Items & Rarity

Equipment slots, rarity tiers, attributes, quality scaling, and the tier system

1. Equipment Slots
2. Rarity System
3. Magic Find
4. Item Stats
5. Quality Floor
6. Armor Attributes
7. Weapon Attributes
8. Weapon Attribute Drop Rates
9. Armor Attribute Drop Rates
10. Tier System

1. Equipment Slots

Each character has 6 equipment slots:

Slot	Type	Provides
Helmet	Armor	base_armor
Chest	Armor	base_armor
Gloves	Armor	base_armor
Boots	Armor	base_armor
Shield	Armor	base_armor + inherent block_chance (5–30%)
Weapon	Weapon	min_damage, max_damage

Armor slots (helmet, chest, gloves, boots, shield) all provide base_armor which reduces incoming damage. The shield additionally grants a block chance that halves incoming damage on proc.

2. Rarity System

Every item has a rarity tier that determines how many bonus attributes it gets and a multiplier on its base stats.

Rarity	Attributes	Base Stat ×	Roll ≤
Normal	0	0.4×	100 (36–100)
Common	1	0.6×	≤ 35
Rare	2	0.7×	≤ 15
Exquisite	3	0.8×	≤ 5
Epic	4	0.9×	≤ 1
Ancient	5	1.0×	Epic upgrade only

The rarity roll is a random integer in [1, roll_max]. Lower results yield rarer items. The default roll_max is 100 (with no magic find).

Ancient rarity — Cannot drop directly. When an epic item would drop in ???, there is a 50% chance it upgrades to Ancient.

3. Magic Find

Magic Find (MF) reduces the rarity roll range via a hyperbolic formula with diminishing returns. Every point of MF helps, but each additional point contributes less than the last.

roll_max = 5 + (100 - 5) × 20 / (20 + mf) = 5 + 95 × 20 / (20 + mf) // floor = 5, never lower

Magic Find	roll_max	Epic chance	Exquisite+ chance
0	100	1.0%	5.0%
10	68	1.5%	7.4%
20	52	1.9%	9.6%
40	37	2.7%	13.5%
80	24	4.2%	20.8%
150	16	6.3%	31.3%
500	9	11.1%	55.6%

Magic Find Curve

roll_max vs Magic Find — hyperbolic diminishing returns, floor at 5

4. Item Stats

An item's effective combat value scales with its item_level:

effective_armor = base_armor × (10 + item_level) effective_damage = (min_damage .. max_damage) × (10 + item_level)

Base stats (base_armor, max_damage) are determined by a gaussian roll around the base item's peak value (sigma = 1.5), then multiplied by the rarity's Base Stat × multiplier.

Rarity matters. A normal item gets only 0.4× base stats, while an ancient gets the full 1.0×. This prevents high-difficulty normal drops from outshining rarer items found at lower difficulties.

5. Quality Floor

At higher difficulties, a quality floor prevents trash rolls on base stats. The floor is a percentage of the item's peak value that increases with difficulty but never fully reaches 100%.

floor = peak × (1 - 0.5 ^ ((difficulty / 35) ^ 0.42)) // Rolled value = max(floor, gaussian_roll(peak))

Difficulty	Floor % of Peak
10	32%
35	50%
50	56%
100	66%
200	77%
500	88%
1000	94%

Quality Floor Curve

Quality floor as % of peak stat — approaches but never reaches 100%

The image below shows how the quality floor (red shaded area) cuts off the bottom of the bell curve at higher difficulties, while the top remains unchanged:

How base stats work (worked examples)

Every item has a tier (1–10) that determines its base stat potential. Higher difficulty drops higher tiers. The base stat is rolled from a bell curve centered on the tier value, then multiplied by a rarity factor (Normal 0.4x, Common 0.6x, Rare 0.7x, Exquisite 0.8x, Epic 0.9x, Ancient 1.0x).

The quality floor clamps the bell curve roll so it can't go below a % of the tier peak. This happens before the rarity multiplier.

Example — Broken Dagger (Tier 1), Epic, at Difficulty 100:

Bell curve centered on 1, so raw rolls range roughly 0.5–4
Quality floor at diff 100: 1 × 66% = 0.66 → cuts the very worst rolls
Epic rarity multiplier: raw roll × 0.9 → final base damage around 0.6–3.6
Tooltip shows: Damage × (10 + item_level) = base × 110 → 66–396

Example — Dark Lord's Blade (Tier 10), Epic, at Difficulty 100:

Bell curve centered on 10, so raw rolls range roughly 5–16
Quality floor at diff 100: 10 × 66% = 6.6 → eliminates sub-7 rolls
Epic rarity multiplier: raw roll × 0.9 → final base damage around 5.9–14.2
Tooltip shows: Damage × (10 + item_level) = base × 110 → 649–1,562

tl;dr — higher difficulty = same ceiling, higher floor. You won't get stronger items, but you'll stop getting weak ones.

