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Minmax Recomb RF Helmet — Righteous Fire crafting guide

These crafts are advanced and expensive, and this area is not intended for new players.

Pohx will likely not answer many, if any, questions about these crafts so use them at your own risk.

Minmax Recomb RF Helmet
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Preferred Outcomes

Desirable Prefix Outcomes:

  1. Conc Effect + Increased Area of Effect + Crafted maximum Life
  2. Increased Area of Effect + >110 maximum Life + Crafted +1AoE Gems

Crafting Steps

NOTE: This is a helmet which should have Righteous Fire socketed in it. You shouldn't make this helmet unless you intend to use RF with it.

This is one of the most expensive and difficult crafts on this website. Do not attempt it without knowing what you're doing and having a serious bank of currency to work with.

  1. 1
    Purchase any non-influenced ilvl82+ pure evasion helmet with a non-fractured T9 dexterity modifier.
  1. 2
    On a different ilvl82+ pure evasion helmet, use a single Essence of HorrorEssence of HorrorA corrupted essence. Adds one modifier from a small pool of powerful effects, varying by item slot..
  1. 3
    Recombinate (predictable): (T9 dexterity) + (socketed gems deal 30% more damage).
  1. 4
    Craft any suffix, slam two exalts (outcome doesn't matter), then craft any prefix.
  1. 5
    Use the cheapest non-shaper and non-elder influenced exalt, then remove the crafted prefix.
  1. 6
    Purchase an ilvl82+ Giantslayer Helmet and use an Elder's Exalted OrbElder's Exalted OrbAdds a new Elder modifier to a rare item. on it.
  1. 7
    Orb of ScouringOrb of Scouring1cRemoves all modifiers from an item. it and use Orb of AlterationOrb of Alteration0.25cReforges a magic item with new random modifiers. and Orb of AugmentationOrb of Augmentation0.17cAdds a new random modifier to a magic item. until you get "socketed gems are supported by level 20 burning damage".
  1. 8
    Purchase any ilvl82+ Shaper-influenced helmet with "nearby enemies take 6% increased elemental damage" as its only influenced mod.
  1. 9
    Use a Craicic CroakerCraicic Croaker75cA beast whose beastcraft imprints a magic item, saving its state as a restore point you can revert to after using other currency on it. and Black MórriganBlack Mórrigan215cA beast that upgrades other beastcrafts. Paired with Craicic Chimeral it applies a Hinekora’s Lock effect to a magic item. beast to apply a Hinekora's LockHinekora's Lock12322cShows the exact outcome of the next currency item used on an item before you commit to it. effect to the Gianstlayer Helmet.
  1. 10
    Preview the outcome of an Awakener's OrbAwakener's OrbDestroys one influenced item to transfer its influenced modifiers onto another. and accept it IF the outcome has no more than 2 prefixes and suffixes.
    • Preview by clicking the orb -> click shaper helm -> hover but do NOT click over the Elder-influenced Giantslayer Helmet.
    • If the outcome has 3 prefixes or 3 suffixes, use an Armourer's ScrapArmourer's Scrap0.32cAdds quality to an armour piece. to overwrite the Hinekora's LockHinekora's Lock12322cShows the exact outcome of the next currency item used on an item before you commit to it. effect and go back to Step 9.
  1. 11
    Recombinate (unpredictable) the evasion and Giantslayer helmets.
    • This has a 28.5% chance of success. If it fails, you can try to sell or re-use the output item in most cases.
  1. 12
    Use a Wild Bristle MatronWild Bristle Matron215cBeastcraft that adds a random crafted meta-modifier. Fill all suffixes and leave a prefix open to force “Suffixes Cannot Be Changed”. to add "suffixes cannot be changed".
  1. 13
    Scour the prefixes, then craft maximum mana and exalt (up to twice). If you don't get any tier of Conc Effect or Increased Area of Effect, remove crafted modifiers.
    • Repeat Steps 12-13 until you get any tier of EITHER "socketed gems are supported by level # concentrated effect" or "socketed gems are supported by level # increased area of effect".
  2. 14
    If you have a second, undesirable prefix in addition to Conc Effect or Increased Area of Effect, remove crafted modifiers and use a Wild Bristle MatronWild Bristle Matron215cBeastcraft that adds a random crafted meta-modifier. Fill all suffixes and leave a prefix open to force “Suffixes Cannot Be Changed”. to add "suffixes cannot be changed", then Orb of AnnulmentOrb of Annulment3cRemoves a random modifier from an item..
    • If the second, undesirable prefix is an influenced prefix, you can use an Orb of DominanceOrb of DominanceRemoves one influenced modifier from an item that has at least two, and upgrades another. Upgrading a top-tier modifier turns it into an Elevated modifier. instead of annuling.
    • If this removes the desirable prefix, return to Steps 12-13.
  1. 15
    Bench craft max life (if Conc Effect) or flat armour (if Increased Area of Effect) and (Allflame) Exalted OrbExalted Orb2cAdds a new random modifier to a rare item., looking for one of the preferred outcomes.
    • If this fails, return to Step 14.
  1. 16
    Craft your final mod.