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
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.
- Fiery Brimstone -- Level 1-60.
- Forgotten Soul -- Level 61-70.
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
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.
- See the Whimsyshire article for full details.
Horadric Cache Materials
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:
- 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.
- Legendary crafting materials will no longer drop.
- 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 Mystic no longer requires any Death’s Breath to train.
The remainder of this page is untouched from pre-Patch 2.0.6 for archival purposes.
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Legendary Materials
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
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.
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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 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.
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Adventurer's Journal |
Pender's Purchase (Crafted Legendary gloves)
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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
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Corrupted Angels, found entirely in Acts Four and Five
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Behistun Rune |
Mark of the Magi (Crafted Legendary staff)
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Unique Cultist Summoners and their Unique Hellions (Demon Dogs).
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Bloody Pincer |
Demon Claw Monk
(Crafted Legendary Fist)
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Tormented Stingers and Scarabs.
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Born's Key |
Born's Command
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Brigands (grave robbers).
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Captured Nightmare |
Night's Reaping Barb
(Crafted Legendary 1H Mighty Weapon)
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Terror Demons and Enslaved Nightmares.
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Captured Soul |
Lai Yui's Persuader Monk
(Crafted Legendary Daibo)
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Soul Rippers. (Tongue Lashers.)
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Cartographer's Toolkit |
Board Walkers Crafted Legendary boots
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Ghouls. (The fast moving melee type.)
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Cultist Blood |
Blood-Magic Edge (Crafted Legendary Dagger)
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Cultists. (Melee attacker type.)
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Defiled Doll |
Spite WD
(Crafted Legendary Mojo)
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Succubi.
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Demon Skin |
Demon's Hide
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Phasebeasts and Armored Destroyers.
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Element of Celerity |
Fleeting Strap (Crafted Legendary Belt)
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Scavengers.
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Essence of the Twin Seas |
Captain Crimson's Trimmings
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Dune Threshers.
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Eternal Power Capsule |
Arcane Barb (Crafted Legendary 2H Xbow)
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Cuddle Bears.
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Eyes of the Dead |
War of the Dead Barb
(Crafted Legendary 2H Mighty Weapon)
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Skeletons. (Melee type.)
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Frozen Blood |
Utar's Roar (Crafted Legendary 1H Axe)
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Glowing Ore |
Cosmic Strand Wiz
(Crafted Legendary Source) |
Primordial Scavengers. (Rock-armored giants > soft interior creatures.)
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Griswold's Scribblings |
Griswold's Perfection (Crafted Legendary 1H Sword)
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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)
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Fallen Hounds.
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Human Cartilage |
Wall of Man (Crafted Legendary Shield)
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Unburied.
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Iron Wolves Doctrine |
Asheara's Vestments
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Deceiver Magi. (The nova-field casting snake men.)
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Living Flame |
Cinder Switch (Two-handed Axe)
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Morlu Casters. (The Meteor-dropping type.)
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Lyekurn's Diary |
Corruption (Crafted Legendary Shoulders)
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Maghda's Tormented Soul |
Cain's Destiny
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Mystical Source |
Sage's Journey Set
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Ponies.
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Phial of Weakness |
Atrophy Wiz
(Crafted Legendary Wand)
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Heralds of Pestilence.
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Quaking Vial |
Sunder (Crafted Legendary 2H Mace)
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Mallet Lords. (Hammer time!)
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Reaper's Fear |
Reaper's Wraps (Crafted Legendary Bracers)
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Rydraelm Tome |
Mantle of the Rydraelm (Crafted Legendary chest armor)
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Fallen Shamans.
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Shard of Entsteig Plate |
Aughild's Authority
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Enraged Phantoms. (Flying Wraith ghosts.)
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Shattered Core |
Devastator (Crafted Legendary 1H Mace)
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Sand Dwellers. (Huge Sand Golems who wait hidden beneath the surface.)
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Shimmering Quill |
Unbound Bolt (Crafted Legendary Bow)
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Quill Fiends.
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Shuddering Demon Bone |
Archfiend Arrows DH
(Crafted Legendary quiver)
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Morlu. (Melee type, wielder of Diabos.)
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Skelon's Dice |
Skelon's Deceit (Crafted Legendary pants)
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Oppressors and Warscarred Ravagers. (Huge winged melee fighting demons.)
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Skull of Raylend |
Helm of Rule (Crafted Legendary helm)
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Colossal Golgors.
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Sydyru Bone |
Sydryu Crust (Crafted Legendary bow)
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Bats.
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Symbol of the Guardian Brotherhood |
Guardian's Jeopardy
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Demon Troopers. (The large, mace-wielding, melee brawlers.)
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Torn Soul |
Living Umbral Oath WD (Crafted Legendary ceremonial knife)
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Khazra Shamans. (Goatmen mages.)
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Urn of Quickening |
Kethrye’s Splint (Crafted Legendary bracers)
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Lacuni Huntresses.
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White Oak Splinter |
Rozpedin's Force Monk (Crafted Legendary daibo)
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Wood Wraiths. (Walking trees.)
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Wooden Stake |
Blitzbolter DH
(Legendary Hand crossbow)
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Skeleton Archers.
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Woven Plate |
Piro Marella (Crafted Legendary Crusader shield)
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Skeletal Shieldbearers.
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Gallery
A collection of images of Legendary Materials.
References
- Reaper of Souls Legendary Crafting Material Challenge forum thread.
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