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Apr 17 2026 11:04am
Is there a comprehensive base list of the sought-after bases, and what they’re used for?

I think everyone knows that you want a 4os Eth CA for your Merc, but is there a list somewhere highlighting that an es Sorc would pay godly amounts for a 3 es/ 3 ts/ 3 ca / 5os war staff for CTA? Or what pelts are best to save for what builds?

I love farming bases, but I feel like there are some sought-after class-specific items that I’m not looking for yet.

Thanks!
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Apr 18 2026 05:58am
Don’t remember who I stole this from so credit to them, it’s pre rotw, so missing some of the bases the warlock made valuable. Not fully complete but should work as a good starting point. Double check prices but if you’re on NL a lot of the non eth/superior bases listed here aren’t that valuable anymore and you should only bother with eth/sup variants.

Very valuable
3 holy shield scepter 5 os
3 hammer 3 concentration scepter 4os
3 foh 3 conviction scepter 5os
15ed 3ar 5os berserker axe
15ed 3ar 4os eth giant thresher
15ed/15dura 4os eth sacred armor
15ed 45@ sacred targe 3os or 4os
3lightning 3mindblast 3weaponblock/3venom runic talon
3 bone spear 3 lower resist 3corpse explosion wand
15ed/15dura eth monarch 4os
15ed eth 4os thresher/great polearm
15ed 3ar 5os PB
15ed 4os 3skills grand matron bow
15ed 3os Archon Plate
Eth 45@ 4os vortex shield/sacred targe
15ed 3ar eth 6os colossus blade/berzerker/war pike
15ed eth archon plate 3/4os
3 hammer / 3 concentration 5os scepter

The rest:
eth polearms, mostly 4 socket.
eth armors 3os or 4os, with 800+ defense... the higher the defense the better.
3os armors for enigma like superior archon plates etc...
eth pally shields with high all res or high ed/ar for eexile
5os zerker
4os eth zerker
5os eth zerker

Non-eth Weapons:
4os Flails (for Heart of the Oak)
4os Grand Matriarchal Bows (only with +3 Bow skills; used for several ladder only runewords)
5os Flails/Crystal Swords/Military Picks (for Call to Arms)
5os Phase Blades/Berserker Axes (ladder only, used for Grief)
5os War Scepter/Divine Scepter/Caduceus (but only if they have +3 Fist of the Heavens and bonuses to Conviction or Holy Shock; FoH Paladins will pay loads for them)
6os Phase Blades/Berserker Axes/Thunder Mauls (usually used for Last Wish)
6os Military Picks (low level duelists like these, but good luck finding a buyer)

Ethereal Weapons:
4os Balrog Blades (ladder only; used for Oath runeword)
4os Colossus Voulge/Cryptic Axe/Giant Thresher (ladder only; usually these become Insight or Infinity)
5os Colossus Voulge/Cryptic Axe/Giant Thresher (ladder only; used for Obedience and Doom runewords)
5os Berserker Axes (ladder only; used for Death)
6os Colossus Blade/Berserker Axe/Thunder Maul (used for Breath of the Dying runeword)

Non-eth Helms:
3os Druid Pelts with +Tornado and +Hurricane (for Delirium)
3os Elite Barbarian Helms with +3 Battle Orders (for Delirium)
3os low strength-requirement Helms (ladder only, used for Dream)

Non-eth Body Armor:
3os Breast Plate/Dusk Shroud/Archon Plate (lots of runewords; DS and AP are worth much more than BP)
4os Dusk Shroud/Archon Plate (for Chains of Honor off-ladder or both Chains of Honor and Fortitude on Ladder)

Ethereal Body Armor:
4os high defense armors (used for ‘Stone’ runeword armors for act 2 mercenaries)

Non-eth Shields:
3os Troll Nests/Paladin Shields (ladder only, used for Dream)
4os Monarchs/Paladin Shields (worth more on ladder and used primarily for Spirit or Phoenix runewords, but used off ladder to make 20/20s or 4x Ist shields)

Ethereal Shields:
4os Paladin Shields with good resists or ED/AR (for Exile)
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Apr 18 2026 06:02am
Don’t remember who I stole this from so credit to them, it’s pre rotw, so missing some of the bases the warlock made valuable. Not fully complete but should work as a good starting point. Double check prices but if you’re on NL a lot of the non eth/superior bases listed here aren’t that valuable anymore and you should only bother with eth/sup variants.

