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Mastery Chain System

The Mastery Chain system is an end-game PvM system that provides players with various options to further progress their characters. Mastery Chains are Blessed wearable items that occupy the Talisman slot on a character. To bless or bind them to a character, the item must be equipped at least once.

Players can craft Mastery Chains with 120 Tinkering and can add links to their chain that provide PvM bonuses once they have gained the required experience points (XP) to unlock a link slot. While a Mastery Chain is not required to begin accumulating XP, it is necessary to equip one to view the XP that has been accumulated.

Players can view their Mastery Chain’s gump by using the "[MasteryChain" command, by double-clicking their Mastery Chain, or by selecting the "Mastery Chain" option in their character’s context menu. Mastery Chain XP is shared across all characters on a player's account, but each character must have their own Mastery Chain to receive any benefits.

Similarly to Aspect Gear, Mastery Chains do not provide any bonuses to players who are currently in PvP or have engaged in combat with another player within the last 30 seconds. Additionally, players can only change their Mastery Chain once every 30 seconds. While players are not prevented from equipping a new Mastery Chain, its bonuses will not activate until the cooldown period has elapsed.

Chain Appearance

The visual style of a Mastery Chain does not affect its mechanics—only its appearance. There are eleven craftable visual styles for Mastery Chains:

Exquisite	Fashionable
Gilded	Twin Loop
Briolette	Cabochon
Chandelier	Graduated Bead
Horn Pendant	Layered
Twisted Cable

Mastery Chain Restyle Deeds

Mastery Chains can also be restyled into unique variants with limited-time Restyle Deeds:

Tooth Necklace

Using Mastery Chains

To receive bonuses from a Mastery Chain, it must be permanently bound to a character. Players can have multiple Mastery Chains bound to themselves. While a Mastery Chain must be equipped at least once to become active, players can keep it in their backpack after activation, as it occupies the Talisman slot.

Single-clicking a bound Mastery Chain will display the name of the character it is bound to. Players can also single-click their Mastery Chains to see how long until their bonuses will activate after switching chains. While players are free to equip Mastery Chains as often as they like, newly equipped chains will not provide bonuses for 30 seconds.

Players can only remove Mastery Chain Links from a chain they own, as Mastery Chains are permanently bound to their owners.

The Mastery Chain menu includes an "Install All Links in Backpack" button, which allows players to automatically install all valid links from their inventory. Installation follows the same rules as normal link installation, including caps on duplicate effects, restrictions on Corrupted Links, and Arcane Essence install costs.

Acquiring Mastery Chain Links

Players can acquire Mastery Chain Links through various methods, including:

Completing a Lore Book
Completing a Tome of Heroism
Slaying an Omni Boss
Purchasing with reward points from:

 * Arenas
 * Factions
 * Achievements
 * Societies
 * Strangelands

Gaining Experience

Experience Formula

Players earn experience (XP) for their Mastery Chains by dealing damage to creatures. The XP gained is calculated as a percentage of the Gold Value of the creature, based on the percentage of damage dealt.

For example, a player who deals 33% of the total damage to a creature worth 1000 gold would earn 333 XP.

Experience Adjustments

If multiple players damage the same creature, all players will receive an Experience Adjustment. Each valid player (who deals at least 5% damage) will scale up the Effective Damage Dealt % by +25% per valid player. However, this increase is capped at 15% for bosses and 66% for normal creatures.

Upgrading Mastery Chains

Mastery Chains do not provide benefits until Mastery Chain Links are installed. Players can install up to 30 links, but must first unlock link slots by earning XP.

Players earn XP by engaging in activities that generate gold (killing monsters, unlocking dungeon chests, etc.).
Unlocking a new link slot triggers a notification.
Unlocked links appear green in the chain interface.
Installing a link consumes 10 Arcane Essence.

Mastery Chain Link Types

Mastery Chain Links are rare loot items obtainable through select mechanics such as Omni Bosses and Treasure Hunting, or by spending a significant amount of reward points.

