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|Lot of information, including all rule changes. In particular [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Cube_Recipes Cube Recipes], [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mercenaries Mercenaries], [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Uniques Uniques], [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Runewords Runewords], [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sets Sets]...
|Lot of information, including all rule changes. In particular [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Cube_Recipes Cube Recipes], [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Mercenaries Mercenaries], [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Uniques Uniques], [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Runewords Runewords], [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Sets Sets], [https://pathofdiablo.com/wiki/index.php?title=Orb_of_Corruption Corruption]...
* Filter: [https://github.com/narical/Simplicity Simplicity] (forked mine from this one)
* Filter: [https://github.com/narical/Simplicity Simplicity] (forked mine from this one)
* Filter: [https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofdiablo/comments/etg2j3/anirmls_loot_filter_updated_for_patch_18_flint/ Anirml] (the best for many players)
* Filter: [https://www.reddit.com/r/pathofdiablo/comments/etg2j3/anirmls_loot_filter_updated_for_patch_18_flint/ Anirml] (the best for many players)

Revision as of 21:29, 3 June 2020

Links

References

Game mechanics
Get as much as item drop as possible. MF doesn't change rune drop. Only kill as much high-level monster as possible, or open as many special chests as possible (ie. chests with much more drops like those in Lower Kurast). Kill Countess (but mid runes only) because she has special drop pattern. Kill monsters that cant' drop armor or weapons (like Wraiths, Finger Mages, Vulture Demons, Willowisps, and the Swarm...)
  • Special chests
Chests with special drop pattern, usually dropping much more items. These chests appear at known locations. Players run for these chests because they have a higher chances to drop runes.
  • Normal items vs MF. Getting some conflicting information.
  • On Arreat Summit, they explain that with 20% MF, and a monster that has 2% to drop a magic item, it will become 2.4% to drop that item with that MF. But then it would mean 0.4% less chance to drop a normal item instead?
  • On PoD chat, the players were saying that MF does not influence the chance to drop a normal / white item. But after some discussion, they seem to agree that indeed more MF, means less normal white item. This is because the game first pick an item base (like cryptic axe), then would test whether it would be unique, if not whether it would be a set, then rare, then magic, and otherwise normal, and that MF would boost these ratios at each stage.
  • But the item calculator does not reflect that. If I look at the probability to get a Thresher from Hell Bovine, it is always 1:1451 independently of the MF. How can that be?
Calculator
category gamepedia diablowiki other comments
Items gamepedia diablowiki
Magic Items gamepedia In BLUE. Item with ONE or TWO magical attributes (prefix / suffix).

See Arreat Summit for magic affixes per object type (rings, rare, ...)

Rare Items gamepedia In YELLOW. Item with TWO to SIX magical attributes.
Crafted Items gamepedia battle.net Items created with horadric cube.
Charms gamepedia diablowiki battle.net
Runewords gamepedia Fandom wiki PoD mod, Rune list
Monsters gamepedia diablowiki
Cube recipes gamepedia diablowiki Fandom wiki
Area Level Fandom Wiki
Best Charms Stats
Size Dex Str Life Mana F. Res C. Res L. Res P. Res A. Res MF
Grand 6 6 35(61)
45(91)		 59 30% 30% 30% 30% 15% 12%
Large 5 5 25(42)
35(74)		 34 15% 15% 15% 15% 8% 6%
Small 2 2 20(40) 17 11% 11% 11% 11% 5% 7%
  • Val(Lvl), best ratio

Guides

Guide from Path of Diablo, how to find your ways in all levels to rush run them.
Max area level, no much immunes, easy and fast kill, can drop best objects in game.
Enigma +45% (Armor RW), Circlet of speed +30% (helmet), Mavina's Belt 20%, Cat's Eye 30% (amulet), Infinity +35% (Weapon RW) or dual-wield Wind RW +40% or dual-wield Crainte Vomir +40%, various boots +40%, 40x small charms of inertia +120%, Harmony RW on act I merc (bow).
Guide to find runes in LK, by opening special chests, but not really relevant for online play because maps are always reset.

