Update 29 randomly generated loot

• Note: For effects that can be placed in items via Cannith Crafting, see these tables, and/or the main article.

This randomly generated loot system was introduced in Update 29. Some prefix effects (such as skills) only existed as suffixes before. Some few effects (such as Speed and Spell Resistance) do not show up in the item's name. Many effects (such as Spell Lore on rings) can be found in new equipment slots. Many enchantments that were previously only on named items (such as light resistance) are now included.

This system generally remains in place today, although there have been some notable updates:

• Update 46 added some minor changes, introducing dual augments, rare prefixes, blueshine weapons, and rare materials for armor and shields.
• Update 50 decreased the stats of items of minimum level 28 or higher, to compensate for decreases in the difficulty of Legendary content.
• Update 55 increased the level cap to 32, thereby increasing the maximum level of random loot.

Pre-U29 items had fixed Minimum Levels that were calculated as a sum of all effects' levels. U29 allows variable bonuses for all effects (Armor/Weapon+, Prefix, Suffix, Extra) based on an item's base ML and no longer increases it based on multiple effects.

Minor bug: At the time of this update, many enchantments were bugged and showed up with a +0 bonus, and some still rarely do (eee "update" comment). This does not appear to affect the item's Minimum Level, for better or worse.
   Update: Most have been fixed, but some few older reward lists can still produce this +0 bug.

Generation mechanic

Affixes

An item can have the following affixes: enhancement bonus, prefix, suffix, and an extra.

• Augment slots still happen on items. These are generated independently of other enchantments.
• Double augment slot items no longer happen.
• Cursed items do not drop anymore. Also, race restriction items (discontinued as of Update 19) continue not to drop.
• Masterful Craftsmanship and Wondrous Craftsmanship items continue to drop, but with a different mechanic.
• Extra effects on random loot will not appear below level 10 loot. (U29P2)

Loot level, chest level and item level

The loot level affects the item's minimum level. Loot level is broken down into the "base" chest level plus various buffs.

• Chest level is determined by quest base level and quest difficulty (Hard +1, Elite +2).
• For the buffs, Guild Airship buff (Bash the Breakables Cargo Bay, +1), Greater Dragonmark of Finding (+1), Pirate Treasure Map (+1), Blue/Orange Jewel of Fortune (+1/+2), and loot bonus server switch (usually +2) should be taken into account.
• You can tell the loot level by the amount of plat/gold contained in the chest. DDO Forums

Maximum loot level

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Originally Posted by Update 29 Release Notes Our system of randomly-generated loot has been renovated from level 1 all the way up to level 40.

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Originally Posted by Cordovan (Contribs • Message • Email • Cordovan) The current loot level cap is 40, so yes, technically on a +2 Loot bonus weekend if you max things out you are one over when running a level 34 LE raid.

Cordovan's statement above is valid as of Update 30. Character level +5 limit for chest loot has been lifted with U30.

• Quest reward list also theoretically still caps at 40, but you cannot have Dragonmark and Treasure Map in this regard. Current highest reward lists are level 32 raids on LE (effective level 34) with guild buff +1, Jewel +2 and server bonus +2, which makes it 39.

Enchantments

• Each enchantment is rolled separately, within a range given by the item level. For example, a Strength bonus on a level 20 item can be +7, +8, or +9.
  • DDO Store item Treasure Hunter's Elixirs increases the chance to get better enchantment in this regard. (U30)
  • Insight bonus effects on items will not appear below level 10 loot. (U29P2)
  • Many of the enchantments have issues of some kind and are in a state of flux at the moment.

• There is a chance for "Extra Lucky" loot (not to be confused with "Extra" affix slot), which increases the range of possible enchantment values beyond the usual limits. This is indicated by having "Masterful Craftsmanship" listed on the description.

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Originally Posted by (former developer) NoWorries Random Loot has a normal range of effect powers that can drop at a given minimum level. Then there is an extra lucky range of slightly more power. This is marked by having Masterful Craftsmanship on the item which indicates at least one of your effects is at the maximum of the normal range or slightly higher.

Blue light seen on the chest post U30

• Chest glows blue for the entire party when someone gets "Extra Lucky/Masterful Craftsmanship" loot. (U30)
  • Chance for getting "Extra Lucky" is also unknown, however Treasure Hunter's Elixirs lists their effects as +5/+10+15, possibly something like d100 is rolled?.
• Since enchantments are rolled independently, the same quest can generate items with vastly differing power.
  • For example, an item with weak prefix , extra lucky suffix, and extra lucky extra enchantment.

