Tyraelmx wrote:
which questions do i have ?
many.
lets get started:
* What are Sacred items and how can i get them since almost every single guide is telling me that item x/y is best for that build while item x/w almost always being Sacred?
* How exactly does Crafting work in this game ? (I know i can rightclick crafting items to get short tut but i cant help myself but scratch my head ^^)
* How does Shrine Crafting work and where do i farm shrines ?
* Is Itemfarming like we all know it from d2 LOD still the way to go (i.e. Baaling or meph farming)?
* How does endgame farming work ?
* To reach endgame i still have to beat hell, correct ?
1 - Sacred items are a tier above Tier4, they are drop only and drop in Nightmare+, but you will only really find them in usable quantities in late NM and Hell. They have higher requeriments than Tier4 but have same sockets and more base damage/defense; but main difference is that shrines work on them (so you can turn yellows into crafts and bless crafts/sacred honos). Sacred uniques are drop only unlike tiered uniques.
2 - Basically check cube recipes
HERE. For a tldr:
Blue oil is used in unique recipe (2xAC + tiered item + blue oil = tiered item is now unique).
Green oil is used to roll any item into a Superior, this is used to make good bases for runewords.
Pink oil is used for a 20% chance to add extra bonuses to any item, you always want to use these on every item and when you're crafting bases for runeword you will reroll it until you get a good superior with succesful pink oil.
Gray oil is used to remove socketed gems/runes/jewels (you keep them). Can also be used to reroll runewords but you need to add 3 perfect gems to the recipe.
Arcane Crystals are made by sharding tiered uniques with a catalyst of disenchantment, and its used earlygame to make your tiered uniques and uptier them, and later its used to craft jewels and shrine bless crafts/honos.
Red oil is used to craft jewels (oil + jewel + rune + arcane shard or crystal = crafted jewel + rune and consumes one shard, crystals are 5 shards), check cube recipes in docs page to see what each rune does to the jewel. And to make containers (arcane cluster for AC, shrine vessel for each vessel type).
3 - Shrines drop anywhere, main places to farm them are cows and fauzt, other ubers will also drop some shrines. They basically reroll a sacred rare item and add preset bonuses depending on the shrine. The resulting item is crafted which is basically a rare with max sockets and the added shrine bonuses. After you get a good craft, you can bless it once with a shrine (doesnt have to be the same shrine) to add that shrine's bonuses to it without rerolling the item. (To bless its 2xAC+craft+shrine).
4 - No. I mean it can be done but you will get better results farming in the Rifts (check
HERE).
5 - Endgame farm places are: Duncraig (lvl 120, fast to run and drops SSU), Teganze (lvl 120, drops exclusive materials to create elemental and xis runes which are used for endgame runewords), Toraja (lvl 125, painful to run without dedicated builds like summoners, can drop 3 Great Runes used for endgame runewords), Fauzt (lvl 125, drops other 3 Great Runes used for endgame runewords, and overall best place to farm endgame).
As you can see you cant just jump into those right when u get to hell, so you'll to level up and gear up in other rifts of lower level.
6 - Endgame starts as soon as you reach level 105, which is somewhere in a1 or a2 hell. At 105 you get access to dungeons and rifts, which are the endgame content. You do dungeons which are boss fights to get unique charms and then farm rift until you level up enough to go to the next tier (105 - 110 - 115 - etc) and repeat until you have all charms and gear you need.
RIFTS and
DUNGEONS links.
If you need any help consult the
DOCS, they have a lot of information. Most important reads are cube recipes and quests section to do your lvl 50 and 90 challenges and then endgame. I would just keep them handy in case you need to check something.