Gold Avicara Armor

Sir Loino Beef

Sir Loino Beef

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Misfits of All

W/Mo

Question- what is it and what is it used for? Closest I can find out is that it's used to identify runes. Is it used only for runes or can it be used to identify anything like a kit does? Are they used just once or no? Please help.

Numa Pompilius

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

All armors you find whose description is in colored text (gold, purple or blue) contain a rune. You use an identification kit to determine which rune is in the armor, then use an EXPERT salvage kit to free the rune from the armor. You can then, if it's of an appropriate type for your class, use it on your own armor, or you can sell it to a rune trader (do not sell to the merchant, rune traders pay much better).

PS: you MUST use an expert salvage kit! Ordinary salvage kits wont salvage the rune!

Sir Loino Beef

Sir Loino Beef

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Nov 2005

The Misfits of All

W/Mo

So the armor I see being sold just hold a possible rune to be salvaged and it is not used to identify other items like a kit?

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

Just be sure that the rune is worth salvaging before you do. Most armor you find with runes is worth more at the merchant than the rune itself. Check with your local rune trader for prices!

Pyrea

Pyrea

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2005

The Outer Rim

Initiates of Maat

Actually before selling runes to the Rune Trader check the buying prices first (from the Rune Trader) as a lot of Gold Runes are worth 100g at the Rune Trader which means he will give you 10g for it or something. Selling the Unsalvaged rune to a merchant will give you a better deal.

As an example:

1) I find a gold unid, unsalved rune.
2) I ID it
3) I get something like a Superior Fast Casting rune, price on rune is say 328g
4) If I then use an Expert ID Kit on it it will of course become the rune and then be worth 10g from rune trader

So sometimes selling the UNsalved rune to merchant gives you a better deal than rune trader.

I hope this helps...

Pkest

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Hooded Reavers of Eternal Life(Ankh)

R/

if you see gold armor being sold before it's been idenitified then it is probably just for someone going for the wisdom title. Some people going for that track will buy unid golds rather than go find them themselves.

heist23

Journeyman

Join Date: Jul 2005

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir Loino Beef
So the armor I see being sold just hold a possible rune to be salvaged and it is not used to identify other items like a kit?
Yes, all armors that aren't white-colored are possible runes. They do not function in any way like an ID kit or a salvage kit.

Tyggen

Tyggen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2006

Mo/Me

Since you asked specifically about Avicara Armor I'm guessing you've been to droks and seen the sellers there. I suggest you don't buy from them as most (if not all?) are bots who've been farming north of Granite Citadel. The armours they sell are used for getting the Seeker of Wisdom title (identify golden items) and for getting runes, if you're lucky you can get a superior vigor rune from it saving you 40k.