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Enhancements

At level 70, everyone faces the same conundrum:

One solution: gear enhancements. (There are others.) Simply put, enhancements transform your good blue ("Rare") gear into the equivalent of decent epics.

Note: The big 3.0.2 patch has transformed enhancements along with much else. Enhancements formerly limited to healers are now suited to casters, too, and some caster enchantments are now even appropriate for noncaster dps.

Arcana (formerly Glyphs)

Arcana (the plural of arcanum) are head enhancements (like inscriptions but for helmets) that can be purchased for 100 Gold apiece (less the appropriate reputation discount) from various faction quartermasters (not Aldor/Scryer). Prior to Patch 3.0.2, these items were called glyphs - a term now applied to a different sort of enhancement.

At Honored, you can get +20 Resistance to a specific school of magic:

Cenarion Expedition Keepers of Time Lower City Sha'tar Thrallmar
Nature Warding Frost Warding Shadow Warding Arcane Warding Fire Warding

At Revered, you can purchase a two-stat arcanum appropriate to your class or orientation:

Cenarion Expedition Keepers of Time Lower City Sha'tar Thrallmar
Physical DPS Tank Hybrid Spellcaster Healer
Arcanum of Ferocity
34 Attack Power
16 Hit Rating		 Arcanum of the Defender
16 Defense Rating
17 Dodge Rating		 Arcanum of the Outcast
17 Strength
16 Intellect		 Arcanum of Power
22 Spell Power
14 Hit Rating		 Arcanum of Renewal
19 Spell Power
7 Mana/5 secs

If you are Revered with the Shattered Sun Offensive, an additional, PvP-oriented arcanum is available from Eldara Dawnrunner, the SSO quartermaster: the Arcanum of the Gladiator, which adds 18 Stamina and 20 resilience.

Again, if you have a helm you're likely to keep for more than a few weeks, and you have the necessary reputation with the appropriate faction, you should put an arcanum on your helm. If not, put a Heavy Knothide Armor Kit on there, as well.

Inscriptions

Inscriptions are shoulder enhancements (similar to enchantments or armor kits) you can buy from dedicated vendors - Inscriber Saalyn (Aldor) or Inscriber Veredis (Scryer) - in the back of the respective banks in Shattrath (not far from the righthand mailboxes). For each faction, four Inscriptions (healer, caster, tank, dps) are available at level 64 with Honored reputation; four better ones are available at level 70 and Exalted.

The Honored inscriptions cost two faction tokens each; the Exalted ones cost 8 tokens each. You get the tokens - Holy Dust (Aldor) or Arcane Runes (Scryers) - from turning in Fel Armaments (Aldor) or Arcane Tomes (Scryer).

The table below is arranged to show the original purpose of the inscriptions. Following the big patch, the Inscription of Faith and the Inscription of Discipline are now identical. Perhaps more oddly, so too are the Inscription of the Orb and the Inscription of the Blade. Mix and match as you please!

Aldor Scryers
Role Honored Exalted Honored Exalted
Healer Inscription
of Faith
15 Spell Power
(nee 29 Healing)		 Greater Inscription
of Faith
18 Spell Power
(nee 33 Healing)
4 Mana/5 secs		 Inscription
of the Oracle
5 Mana/5 secs		 Greater Inscription
of the Oracle
12 Spell Power
(nee 22 Healing)
6 Mana/5 secs
Caster Inscription
of Discipline
15 Spell Power		 Greater Inscription
of Discipline
18 Spell Power
10 Crit Strk Rtg		 Inscription
of the Orb
13 Crit Strk Rtg		 Greater Inscription
of the Orb
15 Crit Strk Rtg
12 Spell Power
Other DPS Inscription
of Vengeance
26 Attack Power		 Greater Inscription
of Vengeance
30 Attack Power
10 Crit Strk Rtg		 Inscription
of the Blade
13 Crit Strk Rtg		 Greater Inscription
of the Blade
15 Crit Strk Rtg
20 Attack Power
Tank Inscription
of Warding
13 Dodge Rating		 Greater Inscription
of Warding
15 Dodge Rating
10 Defense Rating		 Inscription
of the Knight
13 Defense Rating		 Greater Inscription
of the Knight
15 Defense Rating
10 Dodge Rating

If you are Honored with the Aldor or the Scryers, you should have an appropriate inscription on your shoulders. If not, put a Heavy Knothide Armor Kit on there; you can get one from the Auction House or any high-level leatherworker.

