Sacred 2:Items/Usable Item Levels

Item Levels

Usable Item Level

Characters can not use items that have too high a level. The usable item level depends on the level of the character. A level 40 character, for example, can not equip items that have level 53 or more.

A character equipping a piece of armor who's level is higher than the character's own will result in a movement speed penalty. This penalty is reduced through use of Armour Lore, essentially increasing the character's level for the purpose of equipping gear with no penalty.

Equipping a weapon or shield that has a level higher than your own will result in an attack speed penalty. This penalty is reduced through Shield Lore and/or one of the six specific Weapon Lores:

• Dual wield

• Hafted Weapons

• Magic Staffs

• Pole Arms

• Ranged Weapons

• Sword Weapons

Equipping Jewelry comes with no overt penalty, however, if you socket higher level jewelry into an item with a lower item level the equipment level will increase to match that of the highest level ring/amulet/rune within it. Socketing jewelry in this way, for example, by using a piece of jewelry from a much higher level, may increase the level of the item to make it unusable for the character.

Forging a gold, platinum or niobium rune, will, like jewelry as mentioned above, also raise the level of the item, perhaps making it unusable for the character at that level.

• Gold rune is a level 20 item.
• Platinum rune is a level 35 item.
• Niobium rune is level 50 item.

All the penalties from equipping items with too high level reduce your total speed by that percentage. Example: You have 130% Attack Speed and equip a weapon that has a 25% Attack Speed penalty from being too high level - the final attack speed with the weapon will be 90% (130*0.75). Same logic applies for armor and movement speed. So these penalties can be more severe than they at first seem.

The only exception to the table below is the BeeEffGee which can be equipped by the Seraphim character regardless of level of the character and weapon. For example, it is possible to use a level 150 BeeEffGee at character level 100.

Level Max Item Level 1 3 2 4 3 5 4 7 5 8 6 9 7 10 8 12 9 13 10 14 11 15 12 17 13 18 14 19 15 20 16 22 17 23 18 24 19 25 20 27 21 28 22 29 23 30 24 32 25 33 26 34 27 35 28 37 29 38 30 39 31 40 32 42 33 43 34 44 35 45 36 47 37 48 38 49 39 50 40 52 41 53 42 54 43 55 44 57 45 58 46 59 47 60 48 62 49 63 50 64

Level Max Item Level 51 65 52 67 53 68 54 69 55 70 56 72 57 73 58 74 59 75 60 77 61 78 62 79 63 80 64 82 65 83 66 84 67 85 68 87 69 88 70 89 71 90 72 92 73 93 74 94 75 95 76 97 77 98 78 99 79 100 80 102 81 103 82 104 83 105 84 107 85 108 86 109 87 110 88 112 89 113 90 114 91 115 92 117 93 118 94 119 95 120 96 122 97 123 98 124 99 125 100 127

Level Max Item Level 101 128 102 129 103 130 104 132 105 133 106 134 107 135 108 137 109 138 110 139 111 140 112 142 113 143 114 144 115 145 116 147 117 148 118 149 119 150 120 152 121 153 122 154 123 155 124 157 125 158 126 159 127 160 128 162 129 163 130 164 131 165 132 167 133 168 134 169 135 170 136 172 137 173 138 174 139 175 140 177 141 178 142 179 143 180 144 182 145 183 146 184 147 185 148 187 149 188 150 189

Level Max Item Level 151 190 152 192 153 193 154 194 155 195 156 197 157 198 158 199 159 200 160 202 161 203 162 204 163 205 164 207 165 208 166 209 167 210 168 212 169 213 170 214 171 215 172 217 173 218 174 219 175 220 176 222 177 223 178 224 179 225 180 227 181 228 182 229 183 230 184 232 185 233 186 234 187 235 188 237 189 238 190 239 191 240 192 242 193 243 194 244 195 245 196 247 197 248 198 249 199 250 200 252