Very valuable
3 holy shield scepter 5 os
3 hammer 3 concentration scepter 4os
3 foh 3 conviction scepter 5os
15ed 3ar 5os berserker axe
15ed 3ar 4os eth giant thresher
15ed/15dura 4os eth sacred armor
15ed 45@ sacred targe 3os or 4os
3lightning 3mindblast 3weaponblock/3venom runic talon
3 bone spear 3 lower resist 3corpse explosion wand
15ed/15dura eth monarch 4os
15ed eth 4os thresher/great polearm
15ed 3ar 5os PB
15ed 4os 3skills grand matron bow
15ed 3os Archon Plate
Eth 45@ 4os vortex shield/sacred targe
15ed 3ar eth 6os colossus blade/berzerker/war pike
15ed eth archon plate 3/4os
3 hammer / 3 concentration 5os scepter

The rest:
eth polearms, mostly 4 socket.
eth armors 3os or 4os, with 800+ defense... the higher the defense the better.
3os armors for enigma like superior archon plates etc...
eth pally shields with high all res or high ed/ar for eexile
5os zerker
4os eth zerker
5os eth zerker

Non-eth Weapons:
4os Flails (for Heart of the Oak)
4os Grand Matriarchal Bows (only with +3 Bow skills; used for several ladder only runewords)
5os Flails/Crystal Swords/Military Picks (for Call to Arms)
5os Phase Blades/Berserker Axes (ladder only, used for Grief)
5os War Scepter/Divine Scepter/Caduceus (but only if they have +3 Fist of the Heavens and bonuses to Conviction or Holy Shock; FoH Paladins will pay loads for them)
6os Phase Blades/Berserker Axes/Thunder Mauls (usually used for Last Wish)
6os Military Picks (low level duelists like these, but good luck finding a buyer)

Ethereal Weapons:
4os Balrog Blades (ladder only; used for Oath runeword)
4os Colossus Voulge/Cryptic Axe/Giant Thresher (ladder only; usually these become Insight or Infinity)
5os Colossus Voulge/Cryptic Axe/Giant Thresher (ladder only; used for Obedience and Doom runewords)
5os Berserker Axes (ladder only; used for Death)
6os Colossus Blade/Berserker Axe/Thunder Maul (used for Breath of the Dying runeword)

Non-eth Helms:
3os Druid Pelts with +Tornado and +Hurricane (for Delirium)
3os Elite Barbarian Helms with +3 Battle Orders (for Delirium)
3os low strength-requirement Helms (ladder only, used for Dream)

Non-eth Body Armor:
3os Breast Plate/Dusk Shroud/Archon Plate (lots of runewords; DS and AP are worth much more than BP)
4os Dusk Shroud/Archon Plate (for Chains of Honor off-ladder or both Chains of Honor and Fortitude on Ladder)

Ethereal Body Armor:
4os high defense armors (used for ‘Stone’ runeword armors for act 2 mercenaries)

Non-eth Shields:
3os Troll Nests/Paladin Shields (ladder only, used for Dream)
4os Monarchs/Paladin Shields (worth more on ladder and used primarily for Spirit or Phoenix runewords, but used off ladder to make 20/20s or 4x Ist shields)

Ethereal Shields:
4os Paladin Shields with good resists or ED/AR (for Exile)


Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe holy shield can no longer spawn on paladin scepters due to it only spawning on them in LoD due to a glitch.
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Apr 18 2026 06:04am
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe holy shield can no longer spawn on paladin scepters due to it only spawning on them in LoD due to a glitch.


true if big
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Apr 18 2026 06:08am
true if big


Very big, then. Also your list looks like it was made in LoD before a lot of changes in d2r... It's *mostly* accurate though. Just missing a few things. Missing stuff like 3os eth high defense helms for Cure.

