Inscription

Inscriptions are a type of salvagable weapon upgrade. They were introduced with the release of the Nightfall campaign and replace some of the inherent weapon modifiers used in the Prophecies and Factions campaign, which are not salvagable.

Inscriptions can only be salvaged from, and added to, items found in the Nightfall Campaign, Eye of the North Expansion, rewards from the Bonus Mission Pack, items from the end chest of the Factions elite missions The Deep and Urgoz's Warren, items from the Hall of Heroes chest, the Fissure of Woe end chest, the Underworld end chest, and the Zaishen Chest.

Acquisition

There are no traders or crafters for inscriptions, you can obtain them through loot or other players.

You can salvage an inscription from any drop that has one. The inscription is a guaranteed salvage with Expert Salvage Kits, though the item has a chance of being destroyed in the process.

Inscriptions have an intrinsic value of 25 gold when sold to a merchant. An Identification Kit can be used to reveal the actual value of the inscription. The difference is often higher than the cost of identifying the inscription.

Usage

To attach an inscription to a weapon double-click on the inscription (the mouse pointer appearance will change), then click on the item that you want to attach it to.

The target item must be of the designated type given in the description. Furthermore, it must have an inscription slot. This slot can either be free (in which case the description reads: "Inscription: None") or in use by another inscription. In the latter case, the old inscription will be overwritten. If you want to keep the old inscription, you may salvage it to free the slot at the risk of the target item being destroyed.

Note: Items from Prophecies, Factions, and the Realms of the Gods have not been converted to the new system, which means they never come with an inscription slot! The exception to this is items dropped from a chest at the end of an elite mission in Factions, and The Underworld as well as The Fissure of Woe.

Inscription Types

Item type	Color	Icon
Weapon	Green (Silver)
Martial weapon	Blue (Platinum)
Spellcasting weapon	Green (Copper)
Focus item or Shield	Red (Bronze)
Focus item	Yellow (Gold)
Equippable item	Yellow (Gold)

List of Inscriptions

The following is a list of all available inscriptions, sorted by bonus effect: lolwut

Skill bonuses

Effect	Chance:	Inscription Name	Item type: Inscribable ...
Halves casting time of spells of item's attribute	10...20%	"Aptitude not Attitude"	Spellcasting weapons
Halves skill recharge of spells of item's attribute	10...20%	"Forget Me Not"	Focus Items
Halves skill recharge of all spells	5...10%	"Serenity Now"
	5...10%	"Let the Memory Live Again"	Martial weapons
Halves casting time of all spells		"Don't Think Twice"	Weapons
Item's attribute +1 while using skills	10%...20%	"Master of My Domain"	Focus Items or Shields

See also Weapon upgrades:

• Adept Staff Head (HCT spells of item's attribute)
• Swift Staff Head (HCT spells)
• Wand Wrapping of Quickening (HSR spells)
• Wand Wrapping of Memory (HSR spells of item's attribute)

Other bonuses

Bonus	Inscription name	Item type: Inscribable ...
Highly salvageable	"Measure for Measure"	Equippable items
Improved sale value	"Show me the money!"

Notes

• Damage + ...% Inscriptions only affect the base damage of your weapon. Thus, consider using another inscription for low-damage weapons such as daggers.

Inscription trivia

Most, if not all, of the names of the inscriptions are suspected to be references to popular culture. However it is not known which reference is intended, and most of these inscriptions could be a reference to more than one definite source.