Spell Research

Related topics: Magic

See TheJackCat's site for information on Historical Spell Research. [1]

Getting Components

Components are available in special Tier 8 chests found in Society Strongholds and the Mana Forge bunkers found in the capital cities. Components also drop on creatures that also drop Pristine Mana Shards on Dark Isle, Freebooter Isle, Moarsman City, and in Graveyard.

For a period of time it was possible to guess the contents of a chest given the chest's burden (e.g., 3 quills 2 inks). In the Celebration event the loot profiles were changed and this is no longer possible because the magic component chests always spawn 2 items that are not components and which have random burdens.

Component Exchanger

During the Secrets of the Apostates event a Component Exchanger was added to each Mana Forge. Similar in operation to the Rare Exchanger, the Component Exchanger will give a random spell component when given 1 MMD and any VIII spell component. The odds are the same for all components which causes glyphs to be the most common, inks less common, and quills quite rare.

Level VIII Scroll Creation

During the Ancient Powers event, a new crafting system for level VIII spell scroll creation was introduced. Some of these spells were previously available on a small number of quest items, however many are brand new. The components (quills, inks, and glyphs) can be obtained in the highest tier treasure profiles which appears in special chests and on creatures that also drop Pristine Mana Shards on Dark Isle, Freebooter Isle, Moarsman City, and in Graveyard.. Quills may be combined with the Mana Scarabs (which are also the casting scarab for level 8 spells and can be purchased from certain vendors) in order to craft infused quills. Infused quills may be crafted with inks to create a combination of the two. This combination may then be crafted with a glyph to create a level 8 scroll. All components involved in making a scroll (quill, mana scarab, ink, and glyph) are consumed in the process of successfully making a scroll.

All components may also be traded or sold to a vendor, and the scrolls may likewise be traded or sold to a vendor. If crafting something you expected to work fails, very likely the spell simply does not exist for level 8. You will not lose components upon failed crafting, and there is no skill associated with level 8 spell crafting, so feel free to experiment safely with the various components and see what you may accomplish!

Steps in creating a level VIII Scroll:

Add the quill to the mana scarab.

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The mana scarab infuses the quill with its magical power.
Add the infused quill to the ink.

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You dip the quill into the magical ink, further empowering it.
Add the enchanted quill to the glyph.

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You trace the rune with your enchanted quill and the pattern of the spell forms before you as a scroll.

This produces a tradable scroll which you can then learn as normal. Level 8 spells last for 90 minutes, or up to three hours with Augmentations.

Scroll Components

In the Secrets of the Apostates event a new NPC was added to each Mana Forge, the Component Exchanger. The exchanger will take 1 MMD and any spell component and give a random one in return. There is an equal chance for all components which makes glyphs the most common, inks less common, and quills (at 4) very rare. In contrast the chests appear to factor in the number of scrolls the item is used by, so infliction quills are very common.

Quills

Introspection - Beneficial Self
Benevolence - Beneficial Other
Infliction - War/Debuff (Other)
Extraction - Drain (Other)

Inks

Formation - Self (can only be used with Introspection Quills)
Conveyance - Other (can only be used with Benevolence, Infliction and Extraction Quills)
Objectification - Item Spells
Nullification - Nullify (can be used with Introspection or Benevolence Quills)

War Spells (Can only be used with Infliction Quills):

Direction - Bolt
Parabolic - Arc
Partition - Blast
Separation - Volly
Alacritous - Streak

Casting Difficulty

When first introduced level VIII spells had a difficulty to cast of 455. In Risks and Rewards the difficulty was lowered to 400, meaning that 400 buffed magic skill will cast successfully 50% of the time. Here are some examples of casting success for a range of buffed values:

Spell cast chance of success
400 - 50% 405 - 57% 410 - 67% 415 - 74% 420 - 80% 425 - 85%		430 - 89% 435 - 92% 440 - 94% 445 - 96% 450 - 97% 455 - 98%		460 - 99% 476 - 100%

Known Formulas

Currently it is impossible to craft Creature Other Buffs, Life Other Buffs, Imperil, Self Debuffs (Link). Life vulns were added during Seeds of Corruption. Defender and Blood Drinker Incantations have the same effect as the level 7 versions, but have 30 minute longer durations.

