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 which 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, first double-click on the inscription (mouse pointer look 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 taken 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, but 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)

Pop culture references
The following are references to culture and pop culture, in alphabetical order:


 * "Be Just and Fear Not" is a reference to Shakespeare's play Henry VIII.
 * "Don't Fear the Reaper" is a reference to the Blue Oyster Cult song of the same name.
 * "Forget Me Not" is a reference to the flower of the same name.


 * "Ignorance is Bliss" is from the proverb by Thomas Gray.


 * "Let the Memory Live Again" is a reference to the song Memory from Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical Cats.
 * "Life is Pain" is likely a reference to the Princess Bride (or Buddha, take your pick).
 * "Man for All Seasons" is a reference to the play and movie A Man for All Seasons about the life of Sir Thomas More.


 * "Pure of Heart" is a quote from the Beatitudes
 * "Riders On The Storm" is a reference to the song by The Doors.
 * "Seize the Day", originally a phrase from a Latin poem by Horace ("Carpe diem!" in Odes 1.11) is also the title of a Saul Bellow novella.
 * "Show me the money!" is a famous cinema quote from 'Jerry Maguire'.
 * "Sleep Now in the Fire" refers to the Rage Against the Machine song of the same name.


 * "Swift as the Wind" is a quote from the Lotus Sutra.
 * "To the Pain!" is a reference to The Princess Bride.
 * "The Riddle of Steel" is a reference to a concept from Conan the Barbarian. Both the books by Robert E. Howard and the movie.
 * "Vengeance is Mine" is a quote from Deuteronomy 32:35.