Weapon enchantment summary

Weapon Enchantments Overview

This is a list of enchantment effects that can appear on randomly-generated weapons.

See also: Armor Enchantments, Clothing Enchantments.

<Bonus> <Prefix> <Material> '''Base Weapon Type''' <"of" Suffix>
+2      Wounding Adamantine '''Shortsword'''       of Puncturing

An item can have a maximum of 1 material, 1 prefix and 1 suffix, unless it is one of the unique quest rewards or unique chest loot items. See base price modifier for details.

Materials

Special materials may give additional properties to items:

Table: Materials
Name	Effect
Flametouched Iron	Weapon treated as Good aligned
Darkwood	Slightly harder than wood
Densewood	As hard as steel
Byeshk	Bypasses damage reduction of the daelkyr and Mindflayers, 20 hardness
Adamantine	Bypasses damage reduction of certain monsters (in particular, of many constructs)
Cold Iron	Bypasses damage reduction of fey creatures and demons
Silver, Alchemical	Bypasses damage reduction of vampires and devils

Prefixes

Table: Weapon Enchantments
Name	Description	Base price modifier	Type
Elemental	+1d6 elemental damage	+1	Prefix
Elemental Burst	+1d6 elemental damage, deals an extra +1d10 × (critical multiplier - 1) elemental damage on critical	+2	Prefix
Thundering	deals an extra +1d8 × (critical multiplier - 1) sonic damage on critical	+1	Prefix
Improved Roaring	enemies become Shaken, and deals an extra +2d6 sonic damage on critical	+4?	Prefix
True Alignment	+1d6 alignment damage to non-matching	+1	Both*
Alignment	+2d6 alignment damage to opposing	+2	Prefix
Alignment Burst	+2d6 alignment damage to opposing, deals an extra +1d6 × (critical multiplier +1) alignment damage to opposing on critical	+4	Prefix
Vicious	2d6 damage to enemy, 1d3 damage to self	+2	Prefix
Keen	2x critical range for pierce & slash weapons (doesn't stack with Improved Critical)	+1	Prefix
Impact	2x critical range for bludgeon weapons (doesn't stack with Improved Critical)	+1	Prefix
Crippling	critical slows victim to 1/2	+1	Prefix
Returning	Thrown weapon returns to shooter	+1	Prefix
Finesse	Uses the highest of Dexterity and Strength modifiers for attack bonus, as if you had the Weapon Finesse feat	+3?	Prefix
Weakening	+1 str dmg on hit, can stack	+3	Prefix
Maladroit	+1 dex dmg on hit, can stack	+3	Prefix
Wounding	+1 con dmg on hit, can stack	+3	Prefix
Cursespewing	DC 15 Save or be cursed (under effect of Bestow Curse) on hit	+3	Prefix
Improved Cursespewing	DC 20 Save or be cursed (under effect of Bestow Curse) on hit	+5	Prefix
Paralyzing	Any creature struck must make Will save 17 or be paralyzed.	+5	Prefix
Vorpal	Can behead (kill) non-immune monsters on a Vorpal Strike*. If over 1000hp or immune to instant death, deals 100 bane-type damage.	+5	Prefix
Banishing	Banishers deal an additional 4d6 bane damage to extraplanar creatures on hit. On a Vorpal Strike*, will banish (kill) if under 1000hp, otherwise deals 100 bane-type damage.	+5	Prefix
Ghost Touch	Bypasses an incorporeal creature's 50% chance to avoid damage.	+1	Prefix
Strength Sapping	DC 15 Save or be Exhausted (-6 str, -6 dex, 50% speed)	+4	Prefix
Spell Boost n	Increases damage of a spell category up to level n by 10% to 50% (see below)	+1 to +5	Prefix
Spell Lore	3-9% Chance for Spells to Crit by +.25x - .75x (see below)	+1 to +?	Both
Spell Charges	Ability to cast a spell X times per rest	+1 to +6	Prefix
Seeker +n	Provides a +n enhancement to confirm critical hits and to damage (before multiplication)	+1 per +2 bonus	Prefix
Bodyfeeder	Grants +15 temporary hitpoints (duration 1 minute) On a critical hit	+2?	Prefix
Metalline	Bypasses any Damage Resistance that is bypassable by weapon material	+2	Prefix

• *A Vorpal Strike is a natural 20 followed by a successful confirmation roll of the critical hit.

Elemental Weapons (Prefix)

Elemental weapons do 1d6 extra damage to most targets, but some will take more damage, while others will be immune or even heal. Fire and acid will often stop the regeneration of some monsters, like Trolls. Elemental damage is equivalent to a +1 enhancement, Elemental Burst is +2, in terms of item value.

