Ancient Caverns- Pinks/Elites with Stats and Pictures!

[Whirlzap]

Note: This is a work in process. Stats will be added, followed by images. Some items are still missing. Please click the item's name to open a link to its image.


How do the Ancient Caverns pinks work?

This post should explain how the pink drops work. I made some mistakes in my earlier assumptions, but I think I have it all understood now.

The level 75 versions of the Raging, Runed and Ferocious "Blackstone" items you are getting are the main campaign gear of the Ancient Caverns expansion much like the "Dragonscale" gear of the Blacksmoke Mountain expansion. They are uncrafted, and can be later crafted.
But, unlike the Dragonscale items, why do these new Blackstone items lack the prefix of Lxx, as in L75 Beastly Dragonscale Scythe?

This is because these items are scaled.
No one has looted an ACTUAL default Blackstone drop yet, because these only drop to level 77s.
The actual default Blackstone item name has a L77 prefix. For example, L77 Ferocious Blackstone Dagger.
With that said, these items are confirmed then to scale down to 75 and to 73.
Retracting one of my previous posts, I don't think these items can further scale down to level 71, as scaling PREVIOUSLY only went down 2 tiers, four levels at maximum.

Furthermore, when you loot a L77 item, it will have the correct L77 prefix. So, basically, all the pinks we are looting now and putting into CS CANNOT BE CRAFTED into the final L77 crafted sets. They instead form scaled level 73 and level 75 sets, much like L71 and L73 beastly scythe sets. It is again unconfirmed if they give set bonuses uncrafted and scaled, but it is very likely they do.

Next, understand that since Blackstone sets account for both 1-hand/shield and 2-hand gear sets, there is NO OTHER pink gear that can be looted from Ancient Caverns. The "Crystalline" L25 recolored items are the crafted L77 Lustrous Earthen sets, of which Remien posted photos. You can enter Ancient Caverns towne by going through Temporal Rift in the center of the Sandstones Cave towne and talk to Tim the Enchanter eventually to craft these items. As of now, while the crafting option IS available, and we already know what some of the crafted items look like (thanks to Remiem's post), we are unable to craft these items due to a lack of L77s to farm the craftable versions of the pinks, and because the other main crafting components have not been added to the boss loot tables yet (Magical Essences, which are the Natural Red Diamonds/Ocean Blue Diamonds of this campaign's crafting mechanics, new attribute gems- Energy Gem, Fury Gem, and Might Gem, which are new versions of the Presto's, Focus, Gladiator's Gems, and new level 77 crafting pink recipes). The "Earthquake" L25 recolored items are the purple Sandstorm items that drop from Ancient Caverns. This means that all the L25 SSC items have been accounted for in terms of recoloring, and thus the "Onyx" recolored items are the main campaign uncrafted pinks, L77/L75/L73 Ferocious/Raging/Runed in comparison to L75/L73/L71 Flying/Beastly/Sharp.

So, essentially:
Blackstone items are the "Dragonscale" drops of this campaign. They are the only pinks that will drop in Ancient Caverns.
Craftable pinks are the Blackstone pinks, but they are level 77 by default. All the ones you have seen by far are level 75 SCALED versions that CANNOT be crafted into the L77 crafted Lustrous Earthen sets.

The Blackstone items are L77 pinks by default and look like the L25 Onyx SSC items. However, there are new items added (an "Onyx" Wand, whereas there was only an "Onyx" Staff previously), so the sets are not exact recolored versions of the lower level sets.

Pinks currently have been categorized by STR, INT, and DEX categories within a "Blackstone" set type, similar to how all Blacksmoke Mountain pinks were named "Dragonscale". The respective Raging, Runed and Ferocious "prefixes" mirror the Dreamer's, Conqueror's and Jewel Thief's "prefixes" of the L25 Onyx set.

Blackstone Pinks are confirmed to scale to level 75 (farmed with level 76 and under) and to level 73 (farmed with 74 and under).

Lustrous Earthen Sets and Pictures:
There are new weapons and armor to farm in the new Ancient Caves adventure area, like the Lustrous Earthen Set.
The Lustrous Earthen set is level 77 Crafted pink gear, which is crafted using L77 versions of the Blackstone pinks looted from Ancient Caverns bosses.
Here are pictures from Remiem of some sets of the Lustrous Earthen pinks.

STR:

INT:

DEX:

Level 77 Crafted "Lustrous Earthen" Set Pinks
Speak to Tim the Enchanter in Ancient Caverns towne to craft. To access the towne, go through the Temporal Rift in the center of Sandstorm Caves towne.

