For a good answer, I will provide a fg reward.


I have a project, a level 18 PvP Necromancer. For this, I need some items. One item I need is a Prebuff Shrunken Head. This Shrunken Head should have the following stats: 1 P/B and 3 Bone Armor. Currently, I suspect that the easiest way to obtain it is by rerolling a magical Shrunken Head with perfect gems. My current understanding is that I need a Shrunken Head with an item level (ilvl) of 20 or lower for this purpose. The reason being that Fungal is within this ilvl range. However, I am facing the issue that after rerolling many times, I haven't obtained Fungal even once, and Bone Armor only appears at very low levels. Therefore, my questions are whether someone can explain to me what I need to consider when rerolling a Shrunken Head to obtain 1 P/B + 3 BA and a level 18 requirement (or lower). Thank you very much.

disclaimer: i have not tested anything here, just compiling information

Fungal prefix needs ilvl >19
https://diablo-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Affixes_(Diablo_II)#+Skill_Levels (you have to go for Copy/Paste, d2jsp cant deal with multiple underscores in links...)
Bone Armor can spawn as staffmod for ilvl <25
https://www.theamazonbasin.com/wiki/index.php/Bone_Armor

so ilvl needs to be in the range 20-24

problems:
- chance to get a prefix is only 50%
https://planetdiablo.eu/diablo2/itemdb/affix_info_en.php
- odds are quite low for a Tier 1 skill like bone armor to roll on that ilvl
https://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=41998375&f=21&p=280913524#p280913524

This post was edited by PiXi31415 on Mar 24 2024 08:08am

Thanks input. I'm very glad for your help.

You didn't say which shrunken head you were rerolling and where you found it. Let's get started:



Since the qlvl is at least 20, both of these can acquire the fungal prefix regardless of their ilvl. However, you need an ilvl less than 24 for tier 1 skills. That leaves you with a choice of areas with area levels from 21-23 (there are no areas with alvl 20).



Now since champions have ilvl+2, if you want to maximize your chances of grabbing these heads, then go for the alvl 21 locations such as spider forest and great marsh. These areas are truly awful for doing runs. No wonder no one has this item. Do not do travincal because ilvl=24.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Do not reroll a head dropped from a unique monster (the named monsters) because it will have an ilvl of 24+ which is too high for tier 1 skills.

Conclusion:
Option 1: Find a magic gargoyle head from alvl 21-23 areas from normal monsters. Reroll with 3 perfect gems (can reroll as many times as needed).
Option 2: Reroll a rare demon head from Tree Head Woodfist (between Flayer Jungle and Lower Kurast) with 6 perfect skulls and a level 28-30 character (can reroll the same head as many times as needed because ilvl = int(0.4*ilvl)+int(0.4*clvl)).



P.S. If you find a +4 amplify damage wand or head, PM me!

This post was edited by Virtuous on Mar 25 2024 01:47am

Thanks. FUCK.

affix level (alvl) and item level (ilvl) shouldn't be confused.

https://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Item_Generation_Tutorial

here is an excellent write up on item generation.

ill leave this here.

"should work for preserved heads ilvl 22-24 or zombie heads, exactly ilvl 24. cannot roll on other bases because fungal needs alvl20. alvl=ilvl-qlvl/2. not practical without unlimited supply of gems. greetings, jerhyn"

I'll look into it later rather than say something inaccurate.

This post was edited by ZeaLORDeaL on Mar 25 2024 03:14pm

maybe im retard but can you just buy a magic necro shield from a vendor?:D or gamble

idk if you can or not but i will start on this way first

This is correct.

Source: https://www.purediablo.com/diablo-2/item-generation#Affix_selection