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Weapon techniques — Getting a technique

To get a weapon technique, find or buy from another player a weapon that already carries that move. For bare hands, the technique is carried by gauntlets. There is no crafting recipe or item-maker enchantment that adds a technique to an item without one.

Ways to obtain or change a technique

Method	Required item	Effect on the technique
Loot	Eligible Magic, Rare or Legendary weapon or gauntlets	Can roll a technique when the loot is generated
Player trade	An existing item with the desired technique	Keeps the move already on that item; check its card before buying
NPC shop or quest reward	Shop stock or a reward item	Does not make the loot technique roll
Crafting	Crafted equipment	Does not add a technique; a crafted item cannot be Imbued into one
Item maker	Eligible equipment	Adds ordinary enchantments; cannot add, replace or copy a technique
Imbue	Eligible found Magic item with an existing technique	Promotes it to Rare, keeps the move and rolls its power in the Rare band
Hone (service)	Existing technique below its tier's maximum	Raises the power without changing the move
Reforge (service)	A rerollable ordinary affix	Cannot select the technique line or turn another affix into a technique
Imprint	Eligible Legendary signature power	Copies a signature power, not a weapon technique

These loot chances apply only after an eligible item has rolled the stated rarity. They are not the chance that any killed enemy will drop a technique.

Rarity	Chance to roll a technique	Technique power bonus	Can Hone the technique?
Magic	12%	+5–15%	Yes, below +15%
Rare	30%	+15–30%	Yes, below +30%
Legendary	45%	+30–50%	Only an Exalted Legendary, below +50%

Aetheric and Gilded pieces do not make this random technique roll. The bonus increases the technique's own damage multiplier; it is separate from an ordinary skill enchantment.

Choose the right weapon family

Equipment	Possible techniques
Bows	Volley, Piercing Shot
Dwarven Thunderlock or Dwarven Pistolet	Piercing Shot
Long Blade weapons	Leap Strike, Whirlwind
Short Blade weapons	Shadowstep, Lunge
Axes	Cleave, Headsman's Chop
Blunt weapons	Ground Slam, Skull Crack
Gauntlets, for Hand-to-Hand	Flying Kick, Haymaker

Arrows and pellets cannot carry a technique. A move stays tied to its weapon family: to use Leap Strike on another Long Blade weapon, obtain another weapon that already has Leap Strike.

Upgrade a found technique weapon

Loot or trade for the required move on the weapon family you use. Identify the item so its technique and power are visible.
If the item is Magic and you want a higher power band, visit the Mages Guild's Reforge service and choose Imbue. Do this before adding item-maker enchantments. Unequip and unlock the item; it must be free of curses and socketed gems.
Confirm the Magic-to-Rare promotion. Imbue keeps the technique's move, rerolls its power to +15–30%, and rerolls the ordinary affixes. Rare is the highest tier Imbue can produce.
If you want ordinary enchantments too, use the Item maker at rank 5 in the Mages Guild or a temple of Julianos. Select the eligible weapon, choose powers and any side effects, and keep the selection within its enchantment capacity. The existing technique stays on the item.
To improve an under-maximum technique, unequip the item, open Hone at the Reforge service and select its technique line. Each successful Hone raises the value by at least one point, up to the tier's maximum; the move stays the same.
Equip the finished weapon, or the gauntlets for bare hands. See Weapon techniques for activation and combat controls.

Upgrade costs

Service	Item before service	Welkynd Shards	Gold	Result
Imbue	Eligible plain found equipment	2	2,500	Magic, with no new technique
Imbue	Eligible found Magic weapon or gauntlets	6	15,000	Rare; preserves an existing move
First Hone	Magic	1	50	Raises the selected line within its Magic band
First Hone	Rare	2	150	Raises the selected line within its Rare band
First Hone	Exalted Legendary	4	500	Raises the selected line within its Legendary band

Every previous Hone on the item doubles its next Hone's shard and gold cost. Hone requires the loot ladder to be enabled and the item to be identified and unequipped. Ordinary Legendary equipment is not accepted by Hone.

For example, a Magic weapon with +15% Leap Strike cannot be Honed further as Magic. If eligible, Imbue promotes that same weapon to Rare and keeps Leap Strike with a new +15–30% roll. A Rare result below +30% can then be Honed. Imbue does not let you select a different move.

Which items can the item maker use?

Item	Item-maker access	Technique consequence
Found Magic weapon without classic enchantments	Accepted if otherwise eligible	Keeps an existing move; enchanting now blocks later Imbue
Identified Rare weapon	Accepted; existing rarity enchantments are retained	Keeps an existing move; add ordinary powers within the remaining capacity
Crafted weapon	Subject to the ordinary item-maker eligibility rules	Cannot gain a weapon technique from the item maker
Legendary, Aetheric or Gilded equipment	Refused	Cannot use the item maker to modify it

The item maker charges 10 gold per positive enchantment point before Enchanting profession discounts. Side effects supply more capacity without adding gold cost. See Enchantment capacity and Enchantment reference for individual budgets and powers.

Enhances Skill and Cast When Strikes are ordinary enchantments. They do not grant moves such as Leap Strike or Whirlwind. See Enhances Skill for the separate skill-bonus system.

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