How's this for a good warden seed?

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^(ShPD v4.0.2)

TMN-QYW-QQT

• 2 >!cursed Mail Armor +3!< ^(- Crypt Room)
• 2 >!Might +1!<
• 3 Blooming Sword +3 ^(- Ghost)
• 3 Regrowth +1
• 3 Arcana +1 ^(- Crystal Choice)
• 4 Sandals ^(- Crystal Chest)
• ..
• 9 >!Blast Wave +1, Frost +1!< ^(- Wandmaker/Rotberry)
• 9 >!Stone of Enchantment!<

Here's what you know from the description:

• Crystal damage bonus up to +33% from +25%

  • WOW, GREAT, it's BUFFED!

• Avg uses until breaking up to 50 at +0, from 33

  • Hold on a minute! See that +0? The real formula is linear, dropping average hits by 10 for every 3 upgrades. And this is where things turned Crystal to the ultimate nerf of all time. The old Crystal did NOT get affected by weapon level, but now it degrades a weapon crazy fast.
  • +0, avg. 50 hits.
  • +3, avg. 40 hits.
  • +6, avg. 30 hits.
  • +9, avg. 20 hits.
  • +12, avg. 10 hits.
  • +15, avg. 0 hits.

YES, if you have a +15 weapon, slap on Crystal enchantment, that weapon can now INSTANTLY break in a single hit. (And yep, I had to test this in a modded game)

EDIT: I asked Evan and he confirmed it's a bug.

> "That’s definitely a bug, will look into that."

Full Tier 5 gear in Sewers, but good luck getting the requirements first. At least you have an Accuracy+2 to use the weapon a bit below req. strength.

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^(ShPD v4.0.1)

HMR-GOY-ZRY

• 1 Obfuscation Plate Armor +3
• 2 Kinetic Greatsword +3 ^(- Ghost)
• 2 Accuracy +2
• 2 >!Warding +2, or Chains!< ^(- Crystal Chest)
• 4 >!Stone of Enchantment!< ^(- Secret Room)

MCW-XUN-DXF

A mystery seed. What did you find..?

This seed gives you virtually a full set of equipment in the sewers.

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^(ShPD v4.0.0)

VSQ-UEV-UBA

• 2 Arcana +2
• 4 Entanglement Leather Armor +3 ^(- Ghost)
• 4 Eldritch Whip +3 ^(- Sacrificial)
• 4 Sharpshooting +2 - ^(- Secret Chasm, Top Left)
• ..
• 9 >!Blast Wave!< +2, >!Warding!< +3 ^(- Wandmaker/Dust)

Seed requests are now open for 24h. I'll reply when I can during this time. Try keep requests to no more than 3 items. If I can't find a perfect match, I'll pick the closest I got.

>Since there's no more request, I'm closing the AMA. Thanks all.

Crystal is

• A new enchantment added in ShPD v4 0.0.
• It deals an extra +25% magical damage as a separate attack, bypassing physical armor.
• It degrade the weapon by average 3% per hit.
• Fast weapons degrade slower/hit, and slow weapons degrade faster.
• Reaching 0% will shatter the weapon completely.
• It will self-repair every turn you're not starving by 0.2%.
  • It thus take an average 15 turns to recover every hit using a normal speed weapon.
• Upgrading a Crystal weapon will instantly repair it, assuming the enchantment remains.
• Throwables will NOT degrade, and thus bypass it's biggest drawback.
• Mage Staff and Spirit Bow will also decay, but much slower.
• Ring of Arcana directly boost the damage.
  • With Arcana+9, it will deal an extra 107%.
  • Arcana+13 to deal an extra 203%.

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Opinion:

Crystal is acting more like a curse than an enchantment. For comparison, Polarized curse with Arcana+4 would deal an extra +50% damage, Crystal an extra 48%.

The decay is massive, ~3%/hit means it shatter in ~40 hits sustained combat (with regards to 7% repair).

It can shine on a throwable, dealing +25% bypassing armor without decay.

It can also be useful for a Duelist swapping weapons, giving it more time to repair. Or on heavily upgraded weapons where you spend less turns in combat than you move around.

Thus it have an anti-synergy with Haste, as you move faster and recover more slowly.

It might have a good synergy with Lethal Momentum, allowing zero-turn kills, but that's untested.

It might also be good against monks as it deal two damage packets, and possibly break their parry better.

What's your opinion/observations?

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EDIT:

Will it work with Crossbow?

• Tested: A Crystal Crossbow will degrade when throwing darts.

Will it work with Hourglass stasis?

• Tested: Yes, crystal weapons repair under stasis.

Will it work with Ring of Furor?

• Tested: Yes, furor directly reduce the degradation/hit, taking less damage.

Will it work with Lethal Momentum talent?

• Tested: No, crystal weapons still take damage even if doing a zero turn kill.

Full Endgame gear in sewers!

