Augmentations

Augmentations are items found in the game that add stats to the items you craft. Crafted items in Rift are always better stats-wise than gear gained by questing, or random mob drops. While rare (blue) gear is often better than crafted – of the same level range. Augmentations can be found in Daily Crafting quest bags and boxes or purchased from the Planar Augment Merchant in your major city.

How Augment stats and power are determined

• The Augment Type determines which stats it gives.
• The Augment’s Level & Rarity determines the relative power of these stats, before they’re crafted into the item.
• When applying an Augment to an item the item slot also plays a role in the amount of stats that are applied. The larger the slot, the larger the bonus.

So Chest items get larger bonuses than Accessories.

How success and failure work with Augments

A player’s chance of successfully crafting an item with an augment depends on the skill level of the Augment, the level of the item, and the crafter's skill.

Chance of failure increases if:

• The Augment is higher in skill level than the recipe you are trying to use it in.
• The Augment is higher in skill than the crafter’s current skill level.

Chance of success increases if:

• The Augment is lower in skill level than the recipe you are trying to use it in.
• The Augment is lower in skill than the crafter’s current skill level.

As a general rule of thumb, the larger the difference between the Augment's skill level, the recipe’s skill level, and the crafter's skill, the greater your chance of success or failure (depending on if the difference is in your favor or not).

Below is an example of two different items (a necklace and chest armor) that are given the same Augment. Note that the spell power is slightly higher on the chest piece.

Details regarding how failure and success rates work with augments was provided by Erick Zann via System Designer, Gina Reams. Thanks Erick!

Once you place an augment it will then say "trivial" or "very difficult". This depends on the skill of your profession. If your profession skill is 150, then you will find 150 skill augments "easy". While if you used a 250 skill augment when your own profession was only 150, then that combination would be "very difficult".

Skill 50 Augments – Level 16 Requirement

Skill	Gear	Stats	Gear Prefix	Augment Name
50	16	Dexterity	Nimble	Thiefstone Shard
50	16	Endurance	Rugged	Vitalium Shard
50	16	Intelligence	Clever	Etherialite Shard
50	16	Strength	Mighty	Adrenalite Shard
50	16	Wisdom	Blessed	Saintstone Shard

Skill 150 Augments – Level 26 Requirement

Skill	Gear	Stats	Gear Prefix	Augment Name
150	26	Dexterity	Nimble	Rough Thiefstone
150	26	Endurance	Rugged	Rough Vitalium
150	26	Intelligence	Clever	Rough Etherialite
150	26	Strength	Mighty	Rough Adrenalite
150	26	Wisdom	Blessed	Rough Saintstone
150	26	Attack Power	Accurate	Feeble Vespid Stinger
150	26	Dodge	Elusive	Disfigured Bogling Eye
150	26	Parry	Deft	Broken Barghest Fang
150	26	Spell Power	Unwavering	Inert Golem Core
150	26	Spell Crit Hit	Canny	Disfigured Sobek Eye
150	26	Melee Crit Hit	Ruthless	Cracked Dragonian Scale

Skill 250 Augments – Single Stat – Level 41 Requirement

Skill	Gear	Stats	Gear Prefix	Augment Name
250	41	Dexterity	Nimble	Thiefstone
250	41	Endurance	Rugged	Vitalium
250	41	Intelligence	Clever	Etherialite
250	41	Strength	Mighty	Adrenalite
250	41	Wisdom	Blessed	Saintstone
250	41	Attack Power	Accurate	Vespid Stinger
250	41	Dodge	Elusive	Bogling Eye
250	41	Parry	Deft	Barghest Fang
250	41	Spell Power	Unwavering	Golem Core
250	41	Spell Crit Hit	Canny	Sobek Eye
250	41	Melee Crit Hit	Ruthless	Dragonian Scale

Skill 250 Augments – Double Stat – Level 43 Requirement

Skill	Gear	Stats	Gear Prefix	Augment Name
250	43	Endurance / Dexterity	Resolute	Werewolf Blood
250	43	Endurance /Intelligence	Resilient	Dragon Turtle Shell
250	43	Endurance /Strength	Imposing	Treant Bark
250	43	Endurance /Wisdom	Resolute	Basilisk Tail
250	43	Endurance / Block	Impenetrable	Deep One Tooth
250	43	Endurance / Dodge	Wily	Saytr Horn
250	43	Endurance / Parry	Stalwart	Hellhound Heart
250	43	Dexterity / Attack Power	Keen	Demon Horn
250	43	Dexterity / Melee Crit Hit	Treacherous	Razormaw Spine
250	43	Dexterity / Dodge	Shady	Harpy Feather
250	43	Intelligence / Dodge	Ethereal	Centaur Tail
250	43	Intelligence / Spell Crit Hit	Devious	Gnar Pincer
250	43	Intelligence / Spell Power	Cunning	Naga Scale
250	43	Strength / Attack Power	Brutal	Wight Essence
250	43	Strength / Melee Crit Hit	Savage	Troll Hide
250	43	Wisdom / Parry	Hallowed	Gravemaker Hide
250	43	Wisdom / Spell Crit Hit	Zealous	Griffon Hide
250	43	Wisdom / Spell Power	Enlightened	Whelp Scale

