Runes of Magic US / AU

First off, I want to thank the following people: AmbushMartyr, Reintje, the German Forums, and most of all Maarg for their continued efforts in explaining the Arcane Transmutor to many confused people.

This is a Straigtforward guide pretty much. No fancy pictures, has an example and pretty much explains it as bluntly as I can. If you didn't get it, get your friend that can understand to do it and pay him alot of money. This guide is useful to those who keep on rolling power stones that only have 2 stats on them. There's a 1 in 15 chance that you'll get this to happen, so you're looking at 150-300k total to make one elite 2 Green, 8 Yellow statted item. I recommend using the 5600G power stones cause you'll save money that way.

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How to use the Magic Box:

You'll need:

An item you want to upgrade

Level 28 Leather Gloves
(Y)+8 Dexterity FOX III
(Y)+8 Intelligence

3 Items of good quality stats on them:

Level 23 2H Hammer
(Y)+10 Stamina BRUTE III
(Y)+20 Attack Power


Level 27 Long Crossbow of Accuracy
(Y)+10 Dexterity REFLEX III
(Y)+20 Defense


Level 30 Silent Guard
(Y)+20 Defense RESILIENCE IV
(Y)+20 Magic Defense

3 Power Stones of the same type
(G)+5 Defense DEFENSE I
(G)+17 Maximum HP LIFE II

Now the fun part!

You want to transmute the three items with the power stones to turn them into mana stones. Input the Power stone in one box, and the Level 23 2H Hammer, you should get this:

Mana Stone
(G)+5 Defense DEFENSE I
(G)+17 Maximum HP LIFE II
(Y)+10 Stamina BRUTE III
(Y)+20 Attack Power

Repeat the above with the other two items and you should get this:

Mana Stone
(G)+5 Defense DEFENSE I
(G)+17 Maximum HP LIFE II
(Y)+10 Dexterity REFLEX III
(Y)+20 Defense

Mana Stone
(G)+5 Defense DEFENSE I
(G)+17 Maximum HP LIFE II
(Y)+20 Defense RESILIENCE IV
(Y)+20 Magic Defense


Now input the three newly created mana stones in the boxes, and add the item you wanted to upgrade. In this case it was the Level 28 Leather Gloves. If all goes well you should get this:

(G)+5 Defense DEFENSE I
(G)+17 Maximum HP LIFE II
(Y)+8 Dexterity FOX III
(Y)+8 Intelligence
(Y)+10 Stamina BRUTE III
(Y)+20 Attack Power
(Y)+10 Dexterity REFLEX III
(Y)+20 Defense
(Y)+20 Defense RESILIENCE IV
(Y)+20 Magic Defense


Overview:

1. You can't use the same type of rune in an item. Can't have 2 BRUTE III's in a item, they will overlap each other and you won't get the desired stats you want.

2. If you're faced with an item that you want to upgrade, that has something like this:

(Y)+8 Dexterity FOX III
(Y)+8 Intelligence
(G)+5 Attack Power ATTACK I

Then you'll need to find a power stone that will overlap the +5 Attack Power.

(G)+3 Strength POWER I
(G)+3 Dexterity AGILITY I
(G)+5 Attack Power ATTACK I

If two runes are in conflict with each other, they will overlap. So ATTACK I + ATTACK 1 will overlap. Same goes if you had BRUTE III + BRUTE III. Definitely check what item has what rune on it before you transmute. The Arcane Transmutor will take the lowest stat of each rune and add them on. MINIMIZE THE AMOUNT OF GREENS YOU HAVE CAUSE THEY YIELD LOW STATS COMPARED TO YELLOWS.

3. Remember, you can only stack a maximum of 6 Modifiers = 12 stats per item (not including bonuses and rune slots). Here's some combos to keep you in mind:

0 Greens, 12 yellows (Best CS Result)
1 Greens, 10 yellows (CS Result)

2 Greens, 8 Yellows (Best Result)
3 Greens, 6 Yellows (Ideal Result)
4 Greens, 4 Yellows (So-So Result)
6 Greens, 2 Yellows (For Newbies)
All Green (Depends if you have high tiered green runes on them, they can be equal to the 2/8 pieces)

4. If you run out of Transmutor charges, you have to do Daily Quests in order to get more charges. You can now purchase charges from the Item Mall under Phirius Tokens Shop or the Diamond Shop. 300 Tokens = 10 charges.

