Median XL 2017, the latest season in the Median mod, was released yesterday.The latest update to one of Diablo II’s most robust mods, it adds a number of new features and improvements to a.
ReagentsOils/Catalysts/Sacrifical Heart/Meditation CandleThese reagents can be bought from the appropriate vendor.Arcane ShardsThis reagent is obtained by disenchanting unique or set items.Arcane CrystalThis reagent is created by cubing Arcane Shards in sets of five.Mystic OrbsThese reagents can be bought from any magic items vendor or by killing monsters. Note that not all Mystic Orbs are for saleShrinesOrange crucifixes that drop in late Terror and in Destruction difficulty.
They enable you to create and bless items, see below.NOTE: Recipes that return the same item with added bonuses currently don’t work on ethereal items due to a bug in some versions of Diablo II with the ‘usemod’ cube code. Some recipes will remove the ethereal property.DISENCHANTINGDISASSEMBLE ITEMS INTO RESOURCESDestroy spare unique or set items to create Arcane Shards and combine those into Arcane Crystals, which are required for other cube recipes. You cannot disenchant both unique and set items at the same time. Any sacred unique item x1-25 + Catalyst of Learning → Signet of Learning x1-25 + Catalyst of LearningAny set item x1-25 + Catalyst of Learning → Signet of Learning x1-25 + Catalyst of LearningAny unique jewel, amulet, ring, arrow quiver or bolt quiver + Catalyst of Learning → Signet of Learning + Catalyst of LearningEach character can use a maximum of 500 Signets of Learning.Isn’t having over 100 signets in your stash a bit annoying? These signet stacking recipes will allow you to have huge amounts of signets shared in stacked signets. Same rune x2 → rune one level higherSame rune x4 → rune two levels higherSame rune x2 + rune one level higher → rune two levels higherRune → rune one level lowerThese recipes do not allow you to obtain or downgrade:Great Runes ( Taha, Ghal, Qor, Krys, Auhe and Sha’ad)Elemental Runes ( Stone, Magic, Fire, Ice, Light and Poison) or Kabraxis’ Stone rune.Upgrade to Non-magical ItemUpgrade any low quality item to regular quality or a regular item to superior.
This also rerolls the socket count on the item. Magic weapon/armor + magic amulet + magic ring → reroll item as level 1 magic itemThis recipe also adds +25% Enhanced 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%.Reroll ModifiersThese recipes reroll the properties and socket count on any non-magical, magic or rare item. This is useful when want a good property on your item (like a good proc), or to try and get better superior bonuses on your item before making a runeword. Any equippable item + Mystic Orb → add orb bonus and +2 required levelYou can only apply up to 15 of the same Unique Mystic Orb to your item.Any Mystic Orb effects applied on a runeword are lost upon unsocketing, but the effects applied to the base item stay.The level requirement penalty is applied after taking into account both the base item required level and the level of any socket fillers. This means for example if you have a belt with required level 20, add five orbs (level penalty +10) and socket a Rha rune (required level 100), you get a belt with required level 100+10 = 110. For that reason, to avoid going over required level 120 on accident, always add the socket fillers before adding orbs.NOTE: Not all Mystic Orbs are for sale.
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There are 70 known types in circulation, but rumours persist of lost ancient orbs with miraculous powersSocket PunchUse this recipe to add extra sockets to an item. The more jewels you feed this recipe, the more sockets it will create. Non-socketed item + jewel x1-6 → returns item with 1-6 socketsWarning! This recipe will not go over the max natural sockets an item can have.
Lower tier items have a lower socket count. Excess jewels are wasted. You also cannot add more sockets to an item that already has some.R.I.P.
RecipeIf you went wild with reanimate items and now you can’t see the forest for the reanimated Ents, this recipe can help. It adds the ‘R.I.P.’ modifier to an item, causing your kills to stay dead instead of rising up to get in your way. This should help out players with slower computers. Any item + Oil of Luck → returns item, may add bonusesThis recipe has 20% chance to add any of the following bonuses:Weapon: +40% Enhanced Damage and/or 100% Bonus to Attack RatingArmour: +40% Enhanced Defense and/or Damage Reduced by 1%Amulet: +1 to All SkillsRing: +10% to Spell DamageQuiver: 5% Bonus to all AttributesJewel: +2 to Strength and/or +2 to Dexterity and/or +2 to Energy and/or +2 to VitalityBlessed Lucky BonusAs the Lucky Bonus recipe, this one adds small bonuses to the items, but requires the Blessed Oil of Luck – which can be obtained from the Special Box.
There’s a lower chance to gain the bonuses, but they are much better than the Lucky Bonus. Any item that has been transmuted with this recipe will show up as “ Already upgraded!“. Items marked as such cannot be used for this recipe.
Any weapon + Mystic Orb with Luck Trial → returns item, may add bonusThis recipe has 2% chance to add:Orb Effects Applied to this Item are DoubledThe recipe always adds +2 Required Level. You have only one chance per weapon, if the weapon fails the trial, trying again is useless. If it succeeds though, the weapon is of such fine craftsmanship and power that the Lucky/Blessed Lucky/Lottery recipe and Athulua’s Blessing will always work with it.NOTE: The bonus does not double the Mystic Orb effects added before the Luck Trial recipe.Apply Trophy to Uberquest CharmKilling an uberquest boss will often yield his own special unique charm on Destruction difficulty. But before you grab the charm and leave the uberquest area for good, consider that many bosses also have an additional 2% chance to drop a special trophy which you can cube with the charm for a small extra bonus.See the Uberquests section for more information.
