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Augmentation Overview

Augmentation is not a skill itself, but an important mechanic, with 4 different secondary Augmentation skills. It can be confusing at first; Augmentation as a mechanic involves breaking down Magic gear for materials, Extracting Treasure Effects from existing gear into Augments, and Applying these Augments to different pieces of gear in order to add the extracted mods. There are 4 different types of Augmentation: Weapon (which includes Gloves), Jewelry, Armor (Chest and Legs), and Ancillary-Armor (Helms and Boots). Each one is a skill with levels and experience that breaks down different gear types, and each is leveled independently.

While Transmutation lets you change the treasure effects (mods) on your gear, Augmentation lets you add one additional treasure effect (mod) to a piece of gear. With Transmutation, you distill items into Phlogiston and use a transmutation table to make changes. With Augmentation, you decompose items into beads (weapons and gloves), ornaments (jewelry), baubles (chest and legs), and contraptions (helms and boots), in order to extract a mod from one item and place it onto a different item.

Along with Transmutation and Shamanic Infusion, Augmentation forms the mechanism for enchanting gear in Project Gorgon.

In addition to its use in player-crafting, augments can also be found in monster loot and applied to equipment by NPCs.

For additional information, see the Lorebook Augments for Everyone.

Learning Augmentation

Learning augmentation is a multi-step process. Visit Nightshade at the Kur Mountains Outpost to begin a series of quests that allow you to augment gear. There are four subcategories of augmentation taught by the following NPCs:

Training Augmentation

Weapon Augmentation - Main hand Augments, Glove Augments, and Off-Hand Augments

Learn from Malgath in the Wolf Cave. Requires 25 Alchemy, 25 Blacksmithing.

Jewelry Augmentation - Neck Augments and Ring Augments

Learn from Poe in the Myconian Cave. Requires 25 Alchemy, 25 Toolcrafting.

Armor Augmentation - Chest Augments and Leg Augments

Learn from Syndra in a barn in central Kur Mountains. Requires 25 Alchemy, 25 Leatherworking.

Ancillary-Armor Augmentation - Helm Augments and Boot Augments

Learn from Gribburn in the basement of Hogan's Keep. Requires 25 Alchemy, 25 Tailoring.

Some challenges must be completed before receiving skills from these sub-trainers. For example, Malgath is reached after defeating multiple Wolf Cave mobs; Poe is in an obscure corner of Myconian cave; Gribburn requires learning Goblinese and gaining favor with Hogan; and Syndra requires resolving a problem.

To learn Weapon Augmentation, for example, a player travels to Malgath in the Wolf Cave and gains his favor in order to train the first level skill called "Decompose Main Hand Weapon".

Using Augmentation

Decomposing Items

 

Small Ring Ornament

 

Small Necklace Ornament

Decomposition Experience Points

The amount of experience received in the relevant Augmentation skill depends on the level range of the item decomposed, not the rarity. E.g., decomposing an Uncommon level 5 ring will yield the same amount of Jewelry Augmentation xp as a Legendary level 30 ring, but (substantially) less than an Uncommon level 35(-60) ring ^{needs confirmation}.

Item Decomposition Recipes

Extracting Augments

Augmentation skills also allow you to extract "mods" from that specific equipment type. As an example, Weapon Augmentation teaches the player to extract mods from weapons (and gloves). Extracting a specific mod effect requires materials gained during the Decompose process. This material is specific to the equipment type. Weapons, as an example, give beads, while jewelry gives ornaments. The exact material for each augment extraction is listed on the respective skill's wiki page. An extraction takes 20 of the required material (e.g. 20 beads).

Extracting a specific effect requires a "crystal" as well. Putting the wrong type of crystal (e.g. using a redwall crystal because they're more readily available) will result in the item and crystal being destroyed, and the player will receive a message stating that they used the wrong type of crystal.

Using the right type of crystal requires matching up a specific gem's primary and/or secondary effect with the effect of the item. These effects are notated on the gems page.

For instance, extracting a psychology effect from a sword, the player uses tourmaline as the crystal in the extract augment recipe. The weapon and crystal are both destroyed in the process, but create an augment that can be placed on another weapon.

Assuming everything went right, the player receives an augment which can be applied to a different main-hand weapon.

