Runic Reforging for Specific Properties

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100% Elemental Damage 

Reforging menu selection: Powerful + Quality for all material types

Metal Weapons (Smith or Tinker)

Runic Hammer – Dull Copper or Shadow.
Dull copper runic hammers can be used for fire, cold and energy, these can be raised to 100% by enhancing provided fire is 60% or above, cold is 70% or above,  energy is 80% or above. Bronze ingots for fire, agapite ingots for cold, copper ingots for energy. Enhance while holding a +60 Ancient Smith hammer for smith weapons. Remember that tinkered items, although reforged with a hammer,  will need to be enhanced using a tinker kit.

Shadow runic hammers should be used for Poison which can not be raised by enhancing and therefore must be achieved by reforging alone.

Wooden Weapons (Carpenter or Fletcher)
Runic Dovetail Saw or Fletching kit – Oak

Stone Weapons
Runic Mallet & Chisel – Shadow

100% mana leech

Reforging menu selection: Powerful + Vampire

Metal Weapons (Smith or Tinker)
Runic Hammer – Copper
Achieving this property is also governed by the basic swing speed of the weapon type

HCI+5, or DCI+5

Reforging menu selection: Powerful + Slaughter for all material types

Smith Armor
Runic Hammer – Shadow

Tailor Armor
Runic Sewing Kit – Spined

Stone Armor
Runic Mallet & Chisel – Shadow

150 Luck

Reforging menu selection for metal and wood items: powerful + fortune

Smith Armor
Runic Hammer – Copper/Bronze
Enhance with gold ingots

Wooden Shield
Runic Dovetail Saw – Ash
Enhance with Bloodwood boards

Reforging menu selection for leather and cloth items: fortune alone. NOT powerful

Tailor Armor
Runic Sewing Kit – Horned
Enhance with Spined Leather.