Arcane Transmutation

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Power Stone Transmutation

Power stones come in two varieties: Fusion Stones and Mana Stones.

Fusion Stones

Fusion Stones can be purchased in-game from Mystic NPCs or from the Auction House. A variant, the Purified Fusion Stone, can be purchased from the Item Shop. Fusion Stones do not have a Tier, and will have between zero and three named rune characteristics. Fusion Stones purchased from NPCs come in three types:

• Cheap - The least expensive type of Fusion Stone will have three randomly selected attributes.
• Moderate - For approximately 5 times the price, a Fusion Stone may be purchased that will have one specified attribute and two random.
• Expensive - The most expensive Fusion Stone will have two specified and one randomized attribute.
• Purified - The Purified Fusion Stone from the item Shop has no attributes.

In general, the Fusion Stones used to upgrade a particular piece of equipment should have matching attributes or none at all. The reason for this is explained below.

Mana Stones

Mana Stones are created in the Arcane Transmutor, in one of two ways, but can also be purchased from the auction house.

• Equipment + Fusion Stone - A Mana Stone can be made by combining a piece of equipment and a Fusion Stone. The process consumes the equipment, the Fusion Stone, and one Transmutor charge. A Mana Stone created in this fashion will carry the Tier of the Equipment used in the creation, and any named attributes present on either the Fusion Stone or the equipment. If a particular attribute (Type and Level) appears on both the Fusion Stone and on the equipment, it is only eligible for inclusion once in the final item. If there are more than six attributes between the Fusion Stone and the equipment, the six weakest will appear on the resultant Mana Stone. The selection of weak attributes is the reason that blank or matching Fusion stones are desirable.

• Mana Stone + Mana Stone + Mana Stone - Three Mana Stones of the same Tier may be combined to create a single Mana Stone of the next Tier. This process consumes all three Mana Stones and one Transmutor charge. Named attributes from the three mana stones will be combined and selected as discussed above under Equipment + Fusion Stone.

• There are exceptions to the transmutation of fusion stones into mana stones:
  Level 50 Purple becomes Tier 4
  level 54 blue becomes Tier 4
  so one would expect level 58 green to become Tier 4

Enhancing Equipment

The final step in an equipment upgrade also uses the Arcane Transmutor

Enhancing a piece of equipment with transmutation is a multi-step process.

First, you combine a fusion stone with a single piece of equipment to create a mana stone.

Next, you combine three mana stones with a single piece of equipment to transfer the stats from the mana stones to the equipment.

Mana stones must be the same tier as the equipment they will be combined with. In most cases the mana stone created will be of the same tier as the equipment used.

The six weakest runes are transferred over, weakest determined by rune number. Power I is weaker than Wisdom II. In the case of yellow stats such as Brute, it is twice the strength of the green. Brute I is the same as Power II.

To get the best possible stats use power stones that have the exact same stats on them to get the fewest number of weak stats on the gear.

Mana stones can also be used to increase the tier of equipment strengthening the base stats by 10% per a tier increase. Combining 3 mana stones of the same tier create 1 mana stone of a higher tier.