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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.


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Legendary Material Drop Rates

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


Legendary Materials

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 Reaper 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.

  • Bounties are generally the surest way to farm legendary materials.
    • No Uniques are set for a bounty every game, but some are fairly common, and some are found in a fixed location every single game, making for the easiest farming options.
  • Bounty and fixed location targets are noted in the table below.
    • Targets not noted as bounty or fixed spawn randomly, and will only appear every few games.
  • 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. 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 crafted item Set Corrupted Angels, found entirely in Acts Four and Five
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Behistun Rune
Mark of the Magi, crafted legendary staff Unique Cultist Summoners and their Unique Hellions (Demon Dogs).
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Bloody Pincer
Demon Claw, legendary Fist Weapon (Monk only). Tormented Stingers and Scarabs.


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Born's Key
Born's Command Item Set Brigands (grave robbers).
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Captured Nightmare
Night's Reaping, Legendary one-handed Mighty Weapon. (Barbarian only.) Terror Demons and Enslaved Nightmares.
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Captured Soul
Lai Yui's Persuader, legendary Daibo (Monk only) Soul Rippers. (Tongue Lashers.)
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Cartographer's Toolkit
Board Walkers, legendary boots. Ghouls. (The fast moving melee type.)
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Cultist Blood
Blood-Magic Edge, legendary Dagger Cultists. (Melee attacker type.)
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Defiled Doll
Spite, legendary Mojo (Witch Doctor only.) Succubi.
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Demon Skin
[Demon's Hide]] Item Set Phasebeasts and Armored Destroyers.
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Element of Celerity
Fleeting Strap, legendary Belt. Scavengers.
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Essence of the Twin Seas
Captain Crimson's Trimmings Item Set Dune Threshers.
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Eternal Power Capsule
Arcane Barb, legendary two-handed Crossbow. Cuddle Bears.
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Eyes of the Dead
War of the Dead, Two-handed Mighty Weapon. (Barbarian only.) Skeletons. (Melee type.)
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Frozen Blood
Utar's Roar, one-handed Axe
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Glowing Ore
Cosmic Strand, legendary Source. (Wizard only.) Primordial Scavengers. (The huge rock-skinned burrowing creatures.)
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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.
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Hilt of the Silver Wolf
Golden Scourge, one-handed Flail. (Crusader only.) Fallen Hounds.
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Human Cartilage
Wall of Man, legendary Shield Unburied.
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Iron Wolves Doctrine
Asheara's Vestments Item Set Deceiver Magi. (The nova-field casting snake men.)
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Living Flame
Cinder Switch, Two-handed Axe. Morlu Casters. (The Meteor-dropping guys.)
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Lyekurn's Diary
Corruption, legendary Shoulders
  • Azmodan. (Fixed spawn, Act Boss of Act Three.)
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Maghda's Tormented Soul
Cain's Destiny Item Set.
  • Maghda. Fixed spawn, end dungeon from Alcarnus, Act 2.
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Mystical Source
Sage's Journey Item Set Ponies.
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Phial of Weakness
Atrophy, legendary Wand. (Wizard only.) Heralds of Pestilence. Arm underground tickle poison attackers.
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Quaking Vial
Sunder, Two-handed Mace. Mallet Lords. (Hammer time!)
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Reaper's Fear
Reaper's Wraps, legendary Bracers
  • Malthael. Fixed spawn, Act Boss for Act 5.
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Rydraelm Tome
[Mantle of the Rydraelm]], legendary Chest Armor Fallen Shamans.
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Shard of Entsteig Plate
Aughild's Authority Item Set Enraged Phantoms. (Flying Wraith ghosts.)
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Shattered Core
Devastator, one-handed legendary Mace Sand Dwellers. (Huge Sand Golem enemies who wait hidden beneath the surface.)
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Shimmering Quill
Unbound Bolt, Bow. Quill Fiends.
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Shuddering Demon Bone
Archfiend Arrows, legendary Quiver. (Demon Hunter only.) Morlu. (Melee type, wielder of Diabos.)
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Skelon's Dice
Skelon's Deceit, legendary Pants. Oppressors and Warscarred Ravagers. (Huge winged melee fighting demons.)
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Skull of Raylend
Helm of Rule, legendary Helm Colossal Golgors.
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Sydyru Bone
Sydryu Crust, legendary Bow Bats.
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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.)
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Torn Soul
Living Umbral Oath, legendary Ceremonial Knife. (Witch Doctor only.) Khazra Shamans. (Goatmen mages.)
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Urn of Quickening
Kethrye’s Splint, legendary Bracers Lacuni Huntresses.
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White Oak Splinter
Rozpedin's Force, legendary Daibo. (Monk only.) Wood Wraiths. (Walking trees.)
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Wooden Stake
Blitzbolter, Hand Crossbow. (Demon Hunter only.) Skeleton Archers.
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Woven Plate
Piro Marella, Crusader Shield. Skeletal Shieldbearers.


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, 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 at any moment a ring or amulet might require a dozen or more enchants to get the perfect affix.


Infernal Machine Legendary Materials

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

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.


Gallery

A collection of images of Legendary Materials.


References