Recently, some items I've found now seem to randomly have special abilities, like +10 strength, or enhanced durability.
When the bonus is a boost to what seems to be the same as the item's core function ("Attack Up" for weapons, "Shield Guard Up" for shields, etc.), can I just add the two numbers together to get the actual damage/protection, or do "attack" and "shield guard" represent something different than the standard number rankings on the items?
Best Answer
According to posts here, that number is actually included in the weapon's attack stat. A 20 strength weapon with an Attack Up +10 modifier indicates that the weapon has a base attack stat of 10, but was raised to 20 with the modifier.
Thus, if you're looking at a weapon that has 20 Attack but has an Attack Up +10 modifier, then that weapon really does have just 20 Attack, because its base Attack was actually 10.
If you meant that that weapon normally has 20 Attack, but you're asking about the theoretical situation where it has an Attack Up +10 modifier, then yes, that weapon would be equivalent to a 30 Attack weapon with no damage modifiers.