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Diablo 4 Guide

Tempering and Masterworking Guide - Season 13

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Updated on May 4, 2026
May 4, 2026

Overview

In this Diablo 4 Tempering and Masterworking guide, we will cover everything you need to know to make the most out of this powerful crafting system that gives players full control over their gear.

Not ready to masterwork yet? Check out our Leveling Builds so you can be ready to masterwork the best gear possible

Introduction to Tempering

What is Tempering?

After finding powerful Tempering Manuals that are dropped randomly throughout the overworld, you can take any piece of equipment to a Blacksmith to imbue that piece of gear with a large selection of Tempers of different types depending on the piece of gear selected.


Applying Your Temper

(313) After you've selected your piece of equipment and selected what type of Temper you want to use, you'll be given a selection screen where you can pick a single Temper to add to your gear. And as a special perk, there's a small chance that the Temper applied to your item will be rolled at 50% higher values than normal.

Tempers may be infinitely rerolled to use different Tempers by using a Scroll of Restoration, which are found in Hordes. This allows you to grind for the perfect Temper through getting a Greater Affix on it.

Introduction to Masterworking

What is Masterworking?

Masterworking is the act of putting Quality on a piece of gear. Each point of Quality increases all affixes of the item by 1%, up to a maximum Quality of 25.

Adding Masterwork

To successfully Masterwork an item you will need Obducite to upgrade your item to maximum Quality to masterwork an affix.

Not sure the best method for farming Obducite? Check our guide for the best information (coming soon)

After successfully applying 25 Quality to an item, one last upgrade option will be given to apply a Capstone Bonus. This Bonus will increase the stats of a randomly selected Affix by 50%. And this Capstone Bonus will also be applied on top of the bonus from having a Greater Affix, so you should aim to stack both bonuses where you can.

This Capstone Bonus can be rerolled by using Neathiron without resetting the Quality which will make it easier to grind for the perfect Capstone Bonus to complete your build.

Looking for the best builds to farm materials? Try checking our Build Guides.

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