Talk:Azurewrath (Diablo II)

Removal?
What would happen if you had Azurewrath in your inventory and installed patch 1.10? Does your weapon just disappear? Brainwasher5 (talk) 04:31, October 10, 2013 (UTC)

◄► Tephra ◄► 04:52, October 10, 2013 (UTC) Breywood (talk) 10:09, October 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * Going by what I know of Blizzard and game coding in general, I'd guess you would probably keep it, but it will no longer drop. I suppose the only way to find out for sure would be to get it in 1.09 and then patch your game.
 * This might be a long shot, but there might be a saved, downloadable character who already has a pre-1.09 patch and an old Azurewrath around. It'd be a simple matter to test through that, if it exists. Brainwasher5 (talk) 05:39, October 10, 2013 (UTC)
 * There's still talk about the 1.08 Valkyrie Wing for those who have been playing on Battle.net.  Granted, this game is old and many have moved on, but I recall they did get to keep it.  I'd wager that Tephra is correct, and that if you had a Azurewrath on a SP character, it wouldn't vanish, but it wouldn't drop, either.  Unless you installed a mod that causes Ladder content to drop, like PlugY.
 * An old Azurewrath would be unchanged if loaded into a patched game. Most of its data (including all its magical attributes as well as the item type) is saved in your save file. Only a few characteristics, like name and appearance, are still linked to it's entry in the unique items file. In fact, the original Azurewrath is still in the game files, it simply has its "enabled" flag set to 0, meaning a new one won't spawn. Astalion (talk) 16:36, March 2, 2014 (UTC)
 * Existing pre-patch items (and properties on items) remain intact after subsequent patches remove/replace/change them.
 * The game no longer generates them (monster drops, vendor/gambling screens, transmuting, etc) in post-patch Realms but old pieces can still be found off-ladder.
 * "Removed" items (like these Azurewraths) are now prized by collectors. 2001:569:7C5E:7300:DC2D:F939:2F3D:9D37 21:14, January 5, 2020 (UTC)
 * "Removed" items (like these Azurewraths) are now prized by collectors. 2001:569:7C5E:7300:DC2D:F939:2F3D:9D37 21:14, January 5, 2020 (UTC)