Note: DEX items are called Lustrous "Item" of Earthen Fury. They are known as Lustrous Earthen Fury items. INT items are called Lustrous "Item" of Earthen Energy. They are known as Lustrous Earthen Energy items. STR items are called Lustrous "Item" of Earthen Might. They are known as Lustrous Earthen Might items.
In a parallel to "L75 Crafted Swift, Fiery and Savage" sets, these sets are known as "L77 Crafted Fury, Energy and Might" sets.

DEX:
Lustrous Crown of Earthen Fury
Req: Level 77/169 Base DEX Stats: 46 Dex, 12% Hit, 9% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, 31 Damage, 64 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Crown
L77 Ferocious Blackstone Hood
Magical Essence
Fury Gem

Lustrous Cuirass of Earthen Fury
Req: Level 77/169 Base DEX Stats: 46 Dex, 12% Hit, 9% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, 31 Damage, 86 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Cuirass
L77 Ferocious Blackstone Coat
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Fury Gem

Lustrous Wing of Earthen Fury
Req: Level 77/169 Base DEX Stats: 46 Dex, 12% Hit, 9% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, 31 Damage, 76 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Wing
L77 Ferocious Blackstone Wing
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Fury Gem

Lustrous Bow of Earthen Fury
Req: Level 77/169 Base DEX Stats: 246-286 Damage, 0.7 Speed, 46 Dex, 12% Hit, 9% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, 13 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Bow
L77 Ferocious Blackstone Bow
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Fury Gem
Fury Gem


Lustrous Dagger of Earthen Fury
Req: Level 77/169 Base DEX Stats: 165-168 Damage, 0.4 Speed, 46 Dex, 12% Hit, 9% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, 13 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Dagger
L77 Ferocious Blackstone Dagger
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Fury Gem

Set Bonus:
Offensive (Bow):
Defensive (Dagger and Wing):

STR:

Lustrous Plate Helm of Earthen Might
Req: Level 77/169 Base STR Stats: 46 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, 23 Damage, 70 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Plate Helm
L77 Raging Blackstone Helmet
Magical Essence
Might Gem

Lustrous Platemail of Earthen Might
Req: Level 77/169 Base STR Stats: 46 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, 23 Damage, 95 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Platemail
L77 Raging Blackstone Platemail
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Might Gem

Lustrous Axe of Earthen Might
Req: Level 77/169 Base STR Stats: 304-329 Damage, 1.3 Speed, 46 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, 21 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Axe
Raging Blackstone Axe
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Might Gem
Might Gem


Lustrous Greatsword of Earthen Might
Req: Level 77/169 Base STR Stats: 316-351 Damage, 1.3 Speed, 46 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, 22 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Greatsword
L77 Raging Blackstone Greatsword
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Might Gem
Might Gem


Lustrous Blade of Earthen Might
Req: Level 77/169 Base STR Stats: 203-208 Damage, 0.8 Speed, 46 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, 21 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Blade
L77 Raging Blackstone Blade
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Might Gem


Lustrous Shield of Earthen Might
Req: Level 77/169 Base STR Stats: 46 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, 23 Damage, 83 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Shield
L77 Raging Blackstone Shield
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Might Gem


Set Bonus:
Offensive (Greatsword):
Defensive A (Blade and Shield):
Defensive B (Axe and Shield):

INT:

Lustrous Circlet of Earthen Energy
Req: Level 77/169 Base INT Stats: 46 Int, 6% Hit, 12% Crit, 6 H/s, 7 Mana, 7 M/s, 30 Damage, 51 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Circlet
L77 Raging Blackstone Cap
Magical Essence
Energy Gem

Lustrous Garments of Earthen Energy
Req: Level 77/169 Base INT Stats: 46 Int, 6% Hit, 12% Crit, 6 H/s, 7 Mana, 7 M/s, 30 Damage, 83 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Garments
L77 Raging Blackstone Robes
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Energy Gem
Energy Gem

Lustrous Staff of Earthen Energy
Req: Level 77/169 Base INT Stats: 248-293 Damage, 0.8 Speed, 46 Int, 6% Hit, 12% Crit, 6 H/s, 7 Mana, 7 M/s, 11 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Staff
L77 Raging Blackstone Staff
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Energy Gem
Energy Gem

Lustrous Wand of Earthen Energy
Req: Level 77/169 Base INT Stats: 190-215 Damage, 1.0 Speed, 46 Int, 6% Hit, 12% Crit, 6 H/s, 7 Mana, 7 M/s, 11 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Wand
L77 Raging Blackstone Wand
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Energy Gem

