
You can upgrade the level of an item - from normal to exceptional, to elite - through the Horadric Cube. In the original Diablo 2, you were able to upgrade runes after #15, Hel, only on ladder, but in Resurrected, these recipes can be used in any mode.Īnd by the way, you need more than 14 trillion El runes to make a Zod rune.

After Thul, you need to add a specific gem, and after the #22 rune, Um, you only need two runes and a gem. Up to the #10 run, Thul, you need three of the lower level to make the next one. The highest level is Perfect, and Perfect gems are used in many different ways, so make sure you collect all the gems you see.Īt lower levels (rune levels, not hero levels), runes work the same way as gems. If you have three gems of the same level and type, you can put them in your Cube and upgrade them to a higher level of that gem.

This is probably the simplest recipe for the Horadric Cube. Here, we’ll look into what else you can do with the Cube. Last time, we looked into how to make Crafted Items and the recipes for specific crafts. However, Diablo 2 doesn’t give you any guide to help you. There are many things this magical box can do - from upgrading gems to making new ones or changing their properties. So you always risk getting the wrong number of sockets when using the Horadric Cube, but unlike Larzuk, you can use it as many times as you want.The Horadric Cube isn’t meant to be just some extra spaces in your inventory that hold items while you farm. There’s no way to control this – it’s just luck. So, if your item’s maximum number of sockets is three, the cube will add either one, two, or three sockets. Instead, it will add a random number of sockets between one and the maximum number for that item. Item level is also a factor when adding sockets to items using the Horadric Cube, but the cube will not necessarily add the maximum number of sockets possible. To add sockets to a helm, transmute a normal helm with a Ral rune, a Thul rune, and a perfect Sapphire.To add sockets to a shield, transmute a normal shield with a Tal rune, an Amn rune, and a perfect Ruby.To add sockets to armor, transmute a normal armor with a Tal rune, a Thul rune, and a perfect Topaz.

To add sockets to a weapon, transmute a normal weapon with a Ral rune, an Amn rune, and a perfect Amethyst.Here’s how to add sockets with Horadric Cube recipes:
