Cannot reapply enchantment my staves.

zymmer · June 2020

OK, I have 2 legendary staves using the same purple enchant which I made. Enchantments are level 50 and CP 160, so are the staves. For whatever reason, I cannot reapply the same purple enchatment. I've since made Blue enchantments and they show in the 'Enchant Item' box but no purple enchantments. I can recharge the staves to the same damage level, but not reapply the enchantments carried in my bags. I am somewhat confused as these were the initial enchantments I had applied to the staves. Any thoughts appreciated.

idk · June 2020

You cannot apply an enchantment that is identical to the enchantment already on the piece of gear.

BTW, you can apply a gold quality enchantment of the same type and you may be able to apply an inferior quality to what is on it (never tested since there is no reason, but not the identical.

You need to use soul gems to recharge weapon glyphs. Right-click on the weapon, then select recharge (or something like that). I do not remember what it is on the console.

NavalOffisah · June 2020

zymmer wrote: »

OK, I have 2 legendary staves using the same purple enchant which I made. Enchantments are level 50 and CP 160, so are the staves. For whatever reason, I cannot reapply the same purple enchatment. I've since made Blue enchantments and they show in the 'Enchant Item' box but no purple enchantments. I can recharge the staves to the same damage level, but not reapply the enchantments carried in my bags. I am somewhat confused as these were the initial enchantments I had applied to the staves. Any thoughts appreciated.

It sounds like you need to recharge the staves using a soul gem. You don't have to re-enchant the staff each time with a new enchantment! When you say you recharged the staves do you mean upgrade?

Taleof2Cities · June 2020

After you've checked the above suggestions, @zymmer, you might want to post a screenshot of your staff and the glyphs you're trying to apply.

zymmer · June 2020

Thanks for all the info, appreciated. This is something I didn't know and don't understand.

idk wrote: »

You cannot apply an enchantment that is identical to the enchantment already on the piece of gear.

I don't know why you would bother levelling up enchanting if you can't reapply the same enchant. I have recharged the staff with soul gems, no problems there but I just don't get not being able to enchant the item again with the same.

Thanks for the help.

Taleof2Cities · June 2020

zymmer wrote: »

Thanks for all the info, appreciated. This is something I didn't know and don't understand.

idk wrote: »

You cannot apply an enchantment that is identical to the enchantment already on the piece of gear.

I don't know why you would bother levelling up enchanting if you can't reapply the same enchant. I have recharged the staff with soul gems, no problems there but I just don't get not being able to enchant the item again with the same.

Thanks for the help.

As mentioned above, @zymmer, there is no combat purpose in “re-enchanting” a staff with the exact same enchantment, weapon effect, and aspect strength.

Applying the glyph is just a waste of your resources ... and, indeed, the game has a preventative measure to protect you from losing the glyph itself.

Now if you wanted to enchant the staff with a different weapon effect or aspect strength you could totally take advantage of your enchanting skills and do that. Which the game would allow you to do.

Especially on dropped gear players like to change the enchantment ... because the default enchantment is either less desirable or doesn’t fit into the player’s overall build plan.