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Contents 1 Tier 1 (0 points) 1.1 Tinker 1.2 Piercing Barrage 1.3 Rapid Re-fire 2 Tier 2 (3 points) 2.1 Black Powder 2.2 Seeking Shot 2.3 Rally 3 Tier 3 (7 points) 3.1 Glancing Barrage 3.2 Stunning Refire 3.3 Napalm 3.4 Deafening Explosion 4 Tier 4 (13 points) 4.1 Suppressive Fire 4.2 Critical Modifications 4.3 Insight 5 Tier 5 (21 points) 5.1 Shattering Tips 5.2 Wildfire 5.3 Ringing Ears 6 Tier 6 (30 points) 6.1 Penetrating Fire 6.2 Marksman's Refire 6.3 Blistering Heat

[edit] Tier 1 (0 points)

[edit] Tinker

• Passive
• Description: "Modifications to your firearm provides it with an increased refire rate."

Tinker affects both flintlocks and rifles.

Rank	Increased Rate of Fire
1	10%
2	20%
3	30%
4	40%
5	50%
6	60%

[edit] Piercing Barrage

• Requires: Rifle.
• Description: "A drilltip provides your ammunition with the ability to pierce targets, striking multiple foes in succession."

Rank	Damage Bonus Per Shot	Bullets Released Per Volley	Mana Cost
1	-64%	3	1.0
2	-62%	3	1.0
3	-60%	3	1.0
4	-58%	5	2.0
5	-56%	5	2.0
6	-54%	7	3.0

[edit] Rapid Re-fire

• Requires: Rifle.
• Description: "An ingenious rifle cartridge allows you to continuously discharge your firearm without reloading."

Increased rifle attack rate, increased damage, increased range. Costs mana per shot.

Rank	Improved Damage	Improved Rate of Fire	Improved Range	Mana Cost
1	10%	20%	10%	1.8
2	15%	30%	20%	1.9
3	20%	40%	30%	2.1
4	25%	50%	50%	2.3
5	30%	60%	70%	2.4
6	40%	100%	100%	2.5

[edit] Tier 2 (3 points)

[edit] Black Powder

• Passive
• Description: "Careful adjustment to your firearm yields improved range."

Rank	Improved Bullet Range
1	10%
2	20%
3	30%
4	40%
5	55%

[edit] Seeking Shot

• Requires: Rifle.
• Description: "You augment your ordinance to seek foes and deliver Electrical Damage using your rifle."

Note that the mana cost and cooldown never changes.

Rank	Electrical Damage Bonus	Bullets Per Volley	Mana Cost	Cooldown (seconds)
1	15%	3	5.0	3.0
2	20%	3	5.0	3.0
3	25%	3	5.0	3.0
4	30%	4	5.0	3.0
5	35%	4	5.0	3.0
6	40%	5	5.0	3.0

[edit] Rally

• Description: "Quickly destroying monsters in succession improves your morale, augmenting your ability to attack and defend."

Rank	Improved Defense Rating Per Kill	Improved Attack Rating Per Kill	Duration (Seconds)
1	5%	5%	6.0
2	8%	8%	6.5
3	12%	12%	7.0
4	15%	15%	7.5
5	20%	20%	8.0

[edit] Tier 3 (7 points)

[edit] Glancing Barrage

• Passive
• Requires: Piercing Barrage and a Rifle.
• Description: "Further modification allows Piercing Barrage to ricochet off of obstructions and walls, and provides the additional ability to inflict Poison on targets."

Glancing Barrage modifies and builds off of Piercing Barrage.

Rank	Chance to Inflict Poison	Damage Bonus to Piercing Barrage	Ricochets	Increased Range (Meters)	Mana Cost to Piercing Barrage
1	3%	5%	1	5	+1
2	5%	8%	1	7	+1
3	7%	12%	2	10	+2
4	9%	15%	2	15	+2
5	12%	18%	2	20	+2
6	15%	22%	3	25	+3

[edit] Stunning Refire

• Passive
• Requires: Rapid Refire and a Rifle.
• Description: "Additional modification gives your ordinance the ability to stun targets on impact."

Stunning Refire builds off of Rapid Refire.

Rank	Chance to Stun	Stun Duration (Seconds)
1	10%	4
2	12%	5
3	14%	6
4	16%	7
5	18%	8
6	20%	9

[edit] Napalm

• Requires: Rifle.
• Description: "You modify your ordinance, causing your rifle shots to mercilessly burn your foes, engulfing them in flames. Nearby foes are affected by the sheer heat of the fire."

Receives bonuses from Wildfire and Blistering Heat.

Rank	Damage Bonus	Meter Radius	Duration (Seconds)	Mana Cost
1	5%	1.0	1	8.0
2	7%	1.3	1.5	8.0
3	9%	1.6	2	8.0
4	11%	2.0	2.5	8.0
5	13%	2.3	3	9.0
6	20%	3.0	4	6.0

[edit] Deafening Explosion

• Requires: Rifle.
• Description: "Using your rifle you shoot an explosive round so loud it physically damages nearby foes."

