How does item level and crafting work?

When I look up rings or belts that I want to craft the website lists say, a prismatic ring, as a level 30 ring with 8-10% to all elem resistances. When I see people selling top tier prismatic rings though they are level 48 or higher with 12% elem res.

So I tried to test out crafting and used about 60 orbs of alteration on a level 30 prismatic ring with 10% elem res and depending on which magic stats were added, the ring's level and item level changed but it never, in 60 tries, turned into an item that you needed to be above level 40 to equip. So how do you get higher item level rings/belts?

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harrytrotter wrote:

So how do you get higher item level rings/belts?

kill higher level monsters

Why do the levels of items on the vendor like "Leather Belt" never change level though? Can I find a Leather Belt in a level 60 zone that is level 60?

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harrytrotter wrote:

Why do the levels of items on the vendor like "Leather Belt" never change level though? Can I find a Leather Belt in a level 60 zone that is level 60?

Vendors max out at level 60 because, otherwise, there'd be no reason to farm for ilevel 75 items.

Prismatic rings with 12% ele resists are legacy items 10% is the new max the same with onyx amulets with 17-20 to all attributes, the new max is 16.

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Caessa wrote:

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harrytrotter wrote:

Why do the levels of items on the vendor like "Leather Belt" never change level though? Can I find a Leather Belt in a level 60 zone that is level 60?

Vendors max out at level 60 because, otherwise, there'd be no reason to farm for ilevel 75 items.

Yes but the rings and amulets that the vendors sell never change level. The belts are all like level 8 even halfway through cruel. Is it possible to get a white belt that is a high level or are the level 8 belts what are used through crafting to make the top tier belts in the game?

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harrytrotter wrote:

Yes but the rings and amulets that the vendors sell never change level. The belts are all like level 8 even halfway through cruel. Is it possible to get a white belt that is a high level or are the level 8 belts what are used through crafting to make the top tier belts in the game?

The level people are referring to is actually called the 'item level', which is different than the level you normally see. What you see is the level you character has to be to EQUIP the item (other stats excluded), but 'item level' is different. To check what an item's 'level' is, type in the chat area:

/itemlevel

And make sure you have the item you want to check picked up and held on your cursor, then hit the Enter key. You'll get a message in the chat box that says something like "Item level is xx". THAT is what determines what affixes can be rolled on an item. Some items like Leather Belts and Prismatic Rings have 'IMPLICIT PROPERTIES' on them that will always be there regardless of level. For example, Leather Belts will always have an implicit +Life roll on them and this will stay the same unless you use a Blessed Orb to change the implicit number around.

HOWEVER, the normal prefixes and affixes are left up to the item's 'item level' to determine which of them have the potential of spawning on that item when you start using crafting orbs on it.