Insignias[]
Insignias are a feature added in Module 9: The Maze Engine.
There are 6 different Insignia Slot shapes: Barbed, Crescent, Enlightened, Illuminated, Regal, and Universal. Any given Insignia slot can only be filled by an Insignia that matches that slot's shape. So, Enlightened slots need Enlightened Insignias, and so forth. Universal Slots can hold an Insignia of any shape.
Each of the Insignia shapes come in a variety of types, such as Aggression, Dominance, Mastery, and Skill. Type determines what stats the insignia gives bonus to. See below for a full list of types and their bonus stats.
Insignia Bonus Powers work similarly to set powers – you need to equip certain sets of items to activate a given Insignia Bonus power. However, unlike normal Item Sets, which are activated by equipping those items wherever they go on your character, Insignia Bonus powers are activated by equipping a set of Insignia on a single Mount.
Insignias have an item level of 25/50/100/200/500.
All equipped mounts can have Insignias slotted into them, but you only get the bonuses, set powers and item level of Insignias slotted into mounts in the stable.
Insignias can be obtained from:
THIS PART IS OUTDATED
[Maze Engine Explorer Pack] from the Reward Claims Agent: 1 Regal Insignia of Prosperity- "The Right Horse for You!" level 10 quest: 1 Enlightened Insignia of Prosperity
[Mount Insignia Choice Pack] from the Maze Engine campaign task "Gather Components": choose 1 Rare Insignia- Skill nodes: chance of 1 Uncommon Insignia
- Dungeon bosses: chance of 1 Rare Insignia
[Barbed Insignia Pack] from the 
[Shaundakul Lockbox]: 1 Epic Barbed Insignia and 2 Rare Barbed Insignia- [Crescent Insignia Pack] from the [Shaundakul Lockbox]: 1 Epic Crescent Insignia and 2 Rare Crescent Insignia
- [Enlightened Insignia Pack] from the [Shaundakul Lockbox]: 1 Epic Enlightened Insignia and 2 Rare Enlightened Insignia
- [Illuminated Insignia Pack] from the [Shaundakul Lockbox]: 1 Epic Illuminated Insignia and 2 Rare Illuminated Insignia
- [Regal Insignia Pack] from the [Shaundakul Lockbox]: 1 Epic Regal Insignia and 2 Rare Regal Insignia
- [Armored Griffon Insignia Pack] from the [Armored Griffon Mount Pack]: 1 Epic Crescent Insignia and 2 random Epic Insignias
Insignia Powder[]
From module 19 (mod 19), Insignias of any type can be converted into powder and be used to improve other Insignias.
You can save up to a maximum of 100,000 Insignia powder.
| Image | Rank | Convert Powder obtained |
Refine Need powder to Upgrade |
|---|---|---|---|
|
1 | 2 | 20 |
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2 | 10 | 100 |
 |
3 | 50 | 500 |
 |
4 | 250 | 2500 |
| 5 | ? | - |
List of Insignia Types[]
Insignias come in the five shapes Barbed, Crescent, Enlightened, Illuminated and Regal. There are no Universal Insignias, only Universal Insignia slots. But every Insignia has a type as well as, and (mostly) independent from, the shape. (Not all combinations necessarily actually exist, though.) The shape only determines which slot it fits in and what Insignia Bonus Power it can result in, the type determines the stats it gives.
