HQ

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Basics

HQ is the generic term for any version of an High Quality item. It's also the generic term for any version of an High Quality result of a synth. An HQ can be an HQ1, HQ2 or HQ3.


Example

Considering the Potion reciepe : a Potion is the NQ result for that recipe, while Potion +1 is the HQ1 result, Potion +2 is the HQ2 result and Potion +3 is the HQ3 result.


Outcomes of a synth

The exact outcome of a specific synth (NQ, HQ1, HQ2, HQ3, failure) cannot be guessed in advance, but it's possible to get an accurate estimation of the odds of each different outcome, according to the crafting tiers method.