There are four material types for Mastery Chain Links:

Bronze
Silver (25% better than Bronze)
Gold (50% better than Bronze)
Corrupted

Each link provides a unique bonus that scales with material quality.

Installing & Removing Mastery Chain Links

Players can install up to 10 links of the same bonus effect (except for Special Drop Chances, which allows up to 20).

Players can remove links via the Mastery Chain menu. Removing a link does not refund Arcane Essence, but the removed link is returned to the player’s backpack.

Mastery Chain Link Reforging

Players can use Reforging Tools (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Corrupted) to modify the effect of a Mastery Chain Link.

Players must use a Reforging Tool of the same material type as the link.
Reforging allows selecting a new bonus type from a list.
Tools are purchasable with reward points or gold at the Prevalia Market.

Mastery Chain Link Tome

Players can purchase a Mastery Chain Link Tome from the Prevalia Market Merchant to store and organize their collected Mastery Chain Links.

Mastery Chain XP Table

Amount of XP needed to unlock each link

Link #	XP	Cumulative XP
1	250,000	250,000
2	500,000	750,000
3	750,000	1,500,000
4	1,000,000	2,500,000
5	1,250,000	3,750,000
6	1,500,000	5,250,000
7	1,750,000	7,000,000
8	2,000,000	9,000,000
9	2,250,000	11,250,000
10	2,500,000	13,750,000
11	2,750,000	16,500,000
12	3,000,000	19,500,000
13	3,250,000	22,750,000
14	3,500,000	26,250,000
15	3,750,000	30,000,000
16	4,000,000	34,000,000
17	4,250,000	38,250,000
18	4,500,000	42,750,000
19	4,750,000	47,500,000
20	5,000,000	52,500,000
21	5,250,000	57,750,000
22	5,500,000	63,250,000
23	5,750,000	69,000,000
24	6,000,000	75,000,000
25	6,250,000	81,250,000
26	6,500,000	87,750,000
27	6,750,000	94,500,000
28	7,000,000	101,500,000
29	7,250,000	108,750,000
30	7,500,000	116,250,000