Every type gives a bonus to Combined Rating (20/40/80/160/400) when equipped on a mount in the stable, and to two other stats depending on the type:
| Name | Stat 1 (Uncommon/Rare/Epic/Legendary/Mythic) | Stat 2 (Uncommon/Rare/Epic/Legendary/Mythic) |
|---|---|---|
| Insignia of Aggression | +38/75/150/300/750 Critical Severity | +38/75/150/300/750 Critical Strike |
| Insignia of Balance | +38/75/150/300/750 Critical Avoidance | +38/75/150/300/750 Deflection |
| Insignia of Brutality | +38/75/150/300/750 Power | +38/75/150/300/750 Critical Severity |
| Insignia of Courage | +38/75/150/300/750 Defense | +38/75/150/300/750 Critical Avoidance |
| Insignia of Dominance | +38/75/150/300/750 Power | +38/75/150/300/750 Forte |
| Insignia of Evasion | +38/75/150/300/750 Deflection | +38/75/150/300/750 Awareness |
| Insignia of Fortitude | +150/300/600/1,200/3,000 Maximum Hit Points | +38/75/150/300/750 Defense |
| Insignia of Gond | +38/75/150/300/750 Combat Advantage | +150/300/600/1,200/3,000 Maximum Hit Points |
| Insignia of Initiative | +38/75/150/300/750 Critical Strike | +38/75/150/300/750 Deflection |
| Insignia of Mastery | +38/75/150/300/750 Accuracy | +38/75/150/300/750 Control Bonus |
| Insignia of Precision | +38/75/150/300/750 Accuracy | +38/75/150/300/750 Critical Strike |
| Insignia of Prosperity | +150/300/600/1,200/3,000 Maximum Hit Points | +0.63%/1.3%/2.5%/5%/12% Glory and Gold Gain |
| Insignia of Refuge | +38/75/150/300/750 Critical Avoidance | +38/75/150/300/750 Control Resistance |
| Insignia of Rhythm | +38/75/150/300/750 Critical Severity | +38/75/150/300/750 Outgoing Healing |
| Insignia of Skill | +38/75/150/300/750 Critical Strike | +38/75/150/300/750 Combat Advantage |
There used to be two more types, Leeching and Vigor, but they have been removed. Existing ones could previously be exchanged at the Antiquities Scholar in Protector's Enclave, but that is no longer possible as far as I know.
Insignia Bonus Powers[]
Until mod 25 all mounts had exactly three Insignia slots, and now most still do. If three Insignias are slotted into those slots in a viable combination (order does not matter), and that mount is in the stable, that will activate the corresponding Insignia Bonus Power. Powers generally do not stack with themselves, so giving multiple stable mounts the same power does not increase the effect.
List of three-slot Insignia Bonus Powers:[]
| Name | Insignia 1 | Insignia 2 | Insignia 3 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alchemist's Invigoration | Regal | Illuminated | Illuminated | Whenever you drink a Healing Potion, you are granted 2,500 more Defense for 18 seconds. |
| Artificer's Persuasion | Barbed | Barbed | Illuminated | Whenever you use an Artifact Power, your cooldowns are reduced by 2 seconds. |
| Assassin's Covenant | Regal | Enlightened | Enlightened | You lose 1000 of your Defense, Deflect, Critical Avoidance, and Awareness. You gain 1000 Accuracy, Critical Severity, Critical Strike, and Combat Advantage. |
| Barbarian's Revelry | Crescent | Enlightened | Enlightened | Whenever you perform a Critical Strike you are healed for 4% of your maximum Hit Points. Cooldown 10s. |
| Berserker's Rage | Barbed | Illuminated | Illuminated | While your Action Points are over 80% full, gain 2500 Critical Strike. While your Action Points are below 20% full, gain 2500 Deflection. |
| Cavalry's Warning | Crescent | Barbed | Enlightened | Whenever you activate a Mount Combat Power, you gain 2000 to all of your ratings for 20 seconds. |
| Champion's Return | Illuminated | Enlightened | Enlightened | Whenever you are reduced to 50% or your Maximum Hit Points, you instantly recover 10% of your Stamina and are healed for 10% of your Maximum Hit Points over 10 seconds. This effect can only occur once every 30 seconds. |
