Cannith Crafting

The House Kundarak Crafting Hall.

Cannith Crafting, introduced in Update 9, allows players to construct completely customized weapons, shields, armor, jewelry, and clothing.

History

• This system was introduced in a state of live beta and was changed throughout Updates 9 and 10.
• The beta tag was removed with Update 11.
• The system was overhauled in Update 32 to align it with the Update 29 random loot changes.
• Update 50 reduced the power levels that could be crafted from 34 to 30.
• Update 55 reintroduced level 31 and 32 minimum level shards + it introduced combined prefix shards

Locations

There are three places where you can perform Cannith Crafting activities:

• The Crafting Hall located in the House Kundarak Enclave.
• The House Cannith Crafting Hall located in the House Cannith Enclave.
• The Cannith Crafting Hall amenity on a Guild Airship.

Steps

Main article: Cannith Crafting steps

1. "Disjunct" an item at the Item Deconstruction Device, stripping all effects and leaving the raw item ready to accept crafted effects.
2. Craft a Minimum Level shard at a shard crafting device, which determines the minimum level of the item. This in turn determines the power level of shards applied onto the item (and also applies the basic level-appropriate bonus if weapon/armor).

   Note: Crafting a Bound shard is significantly cheaper, but creates an item that is Bound to Account; creating an Unbound shard costs significantly more in material, but allows the item to be freely traded/mailed/auctioned/etc. between characters, accounts, players - anywhere. Use a Bound crafting station for Bound shards, or an Unbound station for unbound shards.)

3. Craft shards (Bound or Unbound) of the effects you want to apply to the item at a shard crafting device.
4. Craft the shards onto the item at an item crafting device.

Components

• Dust of Disjunction is used to remove enchantments from random loot, leaving you with a blank item that is keyed for crafting. Material types and Augment Slots are retained on an item after disjunction.
• Dissolvers are used to turn random loot into essences. The item itself is destroyed in the process, however you often gain some platinum in the process.
  • Cannith Essences are NOT increased on weapons, unlike platinum value, which is doubled on weapons.
  • Only items with an Enchantment Level (a + followed by a number in the upper right corner) will yield platinum when being dissolved. Weapons & Armor always have this; Clothing & Jewelry rarely do. However, Masterwork Craftsmanship, Augment Slots, & Feather Falling will all give Clothing & Jewelry an Enchantment Level. The higher the number, the more platinum you'll receive (generally 60 platinum/level, but not more than one tenth the base value of the original item).
  • Dissolvers need to be in your character inventory or ingredient bag; deconstructing using dissolvers in the Shared Crafting Bank will not produce platinum.
• Cannith Essences are found in chests and from disjuncting random loot using Dissolvers. Essences obtained prior to Update 32 can be converted to Cannith Essences at the crafting potion vendor.
• Collectables are used in all crafting recipes that create shards which are used to put effects onto items. These collectables can be found throughout the game and can be traded or purchased through the Auction Houses. Collectables come in four different category types: Arcane, Lore, Natural, and Cultural. An Arcane device of a given level range has the chance to drop all items in that range. Backpacks/rubble piles have the chance to drop all categories of collectables for a given tier. The tier and the collectible device are the only determination on the collectables received.
  • Recipes for arrows and bolts do not create shards and don't require collectibles.
• Shards are created by using Cannith Essences and collectables. In addition:
  • Purified Eberron Dragonshard Fragments are used for Insightful and unbound shards
  • Marks of Yugoloth are needed for Efficient Metamagic effects
  • Marks of the Silver Flame are used for Eternal Faith, Sacred, and Silver Flame shards
  • Mark of House Cannith can be used to add an extra enchantment slot to items of at least ML 10.
• Bound shards are, and create items that are, Bound to Account, while unbound shards are unbound and create items that are unbound

Base items (blanks)

• You can use Dust of Disjunction to strip enchantments from random loot. Players often look for:
  • Special materials (some examples):
    • Buffing: Flametouched Iron
    • Damage resistant: Crystal · Glass
    • DR breaking: Adamantine · Byeshk · Cold Iron
    • Weight/Caster Failure: Mithral
  • Augment slots.
  • Bound to Account
    • Do not change to BtC when applying bound shards
• Craftable Rune Arms
• Named items: Some named items can be enhanced by Cannith Crafting:
  • Craftable (+5) items • Craftable rune arms • Epic Gem of Many Facets • Gem of Many Facets • Legendary Gem of Many Facets • Mysterious Ring • Trinket

Collectables

All Cannith Crafting recipes that produce effects use collectables. (The exception are those that create ammunition.) There are 113 Cannith Crafting collectables.

