Recipe: Exceptional Version of Rare Armor

The rare item's quality is upgraded to the next level. Its base defense value, strength requirement, and durability maximum will change to that of the exceptional version of the rare armor's base item type. This recipe functions with any normal-quality base item time that inherently posesses a defense value.

Upon being upgraded, the item will take on a random base defense value from within the ranges available to the exceptional base item type. Because items with enhanced defense typically have the maximum base defense value for their item type, this can result in the upgraded item having a lower defense value than might otherwise be expected (an in rare circumstances, lower than the defense value of the un-upgraded version.

This recipe will increase the item's clvl requirement by 5, or will set it to the exceptional base item's clvl requirement plus 5, whichever is higher.