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Nephalem Valor becomes available once a character reaches level 60, no matter what difficulty level they are playing on. (Players can even return to Normal and stack up there for low level item hunting.)
All randomly-occurring bosses award a Nephalem Valor stack when killed. This means Champions (blue names) and Bosses (yellow names). Uniques (purple names) do '''not''' award Nephalem Valor stacks, (including Act bosses) but some special quest and act boss Uniques they will drop extra loot when if killed by stacked characters. Those few are listed belowa player with 5 stacks.
Patch 1.05 added a stack from for completing numerous quests, as well as for opening a [[Resplendent Chest]].<ref>[[Patch_1.0.5#Patch Notes 1.0.5|Patch 1.0.5 Notes]] - Blizzard Entertainment, 16/10/2012</ref> Those golden chests also qualify for a guaranteed bonus Rare or Legendary drop, when opened by a character with five stacks active.
Nephalem Valor lasts for 30 minutes from the last qualifying boss killed, and the timer is reset anew each time a boss qualifying event is killed or a Resplendent chest is openedtriggered.
Changing any Active or Passive skills will erase all stacks, and NV all stacks reset when characters travel between actsstarting a new game.
Stacks do not reset when moving to a new act in the same game. Thus players can clear out Act One, kill the Butcher, and move into Act 2 with five stacks still in place. This is most often used going from Act 3 to Act 4, since it's the only way to get five stacks in Act 4 before reaching the Library, where [[Rakanoth]] has an increased chance to drop crafting plans if killed by a character with 5 stacks.
==Boss Drops Affected==