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-[[Category:PvM]][[Category:Customization]]
+[[Category:PvM]]
-The Mastery Chain system is an end game PvM system providing players many options to further progress their characters
+[[Category:Customization]]
-Mastery Chains are Blessed, wearable items that occupy the Talisman slot on a character, and must be equipped once in order to bless/bind them to your character.
+==Mastery Chain System==
+The '''Mastery Chain''' system is an end-game PvM system that provides players with various options to further progress their characters. Mastery Chains are '''Blessed''' wearable items that occupy the '''Talisman''' slot on a character. To bless or bind them to a character, the item must be equipped at least once.
-Players can craft Mastery Chains with 120 [[Tinkering]], and can add links to their chain providing PvM bonuses once they've gained the required XP to unlock a link slot.
+Players can craft Mastery Chains with '''120 [[Tinkering]]''' and can add links to their chain that provide PvM bonuses once they have gained the required experience points (XP) to unlock a link slot. While a Mastery Chain is not required to begin accumulating XP, it is necessary to equip one to view the XP that has been accumulated.
-A Mastery Chain is not required to start accumulating XP, but is necessary to be able to see the XP accumulated.
+Players can view their Mastery Chain’s gump by using the "'''[MasteryChain'''" [[Commands|command]], by double-clicking their Mastery Chain, or by selecting the "'''Mastery Chain'''" option in their character’s context menu. Mastery Chain XP is shared across all characters on a player's account, but each character must have their own Mastery Chain to receive any benefits.
-Players can view their mastery chain's gump by using the "[MasteryChain" [[Commands|command]], double-clicking their mastery chain or through the "Mastery Chain" option in their character's context menu.
+Similarly to '''Aspect Gear''', Mastery Chains do not provide any bonuses to players who are currently in '''PvP''' or have engaged in combat with another player within the last 30 seconds. Additionally, players can only change their Mastery Chain '''once every 30 seconds'''. While players are not prevented from equipping a new Mastery Chain, its bonuses will not activate until the cooldown period has elapsed.
-Mastery Chain XP is shared to accross all characters on a player's account, each character must have their own mastery chain to receive any benefits
-Similarly to Aspect Gear, Mastery Chains does not provide any bonuses to players who are currently in PvP or have been in combat with another player within the last 30 seconds
-Similarly to Aspects, players can only change their Mastery Chain at most once every 30 seconds (players will not be prevented from equipping their Mastery Chain; however, bonuses for a newly equipped Mastery Chain will not kick in for 30 seconds)
 ==Chain Appearance==
-The visual style does not affect its mechanics, simply how it looks. The eleven craftable visual styles of Mastery Chain are:
+The visual style of a Mastery Chain does not affect its mechanics—only its appearance. There are '''eleven''' craftable visual styles for Mastery Chains:
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 | [[File:chandelierchain.png]]<br />'''Chandelier'''
-| [[File:graduatedbeadchain.png]]<br />'''Graduated Beed'''
+| [[File:graduatedbeadchain.png]]<br />'''Graduated Bead'''
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 | [[File:hornpendantchain.png]]<br />'''Horn Pendant'''
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 ===Mastery Chain Restyle Deeds===
-Mastery chains can be restyled into unique variants with often limited time restyle deeds:
+Mastery Chains can also be restyled into unique variants with limited-time '''Restyle Deeds''':
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 | [[File:toothchain.png]]<br />'''Tooth Necklace'''
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 ==Using Mastery Chains==
-Mastery Chains must be permanently bound to that player in order for them to receive bonuses from it
+To receive bonuses from a Mastery Chain, it must be permanently bound to a character. Players can have multiple Mastery Chains bound to themselves. While a Mastery Chain must be '''equipped at least once''' to become active, players can keep it in their backpack after activation, as it occupies the '''Talisman slot'''.
-Players can have multiple Mastery Chains bound to themselves.
-Players may choose to simply keep their Mastery Chain in their backpack, rather than wear it (since it takes up a Talisman slot on their character), however they must equip it at least once in order to set that Mastery Chain as their "active" chain to receive it's bonuses
+Single-clicking a '''bound''' Mastery Chain will display the name of the character it is bound to. Players can also single-click their Mastery Chains to see how long until their bonuses will activate after switching chains. While players are free to equip Mastery Chains as often as they like, newly equipped chains will '''not provide bonuses for 30 seconds'''.
