Epic Crafting links.. and questions..

[moorewr]

First, some informative links I've found...

Guide to Augmentation of Epic Items
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=211255

Epic Item Review
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=226744

Next will be the text of the Guide, then my questions..

[moorewr]

From the Guide by Dark-Star
http://forums.ddo.com/showthread.php?t=211255

First you find a normal version of the item, then you collect three objects in epic dungeons to upgrade the item.

If, say, you want an epic Bloodstone, you'll need to get a Bloodstone, kill epic monsters to get a Scroll of the Bloodstone (or buy one on the auction house), and loot chests for a Seal of the Bloodstone and a Shard of the Bloodstone. Once you have all of those, you can upgrade your Bloodstone to the epic version of the item.

Collect the three upgrade items and hit "blend" in the Epic Eldritch Device.

Upgrading an item does increase its minimum level to 20.

Scrolls drop similar to collectable bags and can be freely traded. Seals and Shards are bound to account (though can be traded normally in the chest). All of them stack and count as "Ingredients".

In general, red is for weapons, blue is for armors, and yellow is for accessories. There are also green, purple, and orange augment slots - these allow your choice of the two colors that make up that color. (A green augment slots would permit either a blue or yellow augment crystal.)

Colorless crystals can go into any color slot.

If you have a purple augment slot, and want to put a blue augment crystal into it, you need a purple catalyst.

Some items have multiple slots, and the catalysts let us know which slot you want to put the crystal in. The Wolf Whistle, for instance, has a Yellow and a Colorless slot. If you're putting a +1 Exceptional Dexterity crystal into it, it could go into either one.

Most items have only one augment slot. Two handed weapons often have two. Extremely powerful items might have none.

Crystals are permanent modifications to the item, so choose what to add very carefully.


Once in the 12, open your map and look for the Epic Crafting Altar. next to it you will find a vendor that will, for the right price, sell you epic updrades augments. They come in various colors, and cost varying prices.

Blue 30
-15% Arcane Spell failure
+20 HPs, will not stack with the Toughness from Minos helm.
+2 Luck to skills and saves
+2 max dex bonus to AC
Heavy Fortification
+4 Natural AC

Blue 15
+7 Enhancement bonus


Red 30
Good
Evil
Lawful
Chaotic

Red 20
Adamantine
Silver
Cold Iron
Byeshk
Crystal

Red 15
+7 Enhancement


Yellow Immunity
Blindness
Disease
Poison
Fear
Feather Fall


Yellow Other
+4 resist
+4 deflection
Greater False Life
Wizardy VI


Spell Augmentation
Spell Focus: Abjuration
Spell Focus: Conjuration
Spell Focus: Evocation
Spell Focus: Illusion
Spell Focus: Enchantment
Spell Focus: Necromancy
Spell Focus: Transmutation



Colorless
20 Epic Dungeon Tokens
+6 Strength
+6 Dexterity
+6 Constitution
+6 Intelligence
+6 Wisdom
+6 Charisma

25 Epic Dungeon Tokens AND 5 Epic Raid Tokens
+1 Exceptional Strength
+1 Exceptional Dexterity
+1 Exceptional Constitution
+1 Exceptional Intelligence
+1 Exceptional Wisdom
+1 Exceptional Charisma

[moorewr]

So.. my questions are about acquiring the ingredients.


You get tokens from epic chests. Where do they go in your inventory? How many do you need?
Scrolls are solely from monster body bags? Any advice there other than trust your party mates and be situationally aware?
Seals and Shards are in epic chests only? What's the drop rate? What's the pattern to which quests give which shards?