Altar of Insanity

Overview

The Altar of Insanity is the Crafting device found in Hall of the Planes in the Tower of the Twelve. The device is used for items with the Trace of Madness attributes. These items come from Harbinger of Madness and Reign of Madness quests added in Update 9 and Update 10 respectively.

Crafting Window

The Crafting window presents a list of all available recipes. If an item is dragged into the lower left field, this list will be reduced to the recipes using that item. Also a Keyword search can be used to find the crafting recipe one desires.

Trace of Madness Items

• Parasitic Breastplate (Update 9)
• Beholder Plate Armor (Update 9)
• Beholder Plate Docent (Update 9)
• Infused Chaosrobe (Update 9)
• Infused Chaos Docent (Update 10)
• Fleshshaper's Brigandine (Update 10)
• Fleshshaper's Docent (Update 10)

Recipes

Recipes require ingredients from the Reign of Madness Adventure pack added in Update 10. Ingredients can drop from any appropriate enemy and are added to your ingredient bag automatically when you or a member of your party kills them (similar to how collectables were distributed in a party during the special events). These ingredients are Bound to Account. Items remain Bound to Account after applying a bonus from the list below and undertake no change in minimum level.

Name	Bonus Applied	Ingredients
Xoriat Madness: Mania	Melodic GuardMelodic: When being hit there is a chance for the opponent to dance.	Any armor item with the 'Trace of Madness' trait. 10 Watcher's Eyes 20 Polished Stones 50 Adhesive Slimes 10 Brain Samples
Xoriat Madness: Hysteria	Curse Guard	Any armor item with the 'Trace of Madness' trait. 10 Watcher's Eyes 10 Polished Stones 50 Adhesive Slimes 20 Brain Samples
Xoriat Madness: Obsession	Obsession attack proc: 100% extra threat for 15 seconds.	Any armor item with the 'Trace of Madness' trait. 10 Watcher's Eyes 50 Polished Stones 20 Adhesive Slimes 10 Brain Samples
Xoriat Madness: Paranoia	Paranoia attack proc: half threat for 15 seconds.	Any armor item with the 'Trace of Madness' trait. 20 Watcher's Eyes 50 Polished Stones 10 Adhesive Slimes 10 Brain Samples
Xoriat Madness: Delirium	Delirium guard proc: Displacement for 15 seconds.	Any armor item with the 'Trace of Madness' trait. 50 Watcher's Eyes 10 Polished Stones 10 Adhesive Slimes 20 Brain Samples
Xoriat Madness: Solipsism	Solipsism attack proc: Dazed for 6 seconds.	Any armor item with the 'Trace of Madness' trait. 20 Watcher's Eyes 50 Polished Stones 10 Adhesive Slimes 10 Brain Samples
Xoriat Madness: Alien Mind	Will Save +10Will Save +10: This item gives a +10 resistance bonus to your Will saving throws. *	Any armor item with the 'Trace of Madness' trait. 10 Watcher's Eyes 10 Polished Stones 20 Adhesive Slimes 50 Brain Samples
Xoriat Madness: Uncanny Awareness	Reflex Save +10Reflex Save +10: This item gives a +10 resistance bonus to your Reflex saving throws. *	Any armor item with the 'Trace of Madness' trait. 50 Watcher's Eyes 10 Polished Stones 10 Adhesive Slimes 10 Brain Samples
Xoriat Madness: Subtle Ambition	Greater Conjuration FocusGreater Conjuration Focus: Your Conjuration spells have the DC to resist them increased by +2. Greater Illusion FocusGreater Illusion Focus: Your Illusion spells have the DC to resist them increased by +2.	Any armor item with the 'Trace of Madness' trait. 20 Watcher's Eyes 10 Polished Stones 20 Adhesive Slimes 50 Brain Samples
Xoriat Madness: Chaotic Ambition	Arcane Lore Arcane Lore: Your Universal spells gain additional 6% chance to make critical hits and their critical multiplier increase by 0.25x	Any armor item with the 'Trace of Madness' trait. 10 Watcher's Eyes 20 Polished Stones 10 Adhesive Slimes 50 Brain Samples

* - These save bonuses do not stack with resistance bonus (link). (Initially they did, due to being typed oddly. See the post below for the reason.) NB. Currently (16/12/12) These still stack with Resistance Bonuses.

Quote: Originally Posted by Eladrin Yeah, those are supposed to be resistance bonuses (and thus not stack on top of Resistance +X). They actually *are* typed as "resistance" bonuses behind the scenes, but for some reason actual resistance bonuses are typed as "enhancement" bonuses, which is why they're stacking. ARGH.