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.
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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.
- 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%
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.
Key:
- 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)
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Breakable and clickable objects (except chests). Seen from loose floor tiles, urns and vases, barrels, dead bodies, etc. | |
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.) | |
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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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 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.
- See the Whimsyshire article for full details.
Gallery
A collection of images of Legendary Materials.
References
- Reaper of Souls Legendary Crafting Material Challenge forum thread.
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