Inscriptions

Inscriptions take the place of enchanting in Valor: the Scribe and chests, how the Smith writes them onto gear, slots and levels, and every role's set.

There is no enchanting in Valor. An inscription carries one enchantment at one level, such as an Inscription of Sharpness II. The Smith writes it onto your gear, where it works as that enchantment. Its tooltip says what it does and which roles it is for.

No Enchanting

The enchanting table has no recipe and can't be used.
Anvils can't add enchantments, and grindstones can't take them off.
No chest, fishing catch, trade or creature gives enchanted books or enchanted gear. Loot comes without its enchantments, and a monster's own gear drops plain.
Mending and the curses have no inscription, so you can't get them.

Where to Get Them

The Scribe

The Scribe sits at a desk in the Keep's library and sells the inscriptions for every role and those for your own role, at every level.

10 are on offer at a time, picked for you, with a new pick each day. Your role's inscriptions are twice as likely to show as the ones for every role.
Before you have a role, the Scribe offers only the ones for every role.
You can buy one of each. It comes back 2 days after you buy it.

Inscription	I	II	III
Feather Falling, Depth Strider, Respiration, Aqua Affinity, Ice Speed, Leaf Walker, Rehydration, Luck of the Sea, Lure	8 silver	20 silver	48 silver
Protection, Fire Protection, Blast Protection, Projectile Protection, Unbreaking, Efficiency, Fortune, Silk Touch	12 silver	30 silver	72 silver
A role's own inscriptions	15 silver	37 silver 50 bronze	90 silver

An inscription with only level I costs the level II price. These are the lowest prices. Each drifts a little above that from day to day.

Chests

A chest, barrel or other container of 9 or more slots that fills with loot has a 2 in 100 chance to hold one inscription, from the ones for every role or your own role's. It is level I 70 times in 100, level II 25 times and level III 5 times. Dungeon chests count too.

Inscribing

Open the Smith's Inscribe tab. Right-click the Smith in the Keep. See The Smith.

Put the item in the top slot and the inscription in the slot below.

Press Inscribe. The inscription is used up. Inscribing costs no coins.

It must suit the item, such as Sharpness on a blade or Protection on armour, and must not clash with one already on it, such as Sharpness with Smite.
A role's inscription goes only on gear of that role. A Warrior's Sharpness goes on a sword, which Warriors use. On gear none of its roles can use, the Smith refuses and says why, such as Warrior inscription, Guardian gear.
Inscriptions for every role go on anything they suit. Gear open to every role, such as leather armour and tools, takes any inscription it suits.
A higher level replaces a lower one. Sharpness II on a sword with Sharpness I takes its place. The same level or a lower one is refused.
To replace one on a full item, click it in the list, then press Replace.
To remove one, click it and press Remove twice.

Replacing destroys

An inscription you replace or remove is destroyed. It doesn't come back as an item.

Slots

Item	Inscriptions it holds
Weapons and armour, +0 to +2	1
Weapons and armour, +3 and +4	2
Weapons and armour, +5	3
Everything else: tools, axes, the flint sword, leather and fur armour	2

The Smith upgrades weapons and armour. See Upgrades.

Inscription	Levels	What it does
Protection	I to III	Less damage from most sources, 4% per level. Armour
Fire Protection	I to III	Less fire damage, 8% per level, and burning ends sooner. Armour
Blast Protection	I to III	Less explosion damage, 8% per level, and less knockback from it. Armour
Projectile Protection	I to III	Less damage from arrows and other projectiles, 8% per level. Armour
Unbreaking	I to III	Wears out more slowly. Anything with durability
Feather Falling	I to III	Less fall damage, 12% per level. Boots
Depth Strider	I to III	Faster in water. Boots
Respiration	I to III	Breathe longer underwater. Helmets
Aqua Affinity	I	Mine at full speed underwater. Helmets
Ice Speed	I to III	Faster on ice. Ice skates
Leaf Walker	I	Walk on top of leaves instead of through them. Boots
Rehydration	I	Get back some of the water you sweat out. Armour
Efficiency	I to III	Mine faster. Tools
Fortune	I to III	More drops from ores and crops. Pickaxes, axes, shovels and hoes
Silk Touch	I	Mined blocks drop themselves. Pickaxes, axes, shovels and hoes
Luck of the Sea	I to III	Better catches. Fishing rods
Lure	I to III	Fish bite sooner. Fishing rods

Guardian

Inscription	Levels	What it does
Thorns	I to III	Hurts melee attackers: 15% chance per level to deal 1 to 4 damage. Armour
Knockback	I and II	Knocks enemies farther. Swords
Bane of Arthropods	I to III	2.5 more damage per level to spiders, bees and other arthropods, and slows them. Melee weapons
Density	I to III	Smash attacks deal 0.5 more damage per level for each block fallen. Maces
Breach	I to III	Hits ignore 15% of the target's armour per level. Maces

Cleric

Inscription	Levels	What it does
Smite	I to III	2.5 more damage per level to undead. Melee weapons
Energize	I to III	3% more healing and lightning spell power per level. Armour
Magic Protection	I to III	Less damage from magic, 8% per level. Armour
Spell Power	I to III	5% more spell power per level. Wands and staves. Also the Warlock's
Spell Haste	I to III	Cast 4% faster per level. Wands and staves. Also the Warlock's

Warrior

Inscription	Levels	What it does
Sharpness	I to III	8% more melee damage per level. Swords, axes and other blades
Sweeping Edge	I to III	Sweeping attacks deal more damage. Swords
Fire Aspect	I and II	Sets the target on fire. Swords and maces
Looting	I to III	More drops from mobs. Swords
Lifesteal	I to III	Kills drop life orbs that heal 10% more of the mob's health per level. Melee weapons
Impaling	I to III	2.5 more damage per level to sea creatures. Tridents. Also the Hunter's
Loyalty	I to III	A thrown trident comes back, faster at higher levels. Tridents. Also the Hunter's
Riptide	I to III	Throwing the trident in water or rain carries you with it. Tridents. Also the Hunter's
Channeling	I	A trident thrown in a thunderstorm calls lightning on its target. Tridents. Also the Hunter's

Hunter

Inscription	Levels	What it does
Power	I to III	8% more ranged damage per level. Bows
Punch	I and II	Arrows knock targets farther. Bows
Flame	I	Arrows set targets on fire. Bows
Infinity	I	Shooting uses no arrows while you carry one. Bows
Multishot	I	Shoots three arrows for one. Crossbows
Piercing	I to III	Arrows pass through one more target per level. Crossbows
Quick Charge	I to III	Loads faster: 10% more ranged attack speed per level. Crossbows

Hunters also get the trident's four: Impaling, Loyalty, Riptide and Channeling, listed under the Warrior.

Warlock

Inscription	Levels	What it does
Spell Power	I to III	5% more spell power per level. Wands and staves. Also the Cleric's
Spell Haste	I to III	Cast 4% faster per level. Wands and staves. Also the Cleric's
Spell Volatility	I to III	Spell critical hits more often. Wands and staves
Amplify Spell	I to III	Spell critical hits deal more damage. Wands and staves
Sunfire	I to III	3% more arcane and fire spell power per level. Armour
Soulfrost	I to III	3% more soul and frost spell power per level. Armour
Enervation	I to III	Hits draw heat out of the target and warm you. Melee weapons and the frost wand
Ice Breaker	I to III	Hits on a frozen target deal 1 more damage per level and slow it. The frost wand