INFUSED QUILL + INK + GLYPH = SCROLL

 Introspection + Formation  + (Skill)     = Creature Skill Buff
 Infliction    + Conveyance + (Skill)     = Creature Skill Debuff
 
 Introspection + Formation  + (Element)   = Life Protection
 Infliction    + Conveyance + (Element)   = Life Vuln
 Introspection + Formation  + Armor glyph = Armor
 
 Benevolence + Objectification + (Armor)   = Impenetrability (+240 AL)
 Infliction  + Objectification + (Armor)   = Brittlemail (-300 AL)
 Benevolence + Objectification + (Element) = Item Bane
 Infliction  + Objectification + (Element) = Item Lure (Opposite of Bane)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Mana Conv = Hermetic Link (80% bonus)
 Infliction  + Objectification + Mana Conv = Hermetic Void (80% penalty)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Focus     = Spirit Drinker (7% bonus)
 Infliction  + Objectification + Focus     = Spirit Loather (7% penalty)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Quickness = Swift Killer
 Infliction  + Objectification + Quickness = Leaden Weapon
 Benevolence + Objectification + Coord     = Heartseeker (+20% Attack)
 Infliction  + Objectification + Coord     = Turn Blade (-20% Attack)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Melee Def = Defender (+17% Defense)
 Infliction  + Objectification + Melee Def = Lure Blade (-20% Defense)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Strength  = Blood Drinker (+22 Damage)
 Infliction  + Objectification + Strength  = Blood Loather (-24 Damage)
 Benevolence + Objectification + Lockpick  = Strength Lock
 Infliction  + Objectification + Lockpick  = Weaken Lock
 
 Infliction + Alacritous + (Element) = War Streak
 Infliction + Direction  + (Element) = War Bolt
 Infliction + Parabolic  + (Element) = War Arc
 Infliction + Partition  + (Element) = War Blast
 Infliction + Separation + (Element) = War Volley
 
 Introspection + Nullification + Life Enchantment Glyph     = Nullify Life Magic Self
 Benevolence   + Nullification + Life Enchantment Glyph     = Nullify Life Magic Other
 Introspection + Nullification + Creature Enchantment Glyph = Nullify Creature Magic Self
 Benevolence   + Nullification + Creature Enchantment Glyph = Nullify Creature Magic Other
 Introspection + Nullification + Item Enchantment Glyph     = Nullify Item Magic
 
 Plain "Health / Stamina / Mana" Glyphs

 Introspection + Formation  + (Health/Stamina)    = Heal/ Revitalize Self (Restore 125-250) 
 Extraction    + Conveyence  + (Health/Stamina/Mana)    = Drain Health/Stamina/Mana Other
 Infliction    + Conveyence  + (Health/Stamina/Mana)    = Harm/Enfeeble/Mana Drain Other
 Benevolence   + Conveyance  + (Health/Stamina)    = Heal/Revitalize Other
 
 Regeneration "Health / Stamina / Mana" Glyphs

 Introspection + Formation  + (Health/Stamina/Mana Regeneration)    = Regeneration/Rejuvenation/Mana Renewal Self (Increased by 145%)
 Infliction    + Conveyance + (Health/Stamina/Mana Regeneration)    = Fester/Exhaustion/Mana Depletion Other (Decreased by 75%)

Known Failures

INK FAILURES:

 Infliction [Cannot add] Formation
 
 Introspection [Cannot add] Alacritous
 Introspection [Cannot add] Conveyance
 Introspection [Cannot add] Direction
 Introspection [Cannot add] Objectification
 Introspection [Cannot add] Parabolic
 Introspection [Cannot add] Partition
 Introspection [Cannot add] Separation
 
