Forum:Max os on a war axe...

Hi. On the War Axe page it says Max number of sockets is 5. So I bought this white War Axe from fara in normal difficulty and used the socket quest on it but it only got 4 sockets. What did I do wrong? Bandaidsandhearts 20:42, August 20, 2010 (UTC)bandaidsandhearts
 * Actually War Axe has 6 sockets maximum, but this is also determined by Item Level. Ilvl 1-25 War Axes get 4 sockets max, Ilvl 26-40 War Axes get 5 sockets max, and Ilvl 41+  War Axes get 6 sockets max. I guess that it dropped in Normal difficulty, but do you remember what your character's level was and what monster dropped it? - DanrrTalk 21:12, August 20, 2010 (UTC)

It didn't drop. I bought it from Fara with my level 84 sin.Bandaidsandhearts 21:42, August 20, 2010 (UTC)bandaidsandhearts
 * From your level, I assume you were in a higher difficulty. In Nightmare and Hell items from vendors have Ilvl=Clvl+5 so it should be high enough level to get 6 sockets. I don't know this for sure, but the number of sockets you get from the quest may be random. -- DanrrTalk 21:58, August 20, 2010 (UTC)
 * Nope, just checked and it should add the maxim number of sockets. - DanrrTalk 21:59, August 20, 2010 (UTC)

Ok thanx. Well I bought it in Norm so I'm guessing that's why... Bandaidsandhearts 22:01, August 20, 2010 (UTC)bandaidsandhearts
 * In Normal, there is a cap to the item level of items bought from NPCs. Act 2 Normal has the cap set at 20. That's the reason you got only 4 sockets. - DanrrTalk 22:04, August 20, 2010 (UTC)

Alright, thank you! 67.68.190.149 00:21, August 21, 2010 (UTC)bandaidsandhearts