Crafting

Crafting lets you improve the items you find. The closed alpha covers two actions: Salvage and the Inscription Bench.

The loop: break down what you do not need, bank what it was carrying, and spend that on the item you are building.

Salvage

Salvaging breaks an item down into:

• Ore - the crafting currency
• Echoes - a record of the item’s best eligible affix family, banked in your Echo Registry

Higher rarity and higher item level yield more Ore. A T5 affix yields a usable T4 Echo plus double Ore.

Salvage Junk

From the Equipment screen, Salvage Junk previews every eligible unlocked item at or below your chosen rarity threshold. Drag a single bag item onto it to preview just that item.

You see the Ore and Echoes before confirming. Locked, equipped, non-equippable and set items are skipped.

Destroy Item is separate

Destroy Item lives in an item’s own actions and gives no salvage rewards.

The Echo Registry

Your Echo Registry is the bank of affix families you have recovered.

Target-specific versions of a family share one row - Fire Damage salvaged from a weapon and from gloves builds the same stock. The Bench resolves whichever value was authored for the target you pick.

Three Echoes of one family and tier consolidate into one of the next tier up.

Registry stock runs T1-T4. T5 is drop-only.

Select a family to see its legal targets. With an item loaded, the Registry shows that target’s exact value and cost before you commit.

The Inscription Bench

The Inscription Bench applies stored Echoes to your items - either upgrading an existing affix family to a higher tier, or adding it if there is an open slot.

Each normal inscription costs Integrity, the item’s finite crafting budget (see Items & Affixes).

Roll Preservation

When you upgrade an affix tier, your relative roll quality is preserved. A high T3 roll stays high at T4.

Quick Inscribe

For a fresh drop with empty affix slots, Quick Inscribe proposes compatible T1 Echo families for every open slot at zero Integrity and zero Ore cost.

• You see the complete resulting item before confirming
• You can change one suggestion, or switch to normal Inscription
• Ordering is stable: the same item and Registry state produce the same proposal

It is the “make this functional now, improve it later” option.

Coming in Phase 2

System	What it adds
Runic Infusion	A themed guaranteed affix plus a reroll
Final Touch	A safe, cheap finishing step
Brewing	Potion crafting

Where to go next

• Items & Affixes - affix grammar, tiers and Integrity
• Combat Basics - what the affixes you inscribe do