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Deconstructing Items: A
Beginner's Guide
style="font-style: italic;">by Dalmarus
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QUESTION
Since the new system is in place, how do you actually go about
deconstructing an item?
ANSWER
To deconstruct an item, buy a stack of deconstruction kits from your
friendly General Goods Vendor, right click on the stack, then left
click on the item you wish to break down.
Unlike my other guides in the past where the actual answer is far more
involved (and perhaps even convoluted), this answer is actually that
simple. The purpose of this guide is to give everyone a little
information on the process since everything has gone to a BoE/BoP
system, for better or for worse. I imagine you could go through the
game without ever deconstructing anything, but not only will you
deprive yourself of the treasure hunting aspect, you'll
also be missing out on a reasonable source of income.
Deconstruction Kits
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hspace="10" vspace="5">The first thing you'll need to
do is hit up your local General Goods vendor for the deconstruction
kit. They're available in stacks of ten. Since they're 10 silver per
stack, rather than the 60 copper the rift sahrds are, you'll have to
determine for yourself how many you can put in a stack. When you find
out though, be sure to send us a message about it here!
The Mystical Task of Deconning an Item
As I mentioned above, this part of the process really is easy. For this
example, I'm
going to use Alakrus's Enchanted Necklace. Note that it is an Uncommon
item, thus "blue". We'll discuss the importance of an item's
rarity
in a bit, so with that in mind, let's continue.
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To decon the necklace, simply right-click on the Decontruction Kit in
your inventory now, then left click over the item you wish to
deconstruct. A small window will appear, requiring you to choose
between decontructing the item into resources, dusts, or hit cancel.
Select
what you'd like to receive for your efforts. Even though the window
reads as though you will receive a single item, you will quite
often receive more than one resource or dust upon completion.
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In the window above, I chose the Resource button. Whether you
choose Resource or Dust, the process for decontructing an item is
exactly the same, it's just a matter of which you'd prefer to receive.
So What Did We Get?
Such impatience! I know, I know - get on with it already! Ok, you win.
After all that hard work and labor (seriously... I'm sweating!), we
received the following two items:
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The Importance of Item Rarity
Remember how I said that the rarity of an item would play an important
role in what you may receive from deconstructing an item? Here's the
official word from Sony on what that means:
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- Common items should
convert into attuning dusts or common resources - Uncommon items
should convert into resonance dusts,
common resources
and sometimes a rare resource - Rare items should
convert into focusing dusts, rare
resources and sometimes ultra rare resources -
Anything
above rare follows the same rules as rare
The Rules of Engagement
There are several rules to remember when deconstructing items.
- You are unable to decon any item that is of higher level
than your highest sphere. In other words, if you wish to decon a level
40 item, you
need to be at least a level 40 adventurer, crafter, or diplomat. - You are unable to decon any crafted items.
- You are unable to decon any diplomacy items (this is
supposed to be corrected at a later date). - You may or may not be able to decon soulbound items,
whether received from quests, or discovered while adventuring. At this
time, the only way to know appears to be just giving it a try.
Conclusion
I hope this beginner's guide is helpful to the players. The new system
will take some getting used to by everyone and only time will tell how
successful (or not) the system is. There are a multitude of different
crystals, powders, dusts, and more that can be obtained through item
deconstruction. Speak to your favorite crafter to find out what they
need to make you that next Item
of Uberness and I'm sure they'll give you some pointers on
what to choose when deconning to get the right components!
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