Shrine (full) + Oil of Craft → Shrine VesselShrine Vessel + Shrine (full) x1-39 → Shrine Vessel (adds 1-39 shrine count)Shrine Vessel (not empty) → Shrine Vessel (-1 shrine count) + ShrineShrine CraftingUse a shrine to turn any sacred item into a powerful crafted item. The crafted item comes with several random rare modifiers and there is a high chance that some preset modifiers based on shrine type will appear as well. The preset modifiers may stack with the rare modifiers, creating some very powerful items. Rare/Unique/Set/Crafted Sacred item + Shrine → reroll item as crafted + Shrine (-1 charge)Along with the other modifiers, crafted items always have:Orb Effects Applied to this Item are DoubledSocketed: maximum for that itemShrine BlessingA variant of shrine crafting, this recipe allows you to impart the blessings of the shrine unto an existing sacred item. This randomly adds some or all of the shrine modifiers to the item and subtracts 1 charge.
You can only use this recipe once per item, so choose your shrine wisely. Specific perfect gem + specific scroll → corresponding Elixir x3Any alchemy recipe: 500 Crafting PointsThere are currently four known alchemy recipes.
Socketed item + Oil of Disjunction + perfect gem x3 → separate item and socket fillersNon-magical socketed items are grey, and therefore include runewords. The price is higher for these items to prevent unhealthy amounts of runeword rerolling.Unassign Skill and Attribute PointsDiablo II patch 1.13 enables ingame skill and attribute respecs, both at Akara’s and by collecting items. In Median XL this recipe is much more accessible. This recipe creates an elixir that refunds your skill and attribute points.
Wirt’s Leg + Tome of Town Portal → Cow Level portalNOTE: Killing the boss does not prevent you from entering the Cow Level again.I Am RichWant to show the common rabble in your game how rich and powerful you are? This recipe consumes some of the rarest trophies in the game and returns a completely useless item that grants you a glowing red aura. Show it to friends and strangers so they know that you are strong, powerful and wealthy enough to waste trophies on a worthless item.See the Uberquests section for more information. I Am RichThis item does nothing and requires the Kabraxis,Brother Laz and Uldyssian trophies to create,destroying them. I can afford this because I amwealthy and powerful.Keep in Inventory to Gain BonusNOTE: Some recipes are not listed here because they are closely related to another page and are for that reason listed on their respective page.Mystic OrbsThese reagents can be bought from any magic items vendor or by killing monsters. Mystic Orbs add a magical bonus to an item at the cost of a higher required level to use the item. Any non-ethereal equippable item + Mystic Orb → add orb bonus and +2 required levelYou can only apply up to 15 of the same Mystic Orb to your item.Any Mystic Orb effects applied on a runeword are lost upon unsocketing, but the effects applied to the base item stay.Warning!
The level requirement penalty is applied after taking into account both the base item reqired level and the level of any socket fillers. This means for example if you have a belt with required level 20, add five orbs (level penalty +10) and socket a Rha rune (required level 100), you get a belt with required level 100+10 = 110.
For that reason, to avoid going over required level 120 on accident, always add the socket fillers before adding orbs.OskillsIf an item has a skill bonus with no character class requirement (eg. +3-6 to Summon Shadows), then the bonus is an ‘oskill’, giving this skill to any class for free.NOTE: Not all Mystic Orbs are for sale.
There are 70 known types in circulation, but rumours persist of lost ancient orbs with miraculous powersAny Weapon – Mystic Orbs. Gift Box → 3 different Regular Unique items (based on Character Class)It always gives the same predefined unique item classes, depending on your Character Class.Some of the items can even be higher than Tier 1. AssassinAssassin WeaponAssassin ShieldBody ArmorAmazonAmazon WeaponAmazon HelmGlovesBarbarianBarbarian Class ItemSwordBeltDruidDruid Weaponor Other WeaponDruid HelmBootsNecromancerNecromancer WeaponBody ArmorHelmPaladinPaladin WeaponPaladin ShieldPaladin HelmSorceressSorceress Weaponor StaffSorceress ArmorStaffNOTE: These Uniques cannot be disenchanted, but can be disenchanted normally after uptiering them.SPECIAL BOXOne can find a Special Box by killing Griswold in Tristram on Terror difficulty (50% drop chance).
You may do so as many times as you want. Special Box + Oil of Luck → Blessed Oil of Luck. One specific item from each set can never appear.
Testament of the Apes, Yshari and Tribute set items can never appear.The item will have just 1 socket, and cannot be disenchanted to Arcane Shards. Check the following sub-section for a detailed explanation.BLESSED LUCKY BONUSAs the Lucky Bonus recipe, this one adds small bonuses to the items. There’s a lower chance to gain the bonuses, but they are much better than the Lucky Bonus. Any item that has been transmuted with this recipe will show up as “ Already upgraded!“.
Items marked as such cannot be used for this recipe. Any item + Blessed Oil of Luck → returns item, may add bonusesThis recipe has 15% chance to add any of the following bonuses:Weapon: +(40 to 60)% Enhanced Damage and/or (100 to 200)% Bonus to Attack RatingArmour: +(40 to 60)% Enhanced Defense and/or Damage Reduced by (1 to 2)%Amulet: +(1 to 2) to All SkillsRing: +(10 to 15)% to Spell DamageQuiver: (5 to 10)% Bonus to all AttributesJewel: +(2 to 4) to Strength and/or +(2 to 4) to Dexterity and/or +(2 to 4) to Energy and/or +(2 to 4) to Vitality.