6. Armor Attributes

Armor items (helmet, chest, gloves, boots, shield) can roll the following attribute types. Each attribute slot is filled once per rarity level above Normal.

Type	Available Slots	Value Range	Notes
Reduction	All armor	1–10%	Per-element. Creates weakness to paired element (×0.5–1.1)
Reflect	All armor	1–5%	Per-element. Bounces damage back to attacker
Dodge	Helmet, Chest, Gloves, Boots	1–5%	Avoids entire attack. Can trigger counterattack
Heal over Time	Helmet, Chest	item_level × 0.1–0.5	Min 1 HP/round, heals at start of each round
Crit Chance	All armor	2–8%	Additive
Crit Multiplier	All armor	10–50	Divided by 100, added to base 2.0×
Magic Find	All armor	1–10	Reduces rarity roll range (see Magic Find)
Flat Reduction	All armor	item_level × 0.3–0.7	Fixed damage absorbed per-element. No weakness penalty
Stun Chance	All armor	2–10%	On block: chance to stun attacker + deal shield bash damage
Counterattack Chance	Helmet, Chest, Gloves, Boots	2–10%	On dodge: chance to counterattack with full weapon strike
Elemental Dmg Boost	All armor	5–20%	Boosts outgoing damage of a specific non-physical element. Also amplifies reflect. Softcapped at 150%

Weakness trade-off: Every percentage-based Reduction attribute creates a weakness to the paired element. For example, stacking Fire reduction makes you weak to Ice. Flat Reduction does not have this penalty.

7. Weapon Attributes

Type	Value Range	Notes
Elemental Damage	2–15%	Channels a portion of damage through a specific element
Life Leech	1–10%	Heals % of damage dealt per hit
Crit Chance	2–8%	Additive
Crit Multiplier	10–50	Divided by 100, added to base 2.0×
Magic Find	1–10	Reduces rarity roll range
Summon	20–50% proc	Boss weapons only. Deals item_level × 2 as single-element damage. Amplified by Elemental Damage Boost
Flat Elemental Damage	item_level × 1.0–2.0	Daggers only. Fixed damage added per-element per hit. Floor at item_level guarantees solid value, ceiling doubles it
Flat Life on Hit	item_level × 0.2–0.7	Fixed heal per hit, independent of damage dealt

8. Weapon Attribute Drop Rates

Each weapon attribute slot is filled by rolling a weighted category. Daggers have access to Flat Elemental Damage; other weapons do not.

Dominant = element biased toward the area's element (70% single-element areas, 35%+35% dual-element). Random = uniform across all 6 elements. In areas with no element (Verdant Woods) and during smithing reforge, dominant slots use random element instead.

All areas / Smithing reforge

Attribute	Bias	Non-dagger	Dagger
Elemental Damage (%)	dominant	30.0%	10.0%
Elemental Damage (%)	random	20.0%	5.0%
Flat Elemental Damage	dominant	—	20.0%
Flat Elemental Damage	random	—	15.0%
Magic Find	random	10.0%	10.0%
Life Leech	random	10.0%	10.0%
Crit Chance	random	10.0%	10.0%
Crit Multiplier	random	10.0%	10.0%
Flat Life on Hit	random	10.0%	10.0%

Verdant Woods has no area element, so dominant slots fall back to random element — effectively 50% total elemental for non-daggers, 15% elemental + 35% flat for daggers. Smithing reforge works the same way.

Boss weapons have a separate chance to roll a Summon attribute before the normal table is consulted. Summon replaces the normal roll when it triggers.

9. Armor Attribute Drop Rates

Armor attributes use a 33% dominant / 67% pool system. The dominant branch is 50/50 between Reduction (area-biased) and Elemental Damage Boost (area-biased). The pool branch picks uniformly from the slot's eligible entries.

Element bias

Single-element areas: 70% area element, 30% random fallback
Dual-element areas (Shadow Realm, Dragon's Lair): 35% + 35% area elements, 30% random
Verdant Woods / Reforge: no dominant — 100% pool, all elements equally likely

In areas with elements, the pool's Reduction entries are filtered to only the area's defensive element(s). This shrinks the pool and increases the chance of each remaining entry.

Helmet / Chest — single-element area

Example: Murky Swamp (defensive = Energy, offensive = Earth). Pool: 11 entries, each 6.09%.