Lustrous Bracer of Earthen Energy
Req: Level 77/169 Base INT Stats: 46 Int, 6% Hit, 12% Crit, 6 H/s, 7 Mana, 7 M/s, 30 Damage, 71 Armor
Crafting Materials:
RECIPE: Lustrous Bracer
L77 Raging Blackstone Bracer
Magical Essence
Magical Essence
Energy Gem

Set Bonus:
Offensive (Staff):
Defensive (Wand and Bracer):

Generalizations:

To craft a full L77 Lustrous Earthen set, offensive or defensive, you will need each respective uncrafted L77 Blackstone pink, its recipe, 7 Magical Essences (1 for helmet, 2 for armor, 4 for 2-hand weapon or 2 for 1-hand weapon/2 for shield) and 5 of the attribute-respective Gems: Energy Gem for INT, Fury Gem for DEX, Might Gem for STR (1 for helmet, 2 for armor, 2 for 2-hand weapon or 1 for 1-hand weapon/1 for shield).

Every DEX "Lustrous Fury" set piece adds:
46 Dex, 12% Hit, 6% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, along with 31 Damage if an Armor piece (not weapon)
Crafting each L77 Ferocious Blackstone piece into a L77 Lustrous Fury piece grants an extra 2 Dex and 1% Crit, along with 2 extra Damage if an Armor piece

Every INT "Lustrous Energy" set piece adds:
46 Int, 6% Hit, 12% Crit, 6 H/s, 7 Mana, 7 M/s, along with 30 Damage if an Armor piece (not weapon)
Crafting each L77 Runed Blackstone piece into a L77 Lustrous Energy piece grants an extra 2 Int, 1% Hit, 1% Crit, 1 H/s, and 1 M/s along with 1 extra Damage if an Armor piece, but with a loss of 4 Health and 6 Mana

Every STR "Lustrous Might" set piece adds:
46 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, along with 23 Damage if an Armor piece (not weapon)
Crafting each L77 Raging Blackstone piece into a L77 Lustrous Might piece grants an extra 2 Str

As such, based on base addition of stats, crafting STR set pieces rewards the least amount of improvement over uncrafted pieces.
HOWEVER, note this is the base addition of stats of each piece gained by crafting, and does not include extra weapon damage or armor piece armor gained by crafting. When this is included, for example, the weapon damage of a crafted L77 Lustrous Fury Bow (246-286 Damage) is superior to that of an uncrafted L77 Ferocious Blackstone Bow (229-269 Damage) and the armor piece armor of a crafted L77 Lustrous Might Platemail (95 Armor) is superior to that of an uncrafted L77 Raging Battlemail (90 Armor). This improvement alone in terms of weapon damage and armor piece armor should be enough reason to craft set pieces.

Blackstone Pinks, SCALED Level 75 Versions

DEX: Named Ferocious set, looks like Onyx L25 DEX set
Ferocious Blackstone Hood
Req: Level 75/160 Base DEX Stats: 44 Dex, 12% Hit, 8% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, 29 Damage, 60 Armor
Ferocious Blackstone Dagger
Req: Level 75/160 Base DEX Stats: 157-158 Damage, 0.4 Speed, 44 Dex, 12% Hit, 8% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, 13 Armor
Ferocious Blackstone Bow
Req: Level 75/160 Base DEX Stats: 229-269 Damage, 0.7 Speed, 44 Dex, 12% Hit, 8% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, 13 Armor
Ferocious Blackstone Coat
Req: Level 75/160 Base DEX Stats: 44 Dex, 12% Hit, 8% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, 29 Damage, 82 Armor
Ferocious Blackstone Wing
Req: Level 75/160 Base DEX Stats: 44 Dex, 12% Hit, 8% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, 29 Damage, 72 Armor

Generalizations:
Every DEX "Ferocious" set piece adds:
44 Dex, 12% Hit, 8% Crit, 4 H/s, 4 Mana, 6 M/s, along with 29 Damage if an Armor piece (not weapon)

Set Bonus:
Offensive (Bow):
Defensive (Dagger and Wing):

STR: Named Raging set, looks like Onyx L25 STR set

Raging Blackstone Helmet
Req: Level 75/160 Base STR Stats: 44 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, 23 Damage, 67 Armor
Raging Blackstone Greatsword
Req: Level 75/160 Base STR Stats: 282-334 Damage, 1.3 Speed, 44 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, 19 Armor
Raging Blackstone Blade
Req: Level 75/160 Base STR Stats: 193-197 Damage, 0.8 Speed, 44 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, 18 Armor
Raging Blackstone Battlemail
Req: Level 75/160 Base STR Stats: 44 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, 23 Damage, 90 Armor
Raging Blackstone Shield
Req: Level 75/160 Base STR Stats: 44 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, 23 Damage, 79 Armor

Note: According to Tim the Enchanter's crafting lists, there should exist an item called Raging Blackstone Axe at level 77 that is used to craft the L77 Lustrous Axe of Earthen Might. However, there is some error concerning this item as it has not been looted and unlike the every other L77 crafting pink, it lacks a L77 prefix to its name.

