/Stamina)    = Heal/ Revitalize Self (Restore 125-250) 
 Extraction    + Conveyence  + (Health/Stamina/Mana)    = Drain Health/Stamina/Mana Other
 Infliction    + Conveyence  + (Health/Stamina/Mana)    = Harm/Enfeeble/Mana Drain Other
 Benevolence   + Conveyance  + (Health/Stamina)    = Heal/Revitalize Other
 
 Regeneration "Health / Stamina / Mana" Glyphs

 Introspection + Formation  + (Health/Stamina/Mana Regeneration)    = Regeneration/Rejuvenation/Mana Renewal Self (Increased by 145%)
 Infliction    + Conveyance + (Health/Stamina/Mana Regeneration)    = Fester/Exhaustion/Mana Depletion Other (Decreased by 75%)

Known Failures

INK FAILURES:

 Infliction [Cannot add] Formation
 
 Introspection [Cannot add] Alacritous
 Introspection [Cannot add] Conveyance
 Introspection [Cannot add] Direction
 Introspection [Cannot add] Objectification
 Introspection [Cannot add] Parabolic
 Introspection [Cannot add] Partition
 Introspection [Cannot add] Separation
 
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Alacritous
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Direction
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Formation
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Parabolic
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Partition
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Separation

 Extraction [Cannot add] Alacritous
 Extraction [Cannot add] Direction
 Extraction [Cannot add] Formation
 Extraction [Cannot add] Nullification
 Extraction [Cannot add] Objectification
 Extraction [Cannot add] Parabolic
 Extraction [Cannot add] Partition
 Extraction [Cannot add] Separation
 
GLYPH FAILURES:

 Infliction + Alacritous [Cannot add] (Attribute) or (Health/Stam/Mana)
 Infliction + Conveyance [Cannot add] (Element)
 Infliction + Conveyance [Cannot add] (Salvaging)
 Infliction + Direction [Cannot add] (Attribute) or (Health/Stam/Mana)
 Infliction + Objectification [Cannot add] (END, FOC, WILL)
 Infliction + Partition [Cannot add] (Attribute) or (Health/Stam/Mana)
 Infliction + Separation [Cannot add] (Attribute) or (Health/Stam/Mana)
 Infliction + Separation [Cannot add] (Skill)
 
 Introspection + Formation [Cannot add] Glyph of Armor
 Introspection + Formation [Cannot add] Glyph of Mana
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] (Non-magic school skill)
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] (Mana)
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] (Element)
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] Glyph of Armor
 
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] (skill)
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] (Element)
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] Glyph of Armor
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] Glyph of Mana
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] Glyph of Health/Stam/Mana Regeneration
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] (Non-magic school skill)
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] (Tinker Skill)
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] (Regeneration)
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] Glyph of Item Enchantment or War Magic
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] Health
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] (Element)
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] Glyph of Armor
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] (Tinker Skill)
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] (Weapon Skill)
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] (Regeneration)
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] (END, WILL)
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] War Magic
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] Health

Spell Components

	Mana Scarab		Quill of Benevolence		Quill of Extraction		Quill of Infliction		Quill of Introspection
	Alacritous Ink		Ink of Conveyance		Ink of Direction		Ink of Formation		Ink of Nullification
	Ink of Objectification		Ink of Partition		Ink of Separation		Parabolic Ink
	Glyph of Alchemy		Glyph of Arcane Lore		Glyph of Armor		Glyph of Armor Tinkering		Glyph of Bludgeoning
	Glyph of Bow		Glyph of Cooking		Glyph of Coordination		Glyph of Corrosion		Glyph of Creature Enchantment
	Glyph of Crossbow		Glyph of Damage		Glyph of Deception		Glyph of Endurance		Glyph of Flame
	Glyph of Fletching		Glyph of Focus		Glyph of Frost		Glyph of Healing		Glyph of Health
	Glyph of Item Enchantment		Glyph of Item Tinkering		Glyph of Jump		Glyph of Leadership		Glyph of Life Magic
	Glyph of Lightning		Glyph of Lockpick		Glyph of Loyalty		Glyph of Magic Item Tinkering		Glyph of Magic Defense
	Glyph of Mana		Glyph of Mana Regeneration		Glyph of Mana Conversion		Glyph of Melee Defense		Glyph of Missile Defense
	Glyph of Monster Appraisal		Glyph of Nether		Glyph of Person Appraisal		Glyph of Piercing		Glyph of Quickness
	Glyph of Regeneration		Glyph of Run		Glyph of Salvaging		Glyph of Self		Glyph of Slashing
	Glyph of Staff		Glyph of Stamina		Glyph of Stamina Regeneration		Glyph of Strength		Glyph of Thrown Weapons
	Glyph of Two Handed Combat		Glyph of Void Magic		Glyph of War Magic		Glyph of Weapon Tinkering

Retired Spell Components

	Glyph of Axe		Glyph of Dagger		Glyph of Gearcrafting		Glyph of Mace		Glyph of Spear
	Glyph of Staff		Glyph of Sword		Glyph of Unarmed Combat

Scroll List

Creature

See VIII Creature Scrolls for the complete list of scrolls with their component formulas.

Item

See VIII Item Scrolls for the complete list of scrolls with their component formulas.

Life

See VIII Life Scrolls for the complete list of scrolls with their component formulas.

Void

See VIII Void Scrolls for the complete list of scrolls with their component formulas.

War

See VIII War Scrolls for the complete list of scrolls with their component formulas.