Legendary Materials

Legendary and other materials in Diablo 3 and Reaper of Souls. This page s under construction and will soon be streamlined and reformatted.

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.

Yellow obsolete materials.

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.
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.

Legendary Material Drop Rates

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%

Legendary Materials: Droppable

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.

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.

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.

Item	Used For	Drops From	Notes
Adventurer's Journal	Pender's Purchase crafted legendary gloves.	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	Hallowed Protectors crafted item Set	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.
Behistun Rune	Mark of the Magi, crafted legendary staff	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.
Bloody Pincer	Demon Claw, legendary Fist Weapon (Monk only).	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, The 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.)
Born's Key	Born's Command Item Set	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.)
Captured Nightmare	Night's Reaping, Legendary one-handed Mighty Weapon. (Barbarian only.)	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.
Captured Soul	Lai Yui's Persuader, legendary Daibo (Monk only)	Soul Rippers. (Tongue Lashers.) Aloysius the Ghastly, Act 3, The Keep Depths Level 2. (Random spawn.) Riplash, Act 3, Tower of the Damned Level 2. {Random spawn, sometimes Bounty.)	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.
Cartographer's Toolkit	Board Walkers, legendary boots.	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.
Cultist Blood	Blood-Magic Edge, legendary Dagger	Cultists. (Melee attacker type.) Percepeus, Act 1, Leoric's Hunting Grounds. (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	Spite, legendary Mojo (Witch Doctor only.)	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.
Demon Skin	[Demon's Hide]] Item Set	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. (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	Fleeting Strap, legendary Belt.	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.)
Essence of the Twin Seas	Captain Crimson's Trimmings Item Set	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	Arcane Barb, legendary two-handed Crossbow.	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	War of the Dead, Two-handed Mighty Weapon. (Barbarian only.)	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	Utar's Roar, one-handed Axe	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	Cosmic Strand, legendary Source. (Wizard only.)	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	Griswold's Perfection, one-handed Sword.	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	Golden Scourge, one-handed Flail. (Crusader only.)	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	Wall of Man, legendary Shield	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	Asheara's Vestments Item Set	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	Cinder Switch, Two-handed Axe.	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	Corruption, legendary Shoulders	Azmodan. (Fixed spawn, Act Boss of Act Three.)
Maghda's Tormented Soul	Cain's Destiny Item Set.	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	Sage's Journey Item Set	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	Atrophy, legendary Wand. (Wizard only.)	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	Sunder, Two-handed Mace.	Mallet Lords. (Hammer time!) Sledge, Act 4, Hell Rift. (Random spawn and sometimes a bounty.) Hammersmash, Act 4, Hell Rift.
Reaper's Fear	Reaper's Wraps, legendary Bracers	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	[Mantle of the Rydraelm]], legendary Chest Armor	Fallen Shamans. Beyatt, Act 2, Lost Caravan dungeon below the Stinging Winds. (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	Aughild's Authority Item Set	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, The 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	Devastator, one-handed legendary Mace	Sand Dwellers. (Huge Sand Golem enemies who wait hidden beneath the surface.) Ancient Guardian, Act 2, The 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, The 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	Unbound Bolt, Bow.	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. {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	Archfiend Arrows, legendary Quiver. (Demon Hunter only.)	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	Skelon's Deceit, legendary Pants.	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	Helm of Rule, legendary Helm	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, The Core of Arreat. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
Sydyru Bone	Sydryu Crust, legendary Bow	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, The Unknown Depths dungeon below the Archives of Zoltun Kulle. (Random spawn.)
Symbol of the Guardian Brotherhood	Guardian's Jeopardy Item Set	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	Living Umbral Oath, legendary Ceremonial Knife. (Witch Doctor only.)	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	Kethrye’s Splint, legendary Bracers	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	Rozpedin's Force, legendary Daibo. (Monk only.)	Wood Wraiths. (Walking trees.) The Old Man, Act 1, Fields of Misery. Part of the mine-event in the small grove area.
Wooden Stake	Blitzbolter, Hand Crossbow. (Demon Hunter only.)	Skeleton Archers. Killian Damort, Act 1, Cathedral Level 4. (Random spawn or possible bounty.) Belagg Pierceflesh, Act 3, The Keep Depths Level 3. (Random spawn or possible bounty.)
Woven Plate	Piro Marella, Crusader Shield.	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.)