Every commander comes with a unique piece of gear, which you can unlock after he reached a certain respect level.
This unique piece was formerly known as "Unique", but now is named a "Relic".
The special part of these pieces is - and that is why they are unique - that you can use them only on that one specific commander. It is not possible to apply them on any other commander.
This makes them extremely valuable. Aside from their value, they are also very expensive, which makes them rather low ROI compared to other gear pieces.
On the right side you can find the "Relic" menu option.
Think First
Due to their costs, the most important thing to do before you touch any Relics is to make absolutely sure you are 100% certain that you want to use THIS commander and that you want to really use this Relic. You will see further below that there is no turn-around once you have the relic and only an extremely expensive turn-around after you strengthen them.
I say it upfront: My advice is to NEVER reforge a relic as it makes you lose account value.
Now, if you can afford it, get the basic Relic for your commanders. The basic Relic as such is affordable and gives you a little extra buffs, which can come in handy. If you have several options on Relics to acquire, but can only afford one or maybe two, make sure to look at the buffs and consider what might be the best option for your personal army composition that you're using.
Advice No. 2: Do NOT enhance Relics unless very specific landmarks are reached. I strongly recommend to prioritize your regular gear sets first. Optimize these before you touch the enhance button before you are maxed out on your gear. Enhancing a Relic works way different from strengthening a gear piece. You will see that below.
I also strongly recommend to ask for advice before you spend anything at all on a Relic. Ask your friends or fellowship/warband mates what they would do. Which Relic they would pick. There are always knowledgeable people in all teams who can give good advice and provide for different perspectives.
Acquiring the Relic
To acquire a Relic you need Pure Mithril, depending on which tier your commander originally was:
- 40 Pure Mithril for Epic commanders (purple, previously Mighty/blue) - t1 tier
e.g. Grima, Gorbag, Khaldoon, Hirgon, Haldir, Dwalin, ... - 50 Pure Mithril for Legendary (gold, previously Epic/purple) - t2 tier
e.g. Celeborn, Balin, Imrahil, Gothmog, Shadow, Lurtz, ... - 60 Pure Mithril for Mythic (orange, previously Legendary/gold) - t3 tier
e.g. Gil, Thranduil, Dain, Sauron, The Undying, Saruman, ...
If your commander was t1 or t2 originally, your commander also needs to be ascended to Mythic tier to unlock the Relic:
- Reach respect 10
- Ascend for 150x respect item of commander + 40x respect item of a chosen t3/Mythic commander
- You have to performed all three of the tasks to unlock the Relic
Aside from reaching the respect level and - if needed - ascension, these requirements are not too difficult and doable. Some might take a few seasons and the combined efforts of your team, but eventually it is pretty much doable in most cases.
Enhancing Relic
Costs:
- Level 1: 2 random pieces of gold gear
- Level 1: 3 random pieces of gold gear
- Level 1: 4 random pieces of gold gear
- Level 1: 6 random pieces of gold gear
- Level 1: 10 random pieces of gold gear
Gain:
Now, as I mentioned above, enhancing a Relic works very different from strengthening your gear piece. You don't increase every stat little by little every level until it is (Basic value)x3 at max level. Instead you add to ONE of the buffs randomly, but in the full amount of its basic value:
e.g. if the random stat's base value is +6, you receive +6 on top for one Enhancement
See example here with my GtW Relic
I enhanced it 5 times and got
1x [Commander] Command
2x [Commander] Focus
- x [Unit] Attack
2x [Unit] Defense
As you can see the enhancement applies to any of the stats, except the unique's special effect.
The special effect, which is a very unique effect to each Relic, can be leveled up by refining your Relic.
Refining Relics
The way how you refine your Relic works still the same as it always did and it still does the same as it used to do in the classic version of the game.
You use Pure Mithril to upgrade the special effect of your Relic.