Any collectable can be found in an Adventurer's Pack or Rubble. Collectables of each type can be found can be additionally found in:

• Arcane: Alchemy Table, Cabinet, Crude Altar, Reagents Cabinet, and Scroll rack
• Cultural: Treasure Bags (dropped by mobs)
• Lore: Bookshelf, Cabinet
• Natural: Bones, Crude Altar, Fungus, Fungus Patch, Mold, Moss, and Mushroom:

Tier (Total)	Quest levels	Rarity	Arcane	Cultural	Lore	Natural
1 (12)	1-5	Common	Amber Vial, Tier 1 Arcane, Common Reagent	String of Prayer Beads, Tier 1 Cultural, Common Religious Icon	Page Torn from a Research Notebook, Tier 1 Lore, Common Document	Sweet Whitecap, Tier 1 Natural, Common Mushroom
		Uncommon	Vial of Pure Water, Tier 1 Arcane, Uncommon Reagent	Small Wooden Idol, Tier 1 Cultural, Uncommon Religious Icon	Khyber Prayer Pamphlet, Tier 1 Lore, Uncommon Document	Deadly Feverblanch, Tier 1 Natural, Uncommon Mushroom
		Rare	Vial of Contagion, Tier 1 Arcane, Rare Reagent	Icon of Khyber, Tier 1 Cultural, Rare Religious Icon	Tome: Prophecies of Khyber, Tier 1 Lore, Rare Document	Pale Creeper, Tier 1 Natural, Rare Mushroom
2 (24)	6-10	Common	Skull Fragment, Tier 2 Arcane, Common Forensics Glittering Dust, Tier 2 Arcane, Common Pigment	Blade of the Dark Six, Tier 2 Cultural, Common Primitive Tools Funerary Token, Tier 2 Cultural, Common Morbid Curios	Caravan Logbook, Tier 2 Lore, Common Document Phoenix Tavern Purchase Order, Tier 2 Lore, Common Financial Records	Withered Cryptmoss, Tier 2 Natural, Common Moss Cryptmoss Worm Larva, Tier 2 Natural, Common Moth
		Uncommon	Powdered Blood, Tier 2 Arcane, Uncommon Forensics Sparkling Dust, Tier 2 Arcane, Uncommon Pigment	Signet of the Devourer, Tier 2 Cultural, Unommon Primitive Tools Mark of the Keeper, Tier 2 Cultural, Uncommon Morbid Curios	Research Diary, Tier 2 Lore, Uncommon Document 'Wavecrasher' Cargo Manifest, Tier 2 Lore, Uncommon Financial Records	Cryptmoss, Tier 2 Natural, Uncommon Moss Cryptmoss Worm, Tier 2 Natural, Uncommon Moth
		Rare	Intact Fingerbone, Tier 2 Arcane, Rare Forensics Luminescent Dust, Tier 2 Arcane, Rare Pigment	Shamanic Totem, Tier 2 Cultural, Rare Primitive Tools Necromantic Gem, Tier 2 Cultural, Rare Morbid Curios	Tome: Myths of Old Xen'drik, Tier 2 Lore, Rare Document Tome: Stormreach Imports and Exports, 857YK, Tier 2 Lore, Rare Financial Records	Lush Cryptmoss, Tier 2 Natural, Rare Moss Cryptmoss Queen, Tier 2 Natural, Rare Moth
3 (31)	11-15	Common	Ceramic Bowl, Tier 3 Arcane, Common Apparatus Singed Soarwood, Tier 3 Arcane, Common Soarwood Lodestone, Tier 3 Arcane, Common Omen	Amulet of the Lost Empire, Tier 3 Cultural, Common Talisman Small Planar Crystal, Tier 3 Cultural, Common Infernal Essence	Runic Parchment, Tier 3 Lore, Common Intelligence Romantic Sonnet, Tier 3 Lore, Common Lyric	Bruised Spore Pod, Tier 3 Natural, Common Medicinal Spore Sour Darkcap, Tier 3 Natural, Common Fungus Duskbrood Trumpeter, Tier 3 Natural, Common Beetle
