Quality?

What's the actual use of item quality? Does it boost the stats or something?

Mechanics thread

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Malice wrote:

Quality
All weapons, armour, flasks and gems can randomly receive between +1% and +20% quality.
This value can be increased by Whetstones, Armour Shards, Flask Quality Upgrades, and Gem Quality Upgrades, but is capped at 20%.

The effect of quality depends on the item:

• On weapons, increased physical damage
• On armour, increased Armour rating, Evasion, Energy Shield, and Shield Block Chance
• On flasks, increased life and mana recovery
• On gems, the bonus is specific to each gem. For instance, Frenzy gets increased damage, while Cleave gets increased attack speed.

It also makes items worth picking up for trade.

You can trade a group of weapons with a total of at least 40 quality (or one single weapon with a natural 20 quality) for a Whetstone, and a group of armor items with similar quality for an Armor Shard. Flasks with quality work the same way, and get you a Glassblower's Bauble in trade. It adds up surprisingly quickly, so it can be worthwhile setting aside some stash space for quality gear. =^[.]^=

Alright I see. Thank you very much!

thanks for the info, I was wondering about that as well :)
cheers!