[[File:Items (example of a purple item).jpg|thumb|right|335px|An example of a an {{ItemRarity|Purple }} item . Notice the two intrinsic mods (alpha buildto Inventory Slots and Sprint Speed)listed in white, and the four (due to its rarity tier) additional mods listed in green.]]Items appear to come in six different "qualities". Note this may still change a lot during alphararity tiers, giving them 0-5 [[Treasure Effects|mods]] (plus any intrinsic mods the base item has).

Currently in Alpha, Project: Gorgon's loot mechanics have similarities to ARPGs. There seems to be few "set" items with fixed properties, associated with a specific dungeon or boss. Instead, high tier items have largely random mods that could be anywhere from a "bad roll" to an "amazing item". As can be seen on in the illustration, the properties on higher high tier items can make a dramatic difference to your a character's potential depending which skills you specialize inon ability specialization, from increasing damage output, to or the resilience of your pets, to lowering the cost of your spells, and or even increase your Sprint increasing [[Haste|sprint speed]] !

| style="width:100px;{{ItemColor|1|Light}}font:bold 15px Georgia,serif;"| White <!--green-->Uncommon || Those are commonOne extra power, basic itemschosen as appropriate for the difficulty of the monsters.

| style="color:#04c304;{{ItemColor|2|Light}}font:bold 15px Georgia,serif;"| Green <!--cyan-->Rare || '''Uncommon''' tier. Tend to have 1-2 modsTwo modifiers.

| style="color:#ff00ff;{{ItemColor|3|Light}}font:bold 15px Georgia,serif;"| Purple Exceptional || Seem to be unique items with a unique description and interesting effectsThree modifiers.

| style="color:#00e7e7;{{ItemColor|4|Light}}font:bold 15px Georgia,serif;"| Cyan Epic || These appear to have five properties. Some of those properties can boost various Combat Abilities. When such an item is available on a corpse and someones examine it, a distinctive sound can be heardFour modifiers.

| style="color:#c3b304;{{ItemColor|5|Light}}font:bold 15px Georgia,serif;"| Yellow Legendary || Can have lots of mods. Possibly higher tier than Cyan? Also makes a distinctive sound when lootingFive modifiers.

When a creature is slain, a special effect and distinctive sound indicates that there is '''Rare''', '''Epic''' or '''Legendary''' loot on them. It is possible for an item to reach more than 5 treasure effects. Crafted gear can be crafted as "max-enchanted". Usually the max-enchanted recipe requires an additional rare gem like {{Item|Winterprize}} or {{Item|Vervadium}}. Using the max-enchanted recipe will give the item one extra mod. For example, a second-from-the-top ({{ItemRarity|p}}) tier item which normally has 4 mods would have 5 if max-enchanted. This allows an item to reach at most 6 modifiers upon being crafted (in the case that it is {{ItemRarity|Legendary}}). [[Augmentation]] (or [[Shamanic Infusion]]) can add one more to reach the upper limit of 7 (looted gear, which can't be max-enchanted, can only reach 6 at most). ==Item BonusesAugments==Finding loot in Project: Gorgon is exciting because higher tier items come with the game uses a wide variety of ability enhancing mods"random treasure" system which is more commonly found in ARPG games. The combination of those mods Players can be anywhere from a occasionally strike gold with an amazing, game-balance-destroying item every now and again.<ref name="bad rollblog1" >http://www.eldergame.com/2012/05/gorgon-random-treasure/ Gorgon Random Treasure</ref> For instance, if you’re an [[Unarmed]] fighter, you’ll love gauntlets that make your Punch attack heal you. You punch a lot, so that’s a huge power boost and very noticeable. On the other hand, you may prefer gauntlets that cause your Punch to do extra damage, or that cause your Cobra Strike to stun more reliably. But an "amazing item"pair of gauntlets would do all three things.

'''[[Belt|Lucky Belts attune Augments come in levels. For instance, the randomfirst tier of Health-treasure system to specific skills]]'''Enchantment gives you +5 max health. Be sure to wear the proper belt The next tier gives you +10 health. And so that the loot you find is much more likely to enhance your choice of primary and secondary skillson.

Here are a few examples of such bonusesaugments currently found in alpha:

: Bow &bull; Hammer: Staff &bull; : Sword &bull; Hammer: Beaker: Dagger: Cestus/Katar/Knuckles/Fist: Lute

: Orb &bull; : Orbs tend to have an augment that reduces the Power Cost of abilities up to -25%: Shield: Bow : Of notice, '''Critical Damage %''' that comes with '''Anatomy''' skills appear to work only for Bows.: Flask; Armor: Claw: Horn/Ocarina: Chest &bull; Headgear &bull; Boots &bull; [[Belt]]Dirk

==Legacy Information====How Skill Mods on Items Apply=Treasure Generation===Skill mods such as * "Scintillating Flame restores 20 Power" on an item work as long as In October 2016, the item is equipped, irrelevant if dev. changed the item's associated gear system to make single skill gear legacy. Now gear is currently in usetwo skill gear or one skill with generics."===Lucky Belts===[[Belt|Lucky Belts]] used to attune the random-treasure system to specific skills. So for example if Wearing the aforementioned mod was on a Bow, but you do not have "Archery" active, proper belt made it so that the mod still applies if loot you have Fire Magic find was much more likely to enhance your choice of primary and secondary skills. This feature was changed in use. <!the 2015-12- hard to describe! -->06 patch. See the [[Belt]] article for more historical information.

====Treasure Generation==References==It's far less likely for an item to have more than two skill requirements on it (Sept. 15 2014 Update).<references />