Gambling

The items generated for the Gamble stock are +4 Levels/-5 levels of your character's level with a minimum level of 5. Note, this does not apply to level requirements sometimes seen on magic items, but instead means the base level requirements of base items. For example a Ring has a Level of 1, which means it's available at Level 1. Ancient Armor has a level of 40 which means it's avaliable at level 40.

When selecting which Magic Prefixes/Suffixes are available to be Gambled, the level of the Magical Prefix/Suffix is checked against the randomly chosen value in the range of +6 Levels/-3 levels of your character's level. So a Magic item with a Prefix level of 90 would be available at Character Level 84. The chance of getting that item also becomes better at higher Character Levels.

The items you receive will be from most common, to most rare:
Magic Items (85%),
Rare Items (7%),
Set Items (5%),
UniqueItems (3%).
You will mostly get Magic items which may or may not be worth anything to you (hence Gambling).

Gambling gives you a place to spend your money on the higher difficulty levels (Nightmare, Hell), and gives you a better chance at getting specific Unique items you're looking for as well as Rare and Set Items, that otherwise might be very hard to find. For example, if you want some Frostburn Gauntlets for your Sorceress, Gamble for/on any Gauntlets (about 38,000 gold a try) you see. When you want to find a Unique or Set item of a certain type, Gamble on items of those types. You can find out the Item's type in the Set and Unique items sections. If you spend enough time and gold, eventually you will get them. It may take a long time or a short time depending on how lucky you are. You can also get rare rings and amulets from Gambling.

