Diablo 4 has a powerful gem called Royal Skull that can be socketed on equipment in order to give different bonuses. The Royal Skull affords one varying benefits depending on the specific gear it is placed in. In this guide, we'll talk about what effects come with Royal Skull, how to upgrade it and where it can be put.

Effects of Royal Skull

The following are the benefits that come with the use of the Royal Skull based on the kind of equipment it is used in:

Weapons: [0.041-~] Life on Kill

When placed in a weapon, Royal Skull will increase your life after killing an enemy. As such, you can authoritatively say that when you kill an enemy by using this skull, you will gain some life between these specified numbers.

Armor: [8-1%-] Healing Received

On armor, the Royal Skull improves healing received. It boosts all forms of healing that you receive from a variety of sources including but not limited to health globes and skills or other ways of getting healed.

Jewelry: +[340] Armor

By using jewelry (either rings or amulets), the Royal Skull brings out flat armor bonus. This helps in increasing general defense as well as reducing damage taken.

Upgrading Royal Skull

You need 3 gems and gold to upgrade Royal Skull to higher tier. It enhances the performance of this gem when putting it into any item of gear. Observe these steps when upgrading royal skull:

Gather required materials: Crafters require 3 Flawless skulls and 50,000 Gold for making royal skull.

Go to Jeweler: Locate NPC ‘Jeweler' within your game world then interact with him to open crafting menus.

Craft royal skull: Among crafting options select royal skull then click 3 Flawless skulls by use of appropriate amount of gold. Click craft button.

Apply upgraded royal skull: Once you possess upgraded royal skull, you can fix it into any gear which has sockets to enjoy the better benefits it offers.

Socketing Royal Skull

It cannot be only put in any socketed equipment. Get items like weapons, armor, rings and amulets with available sockets. Take these steps of socketing the Royal Skull:

Find the right gear: Find an item that has a socket available. You can recognize a socketed equipment by small square icon showing that this equipment has a socket.

Head to Jeweler: Player should interact with Jeweler NPC and select socket option on his inventory.

Choose item and gem: Now go for any piece of equipment that you want to place it in along with your stored Royal skull gem.

Socket in royal skull: Click on the chosen item and confirm that you would like to have this royal skull inserted into it.

It is important to remember that the jeweler is capable of unsocketing your gems without damaging them. This is so as not to waste gems since they could still be used with different gears maximizing their power efficiency.

Besides upgrading weapons and armors at Blacksmith, you are also able to enhance bonus resistance or additional rings and amulets using Jeweler. This gives room for more character development and customization through creation of powerful builds.

It is possible to improve your character's abilities, survivability, and overall effectiveness in battle by using the Royal Skull and upgrading it to higher tiers. In Diablo 4, you can always try out different combinations of gears and gems while trying to find the best setup for your play style and build.