Equipment Prefixes

Prefixes are special characteristics that can be found on all types of equipment. Some prefixes can only occur on certain types of equipment.

Quality

Quality has an effect on the stats of the equipment, where higher quality equipment generally has higher stats (and lower interference and burden). Higher quality equipment Item Worlds have more difficult monsters and likewise reward more EXP.

Name	PXP At 0	Notes
Crude	103-138	Never has a suffix.
Fair	~139-187
Average	~188-227	Never has a prefix.
Superior	~228-282	Guaranteed a suffix. Assigned the player's level as soon as it drops.
Exquisite	~277-303
Magnificent	~304-348	Base drop chance = 0.0005%
Legendary	~348-399	85-100% of maximum stats (varies on each stat). Guaranteed maximum number of attribute bonuses (depending on type). Base drop chance = 0.00025%
Peerless	368-421	Guaranteed all stats maxed (125% of Superior's maximum). Essentially a Legendary with 100% on every stat. Guaranteed a prefix. Base drop chance = 0.0001%

It should be noted that stats generate prefixes, not the other way around (with the exception of Peerless). The quality prefix is based on the average value of all the stats relative to their possible maximum. For a stat that ranges from 5-10, getting 5 is +1 quality while getting 10 is +6 quality. The sum of the quality scores is then divided by the maximum possible quality score to get a quality rating between 0 and 1.^[1]

One way to quickly approximate the quality of a particular equipment piece is to observe its PXP at level 0. Quality can then be approximated by:

Quality ≅ (PXP0 - 100) / 250

Weapon Prefixes

Ethereal

• Have no interference or burden.
• Do Void damage, which is significantly better than crushing/slashing/piercing on most boss-class or higher monsters.
• Gives Void Strike effect (same as Elemental Strike except the damage type is void)
  • At level 10 potency such weapons gain a random Elemental Strike (in addition to the existing Void Strike)
• Still affects monsters having their physical defenses reduced (i.e. Penetrated Armor).

Elemental

• Functions the same as weapons affected by infusions through The Forge
  • Gives Elemental Damage Bonus for one of the six magic elements
  • Gives the weapon an Elemental Strike effect (additional damage in that element)
    • At level 10 potency such weapons' damage type changes to Void and gains Void Strike in addition to the existing Elemental Strike
  • Using infusions will give an additional Elemental Strike effect, unless the infusion is the same as the weapon's elemental type

Name	Damage Type
Fiery	Fire
Arctic	Cold
Shocking	Elec
Tempestuous	Wind
Hallowed	Holy
Demonic	Dark

Armor Prefixes

Armor	Variants	Increases
Cloth	Charged	Casting Speed
	Frugal	Mana Conservation
	Radiant	Magic Damage (Phase only)
	Mystic	Spell Critical Damage [Multiplier?] (Phase only)
Light	Agile	Attack Speed
	Reinforced	Crushing/Slashing/Piercing Mitigation (Leather only)
	Savage	Attack Critical Damage Multiplier (Shade only)
Heavy	Shielding	Block (Plate only)
	Mithril	-20% Burden (applies on equip roll)
	Savage	Attack Critical Damage Multiplier (Power only)
Shield	Agile	Attack Speed (Buckler and Kite Shields only)
	Reinforced	Crushing/Slashing/Piercing Mitigation (Buckler and Kite Shields only)
	Mithril	-20% Burden (applies on equip roll)
All	Ruby	Fire Resistance
	Cobalt	Cold Resistance
	Amber	Elec Resistance
	Jade	Wind Resistance
	Zircon	Holy Resistance
	Onyx	Dark Resistance

Chances

Equipment with the quality grade of "Superior" or higher have a chance to drop with a prefix.

Quality	Chance
Superior	10%
Exquisite	25%
Magnificent	50%
Legendary	100%
Peerless	100%

If a prefix roll is successful:

• Weapons have a 30% for Ethereal and 10% for each type of elemental prefix.
• Armor has an equal chance for all applicable prefixes.

See Also

• Equipment
• Equipment Suffixes
• Item World