Quality

Quality

Tooltip

Quality grants small bonuses to an item depending on the type of item, up to a maximum.The default maximum Quality 20%. Maximum Quality cannot be raised above 30%.

Martial WeaponsMartial Weapons can be used to Attack. Axes, Bows, Claws, Crossbows, Daggers, Flails, Maces, Quarterstaves, Spears, Swords, and Talismans are Martial Weapons. gain 1% more PhysicalPhysical damage is one of the five Damage Types. It is the most common and the only one reduced by Armour, rather than by a Resistance.

Most physical damage comes from Weapon Attacks, but some Spells and other skills deal physical damage as well. Physical damage over time can be inflicted with Bleeding. damage per Quality.
Armours gain 1% more DefencesArmour, Evasion Rating and Energy Shield are the standard Defences. Other protective stats such as Resistances are not counted as Defences. per Quality.
Rings and Amulets have a number of possible quality types that provide bonuses to specific modifiers on the item.
FlasksFlasks can be used to recover your Life or Mana. Flasks are not consumable, but require charges to use. Flask charges can be regained by killing enemies.

Normal enemies grant Flask charges equal to half their Power
Magic enemies grant Flask charges equal to their Power
Rare and Unique enemies grant Flask charges equal to twice their Power

Checkpoints and Wells completely refill Flasks when activated. Flasks can only hold charges while in a Flask slot. gain 1% more Life and Mana recovery per Quality.
CharmsCharms are protective trinkets you can equip that automatically trigger a defensive effect when a specific condition is met. Similar to Flasks, Charms require charges to trigger. Charm charges can be regained by killing monsters, granting charges equal to half of the monster's Power. Checkpoints and Wells completely recharge Charms when activated.

The maximum number of Charm slots is capped at 3. gain 1% increased duration per Quality.
Skill Gems or equipment that grant Skills grant a specific bonus to their Skill based on their Quality.

Quality is a stat that improves the signature stats of an equipment or adds additional bonuses to skill gems. Each item type has a currency item associated with it that increases its quality.

Mechanics

Quality can be applied to most equipment (quivers, jewels, and belts are the exceptions), flasks, charms, and skill gems. Any item with at least 1% quality will state "Superior" in front of the base type when dropped on the ground but not when in your inventory.

Skill gems cannot drop with quality, due to the fact Uncut Gems do not have quality. Charms can drop with quality, but since there is no currency item that increases their quality, the only way to increase their quality is by corrupting it.

Quality is a unique multiplier, applying its effect to the related stat after all other modifiers, including Corruption/Sanctification magnitude modifiers. Once Quality is applied, the values are then truncated.

Amount

All Items that can have quality applied to it have a default limit of 20% base quality. Certain effects allow base quality to be increased beyond this limit. Quality cannot go below 0%.

When adding Quality to an item using currency, the equipment's Item Level will determine how much Quality you get. The higher the item level, the less Quality each currency item will give.

Gemcutter's PrismsGemcutter's PrismStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a Skill GemRight click this item then left click a skill gem to apply it. always add 5% Quality to Skill Gems.

Obtaining items with over 20% quality

• Normal and Unique (including boss drops) of at least item level 78 can rarely drop with quality over 20% (up to 30%). These items will have the "Exceptional" prefix in front of the base type until it is upgraded/identified.
• Corrupting a Flask, Charm, or Skill Gem may cause it to gain or lose up to 10% quality, and can exceed the 20% limit, up to 23%.
• Breach RingsBreach RingRequires Level 40Maximum Quality is 40% have an implicit modifier that increases its maximum quality to 40%.
• A Vaal InfuserVaal InfuserStack Size: 10Improves the quality of a Martial Weapon, Caster Weapon or Armour
  above 20% with a chance of Corrupting itRight click this item then left click on an item to apply it. can increase an equipment's quality by a random amount, capping at 30%. This process has a chance to corrupt the item.

Skill gems

All Skill Gems have varying quality effects, providing bonuses to that skill. Support Gems cannot have quality added to them.

Effects which grant a global increase to gem quality apply independently of the default 20% limit. Quality above 20% continue to add to these bonuses.

Skills granted through items

Adding Quality to items that grant an Inherent Skill as an implicit modifier also adds quality to the attached Skill.

