Economy

What the bench charges to work on your gear, what salvage gives back, and what a sale is worth · 4 services · 13 materials · quality +5% a step

How the price is worked out

in one paragraph

Every service costs a flat amount plus a little more for each item level, then the whole thing is multiplied by the item's rarity — so the better the piece, the dearer the work. Materials scale by that same rarity multiplier, rounded up. Salvaging a rare gives you back 2 Tempering Dust, one more for every 25 item levels on it, plus 1 Binding Shard. Selling instead pays 4 gold plus 1.5 for every item level, times the same rarity multiplier.

Reforge

reforge

Reroll the numbers on every affix.

Every affix keeps its kind and tier; only its value is rolled again within that tier's range — the ranges are on the bench.

Gold15 + 6 for every item level

Materials3 Tempering Dust

Rarity multiplierCommon ×1 · Magic ×1.6 · Rare ×2.75 · Unique ×4

What it costs on rare gear

Item level	Rarity	Gold	Tempering Dust
20	rare	371	13
50	rare	866	20
80	rare	1,361	26
100	rare	1,691	31
120	rare	2,021	35

Replace

replace

Swap one affix for a random compatible one.

Pick the affix to lose. A random affix from the slot's pool takes its place, rolled like a fresh drop at your item level's top tiers.

Gold80 + 28 for every item level

Materials4 Binding Shard

Rarity multiplierCommon ×1 · Magic ×1.5 · Rare ×2.25 · Unique ×3

What it costs on rare gear

Item level	Rarity	Gold	Binding Shard
20	rare	1,440	0
50	rare	3,330	3
80	rare	5,220	7
100	rare	6,480	10
120	rare	7,740	10

Enhance

upgrade

Hone the item's inherent output.

Adds one visible Quality step: +5% to the item's own base stats each, to +15%. Affixes and item level never change.

Gold8 + 2.6 for every item level

Materials2 Tempering Dust

Rarity multiplierCommon ×1 · Magic ×1.5 · Rare ×2.5 · Unique ×5

Steps20, each worth +5% quality and costing ×1.12 the one before

What every step costs on a rare at item level 100

Step	Quality	Gold	Tempering Dust
1	+5%	670	21
2	+10%	750	24
3	+15%	840	27
4	+20%	941	30
5	+25%	1,054	34
6	+30%	1,181	38
7	+35%	1,322	42
8	+40%	1,481	47
9	+45%	1,659	52
10	+50%	1,858	59
11	+55%	2,081	66
12	+60%	2,331	74
13	+65%	2,610	82
14	+70%	2,924	92
15	+75%	3,274	103
16	+80%	3,667	115
17	+85%	4,107	129
18	+90%	4,600	145
19	+95%	5,152	162
20	+100%	5,771	181

What it costs on rare gear

Item level	Rarity	Gold	Tempering Dust
20	rare	150	9
50	rare	345	13
80	rare	540	18
100	rare	670	21
120	rare	800	25

Upgrade

promote

Raise the item's rarity one step.

Common becomes Magic (1–2 affixes), Magic becomes Rare (3–4). Kept affixes stay; the new ones roll fresh. Unique cannot be made.

Common → Magic · 1–2 affixes · 40 + 10/iLvl gold · 6 Tempering Dust

Item level	Rarity	Gold	Tempering Dust
20	common	240	8
50	common	540	11
80	common	840	14
100	common	1,040	16
120	common	1,240	18

Magic → Rare · 3–4 affixes · 120 + 24/iLvl gold · 16 Tempering Dust

Item level	Rarity	Gold	Tempering Dust
20	magic	600	21
50	magic	1,320	28
80	magic	2,040	36
100	magic	2,520	40
120	magic	3,000	45

Salvage

Destroys the item. Rarer and higher-level items return more materials.

You get backCommon 1 · Magic 1 · Rare 2 · Unique 12

And one morefor every 25 item levels

MaterialTempering Dust

ShardsCommon 0 · Magic 0 · Rare 1 · Unique 9

Shard materialBinding Shard

Selling, and where things go

the vendor and your stash

Sells for4 gold, plus 1.5 an item level

Rarity multiplierCommon ×1 · Magic ×2.2 · Rare ×5 · Unique ×12

Buy something back within12 slots

Stash holds100 items

Materials

13 materials

Tempering Dust

Glittering grit from salvaged gear. Reforges and hones what the forge already made.

Binding Shard

A crystallised promise. Cuts one enchantment away and seals another in its place.

Demonic Essence

What remains when a Mortal boss falls. The only fuel for Awakening and Corruption.

Demonic Sigil

A brand seared into reality by a dying Gate boss. Socket them to drag a Nightmare into Hell itself.

Overlord's Horn

Sawn from the Imp Overlord's crown. Laid on an altar, it calls the king back — angrier.

Cinderwyrm Scale

Still too hot to hold. The Cinder Wyrm will come to reclaim it.

Frostwyrm Fang

A sliver of the deep cold. The Frostwyrm dreams of the mouth it was broken from.

Vampire Lord's Heart

It still beats. Set it on the altar and the Lord will come collect.

Spider King's Eye

One of many. The King sees the altar through it, and he is already climbing.

Thunderroc Pinion

A storm folded into a feather. Release it and the sky comes down screaming.

Sire's Heartstone

The mountain's pulse, quarried loose. Return it and the mountain returns for you.

Matron's Broken Halo

Dawn-metal, cracked down the middle. Mend it on the altar and face what wears it.

Deep Wyrm's Heart

Cold, heavy, and still full of the tide. Set it on the altar and the Drowned Court rises around you.

Notes from the game's design doc

GDD v0.5 §11.3 ordinary crafting: Temper (rpc craft_reforge) rerolls every eligible numeric affix value (ranges shown before confirmation); Swap Affix (craft_replace) swaps one affix; Quality Up (craft_upgrade) adds one visible Quality step (+5% inherent output each, up to +100% = 20 steps, NEVER touching item level); Rarity Up (craft_promote) raises rarity one step — common→magic rolls to 1–2 affixes, magic→rare to 3–4 — and, as its last step (promote.fourth), gives a three-affix Rare its fourth affix. Unique is never craftable. Temper/Quality Up/Rarity Up consume Tempering Dust, Swap Affix consumes Binding Shards (GDD v0.5 §13.3). Gold = (goldBase + goldPerItemLevel x item level) x rarityMultiplier; materials = ceil((materials + materialsPerItemLevel x item level) x rarityMultiplier).

Dust economy 2026-09-09 (Jimmy: bigger Tempering Dust sinks, Dust costs scale with item level like Gold does, salvage pays less). Anchor: a Rare IL100 salvages to 6 Dust; Temper on it costs 31 (~5 salvages), Rarity Up to Rare 40, the fourth affix 120 (exactly 3x the Rare step in Gold and Dust), and the full Quality track (20 steps, x1.10 each) totals ~1,140 Dust and ~177k Gold — the long-term endgame sink. Swap Affix is doubled from its 2026-08-30 price (Jimmy: the crux of the bench was too friendly).