-Single-clicking a bound mastery chain will display the character who it's bound to
+Players can only '''remove Mastery Chain Links''' from a chain they own, as Mastery Chains are permanently bound to their owners.
-Players can single-click their Mastery Chains to see how long until their bonuses will activate after they switch their current Mastery Chain
-Players can freely equip Mastery Chains as often as they like (won't be prevented from equipping them), however bonuses for a newly equipped Mastery Chain will not kick in for 30 seconds
-Players can only remove Mastery Chain Links from a Mastery Chain Link that they are the owner of (Mastery chain's are bound to their owners)
 [[File:masterychaingumpaddalllinks.gif|link=]]
-The Mastery Chain menu features an "Install All Links in Backpack" button that players can click to search their backpack and simultaneously install all valid Mastery Chain Links found
+The Mastery Chain menu includes an '''"Install All Links in Backpack"''' button, which allows players to automatically install all valid links from their inventory. Installation follows the same rules as normal link installation, including caps on duplicate effects, restrictions on Corrupted Links, and '''Arcane Essence''' install costs.
-Installing links in this manner follows the same rules for normal link installation (max cap on Duplicate effects, restrictions on Corrupted Links, Arcane Essence install costs per link, etc)
-Players will receive a notification of how many links were found and successfully installed
-Players will receive a notification if they were unable to install any links due to lack of Arcane Essence available
-Players will not receive specific notifications if restrictions are hit for Duplicate Effects: they will simply be told how many valid links were installed (meaning any uninstalled links found had some form of restriction)
 ==Acquiring Mastery Chain Links==
 [[File:howdoigetmasterychains.png]]
-Completing a [[Lore System#Lore Books|Lore Book]]
+Players can acquire Mastery Chain Links through various methods, including:
-Completing a [[Tome of Heroism]]
-Slaying an [[Omni Bosses|Omni Boss]]
+* Completing a '''[[Lore System#Lore Books|Lore Book]]'''
+* Completing a '''[[Tome of Heroism]]'''
+* Slaying an '''[[Omni Bosses|Omni Boss]]'''
+* Purchasing with reward points from:
+  * '''[[Arena & Duels|Arenas]]'''
+  * '''[[Factions]]'''
+  * '''[[Achievements]]'''
+  * '''[[Societies]]'''
+  * '''[[Strangelands]]'''
-Players can also purchase Mastery Chain Links with reward points from:
-* [[Arena & Duels|Arenas]]
-* [[Factions]]
-* [[Achievements]]
-* [[Societies]]
-* [[Strangelands]]
 ==Gaining Experience==
 ===Experience Formula===
-When killing a creature, each player typically earns Experience towards various systems by calculating their Damage Dealt % to the Creature and multiplying it by the Gold Value of the creature
+Players earn experience (XP) for their Mastery Chains by dealing damage to creatures. The XP gained is calculated as a percentage of the '''Gold Value''' of the creature, based on the percentage of damage dealt.
-So a player who deals 33% of the total damage on a creature worth 1000 gold, would earn 333 Experience towards systems like Mastery Chains, Weapon Codexes, Wizard's Grimoires, etc
+For example, a player who deals '''33%''' of the total damage to a creature worth '''1000 gold''' would earn '''333 XP'''.
 ===Experience Adjustments===
-Players will now receive an Experience Adjustment when killing creatures when multiple players damage the creature
+If multiple players damage the same creature, all players will receive an '''Experience Adjustment'''. Each valid player (who deals at least 5% damage) will scale up the '''Effective Damage Dealt %''' by '''+25% per valid player'''. However, this increase is capped at '''15% for bosses''' and '''66% for normal creatures'''.
-For each valid player that inflicts 5% Damage or more to the creature, all players will have their "Effective" Damage Dealt % scaled upwards by (+25% * Valid Players) for the purposes of calculating Experience Gains
-Players cannot have their Effective Damage Dealt % increased from this mechanic above 15% for Bosses or above 66% for Normal Creatures
-Any Experience Adjustments players receive will not affect the numbers shown for [BossResults or [ServerRank calculations: these adjustments are only considered for Experience Gains for systems
-'''Example''': 4 players kill a creature worth 1000 gold
-* Player A dealt 20% damage to the creature
-* Player B dealt 30% damage to the creature
-* Player C dealt 49% damage to the creature
-* Player D dealt 1% damage to the creature
-Since three players dealt at least 5% damage or more to the creature, all players will have their "Effective" damage dealt scaled up by (25% * 3) = +75%
-* Player A will now be treated as (20% * 1.75) = 35% Damage Dealt
