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Orb_of_Augmentation

Old: Yueren 2021-08-21 17:27:50

New: chuanhsing#2097 2021-08-21 22:10:25

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1-# Bestiary league
2-The Bestiary league and Hardcore Bestiary league were past challenge leagues. The leagues started on March 2, 2018.
1+# Orb of Augmentation
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4-This league introduced Einhar Frey, who taught the player how to capture beasts with nets. Captured beasts were marked in the Bestiary and placed in the Menagerie for display, but more importantly, used for beastcrafting to create or modify items of various kinds or to challenge the First Ones in battle.[2]
3+An Orb of Augmentation is a currency item that can be used to enhance a piece of magic equipment with an additional random affix. This can only be used on an item with one affix, since magic items can have at most one prefix and one suffix.
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6-All characters and stashes were moved to Standard league and Hardcore league respectively when the leagues ended. Characters that died in the Hardcore Bestiary league were immediately moved to the permanent Standard league.
5+## Spending
6+Orbs of Augmentation are most often used to add an additional affix to a magic item with only one affix. Unlike its much rarer cousin the [[Exalted Orb]], Orbs of Augmentation are commonly and frequently used by all players, often in conjunction with an [[Orb of Transmutation]] and [[Orb of Alteration]]. At low levels or in races, they may be used to quickly craft useful magic items before stronger rare items can be found to replace them. They are also used on strongboxes to potentially improve the items dropped. At high levels, Orbs of Augmentation are used in conjunction with [[Orb of Alteration]] to craft magic items with top-tier affixes as the first step in a long crafting process to produce a high-end rare item. They are also used to craft desirable affixes on maps.
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8-After the leagues ended, the beast hunting mechanics were not immediately added to the core game. They were added to the core game with the 3.5 Betrayal patch. Through beastcrafting, four end-game encounters can be accessed: The Spirit Beasts.
8+Orbs of Augmentation can be used to purchase certain low-level magic items directly from vendors. One can also sell 4 Orbs of Augmentation to Nessa in exchange for an [[Orb of Alteration]]. They also are used in the following vendor recipes:
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10-## Modifiers
11-All areas have:
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13-- <span class="text-mod">Areas contain Beasts to hunt</span>
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15-## Mechanics
16-This section is for archival purposes only. The current core mechanics differ drastically from the league mechanics. See Beasts for the current mechanics.
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18-In this league, players are given access to nets. They can be dropped normally or can be bought from Einhar Frey. You can throw the net at any catchable living monster (default hotkey "V"). Catchable monsters are marked with an icon on their life bars. Nets are not used until they are actually thrown at a monster. They have a cooldown and a cast time, so being stunned while throwing a net will interrupt it.
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20-Once the net is thrown, the target monster cannot be killed and will be stunned, for up to 3 seconds. If a capture succeeds, Einhar will transport the beast away to the Menagerie. The lower the monster's life is, the higher the chance of success. If a capture fails, the monster will recover a percentage of its life and become enraged. You cannot throw a net at it again until it has stopped enraging.
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22-Rare beasts can spawn with a Bestiary mod. These monsters will show up on the minimap with a yellow icon and have a whitish-red color. They are stronger than normal Rare monsters and are used for specific Beastcrafting recipes. There are also Legendary beasts that have two Bestiary mods and have much more life. They are marked with a red icon on the minimap and are used for rarer and more valuable recipes.
10+Lastly, Orbs of Augmentation are used for a very large number of crafting bench recipes.