Crafting Materials in Diablo 4

What are Crafting Materials used for?

Crafting Materials, which are acquired while exploring Sanctuary or by salvaging items, are used for:

• Creating Elixirs and Incense (Alchemist)
• Creating Nightmare Sigils (Occultist)
• Re-rolling item affixes (Occultist)
• Upgrading Armor and Weapons (Blacksmith)
• Upgrading Healing Potions (Alchemist)
• Upgrading Jewelry (Jeweler)

Crafting Materials are account-based

Crafting Materials that a player obtains on one character can be used by their other characters.

Monster Parts

As their name suggests, Monster Parts are dropped by slain monsters. They're used by the Alchemist to upgrade Healing Potions.

Crushed Beast Bones

Quality:

• Magic

Sourced from:

• Gathered from Animals, Beasts, and Werecreatures

Uses:

• Upgrading to Light Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• Within the bones of wild creatures dwells a raw potency used by Alchemists to enhance physical properties.

Open Beta

Demon's Heart

Quality:

• Magic

Sourced from:

• Gathered from Demon monsters

Uses:

• Upgrading to Moderate Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Superior Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• Each Demon still carries a withered, beating heart that propels it forward. Rarely they are left in fine enough condition after the Demon is slain to use for other means.

Open Beta

Grave Dust

Quality:

• Magic

Sourced from:

• Gathered from Undead monsters

Uses:

• Upgrading to Greater Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Superior Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• Long exposure to the walking dead imbues this dust with their inverse vitality, used in necromantic alchemies.

Open Beta

Paletongue

Quality:

• Magic

Sourced from:

• Gathered from evil humans

Uses:

• Upgrading to Strong Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• The lies spouted by particular black-hearted humans rarely manifest in turning their tongues a milky white.

Open Beta

Ores

Ores can be mined in all Regions of Sanctuary. They're used in upgrading Jewelry and Weapons Scattered Prisms are a Rare Ore dropped by World Bosses.

Iron Chunk

Quality:

• Common

Sourced from:

• Mined from all Regions
• Salvaged Jewelry and Weapons

Uses:

• Upgrading Jewelry at the Jeweler.
• Upgrading a Weapon to Level 1 at the Blacksmith
• Upgrading a Weapon to Level 2 at the Blacksmith
• Upgrading a Weapon to Level 3 at the Blacksmith
• Upgrading a Weapon to Level 4 at the Blacksmith

Lore:

• A common, dark ore that, while heavy, results in clean, useful metal, and used by artisans throughout Sanctuary.

Open Beta

Scattered Prism

Quality:

• Rare

Sourced from:

• Gathered from World Bosses

Uses:

• Adding a socket to an item at the Jeweler.

Lore:

• Rare and hoarded by their previous owners, these prisms are often guarded jealously.

Open Beta

Silver Ore

Quality:

• Magic

Sourced from:

• Mined in all Regions
• Salvaged Magic Jewelry and Weapons
• Converted from 10x Iron Chunk

Uses:

• Upgrading Jewelry at the Jeweler.
• Upgrading a Weapon to Level 2 at the Blacksmith
• Upgrading a Weapon to Level 3 at the Blacksmith
• Upgrading a Weapon to Level 4 at the Blacksmith

Lore:

• Silver is prized by artisans for both its beauty and potency against dangerous creatures throughout Sanctuary.

Open Beta

Plants

Players can find Plants across Sanctuary, with some native to specific Regions. They're used at the Alchemist to create Elixirs, Incense, and Potions.

Angelbreath

Quality:

• Rare

Sourced from:

• Foraged from all Regions

Uses:

• A rare Herb used in the crafting of Elixirs.
• Upgrading to Greater Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Major Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Superior Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• A precious and rare strain of Lily-of-the-Valley. Considered an alchemical catalyst of few peers.

Open Beta

Biteberry

Quality:

• Rare

Sourced from:

• Foraged from Fractured Peaks
• Converted from 5x Gallowvine

Uses:

• An Herb used in the crafting of Potions, Elixirs, and Incense.
• Upgrading to Light Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Major Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• A hard, bitter berry prized by Alchemists for its use as both an enduring raisin and its vital and defenesive qualities.

Open Beta

Blightshade

Quality:

• Magic

Sourced from:

• Foraged from Hawezar
• Converted from 5x Gallowvine

Uses:

• An Herb used in the crafting of Potions, Elixirs, and Incense.
• Upgrading to Greater Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Major Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Superior Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• A toxic swamp lily, prized by Alchemists for its foul and aggressive qualities.

