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[[File:Artisan-icon-repair.jpg|left|frame|75px]]Durability refers to a property on [[item]]s that is an in-game indication for how damaged the a piece of equipment is. Characters need to spend [[gold]] to repair items to keep them in usable condition. Items that run down to 0 durability become unusable, until they are repaired.

The [[D3 Team]] has varied their stance on durability throughout the game's development. Early on there was no durability on items, and the team said it might remain gone, since repairing was said to be out annoying. As of August 2010 though, and the game, but in reveal of the most recent comments[[Artisans]], from August 2010durability was back, Jay Wilson described with durability values on all items and a durability hit (necessitating expensive repairs) as [[repair]] option in the chief [[deathblacksmith]]'s interface. Durability is also a [[gold sink]] penalty in the late game, with characters set to lose durability to all of their items when they die. [http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/jay-wilson-interview-pcgames.de/]

Most equipped items had durability in both [[Diablo 1]] and [[Diablo 2]], and had to be repaired periodically. In Diablo I items that went to zero durability vanished and were lost permanently. This penalty was softened in Diablo 2, with items simply becoming unusable once they went to zero durability. Other durability modifications were also introduced, including item modifiers that granted extra durability, or even self-repairing items, and a convenient "repair all" button on the various NPC blacksmiths.  ==Repairs==

In most [[RPG]]sHaedrig Eamon, durability on items functions as an important the [[gold sinkblacksmith]], especially located in the [[end gameCaravan]], and handles all item repairs in that light Diablo III. His repairs interface has not yet been seen, but it is unsurprising that it's returned will presumably work much as repairs did in Diablo 3II, with an icon to repair individual items, and a repair all button to speed things along.

More recently, [[Bashiok]] hinted that item durability might in fact be coming back, in a forum post from June 2010.[http://diablo.incgamers.com/blog/comments/item-durability-returning/]