Table: Elemental Types
Name		Damage	Visual Effect
Flaming	Flaming Burst	Fire	Flaming animation around weapon
Frost	Icy Burst	Ice	Target becomes ice sculpture
Shock	Shocking Burst	Electricity	Blue-white sparks
Acid	Acid Burst	Acid	Greenish/blueish clouds
Screaming *1	Thundering	Sonic	Radiating sonic ripple
Force *2	Force Burst *2	Ether	Blue hew around weapon

• *1 - Screaming can only be found on named items.
• *2 - Force and Force Burst aren't really "elemental", and can only found on handwraps (+2 and +4), as a randomly generated item.

Alignment Weapons (Prefix)

* Pure Good is an exception. It is a suffix.

Some weapons do alignment damage. They may penetrate the damage reduction of powerful creatures of opposing alignment, do extra damage to normal creatures of opposing alignment, and will apply a temporary negative level to any wielder of opposing alignment. (Note: The True Neutral alignment is opposed to nothing, so True Neutral characters are invulnerable to all these effects). Note that most opponents in DDO are either Evil or True Neutral. Alignment damage is equivalent to a +2 enhancement, Alignment Burst is +4, in terms of item value.

Table: Weapon Alignment Types
Name		Damage	Visual Effect
Axiomatic	Axiomatic Burst	Law	White shooting sparkles
Anarchic	Anarchic Burst	Chaos	Purple sparks
Holy	Holy Burst	Good	Blue/silver
Unholy *	Unholy Burst *	Evil	Purplish flames

* no longer drops as a randomly generated weapon.

There is a separate category of "True Alignment" weapons which affects more targets than normal "Alignment" weapons, but do less bonus damage. They do 1d6 extra to any target whose alignment does not match the weapon, and cannot be wielded by someone without a matching alignment (except with a UMD total of 20). The most obvious advantage of Pure Alignment weapons is they can also hurt True Neutral enemies. A True Alignment enchantment is equivalent to a +1 enhancement in terms of item value.

For example, the Retribution named longword is Pure Good, True Law, and Holy. It can only be wielded by a LG character, and its damage bonus against each alignment are as follows: LG +0, NG/LN/CG +1d6, TN/CN +2d6, LE +3d6, NE/CE +4d6.

Table: Weapon True Alignment Types
Name	Damages Targets	Visual Effect
True Law	non-Lawful	White shooting sparkles
True Chaos	non-Chaotic	Purple sparks
Pure Good	non-Good	Blue/silver

Suffixes

Table: Weapon Enchantments
Name	Description	Base price modifier	Type
Lesser Target Bane	extra +1 to-hit / +1d6+1 damage versus target type.	+1	Suffix
Target Bane	extra +2 to-hit / +2d6+2 damage versus target type.	+2	Suffix
Greater Target Bane	extra +4 to-hit / +3d6+4 damage versus target type.	+3	Suffix
Pure Good	+1d6 alignment damage to non-good	+1	Suffix
Righteousness	+2 attack and damage versus evil, and makes weapon good aligned	+1	Suffix
Enfeebling	+1d6 str dmg on crit, can stack	+2	Suffix
Bone Breaking	+1d6 dex dmg on crit, can stack	+2	Suffix
Puncturing	+1d6 con dmg on crit, can stack	+2	Suffix
Destruction	-4 AC damage, on first hit only, does not stack with itself, no save	+4	Suffix
Improved Destruction	-4 AC damage, on first hit only, does not stack with itself but stacks with Destruction, no save	+5	Suffix
Disruption	Any undead creature struck in combat is dealt an additional 4d6 bane-type damage. On a Vorpal Strike*, will destroy (kill) if under 1000hp, otherwise deals 100 bane-type damage.	+5	Suffix
Deception	This weapon is hard to focus upon and thus provides a +3 bonus to Bluff checks. In addition, Deception weapons have a small chance to envelop the target in darkness, making them vulnerable to sneak attacks for a short time.	+1	Suffix
Power n	Increases spell points by 10 × n (10 to 90)	+1 to +5	Suffix
Wizardry n	Increases spell points by 25 × n (25 to 75 )	+2 to +4	Suffix
Magi	Increases spell points by 100	+6	Suffix
Sneak Attack Bonus +n (Backstabbing)	Provides a +n competence bonus to-hit and damage for any attack qualifying as a Sneak Attack, regardless of your class	+1 per +1 bonus	Suffix
Shatter +n	This effect gives a +n enhancement bonus to the DC to resist the character's Sunder and Improved Sunder attempts	+1 per +2 bonus	Suffix
Spell Penetration	Adds 1 to 3 bonus to your spell penetration checks, for spell levels up to n	+1? to +3?	Suffix
Vertigo +n	This effect gives a +n enhancement bonus to the DC to resist the character's Trip and Improved Trip attempts	+1 per +2 bonus	Suffix
Tendon Slice n%	This effect gives a +n enhancement bonus to the DC to resist the character's Hamstring attempts	+1 per 2%	Suffix
Stunning +n	This effect gives a +n enhancement bonus to the DC of Sap / Stunning Blow / Stunning Fist attempts (only Bludgeoning Weapons)	+1 per +2 bonus	Suffix
Everbright	Never takes damage from rust or acid and can emit a blinding flash 3/rest	+2	Suffix
Maiming	deals an extra +1d6 × (critical multiplier - 1) untyped damage on critical	+1	Suffix
Parrying	Grants +1 insight bonus to AC and +1 insight bonus to saving throws while it is held	+2	Suffix
Greater Parrying	Grants +2 insight bonus to AC and +2 insight bonus to saving throws while it is held	+4	Suffix
Feat: Precise Shot (Precision)	Grants the feat Precise Shot to the wielder	+2	Suffix
Slowburst	Whenever you score a critical hit with this weapon, the target is slowed for 18 seconds. (Will DC 15 negates.)	+2	Suffix
Shattermantle	Targets SR is reduced by 3 for 9 seconds	+1	Suffix
Improved Shattermantle	Targets SR is reduced by 6 for 9 seconds	+4	Suffix
Smiting	Any construct struck in combat is dealt an additional 4d6 bane-type damage. On a Vorpal Strike*, will destroy (kill) if under 1000hp, otherwise deals 100 bane-type damage.	+5	Suffix

