They can also occur from bonus modifiers on Magical and Rare items as well. There are thus no runewords or any sort of hidden gem-words, though the developers have said they like the idea of that concept.Īll qualities of items can have sockets in Diablo III, and sockets often appear on pre-made Set and Legendary items. Runes are found in Diablo III (though this may yet change) but they are only socketable in skills, not in items.
Though item sockets are quite common in Diablo III, the only thing that can be socketed are the four types of gems, and there are only three types of socket values with each gem: weapons, helms, and 'other.' This seemingly leaves a lot of room for growth, and it's expected that socket bonuses will be more varied, and that more socketable objects (perhaps jewels or even some new version of runes) will be added in the game's expansion(s).