There is one other inscription of note. At Honored reputation with the Violet Eye, you can purchase from Apprentice Darius (outside Karazhan) an Inscription of Endurance, which adds 7 Resistance to all magic schools. If you have some resistance gear, this would make an appropriate addition.

Threads and Leg Armor

There are two basic categories of leg enhancements: thread (made by tailors) and leg armor (crafted by leatherworkers). The patterns to make them are all BoP and require at least Honored reputation with the appropriate faction to purchase. The items themselves, however, are all BoE and can be bought and sold privately or through the Auction House.

Reputation Needed for Pattern
User Crafter Faction Honored Exalted
Caster, Healer Tailor Aldor Silver Spellthread
25 Spell Power
(formerly 46 Healing)
15 Stamina		 Golden Spellthread
35 Spell Power
(formerly 66 Healing)
20 Stamina
Caster, Healer Tailor Scryers Mystic Spellthread
25 Spell Power
15 Stamina		 Runic Spellthread
35 Spell Power
20 Stamina
Other DPS Leatherworker Thrallmar Cobrahide Leg Armor
40 Attack Power
10 Critical Strike Rtg		 Nethercobra Leg Armor
50 Attack Power
12 Critical Strike Rtg
Tank Leatherworker Cenarion Expedition Clefthide Leg Armor
30 Stamina
10 Agility		 Nethercleft Leg Armor
40 Stamina
12 Agility

Prior to Patch 3.0.2, the Aldor threads were healing enhancements; the Scryer threads boosted spell damage and healing. Since the patch and the shift to a single stat, spell power, the two sets of threads are identical. Only the materials required to make them remain somewhat different.

Glyphs

Glyphs are a new type of enhancement introduced in Patch 3.0.2. (Prepatch "glyphs" are now called Arcana.) Produced by the new profession of Inscriptionist, they share some characteristics of inscriptions, gems, and even talents. Uniquely, they are applied not to specific items but to characters, each of whom can have up to three major and three minor glyphs. (The third major glyph, however, is only available at level 80; the third minor glyph is unlocked and available at level 70.)

Major glyphs produce a relatively large or significant alteration in a skill or spell (e.g., increasing the range of a Mage's Arcane Missiles, reducing the cooldown of a Warrior's Charge, or changing the duration and intensity of a Druid's Rejuvenation). Minor glyphs tend to produce a smaller, less significant effect (for instance, changing the form of a Polymorphed foe from a sheep to a penguin). Each glyph, major or minor, is unique to a specific class.

To add a glyph to your character:

Faction Vendors

Faction Vendor Location
Aldor Inscriber Saalyn
Inscription vendor		 Shattrath City [48,25], in the back of the Aldor bank, near the righthand mailbox
Quartermaster Endarin
Aldor QM		 Shattrath City [47,25], in the back of the Aldor bank, on the dais
Cenarion Expedition Fedryen Swiftspear
Cenarion QM		 Cenarion Refuge (Zangarmarsh) [79,63], slightly east of the inn
The Consortium Karaaz
Consortium QM		 Stormspire (in Netherstorm) [43,34], just east of the elevator
Paulsta'ats
Consortium QM		 Aeris Landing (in sw Nagrand) [30,56], toward the nw edge
Keepers of Time Alurmi
KoT QM		 Caverns of Time (in Tanaris, underground) [63,57], east of the central area, a short distance up the entry path)
Lower City Nakodu
Lower City QM		 Shattrath City [62,68], in the southeast part of the Lower City, near the cook and the reagent vendor
Mag'har Provisioner Nasela
Mag'har QM		 Garadar (north central Nagrand) [53,36], southwest of the pond, in front of a hut, next to a riding talbuk
Scryers Inscriber Veredis
Inscription vendor		 Shattrath City [59,64], in the back of the Scryer bank, near the righthand mailbox
Quartermaster Enuril
Scryer QM		 Shattrath City [60,64], in the back of the Scryer bank, on the dais
Sha'tar Almaador
Sha'tar QM		 Shattrath City [50,41], in the western quadrant of the Terrace of Light (central Shattrath)
Shattered Sun Offensive Eldara Dawnrunner
SSO QM		 Isle of Quel'Danas [47,30], in the Shattered Sun Staging Area
Thrallmar Quartermaster Urgronn
Thrallmar QM		 Thrallmar (Hellfire Peninsula) [54,37], outside the barracks entrance
Violet Eye Apprentice Darius
Violet Eye vendor		 Deadwind Pass [47,75], outside the entrance to Karazhan

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For information about pre-BC enhancements, see the WoWWiki article on Augments.

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