Sorceress build guides

The detailed guide I'm currently following. Maxing Frozen Orb then Meteor.
Some problems with Cold / Fire immune in Hell Act I already...
Another guide suggested by players on PoD Discord, better than MeteOrb
Several builds, hints and tips. Worth reading.
Some tips about sorceress stats distribution. Worth reading.
More detailed guide on an hybrid sorceress. Not tried yet.
Video showing several builds, but no explanation on how to build them...
Not read yet.

Mercenary guides

  • Merc gets the most XP if they kill the monster themselves. To keep in mind if merc is lagging behind.
  • Equip: Life Steal, to keep him alive in fight (for melee merc only).
  • Equip: Increased Attack Speed. Allow merc to leech even more.
  • Equip: Crushing blow, a good boss killer.
  • Equip: Slow target item, nearly as good as damage reduction items.
  • Equip: Mana leech *useless*.
  • Merc MF stacks with player MF, but only if merc does the kill. Important when dealing with boss.
  • Use Full Rejuvenation (rather than Healing), heals faster. Use cube recipes to make such potions.
  • Thaw / Anti potion time stacks up. Feed your merc before a killing session.
  • *...and much more information to read again later...*

Loot filters (POD)

Intro page.
Reference page will alll supported codes.
The filter I'm trying.
List of filters made by community.

Quests

Pandemonium event (patch 1.11)
This event requires first collecting keys from the Countess, the Summoner and Nihlathak (hell difficulty). Then to collect three organs by opening three portals, each requiring the three keys (so 9 keys needed in total). Then open a red portal to Uber Tristram by transmuting the organs in the cube, and fight Uber Baal, Uber Diablo and Uber Mephisto. Reward is the Hellfire torch unique large charm.
Diablo Clone
Diablo Clone drops the Annihilus unique small charm. It is triggered by selling Stone of Jordan unique rings.
Diablo Clone (Path of Diablo)
Can be triggered manually
Ancient Temple Maps (Path of Diablo)
An alternate set of maps that can be accessed from the Ancient Temple using Relics. First relic (Tier 1) is obtained from Hephasto the Armorer in Act 4 on Hell difficulty (about a 10% chance).

Miscellaneous

Acronyms

MF Magic Find
TC Treasury Class
FCR Faster Cast Rate
HR High-Runes (common trade unit on PoD)
IAS Increased Attack Speed
OOC Orb of Corruption (PoD)
OS Open socket
POD Path of Diablo

Battle.net servers and Mods

Blizzard Battle.net

The official battle.net servers.

Path of Diablo (PoD)

  • Light modding, but great improvement on Gameplay (widescreen support, doubled inventory and stash, improved rune drops...)
  • Support for Loot filters (I use an own variant of Simplicity, but the best is apparently Anirmls).
  • Active community.
Path of Diablo
Servers (ping)
  • No frequent restart: Paris GS 32.
  • Ping < 60ms: Czech Rep GS 23, Amsterdam GS 2, London GS 17, Frankfurt GS 6, Paris GS 32.
Rune wizard Handy to know which runeword can be built.
Character storage Handy to inspect inventories of mule (eg. compare a new ring, a new charm with those in mule).

Also for trading.

Stats
Discord Online chat. Keep open while playing to get general info and tips...
Wiki Lot of information, including all rule changes. In particular Cube Recipes, Mercenaries, Uniques, Runewords, Sets, Corruption...
  • Filter: Simplicity (forked mine from this one)
  • Filter: Anirml (the best for many players)
  • Filter: Spam's filter, another good filter but with possibly some lag issue
Quests
Guides
Trade
Calculator
Notes
  • Enflame and Frigerate are passive spells now, and they stack. Handy to boost Merc damage.

Europe Battle

A bit more modding. With an item shop, so might be suspect...

Runewords

Tips
  • So RW grants Probability of Casting with long term effect (like Fade on Treachery RW, lasting for 288s).

