Seeking understanding of Forged Item Durability

Jaxeus

Hey gang,

I'm just trying to understand this. I found no detailed help files, I asked plenty of people, no one could explain it. I come to the collected knowledge of the great forums, seeking understanding.

Thankoo

Here is my best guess:
Every time the item hits or gets hit, it gets damaged. You use Repair from forging to repair that damage. But Repair only repairs so much and if it drops below that, then it will be permanently damaged and will have to be reforged. There is a rune that I assume works like alcohol tolerance, randomly ignoring a hit on durability. But, I have no idea how current durability actually affects anything.

Xenthos

Not quite.

Durability currently is a function of how old the item is, really; it can be damaged below that, but the max you can restore it to is a function of how close it is to decay.

The lower the durability, the less protection it actually provides (so your 80/80 armour is actually giving you much less than that if it's within 10 months of decaying).

Jaxeus

Thanks for the great reply!

When should I be thinking about replacing my armor then?

Xenthos

Um... I don't know.  I usually do it when it's showing up on Audit, but that's just for my helm; my plate doesn't actually decay.  I'd suggest doing it when things that you're used to hunting start feeling like they are hurting you more than you're used to / can stand.

Ushaara

If you haven't come across it yet, ARMSTAT is a command that you can use to check how effective your armour is with regard to its age/durability. If you are using bonded masterplate, you can always repair your plate to top condition, but your helm's condition may become too poor that you would be better off forging a new one rather than waiting for it to decay.

Jaxeus

Thank you.

I have been using armstat. Is there a similar command for weapons?