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Legendary and other [[materials]] in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls. This page s under construction and will soon be streamlined and reformatted.  
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All special droppable legendary materials were abruptly and controversially removed from the game in [[Patch 2.0.6]]. See below.
  
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Post v2.06, only legendary materials remaining in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls are ones created by salvaging legendary items, along with the special legendary materials related to the [[Infernal Machine]] and the [[Whimsyshire]] opening Staff of Herding. Patch 2.3 added more legendary materials, the [[Horadric Cache mats]], used largely in [[Kanai's Cube]].
  
===White Materials===
 
  
Salvage from gray and white items. 2-6 per salvage.
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==Legendary Materials: Salvageable==
* [[Common Debris]] -- Level 1-60.
 
* [[Reusable Parts]] -- Level 61-70.
 
  
 
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There are two types of legendary material that are salvaged from legendary and set items, including crafted legendary/set items. One material comes from each salvaged item. They may also directly drop from [[Rift Guardians]], in the appropriate level range.
===Blue Materials===
 
 
 
Salvage from blue items. 1-4 materials per item salvaged.
 
 
 
* [[Exquisite Essence]] -- Salvage blue items level 1-60.
 
* [[Arcane Dust]] -- Salvage blue items level 61-70.
 
 
 
 
 
===Yellow Materials===
 
 
 
Salvage from Rare items. 1 per item salvaged.
 
* [[Iridescent Tear]]
 
* [[Veiled Crystal]]
 
 
 
Find only. Dropped by Treasure Goblins, random elites, Purple uniques, and [[resplendent chest]]s.
 
* [[Demonic Essence]] --  Level 1-60.
 
* [[Death's Breath]] -- Level 61-70.
 
 
 
 
 
===Removed Materials===
 
 
 
Diablo 3 vanilla had blue, and yellow materials for each of the four difficulty levels, [[Normal]], [[Nightmare]], [[Hell]], and [[Inferno]]. [[D3v2]] simplified this system with the Normal blue and yellow materials remaining and covering level 1-60, and new blue and yellow materials added from 61-70. The old blue and yellow materials from Nightmare, Hell, and Inferno were all converted into the level 1-60 version of themselves, thus none of the following exist in the game any longer.
 
 
 
Blue obsolete materials.
 
* [[Shimmering Essence]]
 
* [[Subtle Essence]]
 
* [[Wishful Essence]]
 
 
 
Yellow obsolete materials.
 
* [[Fallen Tooth]]
 
* [[Lizard Eye]]
 
* [[Encrusted Hoof]]
 
 
 
 
 
   
 
===Legendary Materials: Salvageable===
 
 
 
There are two types of legendary material that are salvaged from legendary and set items, including crafted legendary/set items. One material comes from each salvaged item. They may also directly drop from Rift Guardians.  
 
  
 
* [[Fiery Brimstone]] -- Level 1-60.
 
* [[Fiery Brimstone]] -- Level 1-60.
 
* [[Forgotten Soul]] -- Level 61-70.
 
* [[Forgotten Soul]] -- Level 61-70.
  
Each is used in all legendary crafting and enchanting recipes of their appropriate level range. Forgotten Souls are the chief [[bottleneck]] for all end game crafting and legendary enchanting, and most players feel it is impossible to have too many, since at any moment a ring or amulet might require a dozen or more enchants to get the perfect affix.
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Forgotten Souls are the chief [[bottleneck]] for all end game crafting and legendary enchanting, and most players feel it is impossible to have too many, since any new legendary item might require dozens of enchants, costing a Forgotten Soul apiece, to get the perfect affix.
  
  
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==Infernal Machine Legendary Materials==
  
===Legendary Material Drop Rates===
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There are a number of legendary materials required to create the [[Infernal Machine]] and then to craft a [[Hellfire Ring]] in Reaper of Souls. The 4 types of keys drop only from the [[KeyWardens]], and the 4 [[Demonic Organs]] drop only from the [[Ubers]]. See those articles for full details.
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* Diablo 3 has just 3 keys, 1 Machine, and 3 Ubers for 3 Organs. That info is also covered in the [[Infernal Machine]] article.
Legendary materials drop more often on higher difficulty levels. Their drop rate was tripled in [[Patch 1.0.4]], making them all much easier to find. Here are the V2.04 drop rates for legendary materials (and [[Death's Breaths]].
 
  
* Normal: 15%
 
* Hard: 18%
 
* Expert: 21%
 
* Master: 25%
 
* Torment 1: 31%
 
* Torment 2: 37%
 
* Torment 3: 44%
 
* Torment 4: 53%
 
* Torment 5: 64%
 
* Torment 6: 77%
 
  
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==Staff of Herding Legendary Materials==
  
==Legendary Materials: Droppable==
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[[Whimsyshire]] is the rainbow-colored [[Easter Egg]] level in Diablo 3, which remains accessible in Reaper of Souls.
  
The following must all be found in the world. Only two, [[Adventure's Journal]] and [[Griswold's Scribblings]], are found throughout the game, before level 70, and from objects of all types. All the rest drop only from Uniques (Purples) of the correct type, wherever they may be found, and only at level 70.
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Four legendary materials, the [[Gibbering Gemstone]], [[Leoric's Shinbone]], [[Liquid Rainbow]], [[Wirt's Bell]], are required to create the [[Staff of Herding]], which is used to gain access to [[Whimsyshire]]. Going there is required in some cases, since two of the legendary materials can '''''only''''' be found from Uniques in Whimsyshire.
  
Some Purples are bosses tied to quests and thus they appear every game in Adventure Mode, making them much easier to farm for their material. Examples include the [[Skeleton King]], [[Maghda]], [[Ghom]], [[Cydaea]], [[Rakanoth]], [[Izual]], [[Adria]], etc. Many of those Uniques are the only source for one legendary material.  
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* See the [[Whimsyshire]] article for full details.
  
Other random-spawning purples are much harder to find. The other types do not appear every game, seldom have a fixed location, and can require a lot of searching to find them even if they can only appear on one level. The best way to find these types of Purples is to find a game where they are a [[Bounty]].  There is no guarantee they will drop the legendary material even then, but at least you know where they are in that game.
 
  
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==Horadric Cache Materials==
  
[[Adventurer's Journal]]
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Legendary Materials made a sort of return in [[Patch 2.3]] when five new Horadric Cache materials]] were added to the game (each using an icon of a former Legendary Material). These five "cache mats" drop only from Horadric Caches, and are required for most level 70 legendary and set crafting in Patch 2.3 and later. Cache mats are also required for the most powerful recipes in [[Kanai's Cube]].
* Used for: [[Pender's Purchase]] crafted legendary gloves.
 
* Drops from:  Breakable and clickable objects (except chests). Seen from loose floor tiles, urns and vases, barrels, dead bodies, etc.
 
  
This is the most common legendary material, due to the huge variety of objects it may spawn from. The gloves are not very good, with no legendary property and just six random modifiers.
 
  
  
[[Angelic Shard]]
 
* Used for: [[Hallowed Protectors]] crafted item Set
 
* Drops from: Fallen Angels, found entirely in Acts Four and Five. Confirmed:
 
** [[Pyres the Damned]] Act 4, The Silver Spire Level 1, possible bounty target.
 
** [[Izual]] Act 4, The Great Span. Boss, spawns every game.
 
** [[Haziael]], Act 5, Battlefields of Eternity.
 
** [[Erelus]], Act 5, Battlefields of Eternity. The Crag of Eternity, spawns with "The War That Time Forgot" event.
 
** [[Celik]], Act 5, Pandemonium Fortress Level 2. Random.
 
  
Hallowed Protectors is a popular set to create, with a variety of one-handed weapons and a shield. This is one of the more-common materials, with numerous Fallen Angels capable of dropping it. Izual is the most commonly farmed, simply because he appears every game.
 
