Imbuing - what the 'f' am I doing?

[Tyrone Biggums]

Pandora wiki. Dean wrote a whole article on imbuing and that should answer all questions.

[Rameraz]

Thank you
The imbuing guide did not have much skill gain direction but under skill gain there was good info.
Thank you again

[Rameraz]

Well I am still doing something wrong.
Skill is actually at 45 but using the skill guide on wiki I should be able to do the following
•40 - 50 - Craft plain Leather Caps and imbue with Reflect Physical Damage (citrine and magical residue) , starting at 8% and raising to 11%
At 45 skill level I have zero chance to imbue. Maybe because I am human and minus the 15% bonus.

[OAN]

do you add 1% on each imbue?

[Rameraz]

I can not imbue at all - says skill not high enough
Using a leather cap - not exceptional but did try exceptional too.
trying Reflect physical damage
Intesity is 6%
New value at bottom is 1
Success is 0%

[OAN]

That's weird.. are all things you can imbue on it 0%? (if so, it might be the gargoyle thing)

[Rameraz]

How does one change from Human to Gargoyal?

[OAN]

i think it can only be done by donation and perhaps pandora coins.

[Rameraz]

Still at 45 skill with zero percent to imbue.
Just tried 45 green items and had zero gain
Will now build up some red items to unravel.

Any other humans out there have the same struggle?

And yes skill is marked up lol

[Rameraz]

Unraveling some red items today went from 45-46 but still zero percent chance to imbue

[OAN]

K i've went trough some test and changed the wiki. It might be a pain in the beginning to gain like this but in the end its easier then osi as you will have enough mats. To cut a long story short, unravel red items untill 60-70 skill (depending on usage of queens forge and race). Then follow the method 2, as described on the wiki.

Imbuing wiki page