Armourer's Scrap

Armourer's ScrapStack Size: 40Improves the quality of an armourRight click this item then left click an armour to apply it. Has greater effect on lower-rarity armours. The maximum quality is 20%.
Shift click to unstack.Acquisition
Area level: 1Vendor Prices

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1x Blacksmith's Whetstone

Vendor Offer
1x Scroll FragmentMetadata
Item class: Stackable Currency
Metadata ID: Metadata/Items/Currency/CurrencyArmourQuality

An Armourer's Scrap is a currency item that can be used to improve the quality of a piece of armour. Each scrap applied to an armour will increase its quality by up to 5% depending on its rarity.

Item acquisition

Vendor recipes

Armourer's Scraps can also be obtained with the following vendor recipes.

Result	Ingredients
1× Armourer's ScrapArmourer's ScrapStack Size: 40Improves the quality of an armourRight click this item then left click an armour to apply it. Has greater effect on lower-rarity armours. The maximum quality is 20%. Shift click to unstack.	any piece of normal armour with 20% quality
1× Armourer's ScrapArmourer's ScrapStack Size: 40Improves the quality of an armourRight click this item then left click an armour to apply it. Has greater effect on lower-rarity armours. The maximum quality is 20%. Shift click to unstack.	any number of pieces of armour, of any rarities, whose total quality is at least 40%

Armourer's Scraps may also be obtained from slain enemies, an Artisan's Strongbox or doing beastcrafting recipe, etc.

Spending

Armourer's Scraps are most commonly used to increase the quality of armour equipment. As with other quality-increasing currency, consuming an Armourer's Scrap improves the quality of normal items by 5%, magic items by 2%, and rare and unique items by 1%. The defence values of the armour are improved by the percentage quality, additive with any local defense modifiers on the item.

Quality on armours is also used to improve the chance of gaining sockets or links on an item using an Jeweller's OrbJeweller's OrbStack Size: 20Reforges the number of sockets on an itemRight click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. The item's quality increases the chances of obtaining more sockets.
Shift click to unstack. or Orb of FusingOrb of FusingStack Size: 20Reforges the links between sockets on an itemRight click this item then left click a socketed item to apply it. The item's quality increases the chances of obtaining more links.
Shift click to unstack.. Every 1% quality improves the chance of getting more sockets or links by 1%.

Armourer's Scraps can also be spent by exchanging them for other currency items.

Player can buy a Blacksmith's WhetstoneBlacksmith's WhetstoneStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a weaponRight click this item then left click a weapon to apply it. Has greater effect on lower-rarity weapons. The maximum quality is 20%.
Shift click to unstack. from Greust (and other town NPC from Act 2 onwards) for 3 Armourer's Scraps.

Version history

Version	Changes
3.0.0	(not in patch notes) Act 5 to 10 as well as Epilogue's NPCs also sell Armourer's Scrap
2.0.2	Added Blacksmith's Whetstones, Armourer's Scraps and Glassblower's Baubles to Kira in Highgate.
0.9.5	Renamed from "Armour Shard" to "Armourer's Scrap"
0.9.3e	Decreased the drop rate of Whetstones and Armour shards by 8%.
0.9.1	Stack size increased
Unknown	Introduced to the game