Skill 300 Rare Augments – Single Stat – Level 46 Requirement

Skill	Gear	Stats	Gear Prefix	Augment Name
300	46	Dexterity	Nimble	Pure Thiefstone
300	46	Endurance	Rugged	Pure Vitalium
300	46	Intelligence	Clever	Pure Etherialite
300	46	Strength	Mighty	Pure Adrenalite
300	46	Wisdom	Blessed	Pure Saintstone
300	46	Attack Power	Accurate	Deadly Vespid Stinger
300	46	Dodge	Elusive	Peculiar Bogling Eye
300	46	Parry	Deft	Honed Barghest Fang
300	46	Spell Power	Unwavering	Pulsing Golem Core
300	46	Spell Crit Hit	Canny	Dessicated Sobek Eye
300	46	Melee Crit Hit	Ruthless	Thick Dragonian Scale

Skill 300 Rare Augments – Double Stat – Level 48 Requirement

Skill	Gear	Stats	Gear Prefix	Augment Name
300	48	Endurance / Dexterity	Resolute	Sanguine Werewolf Blood
300	48	Endurance /Intelligence	Resilient	Fortified Dragon Turtle Shell
300	48	Endurance /Strength	Imposing	Knotted Treant Bark
300	48	Endurance /Wisdom	Resolute	Hardy Basilisk Tail
300	48	Endurance / Block	Impenetrable	Honed Deep One Tooth
300	48	Endurance / Dodge	Wily	Hardy Saytr Horn
300	48	Endurance / Parry	Stalwart	Quivering Hellhound Heart
300	48	Dexterity / Attack Power	Keen	Honed Demon Horn
300	48	Dexterity / Melee Crit Hit	Treacherous	Flexible Razormaw Spine
300	48	Dexterity / Dodge	Shady	Brilliant Harpy Feather
300	48	Intelligence / Dodge	Ethereal	Supple Centaur Tail
300	48	Intelligence / Spell Crit Hit	Devious	Honed Gnar Pincer
300	48	Intelligence / Spell Power	Cunning	Thick Naga Scale
300	48	Strength / Attack Power	Brutal	Pulsing Wight Essence
300	48	Strength / Melee Crit Hit	Savage	Thick Troll Hide
300	48	Wisdom / Parry	Hallowed	Pliable Gravemaker Hide
300	48	Wisdom / Spell Crit Hit	Zealous	Pliable Griffon Hide
300	48	Wisdom / Spell Power	Enlightened	Thick Whelp Scale

Skill 300 Epic Augments – Single Stat – Level 50 Requirement

Skill	Gear	Stats	Gear Prefix	Augment Name
300	50	Dexterity	Nimble	Flawless Thiefstone
300	50	Endurance	Rugged	Flawless Vitalium
300	50	Intelligence	Clever	Flawless Etherialite
300	50	Strength	Mighty	Flawless Adrenalite
300	50	Wisdom	Blessed	Flawless Saintstone
300	50	Attack Power	Accurate	Virulent Vespid Stinger
300	50	Dodge	Elusive	Keen Bogling Eye
300	50	Parry	Deft	Polished Barghest Fang
300	50	Spell Power	Unwavering	Pristine Golem Core
300	50	Spell Crit Hit	Canny	Peculiar Sobek Eye
300	50	Melee Crit Hit	Ruthless	Lustrous Dragonian Scale

Skill 300 Epic Augments – Double Stat – Level 50 Requirement

Skill	Gear	Stats	Gear Prefix	Augment Name
300	50	Endurance / Dexterity	Resolute	Pure Werewolf Blood
300	50	Endurance /Intelligence	Resilient	Impenetrable Dragon Turtle Shell
300	50	Endurance /Strength	Imposing	Verdant Treant Bark
300	50	Endurance /Wisdom	Resolute	Pristine Basilisk Tail
300	50	Endurance / Block	Impenetrable	Serrated Deep One Tooth
300	50	Endurance / Dodge	Wily	Polished Saytr Horn
300	50	Endurance / Parry	Stalwart	Throbbing Hellhound Heart
300	50	Dexterity / Attack Power	Keen	Polished Demon Horn
300	50	Dexterity / Melee Crit Hit	Treacherous	Barbed Razormaw Spine
300	50	Dexterity / Dodge	Shady	Luminous Harpy Feather
300	50	Intelligence / Dodge	Ethereal	Luxurious Centaur Tail
300	50	Intelligence / Spell Crit Hit	Devious	Envenomed Gnar Pincer
300	50	Intelligence / Spell Power	Cunning	Shimmering Naga Scale
300	50	Strength / Attack Power	Brutal	Malevolent Wight Essence
300	50	Strength / Melee Crit Hit	Savage	Pristine Troll Hide
300	50	Wisdom / Parry	Hallowed	Supple Gravemaker Hide
300	50	Wisdom / Spell Crit Hit	Zealous	Lustrous Griffon Hide
300	50	Wisdom / Spell Power	Enlightened	Lustrous Whelp Scale

Credit to Udder's post and .xml file that provided the prefix names of augmented gear.