The Tempering system, introduced in Season 4: Loot Reborn of Diablo 4, adds a powerful crafting layer where players can enhance their gear with additional affixes. Here’s everything you need to know about how to use the Tempering system effectively.
How Tempering Works in Diablo 4
Tempering is a crafting system that allows you to upgrade Rare and Legendary equipment by adding affixes. You can enhance an item with up to two affixes using this system. Unlike typical affixes that modify basic stats (like increased damage), Tempered affixes are designed to interact with your class abilities.
Affix Types
There are six types of recipes you can use for Tempering:
Weapon: Enhances weapon-related affixes.
Offensive: Focuses on damage and combat prowess.
Defensive: Increases survivability and resistance.
Utility: Offers various utility-based improvements.
Mobility: Improves movement or other mobility aspects.
Resources: Affects resource generation or management.
Each recipe has a list of affixes that correspond to its type. For example, the Natural Finesse recipe (an Offensive type) includes affixes like:
+% Damage
+% Damage to Crowd-Controlled Enemies
+% Damage to Close Enemies
+% Damage to Distant Enemies
When you use Tempering, the system randomly adds one affix from the recipe. If the affix isn’t what you wanted, you can re-roll up to five times. After five attempts, no further re-rolls can be made, and you’ll need to move on to other gear or recipes.
How to Re-roll Affixes
If you’re unsatisfied with the affix added, you can re-roll it using additional crafting attempts. Keep in mind that each recipe and item combination only allows for up to five re-rolls, so use them wisely!
How to Unlock Tempering Upgrades in Diablo 4
To start using the Tempering system, you need to meet a few prerequisites:
Access the Blacksmith: Visit the Blacksmith NPC in your hub town.
Acquire Temper Manuals: Temper Manuals are consumable Diablo 4 items that allow you to learn new tempering recipes. You’ll need at least one Temper Manual to unlock this feature.
Temper Manuals come in three rarities: Magic, Rare, and Legendary. Using a Magic Temper Manual will let you craft with lower-tier recipes, while Rare and Legendary versions allow for more powerful upgrades with higher ranges for affix values.
Where to Find Temper Manuals:
Bosses
Nightmare Dungeons
Helltides
Normal Dungeons
Once you obtain a Temper Manual, it will unlock the corresponding recipe for use with your crafting.
How to Use the Tempering System
Once you have a Temper Manual and the Blacksmith is unlocked, you can begin using the system:
Visit the Blacksmith NPC.
Select the item you wish to temper and the recipe you want to apply.
Gather materials: Each tempering process requires specific crafting materials such as:
Baleful Fragments
Abstruse Sigils
Coiling Wards
Iron Chunks
Veiled Crystals
Tempering Process: After hitting the Temper Item button, the system will display which affix has been added to your item.
If you are unsatisfied with the affix, you can re-roll it (up to five attempts).
Masterworks: Once an item is fully tempered, it becomes eligible for Masterworks, further enhancing its power.
List of Temper Manuals for Each Class
Here are some examples of Temper Manual recipes for each class, based on the Legendary version:
Barbarian
+% Damage
+% Critical Hit Chance for Bleeding Enemies
+% Fury Generation
Druid
+% Damage to Poisoned Enemies
+% Critical Hit Damage
+% Damage While in Werewolf Form
Necromancer
+% Bone Skill Damage
+% Damage to Corpses
+% Maximum Essence
Rogue
+% Damage to Poisoned Enemies
+% Critical Hit Damage for Distant Enemies
+% Resource Generation
Sorcerer
+% Fire Skill Damage
+% Mana Regeneration
+% Damage to Frozen Enemies
These are just some examples, and the exact affixes may vary based on the recipe you use.
Final Thoughts
By utilizing the Tempering system and leveraging resources like Diablo 4 gold and Diablo 4 items from MMOexp, you can maximize your character’s potential in Diablo 4 and become an unstoppable force in the game.