spirit?

[Silver Ice]

no

Any item NOT normal will receive only 1 socket from the socket quest.
All normal items have a 5/6 chance to receive the max sockets, and a 1/6 chance to receive 1(?) socket.

its based on the ilvl of the item. if u find a lvl 85 archon plate and u use the socket quest in normal.... it will get 4 sockets..... if u wanna be 100% sure it gets 4 sockets, do it in hell... if u get something like a sup archon plate with +580 def, u get risk socketing it in normal because it could get 3 or 4 sockets being a bonus either way for a nice enigma or a good fort...... but try socketing monarchs in nm or hell to be sure