War Hat
  • War Hat
    • Item Level: 34
  • Defense: 45 to 53
  • Durablity: 12 of 12
  • Required Strength: 20
  • Required Level: 22
  • Socketed (0 to 2)

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

Unique and Set War Hats

How to upgrade a War Hat

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

War HatEl RuneChipped Amethyst
horadric cube interface

How to add sockets to a War Hat

You can add sockets to a War Hat 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 War Hat, a Ral RuneRal Rune, a Thul RuneThul Rune, and a Perfect SapphirePerfect Sapphire to create a socketed War Hat.

War HatRal 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 War Hat
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 War Hat
iLvl 0-25iLvl 26-40iLvl 41 and up
222

Vendors that sell War Hats

VendorMin StockMax StockMax Magic Level
Charsi1 Normal / 1 Magic1 Normal / 1 Magic5
Gheed/ 1 Normal / 1 Magic1
Elzix1 Normal / 1 Normal / 1 Magic1

Runewords you can make in a War Hat

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
War Hat4553201234222
Sallet5262431837252
Casque6372592442252
Basinet7584823045252
Winged Helm85981154051253
Grand Crown781131035055253
Death Mask5486552048253
Grim Helm60125584050252

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