The latest official video from Blizzard revealed some of the upcoming changes to the costs of Masterworking. Blizzard has previously mentioned that they have increased the crafting costs now that Masterworking can no longer fail.
Masterworking Can No Longer Fail Masterworking Guide These are the costs for various Masterworking ranks in comparison between the PTR and the upcoming Live version of Patch 1.4.0.
The numbers below have been found in the latest official Diablo 4 video and may not be final. They are the result of Blizzard changing Masterworking to no longer be able to fail and instead increasing the crafting material and Gold costs.
Before (Patch 1.4.0 PTR)After (Patch 1.4.0 Live) Rank 1 100% Success Chance 5 Obducite 10 Rawhide / 10 Iron Chunk 3 Veiled Crystal 40,000 100% Success Chance 10 Obducite 10 Rawhide / 10 Iron Chunk 3 Veiled Crystal 100,000 Rank 5 70% Success Chance 10 Ingolith 20 Rawhide / 20 Iron Chunk 6 Veiled Crystal 100,000 100% Success Chance 20 Ingolith 25 Rawhide / 25 Iron Chunk 6 Veiled Crystal 450,000 Rank 9 30% Success Chance 15 Neathiron 2 Abstruse Sigil / 2 Baleful Fragment / 2 Coiling Ward 9 Veiled Crystal 1 Forgotten Soul 300,000 100% Success Chance 50 Neathiron 10 Abstruse Sigil / 10 Baleful Fragment / 10 Coiling Ward 20 Veiled Crystal 3 Forgotten Soul 2,000,000 Rank 12 20% Success Chance 30 Neathiron 2 Abstruse Sigil / 2 Baleful Fragment / 2 Coiling Ward 12 Veiled Crystal 1 Forgotten Soul 525,000 100% Success Chance 250 Neathiron 20 Abstruse Sigil / 20 Baleful Fragment / 20 Coiling Ward 50 Veiled Crystal 10 Forgotten Soul 10,000,000 Resetting the Masterworking ranks on an item now comes at a cost, which seems to scale depending on how much Masterworking was done to it.
Only the costs to reset an item at Rank 12 is currently known. Rank 12 to Rank 0 30 Rawhide / 30 Iron Chunk 20 Veiled Crystal 5 Forgotten Soul 5,000,000 What do you think about these changes?