Charged item

A rare item with the Holy Bolt charged skill.

Charged items are a finite number of spellcasting abilities stored on items. They were present since the 1st Diablo game where staffs would have charges of spells.

This was continued to a lesser extent in Diablo 2 though it was no longer a standard feature of staffs, and is instead found in rarer items.

Unlike weapons which give bonuses to the skill (allowing them to be cast using mana) charges do not use mana and instead use the charges on the item.

In the 1st Diablo game, the Sorcerer could use Staff Recharge skill to restore current charges at the cost of reducing the maximum charges. Taking staffs to Adria could (at the cost of gold) restore current charges without reducing the maximum. This is the same relationship the warrior's Item Repair skill had to paying Griswold to do it.

In the 2nd Diablo, since there were no skills to do it, these charges were simply restored in Town as part of the repair cost.

In Diablo 2 they are Magic or Rare Items with a charged item suffix, certain Unique Items, Rune Words, or Naj's Puzzler which is the only Set Item to have charges.

Charged Items allow the wielder to use a specific skill, regardless of Character Class, but only a limited number of times. To engage the skill granted by a Charged Item, left-click your right mouse button Skill Selection. The Charged Item skill is listed near the top of your list of available skills; left-click on its icon to select it. The skill can now be performed by right-clicking on a target. Charged Item skills have a limited number of uses, so be sure to check the item's pop-up description or the lower right-hand corner of the skill icon to see how many charges remain.

If any of an item's charges are depleted, you can return to a nearby town and recharge the item by having the local Blacksmith repair it, however, recharging an item is far more expensive than a usual repair.

The Assassin is the only class to have none of her skills available as a charged skill in a suffix, meaning it cannot be found in randomized Magic or Rare items.

Unique Items

Hexfire comes with level 6 Hydra charges.

Unique Items with charges:

Carrion Wind Ring Nature's Peace Ring Wisp Projector Ring Metalgrid Amulet Darksight Helm Basinet Andariel's Visage Demonhead Corpsemourn Ornate Plate Radament's Sphere Ancient Shield Marrowwalk Boneweave Boots Arachnid Mesh Spiderweb Sash Spellsteel Bearded Axe Boneslayer Blade Gothic Axe Cranebeak War Spike Hellrack Colossus Crossbow Gargoyle's Bite Winged Harpoon

Sureshrill Frost Flanged Mace Moonfall Jagged Star Baezil's Vortex Knout The Gavel of Pain Martel de Fer Nord's Tenderizer Truncheon Demon Limb Tyrant Club Earth Shifter Thunder Maul Bonehew Ogre Axe Hexfire Shamshir Todesfaelle Flamme Zweihander Bloodmoon Elegant Blade Blackhand Key Grave Wand Blood Raven's Charge Matriarchal Bow Wolfhowl Fury Visor Hellfire Torch Large Charm

Rune Words

Rune Words with charges:

Beast Black Bramble Crescent Moon Death Delirium Eternity Harmony Heart of the Oak Holy Thunder

Infinity Nadir Oath Passion Rift Sanctuary Smoke Stone Venom Wind

Magic Suffixes - Charged Spells

Items
Amazon Skills — Inner Sight • Magic Arrow • Fire Arrow • Cold Arrow • Multiple Shot • Exploding Arrow • Ice Arrow • Freezing Arrow • Power Strike • Charged Strike • Lightning Strike
Sorceress Skills — Ice Bolt • Ice Blast • Frost Nova • Glacial Spike • Blizzard • Frozen Orb • Charged Bolt • Telekinesis • Nova • Lightning • Chain Lightning • Teleportation • Fire Bolt • Fire Ball • Enchantment • Meteor
Necromancer Skills — Teeth • Poison Dagger • Bone Spear • Poison Nova • Bone Spirit • Dim Vision • Weaken • Terror • Confusion • Life Tap • Attract • Lower Resistance
Paladin Skills — Sacrifice • Holy Bolt • Zeal • Vengeance • Blessed Hammer
Barbarian Skills — Bashing • Stunning • Concentration • Grim Ward
Druid Skills — Firestorm • Fissure • Twister • Volcano • Tornado