Smoked Sphere

Smoked Sphere (Normal)Cloudy Sphere (Exceptional)Demon Heart (Elite)

Smoked Sphere

Item Level: 12
Speed Modifier: +0
Range: +0

Damage: 4 to 10
Durablity: 35 of 35
Required Level: 8
Socketed (0 to 2)

A Smoked Sphere can spawn with up to 3 individual Sorceress skill bonuses with +1 to +3 each. These bonuses will keep the item normal, and still allow runewords to be created with it.

A Smoked Sphere can spawn with the following invisible auto magic affixes. Two affixes of the same group can never spawn together. These affixes will keep the item normal, and still allow runewords to be created with it.

Auto magic affixes for a Smoked Sphere
Affix	Properties
of the Jackal	+1 to 5 to Life
of the Fox	+6 to 10 to Life
of the Wolf	+11 to 20 to Life
of the Tiger	+21 to 30 to Life
of the Mammoth	+31 to 40 to Life
of the Gargantuan	+41 to 60 to Life
Lizard's	+1 to 5 to Mana
Snake's	+5 to 10 to Mana
Serpent's	+11 to 20 to Mana
Drake's	+21 to 30 to Mana
Dragon's	+31 to 40 to Mana
Wyrm's	+41 to 60 to Mana
Great Wyrm's	+61 to 80 to Mana

A superior Smoked Sphere can also spawn with 2 of the following bonuses:

+5% to +15% Enhanced Damage
Increase Maximum Durability 10% to 15%
+1 to +3 to Attack Rating

Magic Smoked Spheres worth keeping

Most magic Smoked Spheres are sold or dropped, but these are worth keeping. The stats shown are the rolls that make them valuable.

Volcanic Smoked Sphere of the Magus: +3 Fire Skills and 20% faster cast rate; the roll that matters is +3 to Fire Ball, Meteor or Hydra on top.
Powered Smoked Sphere of the Magus: +3 Lightning Skills and 20% faster cast rate; best with +3 Lightning or Chain Lightning on top.
Glacial Smoked Sphere of the Magus: +3 Cold Skills and 20% faster cast rate; best with +3 Blizzard or Frozen Orb on top.

How to upgrade a Smoked Sphere

Transmute a Low Quality Smoked Sphere, an Eld Rune, and any Chipped Gem to create a Normal Quality Smoked Sphere.

How to add sockets to a Smoked Sphere

You can add sockets to a Smoked Sphere 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 Smoked Sphere, a Ral Rune, an Amn Rune, and a Perfect Amethyst to create a socketed Smoked Sphere.

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 Smoked Sphere
Roll	Sockets	Odds
1	1 socket	1 in 6 (16.67%)
2	2 socket (max)	5 in 6 (83.33%)
3	2 socket (max)	5 in 6 (83.33%)
4	2 socket (max)	5 in 6 (83.33%)
5	2 socket (max)	5 in 6 (83.33%)
6	2 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 Smoked Sphere
iLvl 0-25	iLvl 26-40	iLvl 41 and up
2	2	2

Vendors that sell Smoked Spheres

No vendor sells a Smoked Sphere in any difficulty: it only drops.

Runewords you can make in a Smoked Sphere

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Runeword	Sockets	Bases	Runes	Level	Stats

Compared to other Orbs

Table of base stats
Name	Mindam	Maxdam	Speed	Durability	Level	Levelreq	Max Sockets
Eagle Orb	2	5	-10	20	1	0	2
Sacred Globe	3	8	-10	30	8	0	2
Smoked Sphere	4	10		35	12	8	2
Clasped Orb	5	12		40	17	13	2
Jared's Stone	8	18	10	50	24	18	3

Prefixes that can spawn on Orbs

All Prefixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
Merciless	+81 to 100% Enhanced Damage	32	24	Weapon	Magic and Rare	106
Savage	+66 to 80% Enhanced Damage	26	19	Weapon	Magic and Rare	106
Massive	+51 to 65% Enhanced Damage	20	15	Weapon	Magic and Rare	106

Suffixes that can spawn on Orbs

All Suffixes
Name	Property	Affix Level	Level Req	Item Types	Rarity	Group
of Negation	Magic Damage Reduced by 4 to 6	42	35	Amulet, Orb, Circlet	Magic only	2
of Guarding	Magic Damage Reduced by 3	26	19	Amulet, Orb, Circlet	Magic and Rare	2
of the Sentinel	Magic Damage Reduced by 2	18	12	Ring, Amulet, Orb, Circlet	Magic and Rare	2