Inscription



Inscriptions are a type of salvagable weapon upgrade. They were introduced with the release of the Nightfall campaign and replace some of the inherent weapon modifiers used in the Prophecies and Factions campaign, which are not salvagable.

Acquisitions
There are no crafters or traders for inscriptions. They can only be obtained from loot.

You can salvage an inscription from any drop that has one. The inscription is a guaranteed salvage with Expert Salvage Kits, however the item has a chance of being destroyed in the process.

Inscriptions have an intrinsic value of 25 gold when sold to a merchant so it is generally worth using an Expert Salvage Kit to salvage the inscription from a cheaper object and selling it separately. An Identification Kit can also be used to reveal the actual value of the inscription. The difference is often higher than the cost of identifying the inscription.

Note: Items from Prophecies and Factions, and from the Realms of the Gods have not been converted to the new system, which means their weapon modifiers cannot be salvaged as inscriptions!

Usage
To attach an inscription to a weapon double-click on the inscription (the mouse pointer appearance will change), then click on the item that you want to attach it to.

The target item must be of the designated type given in the description. Furthermore it must have an inscription slot. This slot can either be free (in which case the description reads: "Inscription: None") or in use by an other inscription. In the latter case the old inscription will be overwritten. If you want to keep the old inscription you may salvage it to free the slot at the risk of the target item being destroyed.

Note: Items from Prophecies and Factions, and from the Realms of the Gods have not been converted to the new system, which means they never come with an inscription slot!

List of Inscriptions
The following is a list of all available inscriptions, sorted by bonus effect:

Skill bonuses
See also Weapon upgrades:
 * Swift Staff Head (HCT spells)
 * Wand Wrapping of Quickening (HSR spells)
 * Wand Wrapping of Memory (HSR spells of item's attribute)

Inscription trivia
Most if not all of the names of the inscriptions are suspected to be references to popular media. However it is not known which reference was intended. And most of these inscriptions could be a reference to more than one definite source.

The inscription "To The Pain" is a reference to the movie "The Princess Bride." the inscription "Show Me The Money" is a reference to the movie "Jerry Maguire." the inscription "serenity now" is a reference to an Episode of the sitcom "Seinfeld." The inscriptions "like a rolling stone," "I can see clearly now," and "Riders on the storm" are references to hit songs by Bob Dylan, Johnny Nash, and The Doors, respectively.