Crypting Equipment
Carter’s Standard Equipment (Tomb Raider)
Tomb Raider equipment has buffs for crypt exploration efficiency and tar production. It's built with materials that can be found in specific common crypts, or several epic crypts. Once you have the required materials, you also pay silver to craft them. The cost in silver changes slightly with every increase in Guardsmen level. The most expensive become cheaper, and the cheapest increase in price. If silver is a concern you should check the costs before beginning to craft.
Following is a list of items you can craft (with costs for G6):
- Shadow-Warped Dagger 2.28M silver
- Sealed Shadow Medallion 2.82M
- Hunter’s Enchanted Hood 3.49M
- Cursed Claw Coat 3.49M
- Boots of the Dark Hunt 3.49M
- All-Seeing Eye of the Master 3.49M
As with all gear, you can craft various qualities depending on the quality of materials you have available. All of the Tomb Raider equipment carries the same range in boosts and all have a durability of 30. However, if you're G6, the Shadow-Warped Dagger and Sealed Shadow Medallion are about 2/3 the cost of the other pieces of equipment. Because Carter can wear any gear in any of the 3 slots available to him, you will pay less silver to create the Dagger than the other types of gear, with no restrictions on use or durability. The drawback is that you would need a ton of the same materials to make 3 Daggers, so unless you want to crypt cobra pyramids (Cobra chests contain Enchanted Leather), lava islands (Fire chests contain Spectral Paint and Golem Core), and lighthouse islets (Forgotten chests, Thorium Ore) all day every day for a long long time, you will likely craft some different items for Carter.
Tomb Raider Gear
| Crypt Exploration Efficiency | 3% | 5% | 8% | 12% | 18% | 26% | 36% | 50% |
| Tar Capacity | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 20% | 30% |
| Tar Production | 1% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 20% | 30% |
| Durability | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Omniscience Gear
| Crypt Exploration Efficiency | 12% | 18% | 26% | 36% | 50% | 65% | 83% | 107% |
| Epic Crypt Exploration Efficiency | 12% | 18% | 26% | 36% | 50% | 65% | 83% | 107% |
| Crypt March Speed | 3% | 6% | 10% | 15% | 22% | 30% | 40% | 55% |
| Crypt March Range | 3% | 6% | 10% | 15% | 22% | 30% | 40% | 55% |
| Durability | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
NOTE: Blue Tomb Raider gear gives same crypting efficiency as the lowest tier Omniscience gear. Godlike Tomb Raider gear is equivalent to the efficiency of purple Omniscience, and Godlike Omniscience gives more than double the efficiency of Godlike Tomb Raider. Omniscience also offers an extra boost for epic crypt exploration efficiency, as well as boosts for crypt march speed and range. Obviously, you should try to make the switch from Tomb Raider to Omniscient gear as soon as you are able.
Carter's Unique Equipment - Omniscience
Purchased using Master Coins, which are only obtained by destroying Cursed Citadels on the world map. The materials required can also only be found in epic crypts – there are no common crypt options.
Because of these two factors, it is much harder to get than standard gear, but it offers expanded buffs, for crypt exploration efficiency, epic crypt exploration efficiency, crypt march speed and crypt march range.
Costs in Master Coins (for G6 - prices change slightly for each Guardsman level): Ancient Atlas of Dungeons (23.5K), Hood of the All-Seeing Eye (26.8K), Boots of the Hidden Path (36.9K), Eternal Light Pendant (87.1K), Fearless Explorer’s Cloak(97.2K), Dagger of Imminent Death (101K Master Coins).
Again, the buffs for each piece of equipment seem to be the same, so if all else is equal it would make sense to make 3 Atlases and wear those, instead of trying to create a pretty little outfit of the various types of equipment. Again though, you do have to obtain enough materials to craft them. Look to see which items you are the closest to obtaining, and focus your efforts on epic crypts that contain the materials needed to build them.
Crypting Gems for Carter's Gear
Amber (Gem for Crypt Exploration Efficiency) is found in right-facing Rare crypts. Carter should always have Amber in his gear. Left-facing Rare Crypts contain gems for tar production and tar capacity, which are city economic bonuses and do not increase crypting efficiency.
Enchantment for Carter's Gear
The Pioneer enchantment is the only one that Carter should wear into the field. The other enchantments related to tar production and capacity, and as with the gems are of no real use to Carter when crypting.