Composing

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))

Fragment(s)	Item level
1 fragment:	1 - 100
2 fragments:	101 - 400
3 fragments:	401 - 900
4 fragments:	901- 1600
5 fragments:	1601 - 2500

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)

Buff	Type	Maximum Buff Level	Minimum Composing Level	Description!
Doubler	Special	1000	tba	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.
Light Foot	Special	500	tba	0.05% chance to use no stamina while moving on the world map.
Conserve	Special	200	tba	+0.05% per point chance that combat (vs. players and vs. creatures) will use no stamina. (Excludes group/relic combat)
Adept Learner	Special	200	tba	+0.2% per point increase in xp from creature kills.
Librarian	Special	250	tba	+0.1% per point chance to gain double xp from creatures.
Sacrifice	Special	250	tba	+0.04% per point additional xp and -0.25% per point less gold for defeating creatures in combat.
Global Booster	Potion Only	200	tba	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.
Animal Magnetism	Special	300	tba	+0.2% per point chance to make certain creatures respawn at your location.
Keen Edge	Offense	200	tba	+0.1% per point to your attack for each complete set equipped.
Anti Deflect	Offense	200	tba	+0.2% per point chance to prevent your opponent activating Deflect.
Smashing Hammer	Offense	250	tba	+0.05% per point added to your damage for each complete set equipped.
Entrench	Potion Only	200	tba	+0.25% per point of damage is transferred to armor at the start of combat.
Coordinated Attack	Offense	250	tba	+0.05% per point added to Attack and Damage if every piece of equipped gear is part of a set.
Coordinated Defense	Defense	250	tba	+0.05% per point added to Defense and Armor if every piece of equipped gear is part of a set.
Stalker	Special	250	tba	Increases the maximum percentage (above 100%) of the Elite Hunter enhancement by +0.1% per point.
Shield Wall	Defense	250	tba	+0.05% per point to your Defense for each complete set equipped.
Terrorize	Defense	250	tba	0.1% per point decrease in enemy's Damage stat
Gloat	Special	250	tba	+0.2% per point increase to gold stolen in PvP.
Honor	Defense	250	tba	-0.2% per point xp loss in PvP (Does not work during bounties).
Flinch	Defense	250	tba	0.1% per point decrease in enemy's Attack stat
Constitution	Defense	300	tba	+0.1% per point increase to your defense.
Sanctuary	Defense	300	tba	+0.1% per point increase to your armor
Armor Boost	Defense	250	tba	+0.05% per point to your Armor for each complete set equipped.
Mighty Vigor	Offense	250	tba	For every 50 points of the skill, can equip items 1 level higher than your level.
Severe Condition	Special	200	tba	+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	250	tba	+0.2% per point chance of doubling your HP at the start of combat.

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)