~~~BloodSnake's Ultimate Guide for Imbedding for Sorcerers (Ed. Note Wiz Okay) ~~~ ******************************************************************** I have done a lot of research and experimenting with imbedding different objects and have decided to post a short guide to help others who would like to take up this hobby. If I have left anything out, I would appreciate your input so I can make this as complete and accurate as possible. RODS AND WANDS 1) Rods and Wands purchased from the Alchemist's shop - special orders. Rods are better to buy than wands because they hold more mana than wands. Rods will hold up to 40 mana while wands tend to hold no more than 30. The best material for the money is Tanik. Tanik Rods at the Alchemist will cost you 2700 silvers with a little extra if you want it colored and takes about an hour to make. Once you get the rod, no potions are necessary. They are immediately imbeddable as they are. Simply type prep 420 then after the prep time.....Cast My Tanik Rod. Be sure the rod is in your right hand. After that you have about 5 minutes to decide what you want to put in your rod. Let's say you decide to imbed mana disrupt. To Imbed 28 mana disrupts in your rod you need to have at least 56 mana available. Type Imbed 702 in rod using wave for 28 charges. If you are successful you will get a message saying so. If you get a message that says "Something goes wrong in the process etc" that means you weren't concentrating enough and you failed at the imbed. In this case you must start all over with prep 420. In the worst case, the rod may blow up breaking your hand. This is an extreme fumble. The higher the level spell you are trying to imbed the higher the chance of failure. I've had the most luck when I imbed at the Magical Workshop at the abandoned inn. It really seems to make a difference where you are. Be sure that when you are typing Imbed 702 in rod etc you don't specify TANIK rod or it won't work. Use this same procedure for amulets purchased at the alchemist but here I recommend that you buy Maoral for amulets. These take longer to make, about 7 hours but don't cost as much as rods. Cost is around 1300 silver. Following is a chart of the wands, rods and amulets you can buy at the alchemist. I've included, cost, time to make and max mana that I've been able to put in each. WOOD COST TIME TO MAKE MAX MANA Linden Rod 1700 2 hrs 46 Linden Wand 900 2 hrs 34 Linden Amulet 600 3 hrs 28 Thanot Rod 1900 5 hrs 48 Thanot Wand 1000 4 hrs 30 Thanot Amulet 650 6 hrs 23 Ash Rod 2100 6 hrs 50 Ash Wand 1100 5 hrs 32 Ash Amulet 700 7 hrs 24 Hazel Rod 2300 3 hrs 52 Hazel Wand 1200 3 hrs 34 Hazel Amulet 750 4 hrs 25 Modwir Rod 2500 2 hrs 54 Modwir Wand 1300 2 hrs 40 Modwir Amulet 800 2 hrs 26 Tanik Rod 2700 1 hr 56 Tanik Wand 1400 1 hr 38 Tanik Amulet 850 1 hr 27 Oak Rod 2900 6 hrs 58 Oak Wand 1500 5 hrs 40 Oak Amulet 900 7 hrs 28 Yew Rod 3100 2 hrs 60 Yew Wand 1600 2 hrs 40 Yew Amulet 950 2 hrs 29 Monir Rod 3300 5 hrs 62 Monir Wand 1700 4 hrs 40 Monir Amulet 1000 6 hrs 30 Fil Rod 3500 7 hrs 64 Fil Wand 1800 6 hrs 40 Fil Amulet 1050 9 hrs 31 Haon Rod 3700 6 hrs 66 Haon Wand 1900 5 hrs 40 Haon Amulet 1100 7 hrs 32 Maoral Rod 3900 6 hrs 68 Maoral Wand 2000 5 hrs 40 Maoral Amulet 1150 7 hrs 33 2) Rods and Wands found on monsters. These are those granite, steel, tin, quartz, etc wands and rods that you find in chests or when you search critters. Use the same procedure as above. Again, the rods will hold more mana than the wands. Once used up the rod or wand will not disintegrate, however they are not reimbeddable. Following is a chart of the maximum mana that I've been able to put in each item. All come in the following materials: Lead, Tin, Granite, Quartz, Steel and Brass. WANDS RODS AMULETS 20-40 mana 30-65 mana 20-40 mana RINGS 30-40 mana I've found a lot of inconsistency in these items. For example, I had three different tin wands to imbed. One held a max of 20 mana, one 30 mana, and the other 40 mana. So you can't predict how much mana one of these items is going to hold until you try it. But generally rods hold more than wands and rings and amulets hold about the same. 3) Wands carved from sticks. If you know a high level Ranger