  
  
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{{Archived|June 2014|[[Legendary Materials]]}}
  
[[Behistun Rune]]
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Legendary Materials were abruptly removed from the game in [[Patch 2.0.6]]. This was a very controversial decision taken without any consultation with the community or advance notice. Many fans objected strongly[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/diablo-3-patch-2-0-6-notes-legendary-materials], pointing out the lack of any substitute for the complexity and variety of play options the legendary materials offered. Blizzard's official statement was included in the v2.06 patch notes:
* Used for: [[Mark of the Magi]], crafted legendary staff
 
* Drops from Unique Cultist Summoners and their Unique Hellions (Demon Dogs).
 
** [[Urik the Seer]], Act 1, Fields of Misery, Khazra Den. (Fixed spawn in [[Story Mode]].) May appear randomly in the Fields of Misery in Adventure Mode.
 
** [[Cadhul the Deathcaller]]. Act 1, Southern Highlands, random spawn.
 
** [[Jezeb the Conjuror]], Act 1, Leoric's Manor. Random, and sometimes a Bounty target.
 
** [[Krailen the Wicked]], Act 1, Leoric's Manor. Random spawn.
 
** [[Yeth]], Act 2, Road to Alcarnus. (Demon Dog. Random, sometimes a Bounty.)
 
** [[Shondar the Invoker]], Act 2, Alcarnus. (Summoner, random spawn, sometimes a Bounty.)
 
** [[Pontius]], Act 5, Westmarch Commons. (Random.)
 
  
Another fairly common material, due to the sheer number of possible drop sources. This one can be farmed along with [[Maghda's Tortured Soul]], since one of the Purples capable of dropping a Behistun Rune will appear perhaps 2/3 of the time in or on the way to Alcarnus.
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<blue>Legendary crafted items are meant to be both a stepping stone into end game items and a good place to spend crafting materials at the end game. While we like the fantasy of having the unique crafting materials, obtaining them was either keeping too many people from being able to complete the recipes in a timely manner or encouraging game flipping and similar less than ideal patterns of play in order to acquire them. As such, we are removing the requirement for unique items when crafting Legendaries.
  
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* Unique crafting materials are no longer required.<br>
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** Legendary crafting materials will no longer drop.<br>
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** Existing Legendary crafting materials will now be grey and have had their sell prices increased.
  
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*Level 70 crafted sets and Legendary items with unique properties now require additional Death’s Breath.<br>
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*Level 70 crafted Legendary items without unique properties have had their Death's Breath costs removed.<br>
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*Death’s Breath is no longer required for most Artisan training costs.<br>
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**The Mystic no longer requires any Death’s Breath to train.<br>
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**The Blacksmith and the Jeweler now only require 1 each to learn the first rank of level 11.
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[[Bloody Pincer]]
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The remainder of this page is untouched from pre-Patch 2.0.6 for archival purposes.
* Required for: [[Demon Claw]], legendary Fist Weapon (Monk only).
 
* Drops from: Tormented Stingers and Scarabs.
 
** [[Severclaw]], Act 3, Arreat Crater Level 1. (Random spawn and sometimes Bounty.)
 
** [[Crabbs]], Act 3, Tower of the Damned Level 2. (Random spawn and sometimes Bounty.)
 
** [[Scorpitox]], Act 3, Core of Arreat. (Random spawn.)
 
** [{Balata]], Act 5, Ruins of Corvus. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Vosk]], Act 5, Passage to Corvus, Vosk. (Spawns during "The Hatchery" event.)
 
** [[Scarnax]], Act 5, Ruins of Corvus. (Random spawn.)
 
  
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=Legendary Materials=
  
[[Born's Key]]
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[[File:Leg-mat-skull-of-raylend-ground.jpg|thumb|300px|Freshly-dropped legendary material.]]
* Required for: [[Born's Command]] Item Set
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Legendary [[materials]] are found in Reaper of Souls (a few are also found also in [[Diablo 3 version 2]]), and required for all legendary and set [[crafting]]. While all the regular [[materials]] are created by salvaging items, all legendary materials except for [[Fiery Brimstones]] and [[Forgotten Souls]] must be found in the world. They can be difficult to obtain; almost all legendary materials drop '''''only''''' from certain purple [[Unique]] bosses, and these are largely random in their location and frequency.
* Drops from: Zombies and Brigands (grave robbers).
 
** [[Lucious the Depraved]], Act 1, [[Cemetery of the Forsaken]]. (Random spawn, sometimes bounty.)
 
** [[Dataminer]], Act 1, [[Defiled Crypt]], dungeon below the Cemetery of the Forsaken. {Random spawn, sometimes Bounty.)
 
** [[Digger O'Dell]], Act 1, [[Defiled Crypt]], dungeon below the Cemetery of the Forsaken. {Random spawn, sometimes Bounty.)
 
** [[John Gorham Coffin]], Act 1, [[Defiled Crypt]], dungeon below the Cemetery of the Forsaken. {Random spawn, sometimes Bounty.)
 
  
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Like normal types of [[Materials]], Legendary Materials have no function on their own, and are used exclusively in the [[crafting]] of set and legendary items.  Players generally find a legendary crafting plan, teach it to the Blacksmith, and then view the details of that armor or weapon before deciding if it's worth trying to find the legendary material required to make it.  That's what this article is for, with info on every legendary crafting materials, the legendary/set plan they are tied to, and the name and location of the Unique bosses capable of dropping them.
  
  
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==Legendary Material Drop Rates==
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[[Captured Nightmare]]
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{{legendary drop rate}}
* Required for: [[Night's Reaping]], Legendary one-handed Mighty Weapon. (Barbarian only.)
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The same drop rates apply to [[Death's Breaths]], though they have many more possible drop sources.
* Drops from: [[Terror Demons]] and [[Enslaved Nightmares]]
 
** [[Haures]], Act 4, The Silver Spire Level 2. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Grimnight the Soulless]], Act 4, The Silver Spire Level 2. {Random spawn, sometimes Bounty.)
 
  
One of the tougher materials to obtain, since Purples of this type spawn very infrequently and are not often seen as Bounties.  The weapon is not that great anyway, with no legendary affix, though it has high Life% inherent bonus.
 
  
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==Legendary Materials==
  
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The following 41 legendary materials are required for crafting various legendary and set items.  The [[Adventure's Journal]] and [[Griswold's Scribblings]] can drop from various objects from level 10-70, and both are present in Diablo 3. All the rest are Reapr of Souls only, and only drop from level 70 [[Uniques]] (Purples) of the correct type. 
  
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This table is meant for quick reference. Refer to the individual legendary material articles for more details on the crafting purposes, scarcity, farming tips, and more.
  
[[Captured Soul]]
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'''Legend:'''
* Required for: [[Lai Yui's Persuader]], legendary Daibo (Monk only)
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* {{c_gold|Bounty}}: Monster may appear as a Bounty target.
* Drops from: [[Soul Rippers]]. (Tongue Lashers.)
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* {{c_gold|Fixed}}: Monster appears in this location every game (may differ between Story Mode and Adventure Mode).
**  [[Aloysius the Ghastly]], Act 3, The Keep Depths Level 2. (Random spawn.)
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* {{c_gold|Event}}: Monster is part of an event. (Most events are random spawns and not found every game.)
** [[Riplash]], Act 3, Tower of the Damned Level 2. {Random spawn, sometimes Bounty.)
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* {{c_orange|Legendary Affixes}}: Special bonus properties only granted by legendary items. (Can not be enchanted.)
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* {{c_green|Item Set}}: Bonuses for equipping more than one item from this item set.
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* {{c_blue|Inherent Affixes}}: Affixes always found on that item. (May be enchanted.)
  
