Cube Recipes (Median XL) (2024)

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Median XL


Modder	Brother Laz

LatestRelease	Omega

Game	Diablo II: Lord of Destruction

Patch Version	1.10, 1.11, 1.12, 1.13

Platform	Windows

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Cube Recipes[]

Intro[]

The Horadric Cube is an underused aspect of Diablo II. Median XL overhauls its function from a cute gimmick to an important tool of war.

Crafting Points[]

Many cube recipes work only if you have the required amount of Crafting Points on your equipped items. Crafting Point requirements are listed near the recipe in grey text:

Reagents[]

Oils/Catalysts/Sacrifical Heart/Meditation Candle

These reagents can be bought from the appropriate vendor.

Arcane Shards

This reagent is obtained by disenchanting unique items, see below.

Arcane Crystal

This reagent is created by cubing Arcane Shards in sets of five.

Mystic Orbs

These reagents can be obtained by buying them from any magic items vendor or by killing monsters. Note that not all Mystic Orbs can be bought...

Shrines

These reagents are orange crucifixes that drop in late Terror and in Destruction difficulty. They enable you to create and bless items, see below.

Book Of Summoning

These books are used to summon evil creatures, using one in certain places may have interesting effects. A book of summoning can be crafted using three meditation candles and three victims' hearts (both of which can be bought at some vendors).

There are many cube recipes that can be used to create, reroll, disenchant, uptier, craft, affix, and do other things to items.

Disenchanting[]

Input	Output
Unique + Catalyst of Disenchantment	Arcane Shard + Catalyst of Disenchantment
Set + Catalyst of Disenchantment	Arcane Shard + Catalyst of Disenchantment
Arcane Shards x5	Arcane Crystal
Unique + Catalyst of Learning	Signet of Learning + Catalyst of Learning
Set + Catalyst of Learning	Signet of Learning + Catalyst of Learning

Rerolling[]

Recipe Name	Input	Output	Description/Notes
Upgrade to Non-magical Item	Low quality item + Oil of Enhancement	Reroll item as regular	Upgrade any low quality item to regular quality or a regular item to superior. This also rerolls the socket count on the item.
	Regular item + Oil of Enhancement	Reroll item as superior
Upgrade to Magical Item	Any nonmagical item + Oil of Enhancement + Rune	Reroll item as magic	Upgrade any plain item (white or grey) to a basic magical item.
	Magic item + Oil of Enhancement + Rune	Reroll item as rare
Reroll Magic to Honorific	Magic weapon/armor + Meditation Candle + Sacrificial Heart	Return item as honorific	Honorific items are blank items that receive a double bonus from Mystic Orbs. This enables you to create your own custom items, provided you have some money to spend on the ingredients and the Mystic Orbs. See the Honorific Items, Mystic Orbs, Shrines pages for more details.
Reroll any Item to Unique	Non-sacred item + Arcane Crystal x2 + Oil of Enhancement	Reroll item as unique	This powerful recipe uses the reagents obtained by disenchanting other uniques to turn any tiered item of your choosing into a unique. But choose wisely, because the crystals are precious and costly to replace.
Chaos Reroll Recipe	Any item + jewel + Oil of Luck	Reroll item randomly	Ready to roll the dice? Your item may turn into a lowly white or magical item... or a powerful rare or unique. This recipe cannot create sacred uniques or sets, but it can create almost anything else for cheap.
Affix Burn Recipe	Any item + Catalyst of Destruction + Rune	Reroll item as low quality + Catalyst of Destruction	This explosive alchemical combination burns all magic off an item, returning it as a basic low quality item. This recipe is useful to prepare an item for a runeword.
Reroll Modifiers	Superior item + Oil of Renewal	Reroll item	These recipes reroll the modifiers and socket count on any non-magical, magic or rare item. This is useful when you have a bad rare that could have been good, or to try and get better superior bonuses on your item before making a runeword
	Magic item + Oil of Renewal	Reroll item
	Rare item + Oil of Renewal	Reroll item
Zomghelp Recipe	Magic weapon/armor + magic amulet + magic ring	Reroll item as level 1 magic item	Should you have some bad luck and find yourself stuck with no useful weapon or armour, use this recipe to create yourself some baseline items. The items come with very weak random stats, but have a built-in enhanced damage or defence bonus. This recipe also adds +25% Enhanced Damage (weapons) or +25% Enhanced Defense (armour) if you use it at character level 1, and an additional +2% for each higher character level. A level 40 character, for example, will get +103%.

