I have extracted legendary powers from various weapons and armor. However, when I try to get them applied to the weapon or armor, I can’t seem to do it. I click on the weapon/armor slot, add the weapon or armor to Kanai’s cube and click on transmute to no avail. Can someone tell me how to apply extracted items with some specificity? I am using weapons by clicking on the weapon slot or tring to apply the powers for armor by clicking the armor slot. So I don’t see what I am doing wrong. Maybe I am bugged.
Kanai Cube doesn’t work that way. If you’ve selected the Armor or Weapon and they appear in the slots in the cube, then you have that power. It doesn’t get applied to a weapon or Armor. You just have the power, in addition to whatever powers on your weapons or other items.
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You’re just mistaking Diablo 3 for Diablo 4. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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NO, I am on the D3 forums and the cube is a D3 item Also, can I apply legendary powers to an items that has a legendary power in order to write over that previous power?
Short answer, no.
Long answer, again no but you can upgrade random Rares into completely random Legendary or Set items where you have no control on the outcome. Kanai’s Cube only exist for having threee different constant effects from the Cube, you can’t override or stack anything by equipping the same Legendary power and the Cube power.
In short, you are confusing Diablo 3 with Diablo 4.
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Wait, How do I know that I have it?
That’s not what they mean. We know that you know where you are and what game you are playing. They mean you are trying to do something that isn’t possible in D3 (but is in D4).
As for what you are asking: when you extract a leg power it’s stored inside the cube. All you need to do is select it and it is automatically applied to your character. To select a power, click one of the three panes at the bottom (weapon, armor, jewelry) and a book will open where you can find the extracted power and select it.
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I was reading all the responses and thought: Come on guys, tell OP how to do it. If you hadn’t done it, I would’ve. I’m pretty sure this is what they were looking for. 
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Kanai’s Cube Recipe – Archive of Tal Rasha
As @Leviathan stated, you can apply one Power per slot in Kanai’s Cube.
- From left to right they are Weapon, Armor and Jewelry.
- Once you’ve selected your Powers they stay with you. Even in Campaign Mode.
- No matter what Game Mode you’re in, you can always tell which Powers you have equipped: Open your Inventory, click the Details button and scroll to the bottom. There you will see the Powers for each category. Or, it will say none if you haven’t equipped them.
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Thank you kindly. This is what was needed.
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Didn’t you see that in the first reply KillerProc gave the answer?
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I did. But was it in a way OP could understand?
My PERSONAL impression (which could be wrong) was that OP MIGHT not understand and Leviathan’s response was the first to take OP’s possible knowledge level into consideration and explain it detailed enough (the last sentence).
(No disrespect to KillerProc, they have been extremely helpful to me in the past months - I’m writing this only since Jazz called me out)
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A little from column A and a little from column B.
I re-read KillerProc’s post. All the information is there though written succinctly.
Clearly OP was thinking that D3’s extracted powers worked similarly to the way they do in D4.
Like most communication, there are things that both sides could do better…
- the party/s giving the information often need to do more work to communicate in a way the reader will get the message, not just hear a reply. As stated, KillerProc’s post has all the info required though it’s written succinctly so OP may not have clicked with such a message. TBH, we probably needed that first reply from OP to understand that they needed a more detailed post than what KillerProc wrote. Took a few attempts but Leviathan eventually got there.
- the party/s receiving the information can often benefit from not making assumptions, not approaching the information provided with a predetermined conclusion already in mind, and taking the time to dissect the information given to them. I didn’t get the impression OP did this… it actually seemed they had skipped KillerProc’s post which might not be the case but…
And then OP asks…
To me it doesn’t seem like what KillerProc wrote was acknowledged at all.
Either way, the conversation reached the desired conclusion and that’s what matters.
No problem here, Orcinus.
Jazz and Swanky are both right too. I didn’t get, at first, that the OP didn’t know that to get the list of items to put in the cube slot, one has to click on the windows in the cube. That was sort of on me, but in my defense, clicking the windows would have been a logical thing to do if the “clicking transmute” thing didn’t work.
I mean, we know he opened the cube because he said he clicked the transmute button. I’m wondering what he thought those windows were since seemed to confuse the Cube for D4’s Occultist.
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not clear to me since I have never touched d4 until now.
yep yep.
And when you’re more detailed, there is the chance it can become too detailed than needed and one might come across as a smartdonkey, I know. One never knows what the other side knows and doesn’t know.
Also keep in mind: Not everyone here is a native speaker. So that can be a hurdle somethimes.
And, if you’re relatively new to d3, you might not know what kinda quesitons to ask and/or how to express them correctly. You might not know all the correct terms yet.
Or understand the answer fully.
for me as well. But then I had read about the functions of the Cube before I got my first one.
no need to!
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Agree, that is the point I was eluding to with KillerProc’s first post. I thought it was mostly well written, got straight to the point, and didn’t go on for more than what was needed for a first reply. If the reader needs more info, there’s still time for them to raise that and someone else replies in more detail.
I’m usually the opposite… I type too much for the average person’s liking from the start and they get lost in my wall of text. But I usually find that people will keep asking questions on points I had spelled out already thus my point above on the party receiving info really needing read replies carefully and in whole. Both sides have a responsibility in communication.
Also, D3’s had so many features added over the years from patching, one really should consult a guide like all the ones Perusoe has been posting. They spell things out clearly and nicely.
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Do you mind if I open a bag of popcorn and watch you debate what actually OP meant, back and forth?
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only if you participate yourself. 