-* Player B will now be treated as (30% * 1.75) = 52.5% Damage Dealt
-* Player C will now be treated as (49% * 1.75) = 66% Damage Dealt (would be 85.75% but 66% is the max cap for bonuses)
-* Player D will now be treated as (1% * 1.75) = 1.75% Damage Dealt
-Player B would normally have earned (30% * 1000) = 300 Experience, but instead now earns (52.5% * 1000) = 525 Experience because of adjustments.
 ==Upgrading Mastery Chains==
-Mastery Chains by themselves will provide no benefit to the player until they add Mastery Chain Links to the chain
+Mastery Chains do not provide benefits until '''Mastery Chain Links''' are installed. Players can install up to '''30 links''', but must first '''unlock link slots''' by earning XP.
-Players are allowed to add up to 30 Mastery Chain Links to a Mastery Chain, however they must first Unlock Links in them by earning XP
+* Players earn XP by engaging in activities that generate gold (killing monsters, unlocking dungeon chests, etc.).
+* Unlocking a new link slot triggers a notification.
+* Unlocked links appear '''green''' in the chain interface.
+* Installing a link consumes '''10 Arcane Essence'''.
-Players earn XP by performing actions that earn gold (killing monsters / unlocking dungeon chests / etc)
-When players earn enough XP to Unlock a new Link, they will receive a notification that their Mastery Chain has Unlocked a new link
-If players have any available Unlocked links in their Mastery Chain, they will see one or more Green colored links in the chain graphic
-Installing a new Link requires consuming 10 [[Arcane Essence]]
 ==Mastery Chain Link Types==
-Mastery Chain Links are very rare loot items that are only available through a few specific game mechanics (e.g. [[Omni Bosses]], [[Treasure Hunting]]), or alternatively, purchasable by using a very large number of reward points from certain systems (e.g. [[Societies]])
+Mastery Chain Links are '''rare loot items''' obtainable through select mechanics such as '''Omni Bosses''' and '''Treasure Hunting''', or by spending a significant amount of '''reward points'''.
-Mastery Chain Links come in 4 different material types: Bronze, Silver, Gold, and [[Corrupted Mastery Chain Links|Corrupted]]
-Each Link has a specific effect or bonus it adds to a player when installed into a Mastery Chain, with that effect/bonus amount increasing based on the material type
-* Silver Links are even more rare than Bronze, and typically will have 25% higher bonus amounts than Bronze Links
-* Gold Links are ultra rare and typically have 50% higher bonus amounts than Bronze Links
-===Mastery Chain Link Bonus Values===
-Current values for potential Mastery Chain Links are listed below:
-* Note that "Effective" skill gain bonus for Mastery Chain Links only boosts the bonuses you get from those skills in combat
-* It does not increase your skill value for crafting
-* Elective Upgrades means that you can convert the link on the left, to the one in the Elective Upgrades column by double clicking on the link. This cannot be reversed without using a reforging tool.
-===Other Restrictions===
-Damage to Poisoned Creatures links will only apply if the target is affected with Greater Poison or above
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-==Installing Mastery Chain Links==
-If a player has an available unlocked link in their Mastery Chain (displayed in Green at the top chain graphic) players can click the Install Link button in the Mastery Chain gump window to target and add a Chain Link in their backpack to their Mastery Chain
-Players are allowed to install up to 10 Chain Links of the same bonus effect into a single Mastery Chain, and the cumulative total bonus for each effect is displayed in the Mastery Chain window
-(The only exception to this rule is "Special / Rare Drop Chances" which players are allowed to have 20 links)
-Players can remove Links by clicking the Remove Links button in the bottom right corner of the window
-==Removing Mastery Chain Links==
-When Removing Links from a mastery chain, players can click the Left/Right arrows to navigate through their currently installed links, with the selected link denoted with a Green pointer and the individual Link bonus displayed in the bottom panel
-Clicking the Remove Link red button will remove the highlighted link from the chain and place it back in the player's backpack
-Players will not receive the 10 Arcane Essence back when removing links, but they will be able to place a new link back into the chain in place of the removed one
-When a player is done removing links, they can click the Done button in the lower right corner to return to the main page
-Players can now click the Remove Row button to remove all Links in the currently selected row (requires double-click confirmation)
-Players can now click the Remove All button to remove all Links currently installed (requires triple confirmation)
-[[File:masterychainlinkremoval.png]]
+There are '''four material types''' for Mastery Chain Links:
-==Mastery Chain Link Reforging Tools==
