After the season that brought about the game-changing Chaos Armor mechanic Diablo 4it seemed like a tall order for Season 11 to follow up with an equally engaging feature. Against all odds, the revamped gear upgrade system seems to have created an equally, if not greater, variety of Diablo 4 builds, though not as flashy as those with Chaos Armor in Season 10. Additionally, these changes have given players the tools to create gear that surpasses what was previously possible, with a new good role for players to chase when creating their ideal build.
Diablo 4 Season 11's changes to Tempering and Masterworking have made it easier than ever to get the perfect upgrade. is no longer Diablo 4 players who risk mold their best gear with a bad Temper scroll, as they can now choose which mount to Temper with unlimited rerolls via Scrolls of Restoration. The addition of Sanctification also allows players to gain a final, powerful upgrade that has the potential to unlock an affix combination never before possible.
Diablo 4 Season 11's new gear upgrade mechanic makes 5-larger attachments a reality
One of the best new features added to the Tempering system is the ability for a Tempered affix to be a Greater Affix. Unlike a standard affix, Greater Affixes allow the hardened stat to go beyond the maximum of its standard variant. Ancestral items already drop by at least one Greater Affix, and now players can add another one to an item via Tempering.
How to get 5 major affixes on an item in Diablo 4
Previously, the maximum number of Greater Affixes that could appear on an Ancestral item was i Diablo 4 was four. However, this is no longer the case with the new Tempering system. Now players lucky enough to land an Ancestral drop with four Greater Affixes can Temper a fifth on it to create a more powerful version of the item than ever before.
Sanctification can potentially enhance a larger mount further for the ultimate god scroll
Reddit user ThatPersonGuyThing posted his good role Ancestral Ring to Diablo 4 subreddit, showing the item's five total major affixes. While this rare feat is already impressive on its own, the gear featured in the post also has another feature that makes it one of the best possible scrolls of gear players can get on an item in Diablo 4 Season 11. In addition to Tempering a fifth Greater Affix on this ring, ThatPersonGuyThing notes that they also rolled an upgrade on the same affix when they sanctified their ring.
Possible sanctification results
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Bonus legendary power
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Upgrade to Greater Affix
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Bonus Sanctification Affix
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Replace existing affix with Sanctification Affix
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Quality of bonus items
This “Major” Major Affix took the maximum stat of the Primary Resource affix from +18 to +27 when cured as a standard Major Affix. However, the Sanctification added to this ring hit the same Greater Affix, raising its max stat to +41, more than double the original max stat possible on that affix. While Sanctification can result in a variety of results, from the addition of legendary or mythic unique power to bonus item quality, the chance of a Greater Affix being upgraded a second time is only around 20%. With four Greater Affixes on an ancestral item plus the fifth Tempered Greater Affix, hitting this 20% chance roll when Sanctifying an item virtually guarantees players a double Greater Affix upgrade, which was never possible before Diablo 4 seasons.
- Released
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June 5, 2023
- ESRB
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Mature 17+ / Blood and Gore, Intense Violence, Language, In-Game Purchases, User Interaction