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Diablo 4: Vessel of Hatred (D4)

Masterworking Guide: How to Masterwork Equipment

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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.

List of Contents

Changes Made in Season 11
・Maximum quality is now 25, up from 20.
・Quality increase per Masterwork is now 2-5, up from 1-3.
・Quality upgrades now increase all affix values by 1% per quality value.
・Fully Masterworking an item now gives a 50% upgrade to a random affix, which can be a Tempering Affix.
・The boosted affix will be colored differently to highlight it.
・Masterworking cost has been adjusted, and scales exponentially with Item Quality.

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 quality 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.

Fully Masterworking Grants an Affix Upgrade

Introduced in Season 11, fully Masterworking an item grants a 50% upgrade to a random affix, including a tempering affix. The upgraded affix will be a different color to make it easy to identify.

Required Masterworking Materials
Rank
Quality		 Effect Materials
1 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x10
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
2 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x17
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
3 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x36
· Forgotten Soul x
· Abtrue Sigil x
4 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x25
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
5 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite TBD
· Forgotten Soul TBD
· Abtrue Sigil TBD
6 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x32
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
7 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x36
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
8 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x
· Forgotten Soul x
· Abtrue Sigil x
9 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x43
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
10 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite TBD
· Forgotten Soul TBD
· Abtrue Sigil TBD
11 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x51
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x 2
12 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x55
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
13 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x58
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
14 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x62
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
15 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x66
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
16 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x70
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
17 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x73
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
18 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x77
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
19 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x81
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
20 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite TBD
· Forgotten Soul TBD
· Abtrue Sigil TBD
21 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite TBD
· Forgotten Soul TBD
· Abtrue Sigil TBD
22 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x92
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
23 All quality increased by 2-5% · Obducite x96
· Forgotten Soul x1
· Abtrue Sigil x2
24 All quality increased by 2-5%
One random affix increased by 50%		 · Obducite TBD
· Forgotten Soul TBD
· Abtrue Sigil TBD
Reroll Cost
25 Affix Replacement · Obducite 200
· Neathiron x1

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.

Changes Made in Season 11

Maximum Quality Has Been Increased

The maximum quality level for an item has increased from 20 to 25. As an adjustment, the quality per master level has increased from 1-3 to 2-5.

Fully Masterworked Gear Affix Bonus

Fully Masterworking a piece of equipemnt will grant a bonus 50% increase to a random affix. This also includes any tempering quality, which can significantly boost the power of your build.

Cost Adjustments

The cost of masterworking Obducite has been adjusted and now scales based on the quality of the item. The cost increases exponentially as the quality of the item increases.

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 quality.

The Masterwork feature will increase the quality on your equipment by 2-5% every rank, except for the last level where you get to upgrade a random affix by 25%.

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