Item Rarity, Gear Modifiers and Upgrade Costs

The inventory separates ordinary gear into Common, Superior, Master, Epic and Legendary. Junk and Quest are special item categories, so they do not sit above or below the equipment ladder.

For weapons and clothing in the current Steam build, the normal pattern is one listed modifier on Superior gear, two on Master, three on Epic and four on Legendary gear. These are the effects attached to the item record; they are a useful way to compare equipment, but they do not prove that the game offers a general-purpose reroll screen.

There is one recorded content exception: Moon Armour from the East is Master but has one listed modifier. Treat the tier as the starting comparison, then read the actual effect list on the item page.

Consumables, recipes, ingredients and quest items use the rarity field for inventory sorting or category presentation. Do not apply the equipment modifier counts to those item families.

Browse the weapons, armour and item directories to check an individual record.

Rarity is selected by the active loot pool. The game keeps separate pools for regular loot, points of interest, vendors and ingredients, with region and player-level settings inside each pool. A higher player level changes the mix; it does not make every chest or shop roll the same tier.

Those percentages describe one regular loot pool. Separate pity curves also target Master, Epic and Unique outcomes by region.

The upgrade data starts from a base cost of 9 denarii. It applies a level multiplier of 1.04× and then uses a rarity factor. The table compares rarity factors; the final upgrade cost also depends on item level and equipment slot.

Equipment slot factors are separate: weapons 1.4×, chest 1.2×, hands 0.89×, feet 0.91×, amulets 0.84× and rings 0.56×. The item’s current level and the selected upgrade level can therefore change the quote even when two items share a rarity.

For a specific purchase, use the amount shown at the upgrade bench. The equipment comparison tool explains why the same item can show different values at different levels.

Buy and sell values begin with the individual item record. Items with a level then use the shop’s level-scaling factor of 1.0369× per level step, followed by active shop effects. Two items with the same rarity can therefore have different prices, and a levelled item can quote differently from its directory value.

For example, The Kingslayer is a Legendary/Unique sword with a recorded base buy value of 1,698 denarii and sell value of 288. Those numbers identify that sword; they are not a universal Legendary price.

See how shop prices and item levels work before comparing a merchant quote with a directory page.