Selling LEGENDARY Tuning Fork: +15 to ALL Sonic Armaments
WHAT IS IT:
I'm selling a blue vaalorn tuning fork that grants +15 to all Sonic armaments (bard songs 1012, 1009, 1014, and 1025).
This impressive item was announced as an addition to the LEGENDARY FEEDER treasure system last December by GM Estild, and was generously dropped by a lithe veiled sentinel that I killed during a hunt in the Sanctum of Scales in March. It has not been used.
Below is a look at the fork, and the container in which it was found.
>open my reliquary
You open a filigreed rolaren reliquary with a colorful cloisonne lid.
>look in reliquary
In the rolaren reliquary you see a blue vaalorn tuning fork.
>get fork
You remove a blue vaalorn tuning fork from in your rolaren reliquary.
>analyze my fork
You analyze your vaalorn tuning fork and sense that the item is largely free from merchant alteration restrictions.
The creator has also provided the following information:
A blue vaalorn tuning fork can be used to enhance sonic armaments.
It will boost the enchantment of Sonic Weapon Song (1012) by 15.
It will boost the enchantment of Sonic Shield Song (1009) by 15.
It will boost the enchantment of Sonic Armor (1014) by 15.
It will boost the enchantment of Singing Sword Song (1025) by 15.
It is not currently attuned to anyone.
You get no sense of whether or not the fork may be further lightened.
WHAT DOES THE FORK ACTUALLY DO:
The maximum bonuses attainable on a bard's sonic armaments (1009, 1012, and 1014) are capped at +35. This fork basically enables a bard to push the maximum bonus of his/her sonic armaments from +35 to +50 (similar to increasing enchantments on weapons or armor from 7x to 10x).
For the purpose of determining the fork's value, I've evaluated two alternative methods for attaining the same benefits provided by the fork.
VALUATION METHOD 1: Using HESS items at Duskruin to add +15 to all four sonic armaments = 1.8M bloodscrip
At the last two Duskruin events (August 2020 and February 2021) the HESS has offered a "fork-shaped papyrus" for 150k bloodscrip:
"The bearer of this papyrus will receive a Tuning Fork to add +5 to sonic gear"
The HESS also offered during those same two sessions a "silver forked note" for 150k bloodscrip:
"The bearer of this note can increase the potency of a Tuning Fork by +5 (up to +15). (Note: The Tuning Fork begins at +5.)"
So, by using those certificates, raising a single sonic armament to +15 would cost 450k bloodscrip. Raising four sonic armaments to +15 would result in four separate forks at a cost of 1.8M bloodscrip.
VALUATION METHOD 2: Enchanting regular gear to 10x (+50) instead of using sonic gear = a minimum of 225k bloodscrip and 160M silvers
Let's assume that you already have a vanilla 7x-enchanted (+35) weapon, armor and shield, and you want to enchant each to 10x (+50).
First let's prepare the items for enchantment to 10x (+50). The potions required to achieve this for a single 7x (+35) item have been available at the last two Duskruin events at a total cost of 75k bloodscrip. You'll need three sets of these potions (one for the weapon, one for the armor, and one for the shield), so 225k bloodscrip.
Next, we need to find a wizard to perform the enchantments. To increase the enchantment of one item from +35 to +50 requires 2,137,500 essence (and 42.75 weeks to gather that essence, but for the purpose of this exercise we'll make the unrealistic assumption that we are able to find multiple wizards to perform the job all at the same time). So 6,412,500 essence is required for all three items.
Since we're assuming plain vanilla gear, these are relatively low-difficulty projects. So for the sake of finding the most buyer-friendly appraisal of the fork, let's say we're able to find enough apprentice wizards willing to do the work at 25 silvers per essence. That's 25 x 6,412,500 = 160M silvers and some change (if you can actually find that deal out there, take it!!)
So that's 225k bloodscrip and 160M silvers, plus whatever it cost to get the gear to 7x in the first place, to get into 10x BASIC normal-weighted gear with no flares. Note that we haven't taken into account the fact that the fork also adds +15 to the enchantment of a fourth sonic armament (1025 Singing Sword Song), or the actual time that it would take to accumulate essence and complete the enchantments on the regular gear, and we have completely ignored any benefits provided by sonic gear such as their nominal weight and high-frequency flares.
WHAT I SEEK IN RETURN:
I deem the fork to be worth at the very least what it would cost a bard to get into 10x plain gear as described above in "Valuation Method 2": 225k bloodscrip plus 160M silvers.
I will consider all in-game offers that meet or exceed that amount in value. I will consider trade offers, but my preference would be silvers and/or bloodscrip.
I reserve the right to sell to the highest bidder if I feel the offer is acceptable.
You can contact me here, or in Discord (Brandilor #2959), or in the game (Brandilor) with questions.
