Recipe: Elite Version of Rare Armor

Key details

• Its base defense value, strength requirement, and durability maximum will change to that of the elite version of the rare armor's base item type.
• This recipe functions with any exceptional base item time that inherently posesses a defense value.
• Upon being upgraded, the item will take on a random base defense value from within the ranges available to the elite base item type.
• Because items with enhanced defense typically have the maximum base defense value for their item type, this can result in the upgraded item having a lower defense value than might otherwise be expected (an in rare circumstances, lower than the defense value of the un-upgraded version.
• This recipe will increase the item's clvl requirement by 7, or will set it to the exceptional base item's clvl requirement plus 7, whichever is higher.
• If the item features also undergone Recipe: Exceptional Version of Rare Armor, it will be the greater of the rare item's clvl requirement plus 7 or the elite base item's clvl requirement plus 12.