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Enchantments and enhancing Head, Shoulders and Legging, etc
Strictly speaking this isn't enchanting, it's augmenting as anyone can do it - just needs the appropriate reputation or kit from Auction House, mostly.
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- Upgrade Kits: (can be bought from AH)
- Tailoring: Spellthread for pants
- Leatherworking: leg armor for pants
- Leatherworking: Heavy Knothide for head, shoulders, chest, legs, hands and feet
- Leatherworking: Armor Kits for chest, legs, hands and feet
- Leatherworking: Glove Reinforcements
- Glyphs and Inscriptions: (Requires appropriate reputation. Most are soulbound)
- Glyphs for head armour
- Inscriptions for shoulder armour
- Enchanting ring: (Note: Binds ring to caster)
- Enchantments for rings
- Links etc:
- Upgrades for belts and/or necklaces (None don't bother!)
- Others (pre-Outlands, not worth the effort, barring Twinks!)
- Links
Upgrade kits (can be bought in AH)
Tailoring: Spellthread for pants
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The following augments can be learnt if you are a tailor (with the right reputation) and sold/or bought in Auction House.
Mystic Spellthread
(Pattern requires The Scryers - Honored)
Requires Level 60
Permanently embroiders spellthread into pants, increasing spell damage and healing by up to 25 and Stamina by 15.
Silver Spellthread
(Pattern requires The Aldor - Honored)
Requires Level 60
Permanently embroiders spellthread into pants, increasing healing by up to 46, spell damage by up to 16, and Stamina by 15.
Runic Spellthread
(Pattern requires The Scryers - Exalted)
Requires Level 60
Permanently embroiders spellthread into pants, increasing spell damage and healing by up to 35 and Stamina by 20.
Golden Spellthread
(Pattern requires The Aldor - Exalted)
Requires Level 60
Permanently embroiders spellthread into pants, increasing healing by up to 66, spell damage by up to 22, and Stamina by 20.
Leatherworking: leg armor for pants
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Cobrahide Leg Armor
(Pattern requires Honor Hold/Thrallmar - Honored
Requires Level 60
Permanently attach cobrahide armor onto pants to increase attack power by 40 and critical strike rating by 10.
Nethercobra Leg Armor
(Pattern requires Honor Hold/Thrallmar - Exalted)
Requires Level 60
Permanently attach nethercobra armor onto pants to increase attack power by 50 and critical strike rating by 12.
Clefthide Leg Armor
(Pattern requires Cenarion Expedition - Honored )
Requires Level 60
Permanently attach clefthide armor onto pants to increase stamina by 30 and agility by 10.
Nethercleft Leg Armor
(Pattern requires Cenarion Expedition - Exalted)
Requires Level 60
Permanently attach clefthide armor onto pants to increase Stamina by 40 and Agility by 12.
Leatherworking: Heavy Knothide for head, shoulders, chest, legs, hands and feet
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Heavy Knothide Armor Kit
Requires Level 60
Permanently increase the Stamina of an item worn on the head, chest, shoulders, legs, hands or feet by 10.
Only usable on items level 60 and above.
Leatherworking: Armor Kits for chest, legs, hands and feet
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Light Armor Kit
Permanently increase the armor value of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 8.
Medium Armor Kit
Requires Level 5
Permanently increase the armor value of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 16.
Heavy Armor Kit
Requires Level 20
Permanently increase the armor value of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 24.
Only usable on items level 15 and above.
Thick Armor Kit
Requires Level 30
Permanently increase the armor value of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 32.
Only usable on items level 25 and above.
Rugged Armor Kit
Requires Level 40
Permanently increase the armor value of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 40.
Only usable on items level 35 and above.
Core Armor Kit
(Note: pattern is a rare drop in Molten Core)
Requires Level 50
Permanently adds 5 defense rating to an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet.
Only usable on items level 45 and above.
Knothide Armor Kit
Requires Level 50
Permanently increase the stamina of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 8.
Only usable on items level 55 and above.
Magister's Armor Kit
Requires Level 55
(Pattern requires The Scryers - Revered)
Permanently increase the mana regeneration of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 3 mana every 5 seconds.
Only usable on items level 60 and above.