A tough one to find with few options for the drop. As Daibos unuseful as Diabos are, it's not clear that anyone has ever actually made this item.
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Monsters listed are confirmed to drop the materials. Others may drop but are not yet confirmed. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?850970-The-RoS-Legendary-Crafting-Material-Challenge Feedback in the forum thread] is welcomed.
  
  
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{| width="100%"
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! style="width: 12%;"| Item
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! style="width: 25%;"| Used For
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! style="width: 64%;"| Drops From
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{{:Adventurer's Journal}}
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{{:Angelic Shard}}
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{{:Behistun Rune}}
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{{:Bloody Pincer}}
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{{:Born's Key}}
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{{:Captured Nightmare}}
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{{:Captured Soul}}
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{{:Cartographer's Toolkit}}
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{{:Cultist Blood}}
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{{:Defiled Doll}}
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{{:Demon Skin}}
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{{:Element of Celerity}}
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{{:Essence of the Twin Seas}}
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{{:Eternal Power Capsule}}
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{{:Eyes of the Dead}}
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{{:Frozen Blood}}
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{{:Glowing Ore}}
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{{:Griswold's Scribblings}}
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{{:Hilt of the Silver Wolf}}
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{{:Human Cartilage}}
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{{:Iron Wolves Doctrine}}
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{{:Living Flame}}
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{{:Lyekurn's Diary}}
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{{:Maghda's Tormented Soul}}
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{{:Mystical Source}}
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{{:Phial of Weakness}}
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{{:Quaking Vial}}
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{{:Reaper's Fear}}
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{{:Rydraelm Tome}}
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{{:Shard of Entsteig Plate}}
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{{:Shattered Core}}
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{{:Shimmering Quill}}
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{{:Shuddering Demon Bone}}
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{{:Skelon's Dice}}
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{{:Skull of Raylend}}
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{{:Sydyru Bone}}
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{{:Symbol of the Guardian Brotherhood}}
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{{:Torn Soul}}
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{{:Urn of Quickening}}
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{{:White Oak Splinter}}
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{{:Wooden Stake}}
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{{:Woven Plate}}
  
[[Cartographer's Toolkit]]
 
* Required for: [[Board Walkers]], legendary boots.
 
* Drops from: Ghouls.  (The fast moving melee type.)
 
** [[Enkidu]]. Act 1, [[Festering Woods]]. Spawns as part of the [[Eternal War]] event, which may be a Bounty.
 
** [[Grimsmack]], Act 1, [[Festering Woods]]. Random spawn.
 
** [[Lavarinth]], Act 3, [[Rakkis Crossing]]. Spawns as part of the [[Blaze of Glory]] event, which may be a Bounty.
 
** [[Gholash]], Act 3, [[Tower of the Damned Level 1]].
 
  
The Board Walkers boots have inherent faster run, but no special legendary properties.
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==Gallery==
  
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A collection of images of Legendary Materials.
  
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<gallery>
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File:Leg-mat-beta-pinks3.jpg|Legendary Mats with "no icon" visuals during the RoS beta.
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File:Leg-mat-drop-beam2.jpg|Legendary materials briefly gave off the beam of light graphic during the RoS beta.
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File:Leg-mat-yellow1.JPG|Legendary materials were yellow-colored for a time during the beta.
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File:Leg-mat-adventurers-journal.jpg|Adventurer's Journal
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File:Leg-mat-angelic-shard.jpg|Angelic Shard
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File:Leg-mat-behistun-rune.jpg|Behistun Rune
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File:Leg-mat-bloody-pincer.jpg|Bloody Pincer
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File:Borns-key-tool-tip.jpg|Born's Key
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File:Leg-mat-captured-nightmare.jpg|Captured Nightmare
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File:Leg-mat-captured-soul.jpg|Captured Soul
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File:Leg-mat-cartographers-toolkit.jpg|Cartographer's Toolkit
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File:Leg-mat-cultist-blood.jpg|Cultist's Blood
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File:Leg-mat-defiled-doll.jpg|Defiled Doll
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File:Leg-mat-demon-skin.JPG|Demon Skin
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File:Leg-mat-element-of-celerity.jpg|Element of Celerity
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File:Leg-mat-griswolds-scribblings.jpg|Griswold's Scribblings
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File:Leg-mat-hilt-of-the-silver-wolf.jpg|Hilt of the Silver Wolf
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File:Leg-mat-human-cartilage.jpg|Human Cartilage
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File:Leg-mat-iron-wolves-doctrine.jpg|Iron Wolves Doctrine
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File:Leg-mat-living-flame.jpg|Living Flame
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File:Leg-mat-lyekurns-diary.jpg|Lyekurns Diary
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File:Leg-mat-maghdas-tormented-soul.jpg|Maghda's Tormented Soul
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File:Leg-mat-quaking-vial.jpg|Quaking Vial
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File:Leg-mat-rydraelm-tome.jpg|Rydraelm tome
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File:Shard-of-entsteig-tooltip.jpg|Shard of Entsteig
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File:Leg-mat-shattered-core.jpg|Shattered Core
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File:Leg-mat-shimmering-quill.jpg|Shimmering Quill
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File:Leg-mat-shuddering-demon-bone.jpg|Shuddering Demon Bone
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File:Leg-mag-skelons-dice.jpg|Skelon's Dice
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File:Leg-mat-skull-of-raylend.jpg|Skull of Raylend
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File:Leg-mat-sydyru-bone.jpg|Sydyra Bone
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File:Leg-mat-symbol-of-the-guardian-brotherhood.jpg|Symbol of the Guardian Brotherhood
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File:Leg-mat-torn-soul.jpg|Torn Soul
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File:Leg-mat-urn-of-quickening.jpg|Urn of Quickening
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File:Leg-mat-wooden-stake.jpg|Wooden Stake
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File:Leg-mat-woven-plate.JPG|Woven Plate
  
  
[[Cultist Blood]]
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* Required for: [[Blood-Magic Edge]], legendary Dagger
 
* Drops from: Cultists. (Melee attacker type.)
 
** [[Percepeus]], Act 1, [[Leoric's Hunting Ground]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Brakan]], Act 1, [[Highlands Cave]], dungeon below Leoric's Hunting Ground. Spawns during [[The Apothecary's Brother]] event, which may be a Bounty.
 
** [[Sarella the Vile]], Act 1, [[Leoric's Manor Courtyard]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Cultist Grand Inquisitor]], Act 1, [[Halls of Agony Level 1]]. On that level every game in Story Mode or Adventure Mode.
 
** [[High Cultist Murdos]], Act 2, Alcarnus. (Random spawn, maybe a bounty target.)
 
** [[Jhorum the Cleric]], Act 2, Alcarnus. (Random spawn, may be a bounty target.)
 
  
  
[[Defiled Doll]]
 
* Required for: [[Spite]], legendary Mojo (Witch Doctor only.)
 
* Drops from: Succubi.
 
** [[Demonika the Wicked]], Act 3, [[Tower of the Damned Level 1]]. (Random spawn, may be a bounty target.)
 
** [[Kysindra the Wretched]], Act 4, [[The Silver Spire Level 1]]. (Random spawn, may be a bounty target.)
 
** [[Lady Victoria]], Act 5, [[House of Deep Sorrow]], dungeon below Westmarch Commons.
 
  
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==References==
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* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?850970-The-RoS-Legendary-Crafting-Material-Challenge Reaper of Souls Legendary Crafting Material Challenge] forum thread.
  
