Elemental Detection (405)

Elemental Detection (405) Mnemonic [ELEMDETECT] Duration Immediate Utility Magic   Subtype Informational

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

The spell, Elemental Detection, has many uses, depending on the target of the spell and the status of the target. If the target is a player character or a non-player character, such as a creature, Elemental Detection will reveal which spells have been cast upon the target, though, Elemental Detection will not always reveal every spell. When cast on an item, the spell will reveal if the item has been imbedded with a spell or if the item can be imbedded with a spell if one has not already been imbedded. Elemental Detection will also reveal if the item has been duplicated through the Wizard Base spell, Duplicate (918), and will give information about an item that is being tempered prior to enchantment.

The amount of information revealed by Elemental Detection is related to how many ranks the caster possesses in elemental spells.

Messaging When Casting Elemental Detection on a Tempered Item

When using the spell on an item either tempered or enchanted by a wizard, the combination of adjective and color of the revealed aura provides the current exact numeric enchant of the item. The color is the +5 enchant, and the adjective is the modifier to that +5.

As examples:

• The muted yellow aura given by imflass can be broken down as (+15 yellow) + (-3 muted) = the +12 that is the natural enchant of imflass.
• The hazy orange aura given by deringo can be broken down as (+10 orange) + (-2 hazy) = the +8 that is natural enchant of deringo.

Color Value None <= 0 Red +5 Orange +10 Yellow +15 Green +20 Blue +25 Indigo +30 Violet +35 Copper +40 Silver +45 Gold +50

Adjective Value Extremely Faint special case1 Faint -4 Muted -3 Hazy -2 Soft -1 Vibrant 0

¹ The "extremely faint" adjective only applies to an aura showing no color (thus it shows only as "an extremely faint aura") when a naturally negative bonused item is enchanted by a wizard to a 0 state.

Alchemy tie-in Recipes

A rainbow-hued potion can be made by wizards and sorcerers with 14 ranks in Alchemic Potions.

Recipe 1

1. Add water
   
2. Add crimson dragonstalk
   
3. Alchemy Simmer
   
4. Add powdered rainbow quartz
   
5. Alchemy Boil
   
6. Alchemy Chant Elemental Detection (405)
7. Alchemy Seal

Recipe 2

1. Add water
2. Add crimson dragonstalk
3. Alchemy Simmer
   
4. Add iridescent piece of mother-of-pearl
5. Add myklian scale
6. Alchemy Boil
   
7. Alchemy Chant Elemental Detection (405)
8. Alchemy Seal

See Also

• Arcane spells (saved post)

External Links

• Minor Elemental Spell Circle: Elemental Detection, on Play.net