The Wormhole — Ancients Wiki

The Wormhole is the swirling portal near spawn — and it's where all enchanting happens on Ancients. Instead of an enchanting table, you feed your gear to the void and hope it comes back stronger.

How enchanting works

Charge your item. Mining fills your pickaxe with stored Ancient Energy automatically. The item's tooltip shows how much it's holding and how much the next level needs.
Throw it in. Drop the item (default Q) into the Wormhole. If it has enough stored energy, it's pulled in and levels up.
Pick an enchant. Floating enchant options appear above the portal, each showing its name, level, and odds — for example 72% ✓ 28% ✗. Click the one you want.
Sweat the roll. On a success, your item absorbs the enchantment. On a failure, the item still levels up, but no enchant is added — and the slot it used stays occupied (an Enchant Eraser can free slots later).

Rarity matters: common enchants succeed most of the time, while legendary-tier options are a real gamble. The exact odds for your roll are always shown on the option before you click.

Stacking the odds

Enchant Dust — increases the success chance of your roll. The boost shows up directly on the displayed odds.
Enchant Reroll — don't like the options? Reroll them for a fresh set.
Enchant Catalyst — insurance: if the roll fails, the catalyst saves it.
Gang upgrades — certain gang perks improve your Wormhole success odds.

Good to know

What can go in: your Ancient pickaxe, Ancient gear, shard satchels, gen breakers, and calcite charge satchels all level through the Wormhole. Entangled pickaxes are refused.
Queueing: you can have up to 10 items waiting — the next one starts when the current item returns.
Don't log out mid-enchant. Leaving while your item is in the Wormhole counts the roll as a failure.
Restarts are safe: if the server restarts while your item is inside, it's returned to you when you're back.
Calcite orbs have their own ritual — they must be upgraded at the separate Calcite Wormhole in the Calcite Caverns.