Rust

Rust

Rust is an element of the game that irritates many players. Older players can remember a time when gear and items in the game never rusted, while even older players can remember a time when the consequences of rusting weren't as severe as they are today. Nonetheless, rust is something that everyone has to deal with. Anything and everything in the game is susceptible to rust - except equipment with Soulbound ([SB=]), but there are a few things that you can do to prevent rust from becoming a major problem for you.
The consequence of rust happening to an item is irreversible and will leave it with the 'Tarnished' debuff, permanently lowering the item's base stats.

Ways of preventing rust

• Blessed Be
  • The easiest way to prevent your items and gear from rusting is to get a blessing from the Royal Court. Receiving a Minor Blessing costs 100,000 marks and it ensures that your equipped gear won't rust - the minor blessing lasts until next login (just like an oil would). After getting a Minor Blessing, you can elect to receive a Greater Blessing for 500,000 marks, which provides full protection against rust for your equipped gear and the gear/items in your backpack. The Major Blessing also lasts until next login.
• Snake Oils, Fish Oils and Primordial Oils
  • Another easy way to prevent your gear from rusting is to apply oils to them. Applying oils to your gear is imperative if you've ran out of space in your backpack, for it ensures that the gear won't rust overnight if they're safely stowed in your storage. Oils can be applied to each gear piece up to five times; each time guarantees that the gear will be protected from rust for one day. One stack of oil is consumed upon the first time logging in on a day but not on subsequential logins the same day.
  • If you aren't the type of player who enjoys questing or can't seem to find enough Snake Oils for all your gear, manufacturing some Fish Oils through the Grand Oil Fish Project mission at the Dragon Guard is your next best bet. You'll receive anywhere from 14 to 26 Fish Oils for completing the mission.

• Without the Oils or the Blessing
  • If you ever find yourself in a situation in which you've forgotten to receive a blessing from the Royal Court in addition to running out of quests and oils, don't fret if there are valuable gear that you're trying to protect from rust. Purchasing some Knives from Bill Smith's weapon shop and filling up your entire backpack with them is an underhanded but effective way of preventing rust. It isn't guaranteed to prevent your valuable gear from rusting, but the large amounts of Knives should greatly reduce the chances that your desired piece of gear will rust.

• The Risk of Rust
  • The chance of rust occurring is greatly reduced when your character sleeps at a Room or a Suite. Rust is significantly more likely to occur if your character sleeps elsewhere. If you have no choice but to camp out, be sure to bring a Sleeping Bag, Camp Tent, and Cooking Gear with you.

• The Rate of Rust & Decay
  • It seems that the rate of rust & decay for items is at around 0.995%. If you send 10,000 of one item to a character, for example, the recipient should receive 9,950 of that item in return.

• Polishing
  • Today, it costs 100 marks to unrust every rusted piece of gear that you have equipped and in your backpack. It will remove the rust but not restore the gear to its original pristine state. Polishing doesn't affect any rusted gear that you may have in your storage, so it may be a good idea to bring them out of there to avoid having to waste another 100 marks to polish them.