Augment Extraction Recipes

Recipe	Skill	Level	Ingredients	Results	Trainer
Extract Main-Hand Augment (Level 0-30)	Weapon Augmentation	8	Small Main-Hand Bead x20 Main-Hand Item x1 Crystal x1	Main-Hand Augment x1	Malgath
Extract Ring Augment (Level 0-30)	Jewelry Augmentation	8	Small Ring Ornament x20 Ring x1 Crystal x1	Ring Augment x1	Poe
Extract Chest Augment (Level 0-30) (Level 0-30)	Armor Augmentation	8	Small Chest Bauble x20 Chest Armor x1 Crystal x1	Chest Augment x1	Syndra
Extract Helm Augment (Level 0-30)	Ancillary-Armor Augmentation	8	Small Helm Contraption x20 Head Armor x1 Crystal x1	Helm Augment x1	Gribburn
Extract Off-Hand Augment (Level 0-30)	Weapon Augmentation	20	Small Off-Hand Bead x20 Off-Hand Item x1 Crystal x1	Off-Hand Augment x1	Malgath
Extract Necklace Augment (Level 0-30)	Jewelry Augmentation	20	Small Necklace Ornament x20 Necklace x1 Crystal x1	Necklace Augment x1	Poe
Extract Leg Augment (Level 0-30)	Armor Augmentation	20	Small Leg Bauble x20 Leg Armor x1 Crystal x1	Leg Augment x1	Syndra
Extract Boot Augment (Level 0-30)	Ancillary-Armor Augmentation	20	Small Shoe Contraption x20 Footwear x1 Crystal x1	Shoe Augment x1	Gribburn
Extract Glove Augment (Level 0-30)	Weapon Augmentation	25	Small Glove Bead x20 Gloves x1 Crystal x1	Glove Augment x1	Malgath
Extract Main-Hand Augment (Level 31-60)	Weapon Augmentation	31	Medium Main-Hand Bead x20 Main-Hand Item x1 Crystal x1	Main-Hand Augment x1	Malgath
Extract Ring Augment (Level 31-60)	Jewelry Augmentation	31	Medium Ring Ornament x20 Ring x1 Crystal x1	Ring Augment x1	Poe
Extract Chest Augment (Level 31-60)	Armor Augmentation	31	Medium Chest Bauble x20 Chest Armor x1 Crystal x1	Chest Augment x1	Syndra
Extract Helm Augment (Level 31-60)	Ancillary-Armor Augmentation	31	Medium Helm Contraption x20 Head Armor x1 Crystal x1	Helm Augment x1	Gribburn
Extract Off-Hand Augment (Level 31-60)	Weapon Augmentation	45	Medium Off-Hand Bead x20 Off-Hand Item x1 Crystal x1	Off-Hand Augment x1	Malgath
Extract Necklace Augment (Level 31-60)	Jewelry Augmentation	45	Medium Necklace Ornament x20 Necklace x1 Crystal x1	Necklace Augment x1	Poe
Extract Leg Augment (Level 31-60)	Armor Augmentation	45	Medium Leg Bauble x20 Leg Armor x1 Crystal x1	Leg Augment x1	Syndra
Extract Boot Augment (Level 31-60)	Ancillary-Armor Augmentation	45	Medium Shoe Contraption x20 Footwear x1 Crystal x1	Shoe Augment x1	Gribburn
Extract Glove Augment (Level 31-60)	Weapon Augmentation	50	Medium Glove Bead x20 Gloves x1 Crystal x1	Glove Augment x1	Malgath
Extract Main-Hand Augment (Level 61-90)	Weapon Augmentation	61	Large Main-Hand Bead x20 Main-Hand Item x1 Crystal x1	Main-Hand Augment x1	Kohan / Ufkar
Extract Ring Augment (Level 61-90)	Jewelry Augmentation	61	Large Ring Ornament x20 Ring x1 Crystal x1	Ring Augment x1	Kohan / Ufkar
Extract Chest Augment (Level 61-90	Armor Augmentation	61	Large Chest Bauble x20 Chest Armor x1 Crystal x1	Chest Augment x1	Kohan / Ufkar
Extract Helm Augment (Level 61-90)	Ancillary-Armor Augmentation	61	Large Helm Contraption x20 Head Armor x1 Crystal x1	Helm Augment x1	Kohan / Ufkar
Extract Off-Hand Augment (Level 61-90)	Weapon Augmentation	65	Large Off-Hand Bead x20 Off-Hand Item x1 Crystal x1	Off-Hand Augment x1	Kohan / Ufkar
Extract Necklace Augment (Level 61-90)	Jewelry Augmentation	65	Large Necklace Ornament x20 Necklace x1 Crystal x1	Necklace Augment x1	Kohan / Ufkar
Extract Leg Augment (Level 61-90)	Armor Augmentation	65	Large Leg Bauble x20 Leg Armor x1 Crystal x1	Leg Augment x1	Kohan / Ufkar
Extract Boot Augment (Level 61-90)	Ancillary-Armor Augmentation	65	Large Shoe Contraption x20 Footwear x1 Crystal x1	Shoe Augment x1	Kohan / Ufkar
Extract Glove Augment (Level 61-90)	Weapon Augmentation	70	Large Glove Bead x20 Gloves x1 Crystal x1	Glove Augment x1	Kohan / Ufkar

