Convert the item to get a tradeskill usable Item - Sporali Spores

[TDinkamus]

I looted a Sporali Spores in CC today, and the item information is now "This item is no longer used in tradeskills. Convert the item to get a tradeskill usable item" Anyone have a clue what that is supposed to mean? I tried combining it along in a mixing bowl, oven, and still, but not change. There is no CONVERT button

[Drewie]

I asked the same question on the DBG forums, maybe someone will know. I tried combining the Sporali Spores into the Conversion Contraption (used for Roboboar upgrades) given by Tindle Clinksworth in the Bazaar, but it wouldn't work.

[Aanuvane]

I ran into a couple of other items with the same tag yesterday.

[Aanuvane]

Lambent stone

and some words that I saw before Povar started crashing

[Drewie]

It looks like a generic text for all items that were previously used in tradeskills but are no longer. The only item for which I can see a method to transform it is Ivory, since it can be imbued through a priest spell to become Imbued Ivory that is used in jewelry and pottery.

[Drewie]

Dzarn answered this on the DBG forums :
https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/.../#post-3510170

Looks like there was a bug with a semi-related change.

Some months ago a large number of items that were previously usable in tradeskill combines were changed to include a note that they are no longer used in tradeskills.

With this patch a change went in to streamline item conversions that Caerlyna in the Bazaar would perform. This was primarily converting bag tokens into bags but she would also convert some deprecated items that fell into the 'no longer used in tradeskills' category into usable items.

The description on 'no longer used in tradeskill' items that can't be converted will be fixed for the March patch.