Getting Stronger! Pt. 1

After finishing “Forge Your Legendary” and turning it in to the Forge Master, you already have everything you need to start growing stronger — both your new legendary and the rest of your gear.

Head back to the Runecarver.

Choose “I’d like to purchase a base item.” This opens a shop of starter armor pieces (plus a ring and a necklace), split by armor type — use the class dropdown to filter to your own class, then buy whichever pieces you are missing. Each piece is only 1 silver.

Next, talk to the Runecarver again and this time choose “I’d like to browse your items.”

This is where you unlock more legendary powers. Every “Memory of...” item costs 1 Legendary Fragment (earned from open-world region chains — see “Starting Your Adventure!”). Buy the one you want, then right-click it in your bags while you are still near the Runecarver — that permanently unlocks the power for your crafting wheel.

Note: not every legendary power works on every gear slot. Open the Adventure Guide (default keybind Shift+J) and go to the Loot tab.

Switch the filter to Powers and hover any power to see its “Runecarve on:” line — that tells you exactly which slots it is allowed on.

For example, Echo of Eonar can only be runecarved onto Waist, Wrist, or Finger items — check this before you spend a Fragment on a power your gear cannot use.

Note: these base items are not upgradeable on their own — only once a piece has been turned into a legendary can you grow it further with the Item Upgrader, which costs Reservoir Anima plus Ashen Remains. Ashen Remains drops from the enemies of Revendreth, so that is where you want to be farming once your starter gear is in place.