Revision as of 18:29, 17 February 2023

Overview

Composing is a game feature which allows players to sacrifice unneeded drops and turn them into custom potions. The concept of composing was first introduced in the game forum in 2012; part 1 of the feature was introduced in summer of 2013, with part 2 following release in the fall.

When a player composes a potion, he must select to make it either bound or guild-bound. Bound potions act like any other bound item in the game, and cannot be given away to any other player. They are intended for the player's personal use only. Guild-bound potions are able to be given to other players in your own guild, or left in the guild store for other players' use. However, no composed potion may be sold or given away to someone outside of your guild.

Breaking down items

Some Items can be broken down to convert them into fragments. Fragmentable items:

• must not be bound (that is, they must be tradable). Quest Items and other bound items may not be broken down.
• must be of one of the nine types of items that can be worn as gear: Helmets, Shields, Swords, Armor, Runes, Rings, Amulets, Boots, or Gloves. Potions, resources, bottles, and items of any other type may not be broken down.
• must not be of epic rarity.
• must be dropped by creatures in PvE. Items sold in stores may not be broken down.

Types of Fragments

Depending on their rarity of the item broken down, you'll get fragments of the corresponding type:

• Common items will yield one or more Common Fragments
• Rare items will yield one or more Rare Fragments
• Unique items will yield one or more Unique Fragments
• Legendary items will yield one or more Legendary Fragments
• Crystalline items will yield one or more Crystalline Fragments
• Super-Elite items will yield one or more Super-Elite Fragments

Number of Fragments per item

The number of fragments you will receive for a given item is based on the item's level, and is calculated with the following formula:

Fragments = RoundUp(SquareRoot(ItemLevel / 100))

In addition, items which have been hellforged produce one additional fragment (of the appropriate type) per level of hellforging. Thus a unique, level 450 helm with 3 level of hellforging will produce 6 fragments (3 because of its level and an additional 3 because of the hellforging).

Fragments do not require backpack space. They are simply listed on the player's "Composing" page until used.

NOTE: If you are looking for common fragments in the 401 - 900 range, the lowest level creature to drop common items in this range is the level 433 Gobbler. For the 901-1,600 range, one of the best creatures is the level 931 Slave Shade that lives on a small map but it is in a dark realm.

Composing Potions

Note: The information in this section is based on the most recent proposal in the game forum (Revision 1.2, which can be viewed here: http://forums.huntedcow.com/index.php?showtopic=56864), and is subject to change, possibly major change, before it actually is introduced within the game.

The number and type of fragments (and the amount of gold) required to compose a given potion depend on:

• The number of skills included in the potion
• The level of each skill included
• The desired duration of the potion

Fragment Cost per Potion

For each skill added the Fragment cost is as follows:

0.05 Common Fragments per skill level

0.05 Rare Fragments per skill level above 50

0.05 Unique Fragments per skill level above 125

0.02 Legendary Fragments per skill level above 175

0.02 Crystalline Fragments per skill level above 250

0.02 Super Elite Fragments per skill level above 300

The number of Fragments per skill is rounded up for each type of fragment.

Cost Per Potion

The cost of composing a potion is equal to the total number of skill points used multiplied by the potion's duration in minutes (5000 gold minimum).

Example: I want to create a potion with Anti-Deflect 300 and Gloat 200 that will last 2.5 hours.

Initial Cost = (300 + 200) x (60 x 2.5)
             = 500 x 150
             = 75,000

It will cost 75,000 gold to create this potion.

Instant Finish Price

The first time you use Instant Finish the price is equal to the initial cost of creating the potion multiplied the percent of time remaining (expressed as a decimal), rounded up.

Example: My initial cost to create the potion was 25,921 gold and it is 2.7% complete.

Instant Finish Price = 25,921 x (100 - 2.7)/100
                     = 25,921 x .973
                     = 25,221.133

It will cost 25,222 gold to Instant Finish this potion.

Each subsequent use of Instant Finish increases the price according to a geometric progression with a factor of two. (1st use costs 1 x initial cost x percent remaining, 2nd use costs 2 x initial cost x percent remaining, 3rd use costs 4 x initial cost x percent remaining, 4th use costs 8 x initial cost x percent remaining, 5th use costs 16 x initial cost x time remaining, and so on.)

Example: My initial cost to create the potion was 11,663 gold and it is 85.4% complete.
         I've used Instant Finish seven times today.

