Recipes are a type of item that does nothing on its own, but when combined with the right ingredients allows heroes to create more powerful items.
Recipes cannot be directly found in the shop, but can be purchased by selecting certain items that require that specific recipe to complete. By viewing a specific item in the shop, its hierarchy is displayed, both above and below it. Below the item is the ingredient hierarchy required to assemble it, while above it is the ingredient hierarchy that shows what it can be used to assemble.
Recipes are always purchasable, though they are just harmless and pointless pieces of paper occupying inventory slots. Generally it is better to first purchase items that have some properties.
There are auto combine items which do not require a recipe scroll as the items combine automatically to create it. Examples of these items are Perseverance, Butterfly, and Oblivion Staff.
Some items have multiple recipes. For example, Dagon level 1 costs 2850 gold and its recipe costs {{#show:Dagon|?recipe cost#}}. Purchasing another recipe upgrades this item to level 2, purchasing another one upgrades it to level 3 and so on, for a maximum of 5 levels. The recipe costs {{#show:Dagon|?recipe cost#}} gold for each level.
Drum of Endurance works with charges (6 charges), and purchasing its recipe again (500 gold) refills them, no matter how many of them were used.
With items such as Bloodstone, where charges cannot be replenished to their original levels just by purchasing another Recipe, it is sometimes worthwhile to sell the item, buy another (at half price) and have all the charges back from when you purchased the item the first time.
Recipe items
Item (total cost) | Recipe cost |
---|---|
Abyssal Blade (6250 ) | 1675 |
Aeon Disk (3000 ) | 1200 |
Aether Lens (2275 ) | 775 |
Aghanim's Blessing (5800 ) | 1600 |
Arcane Blink (6800 ) | 1750 |
Arcane Boots (1300 ) | 375 |
Armlet of Mordiggian (2500 ) | 625 |
Assault Cuirass (5125 ) | 1300 |
Battle Fury (4100 ) | 450 |
Black King Bar (4050 ) | 1450 |
Blade Mail (2100 ) | 550 |
Bloodthorn (6625 ) | 450 |
Boots of Bearing (4275 ) | 1700 |
Bracer 1 (505 ) | 210 |
Bracer 2 (505 ) | 210 |
Buckler (425 ) | 250 |
Crimson Guard (3725 ) | 1050 |
Crystalys (2000 ) | 200 |
Daedalus (5100 ) | 900 |
Diffusal Blade (2500 ) | 1050 |
Disperser (6100 ) | 800 |
Dragon Lance (1900 ) | 450 |
Drum of Endurance (1650 ) | 500 |
Eternal Shroud (3600 ) | 800 |
Ethereal Blade (5375 ) | 1600 |
Eul's Scepter of Divinity (2625 ) | 675 |
Eye of Skadi (5300 ) | 1300 |
Falcon Blade (1125 ) | 250 |
Force Staff (2200 ) | 950 |
Gleipnir (5450 ) | 250 |
Glimmer Cape (2150 ) | 350 |
Guardian Greaves (4950 ) | 1450 |
Hand of Midas (2200 ) | 1750 |
Harpoon (4700 ) | 1000 |
Headdress (425 ) | 250 |
Heart of Tarrasque (5200 ) | 600 |
Heaven's Halberd (3550 ) | 200 |
Helm of the Dominator (2625 ) | 650 |
Helm of the Overlord (5725 ) | 300 |
Holy Locket (2350 ) | 900 |
Hurricane Pike (4450 ) | 350 |
Kaya (2000 ) | 550 |
Khanda (5000 ) | 600 |
Linken's Sphere (4800 ) | 600 |
Lotus Orb (3850 ) | 250 |
Mage Slayer (2825 ) | 400 |
Magic Wand (450 ) | 150 |
Manta Style (4550 ) | 1550 |
Mekansm (1775 ) | 800 |
Meteor Hammer (2850 ) | 400 |
Mjollnir (5500 ) | 550 |
Monkey King Bar (4700 ) | 600 |
Null Talisman 1 (505 ) | 210 |
Null Talisman 2 (505 ) | 210 |
Orchid Malevolence (3275 ) | 450 |
Overwhelming Blink (6800 ) | 1750 |
Parasma (5975 ) | 400 |
Pavise (1400 ) | 175 |
Phylactery (2400 ) | 200 |
Pipe of Insight (3725 ) | 700 |
Refresher Orb (5000 ) | 200 |
Revenant's Brooch (4900 ) | 800 |
Ring of Basilius (425 ) | 250 |
Rod of Atos (2250 ) | 250 |
Sange (2000 ) | 550 |
Scythe of Vyse (5200 ) | 600 |
Shiva's Guard (5175 ) | 2050 |
Silver Edge (5450 ) | 250 |
Skull Basher (2875 ) | 825 |
Solar Crest (2700 ) | 600 |
Soul Ring (805 ) | 350 |
Spirit Vessel (2780 ) | 1200 |
Swift Blink (6800 ) | 1750 |
Urn of Shadows (880 ) | 375 |
Veil of Discord (1725 ) | 300 |
Wind Waker (6825 ) | 1400 |
Witch Blade (2775 ) | 600 |
Wraith Band 1 (505 ) | 210 |
Wraith Band 2 (505 ) | 210 |
Yasha (2000 ) | 550 |
Items with multiple recipes
Item | Number of levels |
---|---|
Boots of Travel | 2 |
Necronomicon | 3 |
Dagon | 5 |
Trivia
- The symbol in the middle of the default recipe icon is that of the Combine, the antagonists from the Half-Life series. Given that the purpose of the recipe items is to "combine" others into a new item, it seems quite appropriate that this symbol be used.
- Prior the gameplay patch 5.65, upgradable items did not use any recipe scrolls. Instead, smaller upgradable items were combined by basic item components, while some medium and most bigger upgradable items used an item called Upgrader. The Upgrader itself had absolutely no effect at all and had a cost of 1500 gold. It acted as a common "recipe scroll" for many items.
Version history
- Diffusal Blade No longer upgradeable. No longer has charge limits. Cooldown increased to 15 seconds.
- Rod of Atos now requires a recipe to build.
- Heart of Tarrasque no longer requires a recipe.
- Helm of the Dominator no longer requires a recipe.
- Mask of Madness no longer requires a recipe.
- Soul Ring no longer requires a recipe.
- Silver Edge now requires a recipe.
- Added new items which require recipes:
- Abyssal Blade now requires a recipe to build.
- Veil of Discord now requires a recipe to build again.
- Desolator no longer requires a recipe.
- Lotus Orb no longer requires a recipe.
- Medallion of Courage no longer requires a recipe.
- Silver Edge no longer requires a recipe.
- Veil of Discord no longer requires a recipe.
- Magic Wand no longer requires a recipe.
- Boots of Travel can now be upgraded into Boots of Travel 2 by purchasing the recipe again.
- Recipe items no longer sell for 80% of their price (now 50% like regular items).
- Recipes sell for 80% of the cost, helps with misclicks.