Hydraskull
  • Hydraskull
    • Item Level: 63
  • Defense: 101 to 145
  • Durablity: 18 of 18
  • Required Strength: 84
  • Required Level: 47
  • Socketed (0 to 2)

A superior Hydraskull can spawn with +5% to +15% Enhanced Defense and/or Increase Maximum Durability 10% to 15%.

How to upgrade a Hydraskull

Transmute a Low Quality Hydraskull, an El RuneEl Rune, and any Chipped AmethystChipped Gem to create a Normal Quality Hydraskull.

HydraskullEl RuneChipped Amethyst
horadric cube interface

How to add sockets to a Hydraskull

You can add sockets to a Hydraskull by giving the item to Larzuk as a quest reward. Larzuk will always add 2 sockets (if the iLevel is high enough), the maximum. You can also add sockets with the following horadric cube recipe. This recipes will not work for low or superior quality items.

Transmute a Hydraskull, a Ral RuneRal Rune, a Thul RuneThul Rune, and a Perfect SapphirePerfect Sapphire to create a socketed Hydraskull.

HydraskullRal RuneThul RunePerfect Sapphire
horadric cube interface

This recipes will add between 1 and 2 sockets to the item. The game will roll a 6 sided dice, if it rolls higher than 2, the maximum amount of sockets is chosen.

Amount of sockets for a Hydraskull
RollSocketsOdds
11 socket 1 in 6 (16.67%)
22 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
32 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
42 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
52 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)
62 socket (max)5 in 6 (83.33%)

The maximum amount of sockets an item can roll with depends on the iLevel of the item. The iLevel is equal to the monster level (mLevel) the item dropped from, the mLevel is equal to the area level (aLevel). Champions will have an mLevel of aLevel+2, Uniques and their minions aLevel+3, and Super Uniques will have a predefined mLevel.

possible sockets for a Hydraskull
iLvl 0-25iLvl 26-40iLvl 41 and up
222

Vendors that sell Hydraskulls

VendorMin StockMax StockMax Magic Level
Charsi1 Normal / 1 Magic1 Normal / 1 Magic10
Gheed/ 1 Normal / 1 Magic1
Elzix1 Normal / 1 Magic2 Normal / 1 Magic1

Runewords you can make in a Hydraskull

Runeword
Sockets
BasesRunes
Level
Stats
Nadir
(original)
2 SocketsHelm13
+50% Enhanced Defense+10 Defense+30 Defense vs. Missile (Nef Rune)+5 to Strength+2 to Mana after each Kill (Tir Rune)-33% Extra Gold from Monsters-3 to Light RadiusLevel 13 Cloak of Shadows (9/9 Charges)
Lore
(original)
2 SocketsHelm27
+1 to All Skills+10 to EnergyLightning Resist +30% (Ort Rune)Damage Reduced by 7 (Sol Rune)+2 to Mana after each Kill+2 to Light Radius

Compared to other Helms

Table of base stats
NameMinacMaxacReqstrDurabilityLevelLevelreqMax Sockets
Shako98141501258432
Hydraskull101145841863472
Armet1051491092468512
Giant Conch1101541423054402
Spired Helm1141591924079593
Corona1111651745085663
Demonhead1011541022074553
Bone Visage1001571064084633

Prefixes that can spawn on Helms

All prefixes
NamePropertyAffix LevelLevel ReqItem TypesRarityGroupColor
Godly+101 to 200% Enhanced Defense4538Any ArmorMagic only101
Godly+101 to 200% Enhanced Defense5043Any ArmorMagic and Rare101
Holy+81 to 100% Enhanced Defense3627Any ArmorMagic and Rare101

Suffixes that can spawn on Helms

All suffixes
NamePropertyAffix LevelLevel ReqItem TypesRarityGroupColor
of HealthDamage Reduced by 175ArmorHelmAny ShieldRingAmuletMagic and Rare1
of WardingMagic Damage Reduced by 175ArmorHelmAny ShieldRingAmuletMagic and Rare2
of SpikesAttacker Takes Damage of 2 to 62115ArmorHelmAny ShieldBeltMagic and Rare5