Pools.xml

Every inscription a player can get. Inscriptions are grouped in pools; a pool covers a range of items (weapons, shields, armor, wings, jewelry). Each <Entry> is one inscription with its effect, Potential cost per tier, catalyst and roll weight. See the overview for how the system works.

File Location#

Data/Plugins/Inscription/Pools.xml

Dependencies#

Pool#

<Pool Name="Weapon" ItemMin="0" ItemMax="3071">
  <Entry .../>
</Pool>

Shipped pools: Weapon (0-3071), Shield (3072-3583), Armor (3584-6143), Wings (6144-6279), Jewelry (6656-7167). 109 entries in total.

Entry#

<Entry Id="1" Name="Might" Desc="Damage +%d%%" Archetype="Amplify" OptionIndex="125"
       Magnitude="3,4,5" Cost="15,8,8" Weight="100" Catalyst="14,16"/>

Common attributes#

If Cost is missing, the tier count is the length of Magnitude (and every step is free).

Amplify#

Flat bonus from the item option pool.

Useful ids: 80 physical damage, 81 wizardry damage, 82 defense rate, 83 defense, 84 critical rate %, 85 life regen % per 5 s, 86 zen %, 87 defense rate %, 88 reflect %, 89 damage decrease %, 90 mana %, 91 life %, 92 excellent rate %, 94 physical damage %, 96 wizardry damage %, 97 attack speed, 98 life per kill %, 99 mana per kill %, 102 ignore defense %, 109 full reflect chance %, 110 full heal when hit chance %, 115 curse damage %, 116 double damage %, 117 experience %, 119 HP, 120 mana, 123 all damage, 125 all damage %, 126 defense + level / value, 127 defense %, 130 attack rate %, 132 critical damage, 133 excellent damage, 134 skill damage, 136-140 STR AGI VIT ENE CMD, 141 defense % with a shield, 157 max SD. Full list: OptionIndex Reference.

Convert#

A % of one base stat becomes an option bonus.

Bonus = base stat x Magnitude / 100. Example: Mindblade, 5% of Energy as damage.

Defiled#

Grows with corrupted slots.

Bonus = Magnitude x every corrupted slot on all worn items. Slots only get corrupted by recipes with FailMode="corrupt" (Forbidden Inscribe).

Alter#

Changes one skill. Needs a Verb; an Alter entry without a valid Verb is skipped.

Rider attributes:

Known working effects: 55 Poison (Value1="-1" Value2="2" Value3="-2" = Magnitude % of current life every 2 s), 56 Ice (slow; a monster also attacks slower), 61 Stun (no values), 73 Blind / 76 Lesser Damage / 77 Lesser Defense (Value1="-2" = Magnitude %).

Catalyst Rules#

• Exactly one catalyst per mix. A stack of 2+ counts as several catalysts and is refused.
• The item in the box picks the pool, so two pools may share a catalyst (Jewel of Life = Might on a weapon, Vigor on armor).
• Inside one pool, a catalyst names one entry per class. The same jewel can mean a different skill for each class (Lower Refining Stone = Twisting Slash for a Dark Knight, Evil Spirit for a Dark Wizard). Two entries in one pool with the same catalyst for the same class: the second one can never be picked (logged at load).
• A catalyst with a level ("13,31,0") beats a same-item catalyst without a level.
• Never use Jewel of Chaos, Bless or Soul as a catalyst: they are the recipes' payment.
• Every catalyst must also be a <Source> in Recipes.xml, have a real source in game (drop, bag, mix), and sit outside the recipe target row (0-6684), or the chaos window reads it as the item to inscribe.

Shipped catalysts: 14,16 Life, 14,22 Creation, 14,31 Guardian, 14,41 Gemstone, 14,42 Harmony, 14,43 Lower Refining Stone, 14,44 Higher Refining Stone, 13,31 +0 Soul of Dark Horse, 13,52 Condor Flame.

Class skills on a weapon (Overload 112 / 118 / 124 / 130%):

Soul of Dark Spirit (13,31 +1) is not a catalyst; the box refuses it as the wrong catalyst.

Shipped Balance#

Rule of thumb: one inscription at its first tier is worth about one excellent or socket option; the top tier about twice that.

Entry costs: common stats 15 / 8 / 8, strong rates 20 / 10 / 10, class skills 25 / 10 / 10 / 12, utility 10 / 6 / 6. Most entries have 3 tiers; class skill Overloads have 4.

A weapon holds one skill inscription at most: every Alter entry shares IncompatGroup="alter". Damage-taken reduction is kept to shields and wings on purpose, because excellent and harmony options already stack it.

Important Behavior#

• Effects apply while worn, from every equipped item, if the item is not broken and the character can wear it. A bound item only works for its owner.
• Effects are read live from this file. Changing a Magnitude changes every item that carries the entry after reload. Removing an entry makes it dormant on items; putting it back restores it.
• Random rolls pick by Weight among entries that fit the item's pool, the recipe's pool, the inscriber's class, are not already on the item, do not clash by IncompatGroup, and whose first Cost fits the Potential left.
• Empower with no catalyst raises the first inscription on the item that has no catalyst and is not maxed.

Examples#

<Pool Name="Armor" ItemMin="3584" ItemMax="6143">
  <Entry Id="51" Name="Vigor" Desc="Max HP +%d%%" Archetype="Amplify" OptionIndex="91"
         Magnitude="2,3,4" Cost="15,8,8" Weight="100" Catalyst="14,16"/>
</Pool>

<Entry Id="3" Name="Rite of the Storm" Desc="Twisting Slash deals %d%% damage"
       Archetype="Alter" Verb="Overload" Skill="41"
       Magnitude="112,118,124,130" Cost="25,10,10,12" Weight="10"
       Catalyst="14,43" Class="DK" IncompatGroup="alter"/>

<Entry Id="4" Name="Venom Edge" Desc="Twisting Slash may poison: %d%% of life every 2 s"
       Archetype="Alter" Verb="Rider" Skill="41" Effect="55" Chance="25" Duration="6"
       Resist="1" Value1="-1" Value2="2" Value3="-2"
       Magnitude="2,3,4" Cost="20,8,8" Weight="15" Class="DK,MG" IncompatGroup="alter"/>

<Entry Id="60" Name="Blood Pact" Desc="Max HP +%d per corrupted slot worn"
       Archetype="Defiled" OptionIndex="119" MaxStacks="0"
       Magnitude="30,45,60" Cost="20,8,8" Weight="15"/>
<Entry Id="6" Name="Mindblade" Desc="%d%% of Energy as Damage"
       Archetype="Convert" From="ENE" OptionIndex="80"
       Magnitude="3,4,5" Cost="25,10,10" Weight="20" Class="MG,DL"/>

Common Issues#