This also gives players a reason to level up Legendary Gems that they otherwise wouldn’t bother with which is a lot better than just having a bunch of unused gems in your stash.The fact that wizard is the worst class this season means it can push a few tiers lower than some other classes, but doesn't change the fact archon and lod hydra are extremely tanky builds compared to the other int classes and their meta builds. (this was a misunderstanding on my part!)Īll in all this is an interesting addition to end game player progression that should add some more depth and give you something else to do. The reworked Legacy of Nightmares ring set is looking very promising in that regard too, but we will have see how this all works out come the start of the PTR next week.ĮDIT: Senior Game Designer,Wyatt Cheng clarified that you can also augment Ancient set items as well, so this recipe works on any kind of Ancient item. Which could turn out to be very good for the game, because I don’t feel like builds that are based on item sets should be the only viable option at end game. The fact that this can only be done on Ancient Legendary items shows that they are really trying to push set-less build viability and make the hunt for Ancient items have more incentive. You also can’t double up the effect by augmenting twice, if you augment the same item a second time, it will replace the current augmentation with the new one. As you can see above, a rank 50 Gem will get you an additional 250 points to your main stat. You will get +5 points to your main stat on the augmented item for every rank on the Legendary Gem that you choose to consume. Legendary Gem ranks also determine how much more of your main stat that you’re going to get out of this recipe. Jewelry requires a rank 40 Legendary Gem.Weapons require a rank 30 Legendary Gem.This is definitely one of the more interesting recipes and should add depth to end game progression but, it doesn’t come without limitations or restrictions.Įach item type has a different minimum Legendary Gem rank requirement that needs to be met in order to use this recipe.

This recipe allows you to sacrifice a Legendary Gem and three Flawless Royal Gems to give an Ancient item of your choice a boost to your main stat.

One of these new features is coming in the form of a new Kanai’s Cube recipe, Caldesann’s Despair. A lot of new cool features were announced to be coming with Patch 2.4 during the Diablo Panel yesterday, so if you haven’t had the chance to catch up you can do so right here.

Augmenting ancient items in diablo 3