Item enchantments at maximum item level

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Originally Posted by (former developer) NoWorries Random Loot caps at a ML of 30. Treasure level goes up to 40 and the effect powers continue to rise through those treasure levels. Not all ML 30 items are the same.

• For example, ML 30 stat items have a wider-than-usual range of +11 - +17. On lower treasure level however, you can only hope to get +11 - +14 ML 30 items. At around 32 level raid on LH, you start seeing +15 ML 30 items. For +16 and +17 ML 30 items, you only see these when +2 server bonus is active and running LE raids with various chest buffs.

Enchantments by slot

	Prefix	Suffix	Extra
Armor	Fortification, Physical Resistances, Elemental Absorption, Spell Resistance, Combat Mastery, Constitution	Elemental Resistances, Insightful Physical Resistances, False Life, Insightful Combat Mastery, Intimidate, Move Silently, Guard Effects, Vitality, Healing/Repair Amplification	Insightful Fortification, Insightful Elemental Resistances, Parrying, Deathblock, Balance, Insightful Balance, Insightful Intimidate, Insightful Move Silently, Insightful Constitution
Weapons	Parrying, Seeker, Armor Piercing, Alacrity, Elemental Damages, Vorpal, Paralyzing, Spell Powers	Deadly, Doublestrike, Vertigo, Shatter, Stunning, Tendon Slice, Assassinate, Incite, Diversion, Elemental Critical Damage, Creature Banes, Spell Criticals, Insightful Spell Powers, Banishing, Smiting, Deception, Keen	Insightful Seeker, Insightful Deadly, Insightful Vertigo, Insightful Shatter, Insightful Stunning, Insightful Tendon Slice, Insightful Assassinate, Vampirism, Stat Poison, Spell Penetrations
Shield	Fortification, Physical Resistances, Elemental Absorption, Spell Resistance, Combat Mastery, Spell Powers	Elemental Resistances, Insightful Physical Resistances, False Life, Insightful Combat Mastery, Intimidate, Move Silently, Guard Effects, Shield Bashing damage/Spikes, Wizardry	Insightful Fortification, Insightful Elemental Resistances, Parrying, Deathblock, Balance, Insightful Balance, Insightful Intimidate, Insightful Move Silently, Insightful Spell Powers,
Head	Fortification, Wizardry, Sheltering, Insightful Incite, Concentration, Haggle, Intimidate, Listen, Intelligence	Resistance Saves, Parrying, Accuracy, Spell Focuses, Diplomacy, Insightful Intimidate, UMD, Wisdom, Spellsight, Stunning, Search, Spot	Insightful Fortification, Insightful Individual Resistance Saves, Insightful Sheltering, Incite, Deathblock, Insightful Concentration, Insightful Haggle, Insightful Listen, Insightful UMD, Insightful Intelligence, Insightful Search
Eyes	Seeker, Spell Focuses, Concentration, Disable Device, Search, UMD, Wisdom, Intelligence	Accuracy, Spell Penetrations, Insightful Spell Focuses, Alacrity, Insightful Concentration, Open Lock, Spot, Insightful UMD, Deadly	Insightful Seeker, Insightful Spell Penetrations, Tendon Slice, Assassinate, Insightful Disable Device, Insightful Search, Insightful Spot, Insightful Wisdom, Insightful Intelligence
Bracers	Elemental Resistances ,Insightful Spell Resistances, Individual Resistance Saves, Protection, Deathblock, Strength	Constitution, Tumble, Move Silently, Intimidate, Insightful Sheltering, Dodge Bonus, Fortification	Physical Resistances, Parrying, Sheltering, Insightful Intimidate, Perform, Insightful Strength
