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By GamGem ResearchLast updated 26 Oct 2026

Changed since the research snapshot (Sep 11, 2026):

⌛ DECIDE IN TEN SECONDS

Diablo IV item and affix reference: decide in ten seconds

KEEP, CRAFT-CHECK, SELL OR SALVAGE.

KEEP SCORE60/100Sample

TIERBSample

SELL VALUE1.26MgoldSample

CONFIDENCE100%Sample

KEEPWear or craft it

CRAFT-CHECKCan be fixed

SELL~1.26M gold

SALVAGEMaterials

One affix away: enchant Cooldown Reduction at the Occultist and keep the rest.

THE DROP (type what you see)

Sample ranges

Sample Helm · Ancestral Legendary · 787 IP

IPTempers used

Fictional sample item. Legendary items roll 3 affixes; Greater Affixes are marked ★. Nothing is read from your game.

SLOT & CLASS keys 1–9

Sample affix counts

TargetHelm rolls 5 universal affixes. Keep if: Maximum Life + Armor + Resistance to All Elements. Auto-salvage: excluded affix or wrong class.

DECISION RULES (why this score?)

Sample

Strict: every required affix must be present.

TARGET BUILDER

Sample

Tap to cycle: required → optional → exclude → ignoreMinimum Greater Affixes

Rule: Keep any Helm with all Maximum Life, Armor, Resistance to All Elements and ≥1 Greater Affix.

Target match 57%

CAN THIS BE FIXED?

Sample

1Enchant one affixReroll Cooldown Reduction at the Occultist180K

2Temper1 temper slot left at the Blacksmith25K

3MasterworkUp to 12/12 — boosts every affix120K

4Cube: Affix Value RerollRolls are fine — a reroll could lower them —

5Replace low rollRolls are fine—

Total investment~325K gold (sample)

Fix path: enchant Cooldown Reduction, then temper and masterwork.

TEMPERING (1 left)

Sample

DefensiveDamage Reduction / Max Life · 4–7.5%Best

UtilityCooldown / Lucky Hit · 5–10%Situational

Categories per slot and roll ranges are sample — verify at the Blacksmith. Charges follow Blizzard’s 2.5.0 notes: Rare items take 1 temper; Legendary and above take 3, plus 1 per Greater Affix.

WHAT CAN ROLL ON HELM

Sample ranges

Affix	Category	Normal range	★ GA range (1.5×)	Class	Your roll	Decision	Reason	Scarcity
Strength	Core	80 – 150	150 – 225	—		Crafting base	Nice to have	Common
Maximum Life	Defense	732 – 1465	1465 – 2197.5	—	1872 ★	KEEP if present	★ Greater Affix (56% of GA range)	Common
Armor	Defense	807 – 1212	1212 – 1818	—	1164	KEEP if present	Required for your target	Common
Resistance to All Elements	Defense	30% – 60%	60% – 90%	—		KEEP if present	Required for your target	Common
Cooldown Reduction	Utility	8% – 12%	12% – 18%	—	8.6%	FIX	Low roll — masterwork or enchant	Contested

GA count: 1 / 3Enchant: only one affix can be rerolled at the OccultistAffix quality index 53

Ranges and rollable lists are sample/patch-volatile — verify against the in-game Occultist "possible affixes" view.

COMPARE WITH EQUIPPED

Sample

Equipped HelmIP

Armor+72

Maximum Life+524

Cooldown Reduction-3.4%

Overall+1% of range · -13 IP

You type the equipped values — saved on this device.

WHY THIS VERDICT?

Sample

One affix away: enchant Cooldown Reduction at the Occultist and keep the rest. Score 60/100 = required hits (2), optional hits (0), 1 GA, average roll quality 53%, item power ≥ 750.

Rows used

#1 Armor#2 Maximum Life#3 Cooldown ReductionSlot ruleTarget template

Worth keeping even if not for you, when…Greater Affix on a hard-to-roll affixTwo or more Greater AffixesAmulet with skill ranks + cooldownUntempered base with 2 target affixes

CONTRADICTION CHECK

Sample

Target fit57Roll quality53

TEXT-ONLY DROP CARD

Helm · Ancestral Legendary · 787 IP · Barbarian
Armor: 1164 (807–1212)
Maximum Life: 1872 ★GA (1465–2197.5)
Cooldown Reduction: 8.6% (8%–12%)
Tempers used: 1/2
VERDICT: CRAFT-CHECK · score 60/100
Target: Defense · Keep any Helm with all Maximum Life, Armor, Resistance to All Elements and ≥1 Greater Affix.
Sample data · gamgem

Reference: item power, enchanting, Greater Affixes, glossary & sources

Item power — A Legendary dropped from a monster of level 95 or above always has 925 item power; Greater Affixes appear only on Ancestral Legendary and Unique items and are 1.5× a normal affix (1.4.0 notes, findings row 197). Blizzardnews.blizzard.com 24140806 · patch 1.4.0 notes

Enchanting — The Occultist rerolls exactly one existing affix; after the first reroll, that affix is locked as the only one you can change. No Blizzard page opened states this rule — verify it in game. GamGem · verify in-game

Enchanting and Greater Affixes — The Enchanting window explicitly says you cannot re-roll into a Greater Affix (1.4.1). Blizzardnews.blizzard.com 24140806 · patch 1.4.1 notes

Greater Affix source — Comes only from a drop or a Purveyor of Curiosities gamble, never from crafting; an Ancestral Legendary or Unique holds at most 4 (Season 15, findings row 74). Guideicy-veins.com/d4/guides/gear-systems-and-itemization-overview · Season 15

Greater Affix — A 1.5x version of a normal affix, shown with an icon and audio cue; marked ★ here, never by color alone. Blizzardnews.blizzard.com 24140806 · patch 1.4.0 notes

Tempering — Tempering no longer picks a random affix from the manual: any learned temper affix can be selected and rolled onto the item (Blizzard’s 2.5.0 wording). Rare items take 1 temper; Legendary and above take 3, plus 1 per Greater Affix. Blizzardnews.blizzard.com 24244466 · patch 2.5.0 notes · read 2026-10-26

Masterworking — Blizzard’s 2.5.0 notes describe a Refinement stat (+1–3% per Masterwork, 20% cap) and, in the same notes, a quality track: maximum quality 25, and a full Masterwork gives a 50% upgrade to a random affix, which can be a Temper. Blizzardnews.blizzard.com 24244466 · patch 2.5.0 notes · read 2026-10-26

Glossary — Affix = random stat line · Implicit = fixed stat of the item type · Temper = crafted extra line · Masterwork = the quality track up to 25 that raises affix values. GamGem · glossary terms

Seasonal caveat — Season-only affixes or items are not part of this core table. GamGem

Keyboard — Press 1–9 to switch slot and / to search, without leaving the keyboard. GamGem

Season 14 · sample snapshotPatch 3.1.3Snapshot 2026-09-11

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