Clarification on Ramalandi’s Gift

by Whitney "Neinball" Fairchild - 10 years ago     show comments

Over the past few days there have been a ton of questions regarding many of the changes Patch 2.1 is bringing about. None of these changes have provoked as much discussion and theorizing as the new Ramalandi’s Gift.

• A new Legendary consumable has been added
  • Ramalandi’s Gift
    • Use on an unsocketed weapon to add the maximum number of sockets that item type allows

Luckily,Grimiku and Lylirra have headed to the forums to try and provide some additional info on the functionality of this new item.

Presently Ramaladni’s Gift has an incorrect tooltip and patch note, which makes it very confusing to decipher how it’s supposed to work. Also, the item is not yet fully implemented, which means it can’t be looted right now (even though it’s dropping on the PTR). We’re aware of that issue, but we don’t have an ETA to share at the moment on when we expect it to be 100% functional.

That said, here’s how Ramaladni’s Gift is currently intended to work. This is all with the caveat that it’s still under development, and potentially subject to change:

• It will add a socket to an unsocketed weapon
• It only works on weapons
• It will work on enchanted weapons, so long as they don’t have a socket
• It effectively adds an item affix in the form of a socket
• It will be consumed on use

Posted by Morthon

unless you mean an unsocketed item, that you use the gift on, then change the new sockets made with the gift into another affix, then use the gift again.

which is a total abuse, and i’m HOPING that Blizz saw that possibility coming from miles away and already has a stop gap to prevent that sort of thing

Great question! (Or consideration.)

• The added socket provided by Ramaladni’s Gift cannot be enchanted.
• You cannot use Ramaladni’s on a weapon more than once.
• Similarly, you cannot use Ramaladni’s on a weapon that already has a socket.

You can, however:

• Replace a natural socket on a weapon with another primary stat (like VIT or STR or INT), and then use Ramaladni’s after.
• Replace a re-rolled socket on a weapon with another primary stat (like VIT or STR or INT), and then use Ramaladni’s Gift after.
• Enchant a weapon after a socket has been added using Ramaladni’s Gift. You just won’t be able to re-roll another socket on that particular weapon.

I realize the above may be somewhat confusing, so please let me know if you have any additional questions about this item’s functionality.

Edited to add: This is how the item should work under current design. That design may change before PTR ships.

Some of you have been wondering if you’ll be able to re-roll the gifted socket from Ramalandi’s Gift, and that’s a good question. I dug around to find out, and the answer is that the socket this Legendary consumable provides to a weapon is not eligible for Enchanting. 

Of course, this is still under development, though, so there’s a chance that it will change before all is said and done.

From the looks of it, Blizzard is finally acknowledging the fact that sockets on weapons are mandatory. Now, the next step is to get them to realize that with the addition of Legendary Gems for rings and amulets that sockets will be mandatory for all items they can roll on. I really feel that sockets need to be removed from item affixes and be made into their own form of craftable system. Sockets will now determine whether an item is godly or garbage and one single affix shouldn’t dictate an items usefulness to such a degree that sockets do now.