Rings	Physical Resistances, Wizardry, Elemental Absorptions, Spell Resistance, Spell Critical Increases, Balance, Diplomacy, Hide, Perform, Constitution, Charisma	Dexterity, Tumble, Swim, Open Lock, Insightful Diplomacy, Bluff, Insightful Balance, Spell Powers, Assassinate, Sheltering, Protection, Insightful Individual Resist Saves, Spell Powers, False Life, Insightful Physical Resistances, Elemental Resistances, Feather Falling, Speed	Insightful Elemental Resistances, Insightful False Life, Insightful Spell Power, Insightful Spell Resistance, Enchantment Saves, Illusion Saves, Parrying, Insightful Spell Power, Insightful Bluff, Insightful Hide, Insightful Perform, Insightful Constitution, Insightful Charisma
Feet	Dodge Bonus, Seeker, Combat Mastery, Speed, Balance, Move Silently, Tumble, Dexterity	Strength, Guard Effects, Swim, Jump, Insightful Balance, Diversion, Sheltering, Parrying, Feather Falling	Insightful Fortification, False Life, Insightful Dodge Bonus, Insightful Seeker, Insightful Combat Mastery, Insightful Jump, Insightful Move Silently, Insightful Swim, Insightful Tumble, Insightful Dexterity
Neck	Insightful Spell Resistance, Enchantment Saves, Illusion Saves, Spell Focuses, Heal, Repair, Tumble, Constitution	Charisma, Bluff, Sheltering, False Life, Insightful Wizardry, Natural Armor Bonus, Insightful Intimidate, Spellsight, Search, Spot	Insightful Enchantment Saves, Illusion Saves, Insightful Sheltering, Insightful Heal, Insightful Repair, Insightful Tumble, Insightful Constitution, Insightful Spot
Hands	Wizardry, Spell Powers, Accuracy, Doublestrike, Spell Penetration, Vertigo, Shatter, Stunning, Assassinate, Alacrity, Bluff, Disable Device, Open Lock, Perform, Dexterity, Strength	Resistance Saves, Shield Bashing (chance to shield bash), Armor Piercing, Tendon Slice, Insightful Assassinate, Insightful Combat Mastery, Universal Spell Power, Universal Spell Crit, Insightful Disable Device, Heal, Intimidate, Repair, UMD, Deadly, Healing/Repair Amp	Insightful Dexterity, Insightful Strength, Insightful Perform, Insightful Open Lock, Insightful Bluff, Incite, Insightful Tendon Slice, Insightful Vertigo, Insightful Shatter, Insightful Stun, Insightful Spell Penetration, Insightful Doublestrike, Insightful Accuracy, Insightful Spell Power, Insightful Wizardry
Cloak	Elemental Resistance, Spell Resistance, Individual Resist Saves, Diversion, Balance, Hide, Charisma, Intelligence	Wisdom, Intimidate, Diplomacy, Dodge Bonus, Natural Armor Bonus, Resistance Saves, Enchantment/Illusion Saves, Elemental Absorptions, Physical Resistances, Insightful Elemental Resistances, Feather Falling, Spellsight	Insightful Physical Resistances, False Life, Insightful Spell Resistance, Insightful Enchantment Saves, Illusion Saves, Insightful Sheltering, Insightful Diversion, Insightful Balance, Insightful Hide, Insightful Charisma, Insightful Intelligence, Insightful Wisdom
Belt	Spell Resistance, Dodge Bonus, Doublestrike, Move Silently, Insightful Diversion, Deathblock, Diplomacy, Physical Resistances, Constitution	False Life, Insightful Spell Resistance, Natural Armor Bonus, Parrying, Vertigo, Shatter, Stunning, Balance, Jump, Swim, Tumble, Strength	Insightful Constitution, Insightful Strength, Insightful Tumble, Insightful Swim, Insightful Move Silently, Assassinate, Insightful Doublestrike, Insightful Dodge Bonus, Insightful False Life, Insightful Physical Resistances

Prefix naming rules

Base abilities

• Charisma: Alluring — Charismatic
• Intelligence: Astute — Clever
• Constitution: Hardy — Health
• Strength: Mighty — Ogre Power
• Dexterity: Nimble — Dexterous
• Wisdom: Prudent — Wise

Resistance

• Alkalescent - Acid Resistance
• Charred - Cold Resistance
• Favorable - Negative Resistance
• Frigid - Fire Resistance
• Grounded - Electricity Resistance
• Muffled - Sonic Resistance
• Murky - Light Resistance

Absorption

• Alkaline - Acid Absorption
• Blazing - Cold Absorption
• Chilled - Fire Absorption
• Damping - Sonic Absorption
• Insulated - Electricity Absorption

