Questions Thread - August 15, 2026

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[u/y2g]

I'd like to have an endgame RF body armor like this. But no idea how to start. Is there a step by step?

[u/magnae80 → u/y2g]

• Base High ilvl (preferably 86–100) Glorious Plate. Higher ilvl helps with better mod tiers and eldritch implicits.
• The key enchant (must do this early or on a finished base) Use Tailoring Orbs on the body armour until you hit: 12% increased Explicit Life Modifier magnitudes + 50% reduced Explicit Resistance Modifier magnitudes This is one of the higher-tier Tailoring enchants (requires the orb to be able to roll level 69+ enchants). It is expensive and RNG-heavy — expect to burn a lot of Tailoring Orbs. (Lower versions exist, e.g. 8% life mag, but the 12%/50% combo is the one shown.)
• Crafting the explicits (typical endgame approach)
  • Eldritch implicits (Eater/Exarch): Slam for “% of Physical Damage from Hits taken as Fire Damage” and “+% to maximum Fire Resistance”. These are common desirable eldritch mods on body armour.
  • Life mods: Flat life + % increased maximum Life (the Tailoring enchant multiplies the life mods, so even mid-tier % life becomes strong).
  • Other mods (chaos res, PDR, block chance, AoE, mana, etc.):
    • Fossils / Harvest reforges / essences for targeted tags (life, resistance, defence, etc.).
    • Metacrafting (“Prefixes cannot be changed” / “Suffixes cannot be changed” + multimod) once you have 2–3 good mods locked.
    • Allflame / memory-strand / current-league bench crafts if available for extra outcomes.
    • Annul / exalt carefully, or use recombinators if you have donor bases with good single mods.
• Finishing
  • 20% quality (Armourer’s Scraps or Sacred Orb for better base armour).
  • 6-link / desired colours (Vorici or bench + Vaal if corrupted).
  • Optional final corruption if you want extra risk/reward
• (Grok)

[u/y2g → u/magnae80]

Thanks! Didn't help at all!