D1 Modifiers

This page lists all the prefixes and suffixes found in Diablo and Hellfire.

Prefixes and Suffixes

All Prefixes and Suffixes are listed on this page, sorted by their effect. The modifiers are labeled prefix or suffix in each table, and suffixes are listed as "of the ____" to further clarify things.

There are no rare items in Diablo or Hellfire, just magical, so no item (but Uniques) can have more than two properties:, a single prefix and/or a suffix.

All modifiers are somewhat limited in the types of items they may occur on. These are listed in the tables, by the following key:

• A = Armor or Helms
• S = Shields
• W = Weapons (Axes, Clubs, and Swords)
• T = Staffs
• t = Staffs (in Hellfire, but not Diablo)
• B = Bows
• J = Jewelry

The values for steps, base-max, range, and multiplier are used in complicated calculations to determine item cost, repair cost, recharge cost, and so forth. These formulas are too technical for most players to bother with, so they are not reproduced on this page. Consult Jarulf's Guide, section 3.6, if you wish to delve into them.

+ Strength

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of frailty	-10 - -6	ASW-BJ	3	--	--	--	-3
of weakness	-5 - -1	ASWtBJ	1	--	--	--	-2
of strength	1 - 5	ASWtBJ	1	4	200-1000	800	2
of might	6 - 10	ASW-BJ	5	4	1200-2000	800	3
of power	11 - 15	ASW-BJ	11	4	2200-3000	800	4
of giants	16 - 20	A-W-BJ	17	4	3200-5000	1800	7
of titans	21 - 30	--W--J	23	9	5200-10000	4800	10

+ Magic

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of the fool	-10 - -6	ASWTBJ	3	--	--	--	-3
of dyslexia	-5 - -1	ASWTBJ	1	--	--	--	-2
of magic	1 - 5	ASWTBJ	1	4	200-1000	800	2
of the mind	6 - 10	ASWTBJ	5	4	1200-2000	800	3
of brilliance	11 - 15	ASWTBJ	11	4	2200-3000	800	4
of sorcery	16 - 20	A-WTBJ	17	4	3200-5000	1800	7
of wizardy	21 - 30	---T-J	23	9	5200-10000	4800	10

+ Dexterity

Suffix	Value	Occurence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of paralysis	-10 - -6	ASW-BJ	3	--	--	--	-3
of atrophy	-5 - -1	ASWtBJ	1	--	--	--	-2
of dexterity	1 - 5	ASWtBJ	1	4	200-1000	800	2
of skill	6 - 10	ASW-BJ	5	4	1200-2000	800	3
of accuracy	11 - 15	ASW-BJ	11	4	2200-3000	800	4
of precision	16 - 20	A-W-BJ	17	4	3200-5000	1800	7
of perfection	21 - 30	----BJ	23	9	5200-10000	4800	10

+ Vitality

Suffix	Value	Occurence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of illness	-10 - -6	ASW-BJ	3	--	--	--	-3
of disease	-5 - -1	ASWtBJ	1	--	--	--	-2
of vitality	1 - 5	ASWtBJ	1	4	200-1000	800	2
of zest	6 - 10	ASW-BJ	5	4	1200-2000	800	3
of vim	11 - 15	ASW-BJ	11	4	2200-3000	800	4
of vigor	16 - 20	A-W-BJ	17	4	3200-5000	1800	7
of life	21 - 30	-----J	23	9	5200-10000	4800	10

+ All Attributes

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of trouble	-10 - -6	ASWtBJ	12	--	--	--	-10
of the pit	-5 - -1	ASWtBJ	5	--	--	--	-5
of the sky	1 - 3	ASWtBJ	5	2	800-4000	3200	5
of the moon	4 - 7	ASWtBJ	11	3	4800-8000	3200	10
of the stars	8 - 11	A-W-BJ	17	3	8800-12000	3200	15
of the heavens	12 - 15	--W-BJ	25	3	12800-20000	7200	20
of the zodiac	16 - 20	-----J	30	4	20800-40000	19200	30