Vindicator's Armor Kit
(Pattern requires The Aldor - Revered)
Requires Level 55
Permanently increase the defense rating of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 8.
Only usable on items level 60 and above.
Arcane Armor Kit
(Pattern is BoP and drops from Chrono Lord Deja, the first in The Black Morass encounter)
Requires Level 65
Permanently increase the arcane resistance of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 8.
Only usable on items level 60 and above.
Flame Armor Kit
(Pattern is BoP and is dropped by Gargantuan Abyssal in Arcatraz)
Requires Level 65
Permanently increase the fire resistance of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 8.
Only usable on items level 60 and above.
Frost Armor Kit
(Pattern is BoP and drops from Hydromancer Thespia in Steamvault)
Requires Level 65
Permanently increase the frost resistance of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 8.
Only usable on items level 60 and above.
Nature Armor Kit
(Pattern is BoP and drops from Mennu the Betrayer in The Slave Pens)
Requires Level 65
Permanently increase the nature resistance of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 8.
Only usable on items level 60 and above.
Shadow Armor Kit
(Pattern is Bop and dropped by the Time-Lost Shadowmage in Sethekk Halls)
Requires Level 65
Permanently increase the shadow resistance of an item worn on the chest, legs, hands or feet by 8.
Only usable on items level 60 and above.
Leatherworking: Glove Reinforcements
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Glove Reinforcements
Requires Level 60
Permanently increase the armor value on a pair of gloves by 240.
Glyphs and Inscriptions: (Requires appropriate reputation. Most are soulbound)
Glyphs for head armour
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All the Glyphs and Inscriptions below behind require level 70 and are BoP (Bind on Pickup).
Needless to say they do not stack.
NOTE:
Applying a BoP modification like a glyph to an unbound item causes it to become soulbound. i.e You can only use it on your own equipment and not on your alts or anyone elses
Glyph of Chromatic Warding
Requires Lower City - Honored
Permanently adds 8 resistance to all 5 schools of magic to a head slot item.
Glyph of Fire Warding
Requires Honor Hold - Honored
Permanently adds 20 Fire resistance to a head slot item.
Glyph of Frost Warding
Requires Keepers of Time - Honored
Permanently adds 20 Frost resistance to a head slot item.
Glyph of Nature Warding
Requires Cenarion Expedition - Honored
Permanently adds 20 Nature resistance to a head slot item.
Glyph of Shadow Warding
Requires Lower City - Honored
Permanently adds 20 Shadow resistance to a head slot item.
Glyph of Arcane Warding
Requires The Sha'tar - Honored
Permanently adds 20 Arcane resistance to a head slot item.
Glyph of Power
Requires The Sha'tar - Revered
Permanently adds up to 22 spell damage and healing and 14 spell hit rating to a head slot item.
Glyph of Renewal
Requires Honor Hold - Revered
Permanently adds up to 35 healing, +12 Spell Damage, and 7 mana per 5 sec. to a head slot item.
Glyph of the Defender
Requires Keepers of Time - Revered
Permanently adds 16 defense rating and 17 dodge rating to a head slot item.
Glyph of the Outcast
Requires Lower City - Revered
Permanently adds 17 Strength and 16 Intellect to a head slot item.
Glyph of Ferocity
Requires Cenarion Expedition - Revered
Permanently adds 34 attack power and 16 hit rating to a head slot item.
Glyph of the Gladiator
Requires Shattered Sun Offensive - Revered
Permanently adds 18 Stamina and 20 resilience rating to a head slot item.
Inscriptions for shoulder armour
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All the Inscriptions below behind require level 64 or 70 (greater) and are BoP (Bind on Pickup).
Needless to say they do not stack.
NOTE:
Applying a BoP modification like an inscription to an unbound item causes it to become soulbound. i.e You can only use these on your own equipment and not on your alts or anyone elses
ALDOR INSCRIPTIONS:
Note: Requires The Aldor - Honored and level 64, exalted and level 70 for the Greater inscriptions
Inscription of Warding
Permanently adds 13 dodge rating to a shoulder slot item.
Greater Inscription of Warding
Permanently adds 15 dodge rating and 10 defense rating to a shoulder slot item.
