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The Horadric Cube

The Horadric cube can be used to transmute multiple items. Drag items into it and press the transmute button to do the conversion. If you try transmute a combination of items that are not compatible, your character will say that they cannot do that. Transmuting is not reversible. Upgrading runes are covered in the 'Runes' section and crafting specific gear is under the 'Crafting section'. This page covers the remaning Horadric Cube recipies.
  • Items inside of the Horadric Cube will be identified when talking to Cain if it is in your inventor.
  • Only one Cube can be picked up by the same character, you cannot place a cube inside of a cube.
  • If you lose the Cube you can get a new on from Halls of the Dead in Act 2 or from the Council in Act 3 when they are killed.
  • You can give a Cube to another character that have not found one yet.
ItemIngredientsCrafted ItemComments
Blood Weapon
+ Magical Axe (any)
+ Any Jewel
+ Ort Rune
+ Perfect Ruby
1-4% Life Leech
+10-20 Hit Points
+35-60% Damage
Blood Helm
+ Magical Helm, Casque, or Armet
+ Any Jewel
+ Ral Rune
+ Perfect Ruby
1-4% Life Leech
+10-20 Hit Points
5-10% chance of Deadly Strike
Blood Armor
+ Magical Plate Mail, Templar Plate, or Hellforge Plate
+ Any Jewel
+ Thul Rune
+ Perfect Ruby
1-3% Life Steal
+10-20 Hit points
1-3 Demon Heal
Demon Heal gives you 1-3 hit points for every Demon death, similar to the +mana per kill modifiers
Blood Gloves
+ Magical Heavy, Sharkskin, or Vampirebone Gloves
+ Any Jewel
+ Nef Rune
+ Perfect Ruby
1-3% Life Leech
+10-20 Hit Points
5-10% Crushing Blow
Blood Belt
+ Magical Belt, Mesh Belt, or Mithril Coil
+ Any Jewel
+ Tal Rune
+ Perfect Ruby
1-3% Life Leech
+10-20 Hit Points
Open Wounds 5-10%
Blood Boots
+ Magical Light Plated, Battle, or Mirrored Boots
+ Any Jewel
+ Eth Rune
+ Perfect Ruby
1-3% Life Leech
+10-20 Hit Points
+5-10 Life Regeneration
Useful recipe, but you have to do several rolls to get Faster Run and Resistance which is in high demand for most characters. The ingredients are cheap to get, making it easy to do several rolls.
Blood Shield
+ Magical Spiked Shield, Barbed Shield, or Blade Barrier
+ Any Jewel
+ Ith Rune
+ Perfect Ruby
1-4% Life Steal
+10-20 Hit Points
Attacker takes 4-7 damage
Blood Amulet
+ Magical Amulet
+ Any Jewel
+ Ith Rune
+ Perfect Ruby
1-4% Life Steal
+10-20 Hit Points
5-10% Faster Walk/Run
Blood Ring
+ Magical Ring
+ Any Jewel
+ Sol Rune
+ Perfect Ruby
1-3% Life Leech
+10-20 Hit Points
+1-5 Strength
ItemIngredientsCrafted ItemComments
Caster Weapon
+ Magical Scepter, Staff, or Wand
+ Any Jewel
+ Tir Rune
+ Perfect Amethyst
4-10% Regenerate Mana
+10-20 Mana
+1-5% Mana Steal
Caster Helm
+ Magical Mask, Death Mask or Demonhead
+ Any Jewel
+ Nef Rune
+ Perfect Amethyst
4-10% Regenerate Mana
+10-20 Mana
1-4% Mana Steal
Caster Armor
+ Magical Light, Mage, or Archon Plate
+ Any Jewel
+ Tal Rune
+ Perfect Amethyst
Regenerate Mana 4-12%
+10-20 Mana
+1-3 Mana Per Kill
Caster Gloves
+ Magical Leather Gloves, Demonhide Gloves, or Bramble Mitts
+ Any Jewel
+ Ort Rune
+ Perfect Amethyst
+4-10% Faster Mana Regen
+10-20 Mana
+1-3 Mana Per Kill
While not quite as good as Frostburn or Magefist, they add some decent mana and the ingredients are easy to find.
Caster Belt
+ Magical Light, Sharkskin or Vampirefang Belt
+ Any Jewel
+ Ith Rune
+ Perfect Amethyst
4-10% Regenerate Mana
+10-20 Mana
+5-10% Faster Cast
Caster Boot
+ Magical Leather, Demonhide, or Wyrmhide Boots
+ Any Jewel
+ Thul Rune
+ Perfect Amethyst
Regenerate Mana 4-10%
Mana +10-20
Max Mana +2-5%
Caster Shield
+ Magical Small Shield, Round Shield, or Luna
+ Any Jewel
+ Eth Rune
+ Perfect Amethyst
+4-10% Regenerate Mana
+10-20 Mana
+5-10 Blocking Percentage
Caster Amulet
+ Magical Amulet
+ Any Jewel
+ Ral Rune
+ Perfect Amethyst
4-10% Regenerate Mana
