XP Boosting crystals

[drcole22]

Hey all,

I have not managed to get into the game much over the last few days. Went in last night and got a few XP boosting rewards.

Clicked the item in my bag and activated it (20 x 100). My first kill with the crystal activated got me a nice 5K which caused me to level up!

When i checked my bag again, the 20 crystals i activated had gone.....

Can anyone explain how these things work? Do you have to use one for every kill? Does levelling destroy those activated crystals?

I'm at work until this evening and this is going to bug me all day unless someone can explain it for me.

Thanks in advance!

[gwythion]

The crystals are each one shot. They have a level restriction so as far as I know they only work for a skill below that lvl. Each crystal gives a 100 xp boost, I think thats true for all lvls, I only tried lvl 100 crystals. So if you do something that would give you 2000 or more xp normally then your 20 crystals will give you another 2000 xp and all of them would be used up.

[drcole22]

Ahh. That makes sense then.

That also explains the 5k xp.

20 x lvl 100 crystals on a 3k xp kill would give 2k boosted xp.

No wonder they are so cheap! Just wish i spent more time digging during the event now....

Many thanks.

[kaetemi]

XP Catalysers

XP catalysers are a special type of consumables, which increase your learning efficiency, and allow to earn more experience points from a given action (it doubles the amount).

There are 5 different levels of catalysers (50, 100, 150, 200, 250); a catalyser of a given type only improves your learning efficiency for a skill whose level is equal or below the catalyser level. 1 catalyser is consumed for every 100 XP added as a bonus.

Example:

- You activate a level 50 catalyser stack (quantity 34);
- You kill a mob which would normally earn you 2,500 XP with a skill level of 23;
- The catalyser works - you earn 5,000 XP, and the catalyser quantity decreases to 9;
- You kill the same kind of mob with the same skill, which would still earn you 2,500 XP without the catalyser effect;
- The catalyser works, but that time you only get a total of 3,400 XP (2,500 + 900 XP), since you have only 9 catalysers left.

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