[[Demon Skin]]
 
* Required for: [[Demon's Hide]] Item Set
 
* Drops from: [[Phasebeasts]] and [[Armored Destroyers]].
 
** [[Axgore the Cleaver]], Act 3, The Core of Arreat. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Haxxor]], Act 3, Tower of the Damned Level 1. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Grimmaw]], Act 3, Tower of the Damned Level 2. (Random spawn. May be bounty target.)
 
** [[Khatun]], Act 4, Gardens of Hope 1st Tier, Khatun.  (Random spawn. May be bounty target.)
 
** [[Razorclaw]], Act 4, Gardens of Hope 2nd Tier. (Random spawn in Adventure Mode. Fixed spawn in Story mode, as part of the [[Corrupt Growths Tier I]] sub-quest of [[The Light of Hope]] main quest.
 
  
  
[[Element of Celerity]]
 
* Required for: [[Fleeting Strap]], legendary Belt.
 
* Drops from: [[Scavengers]].
 
** [[Mange]], Act 1, [[Weeping Hollow]]. (Random spawn. May be bounty target.)
 
** [[Burrow Bile]], Act 1, [[Fields of Misery]], [[Forlorn Farm]] event.
 
** [[Dreadclaw the Leaper]], Act 1, Fields of Misery. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Shanabi]], Act 1, [[Lost Mine Level 2]], dungeon below the Fields of Misery. {Spawns during [[The Precious Ores]] event.)
 
** [[Armorer's Bane]], Act 1, [[Watch Tower Level 2]], dungeon below the Southern Highlands. (Spawns during the [[Scavenged Scabbard]] event.)
 
  
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[[Essence of the Twin Seas]]
 
* Required for: [[Captain Crimson's Trimmings]] Item Set
 
* Drops from: [[Dune Threshers]]
 
** [[Razormouth]], Act 2, [[Black Canyon Mines]]. (Random spawn. Potential bounty target.)
 
** [[Moontooth Dreadshark]], Act 2, [[Sewers of Caldeum]]. {Random spawn, emerges from rubble that spawns in a north-eastern dead end corridor.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Eternal Power Capsule]]
 
* Required for: [[Arcane Barb]], legendary two-handed Crossbow.
 
* Drops from: [[Cuddle Bears]]
 
** [[Evil Oliver]], Act 1, [[Whimsyshire]]. (Random spawn.)
 
 
 
An especially hard material to find, as it requires a trip to Whimsyshire and Purple Cuddle Bears do not spawn there every game.  This is necessarily farmed along with [[Mystical Source]], which drops from Unique Ponies in Whimsyshire.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Eyes of the Dead]]
 
* Required for: [[War of the Dead]], Two-handed Mighty Weapon. (Barbarian only.)
 
* Drops from: [[Skeletons]]. )Melee type.)
 
** [[Headcleaver]], Act 1, [[Leoric's Passage]]. Random spawn in Adventure Mode. Fixed spawn in Campaign Mode, during the [[Explore Cellar]] sub-quest of [[The Legacy of Cain]] quest.
 
** [[Merrium Skullthorn]], Act 1, [[Cathedral Level 2]]. (Random spawn. Potential bounty target.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Frozen Blood]]
 
* Required for: [[Utar's Roar]], one-handed Axe
 
* Drops from:
 
** [[Chiltara]], Act 3, [[Caverns of Frost Level 2]] dungeon below Fields of Slaughter. (Random spawn.)
 
 
 
This material was almost unfindable during the first weeks of Reaper of Souls, due to a bug causing Chiltara to spawn very, very rarely.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Glowing Ore]]
 
* Required for: [[Cosmic Strand]], legendary [[Source]]. (Wizard only.)
 
* Drops from: [[Primordial Scavengers]]. (The huge rock-skinned burrowing creatures.)
 
** [[Sartor]]. Act 5, [[Battlefields of Eternity]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Magrethar]], Act 5, [[Realm of the Banished]] area off of the [[Battlefields of Eternity]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Soul Scavenger]], Act 5, [[Pandemonium Fortress Level 1]]. (Spawns during the [[Demon Souls]] event.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Griswold's Scribblings]]
 
* Required for: [[Griswold's Perfection]], one-handed Sword.
 
* Drops from: Potentially every bookshelf, lore bag, Cain's backpack, satchels, podiums, Angiris Archives, etc, throughout the entire game. Anything clickable that might hold a lore book can drop this item once a character has previously found the lore book.
 
 
 
The second most common legendary material, these can be found by any level character from hundreds of possible spots throughout the game. Though the sword has no special legendary property, it can roll with high damage and the common nature of the crafting material results in many players trying their luck on this one.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Hilt of the Silver Wolf]]
 
* Required for: [[Golden Scourge]], one-handed Flail. (Crusader only.)
 
* Drops from: [[Fallen Hounds]].
 
** [[Grownfang]], Act 3, [[Skycrown Battlements]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Growlfang]], Act 3, [[Arreat Crater Level 1]]. (Random spawn or possible Bounty target.)
 
** [[Gnawbone]], Act 3, [[Tower of the Damned Level 1]]. (Random spawn.)
 
 
 
Though fallen hounds are quite common monsters, they are usually seen in trash mob form with other Fallen. Finding a purple one is much less frequent.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Human Cartilage]]
 
* Required for: [[Wall of Man]], legendary Shield
 
* Drops from: [[Unburied]].
 
** [[Manglemaw]], Act 1, [[Defiled Crypt level 2]], below the Cemetery of the Forsaken. Found guarding the doorway to the [[Chancellor's Tomb]]. (Fixed spawn.)
 
** [[Cudglearm]], Act 1, Cathedral Level 2. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Tormented Behemoth]], Act 1, Halls of Agony Level 2. {Spawns during the [[A Stranger in Need]] event at the very end of the level.}
 
 
 
The shield has a bonus +10-20% chance to block and can be quite a powerful defensive bonus, for the rare character who uses a shield.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Iron Wolves Doctrine]]
 
* Required for: [[Asheara's Vestments]] Item Set
 
* Drops from: [[Deceiver Magi]]. (The nova-field casting snake men.)
 
** [[Ningish]], Act 2, [[Sewers of Caldeum]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Ssthrass]], Act 2, [[Dahlgur Oasis]]. (Fixed spawn, guarding the entrance to the [[Ancient Waterway]] at the very end of the level.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Living Flame]]
 
* Required for: [[Cinder Switch]], Two-handed Axe.
 
* Drops from: [[Morlu Casters]] (The Meteor-dropping guys.)
 
** [[Malfeas the Abhorrent]], Act 4, Gardens of Hope 2nd Tier, Radiant Chapel.
 
** [[Sao'Thall]], Act 4, The Silver Spire Level 2.  (Random spawn or possible Bounty target.)
 
** [[Rhau'Kye]], Act 4, The Silver Spire Level 2.  (Random spawn or possible Bounty target.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Random spawn or possible Bounty target.)
 
 
 
 
 
[[Lyekurn's Diary]]
 
* Required for: [[Corruption]], legendary Shoulders
 
* Drops from:
 
** [[Azmodan]]. (Fixed spawn, Act Boss of Act Three.)
 
 
 
 
 
[[Maghda's Tormented Soul]]
 
* Required for: [[Cain's Destiny]] Item Set.
 
* Drops from:
 
** [[Maghda]]. Fixed spawn, end dungeon from Alcarnus, Act 2.
 
 
 
Cain's Destiny is one of the more popular item sets to craft with very nice 2 and 3 item bonuses, and Maghda is one of the easiest bosses to run for materials, so this is a popular combination.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Mystical Source]]
 
* Required for: [[Sage's Journey]] Item Set
 
* Drops from: [[Ponies]].
 
