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Diablo 4 - Masterworking Guide
Masterworking is an endgame feature for upgrading your equipment in Diablo 4 (D4). Read on to learn how to masterwork equipment, as well as the requirements to unlock and use Masterworking.

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How to Masterwork Equipment

Steps on Masterworking Equipment
Check iconTemper Your Equipment
Check iconFarm Obducites
Check iconBegin Masterworking
Check iconReset Masterwork Upgrades as Needed

Temper Your Equipment

The first step in masterworking your equipment is to temper it through any blacksmith. Regular equipment only needs to be tempered once, while Ancestral equipment needs to be tempered twice to be masterworked.

Although it is not recommended, it is good to know that you can change the affixes applied via Tempering even after upgrading. This means you can temporarily use any tempering manual to get your upgrades started.

How to Farm Tempering Manuals

Farm Obducites

After tempering, you must now gather the upgrade materials needed to masterwork your equipment. One of these materials is called Obducite, which is the main component used for upgrading. This can be obtained from clearing Nightmare Dungeons, Infernal Hordes, and The Undercity of Kurast.

Note that Obducite would not drop until your character reaches level 60.

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Begin Masterworking

Once you've obtained the necessary materials, you can begin masterworking through the same blacksmiths. The amount and required crafting materials will vary depending on the type, rarity, and rank of equipment you're masterworking.

Materials and Effect per Masterwork Rank

Non-ancestral Legendary items can now be Masterworked up to 8 times but will not require Forgotten Souls. Additionally, non-ancestral Legendary items can also have up to two Tempered Affixes.

Required Masterworking Materials
Rank Effect Materials
1 All affixes increased by 5% · Obducite x10
· Rawhide x40
· Iron Chunk x40
· Veiled Crystals x20
· Abstruse Sigil x5
· Coiling Ward x5
· Baleful Fragment x5
· Forgotten Soul x2
· 64,000 gold
2 All affixes increased by 5% · Obducite x20
· Rawhide x50
· Iron Chunk x50
· Veiled Crystals x25
· Abstruse Sigil x6
· Coiling Ward x6
· Baleful Fragment x6
· Forgotten Soul x3
· 86,000 gold
3 All affixes increased by 5% · Obducite x30
· Rawhide x60
· Iron Chunk x60
· Veiled Crystals x30
· Abstruse Sigil x7
· Coiling Ward x7
· Baleful Fragment x7
· Forgotten Soul x3
· 110,000 gold
4 One random affix increased by 25% · Obducite x40
· Rawhide x80
· Iron Chunk x80
· Veiled Crystals x40
· Abstruse Sigil x10
· Coiling Ward x10
· Baleful Fragment x10
· Forgotten Soul x5
· 150,000 gold
5 All affixes increased by 5% · Obducite x60
· Rawhide x90
· Iron Chunk x90
· Veiled Crystals x45
· Abstruse Sigil x11
· Coiling Ward x11
· Baleful Fragment x11
· Forgotten Soul x6
· 270,000 gold
6 All affixes increased by 5% · Obducite x120
· Rawhide x100
· Iron Chunk x100
· Veiled Crystals x50
· Abstruse Sigil x12
· Coiling Ward x12
· Baleful Fragment x12
· Forgotten Soul x7
· 360,000 gold
7 All affixes increased by 5% · Obducite x240
· Rawhide x110
· Iron Chunk x110
· Veiled Crystals x55
· Abstruse Sigil x13
· Coiling Ward x13
· Baleful Fragment x13
· Forgotten Soul x8
· 480,000 gold
8 One random affix increased by 25% · Obducite x360
· Rawhide x130
· Iron Chunk x130
· Veiled Crystals x65
· Abstruse Sigil x15
· Coiling Ward x15
· Baleful Fragment x15
· Forgotten Soul x10
· 800,000 gold
9 All affixes increased by 5% · Obducite x450
· Rawhide x140
· Iron Chunk x140
· Veiled Crystals x70
· Abstruse Sigil x16
· Coiling Ward x16
· Baleful Fragment x16
· Forgotten Soul x11
· 1,000,000 gold
10 All affixes increased by 5% · Obducite x900
· Rawhide x150
· Iron Chunk x150
· Veiled Crystals x75
· Abstruse Sigil x17
· Coiling Ward x17
· Baleful Fragment x17
· Forgotten Soul x12
· 1,400,000 gold
11 All affixes increased by 5% · Obducite x1,350
· Rawhide x160
· Iron Chunk x160
· Veiled Crystals x80
· Abstruse Sigil x20
· Coiling Ward x20
· Baleful Fragment x20
· Forgotten Soul x13
· 1,800,000 gold
12 One random affix increased by 25% · Obducite x2,250
· Rawhide x180
· Iron Chunk x180
· Veiled Crystals x100
· Abstruse Sigil x25
· Coiling Ward x25
· Baleful Fragment x25
· Forgotten Soul x15
· 3,000,000 gold

Reset Masterwork Upgrades as Needed

Resetting Master Works
You can also reset the rank of any equipment you've masterworked by clicking on the red circle next to the item. This process has a 100% Success Chance but will cost 30 Iron Chunks or Raw Hide, 20 Veiled Crystals, 5 Forgotten Souls, and a whopping 5,000,000 gold.

How to Unlock Masterworking

Obtain Obducite by Completing Endgame Activities

Masterwork becomes available after you start obtaining Obducites from Nightmare Dungeons, Infernal Hordes, and The Undercity of Kurast upon reaching level 60. Even though you can obtain Obducites from Normal difficulty, it is recommended to go for higher difficulties to get more material drops.

What is Masterworking?

Equipment Upgrade Feature that Boosts Affixes

Masterworks System Explained
Masterworking is a feature in Diablo 4 that replaces the regular equipment upgrades from the Blacksmith. However, unlike the regular upgrade system, getting your equipment masterworked will not improve the base stats of the equipment and will only increase the affixes.

The Masterwork feature will increase the affixes on your equipment by 5% every rank, except for every 4 levels where you get to upgrade a random affix by 25%.

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