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== v0.53.0 — ITEM QUALITY — The Forge's 1% And The Rite That Chases It ==
* '''The forge learns perfection.''' For everyone past their THIRD walk through the [[Caves#The Amber Door|Amber Door]], every cast now has four grades instead of three: 70% Common, 24% Fine, 5% Masterwork — and at the very top of the band, the 1% PRIMAL FORGED. A primal piece BEATS the Primal set piece in its slot, glows amber wherever its name appears, and is the only way past the gear the Door already gave you.
* '''The rite of refinement.''' Any forged piece you own — in the locker, on your back, or fitted to a dino — can be re-cast IN PLACE: pay 15,000 amber plus HALF the blueprint's rare bill (exactly what salvage would return), or burn ONE Quality Whetstone instead, and the forge rolls the piece fresh. You keep the BETTER of the two casts, always — the Rite never hands back a downgrade, and your fitted gear never leaves its slot. No XP, no locker shuffle: the forge's endgame is the amber, the mats, and the 1%.
* '''The whetstone finally cuts.''' The Quality Whetstone — stocked at the [[Rifts#The Rift Bazaar|Rift Bazaar]] and the Bounty Exchange since the staircase opened — now has its verb, and a third source: every α-rank rift boss win has an 8% chance to drop one.
* SEVEN TOP BLUEPRINTS, ONE PER SLOT. Valeglass Warblade, Riftwarden Aegis, Sky-Tempered Casque, Vale-Heart Cuirass, Stormstride Greaves, Moonshadow Saddle and Moonlit Barding — levels 88–99 across [[Smithing]] and [[Crafting]], sheets sold one-off at the [[Rifts#The Rift Bazaar|Rift Bazaar]] at count 3. Each one's PRIMAL window is the only cast that out-rolls the matching Primal set piece; a masterwork merely ties it. The 90-to-99 forge grind finally has a reason.
* TWO LIFETIME TITLES ride the anvil — PRIMAL SMITH at your first primal cast, THE VALE'S OWN MAKER at six (one for every forged slot) — plus a new score row for your next walk: 75 points per lifetime primal cast.
* Below three ascensions the forge does not change: same casts, same odds, byte for byte.