Instant Finish Price = 2^7 x 11,663 x (100 - 85.4)/100
                     = 128 x 11,663 x .146
                     = 217,958.144

It will cost 217,959 gold to Instant Finish this potion.

The Instant Finish Price resets every day at 00:00 server time.

Composing Time Per Potion

Time to create = maximum( ( round up( maximum( total skill points, 150) / 20 ) x 5 ) + ( round up( potion duration / 30 ) x 30 ) - ( ( composing level - 1 ) x 5 ), 60 )

Composing XP/Levels

As a bonus, in addition to being able to create potions with new skills and higher levels at each level, for every ten (10) levels you get to create an additional potion. For example, at level 10 you can create 2 potions at the same time and at level 20 you can create 3.

Level Table

Players initially start at Composing Level 1 and gain Composing XP for each potion created.

formula XP Required for LVL = ((LVL-1)^2) * 250

Experience Formula

• if potion duration > total skill points

XP = round up [(total skill points / 60) + (total skill points / 500)] * 10;

• else

XP = round up [(potion duration / 60) + (total skill points / 500)] * 10;

You can use the online calulator of drugie to calulate the XP: http://zt.sparkonline.net/composing/calculator.php

An Excel based calculator created by Yuuzhan calculates the XP, Gold, Time and Fragment cost: http://evolutions.yvong.com/files/Yuuzhans_Composing_Calc.xlsx

Experience Table

The following table shows u how much experience u will get from a potion with a total buff level of 10,50,100,150,... and a duration of 30,60,90,... minutes.

Leveling Using The Least Amount of Common and Rare Fragments

Composed potions have the following constraints:

• Potion duration range is between 30 and 300 minutes.
• The maximum number of skills you can place in a potion is 5.

The following table contains each Composing XP using the minimum amount of fragments:

Composing XP	Total Skill Points	Duration (mins)	Default Time to Brew1	Gold Cost	(1 Skill) (Fragment Cost)	(2 Skills) (Fragment Cost)	(3 Skills) (Fragment Cost)	(4 Skills) (Fragment Cost)	(5 Skills) (Fragment Cost)
10	1	30 (min)	1h 0m	5,000	(1) 1
20	54	54	1h 0m	5,000	(54) 6 , 2	(40, 14) 6
30	109	107	1h 5m	11,663	(109) 24 , 12	(40, 69) 24 , 4	(40, 40, 29) 24
40	161	161	2h 10m	25,921	(161) 54 , 36 , 12	(80, 81) 54 , 24	(40, 40, 81) 54 , 12	(40, 40, 40, 41) 54
50	215	215	3h 20m	46,225	(215) 88 , 72 , 40 , 8	(100, 115) 88 , 56	(80, 60, 75) 88 , 40	(40, 40, 40, 95) 88 , 24	(40, 40, 40, 45, 50) 96
60	268	268	4h 5m	71,824	(268) 126 , 99 , 72 , 18 , 9	(125, 143) 135 , 81 , 9	(100, 80, 88) 126 , 63	(80, 60, 60, 68) 126 , 45	(40, 40, 40, 40, 108) 126 , 27
70	501	300 (max)	5h 35m	150,600				(120, 120, 120, 142) 260 , 130 , 10	(120, 120, 120, 40, 102) 260 , 120
80	1001	300 (max)	9h 15m	300,300					(225, 225, 225, 165, 161) 540 , 390 , 190 , 30
90	1501	300 (max)	11h 20m	450,300					(300, 300, 300, 300, 301) 760 , 650 , 450 , 150 , 60 , 10
100	2001	300 (max)	13h 25m	600,300					(300, 300, 300, 300, 801) 1010 , 900 , 700 , 250 , 160 , 110

¹ Deduct ((YourComposingLevel - 1) x 5) minutes from the listed value to get your current Time to Brew value.

• Highlighted in green are the suggested number of skills to distribute your Total Skill Points and spend the least amount of fragments.