-There are Bronze, Silver, Gold and Corrupted Reforging Tools available, and players must use a Reforging Tool of the same material type as the Mastery Chain Link they wish to alter (i.e. Bronze Reforging Tool on a Bronze Mastery Chain Link)
-Players can double-click the Reforging Tool in their backpack, and then target the specific Mastery Chain Link they wish to alter
+* '''Bronze'''
+* '''Silver''' (25% better than Bronze)
+* '''Gold''' (50% better than Bronze)
+* '''[[Corrupted Mastery Chain Links|Corrupted]]'''
-In the resulting menu, players can use the left/right arrows to rotate through the different bonus effects available that they may to change the Link to
+Each link provides a unique bonus that scales with material quality.
-When the player is satisfied with their selection, they can click the Reforge Link button to change the bonus on the Link (this will consume the Reforging Tool)
+==Installing & Removing Mastery Chain Links==
+Players can install '''up to 10 links of the same bonus effect''' (except for Special Drop Chances, which allows up to 20).
-Players can acquire Reforging Tools by spending Reward Points from Arena, Achievement, Faction, and Society Reward systems
+Players can '''remove links''' via the Mastery Chain menu. Removing a link does not refund '''Arcane Essence''', but the removed link is returned to the player’s backpack.
-Players can also acquire Reforging Tools by spending gold at the Prevalia Market
+==Mastery Chain Link Reforging==
+Players can use '''Reforging Tools''' (Bronze, Silver, Gold, Corrupted) to modify the effect of a Mastery Chain Link.
-The Mastery Chain Link Reforge Tool shows multiple bonus types at once, and are displayed in alphabetical order for bonus type
+* Players must use a '''Reforging Tool of the same material type''' as the link.
+* Reforging allows selecting a '''new bonus type''' from a list.
+* Tools are purchasable with '''reward points''' or '''gold at the Prevalia Market'''.
-Using a new Reforge Tool will remember the last bonus type and display page selected by the player with their previous Reforge Tool, in order to make Reforging multiple links in a row much quicker
-[[File:linkreforgeagain.png|link=]]
 ==Mastery Chain Link Tome==
-Players may purchase Mastery Chain Link Tomes from the Prevalia Market Merchant as a way to store various Mastery Chain Links they acquire.
+Players can purchase a '''Mastery Chain Link Tome''' from the '''Prevalia Market Merchant''' to store and organize their collected Mastery Chain Links.
 [[File:masterychainlinktome.png|link=]]
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-==Mastery Chain Replacement==
-'''This NPC is no longer available'''
-We have created a new Mastery Chain Technician NPC that will allows players to perform a one-time replacement on certain Mastery Chain Links. Access to the Mastery Chain Technician will be available for a limited duration (likely several weeks), and will typically be made after we have implemented major gameplay changes that impact the value of individual Mastery Chain Links (this gives players an opportunity to switch to different links if they no longer want them after the mechanics change). Players can find Mastery Chain Technicians, when they are available, at the Prevalia Exchange Office and Corpse Creek Bank areas
-We are initially introducing this NPC with the ability to replace ONLY the following links:
-* Melee Weapon Aspect Chance
-* Melee Weapon Aspect Effect
-* Spell Aspect Chance
-* Spell Aspect Effect
-[[File:masterychainreplacement1.png|link=]]
-* To begin replacement of Mastery Chain Links, say "Mastery" or "Chain" out loud near any Mastery Chain Technician in Prevalia or Corpse Creek
-* Players must then target a Mastery Chain that is bound to them in their backpack or currently equipped
-* If a player targets a Mastery Chain that has any of those valid Links installed, they will be shown a replacement window
-* At the top of the menu, players will be able to select which link they wish to replace, and can use the Left/Right arrows to rotate between valid links installed
-* At the bottom of the menu players can use the Left/Right arrows to select the new Link type they want to convert the existing link into (this will maintain the same Bronze/Silver/Gold material type)
-[[File:masterychainreplacement2.png|link=]]
-* Once a player is confident in their selection, they can click the "Replace Selected Link With New Link" button three times in a row to replace that individual link (players must do this multiple times if they have multiple links of the same type)
-* This replacement is PERMANENT, and once a player has replaced a link with a new type, they will NOT be able to immediately revert it using this system
-* If a player no longer has any replaceable type links in their Mastery Chain, the replacement menu will automatically close
-* Note: If players have their Mastery Chain window open, they will need to double-click it to refresh any changes made to it via the Replacement system menu
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