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Most characters wear a mixture of rare and legendary gear while leveling up, but once they reach the [[end game]] at level 70, the goal becomes finding or [[crafting]] legendary or set items for every slot, since legendaries have higher potential stat rolls, special [[legendary affixes]], and set bonus properties that make better than any Rare items can possibly be.
* All Diablo 3 news about Legendary items].
The full list of Legendary and Set items in Reaper of Souls is too large to be easily read on one page, so see it in the navigation box at the bottom of this page, where multiple tabs can hold all the content without becoming a massive scrolldown.
==Legendary Drop Rates==
The challenge of legendary items is finding them. During [[Diablo 3 vanilla]], from May 2012 until early 2014, a high value of [[Magic Find]], 350% or more, was essential to see a legendary items drop frequently. This was the main operational purpose of the [[Neplahem Valor]] and [[Monster Power]] systems, which raised Magic Find with each Paragon level, and also boosted MF, [[Gold Find]], and [[experience]] rewards.
That system changed entirely in [[D3v2]] and today in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls, [[Magic Find]] is essentially irrelevant as a stat or game function. The benefit to boost legendary drop rates is only 10% of a character's MF value from gear, and the key to finding legendary items is playing on a higher difficulty level. Each level boosts the legendary drop rate, and playing in [[Nephalem Rifts]] tacks on another considerable bonus. See the [[difficulty]] article for full details.
==Legendary Drop Weighting==
Some items drop more often than others. This was true in Diablo 1 and Diablo 2, and it's always been true in Diablo 3, though the developers have never shared the exact stats or weighting. That changed to a considerable extent in early May 2014 when [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-legendary-drop-rates-revealed Diablo.IncGamers.com revealed] the weighting for each legendary item. The stats were allegedly leaked by a Korean site and while they were not confirmed by Blizzard, most players felt they reflected the in-game reality of which items they found more or less often.
The full list of more than 500 items is far too large to include in this page but can be viewed in forum posts:
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?858142-Legendary-Drop-Rates-Data-Norm-Master-Drop-amp-Gamble Legendary Drop Rates: Normal-Master + Gambling].
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?858143-Legendary-Drop-Rates-Data-Torment-Drop Legendary Drop Rates: Torment].
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?858144-Legendary-Drop-Rates-Data-Smart-Loot Legendary Drop Rates: Smart Loot]
Information about Legendary items during Diablo 3's development and then after release.