| Combatant's Maneuver | Regal | Regal | Illuminated | Whenever you control an enemy, you gain 2,500 Combat Advantage damage for 10 seconds. |
| Gladiator's Guile | Regal | Illuminated | Enlightened | When your Stamina is above 75%, you move 10% faster. When your Stamina is below 25%, gain 10% Stamina Regeneration. |
| Knight's Rebuke | Crescent | Crescent | Regal | Whenever you receive Combat Advantage damage from an attack, you are healed for 5% of your Maximum Hit Points over 6s. Cooldown 10s |
| Magistrate's Patience | Barbed | Barbed | Enlightened | Whenever you receive damage from a Critical Strike, you gain 2500 Critical Avoidance and up to 4 teammates receive 2500 Defense for 5 seconds. This can trigger once every 10 seconds. |
| Oppressor's Reprieve | Crescent | Illuminated | Illuminated | Whenever you are Stunned, Knocked, or Rooted, you are healed for 8% of your maximum Hit Points over 6 seconds. Cooldown 10s. |
| Protector's Camaraderie | Regal | Regal | Barbed | Whenever your summoned Companion attacks, gain 300 Critical Severity and Defense for 10 seconds. Maximum of 5 stacks. |
| Shepherd's Devotion | Regal | Barbed | Illuminated | Whenever you use a Daily power, you and your teammates' Defense is increased by 1500, and their Movement Speed is increased by 10%. |
| Slayer's Bloodlust | Crescent | Crescent | Enlightened | Whenever you kill a target, you gain 1000 Critical Strike for 15 seconds. Maximum of 5 stacks. |
| Survivor's Blessing | Crescent | Crescent | Barbed | Whenever you Deflect an attack, you are healed for 5% of your Maximum Hit Points over 6s. Cooldown 10s |
| Traveler's Treasures | Enlightened | Enlightened | Enlightened | You have a chance after killing a foe to find Rough Astral Diamonds. |
| Victim's Preservation | Crescent | Barbed | Barbed | Whenever you take greater than 35% of your Maximum Hit Points in pre-mitigated damage from a single blow, you gain 2500 Defense, Critical Avoidance, Awareness, and Deflect for 5 seconds. This effect can occur once every 10 seconds. |
| Wanderer's Fortune | Crescent | Regal | Illuminated | You have a 4% chance after killing a foe to find a Refining Stone at your feet. After a few drops there is a one-day cooldown.
(unsure if thats true, the description just says "You have a chance after killing a foe to find a Refining Stone.") |
| Warlord's Inspiration | Regal | Regal | Enlightened | Your summoned Companion gains 8% more damage. |
Since the combinations are all about the Insignia shapes and have nothing to do with the types, obviously a mount with no Universal slots only gives you one option for an Insignia Bonus Power, and the more Universal slots a mount has, the more choices that gives you. Generally, rarer mounts have more Universal slots, though for some reason Uncommon ones typically have more than Rare ones and there are many exceptions anyway.
(As a general rule, Mythic mounts have three Universal slots (two: Eclipse Lion, King of Spines, Polar Siege Bear), Legendary have two (three: Infernal War Machine), Epic one (two: Carpet of Flying, all Butterfly Swarms) (none: Hound of the Forge), Rare none (one: Broom of Twilight, Celestial Bear, Cosmic Pig, Frozen Gorgon, Frozen Winter Sled, Forest Flail Snail, Marbled Stallion, Winter Flail Snail), Uncommon one (none: Enlarged Chicken, Sabino Horse, Tribal Polar Bear, Waterdeep Horse, Zombie Chicken), and Common none.)
See Mount Powers for a list of most mounts and their Insignia slots.
Mod 25 introduced four-slot mounts and with them four-slot Insignia Bonus Powers. Four-slot mounts have an universal slot that gives a bonus if you match the preferred type. This means that you can treat it as either a universal slot or use a preferred insignia to obtain an extra 20% bonus to its item level. Preferred slots are only available in four-slot mounts.
It is possible to activate three-slot Powers on four-slot mounts, but only from Insignias in the first three slots.
