How to apply Infusions in Nightingale

Infusions in Nightingale are magical effects that can be applied to equipment.

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You can apply Nightingale Infusions to your weapons, armor and equipment for various perks and buffs, as well as increasing your gear score and progressing through the story. However, the whole system isn’t hugely well explained and is something largely understood through rough experimentation, so we’ll cover where they come from, what they do, and how to apply Infusions in Nightingale below.

Applying Infusions in Nightingale explained

Infusions in Nightingale are special passive buffs that can be applied to equipment. Here’s the basic rules on how they work:

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Obviously Infusions come with their own individual benefits, increasing how good you are at certain things, but the other major advantage of them is that having Infusions applied to equipment you’re using increases yourNightingale Gear Score- not by much, but if you apply Infusions to everything you’re holding, you’ll see a gradual but meaningful increase in your over level.

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