In terms of recharging, this has to do with items that have skills under the 'Charge' category. Note that these recipes will not work on Ethereal items once they're broken, they're broken forever.

Luckily, you can repair and recharge equipment with the Horadric Cube. Since your items degrade at a fairly quick pace, repairing at a vendor might be out of the question. In the early game, gold can be hard to come by. Source: Windows Central (Image credit: Source: Windows Central) Horadric Cube repair and recycling recipes The rule of thumb is that you need 3 of any particular gem to upgrade it to its superior quality: We'll use the Ruby as an example for the recipes below, but rest assured the same holds true for all gems, including skulls. The Horadric Cube can be used to upgrade gems if you find yourself needing better quality. Chipped gems actually become extremely rare outside of Normal difficulty, so keep a good stash as you will need them throughout the game. The final five and rarest of the rune recipes require flawless gems as part of the upgrade:Ĭhipped gems begin dropping in Act 1 Normal, moving all the way up to perfect gems as you progress through the game. Once you need to craft Mal, you will need plain gems: The recipes for crafting the following runes are:įrom Lum and above, flawed gems are required for upgrades: This changes at the point you which to create Amn and anything higher, which requires a chipped gem in order to upgrade to the next rune.

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