+10-20 Mana
Faster Cast 5-10%
The Faster Cast Rate mod makes this potentially the best amulet for Sorceress and Necros.
Caster Ring
+ Magical Ring
+ Any Jewel
+ Amn Rune
+ Perfect Amethyst
4-10% Regenerate Mana
+10-20 Mana
+1-5 Energy
ItemIngredientsCrafted ItemComments
Hitpower Weapon
+ Magical Blunt Weapon
+ Any Jewel
+ Tir Rune
+ Perfect Sapphire
5% chance of casting Slvl 4 Frost Nova when hit
Attacker Takes 3-7 Damage
+35-60% Enhanced Damage
Blunt Weapons are all weapons that have the 150% damage bonus vs undead, Maces, rods etc. excluding Orbs
Hitpower Helm
+ Magical Full Helm, Basinet, or Giant Conch
+ Any Jewel
+ Ith Rune
+ Perfect Sapphire
5% chance of casting Slvl 4 Frost Nova when hit
Attacker takes 3-7 damage
+25-50 Defense vs. Missiles
Hitpower Armor
+ Magical Field Plate, Sharktooth, or Kraken Shell
+ Any Jewel
+ Nef Rune
+ Perfect Sapphire
5% chance of casting Slvl 4 Frost Nova when hit
Attacker takes 3-10 damage
10-20% Faster Hit Recovery
Hitpower Gloves
+ Magical Chain Gloves, Heavy Bracers, or Vambraces
+ Any Jewel
+ Ort Rune
+ Perfect Sapphire
5% chance of casting Slvl 4 Frost Nova when hit
+3-7 Damage to Attacker
Knockback
Knockback is a popular mod for Bowazons
Hitpower Belt
+ Magical Heavy, Battle, or Troll Belt
+ Any Jewel
+ Tal Rune
+ Perfect Sapphire
5% chance of casting Slvl 4 Frost Nova when hit
Attacker takes 3-7 damage
5-10% Damage to Mana
Hitpower Boots
+ Magical Chain Boots, Mesh Boots, or Boneweave
+ Any Jewel
+ Ral Rune
+ Perfect Sapphire
5% chance of casting Slvl 4 Frost Nova when hit
Attacker takes 3-7 damage
+25-60 Defense vs. Melee
Hitpower Shield
+ Magical Gothic Shield or Ancient Shield, or Ward
+ Any Jewel
+ Eth Rune
+ Perfect Sapphire
5% chance of casting Slvl 4 Frost Nova when hit
Attacker takes 3-10 damage
+5-10% Blocking
Hitpower Amulet
+ Magical Amulet
+ Any Jewel
+ Thul Rune
+ Perfect Sapphire
5% chance of casting Slvl 4 Frost Nova when hit
Attacker takes 3-10 damage
5-15% Chance of Monster Flee
Hitpower Ring
+ Magical Ring
+ Any Jewel
+ Amn Rune
+ Perfect Sapphire
5% chance of casting Slvl 4 Frost Nova when hit
Attacker takes 3-6 damage
+1-5 Dexterity
ItemIngredientsCrafted ItemComments
Safety Weapon
+ Magical Spear (any)
+ Any Jewel
+ Sol Rune
+ Perfect Emerald
Reduced Damage 1-4
Reduced Magic Damage 1-2
+5-10% Defense
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+ Any Jewel
+ Amn Rune
+ Perfect Emerald
Safety Helmet
+ Magical Crown, Grand Crown or Corona
+ Any Jewel
+ Ith Rune
+ Perfect Emerald
Reduces Damage 1-4
Reduces Magic Damage 1-2
+5-10% Lightning Resistance
+10-30% Defense
Safety Armor
+ Magical Breast Plate, Curiass, or Great Hauberk
+ Any Jewel
+ Eth Rune
+ Perfect Emerald
Reduces Damage 3-9
Reduces Magic Damage 2-5
Half Freeze Duration
Increased Defense 10-30%
Safety Gloves
+ Magical Gauntlets, War Gauntlets, or Ogre Gauntlets
+ Any Jewel
+ Ral Rune
+ Perfect Emerald
Reduces Damage 1-4
Reduces Magical Damage 1-2
+5-10% Resist Cold
+10-33% Defense
Safety Belt
+ Magical Sash, Demonhide, or Spiderweb Sash
+ Any Jewel
+ Tal Rune
+ Perfect Emerald
Reduces Damage 3-9
Reduces Magical Damage 2-5
5-10% Resist Poison
+10-30% Defense
Safety Boots
+ Magical Greaves, War Boots, or Myrmidon Boots
+ Any Jewel
+ Ort Rune
+ Perfect Emerald
Reduces Damage 1-4
Reduces Magical Damage 1-2
5-10% Fire Resistance
+10-30% Defense
Safety Shield
+ Magical Kite Shield, Dragon Shield, or Monarch
+ Any Jewel
+ Nef Rune
+ Perfect Emerald
Reduces Damage 1-4
Reduces Magic Damage 1-2
5-10% Resist Magic
+10-30% Defense
The resist magic mod is a rare property not found on many items.
Safety Amulet
+ Magical Amulet
+ Any Jewel
+ Thul Rune
+ Perfect Emerald
Reduces Damage 1-4
Reduces Magic Damage 1-2
+1-10% Blocking
Safety Ring
+ Rare or Magical Ring
+ Any Jewel
+ Amn Rune
+ Perfect Emerald
Reduces Damage 1-4
Reduces Magic Damage 1-2
+1-5 Vitality