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Alacritous
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Direction
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Formation
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Parabolic
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Partition
 Benevolence [Cannot add] Separation

 Extraction [Cannot add] Alacritous
 Extraction [Cannot add] Direction
 Extraction [Cannot add] Formation
 Extraction [Cannot add] Nullification
 Extraction [Cannot add] Objectification
 Extraction [Cannot add] Parabolic
 Extraction [Cannot add] Partition
 Extraction [Cannot add] Separation
 
GLYPH FAILURES:

 Infliction + Alacritous [Cannot add] (Attribute) or (Health/Stam/Mana)
 Infliction + Conveyance [Cannot add] (Element)
 Infliction + Conveyance [Cannot add] (Salvaging)
 Infliction + Direction [Cannot add] (Attribute) or (Health/Stam/Mana)
 Infliction + Objectification [Cannot add] (END, FOC, WILL)
 Infliction + Partition [Cannot add] (Attribute) or (Health/Stam/Mana)
 Infliction + Separation [Cannot add] (Attribute) or (Health/Stam/Mana)
 Infliction + Separation [Cannot add] (Skill)
 
 Introspection + Formation [Cannot add] Glyph of Armor
 Introspection + Formation [Cannot add] Glyph of Mana
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] (Non-magic school skill)
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] (Mana)
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] (Element)
 Introspection + Nullification [Cannot add] Glyph of Armor
 
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] (skill)
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] (Element)
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] Glyph of Armor
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] Glyph of Mana
 Benevolence + Conveyance [Cannot add] Glyph of Health/Stam/Mana Regeneration
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] (Non-magic school skill)
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] (Tinker Skill)
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] (Regeneration)
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] Glyph of Item Enchantment or War Magic
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] Health
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] (Element)
 Benevolence + Nullification [Cannot add]] Glyph of Armor
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] (Tinker Skill)
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] (Weapon Skill)
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] (Regeneration)
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] (END, WILL)
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] War Magic
 Benevolence + Objectification [Cannot add] Health

Spell Components

Mana Scarab	Quill of Benevolence	Quill of Extraction	Quill of Infliction	Quill of Introspection

Alacritous Ink	Ink of Conveyance	Ink of Direction	Ink of Formation	Ink of Nullification
Ink of Objectification	Ink of Partition	Ink of Separation	Parabolic Ink

Glyph of Alchemy	Glyph of Arcane Lore	Glyph of Armor	Glyph of Armor Tinkering	Glyph of Bludgeoning
Glyph of Bow	Glyph of Cooking	Glyph of Coordination	Glyph of Corrosion	Glyph of Creature Enchantment
Glyph of Crossbow	Glyph of Damage	Glyph of Deception	Glyph of Endurance	Glyph of Flame
Glyph of Fletching	Glyph of Focus	Glyph of Frost	Glyph of Healing	Glyph of Health
Glyph of Item Enchantment	Glyph of Item Tinkering	Glyph of Jump	Glyph of Leadership	Glyph of Life Magic
Glyph of Lightning	Glyph of Lockpick	Glyph of Loyalty	Glyph of Magic Item Tinkering	Glyph of Magic Defense
Glyph of Mana	Glyph of Mana Regeneration	Glyph of Mana Conversion	Glyph of Melee Defense	Glyph of Missile Defense
Glyph of Monster Appraisal	Glyph of Nether	Glyph of Person Appraisal	Glyph of Piercing	Glyph of Quickness
Glyph of Regeneration	Glyph of Run	Glyph of Salvaging	Glyph of Self	Glyph of Slashing
Glyph of Staff	Glyph of Stamina	Glyph of Stamina Regeneration	Glyph of Strength	Glyph of Thrown Weapons
Glyph of Two Handed Combat	Glyph of Void Magic	Glyph of War Magic	Glyph of Weapon Tinkering