** [[Creampuff]], Act 1, [[Whimsyshire]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Midnight Sparkle]], Act 1, Whimsyshire. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Nightmarity]], Act 1, Whimsyshire. (Random spawn.)
 
** Members of Team Unicorn: [[Miss Hell]], [[R'Lyeh]], [[Killaire]] and [[Maulin Sorely]]. (Random spawn.)
 
 
 
This is necessarily farmed along with [[Eternal Power Capsule]], which drops from Unique Cuddle Bears in Whimsyshire.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Phial of Weakness]]
 
* Required for: [[Atrophy]], legendary Wand. (Wizard only.)
 
* Drops from: [[Heralds of Pestilence]]. Arm underground tickle poison attackers.
 
** [[Deadgrasp]], Act 3, The Battlefields. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Handible]], Act 3, The Battlefields. (Spawns during the [[Triage]] event in the Medical Camp. May be a Bounty.)
 
** [[Valifahr the Noxious]], Act 3, Arreat Crater Level 1. (Rare spawn and sometimes Bounty.)
 
 
 
 
 
[[Quaking Vial]]
 
* Required for: [[Sunder]], Two-handed Mace.
 
* Drops from: [[Mallet Lords]]. (Hammer time!)
 
* [[Sledge]], Act 4, Hellrift. (Random spawn and sometimes a bounty.)
 
* [[Hammersmash]], Act 4, Hellrift.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Reaper's Fear]]
 
* Required for: [[Reaper's Wraps]], legendary Bracers
 
* Drops from:
 
** [[Malthael]]. Fixed spawn, Act Boss for Act 5.
 
 
 
This Plan drops as a guaranteed on the first Malthael kill on each account. The material is random, and was extremely rare during the first two weeks of Reaper of Souls. The bug in drop rate was fixed in [[Patch 2.0.4]].
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Rydraelm Tome]]
 
* Required for: [[Mantle of the Rydraelm]], legendary Chest Armor
 
* Drops from: [[Fallen Shaman]]s.
 
** [[Beyatt]], Act 2, [[Lost Caravan]] dungeon below the [[Stinging Wind]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Ashangu]], Act 2, [[Dahlgur Oasis]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Bashiok]], Act 2, Dahlgur Oasis. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Mundungo]], Act 2, Dahlgur Oasis. Random spawn, always located in the large waterwheel section of the map, which spawns about every other game.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Shard of Entsteig Plate]]
 
* Required for: [[Aughild's Authority]] Item Set
 
* Drops from: [[Enraged Phantoms]]. (Flying Wraith ghosts.)
 
** [[Lord Dunhyld]], Act 1, [[Defiled Crypt]] event, dungeon below the Cemetery of the Forsaken. End target of [[The Matriarch's Bones]] event. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Feklar's Ghost]], Act 1, [[Festering Woods]]. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Hawthorne Gable]], [[Festering Woods]]. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Raziel]], Act 2, [[Sewers of Caldeum]]. (Random spawn, but always found in a south-western dead end corridor. Raziel emerges from the Ancient Chest that [[Chiman]] asks you to open.)
 
** [[Nar Gulle]], Act 2, Sewers of Caldeum, Shade of Nar Gulle. Random spawn.
 
** [[Khan Dakab]], Act 2, [[Tomb of Khan Dakab]] dungeon below the Dahlgur Oasis. (Random spawn, but always the end boss of the [[Spirit of Khan Dakab]] event.
 
** [[The Archivist]], Act 2, [[Archives of Zoltun Kulle]], [[Unknown Depths]]. (Random spawn, sometimes a bounty.)
 
** [[The Tomekeeper]], Act 2, Archives of Zoltun Kulle, [[Realm of Shadow]]. (Random spawn, sometimes a bounty.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Shattered Core]]
 
* Required for: [[Devastator]], one-handed legendary Mace
 
* Drops from: Sand Dwellers. (Huge Sand Golem enemies who wait hidden beneath the surface.)
 
** [[Ancient Guardian]], Act 2, [[Forgotten Ruins]] dungeon below the [[Dahlgur Oasis]]. (Random spawn in Adventure Mode. Fixed spawn in Campaign Mode, during [[The Forgotten Ruins]] sub-quest of the [[Betrayer of the Horadrim]] quest.
 
** [[Rockgut]], Act 2, [[Unknown Depths]] dungeon below Archives of Zoltun Kulle. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Thrum]], Act 2, [[Realm of Shadow]], dungeon below the Archives of Zoltun Kulle. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Shimmering Quill]]
 
* Required for: [[Unbound Bolt]], Bow.
 
* Drops from: [[Quill Fiends]].
 
** [[Sarkoth]], Act 1, [[Dank Cellar]] below [[Old Tristram Road]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Gorathra]], Act 1, [[Musty Cellar]] below [[Old Tristram Road]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Thornback]], Act 3. [[The Keep Depths Level 1]], Thornback. {Random spawn.}
 
 
 
Sarkoth and Gorathra are easy to search for, since there are three possible cellars along the Old Tristram Road, and all can be searched in just a moment or two.  Most every game spawns two of the cellars, with one of the Quill Rat uniques appearing perhaps every 4th or 5th cellar.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Shuddering Demon Bone]]
 
* Required for: [[Archfiend Arrows]], legendary Quiver. (Demon Hunter only.)
 
* Drops from: Morlu. (Melee type, wielder of Diabos.)
 
** [[Kao'Ahn]], Act 4, Gardens of Hope 2nd Tier. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
* [[Oah'Tash]], Act 4, Gardens of Hope 2nd Tier. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
 
 
Though these type of monsters are quite rare, one or the other spawns as a bounty at least every other game in Act Four, making them relatively easy to farm.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Skelon's Dice]]
 
* Required for: [[Skelon's Deceit]], legendary Pants.
 
* Drops from: [[Oppressors]] and [[Warscarred Ravagers]]. (Huge winged melee fighting demons.)
 
** [[Torchlighter]], Act 4, Gardens of Hope 1st Tier. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Vekriss]], Act 5, [[Unearthed Ruins Level 2]]. (End boss of [[Covetous Shen]]'s quest, [[The Jewel of Dirgest]]. Can only be done once per character.
 
** [[Belphegor]], Act 5, [[Path of War]]. Only seen in Campaign Mode, where he is a fixed spawn encountered near the beginning of [[The Battlefields of Eternity]] quest.
 
** [[Korchoroth]], Act 5, Battlefields of Eternity. (Fixed spawn, escapes from the [[Timeless Prison]] event.)
 
** [[Emikdeva]], Act 5, [[The Crag of Eternity]] off of the [[Battlefields of Eternity]]. Spawns as part of [[The Demonic Prisoner]] event.
 
** [[Volux the Forgotten]], Act 5, [[The Crag of Eternity]] area off of the [[Battlefields of Eternity]], where he spawns as part of [[The War That Time Forgot]] event.
 
** [[Keeper Hashemel]], Act 5, [[Infested Ruins]] area off of the [[Battlefields of Eternity]]. {Spawns during [[The Cursed Crystals]] event.
 
** [[Borgoth]], Act 5, [[Realm of the Banished]] area via the [[Battlefields of Eternity]]. (Reached through the Portal from the Realm Beast..)
 
 
 
For a time during the beta test, Malthael dropped this material, due to a bug.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Skull of Raylend]]
 
* Required for: [[Helm of Rule]], legendary Helm
 
* Drops from: [[Colossal Golgors]].
 