Buying all of the items on one screen doesn't help to improve your chances any more than buying them one at a time per screen. Items are created when you hit the Gamble button on the NPC menu. Once you've unlocked all the item types at level 35, the items shown will be the same from then on. However, as you reach higher Character Levels, more Magic Prefixes and Suffixes will show up on items Gambled. One of the best places to Gamble is with Elzix in Lut Gholein(Act II). Look at Elzix's Gambling screen. If you don't see the item type you want to Gamble for (such as Gauntlets, Rings, Amulets), then run over to the trap door to the sewers, enter it, then use the stairs in the sewers back to Lut Gholein. This will reset the Gambling screen's items, even if people are already in town. If the town exit spawns next to Elzix, you can also use that to exit and re-enter town to reset the Gambling screen. You can also use Waypoints and move between Acts (such as Act II and Act IV) and bounce between two Gambling NPCS. You cannot Gamble for Exceptional Items. Staves, Wands and Scepters cannot be Gambled. Gambling is a good way to find Rare Rings and Amulets which are more difficult to find otherwise. Getting money for Gambling One of the best places to earn money for Gambling is in Act IV (any difficulty level). When in Act IV, pick up valuable items to sell to the Vendors. Look for Normal and Exceptional versions of Wands, Scepters, Staves. Don't look for just magic versions of these, pick up the normal and socketed quality versions also. Also look for Normal and Exceptional high end armor such as Light Plate/Mage Plate, Field Plate/Sharktooth Armor, Plate Mail/Templar Coat, Gothic Plate/Embossed Plate, Full Plate/Chaos Armor and Ancient Armor/Ornate Armor. Be sure to pick up regular non-magical versions of armor as well. There are a few other types of items you may wish to pick up such as Grand Crowns, Grim Shields, but most other items you want to avoid because they don't sell for a lot of money or take up too much room in your inventory. Throwing Weapons, especially Exceptional Throwing Weapons, often sell for a lot of money. Grim Wands are a favorite because they only take up two slots. It's up to you to figure out what works best. Make sure you repair the items before selling them to the Vendors. You can also sell items to other players to generate money. Since the majority of people like to trade items for other items, many players have large amounts of cash (those who don't Gamble), they are willing to buy your items for. Sell armor for imbuing, and just about any other non Unique, non ultra important item to other players for Gambling money. Selling items to other players is even more appealing since the Vendors will only pay a maximum of 25,000 Gold for an item. You can also kill players for money for Gambling but we won't talk about that here =) Which Items should I Gamble for? Look over the Set and Unique items sections and pick out an item that you're looking for. Note the base item type listed below the item name and Gamble for items of those types. Usually it's a good idea to stick to Gambling for items around 50,000-75,000 Gold or less. If you have any more money, usually you can use it to buy any Unique or Set items from other players rather than trying to Gamble them. High end armor is especially expensive. At 800,000 Gold a try for Ancient Armor, and a 3% chance of getting a Unique Item, Gambling for Silks of the Victor for example might be very costly, although possible. Popular items people Gamble for are: Unique Tarnhelm (Skull Cap), Unique Wormskull (Bone Helm), Unique Magefist (Light Gauntlets), Unique Frostburn (Gauntlets), Unique Treads of Cthon (Chain Boots), Unique Tearhaunch (Greaves), Unique Lenymo (Sash), Unique Nightsmoke (Belt), Unique Stone of Jordan (Ring), Unique The Eye of Etlich (Amulet), Set Vidala's Fetlock (Light Boots), Set Sigon's Shield (Tower Shield) and missing Set Item pieces. Will Items that give a better chance of finding magic items have an effect on your chances at Gambling? No Does the number of players in the game, the Act or Difficulty Level have any effect on the items you get from Gambling? No, only level of character. Finding and Gambling Unique Items A Unique item that already exists in a given game will in most cases not be generated again. Therefore, don't Gamble or search for a Unique item that you or another character in the game already has. Note: this does not apply to Set items, only Unique items. There are no level requirements for Uniques, so you can Gamble for them whenever you see an item of the same type as a Unique Item you're looking for, it will be available. Unique Items that have unique art, such as Silks of the Victor will not show their unique art on the Gambling screen until they have been purchased and identified. So you can't use the art shown on the Gambling screen to "cheat" to find out if an item is unique. Gambling Unique Rings and Amulets There are 3 versions of Unique Rings, and 3 versions of Unique Amulets. They will spawn in the following order: Rings: Nagelring, Manald Heal, Stone of Jordan Amulets: Nokozan Relic, The Eye of Etlich, The Mahim-Oak Curio If you do not have the first one in the chain, the second won't spawn. You must have the first two in the chain, to get the last one. You can have them on your character, or in your stash, or they can be in the same game map area (in any way). The items must be on your character or in the area on the ground or on another player, out in the field if you expect a monster to drop them. Art for Unique Rings and Amulets will vary, so two Unique Rings with the same name may both look the same or like any of the five possible rings. Take a look at the Ring and Amulet art here. It doesn't matter which of the 5 Ring pictures, or 3 Amulet pictures are shown in the Gambling screen. The art shown will not give any clue as to whether the item is Unique or not. Tips for Gambling for Uniques: Do not gamble for a Unique Item that you already have Make sure no other players that are in Town have the Unique Item you're looking for or Gamble when there are no other players in Town. If you want to try to Gamble Unique Item that you already have, give it to another player or character to hold while you try to Gamble for it again. Act II and Act IV are the best areas to Gamble in because it's the fastest way to reset the Vendor's Inventories(see above) You can reset the Vendor's Gambling screen even when other players are in town by exiting and re-entering town. Base Item Levels Base item levels come into play in Gambling. You'll not see these items on the Gambling screen until your Character Level is +4 Levels/-5 levels of the item's level requirement. This information is valuable to figure out when you'll be able to Gamble for certain items. Here is a list of the base item levels. To figure out at what Character level an item will be available for Gambling, subtract 5 from the item's level requirement. Note: Items that are not listed are not available for Gambling. Level 1 Gold Amulet Ring Club Short Sword Short Bow Cap Quilted Armor Buckler 63,000 48,000 3,800 4,800 5,500 2,300 3,250 2,350 Level 3 Gold Hand Axe Dagger Leather Armor Leather Gloves Boots Sash 7,250 4,500 7,212 2,500 2,500 2,300 Level 4 Gold Spiked Club 8,625 Level 5 Gold Scimitar Spear Bardiche Hunter's Bow Skull Cap Hard Leather Armor Small Shield 9,850 10,500 10,550 11,750 7,012 14,750 6,625 Level 6 Gold Large Axe Light Crossbow 11,850 20,375 Level 7 Gold Axe Heavy Gloves Heavy Boots Light Belt 13,075 5,900 5,675 3,900 Level 8 Gold Mace Saber Long Bow Studded Leather 14,575 14,650 11,750 31,312 Level 9 Gold Dirk Trident 16,300 20,075 Level 10 Gold Two-Handed Sword 19,100 Level 11 Gold Falchion Crystal Sword Voulge Helm Ring Mail Large Shield Spiked Shield 20,075 56,175 18,275 20,975 56,850 16,675 25,125 Level 12 Gold Broad Axe Composite Bow Chain Gloves Chain Boots Belt 23,150 21,175 12,237 12,175 7,687 Level 13 Gold Double Axe Morning Star Scale Mail 24,825 24,100 92,850 Level 15 Gold Broad Sword Scythe Crossbow Full Helm Chain Mail Kite Shield 28,725 24,200 61,625 40,187 118,500 28,112 Level 16 Gold Brandistock 32,050 Level 17 Gold Battle Axe Claymore Kris 34,550 34,550 33,675 Level 18 Gold Short Battle Bow Breast Plate 29,125 127,475 Level 19 Gold Military Pick Flail Mask Bone Shield 38,525 38,300 37,212 41,187 Level 20 Gold Long Sword Spetum Splint Mail Light Gauntlets Light Plated Boots Heavy Belt 41,000 44,800 195,112 21,937 21,875 13,537 Level 21 Gold Maul Giant Sword Poleaxe 44,250 39,475 45,525 Level 22 Gold Tower Shield Bone Helm 54,612 80,537 Level 23 Gold Great Axe Blade Long Battle Bow Great Helm 50,900 47,100 41,625 78,712 Level 24 Gold Bastard Sword Pike Heavy Crossbow Plate Mail 52,257 53,375 105,400 280,687 Level 25 Gold War Axe War Hammer 56,075 55,025 Level 27 Gold Giant Axe War Sword Flamberge Short War Bow Gauntlets Greaves Plated Belt 63,250 52,925 63,000 65,500 38,550 38,425 27,350 Level 28 Gold Field Plate 299,512 Level 29 Gold Halberd Crown 70,650 105,812 Level 30 Gold Gothic Shield 101,500 Level 31 Gold Long War Bow 92,375 Level 32 Gold Great Maul Gothic Plate 83,375 71,475 Level 33 Gold Great Sword Repeating Crossbow 89,275 71,475 Level 34 Gold War Scythe 87,700 Level 35 Gold

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