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Equipment Level Requirements
Much of the equipment you make or find has a level requirement. If you
mouse over a piece of equipment, at the bottom of the item’s info box is
level requirement, telling you the minimum level you have to have in order
to use the item. Some items, such as armor and weapons you acquire as
quest rewards, do not have a level requirement. If you can complete the
quest, then you deserve to use the armor or weapon, regardless of your
level.
Some items also require a trade skill to use. For instance, most items
created by engineers require some level of engineering skill to equip or
use.
Consumable items, such as potions, also have level requirements, even
when they are quest rewards. If you are not yet high enough level to equip
or use an item, the level requirement in the info box appears red to you.
Unusable Equipment
Equipment that you cannot use usually shows up as red to you. For
instance, if you are browsing a weapon merchant's wares, any weapons
you cannot use because of your class will appear red in the merchant
window.
If you mouse over a weapon in your inventory that you cannot use because
of a single condition, then that condition is in red text. If you aren’t high
enough level to wear the item, then the level requirement text in the info
box is red. If you don’t yet have the appropriate weapon skill, then the
weapon type is in red letters.
Unusable equipment cannot be equipped by your character.