5. Try to find ideal gear that has no greens on it to begin with, they are more troublesome to deal with now and may only get Ideal Results or lower. An item with yellow stats on it with no greens is the best item. An item with no stats on and it's white and slotted is good too.

6. There is a way to transfer your elite 2/8 piece to another piece using the same process. I'll let you figure it out.

Good luck and if you have any problems with it in-game, just ask your friend or someone that can read.

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How to make 0/12 gear using only 7-8 Charges!! (Cash Shop Only)

Say if you have a nice clean yellow piece that you want. Let's take the [Rotten Emblem of Justice] as an example, and you have a 5 Clean yellow pieces that you want to transmute into the Rotten Emblem of Justice, here's the stat mods:

Rotten Emblem of Justice - Item to add stats!
(Y) +20 Stamina AUTHORITY V
(Y) +50 Defense

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Hell Guard's Tooth - Level 43 Dagger
(Y) +50 Phy. Attack KEEN V
(Y) +50 Defense

Order of Dark Glory Gauntlets - Level 43 Glove
(Y) +20 Stamina RIGOR V
(Y) +50 Mag. Defense

Order of Dark Glory Belt - Level 43 Belt
(Y) +20 Stamina ENDURANCE V
(Y) +50 Max HP

Blade of Murmuring - Level 50 Dagger
(Y) +20 Strength BARBARIAN V
(Y) +50 Phy. Attack

Red Comet - Level 50 Sword
(Y) +20 Stamina OPPRESSION V
(Y) +50 Phy. Attack

Any White item - Level 41 or higher (no stats on it, get it from vendor)

Yay, now you have those hard to find most desirable pieces to make your gear. Now you need to buy from Cash Shop 5 Purified Powerstones (located under Upgrading Category).

You will need to strip the stats from those 5 items, this will be done in 2 phases. We'll strip the stats off the KEEN V, RIGOR V, ENDURANCE V.

You'll have (3) Tier 3 Mana stones

Combine the Mana stones with the Rotten Emblem of Justice. The preview window should show these stats like this, may be in any order depending on how you arrange the stones in the boxes:

Rotten Emblem of Justice
(Y) +20 Stamina AUTHORITY V
(Y) +50 Defense
(Y) +50 Phy. Attack KEEN V
(Y) +50 Defense
(Y) +20 Stamina RIGOR V
(Y) +50 Mag. Defense
(Y) +20 Stamina ENDURANCE V
(Y) +50 Max HP

If they are, hit 'Confirm' and you have one phase complete! It only took 4 charges!

Next strip the stats off the remaining items: BARBARIAN V, OPPRESSION V, AND WHITE ITEM.

(note: white items do not produce stats or have any stats. It'll just be a "Mana Stone Tier 3")

Combine the Mana Stones with the existing Rotten Emblem of Justice. Check the Preview window and it should show the stats like this:

Rotten Emblem of Justice
(Y) +20 Stamina AUTHORITY V
(Y) +50 Defense
(Y) +50 Phy. Attack KEEN V
(Y) +50 Defense
(Y) +20 Stamina RIGOR V
(Y) +50 Mag. Defense
(Y) +20 Stamina ENDURANCE V
(Y) +50 Max HP
(Y) +20 Strength BARBARIAN V
(Y) +50 Phy. Attack
(Y) +20 Stamina OPPRESSION V
(Y) +50 Phy. Attack


The blank Tier 3 stone will show up as blank because it has no stats on it. Hit 'Confirm' and you now have a souped up item that will make everyone jealous. Only 6 mods can be added, no repeat mods of the same tier (BARBARIAN V + BARBARIAN V = NO-NO) but you can use (BARBARIAN V + BARBARIAN IV = YAY!) that will work as long as the Mana stone Tier are the same. Tier 2 won't work with Tier 3 stones.
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