What is Stat Verdict?

Stat Verdict is a free AI-powered loot analysis tool built for Diablo IV players. Upload a screenshot of any in-game item and get an instant, detailed evaluation — including a grade, build-specific recommendations, and whether you should keep, salvage, or craft the item.

How does the Diablo IV loot analyzer work?

Upload a screenshot of an item tooltip from Diablo IV. The AI reads the image, identifies every stat, affix, and property on the item, then evaluates it against your selected class and build. The result is a letter grade (S through D), a verdict (Keep, Salvage, or Craft), and a detailed breakdown of why.

Is Stat Verdict free to use?

Yes — Stat Verdict is completely free to use. No account required, no subscriptions. Just open the scanner and start analyzing your items.

Are there any usage limits?

To ensure service availability for everyone, there is a reasonable daily scan limit per user that resets every 24 hours. This limit is generous enough for typical gameplay sessions.

Yes. Item screenshots are sent to our secure server for AI processing and are not stored after analysis. Scan history, loadout data, and preferences are all kept locally in your browser — we never have access to them.

Will Stat Verdict support other ARPG games?

Yes! Stat Verdict is focused on making Diablo IV analysis perfect first, but plans to expand to other ARPGs like Path of Exile 2, Last Epoch, Diablo III, and more based on community demand.

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crafting · July 30, 2026

The Horadric Cube Recipe That's Nuking Player Loot

One misleading recipe is destroying valuable items. Learn the trap — then scan gear at statverdict.com before you craft anything.

If you've been grinding Pandemonium Ruptures this season and building up a stash of Greater Affix rares, we need to talk. There's a Horadric Cube recipe in Patch 3.1.0 that is quietly deleting valuable items across the playerbase — and the worst part is that it doesn't feel like a mistake when you do it. The interface makes it look routine. Then your keeper is gone, along with a mountain of Gem Fragments. Let's break down exactly how this trap works, why it's so easy to fall into, and how to never lose an item to it again.

The Recipe That Eats Your Best Inputs

The culprit is the Upgrade-to-Mythic recipe. On paper, it's one of the most exciting additions of Season 14: drop any Unique with 850+ Item Power into the Horadric Cube, and it gets transformed into a random Mythic Unique of the same gear slot. Put in a Unique amulet, get a Mythic amulet. Simple, powerful, and a genuine chase reward.

Here's the problem. The recipe accepts any qualifying 850+ Unique as fuel — including the one you actually wanted to keep. The Cube doesn't ask "are you sure this isn't your best-in-slot?" It just consumes the input and rolls a random Mythic. That means if you're sitting on a perfectly-rolled Tyrael's Might or a two-Greater-Affix Ring of Starless Skies, and you toss it in expecting an upgrade, you're gambling that keeper away on a random output.

Remember, every Unique now drops with 2 guaranteed affixes, and Uniques and Mythic Uniques can now be enchanted. That makes a well-rolled Unique far more valuable as a finished piece than it used to be. The item you're about to feed the Cube might already be a keeper — the transformation doesn't preserve your rolls, it overwrites everything with a fresh random Mythic. Players are nuking near-perfect gear because the recipe treats a god-roll and a vendor-trash Unique exactly the same.

The 24M Gem Fragment Cost Trap

Now for the part that turns a bad craft into a genuinely painful one. The Upgrade-to-Mythic recipe carries a 24 million Gem Fragment cost, and the confirmation flow does a terrible job of flagging it before you commit.

Gem Fragments aren't trivial to accumulate this season. You're salvaging gems, running Ruptures, and grinding for hours to bank that many. When the recipe fires, it drains the full 24M in one click — no staged warning, no "this will cost the bulk of your reserve" prompt that actually registers before you've already confirmed. Players are reporting the same story on repeat: they clicked through expecting a small material fee, and watched their entire Gem Fragment stockpile evaporate on a single random roll.

Pair that with the input problem above, and you've got the double-whammy that's been wrecking loot: you lose a valuable Unique and 24M Gem Fragments, all for a Mythic that might not even be an upgrade for your build. Before you ever get near that confirm button, it pays to know whether the item in your hand is worth the gamble at all — which is exactly what a quick scan at statverdict.com tells you in seconds.

Mythic Uniques Can't Be Upgrade Fuel

Here's a related misconception that's costing people time and testing their patience: you cannot feed a Mythic Unique into the Upgrade-to-Mythic recipe. The recipe only accepts standard Uniques at 850+ IP. Mythics are already the top of the food chain — there's no "double upgrade" path.

Why does this matter for loot safety? Because players who don't realize this go digging through their stash looking for high-IP Uniques to craft, and in the confusion they grab the wrong item — sometimes salvaging a Mythic they thought was "just" a Unique, sometimes cubing a Unique they meant to keep. The good news is that enchanting now works on Mythic Uniques too, and added affixes on Mythics are max-rolled. So your endgame path with a Mythic isn't the Cube — it's the Enchanter. Reroll a weak affix, get it max-rolled, and you've improved the piece without gambling it away.

Bottom line: Mythics get enchanted, not upgraded. Standard 850+ Uniques are the only valid fuel for the Mythic recipe — and even then, only the ones you've confirmed you don't want to keep as-is.

Your Safe Pre-Craft Checklist

Before you drop anything into the Horadric Cube this season, run through this list. It takes 30 seconds and it will save you both keepers and Gem Fragments.

Scan it first. Screenshot the item and run it through statverdict.com for an instant S/A/B/C/D verdict. If it grades out as an S or A, it's a keeper — do not cube it, don't salvage it.
Check for Greater Affixes. Magic and Rare items with Greater Affixes are Horadric crafting candidates — never salvage them. Set them aside for the right recipe, not the scrap pile.
Confirm the item type. Is it a standard Unique or a Mythic Unique? Mythics can't be upgrade fuel — enchant them instead.
Verify your Gem Fragment reserve. The Upgrade-to-Mythic recipe costs 24M Gem Fragments. Know that number before you click, and decide if this specific item is worth spending your whole stockpile on.
Ask: is the output slot what I need? The Cube always returns a Mythic in the same gear slot as your input. Cubing a helm gives a Mythic helm — not the amulet you were hoping for.
Read the 2 guaranteed affixes. Since every Unique now drops with two rolled affixes, a strong-rolled Unique may already outperform a random Mythic for your build. Don't overwrite a great roll on a gamble.

If any of those checks give you pause, stop. The Cube is powerful, but it's unforgiving — and there's no undo button. When in doubt, scan your gear at statverdict.com and let the grade make the call for you.

The Bottom Line

The Upgrade-to-Mythic recipe is one of Season 14's best features and one of its most dangerous traps at the same time. It happily consumes your god-roll Uniques and drains 24M Gem Fragments in a single click, with no meaningful warning. Remember that Mythics get enchanted rather than upgraded, that Greater Affix rares are crafting candidates worth protecting, and that every Unique now carries two guaranteed affixes that might make it a keeper already. Run the pre-craft checklist every single time, and you'll stop bleeding loot to a recipe that never asks twice.

Before your next craft, do the smart thing: scan it at statverdict.com and know exactly what you're holding before it hits the Cube.