Affix

"Affixes" (also known as Bonuses and Modifiers) are the special magical properties found on items in the Diablo games. In Diablo 1 and Diablo 2, item modifiers were rigidly separated into prefixes and suffixes, which limited how they could combine on items. Magical items could only spawn with a prefix, a suffix, or both. Rares in Diablo 2 could have up to 3 of each for a maximum of six, but never spawned with say, 4 prefixes and 2 suffixes.

Diablo 3 uses prefixes and suffixes on magical items, and used them for Rares in the initial (D3v) game. This changed in Loot 2.0 and affixes are now sorted entirely into primary affixes and secondary affixes. The prefix/suffix system still exists on magical items, but for rare and legendary items, the system limits them to 4 primary and 2 secondary affixes, with no sorting into prefixes and suffixes.

Which affixes are available varies by the item slot, and is one of the main factors in itemization in the game. The most useful affixes are generally limited to only appear on certain types of items, and with different possible ranges on different types of items. For instance, the most valued affix in the game, Critical hit Chance, can appear at 1-10% on Amulets or Gloves, 1-6% on Bracers, Helms, and Rings, and only in smaller amounts in other slots as an inherent bonus on several legendary items and/or set bonuses. Other useful affixes such as All Res can be found on every type of armor and jewelry, but not on weapons or most off-hand items. Mainstat can be found on every item, but the amount varies widely between different slots. And so on.

Related

See the various related articles for more detail, especially primary and secondary affixes.

• Affixes can also refer to the various randomized properties on Elite monsters.
• Legendary items have a wide variety of special legendary affixes that are unique to each legendary item.