Uptiering[]

Any non-sacred weapon/armor + Arcane Crystal -> return item as next higher tier with same stats
Non-sacred unique weapon/armor + Arcane Crystal + Rune -> reroll as next higher tier with new stats

Affixing[]

Any non-ethereal item of the appropriate type + Mystic Orb -> add orb bonus and +2 required level
Any uberquest trophy + Corresponding unique charm -> return charm with added bonus
Any non-ethereal item + Oil of Luck -> returns item, may add bonuses

Upgrade type	Upgrade effects
Weapon	+40% Enhanced Damage, 100% Bonus to Attack Rating
Armour	+40% Enhanced Defense, Damage Reduced by 1%
Amulet	+1 to All Skill Levels
Ring	+10% to Spell Damage
Quiver	5% Bonus to all Attributes
Jewel	+2 to Strength, +2 to Dexterity, +2 to Energy, +2 to Vitality

Non-socketed non-ethereal item + jewel x[1-6] -> returns item with [1-6] sockets (will not return more sockets than max of base item)

Jewel Crafting[]

Jewel + Oil of Jewelcrafting + rune -> reroll jewel as crafted, add bonuses

Rune input	Rune upgrade effects	Crafting points required
Tir	(6 to 10)% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items	50
Ith	All Resists +(3 to 5)%	50
Ort	Requirements –(2 to 4)%	100
Shael	+(21 to 50) Defense	100
Lum	+(1 to 2)% to Experience Gained	150
Lem	+(3 to 5) to All Attributes	150
Ist	+(4 to 6)% Bonus to Summoned Minion Life	200
Ohm	+(4 to 12) to Maximum Damage	200
Ber	(1 to 2)% Life Stolen per Hit, (1 to 2)% Mana Stolen per Hit	250
Zod	+(1 to 3)% to Spell Damage	250
Kur	+(4 to 6)% Bonus to Summoned Minion Damage	300
Nas	Slows Target by 1%	300
Vith	+(2 to 4)% Bonus to Summoned Minion Resistances	350
Thai	+(6 to 15) to Minimum Damage	350
Nih	+(2 to 8) Life on Striking in Melee, +(2 to 8) Mana on Striking in Melee	400

Alchemy[]

All recipes require 500 Crafting Points

Gem input	Scroll input	Elixir output	Elixir description
Perfect Amber	Scroll of Identify	Elixir of Adrenaline	Cancels a running spell timer
Perfect Emerald	Scroll of Town Portal	Elixir of Greater Experience	+300% to Experience Gained
Perfect Ruby	Scroll of Identify	Elixir of Greater Greed	350% Better Chance of Getting Magic Items
Perfect Sapphire	Scroll of Town Portal	Elixir of Power	+15 to All Skills
Perfect Topaz	Scroll of Identify	Elixir of Love	Reduces all Vendor Prices 25%

Shortcuts[]

Want to skip some of the more boring quests in act 2 and 3?

Horadric Staff:

Arcane Crystal x2 + healing potion -> Horadric Staff

Khalim's Flail:

Arcane Crystal x2 + mana potion -> Khalim's Will

You need to create these items in the correct difficulty.

Miscellaneous[]

Type	Input	Output	Notes
Gem and Runes	Same gem x2	Next higher gem quality
	Same rune x2	Next higher rune
	Rune	Next lower rune	These recipes do not allow you to obtain or downgrade Great Runes.
R.I.P. Recipe	Any item + Catalyst of Destruction + Arcane Crystal	Returns item with R.I.P. modifier + Catalyst of Destruction	Removes reanimates
Item Destruction Recipe	Any item + Catalyst of Destruction	Catalyst of Destruction
Unsocketing Items	Socketed item + Oil of Disjunction	Separate item and socket fillers	Magical, Rare, Set, Unique, Crafted, Honorific items
	Socketed item + Oil of Disjunction + perfect gem x3	Separate item and socket fillers	Nonmagical items
Uberquest Recipes	Sacrificial Heart x3 + Meditation Candle x3	Book of Summoning
	Pearl of Wisdom	Returns next Pearl of Wisdom
Wirt’s Leg + Tome of Town Portal	Cow Level portal

Median XL Mod
Sections	Features• Challenges• Cube Recipes• Items• Bestiary• Game Mechanics
Classes	Amazon• Assassin• Barbarian• Druid• Necromancer• Paladin• Sorceress