ZuluDoggy

So back to my original comment of so long ago... In the Runecrafting Guild section: I believe it should be noted that Wizard Korvak only replaces medium pouches and will not repair them if they degrade. However, since he replaces them for free, it is easy to just drop a degraded medium pouch and have him replace it.

Thanks for the info - it worked perfectly. Here are 2 pictures, the first is a picture of the dialog box as I clicked on each of the four essence pouches (with the dialog enlarged for readability); the 2nd is a picture of the four pouches (again with the pouches enlarged to show detail). I also have the original (no enhancements) these were cut from if someone still doesn't believe.

If someone would point me in the direction of how to make a screen capture, I can provide a picture of a decayed medium. (But not for long...)

Dang - now I wish I had saved it (the decayed medium). Maybe it's rare enough to have been worth something. (Not) ;-) In any event, it really isn't worth continuing to flog this dead horse. It was a suggested change to the RC Guild guide, I'm not going to lose sleep over it. I'm also not going to worry a whole lot whether anyone believes that I had a medium pouch degrade, or whether anyone even believes it is possible for a medium TO degrade. Thanks for the discussion and the effort you put into researching the whole thing.

Did you do any hardcore crafting with the pouches BEFORE you got the large/giant pouches? I want to say it's only your highest pouch that degrade, but of course, look at my RC level. I was RC-ing last night, but only have the RC lvl to use a large (not a giant, yet). I had the large, med, and small in tow. At one point in time the large decayed. I paid the 9K to repair it and within 2 more trips, the medium decayed (the large was still OK from being repaired). I can't remember if the large was full when the medium decayed or not, but the net result was an intact large, a decayed medium, and an intact small. I somehow managed to 'lose' my decayed medium while standing in front of Wizard K (imagine the luck), and got it repaired by getting a new one, but he will not repair mediums (or smalls). I had also always thought that only the largest pouch in your inventory decayed, but last evening showed that to be incorrect.

Currently, your RC Guild guide states: "WIZARD KORVAK This less than sane wizard can convert the omni-talisman from wizard Elriss into either a tiara or runecrafting staff. He can also replace lost medium abyssal pouches for free,and repair any others that need it. However, repairs will cost a small fee. Large pouches will cost you 9,000 gp, giant pouches - 12,000 gp. He also sells large pouches for 25,000 gp and giant pouches for 50,000 gp." To the best of my knowledge the only pouches he repairs are the giant or large pouches. Thus, if your medium pouch degrades you might want to "lose" it because he can't/won't repair it.