Cube Recipes[edit | edit source]

Intro[edit | edit source]

The Horadric Cube is an underused aspect of Diablo II. Median XL overhauls its function
from a cute gimmick to an important tool of war.
Crafting Points[edit | edit source]
Many cube recipes work only if you have the required amount of Crafting Points on your
equipped items. Crafting Point requirements are listed near the recipe in grey text:
Reagents[edit | edit source]
Oils/Catalysts/Sacrifical Heart/Meditation Candle
These reagents can be bought from the appropriate vendor.
Arcane Shards
This reagent is obtained by disenchanting unique items, see below.
Arcane Crystal
This reagent is created by cubing Arcane Shards in sets of five.
Mystic Orbs
These reagents can be obtained by buying them from any magic items vendor or by
killing monsters. Note that not all Mystic Orbs can be bought...
Shrines
These reagents are orange crucifixes that drop in late Terror and in Destruction
difficulty. They enable you to create and bless items, see below.
Book Of Summoning
These books are used to summon evil creatures, using one in certain places may
have interesting effects. A book of summoning can be crafted using three
meditation candles and three victims' hearts (both of which can be bought at some
vendors).
There are many cube recipes that can be used to create, reroll, disenchant, uptier,
craft, affix, and do other things to items.

Disenchanting[edit | edit source]

Input Output
Unique + Catalyst of Arcane Shard + Catalyst of
Disenchantment Disenchantment
Set + Catalyst of Arcane Shard + Catalyst of
Disenchantment Disenchantment
Arcane Shards x5 Arcane Crystal
Signet of Learning +
Unique + Catalyst of Learning
Catalyst of Learning
Signet of Learning +
Set + Catalyst of Learning
Catalyst of Learning

Rerolling[edit | edit source]

 Recipe
Input Output Description/Notes
Name
Upgrade any low
Upgrade quality item to regular
Low quality
to Non- Reroll item quality or a regular
item + Oil of
magical as regular item to superior. This
Enhancement
Item also rerolls the socket
count on the item.
Regular item +
Reroll item
Oil of
as superior
Enhancement
Any
Upgrade
nonmagical Upgrade any plain
to Reroll item
item + Oil of item (white or grey) to
Magical as magic
Enhancement a basic magical item.
Item
+ Rune
Magic item +
Oil of Reroll item
Enhancement as rare
+ Rune
Honorific items are
blank items that
receive a double
bonus from Mystic
Orbs. This enables
you to create your
Magic
own custom items,
weapon/armor
Reroll provided you have
+ Meditation Return item
Magic to some money to
Candle + as honorific
Honorific spend on the
Sacrificial
ingredients and the
Heart
Mystic Orbs.
See the Honorific
Items, Mystic
Orbs, Shrines pages
for more details.
This powerful recipe
uses the reagents
obtained by
Non-sacred disenchanting other
Reroll any item + Arcane uniques to turn any
Reroll item
Item to Crystal x2 + tiered item of your
as unique
Unique Oil of choosing into a
Enhancement unique. But choose
wisely, because the
crystals are precious
and costly to replace.
Ready to roll the
dice? Your item may
Chaos Any item + turn into a lowly white
Reroll item
Reroll jewel + Oil of or magical item... or a
randomly
Recipe Luck powerful rare or
unique. This recipe
cannot create sacred
 uniques or sets, but it
can create almost
anything else for
cheap.
This explosive
alchemical
Reroll item combination burns all
Any item +
as low magic off an item,
Affix Burn Catalyst of
quality + returning it as a basic
Recipe Destruction +
Catalyst of low quality item. This
Rune
Destruction recipe is useful to
prepare an item for a
runeword.
These recipes reroll
the modifiers and
socket count on any
non-magical, magic
or rare item. This is
Superior item
Reroll useful when you have
+ Oil of Reroll item
Modifiers a bad rare that could
Renewal
have been good, or to
try and get better
superior bonuses on
your item before
making a runeword
Magic item +
Reroll item
Oil of Renewal
Rare item +
Reroll item
Oil of Renewal
Should you have
some bad luck and
find yourself stuck
with no useful
weapon or armour,
use this recipe to
create yourself some
baseline items. The
items come with very
weak random stats,
but have a built-in
Magic
enhanced damage or
weapon/armor Reroll item
Zomghelp defence bonus.
+ magic as level 1
Recipe This recipe also adds
amulet + magic item
+25% Enhanced
magic ring
Damage (weapons)
or +25% Enhanced
Defense (armour) if
you use it at
character level 1, and
an additional +2% for
each higher character
level. A level 40
character, for
example, will get
+103%.
 Uptiering[edit | edit source]
 Any non-sacred weapon/armor + Arcane Crystal -> return
item as next higher tier with same stats
 Non-sacred unique weapon/armor + Arcane Crystal +
Rune -> reroll as next higher tier with new stats
Affixing[edit | edit source]
 Any non-ethereal item of the appropriate type + Mystic
Orb -> add orb bonus and +2 required level
 Any uberquest trophy + Corresponding unique charm ->
return charm with added bonus
 Any non-ethereal item + Oil of Luck -> returns item, may
add bonuses
Upgrade type Upgrade effects
+40% Enhanced Damage, 100% Bonus
Weapon
to Attack Rating
+40% Enhanced Defense, Damage
Armour
Reduced by 1%
Amulet +1 to All Skill Levels
Ring +10% to Spell Damage
Quiver 5% Bonus to all Attributes
+2 to Strength, +2 to Dexterity, +2 to
Jewel
Energy, +2 to Vitality

