Item Identification

Skill Group	Lore & Knowledge
Skill Title	Merchant
Actionable	✅
Main Tool	N/A
Skill Synergy	N/A

Overview

Item Identification is a skill used to Identify weapons and armor that has yet to be identified. The only other way to Identify unidentified items is to use an Item Identification Wand. Item Identification is rarely used and many see it as a useless skill since Item Identification wands are in abundance.

Using the Item Identification skill directly will give you a target reticle. Simply target the desired unidentified item and if successful it will reveal it's true properties.

Where to get lessons

In Britain, you can find Ivy, the Merchant Guidmaster inside the Britains' Merchants Association (1474,1596,20). Approach her, and say "teach ItemID", and she will tell you her the price for her lessons.

Drop the money on her to receive her lessons.

Magical Properties

Item Identification is particularly useful to know the magical properties of certain items, the following are the descriptions of such properties. Keep in mind that items may have more that one prefix or suffix:

Armor Enchantments

Prefix	Item HP Bonus
Durable	+5
Substantial	+10
Massive	+15
Fortified	+20
Indestructible	+25
Stalwart	+30
Enduring	+35
Resolute	+40
Unyeilding	+45
Eternal	+50

Suffix	Armor Bonus
	Overall	Neck/Hands	Arms/Head/Legs/Feet	Body
Defense	+5	+0.4	+0.7	+2.2
Guarding	+10	+0.7	+1.4	+4.4
Hardening	+15	+1.1	+2.1	+6.6
Fortification	+20	+1.4	+2.8	+8.8
Invulnerability	+25	+1.8	+3.5	+11
Shelter	+30
Protection	+35
Sanctuary	+40
Salvation	+45
Defiance	+50

Weapon Enchantments

Prefix	Item HP Bonus
Durable	+10
Substantial	+20
Massive	+30
Fortified	+40
Indestructible	+50

Prefix	Effect
Accurate	+5 Tactics / Archery
Accurate, Surpassingly	+10 Tactics / Archery
Accurate, Eminently	+15 Tactics / Archery
Accurate, Exceedingly	+20 Tactics / Archery
Accurate, Supremely	+25 Tactics / Archery

Suffix	Damage Bonus
Ruin	+1
Might	+3
Force	+5
Power	+7
Vanquishing	+9

Weapon Spell Enchantments

Spell-like enchantments are also present on a variety of weapons and affect the opponent with a limited number of charges

The following tables only list effects who are not immediately obvious by their name.

Suffix	Effect	Observations
Burning	Magic Arrow
Daemon's Breath	Fireball
Dragon's Breath	Fireball
Evil	Curse
Feeblemind	Feeblemind
Ghoul's Touch	Paralyze
Mage's Bane	Mana Drain
Spell Reflection	Magic Reflection
Thunder	Lightning
Weakness	Weakness
Wounding	Harm

Prefix	Effect	Observations
Silver	Double Damage against Undead	No Charges

Clothing Spell Enchantments

Spell-like enchantments can be present on a variety clothing items and activate spell effects from a limited number of charges.

clothing activates as a result of being worn or when it is double clicked while being worn (every time the article is put on 1 charge is expended)

Suffix	Effect	Observations
Clumsy	Clumsy
Feeblemind	Feeblemind
Weaken	Weaken
Cunning	Cunning
Strength	Strength
Curses	Curse
Night Eyes	Nightsight
Blessings	Bless
Spell Reflection	Magic Reflection
Invisibility	Invisibility

Macro

This macro uses as bandana as the item that will be identified. Place a bandana in your backpack, and just start the macro. You can use the skill directly on an item repeatedly. The item does not need to be unidentified to get skill gains.

Using Razor CE, create a new macro:

!Loop
Assistant.Macros.UseSkillAction|3
Assistant.Macros.WaitForTargetAction|30
Assistant.Macros.TargetTypeAction|False|5439
Assistant.Macros.PauseAction|00:00:03

See Also

• Arms Lore

Bibliography

• uosecondage.com