The quest to find new and better items was one of the high points of Diablo, and item hunting in Diablo II is even more compelling, for a number of reasons: There is a much larger variety of item types this time around, with additions such as crossbows, spears, throwing items, polearms, gloves, and boots. To the new item types, add lots of new and interesting modifiers, many more Uniques, Rares, and Item Sets, all of which make "just one more" dungeon (or Cow Level) run even more tempting. Also, there are better quality items and modifiers that can only be found on higher difficulty levels, which adds a great boost to replayability, and an incentive to keep progressing.

In Diablo2, Items have become much more complex with different types of rarity for armor and weapons. Base Items, Uniques, Rares and Set Items can be intimidating at first but it they all follow a logical pattern.

   Weapon
   Armor
   Jewelry
   Prefixes
   Suffixes
   Item Sets
   Gem Stats
   Horadric Cube
   Quest Items
   Potions
   Books, Keys, Scrolls