Crafting & Artisans

Artisans set up shop in your camp.

With luck and skill, you’ll survive more than a few battles, and find yourself looking to replace your worn-down or outdated equipment. This is wise.

You can buy new items from merchants. You can find new items in treasure chests, or clutched by decaying skeletons (both moving and unmoving).

But, with the help of some talented allies, you can also create new items, and upgrade existing ones.

Overview

Over the course of your journey, two independent craftsmen will choose to follow you and lend their skills to your quest:

Blacksmith

Haedrig Eamon, the Blacksmith, is able to craft and repair weapons and armor, and salvage crafting materials from your unwanted magic items.

Blacksmith Recipes
Encountered in Act I

Jeweler

Covetous Shen, the Jeweler, can construct jewelry and combine lesser gems into more powerful ones. He can also remove gems from items sockets, so that you can insert better gems or move them to different pieces of equipment.

Jeweler Recipes
Encountered in Act II

After you earn the services of these artisans in-game, you’ll be able to access them in towns and in your camp. Though they’re out to help you, they’ll require materials (and money) to produce their wares, and you’ll need to provide those. Left clicking on an artisan will bring up several options, including a list of all the recipes you’ve learned. After selecting the item you want to craft, you can choose to craft the item once or multiple times by queuing up a specified number.

Salvaging

Haedrig can salvage your items.

Most commonly, you’ll acquire crafting materials by salvaging items that you don’t need. When you acquire a low-quality magic item that isn’t an improvement over your current gear, you can sell it to a merchant for gold, or you can salvage it by speaking to the Blacksmith. Only magic items can be salvaged; lower-quality normal items aren’t powerful enough to yield crafting materials.

Training Your Artisans

You can also improve your artisans by giving them gold to buy new equipment and further train their skills. With enough practice, they’ll gain a level and unlock the knowledge required to craft even better items.

You’ll find unique recipes in your travels: formulae and plans that you can share with your artisans. Some of the most valuable and precious items in the game must be forged or designed from plans found this way.

Diablo® III

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