		Uncommon	Glass Phial, Tier 3 Arcane, Uncommon Apparatus Charred Soarwood, Tier 3 Arcane, Uncommon Soarwood Moonstone, Tier 3 Arcane, Uncommon Omen	Amulet of the Six, Tier 3 Cultural, Uncommon Talisman Planar Spoor, Tier 3 Cultural, Uncommon Infernal Essence	House-Sealed Letter, Tier 3 Lore, Uncommon Intelligence Silver Flame Hymnal, Tier 3 Lore, Uncommon Lyric Scholarly Notes, Tier 3 Lore, Unommon Document	Intact Spore Pod, Tier 3 Natural, Uncommon Medicinal Spore Fragrant Drowshood, Tier 3 Natural, Uncommon Fungus Headsman Beetle, Tier 3 Natural, Uncommon Beetle
		Rare	Crystal Decanter, Tier 3 Arcane, Rare Apparatus Lightning-Split Soarwood, Tier 3 Arcane, Rare Soarwood Stellar Orb, Tier 3 Arcane, Rare Omen	Amulet of the Archbishop, Tier 3 Cultural, Rare Talisman Elemental Ingot, Tier 3 Cultural, Rare Elemental Essence Planar Talisman, Tier 3 Cultural, Rare Infernal Essence	Tome: History of the Houses, Tier 3 Lore, Rare Intelligence Tome: Lost Songs of Cyre, Tier 3 Lore, Rare Lyric Tome: Codes of the Aurum, Tier 3 Lore, Rare Document	Flowering Spore Pod, Tier 3 Natural, Rare Medicinal Spore Flowering Hellscap, Tier 3 Natural, Rare Fungus Executioner Beetle, Tier 3 Natural, Rare Beetle
4 (20)	16-20	Common	Blessed Candle, Tier 4 Arcane, Common Ritual Paraphernalia Ritual Candle, Tier 5 Arcane, Common Antiquity	Chipped Bone Talisman, Tier 4 Cultural, Common Drow Artifact	Cryptic Message, Tier 3 Lore, Common Document	Ruddy Fungus, Tier 4 Natural, Common Fungus Swaying Mushroom Cluster, Tier 5 Natural, Common Ingredient
		Uncommon	Silver Bowl, Tier 4 Arcane, Uncommon Ritual Paraphernalia Vial of Heavy Water, Tier 5 Arcane, Uncommon Antiquity	Ivory Scorpion Icon, Tier 4 Cultural, Uncommon Drow Artifact Polished Ore, Tier 3 Cultural, Uncommon Elemental Essence	Academic Treatise, Tier 4 Lore, Uncommon Text	Bloodfeast Fungus, Tier 4 Natural, Uncommon Fungus Swaying Mushroom Spore Pod, Tier 5 Natural, Uncommon Ingredient
		Rare	Ritual Athame, Tier 4 Arcane, Rare Ritual Paraphernalia	Tear of Vulkoor, Tier 4 Cultural, Rare Drow Artifact	Tome: Alchemist's Chapbook, Tier 4 Lore, Rare Text	Sanguine Moth, Tier 4 Natural, Rare Fungus
5 (14)	21-25	Common	Mortar and Pestle, Tier 5 Arcane, Common	Smoldering Ember, Tier 3 Cultural, Common Elemental Essence	Mystical Formula, Tier 5 Lore, Common Text	Slime Mold, Tier 5 Natural, Common Zygomycota Fungus, Tier 5 Natural, Common
		Uncommon	Fractured Femur, Tier 5 Arcane, Uncommon	Stone Fetish, Tier 5 Cultural, Uncommon	Warehouse Ledger, Tier 5 Lore, Uncommon	Glowmoss Spores, Tier 5 Natural, Uncommon Blister Beetle, Tier 5 Natural, Uncommon
		Rare	Prismatic Dust, Tier 5 Arcane, Rare Oceanic Sphere, Tier 5 Arcane, Rare Antiquity		Encoded Communique, Tier 5 Lore, Rare	Scarlet Cryptmoss, Tier 5 Natural, Rare Glowmoss Clump, Tier 5 Natural, Rare Ingredient
6 (12)	26+	Common	Brass Censer, Tier 6 Arcane, Common	Flint Knife, Tier 6 Cultural, Common	Ancient Text, Tier 6 Lore, Common	Crypt Moth, Tier 6 Natural, Common
		Uncommon	Pouch of Bone Fragments, Tier 6 Arcane, Uncommon	Ornate Charm, Tier 6 Cultural, Uncommon	Archaic Logbook, Tier 6 Lore, Uncommon	Hairy Trumpet, Tier 6 Natural, Uncommon
		Rare	Vial of Dragon's Blood Ink, Tier 6 Arcane, Rare	Token of the Spider, Tier 6 Cultural, Rare	Adventuring Oratorio, Tier 6 Lore, Rare	Shimmering Spore Pod, Tier 6 Natural, Rare

