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Blizzard ItemLinks

In World of Warcraft items are identified by the use of itemLinks such as:

"|cffa335ee|Hitem:16923:0:0:0|h[Robes of Transcendence]|h|r"

This itemLink can be deconstructed as:

"|c"..color.."|Hitem:"..itemLink.."|h["..name.."]|h|r"

Where:

• color: This is a hexadecimal number that has four components in order Alpha, Red, Green, Blue. Each component takes up two characters ans in whole represent the color or quality of the item in question.
• itemLink: This is the meat of the itemLink, This can be further deconstructed as:

ItemID:Enchant:RandomProp:UniqueID

Where:

• ItemID: Is the actual numerical ID of the item.
• Enchant: Is the numerical ID of any permanent enchants placed on the item such as "+22 Intellect"
• RandomProp: Is the numerical ID that determines the suffix of the item. Ie, "of the Owl" or "of Healing"
• UniqueID: This is a number that the server places on some items to further distinguish them. It is more commonly seen on items that bear maker's marks. Ie, "Made by: MentalPower"

• name: This is the localized name of the Item