Empyrea Level 125+ Crafted Gear Guide

Empyrea has been the first world to offer crafters serious alternatives to dropped gear. While Empyrea part 2 took its system even further with the use of a "second chance" reagents that could be won from tough fights to craft the equivalent of top-level dropped gear, part 1 also had a pretty solid offering across the board. Here's a look at the level 125+ crafted gear in Empyrea.

Loligo's Crafted Gear

The NPC Loligo is located in Aeriel Shore in Nowhere Village. You can purchase crafting recipes there for universal or school-specific hats, robes, and boots. Hat recipes cost 18,000 gold, robe recipes cost 21,000 gold, and boot recipes cost 15,000 gold. 

Level 125+ Crafted Balance Gear

Here are the Empyrea crafted hat, robe, and boot items for Balance wizards. They are named with the term "Aristrocratic."

Balance Hat

Balance Robe

Balance Boots

Level 125+ Crafted Death Gear

Here are the Empyrea crafted hat, robe, and boot items for Death wizards. They are named with the term "Proud."

Death Hat

Death Robe

Death Boots

Level 125+ Crafted Fire Gear

Here are the Empyrea crafted hat, robe, and boot items for Fire wizards. They are named with the term "Fierce."

Fire Hat

Fire Robe

Fire Boots

Level 125+ Crafted Ice Gear

Here are the Empyrea crafted hat, robe, and boot items for Ice wizards. They are named with the term "Stubborn."

Ice Hat

Ice Robe

Ice Boots

Level 125+ Crafted Life Gear

Here are the Empyrea crafted hat, robe, and boot items for Life wizards. They are named with the term "Lofty."

Life Hat

Life Robe

Life Boots

Level 125+ Crafted Myth Gear

Here are the Empyrea crafted hat, robe, and boot items for Myth wizards. They are named with the term "Haughty."

Myth Hat

Myth Robe

Myth Boots

Level 125+ Crafted Storm Gear

Here are the Empyrea crafted hat, robe, and boot items for Storm wizards. They are named with the term "Imperious."

Storm Hat

Storm Robe

Storm Boots

Level 125+ Crafted Universal Gear

Here are the Empyrea crafted universal hat, robe, and boot items. They are named with the term "Sovereign."

Universal Hat

Universal Robe

Universal Boots

Why They Matter

Over the course of this month, I'll be doing a sort of "Significant Gear Series" that covers the most important sets and items that have defined where wizards farm, how they build their setups, and more. This will be an opportunity to compare stats and discuss structure. We'll cover everything from Waterworks to Darkmoor to some of the more recent sets. In the future, we may go further back.

Like most of the newer gear, it has been primarily the hats and boots which have caught on among players. Unlike some other sets - even including Empyrea part 2 crafted gear - these crafted hats and boots have been extremely popular. Players are beginning to fold to the idea of giving up defenses and balanced stats in favor of offensive ones like critical and damage. When you consider the fact that Waterworks gear lasted 40 levels over anything that wasn't well-balanced and was really only replaced by either a Hades gear set or Darkmoor drops, it's amazing that these items are already replacing Malistaire gear or their exalted alternates. 

The other impressive part of this gear is that until Empyrea, it had been awhile since major gear pieces had crafted alternatives that were actually viable. The last thing I can remember that was a major crafting project for everyone, and correct me if I'm wrong here, was the Darkmoor crafted decks. It's great to see players who have different preferences for acquiring gear actually be able to compete with everybody else.

Do you use any of the crafted Empyrea gear?

Thanks for reading and see you in the Spiral!