Rare item creation

[adeyke]

I looked up on the affix calculator and found out that there is a reason for my claw having an alvl higher than my ilvl.  The ilvl is still 1 on the claw, but rare weapons can't have less than a max alvl of 14. Also, an ilvl 60 war sword (dropped by normal baal) can't have the Berzerker's and Sounding prefix.  For some reason, the alvl on rare weapons is much lower than the ilvl.  To get an alvl of 50, you'd need it to be an ilvl of 63.
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The alvl of an item is based on both the ilvl and the qlvl. The qlvl is a fixed value dependent on the base item. For example, war swords all have a qlvl of 27.

Suppose you want alvl 50+. Now, with a qlvl 1 item, ilvl 50+ is enough. However, if you had a qlvl 74 item, you'd need ilvl 75+ for alvl 50+. However, if you have a qlvl 75+ item, then, regardless of ilvl, it'll always be alvl 50+.

Looking at it another way:
- An item with qlvl 75+ will always have alvl 50+.
- An item with ilvl 75+ will always have alvl 50+.
- An item with both qlvl and ilvl less than 75 might still have alvl 50+, or it might not.

It's a bit confusing that way.

Download and read Ruvanal's alvl tables for more information.