Reworked mechanics of the modernization of the transmission in Diablo 4 Season 11 created a new way for players to approach the endgame build setup. With a less RNG dependent Temper and Masterworking system and powerful affixes that Sanctification can add to a piece of equipment to create the perfect loadout for Diablo 4 has never been easier. As players get used to this new gear upgrade system, they'll want to avoid making one mistake that could result in a worse overall upgrade.
Heading to Diablo 4 In Season 11, there was some concern about how these mechanical changes would tie together. The initial PTR version of Masterworking seemed unsatisfying, and Sanctification had the potential to create an item with a subpar suffix. However, the final versions of these features, available at the start of Season 11, have been modified to address these criticisms and now have the potential improve some of the Diablo 4the best weapons and armor, provided players understand how the new system works.
Diablo 4 Season 11 should have larger affixes on all their ancestors
While Tempering is no longer random and players can freely press the Tempered suffix of their choice, Diablo 4 now limits players to one tempered affix per item. As a result, players will want to make sure they have tempered the best possible attachment to their gear before consecrating it and making it immutable. When upgrading an ancestral item, the Temper Greater Affix is optimal, marked with an asterisk next to the affix and providing a much more powerful version of the player's chosen affix.
Greater affixes can only be tempered on ancestral items that have a minimum level of 800.
Larger affixes are surprisingly common results of tempering
Despite being the most desired Temper result when upgrading your device to Diablo 4's Blacksmith, Greater Affixes are not that uncommon. Players usually only need to reroll 5-10 times before they hit Greater Affix Temper on their gear. This makes stopping too early and creating a sub-optimal piece of gear the biggest mistake players can make when tempering Diablo 4 Season 11.
The biggest obstacle to tempering is the material cost of upgrading an item, which includes:
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Armor: Rawhide, Coiling Ward, Veiled Crystal, Forgotten Soul
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Weapon: Iron Piece, Baleful Fragment, Veiled Crystal, Forgotten Soul
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Jewels: Iron Chunk, Abstruse Sigil, Veiled Crystal, Forgotten Soul
These materials are relatively easy to find and players participate in them Diablo 4Regular activities are likely to abound. However, in order to restore the Tempered charge on an item, players will need a Scroll of Restoration, which works a bit differently in Season 11, but ultimately makes rolling the Tempered affix easier than before.
Scrolls of Restoration are plentiful in Diablo 4 Season 11
Unlike the previous ones Diablo 4 seasons where Scroll of Restoration restored all Temper charges, the item now allows players to endlessly roll a single Tempered affix until they reach the desired value. This means that players can potentially continue rerolling for Greater Affix if they have a Scroll of Restoration available, with no limit on how many times the item can have its charge restored. To make it even better, Scrolls of Restoration are easy to farm this season, so players can stock up if they're worried about spending their stock rerolling for Greater Affix.
The easiest source of Scrolls of Restoration is the reward chests available after clearing the Infernal Hordes. Players can already spend earned Burning Aether to open these chests for other crafting materials like Obducite for Masterworking, so getting Scrolls of Restoration for Tempering is a welcome bonus. Players with the Vessel of Hatred DLC can also obtain Scrolls of Restoration from the Dark Citadel co-op dungeon.
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June 5, 2023
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood and gore, intense violence, language, in-game purchases, user interaction