==Developer comments==
* When rare items were introduced players were told "You get approximately 1 chance of 50% each hour to create a rare item." What this actually means to game play is unknown. The odds of creating a rare seem to be much higher than improving an item and making it rare.
* [https://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/94002-rare-raw-resource-to-rare-refined-item/&do=findComment&comment=945189|14th January 2014, Rolf]: There is already a chance that using rare materials transfer to the thing you create or improve. Consuming a rare material when improving has a 1/100 possibility to transfer rarity. When improving or polishing a drum roll doesn't always mean rarity. The window is 20 seconds plus up to 10 of [[Faith_bonus#Deed_Faith_Bonus|village faith creation bonus]].
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