Revision as of 18:30, 26 August 2013

Overview

Composing is an upcoming 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, and part 1 of the feature was introduced in summer of 2103, with part 2 expected to be released in early fall of that year.

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.

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.

Gold Cost Per Potion

Gold Cost = Total Skill Levels * Duration in minutes

Composing XP/Levels

Players initially start at Composing Level 1 and gain Composing XP for each potion created. The maximum Composing Level is 10.

Composing level affects the maximum duration of your composed potions as well as the time it takes to complete your composed potions. See the relevant sections below.

Effects on Composed Potion Duration

At Composing Level 1, you can create a potion with a maximum duration of 30 minutes. Each additional Composing Level increases this maximum duration by an additional 30 minutes (to a maximum duration of 300 minutes at Composing Level 10).

Effects on Composing Time

At Composing Level 1, the time required to compose a potion is 3 hours. Each additional Composing Level decreases this time by 12 minutes (to a minimum of 72 minutes at Composing Level 10).

Players may bypass the composing time requirement and get their potions immediate by paying double the normal gold cost.

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)

• Doubler [max 1000]
• Light Foot [max 500]
• Conserve [max 200]
• Adept Learner [max 200]
• Librarian [max 250]
• Sacrifice [max 250]
• Global Booster [max 200]
• Animal Magnetism [max 300]
• Keen Edge [max 200]
• Anti Deflect [max 200]
• Smashing Hammer [max 250]
• Entrench [max 200]
• Coordinated Attack [max 250]
• Coordinated Defense [max 250]
• Stalker [max 250]
• Shield Wall [max 250]
• Terrorize [max 250]
• Gloat [max 250]
• Honor [max 250]
• Flinch [max 250]
• Constitution [max 300]
• Sanctuary [max 300]
• Terrorize [max 250]
• Armor Boost [Max 250]
• Mighty Vigor [Max 250]
• Severe Condition [Max 200]
• Ageless [Max 250]

Additional skills may be added to this list, and it is expected that some "composing-only" skills will be added. The maximum levels are also subject to change.

Composing Medals

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

Misc. Notes and Restrictions

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

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

You’ll be able to queue up to 5 potions to be created (note the ability to queue potions will be unlocked with gold)