Lower Reagent Cost

Lower Reagent Cost (LRC) was added during the Ultima Online: Age of Shadows expansion. It provides a percentage rate for any spell cast by the wearer to not to consume reagents.

Commonly referred to as LRC in game, you can achieve a total of 100% and successfully cast magery and necromancer spells without any reagents. While the tithing cost for Chivalry spells is also affected by LRC, a Paladin will need at least the minimum amount of tithing points required to cast the spell.

The LRC value on any given item is usually within the range of 1-20%. Both Players and Vendor Malls alike sell pre-configured suits that are already at 100% LRC. Different varieties of 100% LRC suits include: Mage Armor; Night Sight; and other bonuses like mana or hit point regeneration. It should be noted that many players are surprised by how few reagents are used with suits that have LRC in the high 90 percentiles as well.

Number of Reagents Required to Cast the Spell	Chance to Cast the Spell without Using any Reagents
Number of Reagents Required to Cast the Spell	LRC 90%	LRC 80%	LRC 70%	LRC 60%	LRC 50%	LRC 40%	LRC 30%
1 Reagent	90%	80%	70%	60%	50%	40%	30%
2 Reagents	81%	64%	49%	36%	25%	16%	9%
3 Reagents	73%	51%	34%	21%	13%	6%	3%
4 Reagents	66%	40%	24%	13%	6%	3%	1%

Artifacts

Items with more Lower Reagent Cost than the normal cap and items with Lower Reagent Cost that normally wouldn't have it:

See also: Random Magic Item Generation System

Imbuing

The following resources are required to imbue the highest intensity of Lower Reagent Cost (20%):

Item Properties
Stat Modifiers	Dexterity Bonus • Hit Point Increase • Intelligence Bonus • Mana Increase • Stamina Increase • Strength Bonus
Regenerations	Hit Point Regeneration • Mana Regeneration • Stamina Regeneration
Hit Effects	Assassin Honed • Blood Drinker • Battle Lust • Hit Cold Area • Hit Curse • Hit Dispel • Hit Energy Area • Hit Fatigue • Hit Fire Area • Hit Fireball • Hit Harm • Hit Life Leech • Hit Lightning • Hit Lower Attack • Hit Lower Defense • Hit Mana Drain • Hit Mana Leech • Hit Physical Area • Hit Poison Area • Searing Weapon • Splintering Weapon • Hit Stamina Leech
Historic	Ruin • Force • Might • Mystic • Power • Vanquishing • Newbified
Damage Types	Physical Damage • Fire Damage • Cold Damage • Poison Damage • Energy Damage • Chaos Damage • Direct Damage
Magic	Casting Focus • Faster Casting • Faster Cast Recovery • Lower Mana Cost • Lower Reagent Cost • Mage Armor • Mage Weapon • Resonance • Spell Channeling • Spell Damage Increase • Spell Focusing • Spell Consumption
Weapon	Damage Increase • Swing Speed Increase • Use Best Weapon Skill • Weapon Speed • Hit Chance Increase
Archery	Balanced • Damage Modifier • Lower Ammo Cost • Range • Velocity
Death & Theft	Blessed • Cursed • No-Drop/No-Trade • Insured • Owned By
Damage Dealing	Damage Eater • Rage Focus • Reactive Paralyze • Reflect Physical Damage • Soul Charge
Other	Artifact Rarity • Defense Chance Increase • Durability • Elves Only • Enhance Potions • Gargoyles Only • Lifespan • Lower Requirements • Luck • Mana Burst • Mana Phase • Night Sight • Self Repair • Shard Bound • Skill Bonus • Strength Requirement • Uses Remaining • Weight
Negative	Antique • Brittle • Cursed • Ephemeral • Prized • Massive • Unwieldy • Unlucky •

Lower Reagent Cost

Artifacts

Imbuing

See Also