Gilded Ember

In game

Upgrades a normal item to a rare item.

Use on

Normal item

Does

Makes it rare, with a fresh set of affixes.

If it can’t apply

Nothing happens and it isn’t used up

Share of currency drops

7.1%

From normal monsters

about 1 in 235 kills

Art in progress

Lore Concept

Merchant's gold, minted when the kingdom was still proud.

The Hearthfolk say the first Gilded Embers were struck in the fifth reign, the same years the glass gardens grew; some songs say the sixth.

Measured

Used 20,000 times on Chainmail at item level 30, it worked 100% of the time. Modifiers afterwards:

Other currencies: Shard of Kindling, Ember of Growth, Shifting Ash, Crowning Flame, Wildfire Orb, Sovereign Spark, Quenching Water