Deconstructing Items: A Beginner's Guide

by Dalmarus

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

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.


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:

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:

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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