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General Notes

Infernal Tools is one of the few sets that gets any actual use in Diablo II. It's a nice one for a low-mid level Necromancer, with +2 to all skills, and a low clvl requirement. In fact the Str requirement for the belt is more of an object to getting into this set early on than the Clvl requirement. Even just the wand is a useful item, sort of a poor man's Ume's Lament.

These are the stats for the set in Diablo II Expansion Pack: Lord of Destruction, where there are partial set bonuses and hidden item bonuses.

• The odds of gambling a set item are 1 in 1000.
• Items with Rarity are expressed as a chance out of 1000. Eg 78/1000 would mean that out of every 1000 set items of that base item that drop, 78 of them will be this particular one. This is important for rings and amulets and several other items.
• Item Level: Used in many in-game calculations. Monsters must be of this level to drop the item. All items in Infernal Tools have an Item Level of 7
• Clvl req is the character level you need to be to be able to wear the item. All items in Infernal Tools have a Clvl Req of 5.
• Hidden Bonuses usually work in conjunction with other items. For example, if you are wearing a set helm that has a listed hidden bonus as "Wearing 2 Items: +15 Str", it means that if you wear the helm with any other item in the set, the helm will show an additional bonus of +15 Str in green text. These bonuses apply to the individual item only, but most sets will have several items with these properties, so you can quickly find that simply wearing 3 items from a 4 item set will give you several additional magical bonuses. The bonuses stack together, so if you have an item that has bonuses for wearing both 2 and 3 items, if you are wearing 3 items you will receive the bonus for wearing 2 items as well.

Weapon Notes

• Damage Bonus: This determines how you multiply the item damage by your stats to reach the actual damage. Multiply by the listed value per 100 points in that stat (eg if you have 200 points, multiply by 2). All bows are 100 Dex, almost all melee weapons are 100 Str, most throwing weapons are 75/75.
• Weapon Speed: A relative comparison to other weapons of the same type. 0 is the base -10, -20, etc is faster, 10, 20, etc is slower.
• Range: Melee only. From 1 (least) to 5 (most) in D2X. Numbers are fixed across item classes: a 3 javelin = a 3 sword = a 3 hammer, etc.

D2X

Item	Item Name	Attributes	Hidden Bonuses
	Infernal Sign Heavy Belt	Rarity: 500/1000 31 Defense 18 Durability 45 Str Required 25 Defense 20 to Life	Wearing 2 Items: 25% Poison Resist Wearing 3 Items: Half Freeze Duration
	Infernal Torch Grim Wand	13-14 Dmg 15 Durability Range: 1 0 Weapon Speed Damage Bonus: 100 Str 1 Necromancer Skills 8 to Min Damage	Wearing 2 Items: 10 to Attack Rating per clvl
	Infernal Cranium Cap	Rarity: 700/1000 3-5 Defense 12 Durability 20% Damage Taken Goes to Mana All Resistances 10%	Wearing 2 Items: 2 Defense per clvl *

* When wearing another item of this set, the defense of this cap will increase at a rate of 2 defense per clvl.

Set Bonuses

No huge bonuses, the choice is between using just the wand, or adding the belt and hat for the +2 Necro skills. It's worth it early on where +1 to all for a Necro is very helpful, but you'll want to switch to a +2 Necro skill wand as soon as you can find one or buy one. They are Clvl 30 to equip in Diablo II.

Diablo II

These are the stats for the set in Diablo II, where there are no partial set bonuses or hidden item bonuses.

Item	Item Name	Attributes	Commentary
	Infernal Buckle Heavy Belt	31 Defense 36 Durability 45 Str Required Clvl Req: 5Â 25 Defense 20 to Life	Nice defense and life, though you can easily exceed these with any decent Rare belt.
	Infernal Torch Grim Wand	13-14 Dmg Durability: 30 150% Damage to Undead Necro Swing Speed: Fast 1 Necro Skills 8 to Min Damage	Good for Necromancers with the 1 to all skills, and lower Clvl requirement than a magical wand with 1.
	Infernal Cranium Cap	Defense: 3-5 Durability: 24 Clvl Req: 5Â 20% Damage Taken Goes to Mana All Resistances 10%	Nice % damage to mana, which you can't get from any other headgear in the game, and decent resistances.

Set Bonuses

No huge bonuses, the choice is between using just the wand, or adding the belt and hat for the +2 Necro skills. It's worth it early on where +1 to all for a Necro is very helpful, but you'll want to switch to a +2 Necro skill wand as soon as you can find one or buy one. They are Clvl 30 to equip in Diablo II.