Minimum Level shards

Minimum Level shards have a crafting difficulty of their level x 10 except for ML 1, which has a crafting difficulty of level 1. Unbound Minimum Level shards have a difficulty of their level x 10 + 50.

Minimum Level shard requirements

Cannith Crafting Shard(s), various Shard of Minimum Level		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Bound	Crafting level	1	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200	210	220	230	240	250	260	270	280	290	300	310	320	330	340
	Cannith Essence	10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200	210	220	230	240	250	260	270	280	290	300	310	320	330	340
Unbound	Crafting level	50	70	80	90	100	110	120	130	140	150	160	170	180	190	200	210	220	230	240	250	260	270	280	290	300	310	320	330	340	350	360	370	380	390
	Cannith Essence	100	140	160	180	200	220	240	260	280	300	320	340	360	380	400	420	440	460	480	500	520	540	560	580	600	620	640	660	680	700	720	740	760	780

Enchantments

Main article: Cannith Crafting enchantments

Each craftable item has a prefix and a suffix enchantment slot. Where you can place specific shards (prefix vs. suffix) is the same as on randomly-generated loot.

• A Mark of House Cannith can be used to add a third extra enchantment slot. Extra enchantment slots are not available on items under minimum level 10.
• The Enhancement bonus on weapons, shields, and armor is applied automatically when the Minimum Level shard is applied. An Implement bonus is applied to a weapon or shield when a prefix or suffix gives the weapon a spellcasting effect (such as Potency). No additional shards are required to add these types of bonus.

Crafting higher level items and more powerful benefits is possible once you've gained enough crafting experience. You can attempt to craft a shard even if you aren't high enough level, but there is a chance for the crafting recipe to fail, costing you the ingredients used to craft. You can craft recipes if you have at least a 1% chance of success.

• Minimum Level shards simply determine the ML of the item. Bound to AccountBound to Account: This item is Bound to Account ML shards have a crafting difficulty of their level x 10, except for ML 1 which has a crafting difficulty of level 1. Unbound Minimum Level shards have a target Crafting Level of their {level x 10} + 50.
• There are three main groups of Scaling enchantment shards (plus 2 miscellaneous exceptions). Group 1 has a minimum crafting level of 1, Group 2 has a minimum crafting level of 50, and Group 3 has a minimum crafting level of 100 (see table, below).
  • The two scaling exceptions (which have no "insightful" version) are:
    • CL 150 Spell Lore (critical)
    • CL 175 Natural Armor
• The majority of Non-Scaling enchantments (such as Keen/Impact, Everbright or Fearsome) are Crafting Level 250, which is moderately advanced. These are unavailable as "insightful", and would be CL 400 if unbound.
  

