Item level?

[dirty.scorpion]

Sometimes i see people talking bout rares and they write the item level...is it the same as required level?if not how can i see the item level?

[LittleGreenGrasshopper]

Not quite as qualified as some of the veterans in the forum, but... I'll take a crack at it :lol: Character required level is the level your character must be at in order to use the gear. Item level is normally the level that a monster must be, or greater than, for the item to be dropped. For example, if the item has ilvl of 10, then in order for the item to be dropped, the monster must be at least level 10. Last I heard, the only way to check item levels is thru hacks (like maphack, not recommended). Hope I didn't confuse you too much :innocent: well, that or hopefully I answered your question :uhhuh:

Edit: they could be the same, but I usually noticed that they are not.

Cheers :drink:

[Tao_of_Xero]

I believe The Dark Library and one other page on Dii.net shows monster levels in various difficulties. This might be of help regarding what monsters can drop what items.

[GenXCub]

Here's the quick and dirty.

The terms item level (ilvl) and quality level (qlvl) are interchangeable, most people use ilvl.

The ilvl of an item is identical to the monster's level that drops the item. In the case of gambling, the ilvl is your character's level (clvl) with a range of minus four to plus 5 (if you're level 20, any item you gamble can range from 16-25 in ilvl), but that's the only time that it varies. If you buy the item from a shopkeeper from their Trade screen, the ilvl is your character level +5.

Now... the ilvl of the item determines what affixes can be on the item. Each affix (+5 fire resist, for example) has a level, called the alvl. If the item's ilvl is 50, you cannot get ANY affixes that are over 50, but you can get affixes under 50, and the item will still have the same ilvl.

Example, Hell Baal has a monster level of 95. He drops a small charm. It has an ilvl of 95, so you can have any affix up to alvl 95. However when you identify it, it just has a mod of 7% Magic Find. This is a level 33 affix, however the charm is still ilvl 95, so if you choose to re-roll the stats with the horadric cube, you can still get affixes up to level 95.

The level requirement of an item is 75% of the highest affix. This rule does not apply to crafted items... they use a different formula for level requirement.