Deafening Explosion is an AOE attack. It is modified and complimented by Ringing Ears.

Rank	Damage Bonus
1	10%
2	20%
3	30%
4	50%
5	60%

[edit] Tier 4 (13 points)

[edit] Suppressive Fire

• Passive
• Requires: Seeking Shot and a Rifle.
• Description: "Further tinkering gives your ammunition the ability to stun targets on impact, using your rifle."

Rank	Chance to Stun	Stun Duration (Seconds)
1	10%	2
2	15%	2.5
3	25%	3
4	30%	3.5
5	35%	4
6	40%	5

[edit] Critical Modifications

• Passive
• Requires: Tinker and a Rifle.
• Description: "Further investigation reveals opportunities for improvement. Modification improves the chance of Critical Strikes, and improves rate of fire."

Rank	Improved Chance of Critical Strike	Increased Rate of Fire
1	3%	3%
2	4%	5%
3	5%	7%
4	6%	9%
5	7%	11%
6	8%	14%
7	10%	17%
8	12%	20%

[edit] Insight

• Requires: Rally.
• Description: "You discover the weak points of your foes with each strike, improving your chance of inflicting Critical Strikes."

Insight modifies and builds off of Rally.

Rank	Improved Chance of Critical Strike	Additional Defense Rating Bonus	Additional Attack Rating Bonus	Seconds Of Additional Duration
1	3%	2%	2%	2
2	4%	4%	4%	4
3	5%	6%	6%	6
4	6%	8%	8%	8
5	7%	9%	9%	9

[edit] Tier 5 (21 points)

[edit] Shattering Tips

• Passive
• Requires: Piercing Barrage and a Rifle.
• Description: "On impact, Piercing Barrage will shatter into blindingly fast bits of shrapnel."

Shattering Tips modifies and builds off of Piercing Barrage.

Rank	Chance to Shatter	Fragments	Piercing Barrage Damage Per Fragment	Additional Damage to Piercing Barrage
1	2%	4	5%	5%
2	3%	5	8%	7%
3	4%	6	12%	9%
4	5%	7	15%	11%
5	6%	8	18%	13%
6	7%	9	22%	15%
7	8%	10	25%	17%
8	10%	12	30%	20%

[edit] Wildfire

• Requires: Napalm and a Rifle.
• Description: "Tendrils of flame ignite nearby foes burned by Napalm strikes."

Rank	Napalm Damage Per Tendril	Number of Flame Tendrils	Meter Radius
1	20%	2	2
2	25%	2	2.2
3	30%	3	2.5
4	35%	3	2.7
5	40%	4	3
6	55%	5	4

[edit] Ringing Ears

• Passive
• Requires: Deafening Explosion and a Rifle.
• Description: "Increased decibels inflict even more damage, and may stun enemies who succumb to the sound.

Ringing ears modifies and builds off of Deafening Explosion.

Rank	Improved Damage	Chance to Stun	Stun Duration (Seconds)
1	6%	10%	2
2	16%	20%	3
3	25%	30%	4
4	50%	40%	5
5	75%	50%	6

[edit] Tier 6 (30 points)

[edit] Penetrating Fire

• Passive
• Requires: Seeking Shot and a Rifle.
• Description: "Refinement provides further damage bonuses, and allows you to refire Seeking Shots more readily."

Penetrating Fire modifies and builds off of Seeking Shot.

Rank	Damage Bonus to Seeking Shot	Additional Bullets Per Volley	Reduced Mana Cost	Reduced Cooldown
1	5%	1	3%	5%
2	10%	1	6%	10%
3	15%	1	9%	15%
4	20%	1	12%	20%
5	25%	2	15%	25%
6	30%	2	18%	30%
7	35%	2	21%	40%
8	40%	3	25%	50%

[edit] Marksman's Refire

• Passive
• Requires: Rapid Refire and a Rifle.
• Description: "Refinements to your design improve the efficiency and deadliness of Rapid Refire."

Marksman's Refire modifies Rapid Refire.

Rank	Additional Damage Per Bullet	Reduced Mana Cost
1	10%	5%
2	20%	7%
3	30%	9%
4	40%	12%
5	50%	15%
6	60%	19%
7	70%	24%
8	80%	30%

[edit] Blistering Heat

• Passive
• Requires: Napalm and a Rifle.
• Description: "A highly improved version of Napalm."

Rank	Damage Bonus to Napalm	Damage Bonus to Wildfire	Additional Wildfire Tendrils
1	10%	4%	1
2	12%	5%	1
3	14%	6%	1
4	16%	7%	1
5	19%	8%	2
6	22%	9%	2
7	25%	10%	2
8	30%	12%	3