A Primer on Herian Enchanting

A crash course to enchanting for the Apprentice Herian Adventurer and a quick reference for the Master Adventurer. This guide focuses on the bonuses provided by components and not on random enchantments.
This is the first and final version of this guide.

The Basics

When and Where Can I Enchant?

The Royal City of Aventurine, south of the main square. just northeast of the lake. On the minimap, he appears as an axe. He's sharing a home with a trader, who is depicted as a pile of coins on the minimap.

You have unlimited access to the enchanter after you're able to leave Hammer Island (the starting area).

What Can I Enchant?

You can enchant anything that you can equip:

• Mainhand Weapons - more damage and penetration
• Head armor - Spell bonuses and new skills
• Chest armor - Physical Defense
• Hands armor - Attack bonuses
• Feet armor - Movement bonuses
• Accessories - Resistance
• Offhand Weapons - technically enchantable, but not with components. More below

Much of the equipment you find will already be enchanted (uncommon, rare, epic, and unique equipment). You'll only be able to apply enchantments to common (white) and uncommon equipment (green gear).

How Do I Enchant?

Enchanting requires 3 or 4 things:

1. Equipment - Straight forward, this is the whole reason we're here. You'll find it on enemies, in shops, or you'll craft it yourself with help from the various tradespeople of Aventurine.
   
   
2. Gold - Straight forward as well; you'll find this a lot more commonly than equipment dropped from enemies, but the bulk with be from quests and commerce.
   
   
3. Elven Runes - Elven Runes come in two forms: Lesser and Greater. Most commonly, these are found by disenchanting equipment. Lesser Runes from uncommon (green) equipment and Greater Elvn Runes from rare (blue) equipment. Both types of runes are also occasionally found as enemy drops and in secret rooms. Disenchanting equipment destroys the equipment in the process.
   
   You'll need Lesser Runes to enchant common (white) equipment to craft uncommon equipment, and you'll need Greater Runes to enchant uncommon equipment to craft rare equipment.
   
   
4. Components (optional) - There are many different kinds of enchanting components; most are enemy drops. These can be used to control the outcome of enchanting so you can customize you equipment for a specific goal (for example, to improve armor or add health regen).

Things to Keep in Mind

This guide focuses on the enchantments you can control, but that doesn't mean that's all there are. You'll find many uncommon and rare items with enchantments that you cannot choose to apply.
For Example:

• Increased Damage to Humans/Beasts/Undead/etc.
• Increased Attack/SpellSpeed
• Increased Attack Crit Chance/Damage

When you're in the Enchantment interface, don't select a component. As long as you have the gold and runes, you can apply a RANDOM enchantment to your item.

If you accidentally select a component and want to remove it without closing and reopening the interface, right-click the component (or equipment for that matter) to remove it from the slot.

Off Hand Equipment (Shields, Orbs, Throwing Knives, Bows, and Tomes) can be enchanted but not with components. This means that all Off Hand Equipment enchants are random.

Personally, I feel the offhand equipment would've been a better choice, mechanically, to receive bonuses to skills instead of head equipment.

Enchantments by Equipment Slot

Mainhand Weapon

Enchanted with additional damage and come with the associated armor penetration

Boar Tusk: + Physical Damage; + Armor Penetration

Maggot Gland: + Poison Damage; + Poison Resistance Penetration

Ectoplasm: + Ice Damage; + Ice Resistance Penetration

Shambler Claw: + Lightning Damage; + Lightning Resistance Penetration

Archon Essence: + Fire Damage; + Fire Resistance Penetration

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Head Equipment

Enchanted with bonuses to Spells or new skills, some defensive bonuses.

Iron Ore: + Armor; Blocks 5 Physical damage.

Hardened Nails: Return 10 Physical damage to the attacker when taking damage

Maggot Gland:Skill: Acid Spit
- Shoot 5 acid projectiles in a ~30 degree arc straight ahead, dealing 25 poison damage

Wasp Stinger: Casting a Spell fires a stinger projectile at a random enemy

Spider Silk: Skill: Spew Web
- Shoot 3 web projectiles in a line straight ahead, inflicting Slow on impact. Long range.

Bone Meal: Scoring a kill has a 25% chance of summoning a crawler

Troll Skin: 50% increased Attack damage on Low Health

Archon Essence: Skill: Essence Nova
- Release a burst of 9 projectiles that spiral out from you, dealing 80 Fire and Pure damage.