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/370600-diablo-ii-lord-of-destruction/75122003

Name Formula Item PoD mod? Comment
Leaf TirRal Polearms, staves Yes Suggested here to fix mana issues. In fact Leaf can still be used by high-level sorc, see this guide.
Insight RalTirTalSol Polearms, staves No Suggested in this guide for Sorc, for fast mana recover.
Smoke (gamepedia) NefLum ? No Suggested in this guide. Seems a better alternative than Stealth proposed in the same guide.
Enigma JahIthBer Armor Yes Offer +1 Teleport/Warp (2sec cooldown), and +2 Skills. But no resistance.
Ancient Pledge RalOrtTal Armor No Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, as early ladder gear, for the early resists.
Spirit TalThulOrtAmn Shield No Suggested in early ladder PoD guide. For the 35% FCR and 55% FHR. Also gives +2 all skills and lot of resistance.
Lore OrtSol Helm No Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, for the +1 skills, Mana Per Kill and Lightning Resist.
Treachery ShaelThulLem Armor No Suggested in early ladder PoD guide, for the Merc, for massive IAS and Fade Proc (Probability Casting). Better done on an Ethereal Elite armor.
Infinity BerMalBerIst Polearm Yes Suggested on chat for lightning-only sorc build. Some also say that light sorc with infinity are the fastest to farm.
Memory LumIoSolEth Staves Yes Suggested on chat for those that level up a lightning sorc, to change some lightning surge into phys damage.
Harmony TirIthSolKo Missile weapons No Suggested on chat to get Vigor aura, to run much faster.

Horadric Cube

Crafted Magic item Rune (NEF-SOL) PGem Jewel Comment
Hit Power items Magic Rune PSapphire jewel
Blood items
  • Helm
  • RAL
 PRuby jewel
  • Good for Mercenary
Caster items
  • Amulet
  • Boots
  • Belt
  • RAL
  • THUL
  • ITH
 PAmethyst jewel
Safety items Magic item Rune PEmeral jewel
Frequently-used recipes
  • 3 magic rings = 1 random magic amulet.
  • 3 magic amulets = 1 random magic ring.
  • 3 small rejuvenation = 1 full rejuvenation.
  • 3 gems of same type = 1 better gem of same type
  • Wirt's Leg + A Tome of Town Portal = Secret Cow Level.
Recipes to use someday
  • 3 gems of same type = 1 better gem of same type
  • 3 perfect skulls + 1 Rare item + Stone of jordan = add 1 socket to rare item.
  • 1 Perfect Skull + 1 Rare Item + Stone of Jordan = 1 High Quality New Rare Item of the same type.
  • 3 Perfect Gems (of any type) + 1 Magic Item = 1 New Random Magic Item of the Same Type
This produces an item with same ilvl. Very interesting to produce +2 skill amulets [1].
  • 1 RAL + 1 AMN + 1 PAmethyst + Non-magic Weapon = Socketed Weapon of same type.
Useful to get a socketed Broad sword / Long Sword / Crystal Sword for SPIRIT (note that Crystal Sword may have up to 6 sockets so may require more retries).
  • 1 TAL + 1 AMN + 1 PRuby + Non-magic Shield = Socketed Shield of same type
Useful to get a 4os Monarch for SPIRIT.
  • 1 Ral Rune + 1 Sol Rune + 1 Perfect Emerald + Normal Unique Weapon = Exceptional Version of Weapon
  • 1 Tal Rune + 1 Shael Rune + 1 Perfect Diamond + Normal Unique Armor = Exceptional Version of Armor
  • 1 Lum Rune + 1 Pul Rune + 1 Perfect Emerald + Exceptional Unique Weapon = Elite Version of Weapon
  • 1 Ko Rune + 1 Lem Rune + 1 Perfect Diamond + Exceptional Unique Armor = Elite Version of Armor
  • 1 Ort Rune + 1 Chipped Gem (any kind) + Weapon = Fully Repaired and Recharged Weapon
Some advanced players prefer this method over payment.

