Bases and tiers

The base is the plain item that everything else is built on: a sabre, a plate armour, a ring. Each equipment base has a tier and a level requirement.

There are twelve tiers. The base level is also the level you need to equip it.

Tier	Base level	Where it fits	Name of the era
1	1	The Wrackline	Scrap
2	6	Act I	Bronze
3	14	Act II	Iron
4	23	Act III	Steel
5	32	Act IV	Blackened
6	40	Act V	Gilded
7	48	Acts VI and VII	Runed
8	59	Acts VIII and IX	Eldritch
9	68	Maps T1 to T8	Lion
10	76	Maps T9 to T13	Falcon
11	81	Maps T14 to T16, pinnacles	Soul
12	86	Voruun Hale only	Sanguine

Classes. Swords, axes, clubs, fists, bows, crossbows, wands, rods, shields, spellbooks, helmets, body armour, legs, boots, rings and amulets. Weapons come one-handed and two-handed.

Attack wands. Wands have two lines: the twelve caster wands, one per tier, and six attack wands at tiers 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 (levels 1, 14, 32, 48, 68 and 81; Weapons).

Jewellery. Rings and amulets come in seven tiers only, at levels 1, 14, 32, 48, 68, 76 and 86.

How drops pick a tier. Each source drops mostly the highest tier it can, with chances for the one or two below. Act bosses guarantee a rare of their act's tier. Tier 12 drops only from Voruun Hale, at his area level. The tooltip shows "Tier N" and the era name.

Looks. The era name follows the sprite set, so a row of backpack items reads like a ladder: classic metals up to tier 6, mixed sets at 7, then lion, falcon, soul and sanguine sets.

Level requirement. You need the base's level to equip it. Wearing a tier 8 plate at level 40 is not possible.