Durability
Durability is a numerical score that reflects the the ability of an item to last over time (with higher numbers indicating that the item can survive more wear and tear). There are 3 Durability statistics:
- Maximum Durability achievable with a Major Repair - this is the highest durability that the item has even had, and the maximum possible durability that can be achieved by performing a Major Repair.
- Maximum Durability achievable with Minor Repairs - this is the highest durability that can be achieved by performing Minor repairs.
- Current Durability - the amount of durability that remains on your item.
When you hover your mouse over an item, an information window pops up that shows the 3 durability stats on the item: the first number is the "current durability", the second number (which immediately follows the slash) is the "Maximum Durability achievable with Minor Repairs", and the third number (which is in parenthesis) is the "Maximum Durability achievable with a Major Repair".
When you have an item equipped, and you engage in combat, the item will suffer some degree of damage over time. This damage is manifested as a decline in both the "Current Durability" and the "Maximum Durability Achievable with Minor Repairs". However, the current durability falls much faster than the "Maximum Durability Achievable with Minor Repairs". The durability of an item only declines if it is equipped and if it is used in combat (items that are not equipped suffer no durability loss).
Things that Reduce The Durability to Your Equipped Gear
Things that reduce "Current Durability" and "Maximum Durability Achievable with Minor Repairs"
- Engaging in combat with an enemy - sustaining a hit may reduce the durability of any equipped armor item. Attacking (with physical attacks or magical attacks) may reduce the durability of any item that is equipped in your hands.
- Allowing the Resurrection time to elepase - when your avatar dies, a resurrection timer appears that the bottom of the scene. If you are resurrected by a Resurrection Ankh, Resurrection Chaos, or Resurrection before time runs out, then you suffer no negative effects. If you allow the resurrecion timer to reach zero, you will resurrected automatically, but you will receive a 5% durability loss inflicted on all equipped items.
- Equipping certain items - examples include the Cabalist Corpus Hood and the Carnal Vile Shield, which both reduce Armor Durability Effectiveness.
- Receiving a debuff from certain enemy creatures - examples of creatures that apply a debuff to Armor Durability Effectiveness and Weapon Durability Effectiveness include:
- Fire Elementals can apply the Weaken Metal (Fire) debuff.
- Water Elementals can apply the Rust bebuff.
Methods to Slow the Durability Loss on Your Equipped Gear
The rate of durability decline can be slowed by the following methods.
- Raising the Armor Preservation skill
- Raising the Weapon Preservation skill
- Obtaining the Blessing of Maintenance
- Consuming an Obsidian Potion of Preservation
- Achieving an Exceptional craft on an equip-able item
- Enchanting an item with a buff for either Armor Durability Effectiveness or Weapon Durability Effectiveness.
- Equipping a Trident or Daemon Trident - these weapons add a buff to Armor Durability Effectiveness.
Damaged Gear
When the Current Durability of an equipped item gets low, low durability "Damage" icon will appear in the upper right of the game window (the icon looks like equip-able item within a grey circle). The gear will still function (with its effect and buffs still applied). This is just a warning that you equipment may break soon, so that you can repair the item before it breaks.
Broken Gear
When the "Current Durability" of an item reaches zero, the item will be broken and will no longer function (i.e. weapons cannot be used to attack and will do no damage, armor will offer no protection, and any buffs/debuffs on these items will not be applied). In his case, the best way to restore durability and make the item function again, is to perform a Minor Repair (which will increase the "Current Durability", but not the "Maximum Durability Achievable with Minor Repairs").
When the "Maximum Durability Achievable with Minor Repairs" reaches zero, the item will be broken and will no longer function. In this case, a minor repair will not restore any durability, but a Major Repair will restore durability and make the item function again (a major repair will restore both "Current Durability" and "Maximum Durability Achievable with Minor Repairs").