Equipment

A random drop is any Common or Uncommon piece that belongs to no set and needs a hero level no higher than the monster’s level. Each of those is as likely as any other.

Set pieces never drop at random: each is an area’s unique equipment.

A piece earns proficiency for a hero while that hero wears it, and proficiency is what levels it up. Every hero levels each piece separately, up to level 10 each. Each level adds the “per level” amount on the piece’s page to every effect. Once the levels of all heroes add up to 60, the piece gets a forge slot, and one more at every 20 levels after that, up to 7.

Artifacts are pieces for later in the game, and some are sold in the Ruby Shop. Instead of a hero level and abilities, an artifact asks for a hero grade and super ability points. An artifact uses up Nitro while it earns proficiency, and earns none once you’re out. Ancient scrolls and anvils are the ones that work on them (see Enchanting and forging).

Your equipment inventory starts with 26 slots. The Incremental Epic Hero 2 - Inventory Slot Expansion Pack(opens in a new tab) adds 50 more, along with 10 enchant and 10 utility slots.

Disassembling a piece gives town materials: which ones depends on its part and rarity, as in the table below. You get at least 10, plus a quarter of its levels and needed hero level added up.

Wearing several pieces of one set on the same hero raises each set piece’s effects, more for every piece up to the full 8, as the table shows. That counts every effect on the piece: the ones it comes with, the bonuses for maxing its levels, and its enchants. The Equipment sets table below gives each set’s pieces.