Diablo 4 players mistemper their gear and waste its potential

The reworked gear upgrade mechanic i Diablo 4 Season 11 has created a new way for players to approach their playoff build. With a less RNG dependent Temper and Masterworking system and the powerful mounts that Sanctification can add to a gear, creates the perfect loadout for Diablo 4 has never been easier. As players get used to this new equipment upgrade system, they want to avoid making a mistake that could result in worse overall upgrades.

On the way in Diablo 4 Season 11, there was some trepidation about how these mechanical changes would interact. The original PTR version of Masterworking felt unsatisfying, and Sanctification had the potential to brick an item with a subparafix. However, the final versions of these features, available at the start of Season 11, have been tweaked to deal with these critics accordingly and now have the potential to improve some of Diablo 4best weapons and armor, provided players understand how the new system works.

Diablo 4 Season 11 should dampen major affixes on all of their ancestors' gear

Although Tempering is no longer random, and players are free to tap the Tempered affix of their choice, Diablo 4 now limits players to one Temperate affix per item. As a result, players will want to make sure they have tempered the best possible fortress on their gear before consecrating it and making it immutable. When upgrading an Ancestral item, the optimal temperament is a Greater Affix, denoted by a star next to the affix and providing a much more powerful version of the player's chosen affix.

Greater affixes can only be cured on Ancestral items, which have a minimum level of 800.

Larger appliques are surprisingly common tempering results

Despite being the most desirable Temper result when upgrading gear at Diablo 4's Blacksmith, Greater Affixes are not that uncommon. Typically, players only need to reroll 5 to 10 times before hitting a Greater Affix Temper on their equipment. This makes stopping too early and creating a sub-optimal gear the biggest mistake players can make when temping Diablo 4 Season 11.

The biggest barrier to hardening is the material cost to upgrade an item, which includes:

Armor: Rawhide, Coiling Ward, Veiled Crystal, Forgotten Soul
Weapons: Iron Chunk, Baleful Fragment, Veiled Crystal, Forgotten Soul
Jewels: Iron Chunk, Abstruse Sigil, Veiled Crystal, Forgotten Soul

These materials are quite easy to find and players participate in Diablo 4s regular activities are likely to have an abundance of them. However, to restore Temper charges on an item, players will need a Scroll of Restoration, which works slightly differently in Season 11, but ultimately makes re-rolling a Tempered affix easier than before.

Scrolls of Restoration Are Plentiful in Diablo 4 Season 11

Unlike before Diablo 4 seasons, where a Scroll of Restoration restored all Temper charges, the item now allows players to reroll the single Tempered affix endlessly until they get their desired value. This means players can potentially keep re-rolling for a Greater Affix as long as they have a Scroll of Restoration available, with no limit to how many times an item can have its charge restored. To make this even better, Scrolls of Restoration are easy to farm this season, so players can stock up if they're worried about spending their supply re-rolling for a Greater Affix.

Items from an infernal horde completed in Diablo 4 — Diablo 4 Spiritborn Infernal Horde Clear Items

The easiest source of Scrolls of Restoration are the reward chests available after clearing the infernal hordes. Players can already spend the Burning Aether they've earned to open these chests for other crafting materials like Obducite for Masterworking, so getting Scrolls of Restoration for Tempering is a welcome bonus. Players with the Vessel of Hatred DLC can also earn Scrolls of Restoration from the Dark Citadel co-op dungeon.