Socketing Armor

Below is a table providing information on the maximum number of sockets allowed for most of the armor-type items in the game.

Some Horadric Cube recipes will place sockets on items (though special recipes are needed to socket magic, rare and unique items without erasing their former powers). Very special recipes will allow up to five sockets in a magic item and as many as 3 in a rare or unique (if the base item allows for that many).

There are more than 40 new items that can be placed into sockets, classified generally as gems, glyphs and talismans. All of these items are considered “gems” for purposes of the game (thus, if a Horadric Cube recipe calls for any type of gem, you could use a glyph or talisman if you wanted).

Note: The various protective rings, if they have sockets, will be treated as shields for the purposes of which gem powers will be granted to them.

Color Codes
White = Normal Items Cyan = Exceptional Versions of Items
Green = Elite Versions of Items Red = Class-Specific Items

Item	Max Sockets	Item	Max Sockets	Item	Max Sockets
Mesh Headband	5	Scutum	3	Siege Coat	4
Charmed Circlet	5	Dragon Shield	3	Titan Sternum	3
Helm	2	Pavise	3	Sphinx Pelt	3
Full Helm	2	Ancient Shield	3	Dragonsilk Tunic	0
Great Helm	3	Demonhide Gloves	0	Ornate Shield	3
Crown	3	Sharkskin Gloves	0	Manticore Shield	5
Mask	3	Heavy Bracers	0	Ascension Shield	3
Quilted Armor	2	Battle Gauntlets	0	Conqueror Plate	3
Leather Armor	2	War Gauntlets	0	Seeker Cape	4
Hard Leather Armor	2	Demonhide Boots	0	Shadow Cloak	4
Studded Leather	2	Sharkskin Boots	0	Vengeance Shroud	4
Ring Mail	3	Mesh Boots	0	Judgment Armor	2
Scale Mail	2	Battle Boots	0	Furie Greaves	0
Chain Mail	2	War Boots	0	Slayer Greaves	0
Breast Plate	3	Demonhide Sash	0	Massacre Brace	3
Splint Mail	2	Sharkskin Belt	0	Unity Mantle	6
Spirit Armor	0	Mesh Belt	0	Archmagus Mantle	6
Field Plate	2	Battle Belt	0	Incantatrix Helm	3
Gothic Plate	4	War Belt	0	Viseraj Hands	0
Full Plate Mail	4	Grim Helm	2	Ogrehide Skullcap	2
Ancient Armor	4	Grim Shield	2	Grotesque Shield	5
Mage Plate	3	Barbed Shield	2	Steel Skullcap	2
Buckler	1	Salvaged Armor	0	All Protective Rings	1
Small Shield	2	Brigand Armor	4	Charm Drum	1
Large Shield	3	Battle Plate	3	Magic Flute	1
Kite Shield	3	Wyrmshell Breastplate	3	Enchanted Harp	1
Tower Shield	3	Ki-Rin Pelt	3	Spirit Music Horn	1
Gothic Shield	4	Regal Tunic	0	Mystic Violin	1
Leather Gloves	0	Stone Shield	3	Arcane Singlestring	1
Heavy Gloves	0	Chimera Shield	5	Wolf Head	3
Chain Gloves	0	Festival Shield	3	Hawk Helm	3
Light Gauntlets	0	Warlord Armor	3	Antlers	3
Gauntlets	0	Magehunter Cape	4	Falcon Mask	3
Boots	0	Mageslayer Cloak	4	Spirit Mask	3
Heavy Boots	0	Nemesis Shroud	4	Jawbone Cap	3