However, three of these non-scaling effects are available at CL 1 (CL 150 unbound), which can be made by any beginning crafter. Those three CL 1 effects are:

• Deathblock
• Feather Fall
• Underwater action

• Unbound versions of these shards (scaling and non-scaling) add +150 to their crafting level. For effects which can be Insightful (not all can), add +175 to their crafting level for the Insightful version. Shards that are both unbound plus insightful add +325 (150+175) to the base level.

Scaling Enchantment Groups Table

Scaling Enchantment groups

		Group 1	Group 2	Group 3
Crafting Level	Base (Bound)	1	50	100
	+150 Unbound	150	200	250
	+175 Insightful	175	225	275
	+150 Unbound +175 Insightful	325	375	425
Enchantments		Disease Ward Diversion Energy Resistance Enchantment Resistance False Life Fortification Fortitude Save Incite Poison Ward Reflex Save Skill Will Save Wizardry	Ability damage Accuracy Armor-Piercing Creature Bane Deadly Dodge Bonus Elemental Absorptions Healing, Negative, or Repair Amplification Parrying Seeker Shatter Sheltering Shield Bashing Spell Focus Spell Penetration Spell Power Spell Resistance Stunning Tendon Slice Vertigo Elemental weapon damage	Abilities Assassinate Combat Mastery Doubleshot Doublestrike Melee/Ranged Alacrity Potency Resistance Riposte Spell Lore Spell Save Vampirism Vitality Weapon alignment Weapon critical damage

Update 55 introduced new unbound combined prefix shards. All require crafting level 400, 800 essences, 15 Purified Eberron Dragonshard Fragments, and 5 mystical ingredients.

Name	Effect	Mystical cost	Slot
Armor Destroying	Armor Piercing + Destruction	5 Mystical Band	Weapon
Champion's	Speed + Combat Mastery	5 Mystical Goblet	Trinket
Initiate's	Spell Penetration + Wizardry	5 Mystical Bottle	Gloves
Sabotaging	Seeker + Deception	5 Mystical Urn	Goggles
Silver Flame's	Turn Undead Level + Turn Undead Dice	5 Mystical Dried Fish	Necklace
Warded	Curse Resistance + Protection from Evil	5 Mystical Vessel	Ring
Watchful	Dodge + Heightened Awareness	5 Mystical Plant	Belt

Exclusive effects

Not all effects can be duplicated with Cannith Crafting, and not all Cannith effects can be found on randomly generated items; some are found only via one or the other, although most (if not all) of them can be found on named items. In other words, the following effects may not be strictly exclusive to Cannith Crafting or random loot, but are mutually exclusive between them:

Exclusive to Cannith Crafting	Exclusive to Random loot
Aligned Blindness Immunity Efficient Metamagic Everbright Fearsome Ghost Touch Invulnerability Arcane Casting Dexterity (Lesser) Metalline Persuasion Regeneration Songblade Twilight Unbalancing Vengeful	Death effects: Banishing, Disruption, Smiting, Vorpal Critical Bludgeoning/Piercing/Slashing Cursespewing Ghostbane Paralyzing Speed Use Magic Device Guard effects: Air Guard, Earthgrab Guard, Slay Living Guard, Trap the Soul Guard Alignment Burst effects Lifesealed Feeding Mystic Diversion Smoke Screen Command

• The number of effects in the second column has been significantly increased with the new effects added to randomly generated loot in U46.

Other craftable items

• Arrows and bolts can be created with a combination of Cannith Essences and Siberys Dragonshard Fragments. No collectible components are needed.
  • Tip: Ranged weapons use the enhancement bonus of the bow or ammo, whichever is higher. Therefore, +1 crafted ammo (which is cheapest and easiest to make) is just as effective in, for example, a +3 bow as a +3 arrow would be. (However, +4 or +5 arrows would be better.)
• The Device Workstation can be used to make traps, grenades, and companion collars. Cannith Essences are used in some grenades, traps, and collar recipes.
• Some Rune Arms can be crafted on. Rune arms can have three enchantments crafted on them, just like random loot. Disjunction does not change the Minimum Level, charge tier, spell, imbue, and unique enchantments of a rune arm, but its other benefits are removed.
  • Note that the Minimum Level cannot be raised after disjunction.
  • BUG: It seems that when you deconstruct a rune arm, the description shows that the "Minimum Level" has become much lower, but in fact it remains the same. (See Rune Arm Crafting Steps)
• Runestones can be crafted with a combination of Cannith Essences and Siberys Dragonshard Fragments. No collectible components are needed.