** [[Bholen]], Act 3, [[The Keep Depths Level 2]]. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Garganug]], Act 3, [[Rakkis Crossing]]. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Gorog the Bruiser]], Act 3, [[Core of Arreat]]. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Sydyru Bone]]
 
* Required for: [[Sydryu Crust]], legendary Bow
 
* Drops from: [[Bats]].
 
** [[Glidewing]], Act 1, [[Cathedral Level 1]]. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Firestarter]], Act 1, [[Cathedral Level 2]]. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Sicklefang]], Act 1, [[Fields of Misery]]. End boss of the [[Carrion Farm]] event.
 
** [[Hellscream]], Act 2, [[Unknown Depths]] dungeon below the [[Archives of Zoltun Kulle]]. (Random spawn.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Symbol of the Guardian Brotherhood]]
 
* Required for: [[Guardian's Jeopardy]] Item Set
 
* Drops from: [[Demon Troopers]]. (The large, mace-wielding, melee brawlers seen all over the upper [[Bastion's Keep]] levels.)
 
** [[Thromp the Breaker]], Act 3, [[Skycrown Battlements]], (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Obis the Mighty]], Act 3, Skycrown Battlements. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Dragus]], Act 3, Stonefort. (Random spawn, but very common.)
 
** [[Bashface the Truncheon]], Act 3, [[Stonefort]]. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Bricktop]], Act 3, Stonefort. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[The Crusher]], Act 3, [[The Keep Depths Level 2]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Busaw]], Act 3, [[Rakkis Crossing]]. End boss of the [[Crazy Climber]] event.
 
 
 
One of the most commonly-found legendary materials since there are so many common Uniques that can drop it. [[Dragus]] deserves special mention, as he is an almost free kill, spawning in the same place very near the Stonefort waypoint in perhaps 3/4 of the time in Adventure Mode.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Torn Soul]]
 
* Required for: [[Living Umbral Oath]], legendary Ceremonial Knife. (Witch Doctor only.)
 
* Drops from Khazra Shamans. (Goatmen mages.)
 
** [[Chupa Khazra]], Act 1, [[Southern Highlands]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Lorzak the Powerful]], Act 1, [[Southern Highlands]]. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Skehlinrath]], Act 1, [[Southern Highlands]]. (Random spawn, but always found in the Khazra Camp with two side-by-side entrances.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Urn of Quickening]]
 
* Required for: [[Kethrye’s Splint]], legendary Bracers
 
* Drops from: [[Lacuni Huntresses]].
 
** [[Saha the Slasher]], Act 2, [[Howling Plateau]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Taros the Wild]], Act 2, Howling Plateau.  (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Erach]], Act 2, [[Stinging Winds]].
 
** [[Raiha the Vicious]], Act 2, [[Desolate Sands]].  (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Chiltara]], [[Caverns of Frost level 2]], dungeon below the [[Fields of Slaughter]]. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Scathach the Savage]], Act 3, [[Caverns of Frost level 2]], dungeon below the Fields of Slaughter. (Random spawn.)
 
** [[Zelusa the Grasping]], Act 3, [[Caverns of Frost Level 2]], dungeon below the [[Fields of Slaughter]].  (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Zelusa the Grasping]], Act 3, [[Icefall Caves Level 2]], dungeon below the [[Fields of Slaughter]].  (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[White Oak Splinter]]
 
* Required for: [[Rozpedin's Force]], legendary [[Daibo]]. (Monk only.)
 
* Drops from: [[Wood Wraiths]]. (Walking trees.)
 
** [[The Old Man]], Act 1, [[Fields of Misery]]. Part of the mine-event in the small grove area.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Wooden Stake]]
 
* Required for: [[Blitzbolter]], Hand Crossbow. (Demon Hunter only.)
 
* Drops from: [[Skeleton Archers]].
 
** [[Killian Damort]], Act 1, Cathedral Level 4, Killian Damort.  (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Belagg Pierceflesh]], Act 3, [[The Keep Depths level 3]].  (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Woven Plate]]
 
* Required for: [[Piro Marella]], Crusader Shield.
 
* Drops from: [[Skeletal Shieldbearers]].
 
** [[Captain Cage]], Act 1, [[Cathedral Level 4]]. (Random spawn, or possible bounty.)
 
** [[Enmerkar]], Act 1, [[Festering Woods]]. Spawns during the [[Last Stand of the Ancients]] event.
 
** [[Captain Donn Adams]], Act 3, [[The Keep Depths level 1]]. Random spawn.)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==Infernal Machine==
 
 
 
Infernal Machine: Reaper of Souls
 
* [[Key of Bones]]
 
* [[Key of Evil]]
 
* [[Key of Gluttony]]
 
* [[Key of War]]
 
* [[Leoric's Regret]]
 
* [[Vengeful Eye]]
 
* [[Vial of Putridness]]
 
* [[Writhing Spine]]
 
* [[Infernal Machine of Bones]]
 
* [[Infernal Machine of Evil]]
 
* [[Infernal Machine of Gluttony]]
 
* [[Infernal Machine of War]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Infernal Machine: Diablo 3 Vanilla
 
* [[Devil's Fang]]
 
* [[Heart of Evil]]
 
* [[Idol of Terror]]
 
* [[Infernal Machine]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* [[Angelic Wings]] -- D2:CE virtual item
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[[Staff of Herding]]
 
* [[Gibbering Gemstone]]
 
* [[Leoric's Shinbone]]
 
* [[Liquid Rainbow]]
 
* [[Wirt's Bell]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
==References==
 
* [http://diablo.incgamers.com/forums/showthread.php?850970-The-RoS-Legendary-Crafting-Material-Challenge Reaper of Souls Legendary Crafting Material Challenge] forum thread.
 

Latest revision as of 07:33, 24 July 2015

All special droppable legendary materials were abruptly and controversially removed from the game in Patch 2.0.6. See below.

Post v2.06, only legendary materials remaining in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls are ones created by salvaging legendary items, along with the special legendary materials related to the Infernal Machine and the Whimsyshire opening Staff of Herding. Patch 2.3 added more legendary materials, the Horadric Cache mats, used largely in Kanai's Cube.


Legendary Materials: Salvageable[edit | edit source]

There are two types of legendary material that are salvaged from legendary and set items, including crafted legendary/set items. One material comes from each salvaged item. They may also directly drop from Rift Guardians, in the appropriate level range.

Forgotten Souls are the chief bottleneck for all end game crafting and legendary enchanting, and most players feel it is impossible to have too many, since any new legendary item might require dozens of enchants, costing a Forgotten Soul apiece, to get the perfect affix.


Infernal Machine Legendary Materials[edit | edit source]

There are a number of legendary materials required to create the Infernal Machine and then to craft a Hellfire Ring in Reaper of Souls. The 4 types of keys drop only from the KeyWardens, and the 4 Demonic Organs drop only from the Ubers. See those articles for full details.

  • Diablo 3 has just 3 keys, 1 Machine, and 3 Ubers for 3 Organs. That info is also covered in the Infernal Machine article.


Staff of Herding Legendary Materials[edit | edit source]

Whimsyshire is the rainbow-colored Easter Egg level in Diablo 3, which remains accessible in Reaper of Souls.

Four legendary materials, the Gibbering Gemstone, Leoric's Shinbone, Liquid Rainbow, Wirt's Bell, are required to create the Staff of Herding, which is used to gain access to Whimsyshire. Going there is required in some cases, since two of the legendary materials can only be found from Uniques in Whimsyshire.