Open Beta

Fiend Rose

Quality:

• Rare

Sourced from:

• Foraged from Helltides

Uses:

• Upgrading to Major Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Superior Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Replacing item affixes on Legendary items at the Occultist.

Lore:

• Only mostly toxic in spite of its beauty, but still regarded a peerless catalyst by Alchemists.

Open Beta

Gallowvine

Quality:

• Magic

Sourced from:

• Foraged from all Regions
• Converted from 1x Biteberry, Blightshade, Howler Moss, Lifesbane, or Reddamine

Uses:

• An Herb used in the crafting of Potions, Elixirs, and Incense.
• Upgrading to Light Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Moderate Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Strong Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• Considered foundational to the study of alchemy, Gallowvine serves to bond and enhance other Elixirs.

Open Beta

Howler Moss

Quality:

• Magic

Sourced from:

• Foraged from Scosglen
• Converted from 5x Gallowvine

Uses:

• An Herb used in the crafting of Potions, Elixirs, and Incense.
• Upgrading to Moderate Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Major Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Superior Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• Considered foundational to the study of alchemy, Gallowvine serves to bond and enhance other Elixirs.

Open Beta

Lifesbane

Quality:

• Magic

Sourced from:

• Foraged from Kehjistan
• Converted from 5x Gallowvine

Uses:

• An Herb used in the crafting of Potions, Elixirs, and Incense.
• Upgrading to Greater Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Major Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• A native Kehjistani berry with an eerie face, prized by Alchemists for its potent toxins and soporific effects.

Open Beta

Reddamine

Quality:

• Magic

Sourced from:

• Foraged from Dry Steppes
• Converted from 5x Gallowvine

Uses:

• A fungus used in the crafting of Potions, Elixirs, and Incense.
• Upgrading to Strong Healing Potion at the Alchemist
• Upgrading to Major Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• A curiosity among fungi, coveted by Alchemists for its stimulating and energizing properties.

Open Beta

Salvage Materials

Salvage Materials come from salvaging Armor and Weapons at the Blacksmith, as well as Nightmare Sigils at the Occultist. They're used to upgrade items and craft Nightmare Sigils.

Abstruse Sigil

Quality:

• Rare

Sourced from:

• Salvaged Legendary Jewelry

Uses:

• Used to improve Legendary Jewelry.

Lore:

• Fragments from storied relics and talismans with truly unusual properties.

Open Beta

Baleful Fragment

Quality:

• Rare

Sourced from:

• Salvaged Legendary Weapons

Uses:

• Upgrading a Legendary Weapon to Level 4 at the Blacksmith

Lore:

• Shards from storied Weapons with truly unusual properties.

Open Beta

Coiling Ward

Quality:

• Rare

Sourced from:

• Salvaged Legendary Armor

Uses:

• Used to improve Legendary Armor.

Lore:

• Fragments from storied Armor with truly unusual properties.

Open Beta

Forgotten Soul

Quality:

• Rare

Sourced from:

• Gathered from Helltides

Uses:

• Used to improve Sacred and Ancestral items.
• Upgrading to Superior Healing Potion at the Alchemist

Lore:

• Is it a stone, an organ, or something else? Indescribably, it is all of these things.

Open Beta

Sigil Powder

Quality:

• Rare

Sourced from:

• Salvaged Nightmare Sigils

Uses:

• Crafting Nightmare Sigils at the Occultist.

Lore:

• A mysterious powder that can be compressed into relics inviting peril for greater challenges and rewards.

Open Beta

Veiled Crystal

Quality:

• Rare

Sourced from:

• Salvaged Rare and Legendary items

Uses:

• Imprinting Legendary Aspects at the Occultist
• Replacing item affixes on Legendary items at the Occultist.
• Upgrading a Weapon to Level 3 at the Blacksmith
• Upgrading a Weapon to Level 4 at the Blacksmith

Lore:

• Occultists and enchanters commonly use these crystals to reorient or redirect magical energy. The process renders them inert, so many are needed.

Open Beta

Skins

Players receive Skins by slaying wildlife and animal-like monsters. Skins are used for upgrading Armor at the Blacksmith.

Rawhide

Quality:

• Common

Sourced from:

• Gathered from all Regions

Uses:

• Common leather used for improving Armor. Can be obtained from the various wildlife and beasts.

Lore:

• Coarse, rugged leather used for garments, tools, and toys for the hounds of Sanctuary.

Open Beta

Superior Leather

Quality:

• Magic

Sourced from:

• Gathered from all Regions
• Converted from 5x Rawhide

Uses:

• Rare leather used for improving Armor. Can be obtained from the various wildlife and beasts.

Lore:

• Supple, rugged leather used for fine garments and even finer Armor.

Open Beta