Skills

Name on item	Skill
Acrobat's	Tumble
Arcanum's	Use Magic Device
Bartered	Haggle
Burglar's	Open Lock
Covert	Hide
Daunting	Intimidate
Delightful	Perform
Feigned	Bluff
Focused	Concentration
Gracious	Diplomacy
Harkening	Listen
Inspected	Search
Refurbished	Repair
Sneaking	Move Silently
Soothing	Heal
Sturdy	Balance
Tactful	Disable Device
Visionary's	Spellcraft
Springing	Jump
Spot	Spot
Swimming	Swim

Resistance bonus to saves

• Agile - Reflex saves
• Disciplined - Will saves
• Disenchanted - Enchantment saves
• Lucid - Illusion saves
• Realistic - Spell saves
• Resilient - Disease saves
• Robust - Poison saves
• Stalwart - Fortitude saves
• Staunch - Resistance bonus to saves

Defensive

• Evasive - Dodge Bonus
• Ricocheting - Deflection bonus to AC
• Defensive - Sheltering PRR & MRR Bonus
• Reinforced - Fortification (ML30: 136, 148)
• Requiting - Riposte

Offensive

• Deft - Seeker (ML30: +13)
• Hasty - Doublestrike/Doubleshot
• Deadly - Deadly
• Murderous - Assassinate DC (ML30: +6)

Tactics

• Dazed - Stunning
• Destructive - Shatter
• Dizzying - Vertigo
• Warrior's - Combat Mastery

Threat

• Enraging - Incite (Melee threat increase)
• Serene - Diversion (Melee threat reduction)

Spell Power

• Combustive - Combustion (Fire)
• Corrosive - Corrosion (Acid)
• Devoted - Devotion (Healing)
• Glaciated - Glaciation (Cold)
• Impulsive - Impulse (Force)
• Magnetic - Magnetism (Electric)
• Resonating - Sonic
• Reconstructed - Repair/Rust
• Nullified - Nullification
• Radiant - Radiance

Spell Focus

• Blasting - Evocation Focus
• Charming - Enchantment Focus
• Deceiving - Illusion Focus
• Metamorphic - Transmutation Focus
• Nullified - Abjuration Focus
• Reanimating - Necromantic Focus
• Summoning - Conjuration Focus

Spellcasting Misc

• Dire *Spell Power name* - Spell Lore (Shows up as Dire Combustive, etc.) «*»Note that some combinations are mixed up - Impulsive = Radiance Lore; Nullified = Repair Lore; Reconstructed = Sonic Lore; Resonating = Kinetic Lore; Radiant likely = Kinetic Lore)
• Invasive - Spell penetration
• Invigorating - Wizardry

Weapon Damage

• Biting - Acid damage
• Smoldering - Fire damage
• Chilled - Cold damage
• Orderly - True Law
• Venomous - Poison damage
• Shocking - Electrical damage

Hidden enchantments

• Alignment damage (Xd6 Chaotic, Evil, Good, presumably Lawful)
• Armor-Piercing
• Fortification
• Poison Resistance
• Speed
• Spell Resistance

Suffix naming rules

Ability

• of Strength
• of Dexterity
• of Constitution
• of Intelligence
• of Wisdom
• of Charisma

Defensive

• of Magical Resistance
• of Physical Resistance
• of Physical and Magical Resistance - Sheltering

Offensive

• of Assassinate
• of Accuracy

Healing

• Healing Amplification
• Repair Amplification (ML30: +53)

Tactics

• of Combat Mastery
• of Vertigo

Hidden Suffixes

• of Intelligence

Weapon damage

• of Slaying - Xd10 Bane damage «*»vs. a specific creature type (Aberrations, Giants, Evil Outsiders, etc.), which doesn't show in the armor/weapon's name; the description will show "Weapon's *creature type* Specific Damage Effect"
• of Critical Piercing - xd6 piercing damage on critical hits (piercing weapons)

External links

Official

• Randomized Loot (Lamannia)

• Randomized Loot: Look Two (Lamannia)
• Random Loot: Effects Per Slot (Lamannia)

Discussion

• Update 29 LOOT FINDER THREAD
• Max level chest?
• +16 stat items... anyone know min chest level?
• +15/16/17 ability stat items
• https://ddowiki.com/page/Update_46_randomly_generated_loot