Horadric Cache Materials[edit | edit source]

Legendary Materials made a sort of return in Patch 2.3 when five new Horadric Cache materials]] were added to the game (each using an icon of a former Legendary Material). These five "cache mats" drop only from Horadric Caches, and are required for most level 70 legendary and set crafting in Patch 2.3 and later. Cache mats are also required for the most powerful recipes in Kanai's Cube.





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Legendary Materials were abruptly removed from the game in Patch 2.0.6. This was a very controversial decision taken without any consultation with the community or advance notice. Many fans objected strongly[1], pointing out the lack of any substitute for the complexity and variety of play options the legendary materials offered. Blizzard's official statement was included in the v2.06 patch notes:

Legendary crafted items are meant to be both a stepping stone into end game items and a good place to spend crafting materials at the end game. While we like the fantasy of having the unique crafting materials, obtaining them was either keeping too many people from being able to complete the recipes in a timely manner or encouraging game flipping and similar less than ideal patterns of play in order to acquire them. As such, we are removing the requirement for unique items when crafting Legendaries.
  • Unique crafting materials are no longer required.
    • Legendary crafting materials will no longer drop.
    • Existing Legendary crafting materials will now be grey and have had their sell prices increased.
  • Level 70 crafted sets and Legendary items with unique properties now require additional Death’s Breath.
  • Level 70 crafted Legendary items without unique properties have had their Death's Breath costs removed.
  • Death’s Breath is no longer required for most Artisan training costs.
    • The Mystic no longer requires any Death’s Breath to train.
    • The Blacksmith and the Jeweler now only require 1 each to learn the first rank of level 11.

The remainder of this page is untouched from pre-Patch 2.0.6 for archival purposes.

Legendary Materials[edit | edit source]

Freshly-dropped legendary material.

Legendary materials are found in Reaper of Souls (a few are also found also in Diablo 3 version 2), and required for all legendary and set crafting. While all the regular materials are created by salvaging items, all legendary materials except for Fiery Brimstones and Forgotten Souls must be found in the world. They can be difficult to obtain; almost all legendary materials drop only from certain purple Unique bosses, and these are largely random in their location and frequency.

Like normal types of Materials, Legendary Materials have no function on their own, and are used exclusively in the crafting of set and legendary items. Players generally find a legendary crafting plan, teach it to the Blacksmith, and then view the details of that armor or weapon before deciding if it's worth trying to find the legendary material required to make it. That's what this article is for, with info on every legendary crafting materials, the legendary/set plan they are tied to, and the name and location of the Unique bosses capable of dropping them.


Legendary Material Drop Rates[edit | edit source]

Legendary materials drop more often on higher difficulty levels. Their drop rate was tripled in Patch 2.0.4 shortly after Reaper of Souls' release, making them all much easier to find. The figures are the percent chance the legendary material (or Deaths Breath will be dropped by a valid source. All legendary materials except Adventurer's Journals and Griswold's Scribblings can only be dropped by Unique (purple) bosses of a certain type. See the legendary materials article for full details.

Legendary Material and Deaths Breath drop rates



The same drop rates apply to Death's Breaths, though they have many more possible drop sources.


Legendary Materials[edit | edit source]

The following 41 legendary materials are required for crafting various legendary and set items. The Adventure's Journal and Griswold's Scribblings can drop from various objects from level 10-70, and both are present in Diablo 3. All the rest are Reapr of Souls only, and only drop from level 70 Uniques (Purples) of the correct type.

This table is meant for quick reference. Refer to the individual legendary material articles for more details on the crafting purposes, scarcity, farming tips, and more.

Legend:

  • Bounty: Monster may appear as a Bounty target.
  • Fixed: Monster appears in this location every game (may differ between Story Mode and Adventure Mode).
  • Event: Monster is part of an event. (Most events are random spawns and not found every game.)
  • Legendary Affixes: Special bonus properties only granted by legendary items. (Can not be enchanted.)
  • Item Set: Bonuses for equipping more than one item from this item set.
  • Inherent Affixes: Affixes always found on that item. (May be enchanted.)

Monsters listed are confirmed to drop the materials. Others may drop but are not yet confirmed. Feedback in the forum thread is welcomed.


Item Used For Drops From
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Adventurer's Journal
Pender's Purchase

(Crafted Legendary gloves)

  • Legendary Affixes: None.
  • +6 Random Affixes
Breakable and clickable objects (except chests). Seen from loose floor tiles, urns and vases, barrels, dead bodies, etc.
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Angelic Shard
Hallowed Protectors
  • Item Set bonus:
    • (2): +100 All Resistance
    • (2): +10% Attack Speed
Corrupted Angels, found entirely in Acts Four and Five
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Behistun Rune
Mark of the Magi

(Crafted Legendary staff)

  • Legendary Affix: None
  • Inherent Affix:
    • (1177-1439)-(1410-1788) Arcane Damage
    • +5 Random Affixes
Unique Cultist Summoners and their Unique Hellions (Demon Dogs).
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Bloody Pincer
Demon Claw Monk

(Crafted Legendary Fist)

  • Legendary Affixes: None
  • Inherent Affix:
    • +(981-1199)-(1175-1490) Fire Damage
    • +5 Random Affixes
Tormented Stingers and Scarabs.
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Born's Key
Born's Command
  • Item Set bonus:
    • (2) Set: +15% Life
    • (3) Set: Reduces cooldown 10%
    • (3) Set: Increased EXP: 20%
Brigands (grave robbers).
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Captured Nightmare
Night's Reaping Barb

(Crafted Legendary 1H Mighty Weapon)

  • Legendary Affix: None
  • Inherent Affixes:
    • +(981-1199)-(1175-1490) Cold Damage
    • +14-18% Life
    • +4 Random Affixes
Terror Demons and Enslaved Nightmares.
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Captured Soul
Lai Yui's Persuader Monk

(Crafted Legendary Daibo)

  • Legendary Affix: None
  • Inherent Affix:
    • +(1177-1439)-(1410-1788) Cold Damage
    • +5 Random Affixes
Soul Rippers. (Tongue Lashers.)
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Cartographer's Toolkit
Board Walkers

Crafted Legendary boots

  • Legendary Affix: None
  • Inherent Affix: +10-12% Movement Speed
  • + 5 random affixes
Ghouls. (The fast moving melee type.)
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Cultist Blood
Blood-Magic Edge

(Crafted Legendary Dagger)

  • Legendary Affix: Blood oozes from you.
  • Inherent Affix:
    • +5-7 Attack Speed
    • +5 Random Affixes
Cultists. (Melee attacker type.)
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Defiled Doll
Spite WD

(Crafted Legendary Mojo)

  • Legendary Affix: None
  • Inherent Affixes:
  • +262-328)-(364-394) Damage
  • +8-10% Critical hit Chance
    • +4 random affixes
Succubi.
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Demon Skin
Demon's Hide
  • Item Set bonuses:
    • (2): 6000 Thorns damage per hit
    • (3): +25% Area Damage
    • (4): +15% damage to demons,
    • (4): Chance to deflect projectiles
Phasebeasts and Armored Destroyers.
Element-of-celerity.jpg
Element of Celerity
Fleeting Strap

(Crafted Legendary Belt)

  • Legendary Affix: None
  • Inherent Affix:
    • +5-7% Attack Speed
    • +5 random affixes
Scavengers.
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Essence of the Twin Seas
Captain Crimson's Trimmings
  • Item Set bonuses:
    • (2): +2000 Life Regen
    • (2): 10% Cooldown Reduction
    • (3): +50 All Resistance
    • (3): Reduces resource costs 10%
Dune Threshers.
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Eternal Power Capsule
Arcane Barb

(Crafted Legendary 2H Xbow)

