Enchanting Items!

Aion has three ways to enhance items. One way is using the manastones that drop from mobs, the stones have specific buffs such as +30 mana or +14 defense, these stones can only be used as a socket stone for your gear, if your gear permits socketing. The second way is from a GodStone, these stones are similar to manastones except they can only enhance weapons, plus they give it a nice glow effect and who doesn't want to bring their enemies to their knees in style! The third way is by enchanting your gear with enchanting stones. These stones come from disenchanting an item ( gear and weapons only). To disenchant an item you need to use "Extraction Tools" which can be purchased from any general goods vendor. These tools will extract the enchanting stone from the gear or weapon you want to destroy. Yes Destroy! once extracted your gear becomes dust in the wind.

NO RETURNS, REFUNDS, or EXCHANGES!

Now the enchanting stones will have a L# next to the name, which signifies the item level of the gear that it was extracted from, such as a required level 7 dagger would yield you an "enchantment stoneL7". Items that you receive from quests will not have level requirement in the item description, however the item level is then based on the quest level it was obtained from, such as a level 8 quest gives you a shiny pair of boots, that would then extract an "enchantment stone L8". These enchantment stones can be stacked up to 10 times, which in turn raises the effect bonus each time you stack one.

"But how do I know which enchantment to put on what item level?"

Good questions -here is a quick reference list. Color of gear = enchantment stone level.

White Item = Item's Level +1-10 Levels
Green Item = Item's Level +5-20 Levels
Blue Item = Item's Level +15-40 Levels
Orange Item = Item's Level +30-50 Levels

Now I should mention that there is a chance that you fail the enchantment, which does have diminishing returns, and you will lose an enchantment stone on an item, for example if you have a level 10  item with 4 enchantment stones on it and the 5th one failed you now only have 3 stones on the item.

What the enchantment stones do when used: per 1 stone multiply by 10 for full stack of stones used.

Plate
Chest = +6 Physical Defense per level
Legs = +5 Physical Defense per level
Pauldron = +4 Physical Defense per level
Gloves = +4 Physical Defense per level
Boots = +4 Physical Defense per level

Chain
Chest = +5 Physical Defense per level
Legs = +4 Physical Defense per level
Pauldron = +3 Physical Defense per level
Gloves = +3 Physical Defense per level
Boots = +3 Physical Defense per level

Leather
Chest = +4 Physical Defense per level
Legs = +3 Physical Defense per level
Pauldron = +2 Physical Defense per level
Gloves = +2 Physical Defense per level
Boots = +2 Physical Defense per level

Cloth
Chest = +3 Physical Defense per level
Legs = +2 Physical Defense per level
Pauldron = +1 Physical Defense per level
Gloves = +1 Physical Defense per level
Boots = +1 Physical Defense per level

Primary
Polearm = +4 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level
Greatsword = +4 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level
Bows = +4 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level
Staff = +3 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level, +10 Magic Boost per level
Sword = +2 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level
Dagger = +2 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level
Mace = +3 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level, +10 Magic Boost per level
Orb = +4 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level, +10 Magic Boost per level
Spellbook = +3 Minimum and Maximum Weapon Damage per level, +10 Magic Boost per level

Secondary
Shield = +2% Damage Reduction per level

I hope this helps when selecting what to enchant and what level to use on the items.