Plot and Story Elements
Since the beginning of time, a war has raged between the forces of the High Heavens and the demons of the Burning Hells. This conflict has time and time again spilled onto the human world of Sanctuary, and this land you are called to defend in Diablo III.
Diablo III continues 20 years after Baal's defeat in the World Stone Chamber within Mount Arreat, and after the Archangel Tyrael destroys the corrupted World Stone at the conclusion to Diablo II: Lord of Destruction. Though the three Prime Evils have been defeated and the world of Sanctuary has returned to peace, the demons are back.
Two decades have passed since the demonic denizens, Diablo, Mephisto, and Baal, wandered the world of Sanctuary in a vicious rampage to shackle humanity into unholy slavery. Yet for those who battled the Prime Evils directly, the memory fades slowly and the wounds of the soul still burn.
When Deckard Cain returns to the ruins of Tristram's Cathedral seeking clues to new stirrings of evil, a comet from the heavens strikes the very ground where Diablo once entered the world. The comet carries a dark omen in its fiery being and it calls the heroes of Sanctuary to defend the mortal world against the rising powers of the Burning Hells – and even the failing luminaries of the High Heavens itself.
Read more about the story leading up to Diablo III and beyond.
Crafting reagents include the 6 types of raw gems. There are 14 different tiers per type. So this means everything below tier 14, Radiant Star, is a crafting material used to create the next tier up from it. According to some old news, gems were only supposed to drop up to level 5 and you have to have a jeweler to create anything higher. However in an interview they had mentioned they wanted to up the rank that drops off monsters but this is unconfirmed.
