Diablo Chronicle

Affixes are divided into prefixes and suffixes. They produce name of a magic item and decide about its properties, for exmaple Kings Sword of Haste, where "Kings" and "of Haste" are a prefix and sufix respectively, and "Sword" if the name of the item. An item that has prefixes and sufixes in the name is granted additional magic properties. So for example prefis "Kings" gives Change To Hit and extra damage, while sufix "of Haste" granted faster attack speed.

PREFIXES

¹Only available in Hellfire.

¹Is treated by the game as a cursed item during item creation so you will, for example, not be able to buy it in town.
²Only available in Hellfire. Has 10% chance of duplicating any monster hit except Diablo and unique monsters.

¹Only available in Hellfire.
²Bonus decreases by 5% each hit. When reaching -100%, the item is destroyed.
³Also has from -30 to -70% lower durability.

¹Is applied after any effects from thieves and -damage. It can reduce damage below 1.

¹Is applied after any effects from thieves and -damage. It can reduce damage below 1.

¹Is applied after any effects from thieves and -damage. It can reduce damage below 1.

¹Is applied after any effects from thieves and -damage. It can reduce damage below 1.

¹Does not work versus players.
²These effects are not cumulative if you have them more than once. They are cumulative with other effects though.
³Only available in Hellfire.
⁴Damage bonus applies to total damage, not just weapon damage.
⁵The game erroneously states it does x 0-5. Average value is x 2. Does not work against Diablo or unique monsters.

SUFFIXES

¹Works for all type of damage, even from spells, but does not work against other players. The damage is reduced before any resistance is applied but after the thieves effect. The damage will never be reduced below 1.

¹There are quite a few bugs associated with fire and lightning arrows which make them often deal erroneous damage (way too high or no additional damage at all).
²A prefix.

¹There are quite a few bugs associated with fire and lightning arrows which make them often deal erroneous damage (way too high or no additional damage at all).
²A prefix.

¹The amount is based on damage done even if the monster has less HP left. The amount is not cumulative if you have more than one item with the capability of stealing life (an item of blood will take precedence over an item of the leech). An exception is The Undead Crown which is cumulative with both an item of blood or an item of the leech for a total of 3% to 15.5% or 5% to 17.5% life stealing. The Helm of Sprits, Shadowhawk, and The Eater of Souls are all treated as items of blood. Does not work against players.

¹The amount is based on damage done even if the monster has less HP left. The amount is not cumulative if you have more than one item with the capability of stealing mana (an item of vampires will take precedence over an item of the bat. The Eater of Souls is treated as an item of vampire. Does not work against players.

¹In Diablo these suffixes lower the AC of the target by a specific random amount in the range shown in the table. In Hellfire they reduce the AC of the target by a certain percentage shown in the table. It does not work against players. The exact value (in Diablo) is determined at the time of creation of the item and the extra To Hit is never shown on the character screen.
²In Diablo.
³In Hellfire.
⁴Add 12.5 when used by a Barbarian.

¹Also affects the distance at which you activate monsters. A higher value means at a greater distance. There is no additional effect of wearing more than +50% or less than -80% light radius. As a curiosity, the light radius is always one square less in the catacombs and it is always the highest light radius you have had on a level that counts, even if you later lower it.

¹A Bard only benefits from the fastest weapon.
²Has no effect in Diablo.
³In Hellfire, it makes the arrows travel faster on bows instead of increasing the swing speed.
⁴Has the same effect as speed despite what is said in the latest Diablo patch (1.07).

¹A character only benefits from the fastest one, as they are not cumulative. The exception is if you have one of each in which case you will, in Diablo only, receive a further reduction in hit recovery time.

¹Does not work versus players.
²These effects are not cumulative if you have them more than once. They are cumulative with other effects though.
³In Hellfire it also absorbs half arrow and magical damage (magic, fire, lightning and apocalypse) from monster attacks. It is applied before both -damage and resistance.
⁴Only available in Hellfire.
⁵Damage bonus applies to total damage, not just weapon damage.
⁶Does not work on bows.
⁷A prefix.
⁸Affects total damage versus monsters but only weapon damage and character damage versus user. This damage is modified by any -damage from enemies, though.
⁹The game erroneously states it does x 0-5. Average value is x 2. For more details, see chapter 6.2.1. Does not work against Diablo or unique monsters.