Posted January 15, 2021 I have just smolten a ql75 fist bracelet, resulting in a seryll lump with the expected 20% weight loss. But the quality was 68 only, smelting pot ql 85.12, dmg 0. Is that an unannounced ninja nerf or a bug? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 15, 2021 This was done few years ago iirc to stop people from mass producing HQL steel by improving steel mine doors at a cost of few lumps and then smelting them to get 50kg of HQL steel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) 37 minutes ago, Locath said: This was done few years ago iirc to stop people from mass producing HQL steel by improving steel mine doors at a cost of few lumps and then smelting them to get 50kg of HQL steel. No. For that a 20% material loss was introduced, and later the max ql capped to the ql of smelting pots. I have smolten several objects since, and there has not been ql loss until now. Edit: Just tested with a gold necklace ql55 which was smolten without quality loss. So please explain and/or fix. Edited January 15, 2021 by Ekcin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 15, 2021 Ok, i might have misunderstood that smelting update few years ago but from Wurmpedia: A small amount of metal from the original item is typically lost to the smelting process. Items that cannot be improved and are not capped by the 20% of total skill when created will now receive a quality penalty when smelted, at the following rates: -7.5% to -2.5% for common metals, -12.5% to -7.5% for moon metals and alloys. https://www.wurmpedia.com/index.php/Smelting_pot Could this be the reason? Just throwing guesses. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted January 15, 2021 (edited) Ok looks like it. That item (rift reward) was indeed not impable (nor craftable). Thank you. Edited January 15, 2021 by Ekcin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites