Disarm (408)

Disarm (408) Mnemonic [DISARM] Duration Instantaneous Utility Magic   Availability All

Minor Elemental Spells Elemental Defense I (401) Defensive Presence (402) Utility Lock Pick Enhancement (403) Utility Disarm Enhancement (404) Utility Elemental Detection (405) Utility Elemental Defense II (406) Defensive Unlock (407) Utility Disarm (408) Utility Elemental Blast (409) Attack Elemental Wave (410) Attack Elemental Blade (411) Offensive Weapon Deflection (412) Attack Elemental Saturation (413) Attack Elemental Defense III (414) Defensive Elemental Strike (415) Attack Piercing Gaze (416) Utility Elemental Dispel (417) Attack Mana Focus (418) Utility Mass Elemental Defense (419) Defensive Magic Item Creation (420) Utility Elemental Targeting (425) Offensive Elemental Barrier (430) Defensive Major Elemental Wave (435) Attack

Disarm is a utility spell that allows the caster to attempt to disarm containers. This spell can also be used to attempt to disarm typical doors. When the spell is successful, the trap on the container or door being targeted will be disarmed.

The success of the spell is a percentage which is based on the level of the caster along with the caster's Aura bonus. Also, the level or difficulty of the trap is taken into account.

This spell can potentially set off the trap that is on the target object if the spell fails, but will not necessarily do so. In order to make this spell more effective, the caster can also use the spell Disarm Enhancement (404). However, the duration of Disarm Enhancement immediately ends after each use of Disarm, regardless of success.

On a successful cast on a trap will result in a positive message that the trap has been disarmed. If cast on an object with no trap, there will be no message that indicates if there is a trap or if the spell simply failed. Because there is no particular messaging for locks without traps, this spell is typically combined with Piercing Gaze in order to first determine if the lock is trapped or not. Also be aware that successfully disarming a scarab that is still in a lock will not cause it to fall to the ground, thus it cannot be sold. The spell can be used on scarabs that have been removed from a box, but will result in a much lesser value than a scarab that has been manually disarmed.

Lore Benefit

If a caster has at least one rank in Elemental Lore, Water, a cast of Disarm will corrode a trap on unsuccessful casts. Each corrosion of the trap will subtract from the trap's difficulty based on a seed 1 summation up to a total reduction of 10% of the trap difficulty. The effect lasts 60 seconds and is refreshed on successive casts, while the corrosion is cumulative upon each cast (up to 10%).

Elemental Lore, Water ranks	1	3	6	10	15	21	28	36	45	55	66
Trap difficulty reduction	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Elemental Lore, Water ranks		78	91	105	120	136	153	171	190	210	231
Trap difficulty reduction		12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21

Messaging

Failure (after trap has been detected)

You gesture at a scratched thanot trunk.
Now to isolate the offending mechanism and disable it...The trunk vibrates slightly but nothing else happens.

Success

You gesture at a scratched thanot trunk.
Now to isolate the offending mechanism and disable it...The trunk pulses once with a deep crimson light!

Alchemy Recipe

A softly glowing red potion
Add water Add 2 doses of red trafel mushroom Boil Add 2 doses of ayanad crystal Simmer Add powdered pink rhodochrosite stone Chant Disarm (408)

Resources

• Kaldonis's guide to Popping Boxes
• Elemental lore review (saved posts)
• Minor Elemental Spell Circle: Disarm, on Play.net