Level progression

Main article: Cannith Crafting level progression

Crafting experience

Level Experience 10 104 20 264 30 489 40 807 50 1,256 60 1,872 70 2,699 80 3,811 90 5,305 100 7,313

Level Experience 110 9,938 120 13,298 130 17,598 140 23,104 150 30,151 160 38,925 170 49,620 180 62,658 190 78,551 200 97,924

Level Experience 210 119,659 220 142,505 230 166,520 240 191,763 250 218,297 260 245,580 270 273,137 280 300,971 290 329,084 300 357,480

Level Experience 310 386,083 320 414,828 330 443,718 340 472,752 350 501,932 360 531,259 370 560,732 380 590,353 390 620,122 400 650,040

The maximum crafting level is 400. The amount of experience required to gain a level increases as levels increase. You gain experience by crafting shards and deconstructing items into essences.

Experience gained prior to Update 32 was carried over to the new system.

• Three schools at level 50 (7,305 * 3 = 21,915) → level 138 in new system
• Three schools at level 100 (35,230 * 3 = 105,690) → level 203 in new system
• Three schools at level 150 (81,905 * 3 = 245,715) → level 260 in new system

Leveling tips

• You have bound and unbound shard options to gain crafting experience. Go back and forth between both devices, sort by experience and choose your best option.
• Once you reach 50 House Cannith Favor, Minor Crafting Experience Elixirs (10%, 30 minutes) and +10% Crafting Success Boosters are available for in-game platinum.
• The Fabricators Guild Tutorial rewards you with either a Greater Crafting Experience Elixirs (75%, 30 minutes, BtA) or 5 25% Crafting Success Boosters, BtA. Since burning through even 50,000 Cannith Essences can be done within 30 minutes time, it is recommended that you have enough essences before starting a 30 minute crafting spree. You can run the tutorial quest with all of your characters every life and either select the Elixir, or the Success Boosters if you already have an elixir ready to go for a crafting spree. Since both the elixir and the crafting boosters are Bound to Account, you can pass them to your crafter via the shared bank. The tutorial quest can be obtained from Maker in the Kundarak Crafting Hall, Felix d'Cannith in the Harbor, or Vertigo in the Marketplace.
• Major Crafting Experience Elixirs (100%, 30 minutes), from the DDO Store are recommended if you are going for fast leveling. They are cheap, and can be obtained for the equivalent of 200 favor in DDO points.
• If you use Major Crafting Experience Elixirs, Major Success Boosters, and wait for a DDO Bonus Day for crafting experience, it is possible to level extremely fast by making only a few bound and unbound Minimum-Level-Shards of each level.
• Roughly after the ability to craft lvl 23 Bound Minimum-Level-Shards, progression slows significantly. Between failures, increased XP needed for each crafting level, and needing increasingly more Essence per higher lvl shard, you might only gain 5 levels, even with the above boosting combo. Getting to max lvl crafting might take a long long time.
  • Staying at character lvl 32 for a bit and getting lots 30-32 lvl unbound equipment, is the quickest way to get lots of Essence.

Tables

With so many effects, many of them scaling from Level 1-34, plus the recipes for those, and each going into different slots (prefix, suffix, & "extra") depending on the item... well, here are some links to tables to better see, at a glance, exactly what's going on...

Costs for ML shards and expendables

• ML Shards Costs, bound & unbound in essences
• Ammunition Crafting costs (all necessary ingredients for X effect ammo)
• Runestone Crafting costs (all necessary ingredients for X effect runestone)

Collectables

• Collectables by name, listed by Tier (1-6) & rarity (Simple list of items)
• Collectables by image (linked), listed by Tier (1-6), rarity, & category/source (more complex graphic)
• Collectables by use in recipes - Have some collectables and don't know what they're for?