+Life

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of the vulture	-25 - -11	AS---J	4	--	--	--	-4
of the jackal	-10 - -1	AS---J	1	--	--	--	-2
of the fox	10 - 15	AS---J	1	5	100-1000	900	2
of the jaguar	16 - 20	AS---J	5	4	1100-2000	900	3
of the eagle	21 - 30	AS---J	9	6	2100-4000	1900	5
of the wolf	30 - 40	AS---J	15	9	4100-6000	1900	7
of the tiger	41 - 50	AS---J	21	10	6100-10000	3900	9
of the lion	51 - 60	A----J	27	9	10100-15000	4900	11
of the mammoth	61 - 80	A-----	35	19	15100-19000	3900	12
of the whale	81 - 100	A-----	60	19	19100-30000	10900	13

+Mana

Prefix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of corruption	-all	ASW---	5	--	-1000	--	2
hyena's	-25 - -11	---T-J	4	14	100-1000	900	-2
frog's	-10 - -1	---T-J	1	--	--	--	-2
spider's	10 - 15	---T-J	1	5	500-1000	500	2
raven's	15 - 20	---T-J	5	5	1100-2000	900	3
snake's	21 - 30	---T-J	9	9	2100-4000	1900	5
serpent's	30 - 40	---T-J	15	10	4100-6000	1900	7
drake's	41 - 50	---T-J	21	9	6100-10000	3900	9
dragon's	51 - 60	---T-J	27	9	10100-15000	4900	11
wyrm's	61 - 80	---t--	35	19	15100-19000	3900	12
hydra's	81 - 100	---t--	60	19	19100-30000	10900	13

• "of corruption" is a suffix.

+% Armor Class

Prefix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
vulnerable	-100 - -51	AS----	3	--	--	--	-3
rusted	-50 - -25	AS----	1	--	--	--	-2
fine	20 - 30	AS----	1	10	20-100	80	2
strong	31 - 40	AS----	3	9	120-200	80	3
grand	41 - 55	AS----	6	14	220-300	80	5
valiant	56 - 70	AS----	10	14	320-400	80	7
glorious	71 - 90	AS----	14	19	420-600	180	9
blessed	91 - 110	AS----	19	19	620-800	180	11
saintly	111 - 130	AS----	24	19	820-1200	380	13
awesome	131 - 150	AS----	28	19	1220-2000	780	15
holy	151 - 170	AS----	35	19	2200-6000	800	17
godly	171 - 200	AS----	60	29	6200-7000	800	20

+To/Hit

Prefix	Value	Occurence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
tin	-10 - -6	--W-BJ	3	--	--	--	-3
brass	-5 - -1	--W-BJ	1	--	--	--	-2
bronze	1 - 5	--W-BJ	1	4	100-500	400	2
iron	6 - 10	--W-BJ	4	4	600-1000	400	3
steel	11 - 15	--W-BJ	6	4	1100-1500	400	5
silver	16 - 20	--W-BJ	9	4	1600-2000	400	7
gold	21 - 30	--W-BJ	12	9	2100-3000	900	9
platinum	31 - 40	--W-B-	16	9	3100-4000	900	11
mithril	41 - 60	--W-B-	20	19	4100-6000	1900	13
meteoric	61 - 80	--W-B-	23	19	6100-10000	3900	15
weird	81 - 100	--W-B-	35	19	10100-14000	3900	17
strange	101 - 150	--W-B-	60	49	14100-20000	5900	20

+% To/Hit and +% Damage Done

Prefix	To/Hit	Damage	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
clumsy	-10 - -6	-75 - -50	--WTB-	5	--	--	--	-7
dull	-5 - -1	-45 - -25	--WTB-	1	--	--	--	-5
sharp	1 - 5	20 - 35	--WTB-	1	15	350-950	600	5
fine	6 - 10	36 - 50	--WTB-	6	14	1100-1700	600	7
warrior's	11 - 15	51 - 65	--WTB-	10	14	1850-2450	600	13
soldier's	16 - 20	66 - 80	--WT--	15	14	2600-3950	1350	17
lord's	21 - 30	81 - 95	--WT--	19	14	4100-5950	1850	21
knight's	31 - 40	96 - 110	--WT--	23	14	6100-8450	2350	26
master's	41 - 50	111 - 125	--WT--	28	14	8600-13000	4400	30
champion's	51 - 75	126 - 150	--WT--	40	24	15200-24000	8800	33
king's	76 - 100	151 - 175	--WT--	28	24	24100-35000	10900	38
doppleganger's	21 - 30	81 - 95	--Wt--	11	14	2000-2400	400	10

• Sharp is bugged in that the game treats it like a cursed item and therefore NPCs will never sell it.
• Doppleganger is found only in Hellfire. It has a 10% chance of duplicating any regular monster. Does not work on bosses.

