Unidentified Gear
Piece of Unidentified Gear is a container that, upon opening it, provides a random equipment item of the same rarity as the Unidentified Gear, with a small chance for an item of higher rarity. Unidentified Gear is a common part of loot and rewards in all areas of the game for level 80 characters, and comes in three rarities. See individual articles for possible rewards from each container:
Piece of Common Unidentified Gear — Fine
Piece of Unidentified Gear — Masterwork
Piece of Rare Unidentified Gear — Rare
Unidentified Gear can be salvaged both directly and after identifying it into individual equipment items, with the latter providing additional higher rarity crafting materials. As a lot of rewards in the game are provided in the form of items, Unidentified Gear is used to reduce inventory clutter while preserving the chance for higher quality loot.
Mechanics[edit]
Unidentified Gear replaces most generic gear loot drops common to all enemies, chests and containers from all regions, such as Iron weapons and Rogue armor, when rolling from level 80 drop tables. Unlike other similar containers like Champion bags, it does not scale to the current character's level, and can only produce the common drops from level 80 tables it replaces, with a few exceptions. Note that doesn't mean level 80 gear, since level 80 drop tables include gear at least as low as level 76.
- It does not replace region-exclusive drops like regional weapon sets. Those are always obtained directly.
- Reclaimed weapons, Elonian weapons, named Sunspear weapons, and named Spearmarshal armor pieces are exceptions to the two previous points. They are regional drops that can be found both as standalone drops and from unidentified gear.
- Drop rate research for Unidentified Gear can be found here: Rare, Masterwork, Fine
- Salvage rate research for Unidentified Gear can be found here: Rare, Masterwork, Fine
Trivia[edit]
- Originally, Unidentified Gear only dropped within the Path of Fire expansion and Living World Season 4 maps. As of the March 26, 2019 game update, the majority of loot dropped from events, mobs, and chests have been changed to unidentified gear for level 80 characters to reduce inventory clutter. This update also stopped magic find from affecting these items.
External links[edit]
- Profitability calculations for Unidentified Gear — Fast Farming Community website.