Thunderbird Feather: Skill: Call Lightning
- Call a single bolt of lighting that strikes a point at mid-long range after a short delay.

Black Heart: 20% increased damage with Spells; 5% increased damage taken

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Chest Equipment

Enchanted with primarily defensive bonuses.

Iron Ore: + Armor; Blocks 5 Physical damage.

Hardened Nails: Return 10 Physical damage to the attacker when taking damage

Boar Tusk: 25% Reduce damage on Low Health

Troll Skin: 200% increased Health Regen on Low Health

Black Heart + 15% Evasion; 5% increased damage taken

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Hands Equipment

Enchanted with bonuses to Attack with some defensive options

Iron Ore: + Armor; Blocks 5 Physical damage.

Hardened Nails: Return 10 Physical damage to the attacker when taking damage

Wolf Liver: 1% Attack Stamina Leech

Wasp Stinger: Attacking has a 20% chance to fire a stinger at a random enemy

Bone Meal: 2.5% Attack Life Leech

Ectoplasm: 1% Attack Mana Leech

Shambler Claw: Attacks have a 10% chance to strike a different nearby enemy with a bolt of lightning dealing 25 lightning damage

Black Heart: 20%increased Attack damage; 5% increased damage taken

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Feet Equipment

Enchanted with bonuses to Movement or defense

Iron Ore: + Armor; Blocks 5 Physical damage.

Hardened Nails: Return 10 Physical damage to the attacker when taking damage

Wolf Liver: + Stamina Regen; +15% Movement Speed when on Full Health

Spider Silk: + Movement Speed; Slow effects reduced by 25%

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Accessories

These are accessory type-specific, but generally they're enchanted with bonuses to Resistance or Health Regen

Rings:
• Topaz - Fire Resistance
• Aquamarine - Ice Resistance
• Amethyst - Lightning Resistance
• Peridot - Poison Resistance

Belts:
• Topaz - Fire Resistance
• Aquamarine - Ice Resistance
• Amethyst - Lightning Resistance
• Peridot - Poison Resistance
• Troll Skin - Health Regen

Cloaks:
• Troll Skin - Health Regen

Amulets*:
• Topaz - Fire Resistance
• Aquamarine - Ice Resistance
• Amethyst - Lightning Resistance
• Peridot - Poison Resistance

Talismans*:
• Thunderbird Feather - Spell Crit Chance; Spell Crit Damage

*Charms, medals, and talismans are not considered amulets, even though these words are all synonymous in English.

Enchantments by Component

Chipped Topaz

Eligible Equipment: Rings, Belts, Amulets
Enchantment: + 5-10 Fire Resistance; +10% Fire Resistance

Buy: The trader next to the enchanter and a few other shops
Find: Enemy casters, occasionally from broken barrels, crates and such
Prefix: Topax - Suffix: of Fire Resistance

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Chipped Aquamarine

Eligible Equipment: Rings, Belts, Amulets
Enchantment: + 5-10 Ice Resistance; +10% Ice Resistance

Buy: The trader next to the enchanter and a few other shops
Find: Enemy casters, occasionally from broken barrels, crates and such
Prefix: Aquamarine - Suffix: of Ice Resistance

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Chipped Amethyst

Eligible Equipment: Rings, Belts, Amulets
Enchantment: + 5-10 Lightning Resistance; +10% Lightning Resistance

Buy: The trader next to the enchanter and a few other shops
Find: Enemy casters, occasionally from broken barrels, crates and such
Prefix: Amethyst - Suffix: of Lightning Resistance

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Chipped Peridot

Eligible Equipment: Rings, Belts, Amulets
Enchantment: + 5-10 Poison Resistance; +10% Poison Resistance

Buy: The trader next to the enchanter and a few other shops
Find: Enemy casters, occasionally from broken barrels, crates and such
Prefix: Peridot - Suffix: of Poison Resistance

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Iron Ore

Eligible Equipment: Head, Chest, Hands, and Feet Equipment
Enchantment: + 5-10 Armor; Blocks 5 Physical damage

Buy: Trader just north of Castle Superbia, miscellaneous traders
Find: Commonly in broken barrels, crates, and such
Prefix: Reinforced - Suffix: of Iron

