Can't seem to craft legendary weapon 1.2.0

[Duskmare]

Been trying to craft a legendary two handed sword for a while. I've hit level 305 at this point and I've gotten countless masterwork versions but not a single legendary. Is masterwork supposed to be the same as legendary? Is there a known bug that prevents a legendary being crafted?

[Duskmare]

I found out what was wrong. Writing an update in case anyone has the same issue and searches steam.

Looked at the patch notes again and in a different section I'd missed the first time it says:
""Legendary" items can only be crafted from crafting parts with a combined average tier of 4.5 and higher."
So I think I was just using some low tier parts that had better stats.

[Teralitha]

I think they also lowered the chances too.

[Duskmare]

Originally posted by Teralitha:

I think they also lowered the chances too.

Maybe, either way, I was able to craft one without too much trouble after upgrading some of the parts. I was using all Tier 4 parts apparently.

[[RIO MARE]Baboon Platoon]

thank you, i was using tier 4 only, just changing 2 to t5 helped.

[Clovis Sangrail]

And not all weapons can be made legendary. For example, 2H Swords can and 2H Polearms can, but 2H axes cannot.

Add up the tiers of the component parts. If they total 18 or more, the weapon can be legendary. I say 'can' and not 'will' because RNG percentages still apply.

Not all weapons have 4 component parts. Those with only 3 component parts can never total 18 or more, even with all T5 parts.

And some weapons have 4 component parts, but not all components have T5 parts. Throwing knives are an example. They have 4 components, but the blade and guard only go to T3.

Others that cannot be legendary -- both 1H and 2H axes, both 1H and 2H maces, javelins, daggers, throwing knives, and throwing axes.

[EmotionallyBroken]

How do you even tell the difference? Mine always come up with random numbers and identical names

[Tommytools]

Originally posted by EmotionallyBroken:

How do you even tell the difference? Mine always come up with random numbers and identical names

You might get a "dull crafted doohickey" or "masterwork crafted wotsit" and so on. If it has just the basic name, it's just a basic weapon of that type. A legendary item will have a name along the lines of "legendary crafted feather duster".

Both the crafting window and your inventory use that naming structure.

[ScarryHarry]

omg you saved me hours of headache. I have been DYING to make my main dude a legendary custom glaive but could not figure out why this lvl 310 master blacksmith could make 50%+ of his weapons masterwork but not a single legendary. Literally just needed 3/3 fine steel instead of 2/3 fine and 1/3 steel, which was only from one of the bottom end peices that do nothing for stats. That's lame, they should have just made it possible with any weapon or at least as logn as the blade itself uses steel and above, since the stats would scale either way.

Thank god I decided to try looking it up.