Masterworking is an endgame level 100 crafting system that upgrades items improving all their affixes. The system was added in Season 4: Loot Reborn.
Ranking up Affixes
Masterworking enables players to upgrade affixes on an Ancestral Legendary or Unique item up to 12 times. Most ranks increase all affixes by 5% however, ranks 4, 8 and 12 increase a single random affix by 25%. If lady luck is on your side, this could mean a single affix gets all three of those massive 25% boosts, but those are some astronomical odds.
Note all Affixes have been increased even the two Greater Affixes (identified by the star) and the two added Tempered Affixes.
The Necromancer Wand above has been Masterworked 12 times and the Intelligence stat is blue indicating it received one of the large 25% boosts. The Damage is yellow indicating it has had two of the large boosts. If a stat had received all three large boosts the stat would be in orange text.
Affixes added by Tempering will also be upgraded as will Greater Affixes and an Enchanted affix if you have rerolled for one at the Occultist. If you have Masterworked an item you can reroll a Temper and the new Temper will maintain the Masterworked level.
Masterworking does not fail. When Masterwork an item in binds it to your account so you are unable to trade it.
These Masterworked affixes can also be Enchanted (rerolled) at the Occultist for a different affix that will inherit the same increased Masterworked rank.
Resetting Masterworking
If the 25% boosts don't roll on the Affix you were hoping they would you can wipe all Masterworking off the item by Resetting at any point. This will cost crafting materials determined by what level of Masterworking you are resetting. You will not be refunded the materials and gold you spent Masterworking in the first place. The item will return to its original stats.
Salvaging Masterworked Items
When you Salvage an item at the Blacksmith that has been Masterworked some of the materials used to Masterwork will be refunded to you.
Where can you get Masterworking Materials?
The unique materials for Masterworking come from the new endgame content called The Pit. Obducite, Ingolith and Neathiron come from increasingly deeper pit levels.
| Rank | Affix Increase | Materials Required |
|---|---|---|
| All 5% |
10 x Obducite | |
| All 5% |
10 x Obducite | |
| All 5% |
20 x Obducite | |
| One 25% |
30 x Obducite | |
| All 5% |
20 x Ingolith | |
| All 5% |
20 x Ingolith | |
| All 5% |
30 x Ingolith | |
| One 25% |
50 x Ingolith | |
| All 5% |
50 x Neathiron | |
| All 5% |
20 x Neathiron | |
| All 5% |
25 x Neathiron | |
| One 25% |
250 x Neathiron |
Changes to Masterworking
Patch 1.4.1, May 28, 2024
- Masterworking materials can now be directly transmuted instead of requiring the opening of a Materials Cache to receive them.
- Once Masterworking is unlocked by one character, it is now always accessible on all characters across realms.
- The Gold cost of Masterworking has been reduced.
- Examples:
- Ranks 1-4: Unchanged
- Rank 5: reduced from 450,000 to 400,000
- Rank 8: reduced from 1,000,000 to 800,000
- Rank 12: reduced from 10,000,000 to 2,500,000
Developer’s Note: We want to make the main push for Masterworking to be focused on the acquisition of materials, and less focused on needing the Gold. We want to avoid the possibility of having the materials available, but needing to take extra time to collect the Gold.
Patch 1.4.0, May 14, 2024
- Added to the game in Season 4.