Chain Boots	0	Executioner Leathers	2	Fanged Helm	3
Light Plated Boots	0	Matre Boots	0	Horned Helm	3
Greaves	0	Dragonclaw Boots	0	Assault Helmet	3
Narrow Belt	0	Razor Carapace	3	Avenger Guard	3
Light Belt	0	Gaia Coat	5	Targe	4
Belt	0	Totemic Mantle	6	Rondache	4
Heavy Belt	0	Enchantress Cap	3	Heraldic Shield	4
Plated Belt	0	Wizardskin Gauntlets	0	Aerin Shield	4
Bone Helm	2	Cowl	2	Crown Shield	4
Bone Shield	3	Ghastly Shield	4	Preserved Head	2
Spiked Shield	4	Demihelm	2	Zombie Head	2
Cobbled Armor	0	Gorgonflesh Headband	5	Unraveller Head	2
Bandit Armor	3	Arcane Circlet	5	Gargoyle Head	2
Templar Armor	4	Hydraskull	2	Demon Head	2
Dragonbone Breastplate	2	Giant Conch	2	Circlet	2
Staghide Pelt	0	Spired Helm	3	Coronet	2
Heavy Tunic	3	Corona	3	Tiara	3
Carved Shield	3	Demonhead	3	Diadem	3
Gryphon Shield	4	Dusk Shroud	6	Alpha Helm	3
Liege Shield	3	Wyrmhide	4	Griffon Headress	3
Brute Armor	3	Scarab Husk	4	Hunter's Guise	3
Slayer Cape	4	Wire Fleece	4	Sacred Feathers	3
Assassin Cloak	4	Diamond Mail	4	Totemic Mask	3
Twilight Shroud	4	Loricated Mail	4	Jawbone Visor	3
Assassin Armor	2	Boneweave	4	Lion Helm	3
Sisterhood Greaves	0	Great Hauberk	4	Rage Mask	3
Talon Boots	0	Hellforged Mail	4	Savage Helmet	3
Claw Armor	3	Balrog Coat	2	Slayer Guard	3
Earth Armor	4	Kraken Shell	4	Akaran Targe	4
Talismanic Mantle	5	Lacquered Plate	4	Akaran Rondache	4
Witchclan Visor	3	Shadow Plate	4	Protector Shield	4
Mage Hands	0	Sacred Armor	4	Gilded Shield	4
Leather Cap	2	Archon Plate	4	Royal Shield	4
Macabre Shield	4	Heater	2	Mummified Trophy	2
Squire Helm	2	Luna	2	Fetish Trophy	2
Dragonskin Headwrap	5	Hyperion	3	Sexton Trophy	2
Mage Circlet	5	Monarch	4	Cantor Trophy	2
Runic Helm	2	Aegis	4	Heirophant Trophy	2
War Helm	2	Ward	4	Blood Spirit	3
Chaos Helm	3	Bramble Mitts	0	Sun Spirit	3
Grand Crown	3	Vampirebone Gloves	0	Earth Spirit	3
Death Mask	3	Vambraces	0	Sky Spirit	3
Warding Cloak	4	Crusader Gauntlets	0	Dream Spirit	3
Serpentskin Armor	2	Ogre Gauntlets	0	Carnage Helm	3
Demonhide Armor	2	Wyrmhide Boots	0	Fury Visor	3
Trellised Armor	2	Scarabshell Boots	0	Destroyer Helm	3
Linked Mail	3	Boneweave Boots	0	Conquerer Crown	3
Tigulated Mail	2	Mirrored Boots	0	Guardian Crown	3
Mesh Armor	2	Myrmidon Greaves	0	Sacred Targe	4
Cuirass	2	Spiderweb Sash	0	Sacred Rondache	4
Russet Armor	2	Vampirefang Belt	0	Ancient Shield	4
Dimensional Armor	2	Mithril Coil	0	Zakarum Shield	4
Sharktooth Armor	2	Troll Belt	0	Vortex Shield	4
Embossed Plate	4	Colossus Girdle	0	Minion Skull	2
Chaos Armor	4	Bone Visage	0	Hellspawn Skull	2
Ornate Armor	4	Troll Nest	3	Overseer Skull	2
Magus Coat	3	Blade Barrier	3	Succubus Skull	2
Defender	1	War Remnants	0	Bloodlord Skull	2
Round Shield	2	Mercenary Armor	4