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'''Rare/Set/Unique/Crafted Items''': The Socketing quest adds 1 and only 1 Socket to any of these types. Rares may spawn with 1 socket -2 sockets from a the Mechanic's prefix, and some sets and uniques have sockets inherently, and can't have more added. You will never get more than 1 socket added using the socketing quest on any of these items. Rare items can also have a socket added by a [[Cube_Recipes| Horadric Cube Recipe]]. This requires 1 Stone of Jordan + 3 Perfect Skulls + One Rare Item. It's basically the same as putting that Rare item in the socketing quest reward. It can't be used on an item with sockets already - it can receive 1-2 from the Mechanic's affix.
'''Normal Items''': Normal items can have from 1-6 sockets. How many on a given item can get is random for most item types, but the maximum is always limited by the [[mlvl]] of the monster that drops the item, item type and in the case of naturally spawning sockets the difficulty level. Items can only naturally spawn with a maximum of 3 sockets on normal difficulty, 4 sockets on nightmare and 6 sockets on hell. This limitation only applies to sockets that are spawn naturally, not ones which are added through the item typecube recipe or socket quest. Check the master table below, or the individual [[Armor]] and [[Weapon]]s pages for info on how many sockets are possible on given item types.
The number of sockets from the [[socket quest]] is not affected by the difficulty level, only by the [[ilvl]] of the item, which is based on the [[mlvl]] of the monster that drops it. '''Your [[Clvl]] and the difficulty level of the quest reward has nothing to do with the number of sockets you get.''' You can use the [[Normal]] quest reward on a Crystal Sword and get 6 sockets, or the [[Hell]] quest reward and get 3, depending on the ilvl of the swords used.
There are rumours of the quest reward varying the number of sockets further but these rumours are completely unfounded. Its likely that minions on a borderline area level dropped a white item that was thought to have a lower ilvl. The number of sockets from a quest reward is always the maximum possible based on the ilvl and item type (assuming its a white item).
If you need a number of sockets that [[Lazurk]] won't provide, then you'll have to try the [[cube recipe recipes]] which adds a random number of sockets or find that item with the number of sockets you want. The cube recipe has equal chances of adding 1 to 6 sockets on an item, for a specific [[RuneWord]], generallywith any socket count exceeding the maximum sockets available being bumped back down to the max. You cannot use the socket recipe on low quality items. Trade for it if you have to, or ask in games, most people don't save socketed items, so you might ask as soon as you join, say you'll make 100k for a 5-socket [[Ogre Maul]], for example, or trade more if someone drives a hard bargain. If they aren't keeping it, they'll only get 35k at most for the sale, so shouldn't be too greedy.
==Sockets by Number==