Tips

  • Don't use heavy armors, they have speed and stamina penalties. See for instance Crow Caw Armor vs Twitch.
  • Don't pick anything when recovering dead body, or that can lead to losing items (which occurs when having more than one non-empty body. Consider command /nopickup [2].
  • To reset traded items at merchants, exit the town, wait for the music to change or for mercenary aura to trigger (only a few secs), then get back in.
  • Sometimes it is helpful to create a new map so that merchant is closer to the exit (e.g. Drognan in Lut Gholein).
  • Interesting items to shop
  • Wand with Lower Resist charges (Wand of Lower Resistance), to break monster immunities. Easily bought by Drognan (make sure he's close to town exit).
  • Wand of Life Tap, to get 50% life leech, which is very useful against strong monsters.
  • To Refill Portal Tome, just sell and buy it back. It works even with merchant that does not sell any scroll of town portal!

Guides

PoD: Early Ladder Sorceress

See Early Ladder Fire / Cold / Light Sorceress Guide for Path of Diablo guide on Reddit for details (also linked from PoD site)

Gears (Vitality build only)
Purpose is to reach 37% FCR, followed by 63% and 105% breakpoints.
Item Early Ladder Mid-tier ladder Magic-find Optimized
Helmet Lore (RW) Tal Rasha's Horadric Crest Harlequin Crest Shako Harlequin Crest Shako

Griffon's Eye Diadem

Chests Stealth (RW)

Smoke (RW)
Skin of the Vipermagi

Tal Rasha's Guardianship Tal Rasha's Guardianship Enigma
Shields Ancients Pledge (RW)

Spirit (RW)

Spirit (RW) Spirit (RW) Spirit (RW)
Weapon Spirit (RW) Tal Rasha's Lidless Eye Heart of the Oak (RW)

The Oculus

Heart of the Oak (RW)

The Oculus
Eschuta's Temper

Belts Caster (crafted) Tal Rasha's Fire-Spun Cloth Tal Rasha's Fire-Spun Cloth Arachnid's Mesh
Boots Faster Run Walk

Caster (crafted)

 Aldurs Advance Battle Boots

War Travelers
Sandstorm Treks
Waterwalk
Caster (crafted)

 Aldurs Advance Battle Boots

War Travelers
Sandstorm Treks
Waterwalk
Caster (crafted)
Rare with Resists/FRW

Aldurs Advance Battle Boots

War Travelers
Sandstorm Treks
Waterwalk
Caster (crafted)
Rare with Resists/FRW

Gloves Magefist

Trang Oul's Claws

FrostBurns

Magefist
Trang Oul's Claws

FrostBurns

Magefist
Trang Oul's Claws

FrostBurns

Magefist
Trang Oul's Claws

Amulet Life/Resist/+Skills

Caster (crafted)

Tal Rasha's Adjudication

Caster (crafted)

Tal Rasha's Adjudication

Caster (crafted)

Tal Rasha's Adjudication

Caster (crafted)

Rings Life/Resist/FCR Bul Kathos Wedding Band

10% FCR +Life/Stats/Resists

2x Bul Kathos Wedding Band 2x Bul Kathos Wedding Band
2ndary Wall to Arms (RW)

Medusa's Gaze

Wall to Arms (RW)

Medusa's Gaze

Wall to Arms (RW)

Medusa's Gaze

Act 2 Combat Mercenary Setup
  • Goal: reach 75% IAS
  • Weapon: Ethereal Trescher or Giant Trescher.
Item Early Ladder Optimized
Helmet Blood helmet Steelshade

Vampire Gaze

Weapon Insight (RW) Insight (RW)

Infinity (RW)

Chest Treachery (RW)

Duriel's Shell

Shaftstop

Gladiator's Bane
Treachery (RW)
Fortitude (RW)

Stats

Best charm stats

From gamepedia, only listing the best values in each category (but we excluded the affix with double values). 

