I'm dabbling with D2 again after a couple of years away. I still have a backup of most of my characters and GoMule stashes, but I think I might start over on a new project.
Here's my idea: embark on a cube grail quest. To be specific: starting from scratch, I would like to witness, at least once, each and every Horadric Cube transmutation. Looking at the cube recipes at
The Arreat Summit, I count 36 crafted item recipes, 32 rune recipes, 45 recipes for other items, and the cow level portal recipe. I think the only recipes not listed there are token of absolution and a couple of quest recipes, so I'll add those to the count -- that totals 117 different recipes.
Of course, this is kind of an arbitrary way to count these. Examples:
- the Savage Polearm recipe could produce any of ten different polearm-class weapons, so perhaps a more ambitious cube grail quester would seek to create at least one of each.
- the gem improvement recipe is actually 28 different recipes (4 gem qualities of 7 gem colors), but I expect I will use those recipes many times over to get enough perfect gems and skulls to put into other recipes.
- the crafting recipes may produce distinct regular, exceptional, and elite versions of each crafted item.
But for now I think I'll get started with trying to accomplish 117 recipes. Is this a novel idea, or has this sort of "grail" variant already been proposed by a fellow creative SPF participant? Are there any recipes I have missed? Would anyone else like to do a cube grail quest, and if so, would you like me to produce a shared checklist and start a progress thread, where we can engage in friendly competition?
I have never seen a single Stone of Jordan ring, so I think those recipes, and the token of absolution, will be the most difficult ones to achieve.
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