Inscription of Vengeance
Permanently adds 26 attack power to a shoulder slot item.
Greater Inscription of Vengeance
Permanently adds 30 attack power and 10 critical strike rating to a shoulder slot item.
Inscription of Faith
Permanently adds 29 healing to a shoulder slot item.
Greater Inscription of Faith
Permanently adds up to 33 healing and 4 mana per 5 sec. to a shoulder slot item.
Inscription of Discipline
Permanently adds up to 15 spell damage and healing to a shoulder slot item.
Greater Inscription of Discipline
Permanently adds up to 18 spell damage and healing and 10 spell critical strike rating to a shoulder slot item.
SCRYER INSCRIPTIONS:
Note: Requires The Scryer - Honored and level 64, Exalted and level 70 for the Greater inscriptions
Inscription of the Orb
Permanently adds 13 spell critical strike rating to a shoulder slot item.
Greater Inscription of the Orb
Permanently adds 15 spell critical strike rating and up to 12 spell damage to a shoulder slot item.
Inscription of the Oracle
Permanently adds 5 mana per 5 sec. to a shoulder slot item.
Greater Inscription of the Oracle
Permanently adds 6 mana per 5 sec. and up to 22 healing to a shoulder slot item.
Inscription of the Knight
Permanently adds 13 defense rating to a shoulder slot item.
Greater Inscription of the Knight
Permanently adds 15 defense rating and 10 dodge rating to a shoulder slot item.
Inscription of the Blade
Permanently adds 13 critical strike rating to a shoulder slot item.
Greater Inscription of the Blade
Permanently adds 15 critical strike rating and 20 attack power to a shoulder slot item.
VIOLET EYE INSCRIPTIONS: (shoulders)
Inscription of Endurance
Requires Level 70
Requires The Violet Eye - Honored
Permanently adds 7 resistance to all magic schools to a shoulder slot item.
Argent Dawn Enchantment for shoulders
These are included for completeness but still are possibly worth considering until you are ready for Kara instances for the 'Inscription of Endurance' above, especially if there are other reputation items of interest with them.
Arcane/Flame/Frost/Nature/Shadow Mantle of the Dawn
Requires Argent Dawn - Revered (and a quest)
Permanently adds 5 resistance to the respective magic school for a shoulder slot item.
(e.g.Frost Mantle of the Dawn gives +5 frost resistance)
Chromatic Mantle of the Dawn
Requires Argent Dawn - Exalted (and a quest)
Permanently adds 5 resistance to all magic schools to a shoulder slot item.
Note that the Violet Eye inscription above is +7 and other requires Honored)
Enchanting rings: (Note: Binds ring to caster)
Enchantments for rings
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NOTE:
Enchants are for the enchanter only and any ring the enchanter enchants becomes soulbound to the enchanter that enchanted it.
Enchant Ring - Striking for +2 Weapon Damage
Requires The Consortium - Revered
Enchant Ring - Spellpower +12 Spell Damage Enchanting
Requires Keepers of Time - Honored
Enchant Ring - Healing Power +20 Healing and +7 Spell
Requires The Sha'tar - Revered
Enchant Ring - Stats +4 All Stats
Requires Lower City - Honored
Links etc
Upgrades for belts and/or necklaces
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Doesn't exist at all, there are none, nope!
Other armour upgrades
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Other (pre-Outlands) enchancements are typically really, really not worth the trouble trying to get but include include the like of:
Presence of Sight
Classes: Mage
Requires Level 60
Permanently adds 18 to all healing and damage spells and 8 spell hit rating to a leg or head slot item.
From: A quest in Zul'Gurub
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Resilience of the Scourge
Requires Level 60
Permanently adds to a shoulder slot item increased healing done by magical spells and effects up to 31, damage by up to 11, and also increases your mana regen by 5 mana per 5 sec.
From: Dropped by Sapphiron in Naxxramas (Plaguelands instance)
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Arcanum of Focus
Permanently adds +8 to your Healing and Damage from spells to a leg or head slot item. Does not stack with other enchantments for the selected equipment slot.
From: A quest by Lorekeeper Lydros in Dire Maul.