List of four-slot Insignia Bonus Powers:[]
| Name | Insignia 1 | Insignia 2 | Insignia 3 | Insignia 4 | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Accursed's Resolve | Crescent | Regal | Barbed | Enlightened | You gain 3500 Power and Deflect while inflicted with any debuff. |
| Enchanter's Hex | Regal | Barbed | Enlightened | Enlightened | When you use an Encounter or Daily power with a control effect on a target, deal an extra 50 magnitude damage to that target. This effect does not stack. |
| Executioner's Covenant | Crescent | Regal | Illuminated | Enlightened | You lose 1500 of your Awareness, Critical Avoidance, Defense, and Deflect. You gain 1500 Accuracy, Combat Advantage, Critical Strike, and Critical Severity. |
| Knight's Condemnation | Crescent | Crescent | Regal | Barbed | Whenever you receive Combat Advantage damage from an attack, you are healed for 7.5% of your Maximum Hit Points over 6s. Cooldown 10s This effect overwrites Knight's Rebuke. |
| Lionheart's Perserverance | Regal | Barbed | Illuminated | Enlightened | Whenever you are below 30% of your Maximum Hit Points, you instantly recover 10% of your Stamina and 20% of your Maximum Hit Points. This effect can only occur once every 30 seconds. |
| Master's Precision | Crescent | Barbed | Enlightened | Enlightened | When your Stamina is between 25% and 75%, gain 5000 Critical Strike. |
| Mender's Covenant | Crescent | Barbed | Illuminated | Enlightened | You lose 1500 of your Awareness, Critical Avoidance, Defense, and Deflect. You gain 1500 Critical Strike, Critical Severity, Outgoing Healing, and Power. |
| Protector's Covenant | Regal | Barbed | Barbed | Illuminated | You lose 1500 of your Critical Severity, Critical Strike, Combat Advantage, and Power. You gain 1500 Defense, Critical Avoidance, Deflect, and Awareness. |
| Survivalist's Expertise | Crescent | Crescent | Regal | Illuminated | You gain 5000 Forte. Negative effects from Resurrection Sickness are 25% more potent. |
| Tactician's Precision | Regal | Illuminated | Illuminated | Enlightened | Whenever you use a Daily power, reduce the remaining cooldown on all Encounter powers by 5s. This effect can only trigger once every 15s. |
| Trainer's Restoration | Crescent | Illuminated | Illuminated | Enlightened | You gain 3500 Incoming Healing and Outgoing Healing when your action points are full. |
| Warlord's Motivation | Regal | Regal | Barbed | Enlightened | Your summoned companion gains 12% more damage. This effect overwrites Warlord's Inspiration. |
You can see a list of all insignia bonus powers in-game when you open Character Sheet - Mounts - Stable - Insignia Bonus List and then select 'Any Stable Mount' as 'Possible For:'.
List of four-slot mounts:[]
- Armored Pale Horse (Crescent, Crescent, Regal, Universal (Illuminated)) uncommon from ZEN Market
- Balgora (Illuminated, Crescent, Universal, Universal (Regal)) legendary '-Account' version from Appointment Event Vendor
- Deadly Driderform (Regal, Barbed, Universal, Universal (Illuminated)) mythic '-Account' version from Atramentous Lockbox
- Demon Wings (Enlightened, Regal, Universal, Universal (Barbed)) mythic '-Account' version from Lockbox of Shadowy Flight
- Ebon Riding Lizard (Crescent, Barbed, Universal, Universal (Enlightened)) mythic '-Account' version from Lolthian Lockbox
- Giant Space Hamster (Crescent, Enlightened, Universal, Universal (Regal)) mythic '-Account' version from Miniature Giant Lockbox
- Gilded Goose (Barbed, Enlightened, Enlightened, Universal (Crescent)) uncommon from April Fowls Vendor
- Golden Armored Griffon (Crescent, Illuminated, Universal, Universal (Enlightened)) mythic '-Account' version from Starlight Armaments Lockbox
- Golden Goose (Regal, Regal, Barbed, Universal (Enlightened)) uncommon from April Fowls Vendor
- Golden Rage Drake (Crescent, Barbed, Enlightened, Universal (Enlightened)) rare from ZEN Market
- Maltese Tiger (Regal, Barbed, Enlightened, Universal (Crescent)) epic from ZEN Market
- Red Dragon Wings (Regal, Barbed, Illuminated, Universal (Barbed)) epic from ZEN Market
- Slab of Vecna (Regal, Barbed, Illuminated, Universal (Barbed)) legendary '-Account' version from Wondrous Bazaar? during Summer Festival
- Uni the Unicorn (Crescent, Enlightened, Universal, Universal (Barbed)) mythic '-Account' version from Planar Panic Lockbox
External Links[]
Developer Blog: A Stable of Insignias introduction of Insignias
Somewhere in between here the system has been changed to be only 3-slot mounts/Insignia Bonus Powers.
Patch Notes: Version: NW.122.20200614a.9 introduction of Insignia powder
Patch Notes: Version: NW.275.20221010a.6 smaller Insignia Bonus Power changes
Mount and Insignia Bonus Updates introduction of 4-slot mounts/Insignia Bonus Powers and forum discussion