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General Notes

Tancred's Battlegear has the highest Clvl requirement for any of the old sets from Diablo II, but that doesn't translate into it being the most useful. The whole set bonus is impressive, but none of the individual items are good enough to use on their own.

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 Tancred's Battle Gear have an Item Level of 27
• Clvl req is the character level you need to be to be able to wear the item. All items in Tancred's Battle Gear have a Clvl Req of 20
• 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.

Armor Notes

• Light Armor: No stamina or speed penalties.
• Medium Armor: +5% stamina drain and speed penalty.
• Heavy Armor: +10% stamina drain and speed penalty.

D2X

Item	Item Name	Attributes	Hidden Bonuses
	Tancred's Skull Bone Helm	33-36 Defense 40 Durability 25 Str Required 10% Enhanced Damage 40 to Attack Rating	Wearing 2 Items: 10% Resist All
	Tancred's Weird Amulet	Rarity: 155.5/1000 Damage Reduced by 2 Magic Damage Reduced by 1	Wearing 2 Items: 78% Better Chance of Getting Magical Items Wearing 3 Items: 60 to Attack Rating
	Tancred's Hobnails Boots	2-3 Defense 12 Durability Heal Stamina Plus 25% 10 to Dexterity	Wearing 2 Items: 30% Faster Run/Walk Wearing 3 Items: 10 to Strength
	Tancred's Spine Full Plate Mail	150-161 Defense 70 Durability 80 Str Required Heavy Armor 40 to Life 15 to Strength	Wearing 2 Items: 2 Defense per Clvl *
	Tancred's Crowbill Military Pick	12-19 Damage 26 Durability 33 Dex Required 49 Str Required Damage Bonus: 100 Str -10 Weapon Speed Range: 2 80% Enhanced Damage 75 to Attack Rating	Wearing 2 Items: 20 Mana Wearing 3 Items: 20% Increased Attack Speed

* When wearing another item of this set, the defense of this armor will increase at a rate of 2 defense per Clvl

Set Bonuses

Impressive bonuses for the full set, but none the individual items are just mediocre, and the very low damage of the weapon dooms any chance this one has of being useful for long, especially in multi-player games.

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
	Tancred's Skull Bone Helm	22-26 Defense 80 Durability 25 Str Required Enhanced Damage 40 to Attack Rating Clvl Req: 20	You don't see AR on helms that often, but just 40 AR isn't enough to get excited about.
	Tancred's Weird Amulet	Damage Reduced by 2 Magic Damage Reduced by 1 Clvl Req: 20	Defensive stats, but physical damage reduction is not very important, and only -1 MD isn't much either.
	Tancred's Hobnails Boots	2-3 Defense 24 Durability Heal Stamina Plus 25% 10 to Dexterity Clvl Req: z	Nice Dex, but not boots anyone wears on their own.
	Tancred's Spine Full Plate Mail	150-161 Defense 140 Durability 80 Str Required 40 to Life 15 to Strength Clvl Req: 20	Good bonuses, but not enough Defense to be useful for that, and good armor has to have some resistances 99% of the time.
	Tancred's Crowbill Military Pick	12-19 1H Damage 52 Durability 33 Dex Required 49 Str Required Swing Speed:  P - Very Fast  B/S/N/Am - Fast Enhanced Damage 75 to Attack Rating Clvl Req: 20	Like most set item weapons, the damage on this one is way too low to be useful, when compared to magical or Rare weapons of a similar level.

Set Bonuses

Impressive bonuses for the full set, but none the individual items are just mediocre, and the very low damage of the weapon dooms any chance this one has of being useful for long, especially in multi-player games.