Durability

Durability is the overall sturdiness of an item. Loss in durability reflects the wear and tear on armor, weapons, tools, and mounts. Higher tier items have higher starting maximum durability. Items lose durability each time they are used. Every attack, block or gathering action will reduce the durability of equipped items. Each death results in a 1% durability loss to all equipped gear. Items in bags and depot are not affected.

Items begin losing effectiveness in their statistics at 50% durability loss.

Durability is displayed on the item's tooltip like this:

Current/maximum(Base)

• Current: How much Durability item currently has.
• Maximum: How much durability the item can have if it is repaired with Reinforcing. The maximum durability will be reduced if the item is repaired at an NPC.
• Base: How much durability the item started with. Renovation Kit can bring items back up to Base durability.

Dura2

This is an item with full durability.

Dura2

This item has been used and Repaired. It's current durability is less than the Base durability. If the player wanted to get the item back to base durability, they could use Renovation Kits to achieve that.

Dura2

This item is "Grandfathered" from an older durability system and has a much higher current and max durability than its Base. It is not possible to craft items with durabilities like this anymore and these items are increasingly rare.

There are many ways to reduce and prevent durability loss.

• Repair: Repairs 50% of the difference between Current and Maximum Durability. The maximum durability of the item will be reduced to this repair level.
• Reinforcing: Repairs an item to Maximum Durability if successful. Destroys item on failure. Reinforcing also increases the Item Quality by +1.
• Renovation Kit: Repair an item up to Base Durability. Does not destroy item on failure. Each Renovation repairs the current durability by 20% of its base durability.
• Meteoric Reinforcement: Repairs an item to maximum durability and increases the Item Quality by +1 on success. Using a Meteoric Reinforcement guarantees not to destroy the item on failure.

Related: Crafting