+% Damage

Prefix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
useless	-100	--WtB-	5	--	--	--	-8
bent	-75 - -50	--WtB-	3	--	--	--	-4
weak	-45 - -25	--WtB-	1	--	--	--	-3
jagged	20 - 35	--WtB-	4	15	250-450	200	3
deadly	36 - 50	--WtB-	6	14	500-700	200	4
heavy	51 - 65	--WtB-	9	14	750-950	200	5
vicious	66 - 80	--WtB-	12	14	1000-1450	450	8
brutal	81 - 95	--WtB-	16	14	1500-1950	450	10
massive	96 - 110	--WtB-	20	14	2000-2450	450	13
savage	111 - 125	--W-B-	23	14	2500-3000	500	15
ruthless	126 - 150	--W-B-	35	24	10100-15000	4900	17
merciless	151 - 175	--W-B-	60	24	15000-20000	5000	20
decay	150 - 250	--WtB-	1	--	200-200	0	2
crystalline	200 - 280	--W---	5	79	1000-3000	2000	3

• Decay and Crystalline are only found in Hellfire.
• Decay: Bonus decreases 5% each hit. When it reaches -100% the item is destroyed.
• Crystalline: Item has -30 to -70% lower durability

+ Damage

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of quality	1 - 2	--WtB-	2	1	100-200	100	2
of maiming	3 - 5	--WtB-	7	2	1300-1500	200	3
of slaying	6 - 8	--W---	15	2	2600-3000	400	5
of gore	9 - 12	--W---	25	3	4100-5000	900	8
of carnage	13 - 16	--W---	35	3	5100-10000	4900	10
of slaughter	17 - 20	--W---	60	3	10100-15000	4900	13

Reduces Damage Taken

• These bonuses are applied to all types of damage from monsters and traps, including spells, but does not work in PvP.
• Damage is reduced before any resistance is applied, but after the "of thieves" effect (50% damage from traps.)
• Damage is never reduced below 1.

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of pain	+4 - +2	AS---J	4	--	--	--	-4
of tears	+1	AS---J	2	--	--	--	-2
of health	1	AS---J	2	--	200	--	2
of protection	2	AS----	6	--	400	--	4
of absorption	3	AS----	12	--	1001	--	10
of deflection	4	A-----	20	--	2500	--	15
of osmosis	5 - 6	A-----	50	1	7500-10000	2500	20

Fire Damage

There are numerous bugs tied to fire and lightning damage arrows. Their added damage may be far too higher or negligible, so the listed values are unreliable and unpredictable.

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of flame	1 - 3	----B-	1	--	2000	--	2
of fire	1 - 6	----B-	11	--	4000	--	4
of burning	1 - 16	----B-	35	--	6000	--	6
flaming	1 - 10	--WT--	7	--	5000	--	2

• Flaming is a prefix.

Lightning Damage

There are numerous bugs tied to fire and lightning damage arrows. Their added damage may be far too higher or negligible, so the listed values are unreliable and unpredictable.

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of shock	1-6	----B-	13	--	6000	--	2
of lightning	1-10	----B-	21	--	8000	--	4
of thunder	1-20	----B-	60	--	12000	--	6
lightning	2-20	--WT--	18	--	10000	--	2

• Lightning is a prefix.

% Steal Life

Unlike in Diablo II, life and mana leech is very hard to come by in Diablo and Hellfire. It's found almost exclusively as a magical melee weapon suffix. Life leech modifiers never occur on bows, and it's not possible to leech life or mana while using a bow, even if the leech comes from a helm or other item.

