Self Repair
Understanding Durability
Armor and Weapons have a durability statistic displayed at the bottom of the item gump when you mouse-over the item, it looks like 150/200. If the max durability number drops to zero there is a chance the item will break and disappear.
An items durability is comprised of two parts: the current durability, and the maximum durability, both of which are values in the range of 0-255.
The Current Durability on an item is decreased through hitting monsters, animals, or other players, as in the case of weapons, or through being hit by monsters, animals, or other players, as in the case of armor and shields.
Self Repair
The self repair property automatically repairs some of the damage that the item has taken.
When an item takes damage, the Self Repair property adds durability equal to its intensity (so SR 1 would add one point, SR 5 would add 5 points.)
It then sets a timer, and Self Repair doesn't go off again on that item for 60 seconds, even if the item gets damaged again.
Your item may take also substantial damage quickly by an acid attack and may not repair fast enough to compensate for the damage
The timer is probably what is confusing most people. Now, with that explanation, you might understand why you are having a hard time gaining points back.
The Solution: Fight critters, that can only deal one damage to your equipment, in short bursts, would be my suggestion. It's either that or use a repair deed, and fortifying powder to compensate.
--Sturger
Items You Cannot Repair
There are some items that were intentionally scripted to decay, some items are just old and don't work with our system, so they cannot be repaired with the custom "self-repair deeds".
The solutions to this issue are:
- Add max durability of 255 for 50ed
- Earn the item again when your old item decays
- Try to Manually repair at a master blacksmith or tailor
- Try Artifact Repair Deed
There are also some items restricted by "set restrictions". The tomb raider set, for example, has Pharoah's sandals that get a +3 self-repair bonus, but requires you to wear the entire. You cannot add the self-repair deeds to this set
There are also Artifact Repair deeds and Powder of Fortification in the game to fix many of the items/artifacts