Secret Levels

Wirt's Leg

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Tome of Town Portal

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Portal to the Secret Cow Level
  • Must be transmuted in the Act 1 Town
  • The character transmuting must have defeated the final boss on that difficulty to open the portal
  • Characters who have received credit for killing the Cow King on that difficulty level may not open the portal
Key of Hate

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Key of Terror

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Key of Destruction

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Portal to Matron's Den, Furnace of Pain, or Forgotten Sands
Baal's Eye

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Diablo's Horn

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Mephisto's Brain

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Portal to Uber Tristram
  • Must be performed on Battle.net, does not work in single player.
  • Need to transmute in Act 5 Town

Runeword Preparation

Hel Rune

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Scroll of Town Portal

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Any Item With Sockets

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Remove items from sockets
  • Removes all jewels, gems, or runes from sockets in an item.
  • These items are destroyed and the related bonuses are removed.
Eld Rune

+

Any Chipped Gem

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Low Quality Weapon

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Normal Quality Weapon of Same Type
  • Useful to upgrade a low quality weapon to normal quality. It can then be used in other recipes to add sockets, in preparation for turning it into a runeword. Any sockets and items in those sockets will be lost after using this recipe.
El Rune

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Any Chipped Gem

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Low Quality Armor

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Normal Quality Armor of Same Type
  • Useful to upgrade a low quality armor to normal quality. It can then be used in other recipes to add sockets, in preparation for turning it into a runeword. Any sockets and items in those sockets will be lost after using this recipe.
Tal Rune

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Thul Rune

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Perfect Topaz

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Normal Body Armor

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Socketed Body Armor of Same Type
  • An Armor can roll between 1-4 sockets depending on the type
Ral Rune

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Amn Rune

+

Perfect Amethyst

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Normal Weapon

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Socketed Weapon of Same Type
  • A Weapon can roll between 1-6 sockets depending on the type
Ral Rune

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Thul Rune

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Perfect Sapphire

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Normal Helm

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Socketed Helm of Same Type
  • A Helm can roll between 1-4 sockets depending on the type
Tal Rune

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Amn Rune

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Perfect Ruby

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Normal Shield

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Socketed Shield of Same Type
  • A Shield can roll between 1-4 sockets depending on the type

Item Upgrades

Ral Rune

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Sol Rune

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Perfect Emerald

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Normal Set Weapon

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Exceptional version of Set Weapon
Lum Rune

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Pul Rune

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Perfect Emerald

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Exceptional Set Weapon

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Elite version of Set Weapon
Tal Rune

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Shael Rune

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Perfect Diamond

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Normal Set Armor

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Exceptional version of Set Weapon
Ko Rune

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Lem Rune

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Perfect Diamond

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Exceptional Set Armor

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Elite version of Set Armor
3 Perfect Skulls

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Stone Of Jordan

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Rare item

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Add one Socket to Rare Item
  • Only one socket will be added.
  • Does not work on items that can not have sockets.
  • Will not add a socket to an item that already has one
Ort Rune

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Amn Rune

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Perfect Sapphire

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Normal Rare Weapon

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Exceptional Rare Weapon
Fal Rune

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Um Rune

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Perfect Sapphire

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Exceptional Rare Weapon

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Elite Rare Weapon
Ral Rune

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Sol Rune

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Perfect Emerald

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Normal Unique Weapon

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Exceptional Unique Weapon
Lum Rune

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Pul Rune

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Perfect Emerald

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Exceptional Unique Weapon

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Elite Unique Weapon
  • Upgrades item type of the weapon without changing the stats, useful to increase the weapon's damage.
  • Ethereal items, as well as socketed items can be upgraded without changing their nature.
  • Level requirements, strength and dexterity requirements, will increase corresponding to the exceptional version of the item
Thul Rune

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Lem Rune

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Perfect Amethyst

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Normal Rare Armor

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Exceptional Rare Armor
Ko Rune

