If you are at the Ancient Script (AS) cap (10,000) and you open any item awarding AS, the awarded AS will be lost. Same thing for any quest, event, etc, awarding AS. Any AS over the current hard cap of 10,000 will be lost. So if at or very near the AS cap, do not open any box, chest, or other item, complete a quest awarding AS until you have spent some.
As said above, the exception is AS from appraising an old LI. Now does this exception hold if you have AS and then appraise, I do not know.
Some links to the new LI system:
Information on the new LI System.
If you are starting new characters, the below won't be of immediate need, but you will need the information once you start to enter Moria.
New LI System introduced with Update U30.3)
Completely replaced the old LI system, thus most videos and articles about the LI system are obsolete.
NEW LI SYSTEM
LOTRO Online – Legendary Items
https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Legendary_Items
DADI'S LOTRO GUIDES – New Legendary System (30.3)
https://dadislotroguides.com/new-leg...ossibly-u30-3/
Just in case the site breaks the link, here it is as text to copy and paste:
Code:
https://dadislotroguides.com/new-legendary-system-possibly-u30-3/
Lotro-Wiki - Tracery
https://lotro-wiki.com/index.php/Tracery
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