Costs:
- Mighty / Legendary / Mythic
- Level 1: 40 / 50 / 60
- Level 2: 40 / 50 / 60
- Level 3: 80 / 100 / 120
- Level 4: 80 / 100 / 120 *
- Level 5: 120 / 150 / 180 *
*Disclaimer: I have not seen any actual costs beyond Level 3, but it follows the same pattern as it used to and as we know it from refining other gear
So the total Pure Mithril costs to obtain and max refine a Relic would be:
- T1 commander: 400 Pure Mithril
- T2 commander: 500 Pure Mithril
- T3 commander: 600 Pure Mithril
Obtaining Pure Mithril
Since it requires a lot of Mithril to obtain and refine your Relics, here a little overview on how to obtain the Pure Mithril that you need.
- Tavern: You can obtain Mithril Ore from Tips in the Tavern
These Mithril Ores can be forged into Pure Mithril in the Mathom House with the function Mithril Combining at a ratio of 10:1 - Gem Store in the Mathom House: You can buy 7x Pure Mithril at 1000 gems/piece every week
- Season Store: For the short time the season store is open you can exchange 200 Season Medals for 1 Pure Mithril. Currently there are two of these offers listed in the shop
- Event Chests: There were some event chests with progression rewards - could be a possibility they bring every once in a while again, but has not been seen for a bit
Reforge Relics
To say it directly upfront and very clearly: reforging your Relic will reduce the value of your account.
My advice: DON'T EVER DO IT!
Several people have fallen into the trap and did it without realizing what exactly is happening. They thought it is like using an Elven Hammer to get all used items back to use them in other places. However, it is not.
To start with, the option to reforge your Relic is only accessible once the Relic has been maxed in Enhancements. Meaning: you have put in 25 random gold gear pieces into the Relic. As soon as you have done that the button "Enhance" changes to "Reforge".
If you click on that button, you get to this screen:
You better look closely - and remember: it is a maxed out item which has 25 gold pieces used as material. Look at my item:
As you can also see written there, you get 13 worn equipment pieces back, which will match the gear slots of the first 13 items listed. The order of the listed items is the order of their usage. First ones in get listed first. However, fully viable gold gear gets turned into worn equipment if you reforge your Relic.
So, here again an overview of the reforging process
- Costs: 3000 gems
- Gain: Relic in refinement state as is + 13 worn pieces of the type you used for 13 of the originally 25 full gold gear pieces
What does this mean?
You lose 12 full gold pieces completely and 13 pieces get turned into worn pieces. It also leaves you 3k gems short for being able to do that.
So you are paying for losing value on your account.
Thus: Whatever you do, do NOT ever break up a Relic!
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FAQ
1. Should I get a Relic for my commander?
- If you can afford it/have collected the Pure Mithril and you are certain that you want to use this commander long term, definitely get at least the basic piece.
- Are you sure you want to play this commander long term?
- Before you think of enhancing a Relic you should have all your commander's gear max strengthened
- Prioritize Refining your gear over enhancing a Relic
- Only do so if you generally spend a considerable amount of money on the game
- For F2P or low spenders you get way more out of your buck if you use the limited gold pieces you have on your commanders' 4 gear slots instead
- Consider the factor of randomness when you enhance your Relic
- Calculate what you will get from it - compare with what you would get for using these items on regular gold gear instead
- Enhancing a Relic to level 1/2/3/4/5 amounts in a total of 2/5/9/15/25 gold pieces
Strengthening a regular gold piece to level 1/2/3/4/5 amounts in a total of 1/2/6/11/19 gold pieces
=> for one completely enhanced Relic you could instead end up with 2x level 4 and 1x level 2 gold pieces or 4x level 3 plus leftover (not considering type of gold piece) - If you have more than one basic Relic, consider which one might give you the best stats - not all Relics are equally good
3. Should I refine my Relic?
- Before Refining a Relic, consider if it might be more valuable to acquire another Relic instead
- Refining a Relic will upgrade the stats of your Relic's "special effect"
- Make sure that the special effect will benefit your army composition
4. I made a mistake enhanced a Relic, which now I do not use anymore. Should I reforge?
- My personal advice in short: No.
- You might change your mind again at a later time and then you have wasted all this gold gear and would have to redo it all over again.
- Reforging costs and reduces the value of your account.
Moral: Make sure you know what you're getting yourself into and that you REALLY think enhancing a Relic is the best way to advance your account
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