hi guys, for poe gamers clearly understanding more complicated making gears methods to get more great top gears and gems level gears cheaply. i will show my experiences about it.
1. number of affixes
normal items have no affix
magic items have one or both of a prefix and a suffix
rare items may have max 3 prefixes or max 3 suffixes
unique items that how many prefixes or suffixes depend on game settings
2. affix restriction
not all affixes can appear on all poe gears, for example speed affixes only appear on boots.
3. affix level limit
some affixes appear on poe items which depend on their levels.
4. quality first, then affix
normal items of which add 20% the quality need 4 blacksmith's whetstone or armourer's scrap.
magic items of which add 20% the quality need 10 blacksmith's whetstone or armourer's scrap.
rare items of which add 20% the quality need 20 blacksmith's whetstone or armourer's scrap.
unique items of which add 20% the quality need 4 blacksmith's whetstone or armourer's scrap.
5. socket colors and number
- one-handed weapons/shields whose the maximum number of sockets is 3.
- quivers sockets are 0.
- two-handed weapons whose the maximum number of sockets is 6.
- helmets, gloves, and boots whose the maximum number of sockets is 4.
- body armours whose the maximum number of sockets is 6.
- there are another rules you should see.
socket colors are green, blue and red.
green means dexterity
blue means intelligence
red means strength
tip:if poe items are used just need strength, whose most sockets color are red. a mix attribute item makes it easy to get all colors.
more advice at the first game
1 don't cost all your poe currency at one time.
2sometimes you can go trade channel and you can buy cheap items you need.
3 you can sell items to vendors to get more poe currency with vendor recipe (https://www.goldkk.com/poe-data/vendor-recipe)