Applying Augments

The next step of augmentation is applying the extracted mod to another item. The attachment skills are learned from Nightshade once you have sufficient favor. The recipes for attaching items fall under the Lore skill-line.

Applying an augment to an item costs 100 Enhancement Points on the item, which is max points for normal loot items (120 for crafted). Therefore you can apply only one augment to an item. Other uses for Enhancement Points include Shamanic Infusion, the addition of Pockets to chest/leg armor (Tailoring for cloth and leather or Blacksmithing for metal and organic) and various other improvements such as additional armor through reinforcing (Blacksmithing) or additional damage of a particular element (Tailoring).

Note that applying an augment will bind the item to your account. Despite the item text reading that the item is bound to the character that augmented it, your other characters will be able to equip it. You can (currently) not augment an item that is bound to another character on your account. If you want to augment items without using the NPC install service, you should make sure that all items are bound to the character that can apply augments, by using that character to transmute the item for the first time (other characters can then transmute the item without rebinding).

Augment Application Recipes

Undoing Augments

Only one augment can be added to an item at any one time. If you want to undo an augment applied to a piece of gear, use the appropriate "undo" recipe, for example "Undo Augment on Helm" in Ancillary-Armor Augmentation/Recipes. These undo augment recipes can also be used to undo Shamanic Infusions.

 

Small Shoe Contraption

Augment Undoing Recipes

Recipe	Skill	Level	Ingredients	Trainer
Undo Augment on Ring	Jewelry Augmentation	30	Small Ring Ornament x25 Ring x1	Poe
Undo Augment on Chest Armor	Armor Augmentation	30	Small Chest Bauble x25 Chest Armor x1	Syndra
Undo Augment on Helm	Ancillary-Armor Augmentation	30	Small Helm Contraption x25 Head Armor x1	Gribburn
Undo Augment on Main-Hand Weapon	Weapon Augmentation	38	Small Main-Hand Bead x25 Main-Hand Item x1	Malgath
Undo Augment on Necklace	Jewelry Augmentation	40	Small Necklace Ornament x25 Necklace x1	Poe
Undo Augment on Leg Armor	Armor Augmentation	40	Small Leg Bauble x25 Leg Armor x1	Syndra
Undo Augment on Boots	Ancillary-Armor Augmentation	40	Small Shoe Contraption x25 Footwear x1	Gribburn
Undo Augment on Off-Hand Weapon	Weapon Augmentation	42	Small Off-Hand Bead x25 Off-Hand Item x1	Malgath
Undo Augment on Gloves	Weapon Augmentation	50	Small Glove Bead x25 Gloves x1	Malgath

Augmentation Loot

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Augments can now be found in loot from monsters. Augments are much more likely to drop from animals (e.g. bears and wolves) than from sentient enemies such as goblins. The skills you have active will influence the types of Augments you find (e.g. you'll find more Ice Magic augments while using Ice Magic), but there is also a large randomness factor.

The goal of adding augments to loot is to make augments more available to low-level players. For this reason, augments are more likely to be found on low-level monsters than high-level monsters. (At higher level we expect player-augmenters to make up the difference; the plan is that when we eventually have level 125 monsters, they won't drop augments at all -- only player augmenters will be able to make max-level augments.)

— March 9, 2020 Game Update

Augment-Installation Services

Some NPCs can now (since June 2018) install Augments for you! By using one of these NPCs, you do not need to have learned the various Augment Installation recipes from Nightshade. Learning Nightshade's recipes will eventually be a cost-savings for max-level players who do a lot of augment-installing, but at the current max level of 80, most players will find it cheaper to use these NPCs. The following NPCs can install Augments for you:

Trivia

• Prior to the August 28, 2017 Game Update, Augmentation was (even) more complicated. A dev blog regarding the changes made to Transmutation and Augmentation can be found here: https://forum.projectgorgon.com/entry.php?24-Augmentation-and-Transmutation-Changes.
• Even longer ago, augmentation resulted in oils.