Most uniques and sets just sit in stash now. Balance patches tweak them one at a time, but nothing changes the system. Here’s an idea I’ve been kicking around.
Cube a Unique or Set with a Standard of Heroes and one of Diablo’s Horn, Baal’s Eye, or Mephisto’s Brain. You get 1–3 random potential slots. The material decides what you can slot in later: Horn for magic, Eye for rare, Brain for runeword.
Then take the item to Jamella (Act 4), drop it in “My Item,” and put a magic, rare, or runeword item in the ingredient slot. Hit Combine. The ingredient gets destroyed, and your item gets one option per slot, picked at random from the ingredient’s own options. Check the tooltip above the Shift line.
Some quick notes:
- Belts, gloves, and boots can’t use runewords, so no runeword ingredients there.
- Standard of Heroes is required every time.
- Jamella gets three quests to teach the recipes and explain the process.
Example: Windforce with 3 slots, using a Faith runeword as the ingredient. Faith gives a Fanaticism aura, which is why you’d pick it. Numbers are placeholders.
Would love thoughts, especially on what should be in the option pools.