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Collectable
Overview[edit]
Collectables are found either in treasure bags dropped by creatures you kill or from collectable nodes (e.g. bookcases, mushrooms) you find in the quest landscape.
Collectables come in sets of three, each item of a different rarity, desired by a particular collector. Collectables are also crucial elements of Cannith crafting recipes.
Creatures of a given type drop the same set every time. For example giant type creatures always drop talismans (like Amulet of the Lost Empire) throughout the game.
Collectable nodes[edit]
A collectable node is a quest feature where collectables may be dropped. It can take many forms, such as a pile of Rubble, an Adventurer's Pack, a Crude Altar, and more. The node is surrounded by floating sparkles until your character has collected from it.
Each node drops collectable sets of a related type. For example, mushrooms drop collectables from a set with an organic feel, such as a fungus or insect, but not books or documents. The sets dropped by a particular collectable device also depend upon the quest tier.
It is worth noting that, unlike chests, collectable nodes cannot ransack. A character may thus farm collectables from a single node indefinitely without penalty.
Rarity[edit]
Each collectable set includes one common item, one uncommon item, and one rare item. For example, the religious icon set consists of String of Prayer Beads (common), Small Wooden Idol (uncommon), and Icon of Khyber (rare). The chance of each rarity being dropped is:
- 75% common
- 20% uncommon
- 5% rare
Tiers[edit]
Tier is based on effective level rather than base level. So, for example, if you were to run a level 5 quest on normal, you would get the tier 1 collectables; but if you ran it on hard, you would get the tier 2 collectables. Treasure Bags are unaffected by tier.
Collectable nodes drop collectable sets based on the level tier of the quest in which they are found.
- Tier 1: Levels 1–5
- Tier 2: Levels 6–10
- Tier 3: Levels 11–15
- Tier 4: Levels 16–20
- Tier 5: Levels 21–25
- Tier 6: Levels 26+
Collectables[edit]
All Cannith Crafting recipes (except for Minimum Level shards and ammunition) use collectables. 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: Bookcase, Bookshelf, Cabinet
- Natural: Bones, Crude Altar, Flowering Plant, Fungus, Fungus Patch, Mold, Moss, and Mushroom:
There are also three types of special collectable available from certain collectable nodes, which do not appear in the below table:
- Herb collectables drop from Flowering Plants in Phiarlan Carnival and the Anniversary Party. There are three: Lily Petal, Woodblossom Nectar and Crimson Nightshade.
- Pearl collectables drop from Colossal Clams in The Red Fens. There are three: Verdant Swamp Pearl, Rosy Swamp Pearl and Golden Swamp Pearl.
- The only Fragment collectables currently in the game, Lilac Gemstone Fragments, Scratched Lilac Gemstone and Pristine Lilac Gemstone, drop only from the Toolbox in Ruinous Schemes. They are currently useless.
Note that the numbers of several collectables appear to have been changed. Tier 4 lore collectables still have Cryptic Message, which is now classified as tier 3, as their common drop.[Unverified
"Tier 4 lore collectables still have Cryptic Message, which is now classified as tier 3, as their common drop." has not been verified in-game. Please verify it!]
| Tier (Total) |
Quest levels |
Rarity | Arcane | Cultural | Lore | Natural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (12) Amber Vial |
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) Research Diary |
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, Uncommon 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 (33) Tome: History of the Houses |
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  Smoldering Ember, Tier 3 Cultural, Common Elemental Essence
|
 Runic Parchment, Tier 3 Lore, Common Intelligence  Romantic Sonnet, Tier 3 Lore, Common Lyric Cryptic Message, Tier 3 Lore, Common Document
|
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  Polished Ore, Tier 3 Cultural, Uncommon Elemental 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  Planar Talisman, Tier 3 Cultural, Rare Infernal Essence  Elemental Ingot, Tier 3 Cultural, Rare Elemental 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 (17) Blessed Candle |
16–20 | Common |  Blessed Candle, Tier 4 Arcane, Common Ritual Paraphernalia
|
 Chipped Bone Talisman, Tier 4 Cultural, Common Drow Artifact
|
 Ruddy Fungus, Tier 4 Natural, Common Fungus
| |
| Uncommon |  Silver Bowl, Tier 4 Arcane, Uncommon Ritual Paraphernalia
|
 Ivory Scorpion Icon, Tier 4 Cultural, Uncommon Drow Artifact
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Academic Treatise, Tier 4 Lore, Uncommon Text
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Bloodfeast Fungus, Tier 4 Natural, Uncommon Fungus
| ||
| Rare |  Ritual Athame, Tier 4 Arcane, Rare Ritual Paraphernalia
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 Tear of Vulkoor, Tier 4 Cultural, Rare Drow Artifact
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Tome: Alchemist's Chapbook, Tier 4 Lore, Rare Text
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 Sanguine Moth, Tier 4 Natural, Rare Fungus
| ||
| 5 (15) Zygomycota Fungus |
21–25 | Common |  Mortar and Pestle, Tier 5 Arcane, Common Ritual Candle, Tier 5 Arcane, Common Antiquity
|
Mystical Formula, Tier 5 Lore, Common Text
|
 Slime Mold, Tier 5 Natural, Common Swaying Mushroom Cluster, Tier 5 Natural, Common Ingredient  Zygomycota Fungus, Tier 5 Natural, Common
| |
| Uncommon |  Fractured Femur, Tier 5 Arcane, Uncommon Vial of Heavy Water, Tier 5 Arcane, Uncommon Antiquity
|
 Stone Fetish, Tier 5 Cultural, Uncommon
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 Warehouse Ledger, Tier 5 Lore, Uncommon
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 Glowmoss Spores, Tier 5 Natural, Uncommon  Swaying Mushroom Spore Pod, Tier 5 Natural, Uncommon Ingredient  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
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 Scarlet Cryptmoss, Tier 5 Natural, Rare Glowmoss Clump, Tier 5 Natural, Rare Ingredient
| |||
| 6 (12) Ornate Charm |
26+ | Common |  Brass Censer, Tier 6 Arcane, Common
|
 Flint Knife, Tier 6 Cultural, Common
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 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
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 Hairy Trumpet, Tier 6 Natural, Uncommon
| ||
| Rare |  Vial of Dragon's Blood Ink, Tier 6 Arcane, Rare
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 Token of the Spider, Tier 6 Cultural, Rare
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 Adventuring Oratorio, Tier 6 Lore, Rare
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 Shimmering Spore Pod, Tier 6 Natural, Rare
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