friend, he or she can imbue sticks for you turning them into wands. These become bent, small, flexible, large, hefty, cracked, stained, slim, thick etc wands. You can forage the sticks yourself if you like. They are found around the wedding glade. These are also immediately imbeddable, simply use the same procedure as above. These wands don't hold a major amount of mana, anywhere from 12 mana up to 40 max in my experience. And I've actually had a small wand hold more mana than a hefty wand, so you can't go by the name, heehee. These wands will disintegrate on their last use. There are one or two high level rangers in town with special carving knives that can carve special symbols and statues that are also imbeddible. It takes them a bit of time and quite a bit of mana to do this though. RINGS AND AMULETS 1) Rings found on critters - these are the granite, tin, steel, quartz etc rings you find in boxes or by searching critters. You use the same procedure as above but you must use RUB as the activator. EX: Imbed 401 in ring using rub for 30 charges. Please be sure NOT to imbed any offensive spells such as mana disrupt in rings or amulets as you cannot rub these items AT critters. Don't laugh, but people have made this mistake before. You rub your amulet and mana disrupt yourself. You can however put offensive spells such as Energy Maelstrom or Ewave into rings or amulets. Once I attempted to put the Implosion spell in an amulet. I got a success, but the message was that you feel that you have successfully put 0 charges of Implosion in the amulet. I had plenty of mana so that wasn't the reason. Apparently Implosion is too high a level spell to be imbedded. If anyone has ever had success imbedding this spell I would sure like to hear about it. 2) Rings and Bands from the Gemcutters - Rings and Bands from the Gemcutters shop in town are also imbeddable. However, these items are not so easy to imbed. You must use a Grot potion in order to make them imbeddable, and this is not so easy to accomplish. I have tried every single stone on the menu several times and the only one I've had success with so far is the Ruby Band. I managed to put 40 mana worth of Elemental Defense One in it. Once again, hold the ring or band in your right hand, the Grot potion in your left hand, type "Pour potion on my ruby band". If you're lucky you'll get the "you carefully work in the potion until its absorbed" message, then you can go ahead and throw 420 on it and imbed as usual. More often than not you'll get the grey smoke rising from the ring, which ruins it for imbedding forever. You'll still have the ring or band and it will look normal, it will just not be imbeddable any longer. I have wasted a LOT of rings and bands this way. I've tried to repeat my success with ruby bands and have fried about 6 of them. 3) Special merchant rings, earrings, amulets and other wearables - There are some certain items such as these that are imbeddable. Most are not reimbeddable however. If you are uncertain whether an item is reimbeddable or not, simply buy a grot potion from the alchemist (around 4k a pour). Hold the item in your right hand and the grot potion in your left hand. Type pour grot pot on . If you get the message "you work in the liquid until it is all absorbed" then you have cleaned the item and it is now ready to be reimbedded. However I have found that most of the time all you get is a grey cloud of smoke rising from the item which forever ruins it for reimbedding. If you get the message the liquid quickly evaporates, then you can try again. GEMS 1) Ordinary gems that you get from boxes and from searching critters can be made into a blank imbeddable. The more valuable the gem, the higher rate of success you will have. So far I have had success imbedding the following gems: Following each gem is the maximum amount of mana I have been able to put in them. Star Ruby - 30 Polished Pink Coral -20 Ruby -30 Polished Red Coral -20 Blue Sapphire -30 Turquoise Stone -20 Star Sapphire -30 Aquamarine Gem -20 Yellow Sapphire -30 Smoky Topaz -30 Green Sapphire -30 Golden Topaz -30 Violet Sapphire -30 Pink Sapphire -30 White Opal -40 Black Opal -40 Any kind of Pearl -40 Uncut Diamond -40