• *A Vorpal Strike is a natural 20 followed by a successful confirmation roll of the critical hit.

Bane Weapons (Suffix)

Bane weapons give bonuses to attack and damage rolls to one category of targets. See table here.

Spell Boost Enchantments

These abilities increase the Spell Power of some spells. Each ability comes in two forms: a continuous one (granting equipment bonus) and a temporary one (granting alchemical bonus) which lasts only 3 minutes (Exception: Efficacy lasts only 1 minute). The continuous form shares a name with a similar enhancement available to some spellcasters. Equipment and alchemical bonuses stack with the character enhancements.

Table: Affected Damage Types
Continuous Name	Temporary Name	Affects
Combustion	Inferno	Fire Spells
Corrosion	Erosion	Acid Spells
Laceration	?	Slashing Spells and Bludgeoning Spells
Magnetism	Spark	Electric Spells
Glaciation	Freeze	Cold Spells
Resonance	Cacophony	Sonic Spells
Radiance	Brilliance	Light Spells
Benevolence	Beatitude	Good Spells
Nullification	Nihil	Negative Energy Spells
Devotion	Ardor	Positive (Healing) Spells
Reconstruction	Mending	Repair Spells
Impulse	Impact*	Force Spells
Potency	Efficacy	Universal Spells (anything damaging, including unusual damage types; and healing)

*Not to be confused with the other "Impact", which increases the critical threat range of a bludgeoning weapon.

Spell Lore

These abilities increase chance of your spells to make critical hits and magnitude (critical multiplier) of them. Spell Lore can be either a prefix or a suffix on randomly generated loot. Actual examples:

+2 Major Kinetic Lore Dagger ML8

+3 Major Acid Lore Scepter of Spell Penetration V ML16

+2 Greater Fire Lore Light Mace of Wizardry II ML10

+2 Abjuration Scepter of Ice Lore ML8

+3 Mending Dagger of Major Repair Lore ML16

Table: Spell Lore
Name	% Chance to Critical	Critical Damage Multiplier
Minor Lore	+3%	+0.25x
Lesser Lore	+6%	+0.00x
Lore	+6%	+0.25x
Set Lore*	+5%	+0.50x
Greater Lore	+9%	+0.25x
Major Lore	+9%	+0.50x
Superior Lore**	+12%	+0.50x

* Only appears on Tower of Despair sets

** Only appears on Epic Items and Alchemical Weapons

Note on stacking: DDO picks largest value on item critical chance and critical damage separately, Lore items won't stack in general, BUT, wearing minor lore and lesser lore will increase critical chance by 6% and critical damage multiplier by 0.25, and wearing Archmage Set (Set Arcane Lore, +5%/0.50) and Greater Arcane Lore (+9%/0.25) will get you equivalent of having Major Arcane Lore (+9%/0.50).

• External Link, outdated
  • Spell Critical Chance and Multipler Analysis

Spell Charges

Some items have charges of a spell on them and allow the user to cast the spell a few times every rest period. Generally, the items have 3 charges and the base value modifier is equal to the level of the spell. Every 2 extra charges increase the modifier by 1, and 2 less charges decrease it by 1.

e.g. Bull's Strength 5/Rest would have a modifier of +3 while Fireball 1/Rest would have a modifier of +2.

Table: Base price modifiers of User-activated items
Spell level	1 charge/rest	3 charge/rest	5 charge/rest
Level 1 Spell	0	1	2
Level 2 Spell	1	2	3
Level 3 Spell	2	3	4
Level 4 Spell	3	4	5
Level 5 Spell	4	5	6
Level 6 Spell	5	6	7
Level 7 Spell	6	7	8