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Hardened Nails

Eligible Equipment: Head, Chest, Hands, and Feet Equipment
Enchantment: Return 10 Physical damage to the attacker when taking damage
Buy: North Aventurine, trader just north of Castle Superbia, various traders
Find: Commonly in broken barrels, crates, and such
Prefix: Spiked - Suffix: of Nails

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Wolf Liver

Hands Equipment: 1% Attack Stamina Leech
Feet Equipment: + ~0.5-0.6 Stamina Regen; +15% Movement Speed at Full Health
Buy: Miscellaneous traders
Find: Any variety of wolf
Prefix: Feral - Suffix: of the Wolf

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Boar Tusk

Chest Equipment: 25% reduced damage on Low Health
Main-hand Weapon: + Physical Damage; + Armor Penetration

Buy: uncommonly with miscellaneous traders
Find: West Fallowfields, drops from boars, seems like only the larger varieties
Prefix: Ferocious - Suffix: of the Boar

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Maggot Gland

Head Equipment: Skill: Acid Spit - Spits gobs of acid dealing 25 poison damage. 3s cooldown.
Main Hand Weapon: + Poison Damage; + Poison Resistance Penetration

Find: Sewers, drops from the maggot larvae, plentiful
Prefix: Virulent - Suffix: of the Maggot

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Wasp Stinger

Head Equipment: Casting a Spell fires a stinger at a random enemy
Hands Equipment: Attacks have a 20% chance to fire a stinger at a random enemy
Find: Pyx Plataeu, far North Fallowfield, Blackbarrow - drops from wasp varieties
Prefix: Stinging - Suffix: of the Wasp

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Spider Silk

Head Equipment: Skill: Sprew Web - Spews spider web that inflects Slow on impact. 2s cooldown
Feet Equipment: + Movement Speed; Slow effects reduced by 25%
Find: Spider Cave and Deep Spider Cave from the Spider Larvae, seems uncommon
Prefix: Webbing - Suffix: of the Spider

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Bone Meal

Head Equipment: Scoring a kill has a 25% chance of summoning a crawler
Hands Equipment: 2.5% Attack Life Leech


Find: Wishless Resting Place, anywhere you'll defeat Skeletons
Prefix: Tomb - Suffix: of the Grave

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Ectoplasm

Hands Equipment: 1% Attack Mana Leech
Main Hand Weapon: + Ice Damage; + Ice Resistance Penetration


Find: Wishless Resting Place, uncommon drop from Spectres
Prefix: Ghastly - Suffix: of the Spectre

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Troll Skin

Head Equipment: 50% increased Attack damage on Low Health
Chest Equipment: 200% increased Health Regen on Low Health
Cloak or Belt: + ~1.5-1.9 Health Regen

Find: Blackbarrow Hollow, anywhere
Prefix: Raging - Suffix: of the Troll

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Shambler Claw

Hands Equipment: Attacks have a 10% chance to strike a different nearby enemy with a bolt of lightning dealing 25 lightning damage
Main Hand Weapon: + Lightning damage; + Lightning Resistance Penetration

Find: Eastern portion of Blackbarrow Hollow III
Prefix: Crackling - Suffix: of the Shambler

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Archon Essence

Head Equipment: Skill: Essence Nova - Discharges several swirling projectiles dealing 80 Fire and Pure damage. 4s Cooldown
Main Hand Weapon: + Fire Damage; + Fire Resistance Penetration

Find: Blackbarrow, North of Slid, Obsidian Tower; drops from Archon enemies
Prefix: Essence - Suffix: of the Archons

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Thunderbird Feather

Head Equipment: Skill: Call Lightning - Summons a series of lightning strikes in a forward direction dealing 100 Lightning damage. 8s cooldown
Talismans: + Spell Crit Chance; + Spell Crit Damage
Buy: Merchant in Slid
Find: Killing Troll Shamans
Prefix: Tempest - Suffix: of the Thunderbird

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Black Heart

Head Equipment: 20% increased damage with Spells
Chest Equipment: + 15% Evasion
Hands Equipment: 20% increased damage with Attacks
Feet Equipment: + 20% Movement Speed
Find: obelisks throughout Herian
all enchants come with 5% increased damage taken
Prefix: Blackheart - Suffix: of Corruption

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[Tempest97]

bless you for making this guide

[AriBuns]

Thunderbird feathers can be obtained by killing Troll Shamans :>

[flame retardant oak]

you have my thanks