Quote (AyeCaramba @ Nov 6 2022 04:06am)
1) to get 5 sockets the item must be ilvl 26 or higher.
2) to get staff mods from tier 2 your item must be ilvl 36 or lower - this means it’s only possible with a War Scepter
3) clvl makes no difference.
4) you cannot reroll the items for staff mods except repair inferior items. No good to you, as it sets ilvl to 1.
So you need to find a white War Scepter in an area that has area level between 26 and 36. That’s normal A4 and A5 between Arreat Plateau and the Ancients + All of Nihlathak’s temple levels.
Any white War Scepter from these areas will get 5 sockets from Larzuk, or cube with a 1/3 probability.
This is slightly incorrect.
In norm, all monsters have hard-coded mlvls that don't always correspond to the area levels. In this case, some monsters in early A4 norm have mlvls less than 26.
Also, norm cows has the necessary mlvls and is by far the best way to farm this due to monster density.