This post was edited by Emiliaaa on Apr 18 2026 06:08am
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Apr 18 2026 06:43am

ty m8. saved in .txt
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Apr 18 2026 08:53am
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe holy shield can no longer spawn on paladin scepters due to it only spawning on them in LoD due to a glitch.


this is true. no more +3hs cta :(
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Apr 18 2026 09:22am
Don’t remember who I stole this from so credit to them, it’s pre rotw, so missing some of the bases the warlock made valuable. Not fully complete but should work as a good starting point. Double check prices but if you’re on NL a lot of the non eth/superior bases listed here aren’t that valuable anymore and you should only bother with eth/sup variants.

Very valuable
3 holy shield scepter 5 os
3 hammer 3 concentration scepter 4os
3 foh 3 conviction scepter 5os
15ed 3ar 5os berserker axe
15ed 3ar 4os eth giant thresher
15ed/15dura 4os eth sacred armor
15ed 45@ sacred targe 3os or 4os
3lightning 3mindblast 3weaponblock/3venom runic talon
3 bone spear 3 lower resist 3corpse explosion wand
15ed/15dura eth monarch 4os
15ed eth 4os thresher/great polearm
15ed 3ar 5os PB
15ed 4os 3skills grand matron bow
15ed 3os Archon Plate
Eth 45@ 4os vortex shield/sacred targe
15ed 3ar eth 6os colossus blade/berzerker/war pike
15ed eth archon plate 3/4os
3 hammer / 3 concentration 5os scepter

The rest:
eth polearms, mostly 4 socket.
eth armors 3os or 4os, with 800+ defense... the higher the defense the better.
3os armors for enigma like superior archon plates etc...
eth pally shields with high all res or high ed/ar for eexile
5os zerker
4os eth zerker
5os eth zerker

Non-eth Weapons:
4os Flails (for Heart of the Oak)
4os Grand Matriarchal Bows (only with +3 Bow skills; used for several ladder only runewords)
5os Flails/Crystal Swords/Military Picks (for Call to Arms)
5os Phase Blades/Berserker Axes (ladder only, used for Grief)
5os War Scepter/Divine Scepter/Caduceus (but only if they have +3 Fist of the Heavens and bonuses to Conviction or Holy Shock; FoH Paladins will pay loads for them)
6os Phase Blades/Berserker Axes/Thunder Mauls (usually used for Last Wish)
6os Military Picks (low level duelists like these, but good luck finding a buyer)

Ethereal Weapons:
4os Balrog Blades (ladder only; used for Oath runeword)
4os Colossus Voulge/Cryptic Axe/Giant Thresher (ladder only; usually these become Insight or Infinity)
5os Colossus Voulge/Cryptic Axe/Giant Thresher (ladder only; used for Obedience and Doom runewords)
5os Berserker Axes (ladder only; used for Death)
6os Colossus Blade/Berserker Axe/Thunder Maul (used for Breath of the Dying runeword)

Non-eth Helms:
3os Druid Pelts with +Tornado and +Hurricane (for Delirium)
3os Elite Barbarian Helms with +3 Battle Orders (for Delirium)
3os low strength-requirement Helms (ladder only, used for Dream)

Non-eth Body Armor:
3os Breast Plate/Dusk Shroud/Archon Plate (lots of runewords; DS and AP are worth much more than BP)
4os Dusk Shroud/Archon Plate (for Chains of Honor off-ladder or both Chains of Honor and Fortitude on Ladder)

Ethereal Body Armor:
4os high defense armors (used for ‘Stone’ runeword armors for act 2 mercenaries)

Non-eth Shields:
3os Troll Nests/Paladin Shields (ladder only, used for Dream)
4os Monarchs/Paladin Shields (worth more on ladder and used primarily for Spirit or Phoenix runewords, but used off ladder to make 20/20s or 4x Ist shields)

Ethereal Shields:
4os Paladin Shields with good resists or ED/AR (for Exile)


dont think 3holy shield is possible in d2r, I think they patch it
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