Stalwart       +60-100 to Defense                                    Grand Charms prefix
Bloody         +3 to Minimum Damage                                  Grand Charms prefix
Serrated       +3 to Maximum Damage                                  Grand Charms prefix
Rugged         +37-50 Maximum Stamina                                Grand Charms prefix
Steel          +118-132 to Attack Rating                             Grand Charms prefix
Lucky          +8-12% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items           Grand Charms prefix
Serpent's      +53-59 to Mana                                        Grand Charms prefix
Shimmering     All Resistances +13-15%                               Grand Charms prefix
Sapphire       Cold Resist +26-30%                                   Grand Charms prefix
Ruby           Fire Resist +26-30%                                   Grand Charms prefix
Amber          Lightning Resist +26-30%                              Grand Charms prefix
Emerald        Poison Resist +26-30%                                 Grand Charms prefix
Fletcher's     +1 to Bow & Crossbow Skills (Amazon Only)             Grand Charms prefix
Acrobat's      +1 to Passive Skills (Amazon Only)                    Grand Charms prefix
Harpoonist's   +1 to Javelin & Spear Skills (Amazon Only)            Grand Charms prefix
Burning        +1 to Fire Skills (Sorceress Only)                    Grand Charms prefix
Sparking       +1 to Lightning Skills (Sorceress Only)               Grand Charms prefix
Chilling       +1 to Cold Skills (Sorceress Only)                    Grand Charms prefix
Hexing         +1 to Curses (Necromancer Only)                       Grand Charms prefix
Fungal         +1 to Poison & Bone Skills (Necromancer Only)         Grand Charms prefix
Graverobber's  +1 to Summoning Skills (Necromancer Only)             Grand Charms prefix
Lion Branded   +1 to Combat Skills (Paladin Only)                    Grand Charms prefix
Captain's      +1 to Offensive Auras (Paladin Only)                  Grand Charms prefix
Preserver's    +1 to Defensive Auras (Paladin Only)                  Grand Charms prefix
Expert's       +1 to Combat Skills (Barbarian Only)                  Grand Charms prefix
Fanatic        +1 to Combat Masteries (Barbarian Only)               Grand Charms prefix
Sounding       +1 to Warcries (Barbarian Only)                       Grand Charms prefix
Trainer's      +1 to Summoning Skills (Druid Only)                   Grand Charms prefix
Spiritual      +1 to Shapeshifting Skills (Druid Only)               Grand Charms prefix
Natural        +1 to Elemental Skills (Druid Only)                   Grand Charms prefix
Entrapping     +1 to Traps (Assassin Only)                           Grand Charms prefix
Mentalist's    +1 to Shadow Disciplines (Assassin Only)              Grand Charms prefix
Shogukusha's   +1 to Martial Arts (Assassin Only)                    Grand Charms prefix
Pestilent      +100 Poison Damage over 6 seconds                     Grand Charms prefix
Hibernal       Adds (8-13)-(16-25) Cold Damage (1 second Duration)   Grand Charms prefix
Flaming        Adds (8-18)-(20-36) Fire Damage                       Grand Charms prefix
Shocking       Adds 1-(45-79) Lightning Damage                       Grand Charms prefix

Balance        12% Faster Hit Recovery                               Grand Charms suffix
Winter         Adds (4-6) to (8-11) Cold Damage - 1 sec Duration     Grand Charms suffix
Incineration   Adds (4-7) to (8-14) Fire Damage                      Grand Charms suffix
Storms         Adds 1 to (22-33) Lightning Damage                    Grand Charms suffix
Anthrax        Adds 50 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds                  Grand Charms(21) suffix
Maiming        +3-4 to Maximum Damage                                Grand Charms suffix
Inertia        7% Faster Run/Walk                                    Grand Charms suffix
Greed          31-40% Extra Gold From Monsters                       Grand Charms suffix
Dexterity      +5-6 to Dexterity                                     Grand Charms suffix
Vita           +41-45 to Life                                        Grand Charms suffix
Strength       +5-6 to Strength                                      Grand Charms suffix