Attribute	Element	Prob	Source
Reduction	energy	22.59%	16.50% dom + 6.09% pool
Elemental Dmg Boost	earth	18.47%	12.38% dom + 6.09% pool
Reflect	earth	6.09%	pool
Dodge	—	6.09%	pool
Heal over Time	—	6.09%	pool
Crit Chance	—	6.09%	pool
Crit Multiplier	—	6.09%	pool
Magic Find	—	6.09%	pool
Flat Reduction	energy	6.09%	pool
Stun Chance	—	6.09%	pool
Counter Chance	—	6.09%	pool
Elemental Dmg Boost	physical	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	fire	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	ice	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	magic	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	energy	0.83%	dom leak

Gloves / Boots — single-element area

Same as Helmet/Chest but without Heal over Time. Pool: 10 entries, each 6.70%.

Attribute	Element	Prob	Source
Reduction	energy	23.20%	16.50% dom + 6.70% pool
Elemental Dmg Boost	earth	19.08%	12.38% dom + 6.70% pool
Reflect	earth	6.70%	pool
Dodge	—	6.70%	pool
Crit Chance	—	6.70%	pool
Crit Multiplier	—	6.70%	pool
Magic Find	—	6.70%	pool
Flat Reduction	energy	6.70%	pool
Stun Chance	—	6.70%	pool
Counter Chance	—	6.70%	pool
Elemental Dmg Boost	physical	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	fire	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	ice	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	magic	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	energy	0.83%	dom leak

Shield — single-element area

No Dodge, Heal over Time, or Counter Chance. Pool: 8 entries, each 8.38%.

Attribute	Element	Prob	Source
Reduction	energy	24.88%	16.50% dom + 8.38% pool
Elemental Dmg Boost	earth	20.75%	12.38% dom + 8.38% pool
Reflect	earth	8.38%	pool
Crit Chance	—	8.38%	pool
Crit Multiplier	—	8.38%	pool
Magic Find	—	8.38%	pool
Flat Reduction	energy	8.38%	pool
Stun Chance	—	8.38%	pool
Elemental Dmg Boost	physical	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	fire	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	ice	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	magic	0.83%	dom leak
Elemental Dmg Boost	energy	0.83%	dom leak

Verdant Woods / Smithing Reforge

No area element — dominant never fires, 100% pool, full unfiltered pool. All elements equally likely.

Attribute	Helmet/Chest	Gloves/Boots	Shield
Reduction (per element, ×6)	6.25%	6.67%	7.69%
Reflect (random element)	6.25%	6.67%	7.69%
Dodge	6.25%	6.67%	—
Heal over Time	6.25%	—	—
Crit Chance	6.25%	6.67%	7.69%
Crit Multiplier	6.25%	6.67%	7.69%
Magic Find	6.25%	6.67%	7.69%
Flat Reduction (random element)	6.25%	6.67%	7.69%
Stun Chance	6.25%	6.67%	7.69%
Counter Chance	6.25%	6.67%	—
Elemental Dmg Boost (random non-phys)	6.25%	6.67%	7.69%

Pool entries: Helmet/Chest = 16, Gloves/Boots = 15, Shield = 13. Each entry has equal weight. Smaller pools mean higher individual chances.

10. Tier System

Every base item belongs to a tier (1–10). Higher tiers have higher peak stats. When an item drops, the tier is selected using a bell curve that shifts with difficulty.

The bell curve uses breakpoints [50, 100, 250, 999, 3000, 9999]. At each breakpoint, the peak tier advances by 1. Weights decay by 0.66× per tier distance from the peak.

// Peak tier at each difficulty range: diff 1–49 → peak tier 1 diff 50–99 → peak tier 2 diff 100–249 → peak tier 3 diff 250–998 → peak tier 4 diff 999–2999→ peak tier 5 diff 3000+ → peak tier 6 weight(tier) = 100 × 0.66 ^ |tier - peak|

Tier Weight Distribution

Tier weight distribution across difficulties — bell curve shifts right as difficulty increases

Quick Reference

Difficulty	Most Common Tier	Avg Tier	Chance of T8+
1–25	T1	2.8	3.8%
50	T2	3.2	4.8%
100	T3	3.8	6.6%
500	T4	4.5	9.6%
1,000	T5	5.2	14.2%
5,000	T6	5.8	21.4%

Always a bell curve, never guaranteed. Even at difficulty 1 you can get lucky with a high-tier drop, and at difficulty 1000 you'll still see some lower tiers. The odds shift steadily in your favor, but there's always spread.

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