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of the leech	3	--W---	8	--	7500	--	3
of blood	5	--W---	19	--	15000	--	3

• The amount is based on damage done even if the monster has less HP left. The amount is not cumulative if you have more than one item with the capability of stealing life (an item of blood will take precedence over an item of the leech). An exception is The Undead Crown which is cumulative with both an item of blood or an item of the leech for a total of 3% to 15.5% or 5% to 17.5% life stealing. The Helm of Sprits, Shadowhawk, and The Eater of Souls are all treated as items of blood. Does not work against players.

% Steal Mana

Unlike in Diablo II, life and mana leech is very hard to come by in Diablo and Hellfire. It's found almost exclusively as a magical melee weapon suffix. Mana leech modifiers never occur on bows, and it's not possible to leech life or mana while using a bow, even if the leech comes from a helm or other item.

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of the bat	3	--W---	8	--	7500	--	3
of vampires	5	--W---	19	--	15000	--	3

The amount is based on damage done even if the monster has less HP left. The amount is not cumulative if you have more than one item with the capability of stealing mana (an item of vampires will take precedence over an item of the bat. The Eater of Souls is treated as an item of vampire. Does not work against players.

% Resist Magic

All types of resistance are applied after effects from thieves and -damage. Resistance on top of those can reduce damage below 1.

Prefix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
white	10-20	ASWTBJ	4	10	500-1500	1000	2
pearl	21-30	ASWTBJ	10	9	2100-3000	900	2
ivory	31-40	ASWTBJ	16	9	3100-4000	900	2
crystal	41-50	ASWTBJ	20	9	8200-12000	3800	3
diamond	51-60	ASWTBJ	26	9	17100-20000	2900	5

% Resist Fire

All types of resistance are applied after effects from thieves and -damage. Resistance on top of those can reduce damage below 1.

Prefix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
red	10-20	ASWTBJ	4	10	500-1500	1000	2
crimson	21-30	ASWTBJ	10	9	2100-3000	900	2
crimson	31-40	ASWTBJ	16	9	3100-4000	900	2
garnet	41-50	ASWTBJ	20	9	8200-12000	3800	3
ruby	51-60	ASWTBJ	26	9	17100-20000	2900	5

% Resist Lightning

All types of resistance are applied after effects from thieves and -damage. Resistance on top of those can reduce damage below 1.

Prefix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
blue	10-20	ASWTBJ	4	10	500-1500	1000	2
azure	21-30	ASWTBJ	10	9	2100-3000	900	2
lapis	31-40	ASWTBJ	16	9	3100-4000	900	2
cobalt	41-50	ASWTBJ	20	9	8200-12000	3800	3
sapphire	51-60	ASWTBJ	26	9	17100-20000	2900	5

% Resist All

All types of resistance are applied after effects from thieves and -damage. Resistance on top of those can reduce damage below 1.

Prefix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
topaz	10 - 15	ASWTBJ	8	5	2000-5000	3000	3
amber	16 - 20	ASWTBJ	12	4	7400-10000	2600	3
jade	21 - 30	ASWTBJ	18	9	11000-15000	4000	3
obsidian	31 - 40	ASWTBJ	24	9	24000-40000	16000	4
emerald	41 - 50	-SWTB-	31	9	61000-75000	14000	7

+ Spell Levels

Prefix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
angel's	1	---T--	15	--	25000	--	2
arch-angel's	2	---T--	25	--	50000	--	3

Increases charges

Plentiful doubles the charges on the staff. Bountiful triples them.

Prefix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
plentiful	2	---T--	4	--	2000	--	2
bountiful	3	---T--	9	--	3000	--	3

Penetrate Armor

The penetrate armor mod lowers the target's AC, making the monster easier to hit.

• In Diablo the target's AC is lowered by a random number from within the range listed.
  • The value is determined at the time of the item's creation, and is not reflected in the character screen.
• In Hellfire the target's AC is lowered by the listed %.
  • Add 12.5% when used by a Barbarian.

