There are plenty of mechanics going on inDiablo 4that you may not even know or understand. One of these are Item Power levels and Breakpoints. Anyone new to theDiabloseries like me didn’t know anything about what these meant until I did my research. So to save you some time, let me explain to you what Item Power levels and Breakpoints are inDiablo 4.
What are Item Power levels and Breakpoints inDiablo 4?
Any piece of gear, such as armor, jewelry, and weapons, inDiablo 4has an Item Power level. Listed below its name and what rarity it is, you can see the item’s Power level.This statistic determines the overall quality level of an item.It takes quite a few different numbers, and piles them into one important number. This includes things like your character level, the item’s base stats, and other bonus stats, like Affixes and buffs.
To have a high Item Power level, keep leveling up your character, and upgrading your gear. You may see the Item Power level with a number beside it with a ‘+’ to it. This is the amount upgraded to the item.
On the other hand, Item Power levels have Breakpoints within them. These are tiers thatbreak up what level your item truly is, and determines how many buffs the item has. This is sort of an invisible stat that most players don’t even know about. Let me break down the Breakpoint levels for you.
Depending on what Breakpoint level your item is at, your item will receive a certain amount of buffs and upgrades. So overall, while most players don’t even know about Breakpoints, you should take advantage of this knowledge when you’re upgrading equipment.
Also, certain crafting materials are only accessible from gear at specific Item Power levels. For example, I wrote abouthow you can get Coiling Wards, which requires Salvaging gear over a certain Item Power level.
Diablo 4is available on Battle.net.
Anyka Pettigrew
Anyka Pettigrew has been a Staff Writer for PC Invasion since November 2023 and a Contributing Writer since February 2023. She is a Canadian graduate of a Bachelor of Arts degree who has been writing in games journalism for four years. Anyka is an avid guides writer but also enjoys writing anything from news pieces, to reviews, and even opinion pieces. Having a never-ending passion for video games for as long as she can remember got her into a plethora of genres like action adventure, RPGs, horror, survival etc. Some of her favorite franchises are God of War, Persona, The Last of Us, Zelda, and Resident Evil. She also enjoys reading fantasy and sci-fi books, as well as drawing digital art. Anyka also regularly listens to podcasts on gaming news from ‘Kinda Funny Games’, and ‘Play, Watch, Listen’.