 Non-socketed non-ethereal item + jewel x[1-6] -> returns item with [1-6] sockets
(will not return more sockets than max of base item)
Jewel Crafting[edit | edit source]
 Jewel + Oil of Jewelcrafting + rune -> reroll jewel as crafted, add bonuses
Crafting
Rune
Rune upgrade effects points
input
required
(6 to 10)% Better Chance of
Tir 50
Getting Magic Items
Ith All Resists +(3 to 5)% 50
Ort Requirements –(2 to 4)% 100
Shael +(21 to 50) Defense 100
+(1 to 2)% to Experience
Lum 150
Gained
Lem +(3 to 5) to All Attributes 150
+(4 to 6)% Bonus to
Ist 200
Summoned Minion Life
+(4 to 12) to Maximum
Ohm 200
Damage
(1 to 2)% Life Stolen per Hit,
Ber (1 to 2)% Mana Stolen per 250
Hit
Zod +(1 to 3)% to Spell Damage 250
 +(4 to 6)% Bonus to
Kur 300
Summoned Minion Damage
Nas Slows Target by 1% 300
+(2 to 4)% Bonus to
Vith Summoned Minion 350
Resistances
+(6 to 15) to Minimum
Thai 350
Damage
+(2 to 8) Life on Striking in
Nih Melee, +(2 to 8) Mana on 400
Striking in Melee

Alchemy[edit | edit source]

All recipes require 500 Crafting Points
Gem Scroll Elixir Elixir
input input output description
Cancels a
Perfect Scroll of Elixir of
running spell
Amber Identify Adrenaline
timer
Scroll of Elixir of +300% to
Perfect
Town Greater Experience
Emerald
Portal Experience Gained
350% Better
Elixir of
Perfect Scroll of Chance of
Greater
Ruby Identify Getting Magic
Greed
Items
Scroll of
Perfect Elixir of
Town +15 to All Skills
Sapphire Power
Portal
Reduces all
Perfect Scroll of
Elixir of Love Vendor Prices
Topaz Identify
25%

Shortcuts[edit | edit source]

Want to skip some of the more boring quests in act 2 and 3?
Horadric Staff:

 Arcane Crystal x2 + healing potion -> Horadric Staff

Khalim's Flail:

 Arcane Crystal x2 + mana potion -> Khalim's Will

You need to create these items in the correct difficulty.
Miscellaneous[edit | edit source]
Type Input Output Notes
Next
Gem and Same higher
Runes gem x2 gem
quality
Next
Same
higher
rune x2
rune
 These
recipes do
Next
not allow you
Rune lower
to obtain or
rune
downgrade G
reat Runes.
Returns
Any item
item with
+
R.I.P.
Catalyst
modifier
R.I.P. of Removes
+
Recipe Destructi reanimates
Catalyst
on +
of
Arcane
Destructi
Crystal
on
Any item
Item + Catalyst
Destructi Catalyst of
on of Destructi
Recipe Destructi on
on
Magical,
Sockete
Separate Rare, Set,
d item +
Unsocket item and Unique,
Oil of
ing Items socket Crafted,
Disjuncti
fillers Honorific
on
items
Sockete
d item +
Separate
Oil of
item and Nonmagical
Disjuncti
socket items
on +
fillers
perfect
gem x3
Sacrifici
al Heart
x3 + Book of
Uberquest
Meditati Summoni
Recipes
on ng
Candle
x3
Returns
Pearl of next
Wisdom Pearl of
Wisdom
Wirt’s Leg
Cow
+ Tome of
Level
Town
portal
Portal