Ascendancy skills

Skills granted by Ascendancy class passives cannot have Quality added to them using currency. The only way to add Quality to these skills is with modifiers that grant global Quality increase to skills (e.g. The Cunning Fox) and support gems that add quality to the socketed skill (Ex. Dialla's DesireDialla's DesireSupport, Lineage
Category: Dialla's Desire
Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 90%Requires Level 65
Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any Skill which has levels, increasing the level and Quality, while reducing the cost and Reservation.+1 to Level of Supported Skill Gems
+10% to Quality of Supported Skills"I will become your Gemling Queen, my love, but not
with such dull stones. I want to give myself to you
for eternity. Surely we can seek perfection together?"Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.)

Quality effects

Item type	Currency	Effect per % quality
Martial weapons	Blacksmith's WhetstoneBlacksmith's WhetstoneStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a martial weaponRight click this item then left click a martial weapon to apply it.	1% more local Physical Damage
Wands, Sceptres, and Staves	Arcanist's EtcherArcanist's EtcherStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a wand, staff or sceptreRight click this item then left click a wand, staff or sceptre to apply it.	+1% to inherent skill quality
Armour (equipment)	Armourer's ScrapArmourer's ScrapStack Size: 20Improves the quality of an armourRight click this item then left click an armour to apply it.	1% more local Defence
Amulets and Rings	Catalyst	1% increased modifier magnitude Modifier tag varies by catalyst
Flasks	Glassblower's BaubleGlassblower's BaubleStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a flaskRight click this item then left click a flask to apply it.	1% more local Life/Mana Recovery
Charms		1% increased local Duration
Skill gems	Gemcutter's PrismGemcutter's PrismStack Size: 20Improves the quality of a Skill GemRight click this item then left click a skill gem to apply it.	Varies by skill

Equipment

Quality on martial weapons grants more base physical damage to the weapon. Any non-physical damage on the weapon, whether as added damage or as a hidden damage conversion modifier, do not get increased.

Quality on armour grants more base armour, evasion, and/or energy shield.

Charms

Charm Quality increases the local duration of the charm, making the effect last for longer. Charms can naturally drop with Quality, although there is no way to manually add Quality to it at the moment. However their Quality can be modified through Corruption, potentially adding/removing Quality.

Amulets and rings

Catalysts are used to add Quality to Amulets and Rings, up to a maximum of 20%. These currency items vary in effects, and using a different type overrides the previous Quality effect.

Breach RingsBreach RingRequires Level 40Maximum Quality is 40% are special, as they can have up to 40% quality.

Related items

Base items

Item		Stats
Breach RingBreach RingRequires Level 40Maximum Quality is 40%	40	Maximum Quality is 40%

Unique items

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Related support gems

Gem	Stats
Dialla's DesireDialla's DesireSupport, Lineage Category: Dialla's Desire Cost & Reservation Multiplier: 90%Requires Level 65 Support Requirements: +5 IntSupports any Skill which has levels, increasing the level and Quality, while reducing the cost and Reservation.+1 to Level of Supported Skill Gems +10% to Quality of Supported Skills"I will become your Gemling Queen, my love, but not with such dull stones. I want to give myself to you for eternity. Surely we can seek perfection together?"Place into a Skill's Support Gem socket in the Skills Panel to apply its effects to that Skill. You cannot have multiple Support Gems of the same Category socketed within one Skill.	+1 to Level of Supported Skill Gems +10% to Quality of Supported Skills

Related passive skills

Name	Stats
The Cunning Fox	+5% to Quality of all Skills [1]

Ascendancy passive skills

Ascendancy Class	Name	Stats
Gemling Legionnaire	Skill Gem Quality	+2% to Quality of all Skills [1] [2] [3]
Gemling Legionnaire	Crystalline Potential	+10% to Quality of all Skills [1]

Version history

Version	Changes
0.3.0	Items found in very high level areas that can have random quality can now have up to 30% quality. Quality currency still cannot apply more than 20% Quality to an item.
0.2.0g	Sceptres, Wands, and Staves can now correctly roll an additional Rune Socket as a Corruption outcome. This replaced the outcome that grants ±10% to caster weapon Quality, up to 23%, which also affected the quality of granted skills.[Undocumented]
0.2.0	Fixed a bug where Quality on Sceptres multiplied the amount of Spirit they granted instead of granting Quality to their inherent Skill.
0.1.1	Flasks with Quality are now able to be salvaged.
0.1.0	Introduced to the game.