Generalizations:
Every STR "Raging" set piece adds:
44 Str, 7% Dodge, 5% Crit, 10 Health, 7 H/s, 6 M/s, along with 23 Damage if an Armor piece (not weapon)

Set Bonus:
Offensive (Greatsword):
Defensive (Blade and Shield):

INT: Named Runed set, looks like Onyx L25 INT set

Runed Blackstone Cap
Req: Level 75/160 Base INT Stats: 44 Int, 5% Hit, 11% Crit, 4 Health, 5 H/s, 6 Mana, 6 M/s, 28 Damage, 48 Armor
Runed Blackstone Wand
Req: Level 75/160 Base INT Stats: 173-201 Damage, 1.0 Speed, 44 Int, 5% Hit, 11% Crit, 4 Health, 5 H/s, 6 Mana, 6 M/s, 11 Armor
Runed Blackstone Staff
Req: Level 75/160 Base INT Stats: 236-266 Damage, 1.1 Speed, 44 Int, 5% Hit, 11% Crit, 4 Health, 5 H/s, 6 Mana, 6 M/s, 11 Armor
Runed Blackstone Robes
Req: Level 75/160 Base INT Stats: 44 Int, 5% Hit, 11% Crit, 4 Health, 5 H/s, 6 Mana, 6 M/s, 28 Damage, 78 Armor
Runed Blackstone Bracer
Req: Level 75/160 Base INT Stats: 44 Int, 5% Hit, 11% Crit, 4 Health, 5 H/s, 6 Mana, 6 M/s, 28 Damage, 66 Armor

Generalizations:
Every INT "Runed" set piece adds:
44 Int, 5% Hit, 11% Crit, 4 Health, 5 H/s, 6 Mana, 6 M/s, along with 28 Damage if an Armor piece (not weapon)

Set Bonus:
Offensive (Staff):
Defensive (Wand and Bracer):

Other:

Cap at level 77 (300k EXP from 76-77) to receive the Elite Vanity pet Lil' Gorath!

[synfullmagic_23110]

Pics?

[aav5224]

I got a pink c:

[Whirlzap]

Pictures added, also CONFIRMED that new Blackstone pinks DO scale down to 75 and to 73!

[AppleNoob]

Pictures added, also CONFIRMED that new Blackstone pinks DO scale down to 73 and 71!

the 71 pinks are going to be worth millions...

[Whirlzap]

the 71 pinks are going to be worth millions...

My bad, I did not completely verify my thoughts when I posted this. The actual default level is L77, not L75. that means that the new Blackstone pinks should ONLY scale down to 75 and to 73, not to 71. Sorry.

[Whirlzap]

Update:
Added Crafting Mechanics, Crafted Pinks, "What you gain by crafting each piece", set piece "base" stats, and completed pictures and stats for each uncrafted scaled level 75 Blackstone pink.

Please post any errors you find! Thanks!

[Arpluvial]

I have moved this to the PL Player Guides section and stickied it. Great job!

[Maengot]

Nice,but i have a question, why the raging blackstone axe dont have a L77 on it? And since day 1 no one ever looted the axe? Is there really have a axe weapon?

[ArtofWar]

Nice,but i have a question, why the raging blackstone axe dont have a L77 on it? And since day 1 no one ever looted the axe? Is there really have a axe weapon?

They didn't add the axe, just the recipe.

[Whirlzap]

Here's a comparison of Fiery Scepter Set (Level 75) versus Lustrous Earthen Energy Wand Set (Level 77).
I've taken off 3 piece ring/black dragon/vanities/anything else in both pictures, so this is a comparison of the sets from a 100% pure INT perspective. I do have the Tattooed Elf face on, but that is in both pictures.

Fiery:


Lustrous:


It seems that for every stat, the Level 77 set is superior to the Level 75 set.

Gains are 16 Int, 2% Hit, 1% Crit, 4 H/s, 12 Mana, 5 M/s, 38 Minimum Damage, 35 Maximum Damage, 35 DPS, 4 Armor.

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