Upping Socketed Items?

If you use the upgrade recipe on a socket item will it retain the runes/gems/jewels?

i have a WWS and some shaels i want to put in it but i also want to upgrade it to a diamond bow once i find the right runes to do so.

Should i upgrade it first then socket it?

Or if i put the runes in it now, can i upgrade it at all / would it retain the shaels i put in pre-upgrade?|||Welcome to the forums

http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/cube.shtml


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1 Lum Rune + 1 Pul Rune + 1 Perfect Emerald + Exceptional Unique Weapon = Elite Version of Weapon (Single Player, Ladder Only)

This formula changes the base item type from the exceptional to elite version. For example a Cleaver is turned into a Small Crescent. This does NOT convert the item to the Elite Unique version of the Exceptional Unique Item. Unique item bonuses remain the same; only the item it's based on is upgraded. This can be used to upgrade Ethereal Items also. They will continue to be Ethereal after they are upgraded. Also if the item is socketed, then jewels or runes and their mods will also remain.|||Awesome, thanks for a quick reply! Glad to be here.|||Bouncing off this can you upgrade an item you have a runeword in?|||Nope. Only unique and rare items can be upgraded. Runewords will not work in either of those types of items.

Here are all the formulas:

AS: http://classic.battle.net/diablo2exp/items/cube.shtml

Wiki: http://diablo2.diablowiki.net/Cube_Recipes|||Quote:








Should i upgrade it first then socket it?




It doesn't prevent upping and it also doesn't make a difference with respect to the new level req which will be the highest of the following, plus 5 (upped to ecxeptional) or 7 (elite) or 5+7 (upped twice):

New base item level req

Original level req

Level req of the socketing