Stalwart       +45-60 to Defense                                     Large Charms prefix
Sanguinary     +2 to Minimum Damage                                  Large Charms prefix
Forked         +2 to Maximum Damage                                  Large Charms prefix
Rugged         +26-32 Maximum Stamina                                Large Charms prefix
Steel          +65-77 to Attack Rating                               Large Charms prefix
Lucky          4-6% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items             Large Charms prefix
Serpent's      +30-34 to Mana                                        Large Charms prefix
Shimmering     All Resistances +6-8%                                 Large Charms prefix
Sapphire       Cold Resist +13-15%                                   Large Charms prefix
Ruby           Fire Resist +13-15%                                   Large Charms prefix
Amber          Lightning Resist +13-15%                              Large Charms prefix
Emerald        Poison Resist +13-15%                                 Large Charms prefix
Pestilent      +175 Poison Damage over 6 seconds                     Large Charms prefix
Hibernal       Adds (11-15)-(21-30) Cold Damage (1 sec Duration)     Large Charms prefix
Flaming        Adds (10-27)-(28-43) Fire Damage                      Large Charms prefix
Shocking       Adds 1-(59-90) Lightning Damage                       Large Charms prefix

Balance        8% Faster Hit Recovery                                Large Charms suffix
Winter         Adds (4-6) to (9-12) Cold Damage - 1 sec Duration     Large Charms suffix
Incineration   Adds (6-10) to (12-17) Fire Damage                    Large Charms suffix
Storms         Adds 1 to (26-38) Lightning Damage                    Large Charms suffix
Pestilence     Adds 25 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds                  Large Charms suffix
Quality        +2 to Maximum Damage                                  Large Charms suffix
Inertia        5% Faster Run/Walk                                    Large Charms suffix
Greed          11-22% Extra Gold From Monsters                       Large Charms suffix
Dexterity      +4-5 to Dexterity                                     Large Charms suffix
Vita           +31-35 to Life                                        Large Charms suffix
Strength       +4-5 to Strength                                      Large Charms suffix

Stalwart       +20-30 to Defense                                     Small Charms prefix
Red            +1 to Minimum Damage                                  Small Charms prefix
Jagged         +1 to Maximum Damage                                  Small Charms prefix
Rugged         +9-16 Max Stamina                                     Small Charms prefix
Steel          +25-36 to Attack Rating                               Small Charms prefix
Serpent's      +13-17 to Mana                                        Small Charms prefix
Shimmering     All Resistances +3-5%                                 Small Charms prefix
Sapphire       Cold Resist +10-11%                                   Small Charms prefix
Ruby           Fire Resist +10-11%                                   Small Charms prefix
Amber          Lightning Resist +10-11%                              Small Charms prefix
Emerald        Poison Resist +10-11%                                 Small Charms prefix
Hibernal       Adds (8-10)-(15-20) Cold Damage (1 sec Duration)      Small Charms prefix
Flaming        Adds (10-19)-(20-29) Fire Damage                      Small Charms prefix
Shocking       Adds 1-(44-71) Lightning Damage                       Small Charms prefix
Pestilent      +175 Poison Damage over 6 seconds                     Small Charms prefix

Balance        5% Faster Hit Recovery                                Small Charms suffix
Winter         Adds (4-5) to (7-9) Cold Damage - 1 sec Duration      Small Charms suffix
Incineration   Adds (5-7) to (9-13) Fire Damage                      Small Charms suffix
Storms         Adds 1 to (19-28) Lightning Damage                    Small Charms suffix
Anthrax        Adds 50 Poison Damage Over 6 Seconds                  Small Charms suffix
Craftsmanship  +1 to Maximum Damage                                  Small Charms suffix
Inertia        3% Faster Run/Walk                                    Small Charms suffix
Greed          5-10% Extra Gold From Monsters                        Small Charms suffix
Good Luck      6-7% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items             Small Charms suffix
Dexterity      +2 to Dexterity                                       Small Charms suffix
Vita           +16-20 to Life                                        Small Charms suffix
Strength       +2 to Strength                                        Small Charms suffix
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