socketing and weapon upgrade question

[trivas]

how do i socket items other than larzuk.

Also how do you upgrade weapons and stuff?

Sorry about such noob questions but i am out of the loop and i could not find what i was looking for on the forum.......I know it's prolly here, but im looking
in the wrong spot

Thanks

[Mursilis]

To upgrade weapons and stuff there are quite a few Cube recipies, this (http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/cube.shtml) site has all of them and what they give you.

Same site will also explain how to socket items you find that don't already have sockets, assuming they are white and not superior.

[Oblivision]

how about getting more than one socket on an ethereal weapon? I´m on No ladder, so It would be with Larzuk, will he give me more than one? Thank u

[KremBanan]

how about getting more than one socket on an ethereal weapon? I´m on No ladder, so It would be with Larzuk, will he give me more than one? Thank u

Normal and etheral items get up to 6sox, depending on the item type and ilvl(or was it alvl). Magic items(blue items) have a 50% chance of getting 2sox. Rares/uniques/sets get 1 socket. To have 3 or 4 sox on magic items, they have to drop with it.

[Mursilis]

Ethereal items get the same number of sockets as normal white items. The link I gave has a section on how many sockets an item can get. Larzuk will always give the maximum number of sockets for the item. So for example a Monarch shield will give 4 os.

There is a situation or two where you can get less than the maximum number of sockets given on Arreats Summit. One would be by using a cube recipe to normalize a broken/cracked item and then using the socket reward on it. The other has to do with the item dropping extremely early in the game, depending on ilvl and so forth. I'm hazy on that one so someone else will have to clarify it.

[thegiantturtle]

One would be by using a cube recipe to normalize a broken/cracked item and then using the socket reward on it. The other has to do with the item dropping extremely early in the game, depending on ilvl and so forth. I'm hazy on that one so someone else will have to clarify it.Max sockets for an item is dependent on the item's ilvl. See this list (http://www.diabloii.net/items/sockets-list.shtml).

Normalizing a broken/cracked item, sets its ilvl to 1. For items dropped from monsters, ilvl = mlvl of the monster. In Normal, you can use The Arreat Summit (http://battle.net/diablo2exp/monsters/) for monster levels. In Nightmare and Hell, normal monster mlvl = area_lvl. You can see a chart of area_lvls here (http://strategy.diabloii.net/news.php?id=551#Area%20Levels).

EDIT:
how about getting more than one socket on an ethereal weapon? I´m on No ladder, so It would be with Larzuk, will he give me more than one? Thank uThe socketing recipe for white items (including ethereal items) is available on nonladder. It generates from 1 to 6 sockets randomly. If the generated number is more than the max possible for the item at its ilvl, then the item gets the max for its ilvl.