Item Enchantment Alternatives

The Item Enchantment skill has two abilities: First, the ability to buff and debuff weapons, armor, and other objects, and second, the ability to use Planar Magic, a subset of of item enchantment dealing with portal spells.

Armor
Item Enchantment can improve clothing, a shield, or a piece of armor with the following spells: Impenetrability, Blade Bane, Bludgeon Bane, Piercing Bane, Acid Bane, Flame Bane, Frost Bane, and Lightning Bane.

 Alternatives :
 * Use Covenant Armor/Olthoi Armor. These types of loot generated armor cannot be enchanted or tinkered with Steel, and instead have a higher base a base armor level and may be tinkered with the salvaged materials which increase protections to the 7 types of damage: Alabaster, Bronze, Marble, Armoredillo Hide, Ceramic, Wool, and Reedshark Hide. Note that built-in enchantments on these two types of armor still enchant the piece, so pieces with built in Impenetrability and banes are the highly recommended.


 * Use certain quest sets and armor which fully buff themselves. Armor that self-buffs includes:
 * Armor of Darkness
 * Empowered Armor of the Perfect Light
 * Hieromancer's Armor and the upgrades: Luminescent Thaumaturgic Armor and Auroric Exarch Armor
 * Nanjou Shou-jen Armor
 * Helm of the Abyssal Totem, Helm of the Black Totem, and the Helm of the White Totem
 * Harbinger Arm Guard
 * Empowered Empyrean Robe


 * Have a friend, Alternative Character, or Buff Bot buff your armor.

 No Alternatives :
 * Without item enchantment, there is no way to self-buff your clothing.
 * Without item enchantment, there is no way to buff other players' clothing, shields, or armor.

Weapons
Item Enchantment can improve Weapons with the following spells: Blood Drinker, Heart Seeker, Defender, Swift Killer, Hermetic Link, and Spirit Drinker.

 Alternatives :
 * Use Loot generated weapons that have built-in enchantments. Note that for melee and missile weapons, a swift killer enchantment is not always necessary as a tinker with Oak will improve the speed of a weapon by 50 points.


 * Use quest weapons that have built-in enchantments. This is a common feature on quest weapons. For a complete listing of available quest weapons, see Weapons.


 * Have a friend, Alternative Character, or Buff Bot buff your weapons.

 No Alternatives :
 * Without item enchantment, there is no way to buff other players' weapons.

Locks
While seldom used, Item Enchantment has the ability to increase the resistance of a lock with the Strengthen Lock spell, making it harder to pick. There is no way to do this without Item Enchantment.