If you've moved into Adventure Mode at Level 70, then the Gambler can be a fantastic source of early end-game gear. Simply take the Blood Shards you receive from clearing Bounties, approach Kadala back at camp, choose a category of equipment and hope you get lucky. Get really lucky, and you might even get that elusive Legendary pr Set item you've been hunting down.

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There are three categories to choose from when spending your shards: Weapons, Armor and Trinkets. Different sub-categories of equipment exist within these broader sets, so pick an item slot you need to fill and have a roll of the dice.

Prioritising items at the Gambler

Nicely rolled Rings and Amulets can be some of the toughest items to come by during regular farming, so we recommend throwing all of your Blood Shards into these categories until you have at least above average items for these slots (see our individual class guides for more details on preparing for Torment difficulty.) Just be aware that these items cost more shards than most of the others.

Gambling in bulk

Many people have wondered if there is an advantage to spending huge amounts of Blood Shards in one sitting, as though to eliminate certain items from the potential loot table. Blizzard has, however, confirmed that bulk buying does not influence the likelihood of receiving a broader range of items across your spending spree. There are practical limitations to consider when bulk-buying, of course, as you only have so much inventory space to use - perhaps one day Kadala will at least let you sell her rubbish back to her for gold...

Obtaining Blood Shards

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Blood Shards (AKA 'Shards' or 'BS') are a form of currency introduced in Reaper of Souls. Shards' only use is to gamble on items with the NPC Kadala. Just a bookmark drop of random resources regarding Diablo 3. Contact me for dead links/missing stuff. (Disclaimer: No responsibility for any content on the linked web sites.). How do Blood Shards/Gambling work? I saw from Taffer's stream that you got 20 blood shards for completing a rift, but that amount seems to change based on an info box in the corner of the waypoint map. He also opened up a cache. A bunch of items spilled onto the floor and a single blood shard dropped. It was a purple item. When he went. Anyway, he also opened up a cache. A bunch of items spilled onto the floor and a single blood shard dropped. It was a purple item. When he went to spend them, there was another currency next to his gold. He had 191 million gold, and 45 blood shards. The vendor had items that cost 5 blood shards. The items were white colored and the names were like '???

You've a few ways of getting hold of Blood Shards. First of all, complete lots of Bounties, and do so on Expert or higher difficulty. You'll also get bonus Blood Shards for finishing the two acts on your world map that are marked 'Bonus'. The two Acts selected for these bonus rewards are randomly selected each time you start a new game.

You'll also get a nice bundle of shards for each of the Rift Guardians you destroy, and you can also get a cluster of them out of the Horadric Caches gifted to you by Tyrael for clearing out every Bounty in an Act.

Need more Diablo 3 help? Learn how to unlock Zelda outfits like Ganondorf in Diablo 3 Switch, get some Diablo 3 boss strategies, and learn how use the Mystic, Blacksmith,Gambling and Horadric Caches. We also have advice for every class, from the Barbarian to the Crusader, Demon Hunter, Monk, Witch Doctor and Wizard.

Set and Legendary items

It is possible to obtain all of the top tier Set and Legendary items through the Gambler, but you may have to spend many hundreds of shards to see even a terrible Legendary! Still, those Blood Shards can't be used for anything else, so if you're hunting specific items for their set bonus effects, you might as well be spending them in that category - particularly if you're pretty well-geared in general.

Each of our class guides contains plenty of levelling tips to help you reach Level 70.

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Blood Shards are the new currency implemented in the Reaper of Souls. They can be obtained in the Adventure Mode by performing and completing one of the two activities: Bounties or NephalemRifts. It is much faster to get them through the second way, for the Guardians will drop several dozen Blood Shards. In the case of Bounties it is better to take those with bonus that gives you twice as many Blood Shards.

You can spend your Blood Shards at Kadala, a new trader, who appears in all of the camps. The players refer to trading with her as a gambling, and indeed, this process has a lot in common with it. As opposed to the other traders, Kadala won't allow you any insight on items you are buying. They are only divided by category (weapon, chest piece, pants, etc.) - it's a blind purchase and only after spending your Blood Shards you will learn if the purchase was of any worth.

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No wonder that the players call trading with Kadala a gambling.

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So far Blizzard has not revealed any percentage chance to draw a specific item class (like a legendary), so we won't be able to give any certain data. What we do know, however, is that recently the price for each item was increased, but at the same time the chance to draw out a legendary item was SIGNIFICANTLY increased as well. How does it look? It depends. Some people claim that they have acquired a lot of legendary items from Kadala, while the others say that they are hardly getting any. Gambling is all about the luck, but it's definitely worth a try, as it's the easiest and fastest way to get your desired equipment!

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