Vaults of the Artificers loot

Turn-In Rewards
Much like Crystal Cove items, you can craft at whatever level you like; however, Tiers 2 & 3 of the Epic items require the previous tiers (i.e., you need to build Tier 1 &rarr; Tier 2 &rarr; Tier 3).

As of 12 Nov 2011, Upgrading any weapon or item requires the full price of the desired level plus the item from the previous level, and thus has no point doing so.
 * Example: Upgrading a Ring of Master Artifice from level 4 to level 8 requires the full price of the level 8 ring in addition to turning in the level 4 ring.

Mournlode Weapons
Shortsword, Longsword, Greataxe, Light Mace, Warhammer, Maul

Calomel Weapons
Rapier, Scimitar, Falchion, Heavy Repeating Crossbow, Longbow, Handwraps


 * Epic Handwraps do not have augmented damage as epic weapons normally do, since they deal no base damage.

Mournlode Armors
Chain Shirt, Breastplate, Full Plate, Docent


 * Chain shirt - Armor profile: Light, +4 armor bonus before enhancement bonus, Max Dex 4, ACP -1, ASF 20%
 * Breastplate - Armor profile: Medium, +5 armor bonus before enhancement bonus, Max Dex 3, ACP -3, ASF 25%
 * Full Plate - Armor profile: Heavy, +10 armor bonus before enhancement bonus, Max Dex 1, ACP -5, ASF 35%

Armor Special Qualities
Starting at Level 16 versions, different sets of armor have different special qualities:
 * Chain Shirt - Weaken Undead
 * Docent - Weaken Undead
 * Breastplate -
 * Full Plate - Healer's Bounty

Frozen Tunic
The Barter UI for the Tier 3 upgrade says that Major Ice Lore is removed, but DOES NOT state that Superior Ice Lore is added. This may just be a display issue, however, can someone confirm?

Cloak of Flames
Bug: Level 20 Tier 2 & 3 are called "Cloak of Water"

Wand Bracelet
Some speculation that the item is ged and Devs are removing until fixed. Seems that there was an issue with the wands destroying the item when their charges reached zero.

What to run for ingredients

 * Epic version ingredients are only used for the Tier 2/3 upgrades for Level 20 version items. They can only be obtained by running Epic version challenges.
 * Some ingredients are always awarded regardless if XP gained is zero. However running a challenge even a single level below the level of the highest character inside will heavily penalize the amount gained. The formula for how this works is complex and unknown.
 * There is speculation that a "Conversion Vendor" was forgotten on initial release.