Base Items

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Diablo 1
Base Items

Before a thing is magic it is merely made. Eighty-four plain weapons, armours and trinkets lie beneath the cathedral, and every blue and gold relic you will ever carry began as one of them.

A base carries either a damage range or an armour class, never both. The dungeon level is the shallowest floor it may be found on; where it reads bought or given, the base never drops at all. Requirements are what your character must reach to lift it.

84 base items shown

Item	Kind	Carried	Dungeon level	Damage	Armour class	Durability	Requires	Value
Short Sword	Sword	One hand	2	2–6	—	24	Str 18	120
Buckler	Shield	One hand	2	—	3–3	16	—	30
Club	Mace	One hand	1	1–6	—	20	—	20
Short Bow	Bow	Two hands	1	1–4	—	30	—	100
Short Staff of Mana	Staff	Two hands	1	2–4	—	25	Mag 17	210
Cleaver	Axe	Two hands	10	4–24	—	10	—	2,000
Bovine Plate Hellfire	Heavy armour	Body	bought or given	—	—	40	Str 50	0
Short Staff	Staff	Two hands	1	2–4	—	25	—	20
Sword	Sword	One hand	2	1–5	—	8	Str 15, Dex 20	20
Dagger	Sword	One hand	1	1–4	—	16	—	20
Auric Amulet Hellfire	Other	Neck	bought or given	—	—	—	—	100
Cap	Helm	Head	1	—	1–3	15	—	15
Skull Cap	Helm	Head	4	—	2–4	20	—	25
Helm	Helm	Head	8	—	4–6	30	Str 25	40
Full Helm	Helm	Head	12	—	6–8	35	Str 35	90
Crown	Helm	Head	16	—	8–12	40	—	200
Great Helm	Helm	Head	20	—	10–15	60	Str 50	400
Cape	Light armour	Body	1	—	1–5	12	—	10
Rags	Light armour	Body	1	—	2–6	6	—	5
Cloak	Light armour	Body	2	—	3–7	18	—	40
Robe	Light armour	Body	3	—	4–7	24	—	75
Quilted Armor	Light armour	Body	4	—	7–10	30	—	200
Leather Armor	Light armour	Body	6	—	10–13	35	—	300
Hard Leather Armor	Light armour	Body	7	—	11–14	40	—	450
Studded Leather Armor	Light armour	Body	9	—	15–17	45	Str 20	700
Ring Mail	Medium armour	Body	11	—	17–20	50	Str 25	900
Chain Mail	Medium armour	Body	13	—	18–22	55	Str 30	1,250
Scale Mail	Medium armour	Body	15	—	23–28	60	Str 35	2,300
Breast Plate	Heavy armour	Body	16	—	20–24	80	Str 40	2,800
Splint Mail	Medium armour	Body	17	—	30–35	65	Str 40	3,250
Plate Mail	Heavy armour	Body	19	—	42–50	75	Str 60	4,600
Field Plate	Heavy armour	Body	21	—	40–45	80	Str 65	5,800
Gothic Plate	Heavy armour	Body	23	—	50–60	100	Str 80	8,000
Full Plate Mail	Heavy armour	Body	25	—	60–75	90	Str 90	6,500
Buckler	Shield	One hand	1	—	1–5	16	—	30
Small Shield	Shield	One hand	5	—	3–8	24	Str 25	90
Large Shield	Shield	One hand	9	—	5–10	32	Str 40	200
Kite Shield	Shield	One hand	14	—	8–15	40	Str 50	400
Tower Shield	Shield	One hand	20	—	12–20	50	Str 60	850
Gothic Shield	Shield	One hand	23	—	14–18	60	Str 80	2,300
Dagger	Sword	One hand	1	1–4	—	16	—	60
Short Sword	Sword	One hand	1	2–6	—	24	Str 18	120
Falchion	Sword	One hand	2	4–8	—	20	Str 30	250
Scimitar	Sword	One hand	4	3–7	—	28	Str 23, Dex 23	200
Claymore	Sword	One hand	5	1–12	—	36	Str 35	450
Blade	Sword	One hand	4	3–8	—	30	Str 25, Dex 30	280
Sabre	Sword	One hand	1	1–8	—	45	Str 17	170
Long Sword	Sword	One hand	6	2–10	—	40	Str 30, Dex 30	350
Broad Sword	Sword	One hand	8	4–12	—	50	Str 40	750
Bastard Sword	Sword	One hand	10	6–15	—	60	Str 50	1,000
Two-Handed Sword	Sword	Two hands	14	8–16	—	75	Str 65	1,800
Great Sword	Sword	Two hands	17	10–20	—	100	Str 75	3,000
Small Axe	Axe	Two hands	2	2–10	—	24	—	150
Axe	Axe	Two hands	4	4–12	—	32	Str 22	450
Large Axe	Axe	Two hands	6	6–16	—	40	Str 30	750
Broad Axe	Axe	Two hands	8	8–20	—	50	Str 50	1,000
Battle Axe	Axe	Two hands	10	10–25	—	60	Str 65	1,500
Great Axe	Axe	Two hands	12	12–30	—	75	Str 80	2,500
Mace	Mace	One hand	2	1–8	—	32	Str 16	200
Morning Star	Mace	One hand	3	1–10	—	40	Str 26	300
War Hammer	Mace	One hand	5	5–9	—	50	Str 40	600
Spiked Club	Mace	One hand	4	3–6	—	20	Str 18	225
Club	Mace	One hand	1	1–6	—	20	—	20
Flail	Mace	One hand	7	2–12	—	36	Str 30	500
Maul	Mace	Two hands	10	6–20	—	50	Str 55	900
Short Bow	Bow	Two hands	1	1–4	—	30	—	100
Hunter's Bow	Bow	Two hands	3	2–5	—	40	Str 20, Dex 35	350
Long Bow	Bow	Two hands	5	1–6	—	35	Str 25, Dex 30	250
Composite Bow	Bow	Two hands	7	3–6	—	45	Str 25, Dex 40	600
Short Battle Bow	Bow	Two hands	9	3–7	—	45	Str 30, Dex 50	750
Long Battle Bow	Bow	Two hands	11	1–10	—	50	Str 30, Dex 60	1,000
Short War Bow	Bow	Two hands	15	4–8	—	55	Str 35, Dex 70	1,500
Long War Bow	Bow	Two hands	19	1–14	—	60	Str 45, Dex 80	2,000
Short Staff	Staff	Two hands	1	2–4	—	25	—	30
Long Staff	Staff	Two hands	4	4–8	—	35	—	100
Composite Staff	Staff	Two hands	6	5–10	—	45	—	500
Quarter Staff	Staff	Two hands	9	6–12	—	55	Str 20	1,000
War Staff	Staff	Two hands	12	8–16	—	75	Str 30	1,500
Ring	Ring	Finger	5	—	—	—	—	1,000
Ring	Ring	Finger	10	—	—	—	—	1,000
Ring	Ring	Finger	15	—	—	—	—	1,000
Amulet	Amulet	Neck	8	—	—	—	—	1,200
Amulet	Amulet	Neck	16	—	—	—	—	1,200
Short Staff of Charged Bolt	Staff	Two hands	1	2–4	—	25	Mag 25	470

Drawn from the game's own item table. Potions, scrolls, books and quest tokens are left out, as are the eight named relics that carry an item entry of their own — those are on the unique items page.

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