  • Legendary Affix: None
  • Inherent Affix:
    • +(981-1199)-(1175-1490) Arcane Damage
    • +5 Random Affixes
Cuddle Bears.
Eyes-of-the-dead.jpg
Eyes of the Dead
War of the Dead Barb

(Crafted Legendary 2H Mighty Weapon)

  • Legendary Affix: None
  • Inherent Affix:
    • +(1177-1439)-(1410-1788) Damage
    • +5 Random Affixes
Skeletons. (Melee type.)
Frozen-blood.jpg
Frozen Blood
Utar's Roar

(Crafted Legendary 1H Axe)

  • Legendary Affix: None
  • Inherent Affixes:
    • +(981-1199)-(1175-1490) Cold Damage
    • Cold skills deal 15-20% more damage
    • +4 random affixes
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Glowing Ore
Cosmic Strand Wiz

(Crafted Legendary Source)

  • Legendary affix: Teleport gains the effect of the Wormhole rune.
  • Inherent affix:
    • +(262-328)-(263-394) Damage
    • +5 Random Affixes
Primordial Scavengers. (Rock-armored giants > soft interior creatures.)
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Griswold's Scribblings
Griswold's Perfection

(Crafted Legendary 1H Sword)

  • Legendary Affix: None
  • Inherent Affix:
    • +(981-1199)-(1175-1490) Fire Damage
    • +5 Random Affixes
Bookshelves, lore bags, Cain's backpacks, satchels, podiums, Angiris Archives, etc. (Can be found in thousands of places, but hard to farm intentionally.)
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Hilt of the Silver Wolf
Golden Scourge Crus

(Crafted Legendary 1H Flail)

  • Legendary Affix: Smite jumps to 3 additional enemies.
  • Inherent Affixes:
    • +(981-1199)-(1175-1490) Holy Damage
    • Holy skills deal 15-20% more damage
    • +4 Random Affixes
Fallen Hounds.
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Human Cartilage
Wall of Man

(Crafted Legendary Shield)

  • Legendary affix: +20-30% chance to be protected by a wall of bones.
  • Inherent affixes: None
Unburied.
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Iron Wolves Doctrine
Asheara's Vestments
  • Item Set bonuses:
    • (2): +100 All Resistance
    • (3): +20% Life
    • (4): Attacks cause your followers to occasionally come to your aid.
Deceiver Magi. (The nova-field casting snake men.)
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Living Flame
Cinder Switch

(Two-handed Axe)

  • Legendary Affix: 25-50% to cast a Fireball when attacking
  • Inherent Affix:
    • +(1177-1439)-(1410-1788) Damage
    • +4 Random Affixes.
Morlu Casters. (The Meteor-dropping type.)
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Lyekurn's Diary
Corruption

(Crafted Legendary Shoulders)

  • Legendary Affix: None
  • Inherent Affix: None
  • Fixed -- Azmodan. (Act Boss of Act Three.)
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Maghda's Tormented Soul
Cain's Destiny
  • Item Set bonuses:
    • (2): +8% Attack Speed
    • (3): +50% Magic Find
    • (3): +50% Increased Experience
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Mystical Source
Sage's Journey Set
  • Item Set bonuses:
    • (2): +250 Str/Dex/Int/Vit
    • (3): Doubles Death's Breath drops.
Ponies.
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Phial of Weakness
Atrophy Wiz

(Crafted Legendary Wand)

  • Legendary Affixes: None
  • Inherent Affixes:
    • +(981-1199)-(1175-1490) Fire Damage
    • +5 Random Affixes
Heralds of Pestilence.
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Quaking Vial
Sunder

(Crafted Legendary 2H Mace)

  • Legendary Affix: 25-50% chance to sunder the ground beneath your enemies
  • Inherent Affixes:
    • +(1177-1439)-(1410-1788) Fire Damage
    • +4 Random Affixes
Mallet Lords. (Hammer time!)
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Reaper's Fear
Reaper's Wraps

(Crafted Legendary Bracers)

  • Legendary affix: Health globes restore 25-30% of your primary resource
  • Inherent affixes: None
    • +5 random affixes
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Rydraelm Tome
Mantle of the Rydraelm

(Crafted Legendary chest armor)

  • Legendary affix: None
  • Inherent affixes: None
Fallen Shamans.
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Shard of Entsteig Plate
Aughild's Authority
  • Item Set bonuses:
    • (2): -7% damage from ranged attacks.
    • (2): -7% damage from melee attacks.
    • (3): +15% damage against Elites
    • (3): -15% damage from Elites
Enraged Phantoms. (Flying Wraith ghosts.)
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Shattered Core
Devastator

(Crafted Legendary 1H Mace)

  • Legendary affixes: None.
  • Inherent affixes:
    • +(981-1199)-(1175-1490) Fire Damage
    • +15-20% damage to Fire Skills
Sand Dwellers. (Huge Sand Golems who wait hidden beneath the surface.)
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Shimmering Quill
Unbound Bolt

(Crafted Legendary Bow)

  • Legendary affixes: None
  • Inherent affixes:
    • +(981-1199)-(1175-1490) Fire Damage
    • +5-7% Attack Speed
    • +31-35% Critical hit Damage
    • +3 Random affixes.
Quill Fiends.
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Shuddering Demon Bone
Archfiend Arrows DH

(Crafted Legendary quiver)

  • Legendary affix: None
  • Inherent affixes:
Morlu. (Melee type, wielder of Diabos.)
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Skelon's Dice
Skelon's Deceit

(Crafted Legendary pants)

  • Legendary affix: None
  • Inherent affixes: None
Oppressors and Warscarred Ravagers. (Huge winged melee fighting demons.)
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Skull of Raylend
Helm of Rule

(Crafted Legendary helm)

  • Legendary affix: None.
  • Inherent affixes:
    • +626-750 Vitality
    • +11% Chance to Block
    • +4 random Affixes
Colossal Golgors.
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Sydyru Bone
Sydryu Crust

(Crafted Legendary bow)

  • Legendary affix: None
  • Inherent affixes:
    • +(981-1199)-(1175-1490) Poison Damage
    • +5-7% Increased Attack Speed
    • +9-10% damage to Elites
    • +1 Primary and 2 secondary affixes
Bats.
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Symbol of the Guardian Brotherhood
Guardian's Jeopardy
  • Item Set bonuses:
    • (2): +250 Vitality
    • (2): +2000 Regen per second
    • (3): +15% Movement Speed
Demon Troopers. (The large, mace-wielding, melee brawlers.)
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Torn Soul
Living Umbral Oath WD

(Crafted Legendary ceremonial knife)

  • Legendary affix: None
  • Inherent affix: None
Khazra Shamans. (Goatmen mages.)
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Urn of Quickening
Kethrye’s Splint

(Crafted Legendary bracers)

  • Legendary affix: None
  • Inherent affixes: None
Lacuni Huntresses.
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White Oak Splinter
Rozpedin's Force Monk

(Crafted Legendary daibo)

  • Legendary affix: None
  • Inherent affixes:
    • (1177-1439)-(1410-1788) Holy Damage
    • +5 Random affixes
Wood Wraiths. (Walking trees.)
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Wooden Stake
Blitzbolter DH

(Legendary Hand crossbow)

  • Legendary affix: None
  • Inherent affixes:
    • +(858-1049)-(1028-1304) Holy Damage
    • +5 random affixes
Skeleton Archers.
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Woven Plate
Piro Marella

(Crafted Legendary Crusader shield)

  • Legendary affixes:
    • Reduces the wrath cost of shield bash 40-50%.
  • Inherent affixes: +5 random affixes
Skeletal Shieldbearers.


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