Gear, crafting and itemization

A Greater Affix is a stronger version of an affix. Items of any quality can now roll them, and you can find them on Tempered affixes too. The Loot Filter can look for items with one to four Greater Affixes.

Resistances changed in patch 3.2.1: Single Resistance affixes on equipment, Charms and Tempering recipes are now worth 7 times an All Resistance affix, and Blizzard retuned All Resistance Tempering to match. Patch

The Loot Filter's Aspect-upgrade condition flags Legendary Aspects that would add to your collection of unlocked Aspects. Blizzard raised Legendary drop rates in Torment I to V in 3.2.1 partly so players rely less on Cube upgrades to complete that collection. Patch

Every Unique can now drop at character level 1 in any difficulty. Patch

Where they come from

• Lair Bosses drop Uniques and Mythic Uniques from their own pool. See Bosses and keys.
• Random drops have a higher Mythic chance since 3.2.1.
• Blacksmith, Jeweler and the Cube can make Mythics deliberately. Season 15 explains the three methods.
• Legacy Uniques from Season 15 are permanent, such as Leoric's Crown and the Stone of Jordan.

Mythic crafting rules to remember

• Upgrading an item directly to Mythic in the Cube keeps every affix, Tempering and Masterwork.
• Items made that way carry a Crafted tag, and you can equip only one.
• Unmodifiable items, such as those already Transfigured, cannot use that recipe.
• Iconic Mythics are Mythic quality only; there is no Unique version.

Tempering adds one extra affix to a Rare, Legendary, Unique or Mythic Unique item. You learn Tempering recipes from Tempering Manuals, which drop in most endgame content; a recipe can be used as often as you like. Each recipe holds three to five possible affixes. Manuals are class-bound: Tempering with another class's recipe leaves the affix inactive.

You can reroll a Tempered affix three times, plus once more per Greater Affix on the item, and each reroll replaces the earlier result. A Scroll of Restoration, from the Dark Citadel, Infernal Hordes and world bosses, refills the charges once they are spent.

Recipe categories decide which slots can take them:

• Helms, chest, pants: Defensive and Utility.
• Gloves: Offensive and Utility.
• Boots: Mobility and Utility.
• Amulets: any category except Weapon.
• Rings: Offensive and Resource.
• Weapons and off-hands: Offensive and Weapon.

Masterworking

The Blacksmith upgrades an item's quality with materials such as Obducite, which drops from Nightmare Dungeons, Infernal Hordes and Undercity Tributes of Refinement. Do it after Tempering and before Transfiguration, which locks an item. We do not list per-rank costs because they change with item power and patches.

Gems

Weapon gem effects are much stronger since 3.0, and there are two new tiers above Grand Gems: Horadric and Flawless Horadric. You make them with the Amalgamation recipe in the Cube, not at the Jeweler. Elites in Torment X and above drop many more Gem Fragments and often a random Royal Gem. Official