Recipe is : 3p gems+charm =new charm with random mods
(only Ilvl of charm is important here)
Baal and Nihlathak sc's are the ones people use most, since they produce Ilvl 99 and 95 and therefore are able to get the highest elemental mods (Hibernal,Shocking,Pestilent,Flaming)..
-however if your looking for mods like 20life, 5allres, 7%mf etc., it might be better using charms with Ilvl around 61 (starts at NM act5 ice caverns), since then there will be lesser mods to chose from, making these mods more lightly to spawn..
also use this :
Find your desired affix, get its ilvl, then find area in "ilvl hunting places" list
Small Charm Prefix:
Fine: +10-20 To Attack Rating, +1-3 To Maximum Damage (alvl 28, ilvl 42)
Shimmering: +3-5% Resist All (alvl 33, ilvl 47)
Ruby: +10-11% Resist Fire (alvl 40, ilvl 54)
Sapphire: +10-11% Resist Cold (alvl 40, ilvl 54)
Amber: +10-11% Resist Lightning (alvl 40, ilvl 54)
Emerald: +10-11% Resist Poison (alvl 40, ilvl 54)
Serpent's: +13-17 Mana (alvl 48, ilvl 62)
Toxic: +100 Poison Damage Over 5 Seconds (alvl 63, ilvl 77)
Smoking: +4-9 Min, +11-19 Max Fire Damage (alvl 64, ilvl 78)
Arcing: +1 Min, +25-43 Max Lightning Damage (alvl 65, ilvl 79)
Boreal: +5-7 Min, +9-14 Max Cold Damage - 1 Sec Duration (alvl 66, ilvl 80)
Only Hell Baal & Nihlathak can drop these?:
Pestilent: +175 Poison Damage Over 6 Sec (alvl **, ilvl 94)
Flaming: +10-19 Min,+20-29 Max Fire Damage (alvl 89, ilvl 94)
Shocking: +1 Min and +44-71 Max Lightning Damage (alvl 90, ilvl 95)
Hibernal: +8-10 Min, +15-20 Max Cold Damage - 1 Sec Duration (alvl 91, ilvl 95)
Small Charm Suffix:
of Greed: 5-10% Extra Gold (alvl 1, ilvl 1)
of Inertia: %3 Faster Run/Walk (alvl 35, ilvl 49)
of Balance: 5% Faster Hit Recovery (alvl 37, ilvl 51)
of Anthrax: +50 Poison Damage over 6 sec (alvl 44, ilvl 58)
of Incineration: +5-7 Min, +9-13 Max Fire Damage (alvl 45, ilvl 59)
of Storms: +1 Min, +19-28 Max Lightning Damage (alvl 45, ilvl 59)
of Winter: +4-5 Min, +7-9 Max Cold Damage - 1 Sec Duration (alvl 46, ilvl 60)
of Good Luck: 6-7% Better chance of magic items (alvl 47, ilvl 61)
of Vita: +16-20 Life (alvl 47, ilvl 61)
Grand Charm Prefix/Suffix:
+Skill: +1 to a Skill Tab (alvl 50, ilvl 50)
+Vita : 35-40 (alvl 77, ilvl 77)
+vita : 40-45 (alvl 91, ilvl 91)
Was worth putting in here for obvious reasons oO
ilvl hunting places:
43 Normal: WSK Level 3 (Bloodlords only)
43? Normal: Throne of Destruction (Baal's Minions)
42 NM: Forgotten Tower 5, Catacombs 1+2, Cathedral
43 NM: Catacombs 3+4, Rocky Waste, Sewers 1+2
47 NM: Claw Viper Temple, Palace Cellar 1+2
48 NM: Palace Cellar 3, Arcane Sanctuary, Canyon of the Magi
49 NM: Tal Rasha's Tombs, Spider Forest
50 NM: Spider Cavern, Arachnid Lair, Flayer Jungle, Great Marsh
51 NM: Flayer Dungeon, Swampy Pit
52 NM: Sewers 1, Lower Kurast, Kurast Bazaar, Upper Kurast
53 NM: Disused Fane, Forgotten Reliquary, Kurast Causeway, Ruined Temple
54 NM: Ruined Fane, Travincal, Forgotten Temple, Disused Reliquary
55 NM: Durance of Hate
58 NM: Bloody Foothills, Chaos Sanctuary
59 NM: Rigid Highlands
60 NM: Tundra Waste (?, well the Tundra area in Act 5)
61 NM: Crystalized Caverns 1+2
62 NM: Glacial Caves 1+2
77 Hell: Lost City
78 Hell: Stony Tomb 1, Palace Cellar 1-3
79 Hell: Canyon of the Magi, Arcane Sanctuary, Spider Forest, Spider Cavern, Arachnid Lair
80+ Hell: Flayer Jungle and onwards
Hell Act 1 High level areas:
75-79: Forgotten Tower 1-5, starts at 75 and increases 1 for each level
79: Den of Evil
80: Burial Grounds, Hole 1
81: Hole 2
83: Crypt, Underground Passage 2
85: Pit 1+2, Mausoleum
(Origin GaiaCat from AB forums)
EDIT: ahh, too slow Jerkazoid beat me to it
