crafting questions!

[Raith]

Caster Amulet

Magic Amulet <-- what level should my char be to gamble high level amulets? my char is lvl 89 right now.
Ral Rune
Perfect Amethyst
Any Jewel <-- does this have to be high lvl jewel or it doesnt matter what lvl?

and last question, can a lv 1 char with lv 99 ammy craft good ammys or only high char?

[NASE]

Of course, it largely depends on what find good. Often these are +2 class skills amulets with other mods. To craft these, there is only one good way. Level you character to clvl 93. The gamble amulets - with a minimum ilvl of 88*. Crafting those will give atleast an ilvl of 90 being high enough for +2 skills.

Note that the jewel isn't involved anywhere, you can use the most crappy you can find aswell as a perfect facet and still it won't affect the result.

P.S. As said, a lvl 1 character might craft something good, however, it won't be a +2 skill amulet - though lld or other low level craft are possible.
P.P.S. a character of lvl 1 can't hold enough gold to even gamble an amulet nor can it use edge and geeds to lower the price.
I don't see the point.

*: might be lvl 89. Not that important as I'm sure clvl 93 is the best one. Note that if you want your gambled amulets to have the possibility of always spamming with +2 skill, you need clvl 95.

[Raith]

so only clvl 93 can craft +2 mods? what about gambling amulets?

[ThomasJohnsen]

so only clvl 93 can craft +2 mods? what about gambling amulets?

Only a 93+ level char can craft based on gambled amulets (ie. has high enough level to do both) and get the +2 skills (alvl 90) affix (which is exactly what NASE said).

This is due to the fact, that:
1) Gambled items are within the range -5 to +4 of character level (which means that a level 20 char gambles items with ilvl between 15 and 24).
2) Crafted items have ilvl_craft = clvl/2 + ilvl_base/2 (using integer calculations).
3) Amulets have alvl (affix-level) = ilvl (item-level) and thus any ilvl 90 amulet can spawn affixes of alvl 90 or below.

So:
A level 93 char gambles an amulet with an ilvl between 88 and 97.
He crafts on this getting a new ilvl = clvl/2 + ilvl_base/2 >= 93/2 + 88/2 = 46 + 44 = 90.
So the ilvl of the crafted amulet has alvl of 90 or higher and can thus spawn any affix.


You could achieve the same result by gambling amulets with a level 95 char and crafting on those with a level 90 char.
#EDIT: Or crafting with a level 90 char on blue amulets dropped by Hell Baal, Hell Diablo or Hell Nihlathak.

[Aenifer]

Note that the jewel isn't involved anywhere, you can use the most crappy you can find aswell as a perfect facet and still it won't affect the result.
You mean that the item level of a jewel doesn't matter?

[NASE]

If it isn't in any formula, what would the ilvl of the jewel effect? All things are done with formula's.

[lionheartthebrave]

If it isn't in any formula, what would the ilvl of the jewel effect? All things are done with formula's.

Perhaps he wants to see a reliable source

http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/crafteditems.shtml

It's also worth noting that the ilvl, the quality and the properties of the jewel are completely irrelevant and don't affect the outcome at all.

@CZ: The Arreat Summit has all the basic info for stuff like this, a worthy read

[Aenifer]

Perhaps he wants to see a reliable source

http://www.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/crafteditems.shtml
Thank you, but i was asking it only to be 100% sure.

[Raith]

so basically lvl 93 is where i want to be. crud, hardcore is hard haha. thanks!