


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: If you don’t, it won’t create the Runeword and you will have wasted your time.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. An important thing to remember is that you have to insert the Runes in the order listed above. Once you’ve collected and combined the shield and runes, it’s time to create your Spirit Runeword. The best way to get them is to repeatedly defeat The Countess in the Forgotten Tower on Nightmare difficulty, or even on Hell Difficulty, seeing as you’re likely going to have to progress quite far on Hell to find the base shield anyway. It is technically possible that these runes might drop on Normal difficulty, but your chances of getting all four are extremely slim. How to get the Tal, Thul, Ort, and Amn runes If you get one, but it has fewer than four sockets, you can get Larzuk in Act V to max out its sockets to four. These shields only drop on Hell difficulty - there’s no shortcut to getting one. All three have very high strength requirements, but the monarchs are at least vaguely realistic, so that’s what most players opt for. If you’re not playing as a Paladin, then there are only three types of shield that can possibly have four sockets: monarch, ward, and aegis. Note that this Runeword was ladder only in the original Diablo 2, but can be used in single-player and non-ladder multiplayer in Diablo 2: Resurrected. You can make a Spirit sword by following the same Runeword recipe described here, and switching out the shield for a sword. The shield version of the Spirit Runeword is the most useful and most popular, but it can also be used with a sword. It offers a long list of bonuses, but the most valuable one by far is its +2 to all skills bonus. One of the best Diablo 2: Resurrected items has to be a Spirit shield.
