Editing Blueprints (section)

== The top wave ==

The seven blueprints below Sunstride Saddle in the table above are the '''v0.53.0 top wave''' — one recipe per forged slot, shipped alongside the [[#Cast quality|Cast quality]] system. They work like any other blueprint once unlocked, but three things set them apart:

* '''Sheets are bought, not dropped.''' Every top-wave sheet is sold at the [[Rifts#The Rift Bazaar|Rift Bazaar]] for Rift Shards, one-time — none of the seven ever appear on a Guardian, in a cave, at a rogue-clan outpost, or anywhere else.
* '''Both the sheet and the recipe wait on Ascension.''' The Bazaar won't even list a top-wave sheet, and the matching Smithing or Crafting recipe stays hidden, until you've Ascended three times.
* '''Their Primal forged roll can beat the Primal set.''' At Common, Fine, or Masterwork a top-wave piece stays at or under its same-slot [[Sets|Primal set]] piece, same as the original twelve; only the rare Primal forged grade edges past it (by roughly 1%, at the head/chest/legs/weapon/shield pieces that have a matching Primal set piece to chase). Moonshadow Saddle and Moonlit Barding have no Primal-set equivalent — they're simply anchored one tier above Sunstride Saddle and Frostbound Barding instead.