Allowable Skills

Not all skills can be included in a composed potion. Those which can be are as follows (along with the maximum permissible level for each)

	Buff	Type	Maximum Buff Level	Minimum Composing Level	Description!
	Adept Learner	Special	300	1	+0.2% per point increase in xp from creature kills.
	Light Foot	Special	740+	1	0.05% chance to use no stamina while moving on the world map.
	Doubler	Special	1250	2	At skill level 50+, 2x Stamina usage in combat in return for 2x gold/xp. At level 100+ 3x, and at level 150+ 4x. Note that stamina and xp loss are normal (not multiplied) if you lose a battle.
	Conserve	Special	300	3	+0.05% per point chance that combat (vs. players and vs. creatures) will use no stamina. (Excludes group/relic combat)
	Animal Magnetism	Special	400	5	+0.2% per point chance to make certain creatures respawn at your location.
	Sacrifice	Special	300	6	+0.04% per point additional xp and -0.25% per point less gold for defeating creatures in combat.
	Keen Edge	Offense	350	8	+0.1% per point to your attack for each complete set equipped.
	Librarian	Special	300	10	+0.1% per point chance to gain double xp from creatures.
	Coordinated Attack	Offense	350	12	+0.05% per point added to Attack and Damage if every piece of equipped gear is part of a set.
	Coordinated Defense	Defense	350	12	+0.05% per point added to Defense and Armor if every piece of equipped gear is part of a set.
	Shield Wall	Defense	255+	14	+0.05% per point to your Defense for each complete set equipped.
	Global Booster	Potion Only	500	15	At skill level 50+, 2x Stamina usage in combat in return for 2x Global Event contribution per kill. At level 100+ 3x, and at level 150+ 4x. Note that stamina is normal (not multiplied) if you lose a battle.
	Sanctuary	Defense	300	16	+0.1% per point increase to your armor
	Entrench	Potion Only	200	18	+0.25% per point of damage is transferred to armor at the start of combat.
	Anti Deflect	Offense	300+	20	+0.2% per point chance to prevent your opponent activating Deflect.
	Smashing Hammer	Offense	480	22	+0.05% per point added to your damage for each complete set equipped.
	Stalker	Special	300	24	Increases the maximum percentage (above 100%) of the Elite Hunter enhancement by +0.1% per point.
	Terrorize	Defense	350	26	0.1% per point decrease in enemy's Damage stat
	Gloat	Special	200	28	+0.2% per point increase to gold stolen in PvP.
	Honor	Defense	200	30	-0.2% per point xp loss in PvP (Does not work during bounties).
	Flinch	Defense	400	32	0.1% per point decrease in enemy's Attack stat
	Constitution	Defense	350	34	+0.1% per point increase to your defense.
	Armor Boost	Defense	340+	36	+0.05% per point to your Armor for each complete set equipped.
	Mighty Vigor	Offense	750	38	For every 50 points of the skill, can equip items 1 level higher than your level.
	Severe Condition	Special	250+	40	+0.25% per point of your attack, defense, damage and armor stats are transferred to your health at the start of combat. Note that you can adjust the casting level of this skill in your preferences.
	Ageless	Special	350	42	+0.2% per point chance of doubling your HP at the start of combat.
	Pride	Potion Only	200	44	+0.5 seconds per point multiplied by the number of medals you have increase in duration of any potions taken while this skill is active. (Note the multiplier increases based on the quality of the medal. Bronze +1, Silver +1.2, Gold +1.4, Crystal +1.6, Ruby +1.8, and Diamond +2)
	Lady Luck	Potion Only	200	46	0.1% chance per point to re-roll for an item drop if nothing is dropped.
	Encouraging Talk	Potion Only	200	48	+0.2% per point increase in mercenary stats while active
	Buff Enhancer	Potion Only	300	50	For every 20 points in the skill, it adds +1 points to the buffs cast while it is active. Does not work with Merchant or Treasure Hunter
	Brute Strength	Potion Only	260	52	For every 20 points in this skill, Enchant Weapon, Fury, and Berserk buffs are increased by +1 level when cast while this skill is active.

Here is a list of known and estimated maximum buff levels at each composing level. Click [show] to see the list.

COLORS TO BE ADDED

Numbers in grey boxes are confirmed numbers.
Numbers in yellow boxes are confirmed maximum skill levels.
Numbers in green boxes are estimates.
Additional skills may be added to this list, and it is expected that some "composing-only" skills will be added.
The maximum levels listed in the previous table are also subject to change.

Composing Medals

A series of medals has been created to reward the more dedicated fragmenters, and frequent composes. Details about these can be found on the medals page.

Fragmenter medals:

Artisan medals:

Misc. Notes and Restrictions

Spell Breaker and Spell Leech do not work with these potions. Brewing Master, Distil and Reckoning do.

You need to be character level 50+ to Compose items.