U4GM Diablo 4: Items System Overhaul and New Unique Items

Tempering and Masterworking Overhaul

Blizzard has announced a major revamp of the item progression system in Diablo IV. Based on feedback from the player community, the developers have redesigned the core equipment enhancement experience across different difficulty stages Diablo 4 gold. The new system aims to make item progression more direct, controllable, and rewarding.

Developer Notes: We have refocused the core purposes of "Tempering" and "Masterworking": Customization and a sense of Prestige. Players can now precisely acquire desired Tempered Affixes, while the Masterworking system provides a clearer, more predictable reinforcement path leading to perfect gear.

1. Tempering

• You can now freely choose specific affixes to add from Tempering recipes.
• Items can now have only one Tempered Affix.
• Tempering Charges are infinitely rechargeable and no longer limited.

2. Masterworking

• Masterworking no longer increases affix values but improves the item's quality.
• Quality upgrades directly boost base damage, armor, or resistances.
• Each item can be Masterworked up to a maximum quality level of 20.
• Each Masterworking increases quality randomly by 2 to 5 levels.
• Upon reaching the maximum quality, you can perform a Capstone Bonus.

3. Capstone Bonus

• Upgrades one regular (non-Greater) affix on your item to a Greater Affix.
• You can choose to reforge the Greater Affix generated by Masterworking.
• Reforging does not reset the quality level. However, it consumes rare materials Obducite and Neathiron.

4. Other Changes

• The base number of affixes on Non-Unique items has been increased from 3 to 4.

New Unique Items

In Diablo 4 new season, each class will gain one new Unique Items, but there are rumors about major skill tree changes, which the official sources have not mentioned yet. It might be that these changes will come together with the new DLC. Below is a summary of the specific details of the new unique items.

1. Necromancer: Grave Blossom Maul, one-handed mace

• Innate affix: 10% attack speed
• +80-94 Intelligence
• +521-561 Maximum Life
• +36.5-50% Golem Double Strike Chance
• +1-2 Golem Mastery Levels
• Special Effect: Summons 3 smaller golems, each dealing 40-60% damage of a normal golem, and gains an additional 30% attack speed. Your golems respawn 50% faster. (New summoning fun!)
• Drop from: The Beast in the Ice

2. Druid: Kashin Plainswalker, boots

• Innate affix: Attacking reduces dodge cooldown by 0.5 seconds
• +16.5-25.0% Movement Speed
• +41.5-55.0% Control Effect Duration
• 16-25% Nature Magic Cooldown Reduction
• +2-3 Omen Skill Levels
• Special Effect: After dealing storm damage to 100-200 enemies, gain 1 stack of charge. When casting any defense skill, consuming 1 charge grants full movement speed and unstoppable state for 1 second. Enemies hit while charged are rooted for 1 second.
• Drop from: Grigori

3. Barbarian: Chain Punisher Armor, pants

• +51-65 All Attributes
• +424-457 Maximum Life
• 8.1-8.8% Cooldown Reduction
• +2-3 Combat Skill Levels
• Special Effect: After using a damaging combat skill, that skill becomes disabled. When all such skills are disabled, they become enabled again and cooldowns reset. For each disabled combat skill, damage increases by 50-100%. (Seems like charging Barbarians are making a comeback)
• Drop from: Lord Zil

4. Rogue: Dance of the Dead, pants

• Innate affix: +15% Dodge chance while channeling (Blade Dance)
• +9.0-11.0% Critical Hit Chance
• +16.0-25.0% Movement Speed
• +2-3 Blade Dance Skill Levels
• +62.5-85.0% Agile Damage
• Special Effect: Blade Dance hits cause daggers to drop from enemies. Picking up these daggers grants 1 charge and increases your Blade Dance damage by 10-20%, lasting 6 seconds, stacking up to 3 layers.
• Drop from: Andariel / Duriel

5. Sorcerer: Ociwan, one-handed flail

• +99-113 Intelligence
• +424-457 Maximum Life
• +57.0-75.0% Non-Physical Damage
• +3-4 Core Skill Levels
• Special Effect: For every defensive skill not on the skill hotbar, your damage increases by 20-40%, and you gain its corresponding enchantment effect.
• Drop from: Valshen

6. Spiritborn: Path of the Harbinger, boots

• +30% Movement Speed (innate)
• +16-25% Movement Speed
• +155-200% Core Skill Damage
• +1-2 Core Skill Levels
• +26.5-40% Control Reduction
• Special Effect: Every 4-12 meters moved, automatically casts a core skill from your main spirit.