^(ShPD v4.0.0)

MCW-WAY-HIO

• 2 Scroll of >!Transmutation!< - ISAZ ^(- Secret Room)
• 3 >!Blazing Katana +2, Flow Scale Armor +2!< ^(- Ghost)
• 3 cursed >!Multiplicity!< Plate Armor +3 ^(- Crypt Room)
• 3 cursed >!Explosive!< Greatshield +3 ^(- Sacrificial Fire)
• 4 Might +2

Alright, v4.0.0 is out and I will accept some seed requests for a few days. Please keep your requests to max 3 items. These seeds are for v4.0.x only.

Modified the flairs a bit since the new v4.0.0 version is out. Posts referring to beta now got a more appropriate flair.

• Easy/Power seeds
• Artifact seeds
• Ring seeds
• Wand seeds

Two similar wondrous seeds:

• Wondrous/Wondrous/Lightning/Energy

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^(ShPD v4.0.0-RC-1)

FTQ-VYW-OWQ

• 1 Wondrous Resin ^(- Trinket)
• 2 Lightning >!+2!<
• 2 Energy >!+1!< ^(- Secret Room)
• 3 Battle Axe >!+2!<, Mail Armor >!+2!< ^(- Ghost)
• 4 Wondrous Scimitar >!+3!< ^(- Sacrificial)

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^(ShPD v4.0.0-RC-1)

VSQ-WCR-QBG

• 1 Wondrous Resin ^(- Trinket)
• 1 Lightning >!+2!<
• 1 Energy >!+1!<
• 2 Wondrous BattleAxe >!+3!< ^(- Sacrificial)
• 4 Blooming RoundShield >!+2!<, Anti-Magic Leather >!+2!< ^(- Ghost)

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Which is your favorite?

^(ShPD v4.0.0-BETA-3)

FTQ-VAO-NHD

• 1 Ring of >!Energy +1!< ^(Crystal Mimic)
• 1 Wand of >!Living Earth +2!< ^(Crystal Chest)
• 2 Wand of >!Corrosion +2!<
• 2 >!Battle Axe +3!< ^(Ghost)
• 4 >!Multiplicity Leather +3!< ^(Crypt)

^(ShPD v4.0.0-BETA-4)

FTQ-UMN-CJA

• 1 Eldritch Throwing Spear^(x3) +3 ^(- Pool Room)
• 2 Eldritch Assassins Blade +3 ^(- Ghost)
• 2 >!cursed Talisman!<
• 4 Arcana +1

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How much Arcana/Weapon level do you need for 100% procs:

• Eldritch+10, Arcana+1
• Eldritch+6, Arcana+2
• Eldritch+4, Arcana+3
• Eldritch+3, Arcana+4

So how much speed do you need..?

^(ShPD v4.0.0-BETA-4)

PLR-RNR-CMT

• 1 Swiftness >!Mail Armor!< +3 ^(- Crypt Room)
• 2 >!St.Enchantment!< ^(- Secret Room)
• 3 >!Toolkit!< ^(- Crystal Chest)
• 3 >!Mace!< +3 ^(Ghost)
• 3 Haste +2
• 4 Haste +2 ^(- Crystal Choice Room)

Beware the Chronomaster

• .. with a Double Haste+2 & Hourglass.

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^(ShPD v4.0.0-BETA-3)

BET-AYO-MGL

• 1 >!cursed Anti-Magic Mail Armor!< +3 ^(- Crypt Room)
• 3 Hourglass ^(- Crystal Mimic)
• 3 Haste +2 ^(- Crystal Chest)
• 4 Haste +2
• 4 >!Hand Axe!< +3 ^(- Ghost)

Here's an interesting Wealth2 seed meant for more advanced players.

• Wealth2 in sewers.
• Good starting armor+weapon.
• A Ring+4 from Imp.
• Garden on 4th and 17th.
• Upgrade scrolls on floor
  • >!2,3,4!<, >!7,8,9!<, >!12,13,14!<, >!17,18,19!<, >!21,22,23!<.
• Artifact generation order:
  • >!Hourglass, Toolkit, Chains, Key!<,
  • >!Talisman, Chains, Horn, Sandals!<,
  • >!Rose, Spellbook, Armband!<.

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This might be tough without an early Rose, but if you farm until you get the >!Sandals!< on an early floor, then upgrade one of the artifacts to +10, you'll get a Rose+10. That should help carry you more easily towards the Imp, where you probably have enough Transmutations to change the Ring+4 into a Wealth+4. Then back to Blacksmith and get your Wealth+21.

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MVP-KDM-UTW

^(ShPD v4.0.0-BETA-4)

• 1 Wealth +2 ^(- Crystal Chest)
• 2 >!Toolkit - Bottom Left!< ^(- Secret Chasm)
• 3 >!Mail Armor +3!< ^(- Ghost)
• 4 Garden
• 4 >!cursed Polarized Scimitar +3!< ^(- Sacrificial)
• ..
• 17 Garden
• 19 >!Accuracy +4!< ^(- Imp)