so i guess a lot of people know at this point that most quest items can be upgraded with cube leading to some unexpected results, huh?

the staff of kings, the horadric staff or the hellforge hammer are some examples, (i believe either khalim flail or khalim will can be upgraded too), becoming hand axes, which then can be upgraded two more times to the exceptional and elite versions (last one ladder only due to recipe restriction)
the first weird effect of this is the change of base item - a staff or mace type becoming an axe type
the second effect is that they keep the mods on them

here is the proof if anyone wants to check:



ok, thats nice!

but then... i came across some more obscure pics:





sources:

https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=20430643

https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=20554303

and even viper amu related, pic is lost tho :

https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=22988056

first thing i thought about it: photoshop/hero editor

then i saw a lot of vouches, so second thing i thought: imported item (who the hell would import an item with such crap mods tho)

BUT!

there seems to be an explanation about the first one: it is a failed rare 3xdura staff of kings that very rarely drops from the superchest on maggot lair, and it should also be possible to get a failed 2xdura magic item if it replaced a set item on the drop roll

about the "empyrian gnarl", honestly no idea how could it be generated

anyways, did u guys know anything about this? was it fixed on recent versions? did u ever come across one of these? any ideas about the rare horadric staff?

liskod, thanks2

horadric axe is nothing new. very good lld weapon.
the bugged ones look funny. for these

imagine blizzard decides to fix that one day
your toys will be worth good coins then

Some weird stuff there, thanks for sharing!

Can you still use the items for their respective quests after they’ve been fiddled with?

i have no idea, if you have a spare one like these you can try

in classic we make stuff like this for elite lols

can this be done with khalims flail?

if you mean upgrading then yeah, either khalim flail or khalim will (dont remember which one) can be upgraded, iirc is a nice weapon for lld, same as horadric staff

if you mean getting a failed rare, maybe not since the generation of the failed staff is due to the superchests drop system

again i might be wrong, it is a really obscure topic after all, i didnt know any of these until i came across those pictures by total chance

You are first person to ever upgrade quest item

19 years pass before discover

Wowee

you didnt read the topic

Wowee