Diablo II 1.10 Beta Test begins

[aurikan]

I've been poking through the MPQ. Things that I've seen:

- Manaleech back on rings, life leech back on amulets -- available on rares too!

Rune upgrade crafts:
1-9: 3 of rune
10-15: 3 rune + 1 chipped gem of specific type
16-21: 3 rune + 1 flawed
22-27: *2* rune + 1 normal
28-32: *2* rune + 1 flawless

The pattern of specific gem goes:
topaz, amethyst, sapphire, ruby, emerald .. eg, 3 thul+chip topaz = amn, 3 amn+chip amethyst = sol

Socketing recipes Dragoon has posted. The items get 1-6 random sockets it looks like

r09 + weapon repairs it
r08 + armor repairs it

r15 + town portal scroll + item is the unsocket recipe.
r08 + jewel + superior armor, superior weapon, magic ring, or magic amulet returns a tempered item. How those work I am not sure.

r01 + chipped amethyst + tempered weapon adds 30-50 ar to it, it looks like

Upgrade recipes (these take the item to the tier above -- eg exceptional to elite):
r08 + r12 + perfect emerald + basic unique weapon
r17 + r21 + perfect emerald + exceptional unique weapon
r09 + r11 + perfect sapphire + basic rare weapon
r19 + r22 + perfect sapphire + exceptional rare weapon
r07 + r13 + perfect diamond + basic unique armor
r18 + r20 + perfect diamond + exceptional unique armor
r08 + r10 + perfect amethyst + basic rare armor
r18 + r21 + perfect amethyst + exceptional rare armor

r02 + chip gem + low quality weapon -> normal quality weapon
r01 + chip gem + low quality armor -> normal quality armor



PS. Perhaps we should create a "1.10 spoilers!" thread for this info? Some people might want the surprise of learning it on their own...