Suffix	Diablo Value: Lowers AC by:	Hellfire Value: Lowers AC by:	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of piercing	2 - 6	25%	--W-B-	1	--	1000	--	3
of puncturing	4 - 12	50%	--W-B-	9	--	2000	--	6
of bashing	8 - 24	75%	--W---	17	--	4000	--	12

+% Light Radius

Your character's light radius determines how far away monsters must be to become aware of you. Sorcerers generally want a large light radius, so they'll see targets coming far enough away to hit them with spells, but Warriors and other melee fighters can be more effective with a lower radius, since that means fewer monsters will see them at once.

Stealth mode: One technique is to play melee fighters with -80% light radius, in what's called "stealth mode." This, especially when paired with Infravision, allows players to advance almost into melee range of monsters before they become aware of you. In stealth mode it's possible to clear large open rooms one or two monsters at a time, since only the one(s) you're right beside will activate.

• 'Maximum values: +50% or -80%. More than +50% or less than -80% has no additional effect.
• A character's light radius is always one square less in the catacombs than in other dungeons.
• Light radius change bug: The highest light radius a character has on a given level can not be lowered later, even with equipment changes.

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of the dark	-40	A-W--J	6	--	--	--	-3
of the night	-20	A-W--J	3	--	--	--	-2
of light	20	A-W--J	4	--	750	--	2
of radiance	40	A-W--J	8	--	1500	--	3

Faster Weapon Speed

• Readiness is bugged and has no effect in Diablo.
• Readiness and Swiftness in Hellfire make the arrows move faster, instead of increasing the firing rate. (This mildly increases the to/hit on distant targets, but is of very little value.)
• Speed and Haste give the same benefit in Diablo (despite the v1.07 patch claiming that Haste was faster, as it's meant to be).
• Bards only benefit from their faster weapon when dual wielding.

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of readiness	quick	--WTB-	1	--	2000	--	2
of swiftness	fast	--WTB-	10	--	4000	--	4
of speed	faster	--WT--	19	--	8000	--	8
of haste	fastest	--WT--	27	--	16000	--	16

Faster Hit Recovery

• A character with more than one such item only benefits from the fastest one. They do not add up or stack.
  • There is one exception; if a character in Diablo (but not Hellfire) wears at least one of each, then their hit recovery will be .05 faster than "of harmony" alone. See the Character page for details and times.

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of balance	fast	A----J	1	--	2000	--	2
of stability	faster	A----J	10	---	4000	--	4
of harmony	fastest	A----J	20	--	8000	--	8

+% Durability

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Steps	Base-Max	Range	Multiplier
of fragility	=1	ASW---	3	--	--	--	-4
of brittleness	-75 - -26	ASW---	1	--	--	--	-2
of sturdiness	26 - 75	ASWt--	1	--	100	--	2
of craftsmanship	51 - 100	ASWt--	6	--	200	--	2
of structure	101 - 200	ASWt--	12	--	300	--	2
of many	100	----B-	3	--	750	--	2
of plenty	200	----B-	7	--	1500	--	3
of the ages	Indes	ASWt--	25	--	600	--	5

Other Modifiers

Suffix	Value	Occurrence	Qlvl	Base-Max	Multiplier
of the bear 2	knocks target back	--WTB-	5	750	2
of blocking 2	fast block	-S----	5	4000	4
of thieves 1,2,3	absorbs 1/2 trap dmg	AS---J	11	1500	2
of thorns 1,2	attacker takes 1-3 damage	AS----	1	500	2
of devastation 1,2,4,5,6	5% chance of doing 3x dmg	--WtB-	1	1200	3
jester's 1,2,4,5,7	each swing does x0-6 dmg 9	--W---	7	1200	3
of peril 1,2,4,6,8	x2 damage to monster x1 damage to user	--WtB-	5	500	1

1. Does not work versus players.
2. These effects are not cumulative if you have them more than once. They are cumulative with other effects though.
3. In Hellfire it also absorbs half arrow and magical damage (magic, fire, lightning and apocalypse) from monster attacks. It is applied before both -damage and resistance.
4. Only available in Hellfire.
5. Damage bonus applies to total damage, not just weapon damage.
6. Does not work on bows.
7. A prefix.
8. Affects total damage versus monsters but only weapon damage and character damage versus user. This damage is modified by any -damage from enemies, though.
9. The game erroneously states it does Average value is ´2. For more details, see chapter 6.2.1. Does not work against Diablo or unique monsters.

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