10-31-2003, 01:59 AM
There's a restriction on the sockets of items dropped in normal and nightmare, of 3 sockets and 4 sockets respectively. This means that, though you can find some items that will get 5 sockets when socket rewarded, you won't find any items that already have 5 sockets until hell.
You can refer to my calculators in my sig for the maximum number of sockets an item can have at a given ilvl.
Knouts have 3/4/5. That means that, if the ilvl is 1-24, it can have 3 sockets, if it's 25-39, it can have 4 sockets and if it's 40+, it can have 5 sockets. If you found one in nightmare, it should have a sufficient ilvl for the highest bracket. That means socketing it with the reward will guarantee 5 sockets, and using the recipe on it has a 2/6 = 1/3 chance to give 5 sockets.
You can refer to my calculators in my sig for the maximum number of sockets an item can have at a given ilvl.
Knouts have 3/4/5. That means that, if the ilvl is 1-24, it can have 3 sockets, if it's 25-39, it can have 4 sockets and if it's 40+, it can have 5 sockets. If you found one in nightmare, it should have a sufficient ilvl for the highest bracket. That means socketing it with the reward will guarantee 5 sockets, and using the recipe on it has a 2/6 = 1/3 chance to give 5 sockets.