11-06-2003, 06:43 PM
A few things have changed in 1.10 and it's useful to know of a number of ways you can use the cube to turn that spiffy elite blue weapon your character just found into a Cruel
This is not an exclusive list, there are other recipes that can produce Cruel, for instance crafts, but it's a good place to start
First you need a blue or a socketed weapon to turn into a Cruel. If you really wanted a white weapon you found to be Cruel you could use this recipe or a Larzuk quest to socket it
RAL + AMN + 1 perfect amethyst + normal weapon => socketed weapon
All of the following recipes remove ethereality
For swords there is a special recipe:
one ruby (any grade) + 4 health potions+ sword => blue sword of the leech
This recipe won't work with Colossus Swords and Colossus Blades
If you have a blue weapon (including a sword if you like) use the following recipe on your first attempt:
3 flawless (any colour) + blue weapon => socketed blue weapon
If you have a socketed weapon, even a rare or magic one, use these:
3 chipped (any colour) + socketed weapon => socketed blue weapon
3 standard (any colour) + socketed weapon => socketed blue weapon
After the first craft you have a socketed blue weapon that will work in any of the "three of a kind" recipes
All of these recipes can produce a Cruel provided you use one of a short list of particular types of weapon. Where you found it doesn't matter, using your gem mule who is level 1 is fine. If it is one of these you can get Cruel and if it isn't you can't
I've lifted this from Zath over at the AB, many thanks for the excellent analysis Zath :)
(original thread here: http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/forums/in...showtopic=32661 )
After you make your Cruel it will have one to two sockets and a 50% chance of a suffix if you used one of the 3 of a kind recipes or it will have no sockets and the Of the Leech suffix if you used the ruby and health potions recipe. In the latter case you can put sockets in at Larzuk
So to summarise from a gem management perspective:
a ruby (any grade) = one go at making a Cruel
3 of a kind (chipped, standard or flawless) = a go at making a Cruel
It takes a lot of goes but it does get results. I have an unsocketed 284% Cruel Conquest Sword of 4% Leech on the Hardcore Europe Ladder to prove it :)
This is not an exclusive list, there are other recipes that can produce Cruel, for instance crafts, but it's a good place to start
First you need a blue or a socketed weapon to turn into a Cruel. If you really wanted a white weapon you found to be Cruel you could use this recipe or a Larzuk quest to socket it
RAL + AMN + 1 perfect amethyst + normal weapon => socketed weapon
All of the following recipes remove ethereality
For swords there is a special recipe:
one ruby (any grade) + 4 health potions+ sword => blue sword of the leech
This recipe won't work with Colossus Swords and Colossus Blades
If you have a blue weapon (including a sword if you like) use the following recipe on your first attempt:
3 flawless (any colour) + blue weapon => socketed blue weapon
If you have a socketed weapon, even a rare or magic one, use these:
3 chipped (any colour) + socketed weapon => socketed blue weapon
3 standard (any colour) + socketed weapon => socketed blue weapon
After the first craft you have a socketed blue weapon that will work in any of the "three of a kind" recipes
All of these recipes can produce a Cruel provided you use one of a short list of particular types of weapon. Where you found it doesn't matter, using your gem mule who is level 1 is fine. If it is one of these you can get Cruel and if it isn't you can't
I've lifted this from Zath over at the AB, many thanks for the excellent analysis Zath :)
Quote:Zath: The weapons that can get the Cruel prefix for the flawless, normal, and chipped gem recipes are...
Bows & Crossbows
- Grand Matron Bow
- Hydra Bow
- Ward Bow
- Crusader Bow
- Demon Crossbow
- Colossus Crossbow
Swords:
- Mythical Sword
- Colossus Blade
- Cryptic Sword
- Colossal Sword
- Conquest Sword
- Champion Sword
Axes:
- Berserker Axe
- Glorious Axe
- Champion Axe
- War Spike
Blunt:
- Thunder Maul
- Legendary Mallet
- Scourge
- Caduceus
- Seraph Rod
Polearm & Spears:
- Giant Thresher
- Great Poleaxe
- Cryptic Axe
- Matriarchal Pike
- War Pike
- Ghost Spear
Claws:
- Scissors Suwayyah
- Runic Talons
- Feral Claws
Daggers:
- Legend Spike
- Fanged Knife
Javlines & Throwing:
- Winged Harpoon
- Ghost Glaive
- Winged Axe
- Winged Knife
Also of special interest are the wands and orbs which can be cubed for +2 skills...
Wands:
- Grave Wand
- Lich Wand
- Unearthed Wand
Orbs:
- Dimensional Shard
- Vortex Orb
- Demon Heart
- Eldritch Orb
- Heavenly Stone
- Swirling Crystal
(original thread here: http://www.theamazonbasin.com/d2/forums/in...showtopic=32661 )
After you make your Cruel it will have one to two sockets and a 50% chance of a suffix if you used one of the 3 of a kind recipes or it will have no sockets and the Of the Leech suffix if you used the ruby and health potions recipe. In the latter case you can put sockets in at Larzuk
So to summarise from a gem management perspective:
a ruby (any grade) = one go at making a Cruel
3 of a kind (chipped, standard or flawless) = a go at making a Cruel
It takes a lot of goes but it does get results. I have an unsocketed 284% Cruel Conquest Sword of 4% Leech on the Hardcore Europe Ladder to prove it :)