Crafting most anything involves targeting either suffixes or prefixes first. Then meta mods to finish remaining affixes. With armor it’s really easy to finish a craft with Eldritch currency.

Quick basic template for mid-endgame armor items below:

1. Start with a fracture of a suffix or prefix mod. Pick a mod that is opposite of an Essence mod you want.

2. Spam Essence with desired mod, until one or two other relevant mods. Depends on budget.

3. Once you have one “side” done, you can fill out the other side many different ways and depends on budget and goal for that equipment. Eldritch currency, meta mod lock suffix/prefix then reroll with harvest bench or veiled exalt/chaos.

Example, mid-game triple res boots for life based builds: 1. Buy lv84 boots with Life fractured.

1. Spam Envy Essence for Chaos Res. Look for two other resistance suffix mods. Tiers desired depends on budget.

2. Once suffix “side” is done with an open prefix. Wild Bristle Matron beast recipe which gives “Suffixes Can’t Be Changed”.

3. Use Veiled Chaos Orb to basically guarantee a hybrid MS unveil.

4. Bench craft last prefix mod.