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Sockets are created in items by the [[Haedrig Eamon|Blacksmith]] Artisan in return for gold, providing another [[gold sink]]. Socketing was seen in the Gamescom 2010 Artistan presentation video where the Blacksmith socketed a simple buckler for 24424 gold pieces. This is likely to be changed, for better or for worse.
More types of items can have sockets in Diablo III, though the full list of such items has not yet been finalized. Jay Wilson spoke on this from Gamescom 2010: [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-interview-indiablo.de-part-two/]
::'''''in.Diablo.d3: '''Can we socket everything in D3?
::'''Jay Wilson: '''Not every single slot, but any item the [[blacksmith]] can add sockets to, about 6 different ones, he can do. It doesn’t matter the quality of the item. If you have legendary boots without a socket, he can add one.
::Also, sockets can appear on any type of item. On D2 they only appeared on white items. In D3 a legendary, rare, anything, can have them. Sockets are treated like another affix.
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