Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred's new crafting system will bring back season 11's sanctification and gives bad loot the potential to be legendary

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred’s new crafting system will bring back season 11’s sanctification and gives bad loot the potential to be legendary | PC Gamer Skip to main content Open menu Close main menu PC Gamer THE GLOBAL AUTHORITY ON PC GAMES US Edition UK US Canada Australia Subscribe Sign in View Profile Sign out Search Search PC Gamer Games Hardware News Reviews Guides Video Forum More PC Gaming Show PC Gamer Clips Software Codes Coupons Movies & TV Magazine Newsletter Affiliate links Meet the team Community guidelines About PC Gamer PC Gamer Magazine SubscriptionWhy subscribe?Subscribe to the world’s #1 PC gaming magTry a single issue or save on a subscriptionIssues delivered straight to your door or device From$1Subscribe now Don’t miss these RPG Blizzard is giving away access to paladins for free at the start of Diablo 4’s next season RPG A decades-old Diablo 2 easter egg has suddenly become relevant again as players hunt for the best loot in Reign of the Warlock RPG Control Resonant is far more of an RPG than I expected, complete with talent trees, stats screens, and build-crafting that wouldn’t feel out of place in a Diablo game RPG Blizzard wants Diablo 4’s outrageous damage numbers to mean something again in Lord of Hatred, so it’s letting you crank the difficulty up to near-impossible levels: ‘It’s going to be really f*cking hard’ World of Warcraft Blizzard nerfed this WoW item, but players found an even better loophole that allowed them to travel across the planet every 2 minutes RPG Diablo 4 will let you transform into its most fearsome demon, the Butcher, in an experimental mini season before Lord of Hatred drops RPG Why I love Diablo 2, Act 1 RPG Casting demons like they were spells with Diablo 4’s warlock rules, but now I’m dying to see how Lord of Hatred will transform the other classes World of Warcraft WoW’s classes were pruned for Midnight because many were ‘built in a world’ where its devs assumed they’d be using addons RPG Diablo 4 players still haven’t found a cow level, but they did just find the next best thing: a secret boss battle with piles of loot RPG Diablo 4’s age of reworks might finally be over with its next expansion as it plans to deliver major features players have wanted for years RPG Grim Dawn marks its 10th anniversary with a triumphal update on its final expansion: ‘Grim Dawn will not be going out with a bang, it will be a tremendous roar’ RPG Diablo 2 player discovers the key to immortality on the new warlock class is to use a pet demon as a shield RPG Diablo 2 gets its first expansion in 25 years, featuring a new class, and finally, decent inventory management RPG Diablo 4 boss loot tables for Season 12: Season of Slaughter PopularNEW: PC Gamer Clips!MarathonArc RaidersBest PC gearQuizzes Games RPG Diablo 4 Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred’s new crafting system will bring back season 11’s sanctification and gives bad loot the potential to be legendary News By Tyler Colp published 11 March 2026 One man’s trash is another man’s legendary item. 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From first-look trailers, interviews, reviews and explainers, we’ve got you covered. Signup + Once a month SFX Get sneak previews, exclusive competitions and details of special events each month! Signup + An account already exists for this email address, please log in. Subscribe to our newsletter Real item crafting is finally coming to Diablo 4. I say “real” because the way you can modify items right now is so simplistic compared to what’s on the way in the Lord of Hatred expansion next month. The two developers I spoke to while visiting Blizzard HQ in January convinced me we won’t be looking at loot the same way ever again.Inspired by Diablo 2’s crafting, Diablo 4 will get its own version of the Horadric Cube, which is basically the dark fantasy version of a magical crafting table. You put items into it and better items come out. There will also be a list of recipes for crafting items in different ways, like combining three of the same uniques into a new one.The biggest change is what’s happening to loot in order to support a system like the Horadric Cube. Right now, low-tier items, like commons and magics, disappear from the game once you’re leveled up and start ping-ponging between endgame dungeons. In Lord of Hatred, they’re coming back, but with one notable change: Any item will be able to drop with a supercharged “greater affix” on it—something only legendary items can have right now. You can then take those items, drop them into the cube, and upgrade them into legendaries.Article continues below You may like Thanks to Diablo 2, Blizzard might’ve found a way to fix Diablo 4’s loot fatigue in its next expansion Diablo 4 is having its best season yet, not just because of paladins, but because Blizzard has finally cracked how to make loot endlessly exciting Blizzard wants Diablo 4’s outrageous damage numbers to mean something again in Lord of Hatred, so it’s letting you crank the difficulty up to near-impossible levels: ‘It’s going to be really f*cking hard’ For a game all about loot, this is a