Effects and recipes

• Effects, listed by Item & prefix/suffix/extra slot - Planning your gear, or wondering what you can put in a specific item?
• Combined prefixes - lvl 400 unbound recipes
• Scaling Effect¹ Values, Lvl 1-34 - How big is an effect at ML #? What are the cutpoints?
  • Max Values for Scaling Effects¹ (just the last column of the prev table, "Lvl 30", for end-game considerations)
  • Cannith Crafted Scaling¹ Effects vs. Augments How much better is Crafting than slotting a scaling augment?
• Scaling Effect¹ Recipes, bound & unbound all necessary ingredients for X scaling¹ effect shard
• Non-Scaling Effect² Recipes, bound & unbound all necessary ingredients for X non-scaling² effect shard

Note: Any effect is either "scaling" or "non-scaling" - there are no effects which can be both.

1. Scaling effects vary their values when placed in lower or higher Minimum Level shard items, increasing with higher ML. Examples are Fortification, False Life, and any Skill or Ability bonus.
2. Non-scaling effects do not change with Minimum Level. Examples are Water Breathing, Deathblock, Keen/Impact, and any "Efficient Metamagic" effects (like Empower or Extend) that reduce the cost of using that Metamagic Effect on spells by a fixed amount.

Notes

• As of Update 32, most, if not all, randomly-generated loot can be dissolved for Cannith Essences. Some older randomly-generated loot may not be dissolvable, but can still be disjuncted (old term "deconstructed") to be used as blanks.
• Unlike original Cannith Crafting, you don't need to craft an Enhancement Bonus shard for Weapons, Shields, or Armors (including Robes, Outfit, and Docents). A scaled Enhancement Bonus is applied automatically when you apply a Minimum Level shard.
  • A Weapon dice multiplier is automatically applied to a weapon.
  • A Spellcasting Implement bonus is added when a spell-related shard is applied to a weapon or shield. This bonus is equal to the item's minimum level.
    • Prior to this value, the implement bonus used to be equal to triple the enhancement bonus. It is no longer possible to obtain new items of this type, but a few examples may occasionally be found on the Auction House.
• Removing a high minimum level augment from a lower minimum level Cannith crafted item does not immediately reset item's minimum level. Putting the item into shared bank and retrieving it again (or relogging) resets the minimum level properly. DDO Forums
• When crafting on an item with an augment slot, after disjuncting the item, it will be listed as having a minimum level, but it appears that a lower level shard can be applied. This may be a holdover from the old crafting system when crafting on a slotted item increased the overall level of the item.
  • For reference, these listed minimum levels are:
    • Colorless: ML 1
    • Red/Blue: ML 2
    • Yellow: ML 3
    • Green: ML 5
    • Purple/Orange: ML 8 (only seems to show on weapons alongside a Red Augment slot)
• Dissolving an item with an augment inserted will destroy the augment as well as the item.
• Keen effect might disappear after adding to weapons with Red Augment slots (especially if put into the shared bank).

See also

• Cannith Crafting Tutorial
• (Table) Enchantments by slot
• (Table) Scaling enchantments by name
• (Table) Non-scaling enchantments by name
• (Table) Enchantment scaling
  • (Table) Maximum scaling
• (Table) Crafting enhancements by required items
• (Table) Craftable ammunition
• (Table) Craftable runestones
• Cannith Crafting level progression (includes section on calculating success chance)
• Cannith Crafting items in the DDO Store

External links

• Official Cannith Crafting Guide
• UL crafting planner/ this former alternative link is not working
• YourDDO Cannith Crafting Planner This is a dead link now.
• TPICKRELL Gear Set Planner Application (DDO Forum thread)
• Cannith Crafting Builder Lite (DDO Forum thread)
• How To Farm the New Collectables System Efficiently (DDO Forum thread)
• Cannith Crafting Discussion
• Cannith Crafting Discussion - Part 2
• Cannith Crafting More Info + Recap