Use your favourite features in-game with our Desktop AppIn 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.
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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.
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.
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.
To successfully Masterwork an item you will need Obducite to upgrade your item to maximum Quality.
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.
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