Blacksmith

The Blacksmith is an NPC entirely focused on item customisation and improvement. From breaking down old gear for crafting materials to repairing items, adding affixes and upgrading existing affixes to boost your item's powers. They are probably the busiest NPC in town.

What to upgrade

As with previous games, it's only worth upgrading Rare, Legendary or Unique items.

Blacksmith

Upgrade Materials

• Iron Chunk Tier 1 - Weapon, Jewelry
• Rawhide Tier 1 - Armor
• Silver Ore Tier 2 - Weapon, Jewelry
• Superior Leather Tier 2 - Armor
• Veiled Crystal Tier 3 - Weapon, Armor, Jewelry
• Baleful Fragment Tier 4 - Weapon
• Coiling Ward Tier 4 - Armor
• Abstruse Sigil Tier 4 - Jewelry
• Forgotten Soul Tier 5 - Weapon, Armor, Jewelry (Sacred, Ancestral)

Salvaging

Players can salvage items and break them down to component parts at the Blacksmith. The better the item grade, the better the salvaged materials.

Note: Nightmare Sigils can also be salvaged at the Occultist.

Repairing

An items Durability decreases on death by 10% of the total durability. When an item's Durability reaches zero it is unusable and must be repaired. The more Durability lost on an item, the more expensive it is to repair.

Transmogs

Salvaging items is required to unlock their appearance for transmogs for the Wardrobe.

Marking Items

Players can mark items as "Junk" which makes it easier to salvage the useless items quickly at the Blacksmith.