Can't tell your figwart from your mantrap? Uncertain what rares you should be scrounging for mastercrafted gear as you level up? Here's a down-and-dirty guide, just for scouts!
Tier | Armor | Weapon | Bow/Shield | Jewelry (STR/STA/AGI) | Experts | Cloak & Dolls | Imbue Material |
1 | bronze cluster | bronze cluster or severed alder |
severed alder | copper cluster | solidified loam | NONE | NONE |
2 | blackened iron cluster | blackened iron cluster or severed bone |
severed bone | silver cluster | alkaline loam | sisal root | glowing material |
3 | steel cluster | steel cluster or severed fir |
severed fir | palladium cluster | malleable loam | dandelion fiber | sparkling material |
4 | feysteel cluster | feysteel cluster or severed oak |
severed oak | ruthenium cluster | ductile loam | oak root | glimmering material |
5 | ebon cluster | ebon cluster or severed cedar |
severed cedar | rhodium cluster | fused loam | figwart root | luminous material |
6 | cobalt cluster | cobalt cluster or severed ironwood |
severed ironwood | vanadium cluster | alkalai loam | saguaro root | lambent material |
7 | xegonite cluster | xegonite cluster or rough lumbered ebony |
rough lumbered ebony | acrylia cluster | spongy loam | nimbus root | scintillating material |
8 | incarnadine cluster | incarnadine cluster or mahogany lumber |
mahogany lumber | tynnonium cluster | silicate loam | mantrap root | smoldering material |
9 | brellium ore | brellium ore or eucalyptus lumber | eucalyptus lumber | brellium ore* | ulteran diamond | toxnettle root | ethereal material |
10 | tungsten ore | tungsten ore or bubinga lumber | bubinga lumber (shield, no bow available yet) | tungsten ore* | black star sapphire | none yet this tier | effulgent material |
Tiers: I know folks can be confused by the tier-thing, so here's the breakdown:
Armor: There are multiple flavors of chain armor to choose from: Chainmail (STR/STA/AGI), Brigandine (STA/WIS/INT), Reverent (STR/WIS/INT), and Melodic (STR/AGI/INT).
Shields: While many scouts dual wield weapons, there may be situations where they use a shield in their secondary. When they do, they are allowed to use a round shield, which will use the same rare as a bow from the same tier.
Jewelry: While scouts typically use STR/STA/AGI on their jewelry, there are some times when they'll want a piece of INT/WIS/STA jewelry as well, especially if they're a dirge who gets part of their power pool from INT. In addition to rings, earrings, bracelets and the like, there are also various other jeweler-made items from the rare root (scarves) and rare hide (belt, tomes), but since there is a jewelry revamp in-progress, giving class-specific recommendations on these will have to wait.
Dolls: Hex dolls begin in tier 2, cloaks become available in tier 3. Neither are yet available in T10, since we only have a partial tier, and the recipes are later in the tier.
Experts: the following level 70 scout experts were part of the EoF expansion (when the level cap was 70), and use the tier 7 rare, spongy loam, instead of the tier 8 loam. Make sure to check with your jeweler before obtaining the rare for these experts, in case there have been any recent changes to them.