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Pul Rune

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Perfect Amethyst

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Exceptional Rare Armor

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Elite Rare Armor
Tal Rune

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Shael Rune

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Perfect Diamond

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Normal Unique Armor

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Exceptional Unique Armor
Ko Rune

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Lem Rune

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Perfect Diamond

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Exceptional Unique Armor

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Elite Unique Armor
  • Upgrades item type of the armor without changing the stats, useful to increase the armor's defense.
  • Ethereal items, as well as socketed items can be upgraded without changing their nature.
  • Level and strength requirements will increase corresponding to the exceptional version of the item

Repairs and Recharges

Ort Rune

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Weapon

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Repaired Weapon
Ort Rune

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Any chipped Gem

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Weapon

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Repaired and Recharged Weapon
Ral Rune

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Armor

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Repaired Armor
Ral Rune

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Any flawed Gem

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Armor

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Repaired and Recharged Armor
  • Does not repair or recharged ethereal items.

Recycling Recipes

3 Magic Amulets

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Magic Ring
3 Magic Rings

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Magic Amulet
6 Perfect Skulls

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Rare Item

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Lower Quality Reroll of item
  • This causes a reroll of the rare item, resetting all the modifiers. While the item level is lowered it can still be quite high if the character is high enough level.
  • Since 6 Skulls are required, there is no space for large items like Polearms and Spears.
Perfect Skull

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Stone Of Jordan

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Rare Item

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High Quality Reroll of item
  • This causes a reroll of the rare item, resetting all the modifiers. The item level can remain quite high, or even increase, allowing higher level modifiers to occur.
  • Example: a level 80 character with a lvl 80 item = 52.8 + 52.8 = 105.6. This would allow any modifier in the game to spawn on the item.
Any 3 Perfect Gems

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Magic Item

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Reroll of item
  • Any type of Gem can be used, including Skulls
  • This causes a reroll of the magic item with the same Item Level
  • All magical items can be used, including charms, jewels, and jewelry

Magic Item Creation

4 Health Potions of Any Quality

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Any Quality Level of Ruby

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Magical Sword

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Magical Sword with 4-5% Life Stolen Per Hit
6 Perfect Gems Of Each Type

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Magic Amulet

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Magic Amulet with All Resistances +16-20
  • Uses on of each Gem type, note including Skull
Perfect Emerald

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Antidote Potion

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Magic Ring

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Magic Ring with 21-30% Poison Resistance
Perfect Ruby

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Exploding Potion

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Magic Ring

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Magic Ring with 21-30% Fire Resistance
Perfect Topaz

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Rejuvenation Potion

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Magic Ring

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Magic Ring with 21-30% Lightning Resistance
Perfect Sapphire

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Thawing Potion

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Magic Ring

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Magic Ring with 21-30% Cold Resistance
Magic Shield

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Spiked Club

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2 Skulls (Any Quality)

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Magic Shield with Attacker Takes Damage of 4-6
Diamond

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Staff

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Kris

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Belt

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Polarm with 66-80% Enchanced Damage
  • These recipes are not viewed as very useful even on low level characters.
  • They come out short compared to Crafting recipes.

Low Quality Item Rerolls

Any 3 Chipped Gems

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Magic Weapon

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(Item level 25) Socketed Magic Weapon
Any 3 Normal Gems

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Socketed Magic Weapon

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(Item level 30) Socketed Magic Weapon
Any 3 Flawless Gems

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Magic Weapon

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(Item level 30) Socketed Magic Weapon
  • Magical weapons that can not have sockets, such as throwing weapons, will spawn with new modifiers but no sockets

Respecs

Twisted Essence of Suffering

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Charged Essence of Hatred

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Burning Essence of Terror

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Festering Essence of Destruction

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Token of Absolution
  • The Token of Absolution allows you to reset your stats

Potions

3 Health Potions

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3 Mana Potions

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Any Type of Chipped Gem

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Partial Rejuvenation Potion
3 Health Potions

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3 Mana Potions

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Normal Quality Gem

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Full Rejuvenation Potion
3 Partial Rejuvenation Potions

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Full Rejuvenation Potion

Gems

3 Chipped Topaz

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Flawed Topaz
3 Flawed Topaz

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Topaz
3 Topaz

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Flawless Topaz
3 Flawless Topaz

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Perfect Topaz
  • These recipe works for all seven types of gems, including Skulls

Foraging

2 Quivers of Bolts

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Quiver of Arrows (random quantity)
2 Quivers of Arrows

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Quiver of Bolts (random quantity)
Spear

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Quiver of Arrows

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Stack of Javelins (non-magical, random quantity)
Axe

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Dagger

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Stack of throwing axes (non-magical, random quantity)
Strangling Gas Potion

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Healing Potion

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Antidote Potion